In reply to this comment by dotdude:
*promote

Congratulations! Your sifts are an inspiration, from John Cage to Dadaist Avant-Garde. They make the present a little less dystopian.

Yeah, baby.

In reply to this comment by uhohzombies:
*promote for epic win.

The cow says: "Mooooo!"
The horse says: "Neiiigghhh"
The lion says: "Om nom nom!"
The zebra says: "Not today, motherfucker!"

"1. Not everything that people say is a good sift is actually a good sift."

Absolutely. Taste is entirely subjective. You have no obligation to agree with other opinions.

"2. A sift need not be art to be shitty."

Duh, shit comes in all flavors.

"3. Just because people say something is sift-worthy, doesn't mean something is sift-worthy."

You just reworded point #1 and labeled it #3. You owe me another point.

"4. Sifts aren't inherently good."

You, again, just reworded point #1 and labeled it #4. Now you owe me two.

Last point. Calling something art is not a value judgement, just a description.

For instance: The video created by the crying Brittany Spears guy is by definition art. I personally find it stupid and annoying, but that does not strip it of its definition.

Not Today Motherfucker is comprised entirely of elements that we find culturally offensive: Profanity, poor special effects, low resolution, bad music, a generic one liner is the only dialog, it's titled after said one-liner, the title card is as long as the movie, the UFO seems to be pretty easily destructible, the sound effects are jarring, etc.

Separately, these elements are commonplace and dull, but put them together and I'm amused.

rember not liking this makes me like it more. That is part of the fun of both punk and the avant gard.

Airy, pretentious, snobby? I won't object if you call me those things.

Who is right and/or wrong? Both of us.

I never thought I'd be writing a dissertation on the aesthetics of Not Today Motherfucker, but why not.

Rembar: "Is this video for me to poop on?"

Mycroft: "Not today motherfucker."

Four points

1. Not everything that people say is a good sift is actually a good sift.
2. A sift need not be art to be shitty.
3. Just because people say something is sift-worthy, doesn't mean something is sift-worthy.
4. Sifts aren't inherently good.

I don't think this is art, nor do I particularly care to argue the point. This sift is crap one way or the other, and all the airy ruminations in the world aren't going to change that fact. Nothing against you personally, but I hope this sift dies a painful death and that its bleached bones on the broken road of discarded posts will warn future posters of the hazards of posting awful sifts. In conclusion:

Not today, motherfucker.

I never explained the 'minor sift war'. I thought maybe some siftectives would figure out the mystery.

In reply to this comment by dag:
I don't get it, but I'll vote for it based on the title. But really- "minor Sift War?" Hyperbole much?

If I was going to nominate for minor Sift War, it would be something like this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/ART-OF-SEDUCTION-Not-Pretty-Really

And a major Sift War would be this:
http://www.videosift.com/talk/TayTV-Situation

how is this dadaism? Also not "low-brow, avant-gard, video punk rock." lol, upvote? NOT TODAY MOTHERFUCKER!