YouTopia: Biting the mouse that feeds you.
Posted by: Daniel Cook in Arts and Entertainment, Youtopia, tags: Youtopia“Remember, the problem is not that people are stupid; the problem is that modems are cheap.” –Vince Sabio
Stupid behavior is ubiquitous on YouTube, and it’s one of Youtopia’s raisons d’etre. Self-indulgent video diary? Check. Drunk history? Yep. Shameless pranks? Gotcha.
Still, the quote above speaks to a greater point: People aren’t so much stupid as they are hungry for attention. With this idea in mind, our theme:
People Destroying Computers
Aside from posting about how much one hates YouTube, this is about as hypocritical as videos come. The impulse to destroy is stupid, but the subsequent means of sharing the destruction takes the cake.
You know how video killed the radio star? Well, here’s proof that the Internet star kills itself.
America!
There are only so many more stereotypes Kentucky can handle before it implodes altogether. (more…)




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