Saturday, November 19, 2005
The American Way
There's a Bill Hicks routine were Bill goes into the mythical president of CBS' office with a great idea for a TV show. He tells them of all the well-written characters and groundbreaking plots and artistic storylines. The guy looks at him and says "Will there be titty?"
That says so much about our society. And I thought of it because today I noticed that over at Putfile, one of my videos had a steep increase in traffic. Was it the one that took days to make, with great shots of jubilant Red Sox players, and the moon being hidden by the earth's shadow? Nope. Was it the one where Manny Ramirez interacts with fans 300 feet away during a game? Some other word for "No." It was the two-second shot of two dudes playin' grabass.
The parade video has been viewed 250 times or so. The Manny one, about 75 times. The Millar-Mirabelli butt-grabbing, today alone, went from about 50 views to 4500. I checked Putfile's "Top 50," and sure enough it's on there. Of course I didn't put my blog name on any of these. You can click on the name of the uploader (me) and it takes you to another page which has my blog's address, but apparently butt-grabbin' America doesn't have time to be clicking and clicking all over the place.
I also noticed there are a bunch of comments on that clip, most from middle school types saying how the guys are gay and stuff. You know, even if there was some official guidebook where you could look up "Grabs teammates ass on field," and it would say "Person is definitley gay," well, so what? Gay, not gay, it's just a funny moment. I can't wait til the day when straightness is made fun of by the masses. As well as whiteness. And maleness. And as a white male breeder, I'd gladly sacrifice having being made fun of myself if it meant getting to see the racist, sexist, and homophobic people having to deal with the same fate.
That says so much about our society. And I thought of it because today I noticed that over at Putfile, one of my videos had a steep increase in traffic. Was it the one that took days to make, with great shots of jubilant Red Sox players, and the moon being hidden by the earth's shadow? Nope. Was it the one where Manny Ramirez interacts with fans 300 feet away during a game? Some other word for "No." It was the two-second shot of two dudes playin' grabass.
The parade video has been viewed 250 times or so. The Manny one, about 75 times. The Millar-Mirabelli butt-grabbing, today alone, went from about 50 views to 4500. I checked Putfile's "Top 50," and sure enough it's on there. Of course I didn't put my blog name on any of these. You can click on the name of the uploader (me) and it takes you to another page which has my blog's address, but apparently butt-grabbin' America doesn't have time to be clicking and clicking all over the place.
I also noticed there are a bunch of comments on that clip, most from middle school types saying how the guys are gay and stuff. You know, even if there was some official guidebook where you could look up "Grabs teammates ass on field," and it would say "Person is definitley gay," well, so what? Gay, not gay, it's just a funny moment. I can't wait til the day when straightness is made fun of by the masses. As well as whiteness. And maleness. And as a white male breeder, I'd gladly sacrifice having being made fun of myself if it meant getting to see the racist, sexist, and homophobic people having to deal with the same fate.
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So, as you're a white male breeder, take me off your "to breed" list. I'm hopefully spoken for. And two (there was no one, it's Sunday), instead of some making fun of others just so those who belittled others can be belittled themselves, it might be funny but for only a moment. What would be better would be a society with no moral "shady ground", where people "LIKE THAT" exist in their own happy environs. And no one makes fun of what makes up another person, whether it be appearance, sexual persuasion, or dammit, anything with the exception of dishonest criminal behavior. Serman over,conscienceness raised? Doesn't matter. Have a great Sunday. See you next Sunday, same bat time, same bat channel.
So, as you're a white male breeder, take me off your "to breed" list. I'm hopefully spoken for. And two (there was no one, it's Sunday), instead of some making fun of others just so those who belittled others can be belittled themselves, it might be funny but for only a moment. What would be better would be a society with no moral "shady ground", where people "LIKE THAT" exist in their own happy environs. And no one makes fun of what makes up another person, whether it be appearance, sexual persuasion, or dammit, anything with the exception of dishonest criminal behavior. Serman over,conscienceness raised? Doesn't matter. Have a great Sunday. See you next Sunday, same bat time, same bat channel.
Yeah, obviously I'd like a world where everybody gets along. And I don't get revenge, but I root for justice to the point where sometimes I feel like I'd sacrifice my own well-being to see some bad folks get what's coming to them. But that really only happens in my fantasy world. Like, there's never an actual moment where some guy with dark glasses comes up to me and says, "I'm gonna go beat up those homophobes over there, but I'll have to give YOU a rugburn first. Will you accept?"
Yeah, obviously I'd like a world where everybody gets along. And I don't get revenge, but I root for justice to the point where sometimes I feel like I'd sacrifice my own well-being to see some bad folks get what's coming to them. But that really only happens in my fantasy world. Like, there's never an actual moment where some guy with dark glasses comes up to me and says, "I'm gonna go beat up those homophobes over there, but I'll have to give YOU a rugburn first. Will you accept?"
Yeah, obviously I'd like a world where everybody gets along. And I don't get revenge, but I root for justice to the point where sometimes I feel like I'd sacrifice my own well-being to see some bad folks get what's coming to them. But that really only happens in my fantasy world. Like, there's never an actual moment where some guy with dark glasses comes up to me and says, "I'm gonna go beat up those homophobes over there, but I'll have to give YOU a rugburn first. Will you accept?"
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