The subject of this post will make almost no sense to anyone over forty. Anyhoo, the kids at Connected Ventures (College Humor, Defunker, Busted Tees, Vimeo) posted this clip earlier this month and no surprise, it's a big hit on Vimeo. Only one criticism, guys: Did you have to rub it in? We know we will never have that much fun at work in our entire lives. (via)
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Hm. It makes no sense to me and I'm only 34. It's a bunch of college kids lip-synching this crappy song from the 90s by that one hit wonder band Harvey Danger. Okay, I mean, I get that. But what's funny or entertaining about it?
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I get paid without going to work so take that buddy holly glasses wearing hipsters. I loathe that song...but that first girl is gorgeous like Zooey Daschnell (sp?)
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how can you people not like this song??
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that's a whole lot of attractive people in one place.
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mmmmmm Zooey, and her sister for that matter.
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seriously, it's a fucking classic. i dont think "flagpole sitta" will ever get old for me.
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Maybe it's a classic if you were 11 years old when it came out. For old farts like me, it's simply annoying.
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that was a waste of my time. whether you like that song or not, what was entertaining about watching people lip sync it? i want my 3 minutes back, stereogum. and it better not be in the form of a John Mayer post.
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it's not the best song i've ever heard in my life, but harvey danger gets lifetime achievement points for releasing their last album entirely for free.
http://www.harveydanger.com/press/why.php
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hey, lookit us! we have a crazy workplace!!! OMG LOL!!!!
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hey, lookit me! im jealous!!! OMG LOL!!!!
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where can i find that girl and how can i make her marry me?
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I think it could be (and should be) easily and happily cut down to just that one guy being so jovial about being an amputee.
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Yeah, the initial chick is the only reason to watch that. You see her at the end when she jumps up and down? Yummy.
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i imagine this is what it's like to party in the dorms at vassar. and just like the rumors about overpriced private college campuses, don't delude yourself into believing that any of these kids does any worthwhile fucking.
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maybe it's just because i'm a college kid who enjoys that crappy one-hit wonder from the 90s, but i liked it.
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I guess the connected vultures are connected to '97
these people are nerds and probably suck at ping pong and drinking.
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I was hoping never to hear that song again, but they all looked like they were having so much fun that I found myself smiling even though it's a pretty pointless video.
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Man, That video Rocked! Kudos.
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Gotta agree with Jim, and the last Harvey Danger album, "Little By Little" is excellent. They do a great cover of "Oh! You Pretty Things" that you can find on iTunes.
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I think I just smelled a big whiff of JADED in this comments section! sheeeez.
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I think I just smelled a big whiff of JADED in this comments section! sheeeez.
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haha sucks to be old, awesome to be our age, only get to say it one time before it passes you by, might as well. Dare I say it lends new poignancy to an already good period piece? Harvey Danger saw their own impending doom. crazy
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haha its better than the guys from FreeIndie.Com lip synching fall out boy
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AXEsTfSGog
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flor catalog = zine ?
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now that looks like a good time.
the ending was pretty obnoxious though
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QUEEEEEEEEEE VIDEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ME GUSTAAAAAAAAA ES MUY BIEEENNNNNNN
COMO SE LLAMA EL GRUPO QUE CANTA EL TEMA.?????
SALUDOS DESDE VENEZUELAAAAAAAA
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first girl has that amazing pretty/plain thing going on. rest of vid is boring
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Terrible. The song is great, and Harvey Danger still makes great music, but that's the most insufferable tripe I've seen on the internet... this week. Why the hell do I want to watch a bunch of preppy hipsters who are responsible for crappy websites act like retards in their office? This is the sort of thing best kept as a private joke between friends. I don't want to see their shit.
But, uh, the first girl was real cute. It would've been slightly more tolerable if it had a slightly different concept, and the camera just followed the girl around. Oh well.
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I'm forty seven and I get it, we can't think of anything more creative than making a video of ourselves lip syncing to a song that was a hit when we were kids. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that on YouTube before.
I think I would have chosen "Contort Yourself" or "Never Say Never".
I was in a GWAR video where we did the fall down dead thing. Dawn of the Day of the Night of the Penguins I think it was.
And yes, I wish I had worked there when I was their age. Them's some good lookin' wimmens.
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The best part was when he says, "stay dead!" at the end.
The worst part was when they didn't.
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Is this what happens when a black person leaves the room?
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That silf shirt is the shit.
Sandwich I'd love to fuck
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I loved this. It looks very casual and random, but it was actually a very nice dubbing performance. I feel envious, I like fresh ideas. Someone should cover this song and use this as the video.
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I'm 42 and I got the title of this post.
Also loved the video.
Now I'm gonna go yell at the kids to get off my lawn and drive around sitting really close to the steering wheel. Jeeze.
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Sorry but if you don't like that song, not only are you over 40, but you somehow skipped the part of your life when you under 40.
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yea, that song is a for real anthem. i like the video. what i have gained from this experience is, it sucks to be old.
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yes. This is what happens when a black guy leaves the room.
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I wonder if those kids even knew about that song when it came out 10 years ago. How old were they, like 8-12 yrs. old then? Probably too busy watching Power Rangers back then.
BTW - To all those kids, you're boss just called, YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!!
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I wonder if those kids even knew about that song when it came out 10 years ago. How old were they, like 8-12 yrs. old then? Probably too busy watching Power Rangers back then.
BTW - To all those kids, you're boss just called, YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!!
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This was an off the cuff thing done after work. that's why it's fun. I don't think they put that much/though effort into it!
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b.LOUD - I am 22 and it was my favorite song when it came out.
I'd be willing to bet their "boss" is in the video.
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This post was totally worthy of a 43rd comment...
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i've had just about ENOUGH of your vassar bashing!
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i worked at a couple of these types o' web joints between 1997-2000. massage thursdays..beer fridays..wacky furniture...etc. i was cynical about it then..but this shit makes me miss them places...
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I'm 42, and I loved the energy, and I'd quit my job today to work there. Like that would ever happen. My upraised middle finger to the whole "over 40 you won't get it" shite.
Some mighty pretty folks, though.
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Hey Stereogum, way to piss off your 40-and-over demographic, eh?
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I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE GIRL LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN FROM THE PRE-LOADING PIC.
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I'm honestly curious why someone shouldn't like a song if it is performed by a band that didn't play any other songs that were very popular.
The video is fun, in a "The internet is made to distract you for a moment" kindof way. Don't think too hard about it. Just move on with your life.
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that girl looks like Mia Kirshner
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ughh, someone must've watched the last pitiful episode of october road..
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Everybody calm down - they obviously came in on a Saturday to film it.
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Hmm, This makes me want to go watch my Peep Show DVD. The Dude Brothers again!
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Eh. Not great, but then again, what's to complain about? It's not like they made anyone pay to watch it. A fine little distraction.
And that girl is really hot.
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Damn, now THAT'S a job.
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I think we can all agree that the chick is hot and leave it as that.
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Flagpole Sitta may be a little dated... but I generally don't skip past it when it comes up on the iPuhd.
Also, Harvey Danger's recent album has some quite respectable tracks on it. "Cream and Bastards Rise", for instance, is as enjoyable a powerpop song I heard in 2006.
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F*ck the over 40 nonsense. I am 42 and I thought it was a blast.
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"don't delude yourself into believing that any of these kids does any worthwhile fucking."
Hey, if I could fuck that chick even once, it would be very much worth my while.
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They're not all young and beautiful...
I spotted Bette Midler at 2:49
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Good fun for all.
Side question:
How big an asshole do you have to be to request time back when you were looking to blow it on random bullshit in the first place? Can I ask for the oxygen you breathed while commenting back?
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"Is this what happens when a black person leaves the room?"
It's 4:09 am and I think I just woke my apartment-mates up laughing at that. Honestly the best comment ever.
Other than that - meh. I was expecting something interesting to actually happen.
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I'm 98, and I get it.
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You really shouldn't deal ageist cards.
I will be 40 in 1.5 years and I am the same music fan
I've always been. More so. So shame on you.
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why is out of shape skinny the new hot? Ah well, fugly chicks need love too huh.
Anyway, aren't memebers of harvy danger now your darlings the long winters?
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Hilarious! I know a girl who looks a lot like the first one pictured... freaky. Anyway, I love the song.
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that girl is a lesbian. sucks for you guys!
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everyone's a lesbian these days
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How can you tell?
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LIES! LIES! I refuse to believe it without tangible evidence like a myspace page.
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I'm closer to 50 than I am to 40 and I don't get that at all. Why are they all so angry? And why can't they stand still - are they on that Ecstasy stuff? And why not use a good band, like Kansas, or Boston, or Chicago, or Flipper?
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I'm nowhere close to forty, and even I have appreciation for Kansas, Boston, and Chicago. But you wouldn't want these guys to ruin it, would you?
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"And why not use a good band, like Kansas"
That was supposed to be ironic, right?
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Thanks for embedding a different video. I read all of these comments about a super delicious, hot girl, watch the video, and nothing. That is the video everyone is talking about right?
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amanda ferri is a straight up lezbo.
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Wait that was kinda fun. The British tv show Peep Show uses this song as their title theme.
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a: you people are looking into this way too deep. someone will always have a better job than you and also be prettier. get over it.
b: black guy comment ftw!!! that was better than the video.
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What's funny to me is these people obviously think they're cool, yet fail to realize how ultimately lame the 90s were. I feel privledged for being just the right age to remember the 80s and the 90s equally for compare and contrast.
It's just funny to be old enough to feel like you're not cool anymore, but then realize how uncool hipsters in their 20s actually are today, and suddenly realize that you're still cooler than them. I win.
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I should add that I meant "hipsters who ARE 20", not IN their 20s, as I'm only just out of my 20s myself. Basically, those poor unfortunate souls who cannot remember Atari 2600.
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Which is the better movie: The Faculty or Disturbing Behavior
I say Disturbing Behavior.
Thoughts?
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I'm gonna go with the Faculty on this one, chief.
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Where are all the black people?
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JED2, I can only say, "EXACTLY?
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I wish I worked there. Oh God do I. A bunch of cuties there.
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Tony, I never expected to feel that way, it's just that hipster culture now is just so very lame. So very lame.
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jed2...you make me sad. what makes you think that these people all thought the 90's were awesome? because they sang one song? and a good song at that? right. whatever helps you sleep at night, ya big 30 year old you.
that video was great, so is this thread. it's the polar opposite of the thread over at vimeo. i think it brought some people over there to tears.
also, im with hiconcept on the absurdity of people asking for their time back after watching that. "college humor lip dubs harvey danger." pretty accurate title...
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Love that song, as embarassing as that is.
And the girl is extra-specially cute.
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"amanda ferri is a straight up lezbo."
sigh. it's true.
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Adam, I'm just being cheeky. I mean, I also mean it...I feel bad for people who were 11 years old in 1997. They got some of the worst pop culture in 40 years as their childhood memories. But it's not important, obviously. Don't take it personally. You'll be thirty soon enough and you may feel the same way. Or not!
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to the person who asked for a myspace link:
http://www.myspace.com/amandafromtheinternet
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This video completely sums up College Humor. People with zero creativity taking something someone else has done and then tossing in equal measures of hot chicks and friends with wacky T-shirts and voila! Instant hilarity. Youtube is full of this crap, so seriously stereogum, was this posted as part of some cross-promotional deal with them or something?
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fun fact: this video was designed specifically to annoy people who take themselves too seriously
the more you know
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"that girl is a lesbian."
Well, it's not like I would've had a snowball's chance in hell to bed her if she were straight or bi. In fact, my fantasies of her with another hot chick will be even more vivid now!
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Harvey Danger are my favourite band. This video is pretty ace.
JUST THE FACTS.
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I think it's pretty awesome and I'm good at ping pong, drinking and beer pong.
This song never gets old for me either.
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Absolutely great. Good work. Everyone kept a straight face and just rocked. By the way I'm 55.
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why so cranky, people? jealous much? i am--my office is very beige and we don't have a ping pong table. HIRE ME! i can lip synch!
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Hey e.j., I ain't jealous. I don't want a job.
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That vid was pretty lame.
And the people were pretty suckey too.
Does anybody know why you can't get the Harvey Danger version of that song on I-Tunes????
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i'm 2007 and i get it. that lesbian is hot.
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So hot... want to touch hiney.
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get over yourselves. esp you larry. you're creepy.
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This video is an awesome depiction of the Aryan Utopia. I hardily approve!
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I loved this. :) I especially loved the guy wearing the SILF shirt. Oh, and of course the song and the overall positive attitude of these people! I wish I knew them all.
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White people. White people. White people.
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In my defense, I shall quote Homer Simpson in episode AABF16 of "The Simpsons" (see page I link to in my name):
He says what we're all thinking!
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OMG, I can't believe all the grouches out there - wow - lighten up huh ?
A group of college-aged kids organized to have some honest and clean fun with a song. I totally enjoyed the wonderful display of youth, joy, energy and creativity that harkens me back quite a few years from my present 41, and yes, I smiled through the whole video. What I would not give to be back there again .......
I don't give a rat's posterior whether these kids knew the song when it came out, it really doesn't matter. To those bloggers who did - you do not have exclusive rights to the song. The display of the beauty and joy of youth is enough for me - there are way too few moments like this, so your best course is to simply enjoy it and stop complaining.
If you can't enjoy this video, or at least crack a smile, there's likely a load of pain, anger and/or sadness you really need to consider shedding. To the young grouches, you need to thing about who the saying 'Youth is wasted on the young' was created for. PLEASE try to enjoy your fleeting youth while it lasts.
RS
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Sorry to go on, but I must - its not as much the video as some of the comments I see that are a bit concerning.
Just look at the News these days and it takes no imagination to figure out that more than enough fear, hate, stress and unfortunate events exist to feed an entire generation of depressed youth.
Please don't let this happen kids. Instead, consider some clean unbridled fun and, yes, perhaps a silly display once in a while. Throw the pressure off for a while and rejoice in the pure joy of youth. Forget what others think for a minute.
Parents, nurture, protect and enjoy the youth and happiness of your children - and don't forget to smile.
RS
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remember when one of the dudes who worked there (he's in that vid) posted that blog of his baby jonas and he was wicked cute and people started visiting his blog from all over the place, and then he got all freaked out and made it password protected because he thought it was creepy that people he didn't know where visiting his blog about his baby, and then everyone laughed at him for being a jackass because duhhh, you made a public blog.
good times.
and i second that, that girl is super cute and being a lesbian just furthers my fantasies.
maybe she'll get so creeped out by that comment, she and baby blog guy can go fuel their neurosis collectively.
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I like the "white people white people white people" comment.
that is all.
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I have been at Connected Ventures since the year 2000. I have probably interviewed 30 potential employees for my division. Not one of them was black.
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Shocking!
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I love the SILF shirt. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
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This is quite amazing.
I tough Stereogum readers where both nicer, more laid back people, and ultimatelly.. younger.
I mean, Jesus, the level of bitterness in these comments, of judging, who is cool and who isnt, the 80's, the 90's, they are not original, did they even knew that song back then?? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE????? I used to think that the stereotipical hipster was just some trite cliche, but its obviously alive in some of you.
Im 24, loved the video, Envy everyone in it. Couldnt think of anyone who wouldnt love to work in that enviroment, that is, until today.
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Wow, bitter much?
I'm 40, had never until today even *heard* of Harvey Danger, and I thought this video was super fun to watch. The energy of it reminds me of some of the better places I've worked.
Oh, and thanks to this video I'm buying some of the band's music.
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I can't believe how riled up people are getting about this. Cute vid, cute boys, catchy tune. Yay.
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cute boys INDEED!
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hi rob, can we be friends? i like your style.
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I find the video pretty annoying, although I think the song's okay. But I find the video annoying because, like a lot of the people here, I don't like having privledged pretty white kids' super fun jobs and lives rubbed in my face all the time, which is exactly what happens when you're "in indie rock". I think it annoys a lot of people that the core of indie celebrity comes from such a narrow demographic, and since we don't talk about it in public, it comes out in the form of bitter comments. I'm not even that old. That could have been me five years ago, had I had a real job. And none of this is really very important, so it's probably not worth fighting over.
I still have to say, the 90s BLEW. And I went to high school in them.
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Wow, not one non-white person works there?
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Personally, it's videos like these that keep things light in fun in a time when people are going crazy with the hatred and hypocrisy everywhere. I don't understand the bitterness and jealousy many people are showing here...it's supposed to be light fun, and maybe you could enjoy it as well, but you don't have to if you don't want to -- no one is forcing it on you. Yes, they are all young, just out of college kids working there, but would it make sense for someone 10 to 20 years out of college to work at a place called College Humor? They all work at a place that is a dream job for right out college, and can live and see their work being displayed in their immediate surroundings and lives -- we should all be so lucky. I am not too far off the age of these people, and work in an industry where we SHOULD be having fun like this, but my company can't even get people to go out to lunch together.
Maybe some of the bitter people should stop and think about this -- if these people at CV/College Humor have fun and have pride at their first careers, they may be on to a future of a better and happier life in the future because they had fun at the age when they should be having fun, and not end up bitter and jaded like you when they are only 30 years old.
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Mmmm, that first beotch is hot. I'd lick her sphincter till the cows come home
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i've watched this video about fifty times now. it's almost like having real friends. ha. heh heh, remember that time, that time when we all jumped around the table tennis tables and totally rocked out. heh heh, that was so great. i have great hair. harvey danger are great. heh heh, guys, i love you guys. good times. i'm gonna watch it again.
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You guys are way too hip for your own good.
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to get that many people to do something together (and do a good job) is great. I enjoyed it. I enjoy seeing people having fun. You see way too many videos of catching people doing something dangerous and/or cruel. This was a nice change.
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Well, I'm 50 and enjoyed it! What's the beef? This was fun and well done - entertaining and the sync job was better than Milli Vanilli. To the nay-sayers over 40 (the "My Generation" crowd)..don't we wish that our work place was this much fun? Message is clear - Life is short, enjoy every moment, live it every day. My hat's off and kudo's to you who made this video. Damn- Makes me want to find a job thats more fun....
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I LOVE IT!
Where are all the black, Indian, Asian folk? Yeah I don't approve of the Aryan Utopia either. You know the work place is now filled with people from India now-a-days. Once the corporate croons and investors see this video they will most likely be replacing these people with people from India @ a whooping .50 cents an hour.
SILF!
At first I thought that was Google. I heard that workplace is a lot of fun.
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Does there HAVE to be a non-white in every video ever, or what? I'm sure it wasn't as if they told all non-whites to leave so they could film this video. Jesus effin' christ. Let's make even our random-assed lip-syncing videos politically correct!
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M: The issue isn't so much that there aren't any non-whites in the video, but that this workplace is lily-white, as can be reasonably inferred from the video.
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People having fun! What is wrong with that? It has nothing to do with race, song, fashion or anything else. Just FUN. Live on guys. Live on. Made me smile.
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OMG! that is so f-ing funny! :D i love that song, and i agree, we will never ever EVER have that much fun at work. and there were some very hot people in that video...ahahaha
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First thought, I wish I could still have that kind of fun at work. Second thought, I'll never be that young again. Anyone who finds this pointless is probably working as a janitor for the dept. of mental health in san bernardino county.
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I liked it alot. Very entertaining.
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just brilliant! love it, love it, love it
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I'm 19 and in college and it took me two times of watching this video before I got it. Although I really loved the amputee sung part. That guy was great. ^_^
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Wonderful wholesome white youths having fun without smoking LSD. This is what all worksites should look like!
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There are over 50,000 people in my city. If we made a workplace video, we'd be accused of being racist for not including any black people, because there are about 5 of them in the whole city.
I'm tried of everyone trying to force their values and agenda on everyone else. Seriously, this video is about coming together to have fun. The people involved did a great job lip-synching to a song that many people have forgotten about. I'm sure it was funnier to them than it was to most of us, but I enjoyed the video and I would like to work at a place like that.
People these days are too caught up in being serious and worrying about how politically correct they are or aren't, what's fair and all that stuff. This video reminds me of the early 90s, when you could be who you wanted to be and have a really good time and people would judge you but you didn't care because they usually couldn't sue you and everyone was just enjoying life.
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lmfao i am in love with the girl at the beginning.
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No entertainment value. Just a bunch of whiny jobless weirdos.
Lemme guess the best thing on any of these peoples resume would be "I was a protester at _____"
No thanks. I'll pass. :^)
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"I'm tried of everyone trying to force their values and agenda on everyone else."
Just as the slave states were fed up with the preaching of the free states.
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Zillions of years over 40 and it made perfect sense. They let us play with radios and T.V.s and the Internet here at the old folks home and we sorta keep up kinda. Gotta go....we're lip synching to Al Jolson later today. 23 Skiddoo!
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So where do I send in my resume??
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That was a cool video.. I fell in love with the girl from the beginning big time.
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What a bunch of haters. I love the spirit of this. Who really cares what the meaning is? It looks like so much fun and is so uplifting I've been playing it every morning before I start my day for the last week and a half. And the first girl? Yeah, pretty damn hot.
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First, let me say that the "This is what happens when a black guy leaves the room." comment is far better than this video. It's also a great observation on what type of humor, College Humor serves up.
Second, this is the disco style of the 00's. In 20 years, these people might as well be wearing bell bottoms and astrological medallions. They all look like they tried so hard to be trendy and individual that they all look the same. It's the "I bought his look at the Gap" look. Whatever happened to economical trendiness?
Third, if the gay guy in the suit is the boss, then it probably explains why all the guys look the way they do.
Fourth, I am not bitter or jealous. I had to deal with people like this in college, and its sad how gut wrenchingly annoying they are.
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it's videos like this that give american comedy a bad wrap. that, and dane cook of course.
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