Columnist thinks web-vids not as funny after 400,000 hits

Josh Rouse

CAT, I’M A KITTY CAT, AND I MEOW, MEOW MEOW AND I MEOW, MEOW MEOW!”

“LEAVE BRITTNEY ALOONNNE!!!!”

“CHOCOLATE RAIN!”

“COME TO CANDY MOUNTAIN WITH US, CHARLIEEEEE!”

“NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN, NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU!”

The preceding quotes are an example of how society is going to hell in a hand basket. Thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of Internet videos on such Web sites as College Humor and Youtube, some of the most ridiculous, bizarre and intriguing content have turned idiots with Web-cams into overnight celebrities.

Besides the adorable (“Chawlie” and “I’m going to kick his ask”) and the annoying (“Rickroll” and “Old Greg”), some Web-videos have become taboo in polite conversation.

It’s important to know that on the Internet, math is always a bad sign for a video. Two girls and one of anything else is almost always a pathway to failure, and the equation usually ends up with a stinky finish.

Some of the better Web-videos have included animals, such as the hamster dance and the legendary “Dramatic Chipmunk.” Duh duh DUHHHHHH!!!

With the programs that are out for home computers now at relatively inexpensive prices, even the most computer-illiterate person can put together a cinema-quality video. Thousands of videos have “video evidence” of such urban myths as aliens, the loch ness monster, vampires, flying spaghetti monsters… the list goes on. However, unless you make an eight-foot Yeti pelt out of bubble gum and dead opossums, chances are your “amazing discovery” won’t get much further than the laptop.

Other videos are used to spread an agenda, such as “Loose Change,” a widely viewed video blaming the government for the acts of 9/11. While some web-documentaries can be informative and thought-provoking, it is important not to believe everything on the Internet. For every factual piece of information on the Internet, there are thousands of fabricated ones: see Wikipedia.

In conclusion, it’s peanut butter jelly time.