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2:30am at a 7-11 near Disney World - 1987

Rape Joke Debate

Yogi says...

I wouldn't go down the road of ranking the bad things, it could get messy. I think how this whole argument started was based on what wasn't a joke but could just be a guy telling a girl in a room that she should be raped. All those jokes you just said are funny, and the jokes Jim was talking about completely surreal and defensible. The furore stemmed from a particular joke and an undercurrent of anger that the issue is being ignored or even shoved aside by saying women deserve to be raped. So it's understandable that people are mad.

Every joke you said was funny to me, and that's the point Make, People, Laugh. It's your job if you're a comic and you're onstage to Make your audience laugh. There's a famous clip somewhere of awesome comic Patrice O'neal who's no longer with us. He was debating rape jokes with a woman on TV and he made her LAUGH at a rape joke. A person who is basically professionally angry about rape, he made her laugh at a rape joke it was soo funny. Now that is a talent and something that I feel is worth protecting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjIuPSuYSOY

Shepppard said:

What's the difference between a pile of dead babies and a porche? I don't have a porche in my garage.

Who was the greatest jewish cook? Hitler.

How do you make a chicken roll? Kick it down a hill.

Why couldn't Helen Keller drive a car? Because she was a woman.

4 jokes, each with a punchline of violence or sexism in some way, shape or form. A Holocaust joke, a sexist joke, a dead baby joke, and an animal cruelty joke. All 4 of those are still things that exist "Now". There's still victims of the Holocaust, miscarriages and murdered children happen all the time, and people still kick chickens, and women driving jokes have been around since, well, women started driving.

It's NOT because of the joke that people do these things, it doesn't perpetuate it, it doesn't do anything to alleviate the levity of the issue, and yet we still consider these okay. However, there's apparently ONE thing that is not okay, only because it could possibly make light of the situation. Everything is okay, or nothing is. Dead Children is bad, Animal Cruelty is bad, Sexism is bad, Rape, just as bad as any of those.

Phil Hanley, brilliant set on The Late Late Show

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Vice Magazine on HBO

mxxcon says...

Check out their series on North Korea. They have like 3 or 4 different (multi-part) reports. Pretty sure it's here on Sift, otherwise on their youtube. You will see some of the most surreal footage ever.

SevenFingers said:

I'm sorry you guys cannot watch this, because it is some of the best reporting I have seen in a long time. I've never seen or heard of VICE before but I'm definitely a fan now

All Time 10s -Things You Didn't Know About Kim Jong-un

9547bis says...

#11:
He has no real power in North Korea, and his status is purely ceremonial.

(When a dictature starts to spout surreal crackpot rethoric out of nowhere, this is almost always the product of behind-the-throne factions fighting it off.)

Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful

Torre David: the world's tallest slum

Fast Eggs!!!

griefer_queafer says...

Well, to be totally honest I did not imagine this would make it to the top 15 lol. The reason I thought it was siftable was because he is actually quite fast. I mean, its not some eye-popping speed, and he's not even trying, but that's part of what makes it interesting. This is just an "everyday" speed for these guys, and yet few of us probably imagined that an omlette sandwich could be made so quickly. But beyond that, and I hope this is not just me trying to intellectualize it, I would say that I like the surreal quality of the video (the guy's strange paranoia [or whatever] about the camera, the amount of eggs, and the sounds)... its all just very strange and fun. Like a little uncanny slice of life. I guess part of that depends on my NOT being Indian, but I dunno, that's my take.

Esoog said:

I wish I could, but Im as confused as you are. Its not fast, nor interesting.

Bizarre Dennis Rodman Interview About North Korea

chingalera says...

"Degrees of darkness" sounds like that meaningless phrase people say when trying to make someone feel better about a shitty situation. Prison systems period. Corrupt rackets, all.

Rodman in his surreal romp to Ill-ville does smell a bit like some diplomatic inroad concocted by handlers designed to prep BabyDic for some lessons in how to keep a nuke out of his anus should he flex according to HIS handlers retardedly brilliant strategies in diplomacy and universal humanitarianism.

I have never imagined Un to have any real power beyond that of his namesake-He's a carbon-copy of the human garbage that was his father, grandfather-The real power is in their jackboots and their thugs.

Back in Black - Action Stars & Gun Control

chingalera says...

" sensibly address the Sandy Hooks"??

Keep holding your breath-it's already old news as a topic of discourse here on this site with a majority of the opinions coming from outside the country in question).

BTW, the state of the union address was like watching some surreal event targeting an audience of the developmentally disabled and mental incompetents. Obama sickens and distresses more each passing day, he looks angry and tired and his voice has become synonymous with bullshit in many minds.

He NEVER looks directly into the camera, that shifty, side-to-side head whilst speaking-The mans' a piece of garbage.

Mark Wahlberg Is A Bit Of An Ass - Graham Norton

Mood Indigo - Trailer - Michel Gondry, Audrey Tautou

United States is the Most Corrupt Country in the World

chilaxe says...

@SDGundamX

It's surreal that you're arguing countries can't be ranked by how likely journalists are to be arrested for criticizing the government, or how much bribery is necessary to complete basic business tasks. Please go to China or Russia and try that out.

Measurements can be ranked, even if equalitarians prefer a world without numbers because then "nobody would have to feel bad."

Any scientist can tell you scientific metrics don't need to be perfect, they just need to allow you to predict reality. I'm fine with being able to predict reality better than others, but you're free to prioritize what you wish.

Inglewood Police Chase (Wait for it..)



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