Mainstream Media Doesn't Understand YouTube

 

What is internet? How does YouTube? When is applications?

Why doesn't mainstream media understand how YouTube works by now? It's like they're aliens pretending to be human reading a script for YouTube segments. For people that have spent their entire careers working in and around media, it blows my mind that they don't have a better understanding of how streaming video through the interwebs has changed how we consume news and entertainment. 

RECOIL REPORT - Facts Are Not Truth | Troy Black

Did you know that facts are not truth? I was not aware of this until I stumbled upon the humble brilliance of Troy Black's YouTube channel. If you have questions in these trying times, Troy claims to have the answers. Answers that he says come to him straight from God. Hopefully his answers do not contain facts, otherwise that would be quite the conundrum.

How the Pepsi Ad with Kendall Jenner Got Made - Cracked

I love the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad! Not because it's a great commercial or because I like Pepsi, but because of what the reaction to it says about the collective mindset of the world we live in today.

My take on this situation is that people are tired of billion dollar corporations commercializing and trivializing the lives of normal people. At least, that's what I'd like to think... and I think that it's a reflection of the power that people have to fight back against corporate greed.

Pepsi won't be hurt by this in the long run though, really. If anything, a controversy like this just gives them free publicity. The people that buy and like Pepsi will probably continue to do so.

However, the negative reaction to this commercial makes me feel positive about the way people live and think about huge corporations. Companies have been capitalizing on these generic "let's bring everyone together" vibes for a long, long time.

They blatantly try to rip off the feelings surrounding issues of civil rights, discrimination, and prejudice so that they can make more money.

What's even more ridiculous is that this is a blatant rip of Coca-Cola! Do you not remember the "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" ad campaign from the 70's? Okay, I don't technically remember it either because I was T-minus 9 years old at that time. However, it was an iconic ad campaign that people refer to as one of the most successful and memorable in history.

That ad featured people from varying ethnic backgrounds and the underlying message is that if you buy someone a coke you're promoting peace and not war. It implied that you could overcome racism and hate by buying someone a Coke.

This Pepsi ad is the same damn thing, except remade with modern music and context. In case you aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, I've embedded it below.

If everyone just bought each other a Coke or Pepsi (OR BOTH), we would all get along and it would solve all of our problems! Why didn't we think of this before? World Peace. CHECK.

CHA-CHING!

The fact that it's on a hilltop in Italy doesn't change the fact that it's a corporation trying to make a profit off of the ideas and movements of the time...just like Pepsi tried to do. Except this time, people called them out on their bullshit.

Corporations take real life issues and trivialize them by watering them down to inject the message that buying their product supports that movement or ideology. They take what (and who) is popular and try to align themselves with that to get you to buy. It's probably the most common marketing strategy.

That's why you see actors and actresses pitching products that they didn't develop or probably even use.

Anyways, here's Cracked's satirical explanation of how the Pepsi ad with Kendall Jenner got made...and it's hilarious.

Kimberly Guilfoyle says Clinton & Obama bait Trump into saying stupid things

I saw this trending on Facebook this morning and I had no choice but to laugh out loud. I'm not a Clinton fan, although I think she's a better option than Trump. Although that really isn't saying much.

...BUT REALLY? Even if there was some diabolical plan to bait Trump into saying xenophobic, racist, and generally bigoted things... so what? The fact that he's weak enough to be baited in the first place completely proves the point that he's not mentally or emotionally capable of being POTUS.

I hate political posts and people yammering on about donkeys versus elephants, but this election year has just been too crazy to avoid commenting.

Yikes.

How to insert your card at an ATM machine

I'll have to try that strategy. 

No need to jump from a moving train

Bernie Sanders supporters trying to leave the Democratic party, only to realize that the only other option is Trump.

Aldon Smith allegedly streams video of himself smoking a blunt during suspension

Things sure don't look good for Aldon Smith right now... The video below is making the rounds all of the main internet stops tonight. It allegedly shows Aldon Smith smoking weed on the video streaming site Periscope.

Smith has tweeted that it's not him. You can't clearly see who it is, but you can hear the voice. So I went to YouTube to compare an interview with him to see if it even sounded like him.

I'm no expert, but it does kind of sound like him. Technically speaking, it very well could be anyone.

The account titled "revenga" also appears to have numerous other videos with his face in it. So either someone hacked his account, or he just happened to not show his face in the one video where he's smoking a blunt.

So the unfortunate reality is that this video is, in all likelihood, Aldon Smith.

The problem is that this wouldn't be the first time he's gotten himself in trouble. In fact, he's had a really hard time getting his shit together. He's currently serving a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, he was arrested for being uncooperative with the TSA, and he's had a hit and run, just to name a few.

Check out the video below and make your own call.

Stupid comments on Facebook can be hilarious

This has been one wild year. It's been one of the craziest elections I've ever seen. Granted, I was born in 1980 so the first one I can actually remember was Clinton v Bush in 1992. Ross Perot was a character...

Even though I'm familiar with the insane things that people post on social media, I still find myself caught off guard from time to time, and this morning was no different.

I clicked on a trending topic about Ben Carson saying he wanted to discuss the 2nd Amendment. In one of the comment sections I found this:

Of course I blocked out the person's name. I'm not an animal. 

Now, I don't know about all of the other conspiracy theories this woman decries but what really stuck out to me was when she said that he wasn't "ever legally elected." People say crazy things all the time, I know, but this was something that got my brain going in circles. 

She REALLY believes that Obama somehow snuck into the White House and started running the country for the past eight years without being elected... Either time?! Why is she the only one who knows about this?!

Quick, we have to tell someone! 

Obama "has attack the flag!" Call the police!