Regarding the Public Breakup at UNC
RE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qy-VnBEtb0
Result:
... If this wasn't fake/staged, wich I normally suspect of most things this dramatic:
1. Girl in question was exposed as a cheater & publicly humiliated.
2. Guy was exposed as an egomaniacal psychotic who eventually resorted to cheap ad hominem attacks about her social class & told her, in a verge-of-tears rage, "Seriously, I hope you fuck off! I HOPE YOU DIE!" - all in front of millions of people (taking the scope of the media age into account). Another great quote is: "I didn't do this for revenge" a couple minutes after he said "well, I fucked your roommate."
Ouch.
Videos like this make me really uncomfortable. It's not just watching something that seems intensely private to me broadcasted - it's also the whole talk show emotional voyeurism obsession of our culture - the whole transformation of human suffering into some kind of carnival. Watch the people cheering with glee as they exchange insults, simply trying to out-injure the other. Shouldn't this make people uncomfortable? I understand the whole mob mentality and getting sucked into a spectacle, but I really think it's getting out of hand. I blame youtube, but only indirectly. I blame the you, not necessarily the tube.
The funny thing is, by giving this video my attention I'm undermining my whole point and being hypocritical. That's the 21st Century paradox though isn't it? You can acknowledge all the crappy things being pumped into your consciousness but, at the same time, cannot keep yourself from being influenced by them. Although, I am fairly optimstic that I'll never end up chanting "whore! whore! whore!" at someone I don't know. That mental image does make me laugh though, as a strict hypothetical.
Anyway, in a couple weeks I'll probably find out that the two people involved were simply roommates and best friends, who staged the whole thing to get publicity for their local sketch comedy show, appropriately named "Holy Internet, Batman!"
What am I even talking about anyway? I need sleep. Hello Alka-Seltzer.
Result:
... If this wasn't fake/staged, wich I normally suspect of most things this dramatic:
1. Girl in question was exposed as a cheater & publicly humiliated.
2. Guy was exposed as an egomaniacal psychotic who eventually resorted to cheap ad hominem attacks about her social class & told her, in a verge-of-tears rage, "Seriously, I hope you fuck off! I HOPE YOU DIE!" - all in front of millions of people (taking the scope of the media age into account). Another great quote is: "I didn't do this for revenge" a couple minutes after he said "well, I fucked your roommate."
Ouch.
Videos like this make me really uncomfortable. It's not just watching something that seems intensely private to me broadcasted - it's also the whole talk show emotional voyeurism obsession of our culture - the whole transformation of human suffering into some kind of carnival. Watch the people cheering with glee as they exchange insults, simply trying to out-injure the other. Shouldn't this make people uncomfortable? I understand the whole mob mentality and getting sucked into a spectacle, but I really think it's getting out of hand. I blame youtube, but only indirectly. I blame the you, not necessarily the tube.
The funny thing is, by giving this video my attention I'm undermining my whole point and being hypocritical. That's the 21st Century paradox though isn't it? You can acknowledge all the crappy things being pumped into your consciousness but, at the same time, cannot keep yourself from being influenced by them. Although, I am fairly optimstic that I'll never end up chanting "whore! whore! whore!" at someone I don't know. That mental image does make me laugh though, as a strict hypothetical.
Anyway, in a couple weeks I'll probably find out that the two people involved were simply roommates and best friends, who staged the whole thing to get publicity for their local sketch comedy show, appropriately named "Holy Internet, Batman!"
What am I even talking about anyway? I need sleep. Hello Alka-Seltzer.