>> ^lucky760:
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://douchebag.videosift.com" title="member since July 26th, 2007" class="profilelink"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 136, 0);">rottenseed: Delete all your videosift cookies then log back in and you should be golden (like the shower).
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.videosift.com/member/dystopianfuturetoday" title="member since January 9th, 2007" class="profilelink"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">dystopianfuturetoday: PM me the embed code and let me give it a try.


I got it to work with the submit screen underneath 'unsifted', but the pop-up beneath my screenname is broken.

>> ^heathen:
Witty comment about how much I enjoyed watching this video.


User with paranoid sounding screenname makes contrarian response about how many times this type of meta joke has already been done on the internet, yet still plays along.

I guess I misunderstood you. I thought you were trying to make the point that consumerism was an effective form of democracy. I earnestly concede your point that businesses without business go out of business, though I wouldn't call it 'bringing down' which is a term that implies deliberate intent.

Corporations do care about small towns. Walmart is famous for setting up shop in small towns and putting local businesses out of business. In many places, Walmart is the only shopping option. When a business as large as Walmart comes to town, they can usually strongarm local governments into tax breaks and beneficial infrastructure projects. I only know of one case where Walmart was prevented from building a store, and that was in the small town of Los Angeles. I sure hope you are right about Walmart, but I only see people becoming more dependent on Walmart as they ravage the underclass.

Democratic government is people power by definition, even when the government you elect fails to stand up to powerful financial interests. I too am disillusioned about the current state of our state, but what gives me hope is that more and more people are becoming aware of these problems through increased access to information and technology.

Despite my screenname, I don't believe things are getting worse. I believe things have always been bad, and that it is only our increased access to information and communication that gives us the perception that things are getting worse. This new awareness (potentially) gives us the opportunity to diagnose problems and (hopefully) fix them. I believe the shift in the electorate from Bush towards Obama is evidence of this, and whether or not his administration has the power to make the changes they promised, he will at least make it easier for the next president.

This is why I see hope in darkness, and the will for change in our dystopian present.

>> ^blankfist:
promote for those creating an account!


Good choice. What other videos are suitable for this incident.

I'm not entirely sure where, but at some point I wanted to use the screenname "gwiz" and I couldn't, so I added 665 to the name, because that usually is not taken. It's just stuck since then.

I pronounce it "scourge of my existence", but that's just me..

>> ^rasch187:
ra-shh

Hola! I had to come back. Seems SOMEONE has been "Sifting" TEN FUCKING DOLLARS every three months from my Paypal account and I mean to git my money's worth!

(I promise not to delete anything this time)


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Welcome back stranger.

In reply to this comment by Fletch:
Flet-kuh-huh

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

Welcome back stranger.

In reply to this comment by Fletch:
Flet-kuh-huh

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

maatc - matt See, mattick, ma at sea, emay at sea?


haha, great ideas!

If you went by the german pronounciation it´d be more like "mAart-TSAY"
but for all you english speaking folk I think "matt See" is spot on!

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>> ^rasch187:
ra-shh


Go see a doctor...sounds unpleasant. How to you say you name?

lol

In reply to this comment by UsesProzac:
Uses Xanax.

And all this time I thought it was kull-pihms as it is spelled. Kool Peems. What does that mean?

In reply to this comment by kulpims:
cool-peems

>> ^Fjnbk:
EF-JAY-EN-BEE-KAY


I think Jamie sounds so much better. Can I call you Jamie?

Donation window is a start, but I think I commented a while back about adding banners to the pages for charter members. I remember people scoffing at the idea, but if you're a charter member then you're already someone who wants to support the place so I think the majority of people on here are willing to help out in any way possible even if they hate you for calling them blankfistula.