I too found it quite difficult to listen to. I really had to just scroll through to the end catching bits and pieces, because I was so embarassed for her.

Seriously, it really does look bad that a) the call didn't get picked up as a prank, considering these things take a bit of time to set up and get vetted and that b) she didn't twig... I mean, the doco Nailin' Palin and she doesn't twig?

Yeah, after the heart attack I want her with the nuclear codes. Some radio station in Israel gets on the phone with President Palin and pretends to be the Iranian President about to blow up something.

"Ooh, I know", says Palin, "Let's nuke 'em."

Hahah, that's right don't take any guff from a couple of feather haired twigs dressed in spandex.

>> ^Octopussy:
Btw, I'm not sure that the addition of a so-called dance belt would've seriously improved the overall picture.


It would have collected his twigs and berries into a nice little (and I do mean little) bunch and kept us guessing about "which way it was hanging today". The gut....a man-girdle, but that is another fashion accessory he obviously doesn't own.

You completely missed the point, and I don't have the energy to explain it other than by saying that I was not suggesting that the videos were upvoted because the people were male. I'm just pointing out the general underrepresentation of women in all forms of media. And when a women DOES happen to be popular it is often has a lot to do with her being pretty. And that's okay, really. Men like to look at pretty women. That's natural. I like to look at pretty men, too.

But did you read my comments of what a nice job sifters did of focusing on the factors that were deep and meaningful rather than shallow. Really. It was nicely done. I like VideoSift men a lot more than most.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Ugh. I'm going to make this point as simple and clear as I can:
Woman CAN NOT be objectified without becoming objects. Pr0n "actresses" are objects of desire. Yes. That is THEIR choosing.
And really? Complaining about the top videos because they're all male? Sift more awesome clips with women. It's not that hard. I can run through your list and tell you which ones would have just as many votes if they were of a female:
1. A very talented MAN playing the ukelele.Doesn't count - those votes were all cronies. I've ben tempted to just discard it.
2. Two talented BOYS' well-made lightsaber video. Yup. If it were girls, it would have had the same. Thing is, you don't see many uber-geek girls, do you?
3. Autistic BOY being awesome at a b-ball game It's not the fact he has wedding tackle that made this video great, it's that he triumphed through his autism
4. Talented MALE robot dancer Again, it got the votes because it was really cool to see, not because he's got a banana and kiwis.
5. Prairie Dog, generally accepted as MALE. Thus: Drama KING I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't check for a prairie pecker before I clicked upvote.
6. Very clever rant about Pachebel. Again, a talented and clever MAN. What's that first adjective? And then the second? Those would be the reasons for the votes, not his twig and berries.
7. FINALLY, an intelligent WOMAN with integrity. What can I say? I like getting my bad news from someone that's easy on the eyes..
8. Awesome commercial. The Wind is a tall MAN doing funny things. Love this sift. I got nothin'
9. Drug spiders. MALE spiders? (Mr. Crack Spider, etc.), Male narrator. If they had made the crack spider a crack spideretts, I'm sure feminists would be pissed about that instead. Gender of the narrator does not make a difference. The script was the humor.
10. Quantum Physics narrated and explained by a MALE scientist.Maybe you want to get a degree in quantum physics and deliver that same speech? NO ONE watched that video and said "oh, I LOVE that Captain Q guy!" - No, they loved the explanation.
11. Clever prank, talented FEMALES, MALE narrator. (Yay!) All old/overweight women are the ones being tricked, all beautiful and young females are the tricksters. Oh come on. Are you really suggesting that they only let fat old women into that washroom? And are you forgetting about the guy? "No! You can't go in there! You're too hot to be pranked!" I think not.
12. Jon Stewart (MAN) being funny and clever and awesome. Again, the three adjectives?
13. A beautiful GIRL with a great bod doing something pretty cool. I would bet that at least 85% of the votes were received because of the comical novelty of the act.
14. Dolphins blowing bubbles
15. Cool music video. MALE vocals, MALE hands. Again, are you telling me that people only voted after they looked and made sure they could see hair on the arms? I sincerely doubt it.
The lesson here is that you could see shit anywhere you look for it. That doesn't mean it's true.

Ugh. I'm going to make this point as simple and clear as I can:

Woman CAN NOT be objectified without becoming objects. Pr0n "actresses" are objects of desire. Yes. That is THEIR choosing.

And really? Complaining about the top videos because they're all male? Sift more awesome clips with women. It's not that hard. I can run through your list and tell you which ones would have just as many votes if they were of a female:


1. A very talented MAN playing the ukelele.Doesn't count - those votes were all cronies. I've ben tempted to just discard it.

2. Two talented BOYS' well-made lightsaber video. Yup. If it were girls, it would have had the same. Thing is, you don't see many uber-geek girls, do you?

3. Autistic BOY being awesome at a b-ball game It's not the fact he has wedding tackle that made this video great, it's that he triumphed through his autism

4. Talented MALE robot dancer Again, it got the votes because it was really cool to see, not because he's got a banana and kiwis.

5. Prairie Dog, generally accepted as MALE. Thus: Drama KING I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't check for a prairie pecker before I clicked upvote.

6. Very clever rant about Pachebel. Again, a talented and clever MAN. What's that first adjective? And then the second? Those would be the reasons for the votes, not his twig and berries.

7. FINALLY, an intelligent WOMAN with integrity. What can I say? I like getting my bad news from someone that's easy on the eyes..

8. Awesome commercial. The Wind is a tall MAN doing funny things. Love this sift. I got nothin'

9. Drug spiders. MALE spiders? (Mr. Crack Spider, etc.), Male narrator. If they had made the crack spider a crack spideretts, I'm sure feminists would be pissed about that instead. Gender of the narrator does not make a difference. The script was the humor.

10. Quantum Physics narrated and explained by a MALE scientist.Maybe you want to get a degree in quantum physics and deliver that same speech? NO ONE watched that video and said "oh, I LOVE that Captain Q guy!" - No, they loved the explanation.

11. Clever prank, talented FEMALES, MALE narrator. (Yay!) All old/overweight women are the ones being tricked, all beautiful and young females are the tricksters. Oh come on. Are you really suggesting that they only let fat old women into that washroom? And are you forgetting about the guy? "No! You can't go in there! You're too hot to be pranked!" I think not.

12. Jon Stewart (MAN) being funny and clever and awesome. Again, the three adjectives?

13. A beautiful GIRL with a great bod doing something pretty cool. I would bet that at least 85% of the votes were received because of the comical novelty of the act.
14. Dolphins blowing bubbles
15. Cool music video. MALE vocals, MALE hands. Again, are you telling me that people only voted after they looked and made sure they could see hair on the arms? I sincerely doubt it.

The lesson here is that you could see shit anywhere you look for it. That doesn't mean it's true.

I intend to record the following and require in my will that it be my cell-phone voice-mail message for 5 years following my oh-so-unfortunate demise hopefully by way of ninja assassins or at least ebola.

"Thank you for calling but, I've passed on! I am no more! I have ceased to be! I've expired and gone to meet my maker! I'm a stiff! Bereft of life, I
rest in peace! I'm pushing up the daisies! My metabolic processes are now history! I'm off the twig! I've kicked the bucket, I've shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible!! I AM AN EX-PARROT... I mean, I AM AN EX-HUMAN!!"

A great, great comedian.

He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky, and I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of seventy-one, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun.
(Completely stolen from http://www.geocities.com/fang_club/chapman_memorial.html, but applicable here as well)

He will be missed, like Mitch Hedberg and Bill Hicks.

>> ^my15minutes:
i think he was counting on that hedge to keep his spine from snapping like a twig.
too bad he's a bit of an underachiever.


Or landing on the dog.

i think he was counting on that hedge to keep his spine from snapping like a twig.

too bad he's a bit of an underachiever.

No no, its speak softly and carry a big stick, not carry a twig and then cry like a bitch.

>> ^antimatter:
the book this was based off is called The Short-timers and its great. Plus it has a whole other ending. and its short. strongly recommended for anyone who liked this movie. it's got some really gritty shit about jungle warfare and the mindfuck that place was. how soldiers would have to walk in a line with their hands out in front on their buddy's shoulder at night in the jungle because it was so dark. or all the booby traps they set up. or how stepping on a loud twig/stick could be your death. or soldiers copying animal sounds to communicate at night. endless shit of cool stuff like that


You can read Short-Timers at Hasford's website right here
http://www.gustavhasford.com/short.htm

Just to set the record straight. THE SNIPER WAS NOT THE HOOKER. Just watched the movie a few minutes ago, watched the credits too. Leanne Hong played the motorcycle hooker "Too beaucoups!", Papillon Soo played the Da Nang hooker "Me so horny!", and Ngoc Le was the sniper.

FNG ryjkyj forced me to watch one of the best movies ever all over again. Bastard.

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the book this was based off is called The Short-timers and its great. Plus it has a whole other ending. and its short. strongly recommended for anyone who liked this movie. it's got some really gritty shit about jungle warfare and the mindfuck that place was. how soldiers would have to walk in a line with their hands out in front on their buddy's shoulder at night in the jungle because it was so dark. or all the booby traps they set up. or how stepping on a loud twig/stick could be your death. or soldiers copying animal sounds to communicate at night. endless shit of cool stuff like that

the book this was based off is called The Short-timers and its great. Plus it has a whole other ending. and its short. strongly recommended for anyone who liked this movie. it's got some really gritty shit about jungle warfare and the mindfuck that place was. how soldiers would have to walk in a line with their hands out in front on their buddy's shoulder at night in the jungle because it was so dark. or all the booby traps they set up. or how stepping on a loud twig/stick could be your death. or soldiers copying animal sounds to communicate at night. endless shit of cool stuff like that

I wonder if the Neanderthal may have been the result of a similar 'ring

The Neanderthals are like a shorter "twig" on the evolutionary tree. twigs like Chimps and humans have reached the current top of the tree (the here and now) while the neanderthals was a twig that managed to go it own way, far enough to be called a twig, but not far enough to survive up to this point. In the strictest sense, we individual humans (and all other animals) are all soon-to-be aborted twigs on the tree of life,(atleast the vast,vast majority of us) Theoretically, we could, each and every one of us branch off as a new species.. if you isolate yourself from everyone else and breed only your own genes, (we cant do it as individuals, you need atleast 2 for humans) and keep it in the family the very wrong way, you'll soon branch off as a new species, creating a small twig of your very own.

Real life doesnt work like that, but the lesson is that you only need "islands" to separate and evolution will do the job of divirging the species, this is the tale of the next video in these series, the Giant tortoises Tale:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Richard-Dawkins-The-Giant-Tortoises-Tale

Yeah, I'm gonna wait 5 hours for a bite of cryogenic thin mint and a laser-charred twig. AND they require you to wear PANTS while doing so!

Chefs Boyardee they are not.