Tags for this video have been changed from 'Shell, seattle, arctic, greenpeace, viral, oil, spill' to 'Shell, seattle, arctic, greenpeace, viral, oil, spill, The Yes Men' - edited by Trancecoach

Behind the scenes look at this video posted by @eric3579

http://videosift.com/video/Shell-Oil-Private-Arctic-Launch-Party-FAIL

If you wanna put it back, I won't fight. Channel reassignment is something I do out of compulsion, not out of caring about channels. I think the channels are mostly useless, actually.
In reply to this comment by Norsuelefantti:
But it seems to be fairly clear that this video has essentially been set up and intended to portray Shell in a comedic way. It might not advertise a product but in a way it's brand (anti)advertisement. With it's false premise, unusual incident and insinuations of being the real deal, it also possesses traits usually attributed to (intended) viral videos.


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*nochannel

keeping:
*eco

adding:
*comedy

losing:
-viral (channel is for viral advertising only, not any video that happens to go viral)

Doing petty injustices to Shell almost seems to put them in the moral high ground, somewhere back in my lizard brain. This is fail on fail.>> ^hpqp:

Ugh, I hate hoaxes like this. a) they set you up for disappointment and b) they make the subject matter appear trivial and the perps (and more importantly, the side they align with) petty overgrown teenagers. Lies and fraud are the worst weapons against liars and fraudsters. /rant >> ^Hive13:
Sorry, but it is a hoax:
http://gawker.com/5916661/hilarious-video-of-shell-
oil-party-disaster-is-fake-unfortunately

But it seems to be fairly clear that this video has essentially been set up and intended to portray Shell in a comedic way. It might not advertise a product but in a way it's brand (anti)advertisement. With it's false premise, unusual incident and insinuations of being the real deal, it also possesses traits usually attributed to (intended) viral videos.


In reply to this comment by messenger:
*nochannel

keeping:
*eco

adding:
*comedy

losing:
-viral (channel is for viral advertising only, not any video that happens to go viral)

Ugh, I hate hoaxes like this. a) they set you up for disappointment and b) they make the subject matter appear trivial and the perps (and more importantly, the side they align with) petty overgrown teenagers. Lies and fraud are the worst weapons against liars and fraudsters. /rant >> ^Hive13:

Sorry, but it is a hoax:
http://gawker.com/5916661/hilarious-video-of-shell-
oil-party-disaster-is-fake-unfortunately

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
Thanks buddy!
In reply to this comment by pumkinandstorm:
*promote

In reply to this comment by lampishthing:
*dead I'm afraid

Thank you, I've sorted it now

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
*quality

Amazing, thanks fairy godfather!

>> ^Pring4:

According to the logo, this project has aspirations of sending these rails from the arctic circle to anywhere in the world. I support this.


Hate to burst your bubble, but at earth's surface escape velocity the kinetic energy of a projectile is only 32 times its weight in TNT. With suborbital flights and resistance on reentry the effect would be considerably less than that. Wind during the ascent would throw it off farther than the destruction radius unless the slug was really huge (multiple tons) or they put in some internal guidance system that can survive the biggest EMP ever.

According to the logo, this project has aspirations of sending these rails from the arctic circle to anywhere in the world. I support this.

There exists legit criticism of RoPaul's positions. This video isn't it.

His Earness attended a Blame Whitey/Hate America (or Hate Whitey/Blame America) "church" for 20 years, was married in it and gave it 20K. Media ignored it.

Filth clinton had a confirmed record of sexual harassment. Media ignored it.

Oh yeah, the UN sucks. Move it to the Arctic.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^shuac:
Could we please have a generation of tweens that are not stupid, just one, is that to too much to ask for.
Well, I expect tweens to be kinda stupid but I've been kidding myself about the average Videosifter's ability to write correctly, which is, I believe, symptomatic of intelligence. Oh well.

I was curious to see if you ever made a mistake while writing English.
Took 30 seconds to find this gem.
>> ^shuac:
I'd just like to say that I have no opinion about this video. I am apathetic like you read about.



LOL! That's what I get for trying to use an idiom, a very new idiom, granted, but an idiom nonetheless. Some idioms only work when you say them aloud and this is one of them.

I'm going to come off as a bit nutty typing this all out but nutty is a label I'm ok with.

When people say "like you read about" they're being emphatic and pointed. For instance, I might say, "I'm fuckin' cold like you read about." People who've taken the time to write books and articles about tundra wasteland and life above the arctic circle typically don't spend that time on the page writing about how warm it is. When someone takes the time to read such a book or article, they walk away knowing something about chilly weather. It typically only works with extreme states: extreme cold, extreme heat, or in my case extreme apathy. So what I'm really saying with "like you read about" is an attempt to express solidarity with the writer of such books/articles.

Capice? I'm not surprised you may not have heard about it but all these sayings had to come from somewhere, no?

Without context, I admit, it reads kind of wrong. Oh well. I forgive you, Boise.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Ice, Underwater Vortex, Brine, Arctic, Antarctic' to 'Ice, Underwater Vortex, Brine, Arctic, Antarctic, David Attnborough' - edited by alien_concept

Heh! I was playing along >> ^NordlichReiter:

This is a fun one to play lead guitar on. So is Mardy Bum.