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Since today has included some mildly solipsistic navel-gazing self-reflection, let’s get a little bit more of it out of the way (and where better than our weekly Mildly Solipsistic Navel-Gazing Self-Reflective Recurring Feature?). If you are not already, how about following Videogum on Tumblr? Could be fun! Also: you will notice in the right sidebar that we have added some Facebook nonsense. Whatever, that is just the way the blog world turns, don’t spend too much time worrying about it. BUT: I will say this to you guys, Videogum, like all websites, must grow. That is just how these things work, and we are all adults here and can face that fact head on. So, how do we make Videogum bigger without resorting to daily photo galleries of Khloe Kardashian and still maintaining all the things that we like about it, namely the wonderful community? Neither you nor I want the comments section overrun with creeps. GET OUT OF HERE, CREEPS! Creeps have the run of the entire Internet, they do not need the run of this as well. So, what is the answer? (You can say that the answer is to leave everything the same and not even think about this stuff, but let’s pretend for the moment that that is not an option, because for reasons that I don’t need to go into, that’s kind of not an option. And I’m not saying that in an overly-dramatic or threatening way, because there is no drama or threats in this, I’m just saying it is time we all be realistic. Let’s grow up, as a family.) THE ANSWER IS YOU, MAYBE! All I’m proposing is that everyone work a little harder to help get the word out about Videogum. I do hate making this request. It seems belittling somehow. But also: you guys are great. So how about instead of trying to grow Videogum by opening the gates to the Goon Squad, how about we just get a lot more people like you? They have to be out there, and you probably know them. So: please start (or if you have already been doing this, continue) to tell your friends about Videogum. Maybe even USE the new Facebook thing in the sidebar, I don’t know. The point is: STREET TEAM ASSEMBLE! You get it. In reality, as embarrassing as this may be to talk about, it’s not actually asking for that much. It’s like an NPR Fund Drive, except instead of money, all I am asking is for you to donate your enthusiasm. And instead of a tote bag, all you get is jokes about tote bags. OK. The end. I’m sorry for everything, all of it, everywhere, always.
After the jump, the five Highest Rated comments, as voted on by you, the Lowest Rated comment, the winner of this week’s Tanner Family Reunion Caption Contest, and the Editor’s Choice:
This Week’s Highest Rated Comments
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Lesley | Nov 15th | Score:86 |
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When I was 15, I both cried at this movie and took my boyfriend to it to make out during it MULTIPLE TIMES. We also made out to Double Jeopardy, starring Ashley Judd. “You can’t be tried for the same crime twice!” After we broke up, I cried at Double Jeopardy too. |
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| Posted in: The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: American Beauty | |||
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fozzy the chair | Nov 15th | Score:88 |
| Posted in: The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: American Beauty | |||
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Mans | Nov 16th | Score:90 |
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SKYNET’s first efforts were simple, but effective. |
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| Posted in: The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Dude Gets Ponytail Caught In Weight Machine | |||
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Funtastik | Nov 17th | Score:97 |
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I like to imagine that somewhere, in an alternate universe, there is a show called “Firing Guns with the Stars” and there is a man so upset that he dances for 15 hours with the cops. |
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| Posted in: Headline Of The Day: “Man Shoots TV Over Bristol Palin Dancing” | |||
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The Fondest | Nov 15th | Score:99 |
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One thing about this movie that always bothered me is near the end when he and Mena Suvari are about to do it (go to jail) and she says she’s a virgin. And then for him it’s like, WOAH, HOLD THE PHONE, CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A HO FO SHO. Like sort of implying SINCE YOU ARE A VIRGIN YOU SHOULD WAIT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, BUT IF YOU WEREN’T, I WOULD’VE TAKEN THAT ASS TO RAPETOWN and we’re supposed to find this TOUCHING?! Touching in a very wrong and creepy place, if that’s what you mean. It like tries to be this modern-day Lolita, but Alan Ball’s screenplay ignores Nabokov’s hatred of Humbert Humbert. He may have been a protagonist, but both author and audience knew he was kind of a piece of shit. |
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| Posted in: The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: American Beauty | |||
[Ed. note: People got pretty mad about the American Beauty post, so let me just take this opportunity to apologize to all of the 15-year-olds whose minds I blew BACK into their heads. And to everyone else let me take this opportunity to say: good week! Like I said before, we did it, we definitely made it for sure.]
This Week’s Lowest Rated Comment
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wowee zowee | Nov 18th | Score:-28 |
| “Look Like This” = weak sauce for real though, lets petition to move this to lamegum |
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| Posted in: Look Like This!: Harry Potter | ||
[Ed. note: For real though, let's petition you to SHUT UP.]
This Week’s Caption Contest Winner
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Polythene Pam | Nov 16th | Score:124 |
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“One…” |
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| Posted in: The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Dude Gets Ponytail Caught In Weight Machine | ||
[Ed. note: Congratulations, Polythene Pam. You earned it!]
This Week’s Editor’s Choice
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Brosworth | Nov 18th | Score:9 | |
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Just to clarify, I’m an atheist, and I think the whole thing with the kid and his parents using his drug-addled hallucinations, lies, or whatever bullshit his parents decided to feed him is disgusting, and the way it was “reported” equally as disgusting. But writing in detail about anyone hanging him/herself I think crosses the line, even if that is secretly what some of us might desire. And then the diatribe in the epilogue, while in line with what I believe, is insensitive to what some otherwise perfectly rational and fine people (some of whom might actually download this blog) believe. While we might disagree with them, callously putting down their beliefs like that is the kind of thing that gives atheists in general a bad name. I think we’re better than that. Basically what I’m saying is you might want to pull out that reset button again, Gabe. |
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| Posted in: You Can Make It Up: Gretchen Carlson Goes To Heaven | |||
[Ed. note: Previously.]
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I am not a writer, so I will use this gif as an expression of my love for this wonderful place and all of you.
That dog’s name isn’t Sisyphus, is it?
And I want to do this to all of you, in a good way
I’m embarrassed by how much I love this.
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE
Am I the only one not seeing an image in thekelburrows’s comment?
http://bipolarized.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/life.jpg?w=300&h=270
dammit….
I love you, Hobbes.
Definitely file this under tl;dr but I want to say this, so I will:
After getting downvoted into oblivion for defending a post that I felt was in keeping with the tone of the site we all so clearly love, a funny thing happened. I felt hurt. Embarrassing to admit, I know. My poor little feelings were hurt to the point that I actually talked to my girlfriend about it, explaining my rationale for the comment and the perceived sleight it was met with. Then an even funnier thing happened. Halfway through explaining what a “downvote” was, I realized I WAS EXPLAINING TO MY GIRLFRIEND WHAT A *DOWNVOTE* WAS. Now, I want to make it clear that I am in no way marginalizing this site or the Monsters that elevate its discourse to the realm of the exceptional; quite the opposite. In a world of soundbites and entitlement, where a culture and media hurtle ever faster towards the black hole of the lowest common denominator, I had found in this site something to be proud of. Gabe’s writing is the most humorous, level-headed and insightful available today, and around that, a community formed- natural and organic, human and beautiful. A community of people both interested and interesting. I don’t know of any other forum, digital or otherwise, that can boast such a collection of individuals, individuals interested in finding an answer rather than winning the argument. Such was my respect and admiration for you that the sting of your disapproval transgressed the boundaries of the digital persona, the avatar and the forum. And on a personal level, that’s not something I’m okay with. So I’m calling it quits, but as a parting shot, I wanted to share my deep and sincere gratitude for all the Monsters who make this such a wonderful place to laugh and to think. Big upvotes for all of you. But Special Big Upvotes for:
Mans
cakeordeath
Frank Lloyd Wrong
teacherman
Baby Friday
lawblog
That One
Polythene Pam
thisismynightmare
Thanks guys, and have a great Thanksgiving.
I guess if you’re quitting, you’re quitting, but I want to ask you to reconsider. I was completely, “quitting-on-Twitter” frustrated this week (especially since my outspokenness on downvoting might have cost me a copy of Sterling’s Gold–curses!). But this is still, for anyone’s money, the most reasonable, kind place on the internet. Stick it out.
Wait, I think leaving is the opposite of what we are going for?
Yeah, agreed. Let’s everyone stick around? I certainly appreciate the sentiment and the shout-out, Lesigh, but (as is clearly evident from this well-written and humorous post) you belong on this site and I hope you reconsider. I think this week was just a contentious one (see my post below). In the end though, we are all the best and we need to recruit more bests. But that’s just one teacherman’s opinion.
I really don’t understand this leaving thing, why people gotta be so dramatic? It’s a website, you can come and go as you please without making all these announcements about it. In the words of Gabe, people just need to relax!
Stupid Facebook connect, you’re betraying my secret identity!
Sam Greenwood is correct.
“Sam Greenwood” is “correct”
?????????????
Steve: use your words. We’ve been over this.
Baby Friday: All of the upvotes. So good.
I totally agree, I can’t understand why people have to make such a big deal about leaving a website.
It happens on a lot of sites I go on, and it is really embarrassing.
Don’t go! I want to upvote the honesty but I want to downvote you leaving. So instead I’ll just leave you with this:
Don’t let a few downvotes get you down, Lesigh! Think of it as a start to your EGOT!
That is totes my philosophy. SURPRISE SURPRISE Nightmare and Cake agree on something.
Oh Destruction….
I would like to take this opportunity to mention that I am closing the winbot accounts since i received no response from winwood. Also, I was also Lesigh, Godsauce, DS3m, Jtailbain, Mangum KissthePan & Aaaaron. I will now retire those accounts. sorry.
I was Chris Trash.
What in holy hell is happening right here?!
Chris Trash is me, we are Chris Trash.
Oh shit, josh weezy collins flashbacks anyone? Also, where is Aaaron, that guy was awesome, haven’t seen him in a while…
Down votes have the power to kill.
I think today has demonstrated for us, if nothing else, the terrifying power yielded by a downvote.
Don’t let the downvotes win! Stick around and prove them wrong!
Also, thanks for the shout out. I feel entirely undeserving of it, especially alongside the real VGum powerhouses you mentioned, but I’m touched by the gesture.
I hope you stay. Anyone willing to put this much of themselves out there definitely earns my respect.
Pam, you know you’re totally Vgum royalty, right?
Aww, sorry if I came off as a defensive ass to you. For the record, I did not downvote you despite my disagreeing with you. No hard feelings?
Also, once again, let me say you guys are the best, and even though I am generally a professional lurker on this site and this sudden explosion of not-entirely positive attention was a bit nerve-wracking, this site and the community means a whole lot to me. I’ve stuck around since the beginning largely because the articles have always been great, but just as much because the people who comment and add to the site in so many other ways push it above and beyond almost any other blog out there.
yay everyone!
Oh wait, I must have missed the whole leaving part when I first read that.
Now I really feel like an ass…
I could be totes wrong, but i think what lesigh is saying is that he/she is quitting because it has gotten to a point where the opinions of faceless people on the internet have started to affect him/her in real life, and he/she is not ok with that, even though he/she loves aforementioned faceless people. It seems that lesigh cares TOO MUCH and consequently must distance him/herself.
In conclusion, we will miss you, lesigh, if and when you choose to return from your sojurn to the “real world”
Dont leave guys! You’re all the reason i enlisted!
I would like to thank LeSigh for checking on me this week during “Mans’s Tour of Ennui and Existential Gloom 2010.”
Remember, a thumb up or a thumb down is meaningless in the face of real human interaction and compassion.
I agree that we all feel the trembling nakedness of monsterous absurdity.
CAN I GET A “BOOKGUM” OUT THERE?
One time I commented and later saw it had 50 downvotes, to much confusion.
Then I read my comment again and thought, “Whoops! I was being racist!”
I guess what I’m saying is it gets better.
Racism is evil.
I’ve never told you this, but you’re my inspiration, Steve.
Melodrama alert.
Ok – I’m with those that say these videogum equivalents of emailing your whole company to let them know you’re leaving are a little strange. I understand your sentiment here, and nobody likes getting their feelings hurt, but to leave videogum entirely is probably not super necessary?
Here’s the thing – I’ve been around these parts for a decent amount of time in internet years. Two summers ago, I was commenting with some frequency, but my schedule is now such that I don’t really have time to comment except in the occasional commenting binge, because as we all know, commenting is a time consuming thing if you do it right here (i.e. we want to respond to people who respond to us, keep an eye on our upvotes, etc.). BUT I still read the posts just about every day! Sometimes I don’t have time to read the comments of a post at all, but because I’m still reading, I’m still a member of the community! And when I do have time to comment, people are still welcoming – whether they remember me from 1000 internet years ago, or think I’m new (this happens more often). And that’s quite unusual in these internet lands! Seriously!
So, in finally getting to my point, in my time frequenting this website, I’ve observed a few cycles of regular commenters. Some people have been here the whole time (Napoleon, how are you going to finish high school with all that time dedicated to stellar comments?!?!), but other people get new jobs, or maybe get promoted and actually have to start doing their jobs, or find that the site really isn’t for them anymore because they are big Jeff Dunham fans. And all of those things are ok (except being a Jeff Dunham fan)! And new commenters come and take their place and entertain us, too! [Cue Circle of Life youtubes] Steve Winwood is the new Cake Eatur! So instead of writing all these commenter suicide notes, maybe just take a private break – whatever your reasons – and just know that the commenting community will always welcome you back! If we grow the site and keep it full of great people, you’ll be just as delighted with the new crop of folks.
So keep up the good work, guys! And know that many of us don’t participate as much as we used to are here looking over you, like Mufasa’s ghost in that canyon. Except we’re mostly laughing at how funny you all are.
*Fin*
P.S. Yes, I also like to think that Godsauce is probably Mufasa, guys. There’s a giant smurf watching over us all.
I made this gif just for your comment, HeyThatsMyBike. It was that good.
Yay! A dedicated gif!
This is basically the down voter philosophy:
[STRIKE]This week[/STRIKE] Thank God.
Perfect. I’m taking my toys and going home.
Also:
Oof
This happens in the Friday/Teacherman house often, doesn’t it.
“Too often, if you ask me!” — teacherman
“No one asked you, teacherman. Not really.” — Monsters
“All right, you guys are a GREAT CROWD! Now, what about those downvotes? What is the deal with downvoting???” — teacherman
[Shuffle of chairs. Sound of doors opening and closing, cars starting.]
“Hehehehe…anyway, take Steve Winwood…please!” — teacherman
[Crickets. A siren in the distance.]
Speaking of weirdos on the Internet I am doing NFL confidence picks, if you are interested Email me your picks christophertrashomon at gmail or post them on my facebook. this is the link where the picks will be posted. http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/monsternflpicks
Congrats to all you Ballers out there!
Also, I have done my part in recruitment. I have recruited my IRL huz The Narrator. It was a long fight, but I have done it!
Stop making me your trophy.
I’m not a piece of E-meat.
DON’T SASS HER!
Watch out, teacherfriday, we have another power couple on the scene!
But what do we call them? thisismynarrator? nightmarrator? Brangelina 2; electric boogaloo?
My vote is for the latter.
I, for one, welcome the addition of more monster couples. That One? Mans? Others I’m sure?
My girlfriend first showed me this site, and I was all like:
I believe she currently presides under the name upvotesforsean. Thank Jeezus for girlfriends and videogum!
So close this week…
Lawblog, this .gif may be one of the funniest I have ever seen. I am laughing so hard at this right now, I can’t even believe it.
*sigh* What a day. Well, as a wise man once said, we gotta keep fucking that chicken, amirite? Let’s all relax a bit with some tea.
Whoops! That was not supposed to be a lie. But I will PRETEND that it makes sense. Join me, won’t you?
I’ll have the lavender earl grey please.
Raspberry earl grey is the best, as is red lavender tea. Not “the best” as in “better than lavender earl grey, obviously”, but, you know, like “the best!”. I’m sure lavender earl grey is delicious as well. Thanks for reminding me simultaneously both that 1) I love those teas and 2) I can’t procure them where I am.
I’ma go be mildly conflicted for a while.
I swear all your Monster’s Ball pictures make me go and make a cup of tea. They give me mad cravings.
Capital idea.
Hi monsters!
If you would indulge for one moment here at the ball, I would like to bring up something that’s been dampening my enjoyment of the comments section ever so slightly (but not really because the comments are consistently amazing): hyper-meming.
I know the comment section is an impenetrable fortress of inside jokes and that we’ve all adopted Gabe-isms to some extent, which is to be expected. I’m of the opinion, however, that we may be going crazy overboard, tossing off memes without much thought. Not sure about you guys, but it’s kind of bugging me. A couple jokes show up in almost every single thread and have lost almost all charm. A few clearly outstanding examples:
1) That is your/my/our boyfriend.
2) We are in jail.
3) Gabe is so old.
4) 2012.
We can do better, you guys! I know these jokes can be really funny sometimes, but they are not really funny alwaystimes. Once strong and virile stallions, these horses are getting clubbed to death. They are easy jokes that are applicable to many situations and, as such, should be handled with care and delivered in moderation. Right? Those poor horses.
I hope I’m not coming off as Grouchy McUpsettypants. I love all the monsters and I think Videogum is home to some of the smartest commentary and sharpest wit. I just don’t want to see it devolve into a ham-fisted circlejerk.
That said, let’s all enjoy the weekend, yes? Everyone sleep in like a superstar!
Love,
Me
Go to 2012.
(I am SO UNBELIEVABLY SORRY. I couldn’t resist.)
Here are some new memes for next week:
1. If someone does something terrible, you say the person has been kissing an alpaca.
EX.: “Don’t blame Willow Palin for her homophobic rants. She’s been kissing alpacas.”
2. If a person is attractive to you, say he/she is your missing sock.
EX.: “Frances McDormand is my missing sock. I would like to be folded up with her in a drawer.”
3. When you feel the world’s terribleness is just too much, say that you can’t wait until Bowman enters your central core and removes your modules.
EX.: “Ugh, another KeSha video? I can’t wait until Bowman enters my central core and removes enough modules to revert me to my original state. Dead.”
Maybe that will help.
Excuse me sir, I do believe this is belongs to you:
Also, Gabe is really tall. So make sure to mention that alot. i.e.
“This meme seems crazy to me. But what would Gabe know? He’s REALLY TALL”
My friend is double-jointed, so whenever she does something, we chalk it up to that.
“Esther got an A on the science test?”
“Yeah, but she’s double-jointed, so”
#truestory
Haha. This is my favorite. It made me realize that it’s been FOREVER since someone asked me if I was double-jointed. That was like a badge of honor in elementary school and has become less and less interesting since.
Missing sock! Adorable. Approved.
Mans, you’re my missing sock!
That is a really big sock. Consider it a metaphor for how much I love Mans.
That’s your alpaca.
He’s pretty.
“Happy Holidays” is the new “Have fun at dinner”
Oh come on,stop being so much our boyfriend, Funtastik. You should go to jail longer than Gabe’s been on this planet (six thousand years). Too bad your sentence will be cut short since the world will end in 2012.
2012 doesn’t super do it for my anymore, but I always laff at Gabe is so old jokes.
I’m kind of conflicted on this. I get where you’re coming from, and you’re right that we all toss off memes in every single thread. But I’m also kind of uncomfortable with suggesting that we should be self-policing ourselves. Like “oh no I already used a ‘gabe is old’ joke AND a 2012-er today! Better slow down”. What’s too much? Should we rate the quality of certain types of comments? (I’m starting to have frightening flashbacks to V for Vgum!). And I think something like 2012 is tough because it’s definitely a joke made often outside of the Videogum world (I also never NOT think a 2012 joke is funny so you guys should probably ignore me on this one). Maybe I just have a high tolerance for in-jokes and am not noticing the lazy attempts?
I think this ties in a bit with Gabe’s call for greater involvement. I’m guessing Gabe/Scott/Gum Inc. have considered the negative side to our tight knit community: the more “in” the site becomes (both in comments and in content) the tougher it will likely be to gain new readership. I remember a few months ago someone posted a Videogum post to ONTD. Before reading the comments I thought to myself “Uh oh. I doubt Gabe’s commentary will go over well”. And I was sort of right. Some people thought it was funny, a few were already vgum readers, and the rest were just really confused. And I get that. A few months ago I decided it was finally time to start listening to The Best Show. And I’ve definitely had to put in a lot of effort to get into the show. There’s just so much history and in-jokes to catch up on. It can be a bit overwhelming. I’m still trying!
So I’m not sure what I’m getting at here. I guess to Funtastik: point taken. I get what you’re saying, and it’s definitely something I will think about for a while after this. As for broadening the Videogum audience, I will continue to force my friends/sister to read every Videogum page I link them to. Branching out to Tumblr, updating Facebook more, and the rest are all really great ways to increase influence (oh god I sound like the people Alex Blagg satirizes on Bajillion Hits). I also think broadening subject matter, like Stephen K.’s feature and Soft Gabe’s Movies For Dudes posts, is really smart. And this is just a guess, because I really have no idea what brings in the most page views, but it seems like a lot of monsters ended up here either through WMOAT or TV recaps. Maybe increasing the amount of recaps could help get new readers?
That was too long. I hope this helps even just a little!
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said. I am not trying to be bossy or to be some kind of authoritarian figure. Just bouncing my ideas off the community to see if anyone else relates.
Videogum is what the monsters make it, and if the monsters want the same dozen jokes on repeat, then sure. I’ve just noticed a decrease in the sound of my own laughter. (I only laugh out loud in deafening cackles.)
I agree that show recaps would probably be a gateway for a lot of people. It is obvious that to have more show recaps videogum would need another writer.
If another writer is not wanted, an easy to get people talking about shows that I want to see is a SUNDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD.
It might undercut the Mad men or Walking Dead recap, but post those first and no bigs.
And in addition to those shows lots of people probably want to chat and post gifs of: Boardwalk Empire, Eastbound and Down, Bored to Death, Treme, Dexter, the Simpsons etc.
If these jokes are wearing you down, maybe a little time off is just what the doctor ordered? I really love this website, Gabe’s writing, the cast of characters, etc. I think the inside stuff makes this collection of monsters a community. Let’s not try to control it! So Funtastic, I say you get a nice mixed drink and lay out on the beach for a little while. Clear your head of all the 2012′s and so on. Remember what life was like before Videogum. And then come back and enjoy it anew!
I am as bad or worse as anyone else in terms of the old meme/inside joke game. But I side with you completely.
This is how I see it. And really, our comedy on comments is no different than say, TV sitcoms.
There a tried, tested and true methods of getting upvotes (or ratings). You stick with the memes, the inside jokes (multi-camera, laugh track) and you can usually guarantee yourself five or ten or twenty upvotes for an average application of these.
But when you try something new and it could go several ways. It could become modern family and be a big hit that gets all the upvotes and ratings. Or it could go on to be something great and respected in certain circles (30 Rock or Louie). Or, more likely, it could not find an audience and peter out or worse, no one finds it funny, and you crash and burn and wonder why, why you ever thought it was.
My point is, it is easy to stick with the tried, tested and true because that is where the guaranteed upvotes are, and as Lesigh pointed out above, upvotes matter. Just like ratings.
Metaphor, out.
That’s an interesting point to make about the instant upvotes. I think that’s precisely why it can sometimes bug me. When the joke is so easy, I feel like everyone’s already thought of it. Why type the very first thing that came to mind?
As membership and comment counts increase, I find myself commenting less and less. I remember when it was an occasion to find more than a dozen comments to a thread. With comment threads currently running into the triple figures, I don’t usually post unless I have something new to say. Let someone else make the boyfriend joke. There’s nothing new there. The joke has been squeezed dry.
I know this keeps coming off like some kind of attack on people who do make these jokes, but that’s not my intention. Increased participation is good and perhaps I’m just clinging on to “the way things were.” (I remember there was also a conversation took places when the number of GIF posts surged.) I’ll definitely go back to just ignoring whatever jokes because it’s the internet and it’s not an actual issue of any scope, but I thought a discussion would be worthwhile.
I agree with this comment. I get an update on my google reader than there’s a new post at Videogum, click on it, and there are 35 comments posted, largely all variants on the repetitive tropes. And some of the moving gifs really slow the page view down.
And to the ‘self-policing’ fear expressed by one reply, just think about whether you’d still be getting laughs if you were speaking out loud to people? I mean, you surely exercise more restraint and precision in real life than on a blog (duh) but a little extra restraint on the message boards will make the references more charming.
A good example is one of Gabe’s own works! The Hugh Jackman Allowing the Actor in Him To Take Over bit was funny, then funnier, then it kind of felt like badgering, then it went away for a while and when it came back it was funny again! In fact, I could go for some Hugh Jackman Pee comedy right now!
I’m new here and I love everyone’s comradery and ability to argue without actually getting mad. This place seems fun. #nojoke!
Welcome!
It is super fun. Welcome and enjoy, therealmcavoy! (BTW, don’t listen to Winwood.)
Hey The Real McAvoy! New people are awesome! That’s the great thing–new people fix all the problems–new blood, new jokes, new ideas, sexy avatars!
A new member — the ultimate diffuser. I totally forgot what I was even saying! Hello!
Damnit Funtastik! I signed up for this blog to coast, and now you’re telling me I’m going to EPIC FAIL* the course if I don’t do real work?!?!
*other expressions that annoy me but that I still use… DEAL WITH IT CAKEORDEATH!
As much as I think things like that have to run their natural course, as someone who is here all the time and rarely participates in comments, I definitely see what you mean as far as involving others. It sort of reminds me of the table next to mine at lunch in school at which some of my friends sat. “I get your jokes & shit guys, but…c’mon.” Except I love you monsters. Like I said, that’s just gotta run its course.
testing?
Sorry, it wasn’t letting me post. I started a monster nfl confidence pick pool. Email me your picks or post them on my facebook before 11 am ct and i will post them on http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/monsternflpicks
I love how you can post absolutely nothing at all and get four upvotes*. It’s like that old joke that Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood could fart in a studio for fifty minutes and everyone would call it genius.
*I was number four.
I’d give it a listen.
I got it.
we are all but kittens in a tissue box, looking for friends, trying to not get beat up. (i don’t really have any metaphor. just look at the cute)
I find kittens on the Roomba to be the perfect metaphor. Hang on, little buddies.
this reminds me of this
Speaking of hanging on, and not trying to belabor anything, but last Friday, I once again attempted suicide. I was unsuccessful and was sick all week, but it was an eye-opening experience to see how relieved my son was that I was okay. I realize that this seems trite and many may think that I am just trolling, but I have had a long fight with depression. Some days it wins, but most days you manage to hang onto the Roomba.
Nakedpainter,
I am so glad that you are okay and I’m sure your son is ecstatic. He’s got a great mom in his life and I hope that you will continue to be in our lives here on VG as well.
Until we comment again,
Katydid
When there is one prize (Lord of the Rings DVDs), I come in second. When there are two prizes (Sterling’s Gold), I come in third. Always a ballsmaid, never a ball.
I am done with this stupid week.
That’s also the end of “Whiny Friday”, in case you were wondering.)
Baby Friday, what is “You are a good person” in Spanish?
BabyFridayJ2: BabyFridayJHarder
But we all love you, Baby Friday! Don’t be sad!
mr. wright that is the best!!
Sometimes I think that all I do is talk about and promote Videogum. Tertiary friends on Facebook and Twitter (and Xanga, jk lolz even though I had one five years ago) probably think I don’t know how the internet works and only know how to go to one website. Case in point, on my OkCupid profile (don’t you judge me), Videogum is listed as one of the six things I can’t live without. #mliv
ummm i just joined okcupid, and was considering mentioning videogum and decided against it. you’ve convinced me.
I think this is a good time to mention I have spent hours (and hours) thinking about how to convince Gabe to start an offshoot of Videogum that is a dating site for monsters. I realize we don’t have enough people for it not to turn into some sort of inbred royal family deal, but, like, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try! #desperate #datinginnewyorkishard
That could make the comment section really awkward.
In a good way? Plus, we already have the sexual tension–people are internet-marrying, Gabe is always shirtless, and we are occasionally able to accidentally look at each other’s facebook pages in order to assess attractiveness (just me?).
i love you.
We would have to use a disclaimer.
I’m Single and want to be your girlfriend*
*but not in the snarky crazy person way which we always use that term. I pretty much just want to make you chicken soup when your sick. (Girlfriends do that right? I’m a little rusty.)
I think people would need to tread lightly. We all remember the Kenny Powers/Carrie debacle, right? Let’s all just agree on no mention of bholes. Or any holes?
I was trying to reply to you on our impromptu Harry Potter thread, but there was no reply button. (Conspiracy?) But I wanted to say: Let’s be friends. (It was funnier and less creepy when it was a response to an insane HP rant.) I guess this means that Steve’s idea makes sense–if we had our own pages for messages and crap, kind of like Gawker, I could have saved myself public embarrassment.
So does this mean you guys would be matched on OKcupid? Because that would be ADORABLE. Assuming you are of the gender type that the other is into (x 2).
I’m a girl (into nerdy, sarcastic guys–take note, ya’ll) so I think I ruined the love connection. BUT I did just do a search for “Videogum” on OkCupid and it yielded humorous results. Recommended.
you likely won’t see this, but i totally got a message on OKC from some dude being all “i’m so glad gabe is doing WMOATs again!” hahahah
Happy American Thanksgiving, Ya Hosers!
FYI American turkey day is next Thursday (I totes want to see some recipes from monsters).
Thanks to this post, I am now craving back-bacon and krillers for breakfast .
I attend a vegetarian turkeyday because I have a couple of vegetariat friends. Usually every year we have an awesome cook but this year she bailed on us and so it is my job to think of a great main dish that has no meat in it. Pretty much everything I eat has meat in it, even my salads, so… any ideas? So far we are making a root vegetable shepherds pie, but that feels… penultimate.
I like to make lasagna with zucchini strips instead of noodles, and a marinara sauce loaded with ricotta cheese (I add carrot chunks, onions, and broccoli too). Then plenty of mozzarella cheese on top. Don’t know if your pals are lacto/ovo, but if they eat cheese that is a winner.
Ingredients:
* 1 pan of cornbread, crumbled
* 10 slices white or whole wheat (left out overnight)
* 2 t poultry seasoning (see recipe below)*
* 3/4 t rubbed sage
* 1/2 t freshly ground black pepper
* 3 large stalks celery, chopped
* 1 large onion, chopped (2-1/2 to 3 C)
* 3/4 C vegan margarine (1-1/2 sticks)
* 5 C stock (vegetable or vegan chicken-style)
* Replacement for 3 large eggs, slightly beaten
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Crumble the cornbread and white bread into a very large baking dish or pan
(This is the pan you will cook your dressing in, and you need room to stir
it while it’s cooking).
In a large skillet, sauté the celery and onion in margarine over medium
heat until onion is transparent. Combine the sautéed vegetables with the
bread crumbs and mix well. Note: The dressing up to this point can be
prepared an hour or so in advance.
When you are ready to bake the dressing, add the beaten egg replacement
and stock; stir. (You may need a little more stock — better if it’s too
moist than too dry; the uncooked dressing should be a little on the slushy
side.) Add poultry seasoning, rubbed sage, and black pepper; mix
thoroughly.
After baking for 15 minutes or so, stir dressing down from the sides of
the pan so that it cooks uniformly (my grandmother’s term was “rake
through it”). Check the seasonings; that is, taste it. If you don’t taste
enough sage for your liking, add 1/4 teaspoon or so with a little stock,
stir it in, and taste again. Careful– a little sage goes a long way.
Total cooking time should be about 30 minutes.
*Poultry Seasoning
Ingredients:
* 1 T dried rosemary
* 1 T dried sage
* 1 T dried thyme
* 1 T dried marjoram
* 1 T celery seed
* 1 t whole peppercorns or 3/4 teaspoon ground pepper
Directions:
Grind ingredients together in a spice grinder, mini-food processor or a
mortar and pestle.
Cornbread
Ingredients:
* 3 T vegan margarine
* Replacement for 2 eggs
* 1-1/2 C corn meal
* 1 t salt
* 1/2 t baking soda
* 1 t baking powder
* 1-1/4 C vegan buttermilk (see recipe below)*
* 1 T additional vegan margarine
* 1 t additional corn meal
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Put the margarine in a 10″ cast iron skillet and put it in the oven while
it is preheating. The margarine will melt while you’re mixing up the
batter.
Beat the egg replacer in a medium bowl until frothy. Add the corn meal,
salt, baking soda and baking powder, and stir to combine. Add the vegan
buttermilk and stir well. Remove the hot dish from the oven. Swirl the
dish to coat it with melted margarine, pour the margarine into the batter
and stir to combine.
Put another tablespoon of margarine in the hot skillet. Once melted,
sprinkle about a teaspoon of cornmeal into the hot oil and return the pan
to the oven for a few minutes to let the cornmeal brown. When your batter
is ready, pour it into the hot pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes.. A crispy
and delicious bottom crust will result. The cornbread will begin to pull
away from the sides of the pan.
*Vegan Buttermilk
For each cup required: place 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in a
glass measuring cup. Add in soy milk to equal 1 cup. Stir and let stand
for 10 minutes.
CORNBREAD! Of course! Also the lasagna idea is a very good one — it got downvotes when I proposed it (due to arcane rules I did not know about which decree no lasagna on T-day?) but this recipe is intriguing so I hereby copy it into my recipe folder for later use.
Thanks a lot, BF & aftershock. FYI we have added samosas to our menu, and porcini smashed potatoes, brussel sprouts doused in oil and salt and pepper and baked till they are black on the edges, and lot of pies and home-made ice creams. Plus an overwhelming quantity of cheese.
I think that now is probably a good time to introduce my friend’s dog, Monkey. He is a motherfucking instigator and he just don’t care. Case in point:
That dog knows what I’m talking about.
That dog is about to get downvoted like you wouldn’t believe.
The cat downvoted him later:
It looks like the cat is faith healing the dog.
“It didn’t work. You’re still a dog. You didn’t pray hard enough.” –Pastor Whiskers
I submitted these images to Reddit a few weeks ago, and someone Photoshopped this gem:
Come chat, you guys!
tinychat.com/videogum
If you haven’t chatted, you are missing moments like UGH chat:
Today is troll chat! Come and check it out!
It’s telling me a password is required.
I’m fairly sure someone said the password was, “Enhance”. I don’t know for sure though, as I haven’t chated yet…
You would be correct. Thank you!
You’re welcome! I’m just glad no one made fun of me because I spelt the word chatted wrong.
“Hahahahahaaha! You spelt chatted wrong! Moron!”
- What I was worried Steve Winwood would say to me.
Chaters gonna chate!
“enhance”
enhance
YAY! UGGHCHAT! YAY! I’M IN THE SCREENSHOT! YAY!
Ok, I’ll stop being annoying now.
I’m missing chat AGAIN this Friday. This makes Twilly a sad girl.
Hey guys! Guess what tomorrow is!
Happy birthday. I hope you get some fruit to eat.
Happy birthday! Maybe you’ll get a cookie-cake! with frosting!
“you say it’s your birthday? it’s my birthday, too (Yeah). you say it’s your birthday. happy birthday to you!”-megabee, videogum lurker and beatles paraphraser
Hey Megabee, any relation to…
(I’m breaking this out for every birthday I can)
Happy Birthday, you Beast, you!
Happy Birthday, Huck! You’re a true MONSTER (see what I did there?)
Happy Birthday FIANCE!
I suggested a while back that one way to grow page views of existing unique visitors is to set up social media type profiles, like an @videogum.com address for email messaging service and also each troll / commentator / whatever has their own quasi facebook type page on videogum. So I could be videogum.com/stevewinwood and you can visit that page to see who I think is pretty this week, what movies I endorse this week and what music I hated this week, etc. We could see what off topic commentary wertrew has to make etc. We could see what boring crap each of you is in to today. This would bump up traffic quite a bit.
That’s a really brilliant idea, Steve. I think it would be great way to strengthen the community even more.
I find your patronizing tone disturbing
http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/1272348532_original-lol.gif?w=238&h=211
http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/1272348532_original-lol.gif?w=238
Steve, everybody loves you, don’t play.
I laughed so loud at this exchange that I farted. My roommates are hella pissed at me, but I don’t care.
I just needed to say this. You are the reason i joined this website.
I seriously do not appreciate being made fun of with sarcasm. I thought we hit the fucking reset button because you cant make fun of suicide
Steve, is your sarcasm detector on the fritz? Or is it mine?
You don’t get to 500 million downvotes without making a few upvotes.
Foz, can I just say how thrilled I am that “Steve Winwood Explains It All” made it into the Ball? Because it should have an honorary retired jersey or something. Seriously.
BF, I have posted that picture twice previously and it was never the hit I expected it to be. But you were there, always, to support it and upvote it. It’s because of you that I didn’t give up on that picture, it was because of you that I posted it that fateful third time, and that’s why I dedicate this Ball appearance to you.
Related: until we can all get super awesome videogum.com/commentor addresses, one of the best ways I’ve noticed among my friends to get the word out about the site is to “like” posts or re-post links on facebook so they show up in your friends’ feeds. I’ve got a few of my friends reading the site daily just by posting links to my profile and I know several of them had no idea this site existed previously.
For example! I posted the BREAKING HEAVEN NEWS to my page and it resulted in a dozen of my friends commenting on it on my profile and (surely) even more visiting this site. Every little bit helps I assume!
No. No facebook.
Fuck yes
Also that could allow commenters to see if they have a reply. This could also be made clearer in the threads as it can be difficult to see who is replying to who.
I will talk up Videogum to everyone I know, but since that list is 50% my mom, who doesn’t get computers. and 50% my dad, who is moving to South Dakota to live in a yurt, I fear than I might not be the best ringer we have.
Maybe the nice checkout employees at target would like to hear about it…
As someone who is beginning employment at Target on Sunday, yes, I would like to hear about it.
If it makes you feel any better, if I knew you in real life, I’d totally be your friend.
Oh my god, I read that first in a way that had you working at Target, which led me to you trying to explain Videogum, or just talking about if they know what it is, to every customer in your line. As sad as that is, it also is so good.
I told my dog to check it out, but he thought the Gretchen Carlson YCMIU was a bit ruff.
Kill me now.
I am still laughing over how bird said it last week: “Kill me now. Make it quick.”
hahah. hi! #beer
There is a proud tradition of bird and beer.
Sunday is my birthday. For my last birthday I got: moving back into my parents’ house, and a huge stye in my eye! This year I am wishing for: not a stye! Prognosis appears good so far; maybe 28 won’t be the terriblest!
Have some me!
philie.net/images/cakes/beeHiveCake.jpg
i sure hope i post this right. and that i guessed your real name correctly. happy birthday!
i guess i haven’t remembered the instructions from the multiple times i’ve read about how to post pictures.
thanks!
See above
I passed on up/downvoting this last time. But now its a thing. Hooray upvoting!
Happy Birthday!
Meaverly, I’m wrapping up 28 next month. So far, it’s been a really good year! Way better than 27! Apparently people say that experiences vary in terms of how great a person’s year is, but there’s no good research supporting that notion, so, ipsofacto, because I have been having a super 28th year, YOU WILL TO! IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR FOR YOU! IT’S SCIENCE!
Hooray! Been reading forever but hadn’t really bothered to join the conversation until the last week or so. +1 outreach already!
Hello and welcome!
JD or Wertrew can you post the Videogum Secret Santa info again in case anyone missed it earlier this week?
It is on Werttrew’s tumblr. If you just google “werttrew”, it should be the first thing that comes up.
http://werttrew.tumblr.com/post/1593525765/holidaygum-secret-santa
I don’t know what this is all about, but I totally would participate if I had the extra cash.
Happy Holidays, Monsters!
Love,
Your Not-So Secret Santa
PS. I’m lactose intolerant and you can give my cookies to Huckabeast. Thnx.
This was a great weeks guys! At least for me, especially in the face of my IRL pseudo-problems. I think its both sad and beautiful that I find so much enjoyment in these green little thumbs, but what the hell ITS AWESOME TO MAKE JOKES WITH REALLY NICE PEOPLE. Keep it up guys. See you all in chat tonight!
It was a long, hard trip to the end, but we made it, friends! Happy Friday!
I will continue to highlight Videogum on my blog no one reads but my mom and my best friend! Awesome. This is gonna pay off. Love y’all, have a great weekend!
I’m in the Ball!
Never did I think I would see an *NSYNC-circa-2000-dancing-to-Just-Got-Paid-(Friday-Night) .gif in these comments, but I did, and you gave it to me, so thank you a thousand times.
(And no, I didn’t spend my middle school years recording any and all NSYNC television appearances in what ended up being a 3-tape VHS collection, I just, I don’t know, remember this particular part of this particular dance because who knows why. I definitely didn’t KNOW the dance, and I really definitely didn’t DO the dance. Just drop it.)
You all seem like very nice people. People I can fart chat with.
Happy Friday everyone! I hope ur week was better than mine.
I’ve only been a commenting Monster for a week and a half now, but it has already improved my quality of living SO MUCH. For instance, National Trailer Day really paid off last night at the midnight showing of Harry Potter 7.1 (which I totally went to even though I’m way too old to be into wizards and midnight is sooo past my bedtime (GO TO BED, ME? Did I do that right?)) when nearly all the trailers preceding the film were trailers that I’d seen on this site a day before and therefore already had jokes about them prepared.
Seriously, though, I’ve been lurking on this site since May when I stumbled upon Gabe’s Lost recaps and LOVED THEM TO DEATH, and you Monsters have become like living legends to me. It took me so long to gather the courage to start commenting because I was so intimidated by how funny and intelligent and amazing all of you were. “I’ll never be that funny or intelligent or amazing. Nobody will like me. I will get no upvotes.” -Me.
But then I made my first comment and teacherman made no hesitation to upvote and welcome me simultaneously! And then later down the road, Superglue engaged in conversation with me regarding Singin’ in the Rain! A comment I made got thirty-five upvotes this week, which in the grand scheme of comments is not so many upvotes, but to me it meant that thirty-five of some of the the smartest and wittiest people on the Internet enjoyed what I had to say. And that made me feel so good.
So thanks, guys. I appreciate all of you.
Yeah, I remember when I had my first +30 upvoted comment. Cheers!
You have had a banner week! Good for you! And that is a nice comment you have there, all full of compliments. Probably it earned you stay-up-late privileges (no mom-o).
That’s pretty much exactly what happened with me! I started reading the Lost recaps and realized that the comments were every bit as funny as the post. I didn’t start commenting until July though, and I was terrified. And then I went to chat and Mans said I was funny, and I felt like a million bucks. Since then I have been trying hard to spread the love (not to mention getting polygamously internet married–it’s been a wild ride). Yay, Monsters!
We’re glad to have you, travasaurus and I am very happy that I could help to make you feel at home. Welcome to your new obsession!
I used to read Stereogum fairly regularly and was around when they first started Videogum, which I ignored because I (absolutely and wrongfully) thought it was some sort of PerezHilton type thing. And then in summer school I got so bored that I found some of the recaps, Lost, True Blood (which I had mocked unsuccessfully to friends who loved it), etc.. and fell in love. And then this last few weeks I’ve posted a few times and had the same type of fear that I wouldn’t belong in this community that just seemed so much fun. I’m glad I’m not the only nerd who’s like that
“…you Monsters have become like living legends to me. It took me so long to gather the courage to start commenting because I was so intimidated by how funny and intelligent and amazing all of you were. “I’ll never be that funny or intelligent or amazing. Nobody will like me. I will get no upvotes.” -Me.”
ME TOO! Then I joined Twitter just so I could follow Monster commentators, Gabe, Max, Birdie, ET CETERA, and it was great! And when Mans replied to one of my tweets I literally almost fainted because MANS! I am much more active on Twitter than on this site simply for logistical reasons, but I am on here religiously. The moral of the story is, if you’re not on Twitter, you should consider joining and if you are, you should look everyone up and follow them (and they will likely follow you!), because it is fun and awesome.
So if we agree that Mans is the King of Monsters, then who are the Queen, Prince, Princess, Duke, Duchess, Earl, etc.? Let’s homecoming court this bitch!
Oof, downvotes, eh? I guess I can assume that I am not “princess” then? Good thing I’m PRINCESS of my LIFE y’all. Or else I might be real sad.
Welcome to Videogum! I’m rather new myself, but in my short time here I’ve felt nothing but welcome. I too was worried I wouldn’t be funny enough to fit in, but you’ll end up suprising yourself. I remember on my first full day here one of my posts reached 60 upvotes (I called out Steve Winwood for being a meanie), I felt like I was on top of the world. I’d recommend that you check out chat, it’s a great way to get to know the monsters better! Hope you have as good a time here as I have!
I can’t believe the comment about the internet’s hottest new website “Devour” didn’t make it. That was the funniest thing ever…and extra funny as it was a reply to a reply.
Big ups…
Congrats to all the Ballers! You guys were rocking it. I felt off ALL week. Maybe it was because I had an appointment with my urologist smack dab in the center of it. WHo knows. Most posts I just looked at and was like, “What the fuck do I say to that? Uhh, maybe I’ll just say say i agree with someone who’s already commented.”
Also, I am so lonely and know so little people, the one person I talk to regularly is already on here, and my roommate refuses to because he’s one of those guys who hates to participate in things that other people invite him to and are enthusiastic about it. He’s an Irish artist snob, basically. He also has 2 jobs, so maybe that’s it.
Maybe the HAPPY RAINBOW BABY eating noodles will cheer you up!
I hate to hear that you are lonely. I’m sending my vibrations out to you, and hopefully when you get that moment of silence, you will feel that, indeed, you are not alone at all. #nocreepo
Thanks, Naked Painter. When I reread my post I thought, “Oh no. I wrote ‘I am so lonely.’ That sounds really sad.” In truth I am very VERY comfortable with a solitary life, but I also do not know many people. I have a roommate and a couple friends in LA, about 45 miles away from me in Orange County, so there’s not a lot of day to day interaction that happens (I’m unemployed as well). So if I wasn’t so comfortable with being alone then the loneliness would probably tear me down, but still at times it’s like, “I need a hug. Bad.” Last week was just one of those weeks where I would like a larger support structure, as doctor appointments can really fuck with your head and your personal feelings of vulnerability.
I’m good now though, and thanks for the sentiments!
I’m surprised people are taking downvotes so seriously. I don’t post often, but this is probably the most friendly discussion board you’ll find on the Internet. It probably helps that we’re all here for the same thing (iguana farts). But if I have a dissenting opinion or post something unfunny, I’d rather get a downvote than someone telling me to go make sex with myself.
Indeed, the upvote/downvote/monsters ball scheme is a double edged sword.
On one hand people care about the reputations of their accounts, so they won’t say stupid mean trolling stuff like we see on youtube.
But on the other hand the downvote/upvote/monsters ball scheme has the opportunity to make someone feel even worse if they are not liked because there is a sense that reputation matters on here more than on youtube, for example.
I don’t care about getting personally downvoted for something, but I think what really ruffles feathers is the realization when someone on this site— a site of pretty fun people and I’m sure dozens and dozens of millions of lurkers— is feeling so weirdly petty and passive-aggressive that they decide to mass-downvote entire threads indiscriminately, like the case was this morning. “I’m going to shit on everyone.” They probably don’t read the comments before they downvote.
That is what I regard as seriously as I can muster (so not too seriously). There’s someone on the site whose idea of fun is to click a thumbs down button on every comments thread for as long as they’re staring at their computer. To each their own, I guess.
I run a Battle of the Teen Bands to raise money for pediatric illness research, and today was the final day of registration and so I literally just finished like 13 hours of straight work and haven’t had nearly my daily dose of VGUM, but one of the bands who registered this week is straight “I’m going to shit on everyone” and is downvoting everyone else in the competition like super trolls (and we even track ips to prevent multiple votes I dont know how or why they’re doing it jesus!) and it is seriously horrible because all these teens worked really hard to make inspiring songs designed to raise money for super sick children not to mention everyone at my organization who has worked on this for months and now all these bands are getting really low scores.
I guess I’m saying I’m glad the ‘gum doesn’t really have super trolls like that because my job is now directly hurting the feelings of teen musicians who are trying their best to change the world and one group of stuck up assholes is ruining months of work I’m sorry this is completely a “I work at home rant and have no coworkers to talk to” so I’ll shut up now with a:
I love the videogum comment section. And the weekend. Sweet sweet weekend.
Oh but it’d be cool if you wanted to Videogum everywhere it and vote for these awesome teens (who really have nothing on the Vgum song contestants but c’mon they’re in high school) please check out the website in my profile, a link will be up for the next week.
Or if this is clearly the shameless plug of a man who hasn’t slept in two days feel free to downvote. I probably would.
Please post a link–I would love to upvote some well-meaning teens!
Well-meaning teens are the best teens.
I say this as a person who was once in a terrible terrible band in high school who was more terrible than all the terrible bands in the world put together. I love high school bands!
Whoops, you told us how to get there. I will go there, upvote, and then put myself to bed. Goodnight, Baby Friday!
Hey Baby Friday. ‘s in my profile. Under my website.
or you can just www (dot) zebrafish (dot) com (slash) notes
I dont know why I’m paranoid about linking direct, some sort of work/non-work life dichotomy I have constructed out of different zones of the internet
Mans, I am a well-meaning terrible teen band professional. Although, maybe its stockholm’s syndrome, but I think a couple of those songs up there are solid. A couple.
I think that teens write some really great songs. There is a purity of meaning to teen songs that gets lost the with an increase in skill and wisdom. I love it.
Agreed. I was planning on saving my daily unread comment* to petition for an end to the follow up posts from everyone “Hey I got downvoted for that!?” From the school of Winwood, who gives a care? It seems like an apeal for upvotes which is pretty desperate.
This site likely has more lurkers than commenters and maybe they don’t agree with you but don’t wish to respond beyond a vote, which they should be allowed to do without brusing egos.
*Being from Australia and generally only commenting to myself at the end of a post when everyone is asleep and no one will read anyway once the next post goes up. But thats my complaining for today done.
Oh and guys I do seriously love this community. If my boss told me tomorrow I would be working in the office from midnight from now on I would be all
I guess I’m confused. I thought this site had tons of traffic already, but now I guess it doesn’t? It must be doing pretty well given that Gabe makes a living off of it, right?
Anyway, I haven’t been around too long, but I already love it here. If there is a better community of internet crazies out there, I’d like to see it.
I would invite people, but I don’t want my friends to see how horribly unfunny I am compared to all the other Monsters.
Sad face.
sigh Corgi html fail click here to see what I wanted to say:
Sorry Monsters, have a great weekend.
This is beautiful. He makes me happier just looking at him.
Never mind I am computer stupid. I will show myself out now! Still have a great weekend though!
Anyone looking for a bit of a videogum flashback read may I direct you to the depressing comments on this old post I stumbled on http://videogum.com/19001/the_locator_finds_your_lost_lo/tv/reality-tv/
How did these people end up here?!
That comment string is the single strangest thing I’ve ever read/seen on this website. That’s saying a lot, considering a large part of the point of this place is to post very strange things.
Oh my God, that is the strangest thread I’ve ever seen. I mean, are they for real? Or was that the oddest troll attack ever? So many questions, so few answers..
I have been a lurker for well over a year now, but this week really got to me, to the point where I decided to sign up, if only just to lend a supporting upvote here and there. I treasure this little monster community and I would hate to see it fall apart.
I’m also here for the corgi puppies.
Yay for new accounts–especially for upvoters! We can all use a little more positive in this world.
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Well I’m late to this party, but you guys!!! I’m famous!!! That’s me on the sidebar who posted the Wizard of Oz thread to my facebook (before Gabe even mentioned this idea! I’m the best monster), but unfortunately I have like three friends and so no one commented or liked my post. It’s okay Gabe, it’s not you, it’s me!
P.S. Whoops if everyone can see different things on the sidebar and I can only see mine cause it’s me? I don’t get the internet AT ALL.
Also, what?:
“I have cool bookmarks” – me.
Anyone care to explain this week’s caption contest winner to me?
(Not trollin’, I just don’t get it and it’s driving me crazy.)
He’s counting his reps
Wait…. so you can see how many upvotes all the monsters are getting when you have a screen name?! The scales have fallen off my eyes. Everything is bright and new. Hello Videogum world!! You’re all so beautiful!
Hold on, I’ve just caught up on all my Videogum reading, and I just want to get this straight – Atheists will accept the pressing of a non-existent reset button as atonement?
And now apropos of nothing, Comedy Sketch Show/Movie BNPG:
Spy Kids in the Hall 3-D
Mr. & Mrs. Show
Garden The State
Let The Upright Citizens Brigade In
I Know the Whitest Kids U Did Last Summer
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Italian Job!
Alternate Tim & Eric title—
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Escape!
Mr. Saturday Night Live
or
Saturday Night of the Live Dead
Spy Kids in the Annie Hall
Second City of Angels
Saturday Night Fever Live
Blue Streak Comedy TV
James and the Human Giant Peach
MadTV Max
A Beautful Mind of Mencia (lol)
iRobot Chicken
Wild Thornberry’s Movie n Out
The Lonely Island
Whose Line of Fire is it Anyway?