Are you fit to command?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chad-Vader-Training-Are-You-Fit-For-Command

Thank you for the promote. : D

In reply to this comment by therealblankman:
Retarded Policeman AND Chad Vader in one video? AWESOME! *promote

Retarded Policeman AND Chad Vader in one video? AWESOME! *promote

Thanks for the promote schmawy!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote the Dark Lord's fir$t Sift!

Thanks for the help with these... crazy that Chad needs help this season. In truth though, the new ones seem over-scripted and just aren't as crazy funny as last year.

In reply to this comment by dag:
*promote

I can`t believe we have to *beg for Chad Vader!

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

What? Nobody put's Chad Vader in a corner. *promote

Tags for this video have been changed from 'chad, vader, david, dentist, star, wars' to 'chad vader, david, dentist, star wars' - edited by lucky760

Thank you for the promote.

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
*promote - this is great? I assume the weird guy impaired its rise to the front?

lol..

Some of us submit good videos that are entertaining or of some quality or at least unique and interesting.

Other people just submit the same stuff ad naseaum. (See: GI JOE PSA from years ago) (See: endless parade of kitty doggie videos)

Some people try to be the first to submit regular type series that are the kind on the top10 of digg and most of the internet (See: Zero Punctuation) (see: chad vader)

Some people just like their own unique tastes to be posted everywhere, this is usually certain types of music videos.

A lot of the top people just see a video from whatever means the use to aggregate videos and recognize those destined for top honors and submit those.

A better question is where do people cull videos from the internet from. Most people do not watch 1000s of newly submitted 10 view YT videos, so there is already some major sifting before they get submitted to aggregation sifting/voting sites like this one.

Occasionally, people will just try to fill out a niche that is otherwise ignored on the internet, like cooking videos or horrorshow videos back when a contest is run or halloween time. This site is unique in that there are not really hard core channel fans, like a video gaming forum might see only those videos, etc.

Anyways, this site started with a certain relatively small group of users and the types of videos that others like were reinforced, so people that enjoyed that blend of videos came back because it was useful for delivering certain content. Eventually those that value the content make an account and add their own, usually somewhat similar tastes, or if it was not it would be ignored.

This site is really not that much different than the digg top10 list, but it does have to opportunity to provide more unique finds. There used to be great japanese and korean content, which has mostly died down, partly because of the massive YT purges of jtv content. Same goes with adultswim content that was once submitted, but pretty much useless now because those videos will soon be dead, so copyright holders can actually stifle the distrubution to larger audiences.. dee doo doo

For instance, for awhile it was all Colbert stuff, but that died off either as a fad, or the YT embed being killed by copyright holders, and then the annoying US only ability to play Comedy Central embeds. So much content is ignored from corporations trying to control their content.

I think in general the answer you are looking for from at least this collective of users if providing a place to be able to quickly and effortlessly watch good videos and avoid a bunch of useless crap. In some ways I think people submit videos to return the favor and keep the house of cards afloat, so there is a communal aspect to it, and many of the videos are a you-have-to-see-this. For the record, this site is not that much different than a fark submission, or at least the early days on this site had that appeal, but fark is a also almost a decade past jumping the shark.

You should visit GodTube as another concept of the secluded pockets of the internets where it used to be fun sport to submit some classic godtube content.

I may be way off base here, but Vader here sounds very much like the guy that does Chad Vader. Does anyone know if they're one and the same?

Edit: Never mind, answered my own question. It is Matt Sloan of Chad Vader fame.

The first few were the best. I wish they could match the strength of those sketches.

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
My pleasure, I have a soft spot for Chad Vader since my first ever sift was a Chad Vader

In reply to this comment by dotdude:
I appreciate the promote.

I appreciate the promote.

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
*promote

Chad Vader does an awesome JEJ Impression.

Chad Vader - the official voice of Darth Vader for the new game Force Unleashed.