Fixed with new embed, but now it's audio only

So sad it's *dead
Audio only still at https://youtu.be/DlhWPVJNAOo

@bobknight33 --

I agree with @Sagemind that it was not technically a dupe, but pretty close. I was one of the upvotes on your other one.

I think there are 3 reasons why this submission got more votes. In order of importance:

1) This one was timely. The fact that yours was posted 2 weeks ago makes Moore's impressively accurate prediction all the more evident, but the polling, media, and "experts" were telling people it was going to be a landslide for Hillary. Right up until later on election night when it started looking like Florida could flip. Anyway, people didn't want to hear it then, but they are rightly impressed now that his "crackpot" prediction panned out so perfectly.

2) Being video helps it capture the context of what Moore was actually saying a little bit better than yours did. As audio only in yours, I was struggling to reconcile what I was hearing with Moore's political views. This makes it more clear that he is speaking from the perspective of those disenchanted voters, not his own personal opinion. Not as important as #1 up there, but I think this is a legitimate item that at least in part explains the vote disparity in the two submissions.

3) The Sift as a site/community trends more to the left than the US in general, and there's a lot of ire directed at you, personally, for being one of the few vocal people on the other side here. I think it is fantastic that you're here, keeping the conversation from being largely/completely one-sided.

...But, being that voice means that you're going to get some downvotes and have some of your worthy submissions not get as much attention as if they were sifted by anyone else. I'm sure that accounts for a non-negligible portion of the current 5:43 upvote ratio between the two sifts, which may be unfortunate but perhaps isn't surprising?

*Audio only

*audio only

Somethings weird with this embed-No video, audio only-

While I agree that he is a physical comedian, I would argue that there's nothing wrong with that as a device to enhance his performance. In the same way Steven Wright uses a monotone voice and lackluster delivery to enhance his mundane observations (which are hilarious in my opinion), or the oft-imitated cadence of Dave Attell, Dane found a voice. That's not new in comedy ("I get no respect" - Rodney Dangerfield).

Do me (and yourself) a favor and seek out a Dane track that you've never heard (audio only) and try to listen to it without cracking a smile. Don't fight cracking a smile, but see if you can last a whole track without doing so. Maybe try a couple. That's the test I take whenever I think I'm judging a comedian too hard based on my perception that could influenced by external factors.

Note: It's a fact that Bill Engvall is NOT funny. I've listened to an entire album and did not crack a smile...he does NOT pass the test

But that one has news voice over! This is one nature audio only!

*nature

The world is a lot less confusing when you just substitute "Dane Cook" with "Douchebag"

Watch I'll show you

"Douchebag Jokes About The Aurora Shootings (audio only)"

See? It's practically not even news now. Because you're just like, oh a douchebag probably would do that!

*nochannel

Keeping:
*Wtf
*Terrible
*Livemusic
*Cute
*Asia

Losing:
-Audio (it's for audio-only Sifts with no real visual content)

Adding:
I think technically this was also *music, but I won't fight if others disagree.

Ah fuck... it's audio only. Guess it's just *dead then.

*length=15:00

In reply to this comment by SDGundamX:
Not gonna upvote it yourself? Geez, you really aren't expecting to garner any votes, are you?


HA! i will vote for it when you do =)
i have to admit i do not like posting audio-only on a video site but that song is just sooo amazng.
it takes me away in a powerful daydream everytime i listen to it.
i hoped you liked it as mush as i.

#audio is for audio-only.
*nochannel *parody *humanitarian *fear *law

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^bareboards2:
Why isn't this audiosift? Seems to meet the guidelines to me. What am I not understanding? @BoneRemake, as the keeper of the channel, is this audiosift?
I think what doogle was trying to say is this website is not audiosift. It used to be the general consensus, I think, that things which were not videos (eg: audio only or slideshows) do not belong on videosift.


Generally people say " WHAT IS THIS AUDIOSIFT ? " But I think you are spot on. This definitely belongs in Soundsift.