>> ^MrFisk:
The Art of Sifting.
1. Seems the shorter a video, the more views/voting.
2. The more you sift and comment, the more friends/enemies you'll make, thus more views/voting.
3. A serious election year will inevitably and justifiably mean more political videos; cut the hogwash bellyaching.
4. Comedy is king.
5. Long is the opposite of the aforementioned.
6. Employ a nifty avatar.
7. Rock the boat.
8. One hand washes the other.
9. The tenth vote is crucial.
10. Beggars canyon is a dark and dreary alley, chalk-full of despair, disappointment, loneliness, and regret.


Fixed.

Take the voting power of the Piggers then we'll at least get rid of stuff like http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amazing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro and similar aberrations. Piggers aren't real sifters, anyway. Their bodies are more adept at ocular labor than sifting. We should make a Pegrosift, only for P's where the colors are inverted.

Damn Piggers.

The Art of Sifting.
1. Seems the shorter a video, the more views/voting.
2. The more you sift and comment, the more friends/enemies you'll make, thus more views/voting.
3. A serious election year will inevitably and justifiably mean more political videos; cut the hogwash bellyaching.
4. Comedy is king.
5. Music is the opposite of the aforementioned.
6. Employ a nifty avatar.
7. Rock the boat.
8. One hand washes the other.
9. The tenth vote is crucial.
10. Beggars canyon is a dark and dreary alley, chalk-full of despair, disappointment, loneliness, and regret.

Need to contaminate, to alleviate this loneliness

ah... seems everytime i post a natural disaster video involving shitload of hurtling water overflowing some poor bastards i get over 100 votes, while people actually surfing a shitload of hurtling water don't even get me to the front page
edit: when i originaly posted this over 6 months ago, it got stuck among other discarded post that are dying of loneliness in there for the lack of attention. i guess i'd like to know what the fuck can i do with them other than kill them off unless i have 2 power points to self-promote - which i don't

i feel the dissent to this unoffiacial siftquisition, coming from some of the members (me included), is based on the impression of overall drop in the quality of videos that appear on the front page. you might argue that one's shit is gold to you and vice versa... and you'd be right, of course. but the point is some of us believe the sift changed it's course for the worse. i'm not gonna pretend i know the answer on what went wrong cause i don't. but whenever i go exploring the sift archives, posts from a year back or so, i feel we're failing somewhere. please, prove me wrong.
btw, choggie - if this was a trial, you'd probably get off on a technicality since the rules are not explicit in this case. i like the idea (gwiz665) of having a second opinion before discarding someone's video. maybe we should start * discussing more. shouldn't be such a bother since i see this boring and tasteless piece of video history already got 90 comments (and over 1600 views so far). meanwhile, some quality posts are dying of loneliness in our pq's...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'eletronica, chillout, prostitution, strippers, night life, loneliness, sex' to 'electronica, chillout, prostitution, strippers, night life, loneliness, sex, minimoog' - edited by Eklek

Aw shucks, yours aren't too bad either!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
My pleasure, that oughta do it. I just love Calvadovian music sifts!

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Thanks for the promo!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote

My pleasure, that oughta do it. I just love Calvadovian music sifts!

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Thanks for the promo!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote

Thanks for the promo!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote

Lyrics for those (like me) who find it hard to understand death metal:


Oh baby baby, oh baby baby

Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know
That something wasnt right here
Oh baby baby, I shouldnt have let you go
And now youre out of sight, yeah
Show me how you want it to be
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now, oh because

Chorus
My loneliness is killin me (and I)
I must confess I still believe (still believe)
When Im not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time!

Oh baby baby, the reason I breathe is you
Boy youve got me blinded
Oh pretty baby, theres nothin that I wouldnt do
Thats not the way I planned it

Show me how you want it to be
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now, oh because

Chorus

Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know
Oh pretty baby, I shouldnt have let you go
I must confess that my loneliness
Is killin me now
Dont you know I still believe
That you will be here
And give me a sign, hit me baby one more time

Chorus

I must confess (my loneliness) that my loneliness
(is killing me) is killing me now
(I must confess) dont you (I still believe) know I still believe
That you will be here (I lose my mind)
And give me a sign...
Hit me baby one more time!

Ha-ha - they jinxed it! Well, go *femme girl power I guess. "I was just joking when I said that - you know that."

>> ^moodonia:
Thats the loneliest man on earth right there, at least he quickly turned to the drink, nothing cures loneliness like alcohol


That's true - I wonder if they had that beer on hand to console/celebrate already? I imagine so.

RPS argues that computer games, however, can be just as effective as alcohol - with less liver damage!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1123

Thats the loneliest man on earth right there, at least he quickly turned to the drink, nothing cures loneliness like alcohol

In English, the song is called, I'm fed up

Bubbles and water
Legs up for hours
My goldfish is under me
To bathe for hours
Makes my mouth water
I'm foamely ecstatic
It's not a problem
I lazy 'round
Bubbly and stubborn

I lazy 'round
Melon and water
Is just a dream
It makes me wonder
Is it a sin?
Bubbles and water
Legs up for hours
Bombs, you keep away from me!
Today lying low
Twisting up my toes
I swim in such harmony
So what bothers me:

Chorus :
I'm fed up with loneliness
With my uncle overstressed
Fumbling, crawling for something
That never shows, just a dream.
I'm fed up with creeps crying
Over the past, such a sin
Not to be cool, but a fool
If I could mess up their rules.
I'm fed up with your complaints
Baby, well I'm not a saint!
Fed up with the rain, the plane
That makes me throw up again.
I'm fed up with all cynics
Bathing caps and all critics
I'm fed up with being fed up! Poor me !

Bubbles and water
Legs up for hours
My goldfish still under me!
Delight of pleasures
Aquatic treasures
A place out of misery, my fantasy

QM, how many people whom read this do you think are pro-anything goes folks? My guess is zero.

Does anyone think the words: God, country, religion, patriotism, sacrifice, ethics, tradition, values, history are just empty words? I dont think anyone would think they are empty. All of them have quite a bit of meaning. What that meaning is, I think, is different for everyone. I think more importantly many people have been cheated by their families to fully understand and feel love, kindness, empathy, honesty, fairness, and the ability to forgive.

Promiscuity, AIDS, expensive medical treatments, loneliness, fear of aging and dying young are all concerns many people have.

I dont know about any sinking ship, but I do think discriminating between who can and cant get married is based on fear, religion and ignorance more than anything else.

It will take some time, but marriage will one day be legal for all of us.

To the pro-anything-goes folks:

Society has failed you. First, it raised you without giving you the gift of being able to respect anything outside of your "self-esteem".

God, country, religion, patriotism, sacrifice, ethics, tradition, values, history...all just empty words on the screen. You have been cheated.

The second, more lethal way society has failed you is downplaying and outright hiding the very real consequences of personal and societal folly.

There are very serious consequences to living the homosexual "lifestyle" that have nothing to do with Straightey "being mean". Rampant promiscuity, AIDS, expensive medical treatments, loneliness, both fear of aging AND dying young.

In your eagerness to throw the life preserver of "marriage" to gays, is it possible you don't notice the ship is sinking?

Society is the way it is because of centuries of trial and error. If gay "marriage" has any merit, it will survive the deserved and necessary resistance against it.