This guy knows what I'm talking about.
Let's all put on our nicest t-shirts and our formal balloon shorts and carpe this diem! (Thanks for the tip, Shabutie.)
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in WTF, YouTube?
Tags: Dance Offs | Nerds
Henry Darger was a janitor in Chicago for most of his life, and died poor and unknown in 1973 at the age of 81. After he died, in the small room that he rented, his life's work was discovered: a 15,000 page fantasy novel describing a war between little girls and an army of soldiers, as well as numerous paintings depicting scenes from the novel. The paintings often feature tornadoes, and many of the little girls have penises because Henry Darger had, supposedly, never seen a naked woman and did not know that there was any anatomical difference. Posthumously, Henry Darger, who suffered from mental illness, duh, has become a figurehead for Outsider Art, and his paintings are shown all over the world.
It is still too early to determine who on YouTube will be the on-line video equivalent of Henry Darger, but Ricky Tic is certainly a promising candidate!
Continue reading Going Down The Ricky Tic Rabbit Hole...
Posted by Gabe at 12:15 PM in This Is Just The Work Of Sad People!, WTF, YouTube?
Tags: Henry Darger | Mental Illness | Outsider Art | Ricky Tic | YouTube
I recognize that we live in a new era of over-communication, where every dull moment of our quotidian lives is meticulously recorded and broadcast. That's just the way things are now. Your mom logged onto Facebook this morning and updated her status to: "I would like everyone to know that I am putting on pants, Lots Of Love." Because your mom is on Facebook. But it doesn't have to be that way. Surely there are a few things that we can keep to ourselves. At a certain point we're going to realize that we need a dividing line between our boring public and our boring private lives. Aren't we? Can we realize that soon? Because this shit is getting ridiculous.
For example, this video (after the jump) does not need to be on YouTube for everyone to see. Oh, here's another Pro-Tip: DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO (AFTER THE JUMP).
Continue reading Pro-Tip: Not Every Piece Of Shit Has To Be Put On YouTube...
Posted by Gabe at 12:30 PM in WTF, YouTube?, WebJunk
Tags: Children | Shit | Toilets | Ugh | YouTube
[Dramatization]
Friend 1: Want to come over later?
Friend 2: I don't know. Why?
Friend 1: That is kind of a weird way to answer that question. I guess because we are friends, and we like to hang out, and it could be fun?
Friend 2: Oh, I see.
Friend 1: Sometimes I think that you might be bi-polar. You're so anti-social, it can be really frustrating.
Friend 2: I don't know.
Friend 1: Right. Well, if you want to come over later, we could have a video pizza party.
Friend 2: What is a video pizza party?
Friend 1: It's where we watch a video of a pizza spinning around. It's awesome.
Friend 2: It sounds awesome.
Friend 1: I know.
Friend 2: I'm sorry I was rude earlier.
Friend 1: It's OK.
They embrace.
And scene. Want to know more? Of course you do!
Continue reading Party! Pizza Party! Video Pizza Party!...
Posted by Gabe at 5:45 PM in WTF, YouTube?
Tags: Friendship | Parties | Pizza | Video Pizza
Huh?
Please explain, this blog:
"Unko-san," a new anime series about a brown turd-shaped fairy with lots of luck, is fast becoming the rage among high school girls in western Japan. Short episodes of the anime are now showing in the Osaka area on Kansai TV's "Otoemon" music program. The stories revolve around Unko-san -- whose name is a play on the Japanese words for "luck" (un) and "crap" (unko) -- and his quest for happiness on Lucky Island, which is populated by a host of other poo fairies.
Oh OK. Sure. Got it*. (Thanks for the tip, Edith.)
*Still kind of don't got it**.
**Forget it, Gabe, it's High School Girls In Western Japantown.
Posted by Gabe at 3:30 PM in WTF, YouTube?
Tags: Anime | Japan | Unko-San
This is an ad for a special kind of tea to reduce high blood pressure. Or it is an ad for nightmares. I am not sure.
I like how by the end, the part where the two businessmen try to pee out a forest fire is the normal part. Sure, yes. Every day. Classic business stuff. (Via TheDailyWhat.)
Posted by Gabe at 2:45 PM in Free Advertising, WTF, YouTube?
Tags: Health | Japan | Tea
lindsay: is everyone on youtube that we think is a pervert actually a pervert?
gabe: yes
gabe: wait, who?
lindsay: it can't be!
gabe: that old dude?
gabe: your boyfriend?
lindsay: well, remember the halcyon days of tuesday
lindsay: when we thought the creepy old man was a man with a sense of humor about his face and that he was a gift to us from the internet
lindsay: and then we found out he's on the sexual offender list?
gabe: right
lindsay: and, apparently, he breastfeeds his dog with his stomach? (WARNING, this is terrible!!):
Continue reading Friday Fight: Is Everyone On YouTube A Pervert?...
Posted by Lindsay at 5:49 PM in Creepy, Friday Fight, WTF, YouTube?, YouTube Fetishes
Tags: Femskins | Fetishes | Furries | The Creepy Old Man
Wow. What follows is the most exciting internet mystery since, like, Mark Gormley, but weirder: Sara Schaefer over at God's Tumblr (and elsewhere!) was searching for something random ("jesus love letter") on YouTube this afternoon when she stumbled down a fascinating and puzzling new rabbit hole, and dragged me down with her, and now neither of us is sure about anything anymore. ANYTHING. On the internet or in life! Meet The Chrisagis Brothers. They're twin brothers (though I'm not even 100% sure about that anymore) named Brian and Shawn Chrisagis who perform Christian songs and skits. But that's just the half of it. If you have the time, please join us on what I promise will be a very entertaining adventure...Who are the Chrisagis Brothers?
Continue reading Help Us Solve The Mystery Of The Chrisagis Brothers...
Posted by Lindsay at 5:45 PM in WTF, YouTube?, WebJunk
Tags: Brian Chrisagis | Christians | Jesus | Mysteries | Shawn Chrisagis | The Chrisagis Brothers
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