Brain Poops

10. Flail your arms about while recording and scream “IT’S NOT MY FAULT!!! IT’S NEVER MY FAULT I AM NEVER WROOOONG!”

9. Pass the blame to the next person in line.

8. Get Drama reaaally drunk and insist it hit on the fat chick at the bar.

7. Convert to Judaism.

6. Run.

5. Assert that the person making accusations is Republican.

4. Hold a press release in your bedroom directed at inanimate objects with a fork microphone [note, do not attempt #6 while holding fork]

3. Wake drama up in the middle of the night and say the world is on fire. Urinate out of open window. Assure drama that everything will be alright.

2. Mope.

1. Do nothing.  Drama is drama and it only gets worse.

While Youtube may not be pushing up daisies it’s definitely digging a hole for it’s community.

Maybe I’m romanticizing the way I saw YT when I first arrived, but goddamn it seems like it’s gone a bit downhill with it’s “rise to power.” A year ago I was amazed at vloggers… At these ordinary Joes and Janes that could sit down and riff about something and start some dialog with complete strangers across the globe. We could do the same with chatting and forums, of course, but lending a face and seeing how people said what was on their mind was interesting to me. These intricate little dramas and connections between everyday people making videos online were precious slices of humanity, lulzy or not. I spent a pretty sizable chunk of time going from one connected video to the next and seeing where I ended up usually an hour or so later. One video talking about the latest celebrity gossip might lead a watcher [through connected videos] all the way to pirates in Beijing or some goth public access recording.

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