Even though I'm still a probie (god I am such a slacker in certain regards. I've found many a video over the years I thought would be worthy of posting but never motivated enough to do so), I want to say that I deeply appreciate all the other less slacking members of Videosift who contribute to making this site so informative, entertaining and insert third adjective for proper sentence harmony.

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So fucking awesome. He just empowered about a million professional slackers.

Sheeeeeeeeeit.

>> ^Ornthoron:

So this is the roast? Sorry I'm late, but it doesn't seem like I missed much. @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://wtf.videosift.com/member/thinker247" title="member since September 15th, 2007" class="profilelink">thinker247 tried to give us some material with that interview, but it seems he botched it thoroughly since nobody uses it. And MrFish didn't exactly help out with his uninspired answers. The only funny comment I've seen here was @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://troll.videosift.com" title="member since July 4th, 2007" class="profilelink"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">blankfist's (You have no idea how much it pains me to admit that), and he had to go back as far as a siftquisition almost 3 years back to find worthwhile material.
But I'm not one to shirk from responsibility, so I'll try to wring some lemming juice out of this brothel floor cleaning rag of an interview:
"4. What is your profession?
I’m a non-traditional student. Non-traditional means older (I put Van Wilder to shame). I will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the end of the year. I plan to write good stuff somewhere, although I may go into public relations first.
I’m also a bartender, although I was laid off last month. I’ve worked in a dance club and a nice hotel.
I used to be a cook."
I've seen MrFish's type at my university. There are basically two types who pursue bachelor degrees after they've turned 30. One type is the eternal slacker, who gets too distracted by alcohol, drugs or video games to pass any courses, and the other type is the men and women with a mid-life crisis. This latter group typically choose some useless subject that "expands their horizon", like art history or philosophy.
I'm torn as to what group MrFish might belong to. His history of being laid off from low-tier jobs suggests the former, but journalism is a field that reeks of pretentiousness, so I think I have to go with the latter category. I know of no other people that overvalue there own importance as much as journalists. You really think you can do a difference in the world from Nebraska? With merely a bachelor degree? You could at least have chosen something useful for the children of tomorrow, like molecular biology or condensed matter physics. But of course, achieving even a bachelor degree in those subjects requires both hard work and intelligence.
You'll likely now try to prove you have both these qualities by using unnecessary long time to write a long and poignant retort to all the half-insults in this roast. This, you tell yourself, will show everyone how good you are with words and why you were destined from the start to become a Daily Nebraskan contributor. What you don't realize is that nobody else really cares, and that what you will come to consider the epitome of your oevre will likely only be read by yourself.

So this is the roast? Sorry I'm late, but it doesn't seem like I missed much. @thinker247 tried to give us some material with that interview, but it seems he botched it thoroughly since nobody uses it. And MrFish didn't exactly help out with his uninspired answers. The only funny comment I've seen here was @blankfist's (You have no idea how much it pains me to admit that), and he had to go back as far as a siftquisition almost 3 years back to find worthwhile material.

But I'm not one to shirk from responsibility, so I'll try to wring some lemming juice out of this brothel floor cleaning rag of an interview:

"4. What is your profession?
I’m a non-traditional student. Non-traditional means older (I put Van Wilder to shame). I will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the end of the year. I plan to write good stuff somewhere, although I may go into public relations first.
I’m also a bartender, although I was laid off last month. I’ve worked in a dance club and a nice hotel.
I used to be a cook."

I've seen MrFish's type at my university. There are basically two types who pursue bachelor degrees after they've turned 30. One type is the eternal slacker, who gets too distracted by alcohol, drugs or video games to pass any courses, and the other type is the men and women with a mid-life crisis. This latter group typically choose some useless subject that "expands their horizon", like art history or philosophy.

I'm torn as to what group MrFish might belong to. His history of being laid off from low-tier jobs suggests the former, but journalism is a field that reeks of pretentiousness, so I think I have to go with the latter category. I know of no other people that overvalue there own importance as much as journalists. You really think you can do a difference in the world from Nebraska? With merely a bachelor degree? You could at least have chosen something useful for the children of tomorrow, like molecular biology or condensed matter physics. But of course, achieving even a bachelor degree in those subjects requires both hard work and intelligence.

You'll likely now try to prove you have both these qualities by using unnecessary long time to write a long and poignant retort to all the half-insults in this roast. This, you tell yourself, will show everyone how good you are with words and why you were destined from the start to become a Daily Nebraskan contributor. What you don't realize is that nobody else really cares, and that what you will come to consider the epitome of your oevre will likely only be read by yourself.

*quality

Get back into formation, you slackers! Tactical column!

Finally, slacker. Sheezus!


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http://videosift.com/video/Maangchi-meetup-in-LA-2010

just wrote a joke this past week. not so much a joke as a short, funny scene in a screenplay, and as such it works better in action than in print, but i'll share it anyway.

one of the characters is being introduced as having quit hundreds of jobs, as we see a series of 6-8 brief flashbacks of him quitting a variety of jobs under funny circumstances. one of which is the following.

a large office cubicle interior, daytime, and a manager is addressing a half dozen of his employees. the character is one of these employees, and judging from their faces it's clearly not good news.
the manager closes with "Are there any questions?"

our smiling slacker raises his hand and asks innocuously, "Do you know what a cubit is?"

confused by the non sequitor, the manager half-smiles as he answers no.

presenting his forearm, bent vertically at the elbow, and using his other hand with a flourish reminiscent of a game show hostess as he points to either end, our gleeful delinquent begins, "An ancient standard of measurement, generally agreed to be from the end of the elbow, to the tip of the finger."

at this point he's clearly giving his boss the finger, but he continues while the other employees try to hide nervous laughter.

"in the bible, noah's ark is described as being 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 tall. now, given those parameters, do you think it's possible that..."
(he goes on while the view alternates between over the quitter's shoulder, gesture slightly out of focus in the prominent left foreground with the boss's growing recognition displayed on the right, then switching to over the boss's shoulder.)

after about 30 seconds of this he concludes, finally lets his arm fall to his side, briefly surveys the awkward silence, and says "Oh. And I quit."

so, next time someone pisses you off, just ask if they know what a cubit is.

>> ^blankfist:

Slight modification:
5 CLS
10 PRINT THANK YOU FOR KIND WORDS ROBOT
20 GOTO 10
You always wanna clear the screen, right?


Ahhh, good idea. I always was a slacker when it comes to proper convention.

"slacker nihilism" is now being added to my vocab-a-larly. i do enjoy south park but your description of their views, which easily apply to such outfits as vice mag (although much less so to vice tv for some reason), is glorious. i appreciate their cynicism and skepticism but their utter lack of humanity and empathy is disturbing and, more importantly, annoying.

Kulpims, our own Slovenian slacker, admits to being a loser, a smart ass, a drunk and a stoner. He’s already done such a good job of roasting himself, but he left out wannabee.

He lovingly refers to VideoSift as his Sift-crack, choggieland and Home. ‘Guess he didn’t get the eviction notice.

Rosie Palm mentioned that she’s tired of the whole “jazz and jizz” routine. She started to complain hysterically about his obsession with “ass gravy,” but then suddenly went quiet.

He’s been so vigilant in eradicating dupes he’s been nicknamed Deputy Dupe of the VideoSift PD. Siftbot has been run so ragged with commands, he now has kulpims on ignore.

Kulpims is not fond of LOL Cats. Too bad there aren’t any LOL Dogs.

Good night and may the Farce be with you.

God you slacker fuck, where art thou?

I've heard a lot about lobbyists in the USA and i'm starting to think it's an understated and covered up problem over here, or at least a growing one. Over here voting levels are very low, not many turn out to vote, and i think it's because of the lack of belief in the system - we always get lied to, but who are the liars in power this time?

As for weed legalisation, it's just the unpopular drug. Tobacco, alcohol - these are more harmful, but weed is just unpopular. This also ties into politics - last time i checked a 'democracy', if weed was popular and people wanted it, it would become legal yet we are forced to see people fined huge amounts and jailed depending on how much you have. We also have a case of Britain's TOP drug advisor saying "Weed and extacy are less harmful than drinking and smoking." -- this man was asked to be a drug advisor, he was asked his expert opinion and when he GAVE them his expert opinion they fired him! Get a new expert who will lie but say what we want him to say i guess.

Finally; that's the problem i guess. Prisoners should not be left idle, and it's good for them to stay active and also pay their own way + give them what's left over. But the people in charge are not trustworthy. So they get us to agree in principle, and then change the details when they implement.

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i agree and thats what my response was aiming at.
that so many who tacitly accept the fact and dehumanize "prisoners" without even looking into what a "prisoner" actually is.i was attempting to clarify that while we need prisons for those who are violent and are a detriment to society there is a vast population of non-violent offenders where jail does little more than fill the cell.corporate prisons are for-profit and has little to do with "rehabilitation" or "punishment" but everything to do with profits.these are the prisoners i was talking about,not the rapist or the armed bank robber but johnny slacker who dealt a little bit of weed.

the prison system has quietly become the 9th largest lobbyist in washington.they own and control 70% of americas prisons.it is not in their best interest to legalize weed or change the sentencing structure towards leniency.they actively pursue agressive laws and sentencing because it serves their interests.the public has little to do with their objectives.

as for the forced labor.i agree that idle minds can be a bad thing and keeping busy is a good thing.i dont agree that prisoners should be forced to participate in labor that benefits not only the corporate prisons but defense contractors as well.there are a few federal prisons that offer work and training for prisoners to learn a trade that pays a living wage but they are few and availability is limited.

2.3 million for a prison population is a city.the societal ramifications will not be felt for quite a few years but i would be willing to bet the outcome will not be positive.
in any case...thanks for clarifying and responding.
till next time.
namaste.

i agree and thats what my response was aiming at.
that so many who tacitly accept the fact and dehumanize "prisoners" without even looking into what a "prisoner" actually is.i was attempting to clarify that while we need prisons for those who are violent and are a detriment to society there is a vast population of non-violent offenders where jail does little more than fill the cell.corporate prisons are for-profit and has little to do with "rehabilitation" or "punishment" but everything to do with profits.these are the prisoners i was talking about,not the rapist or the armed bank robber but johnny slacker who dealt a little bit of weed.

the prison system has quietly become the 9th largest lobbyist in washington.they own and control 70% of americas prisons.it is not in their best interest to legalize weed or change the sentencing structure towards leniency.they actively pursue agressive laws and sentencing because it serves their interests.the public has little to do with their objectives.

as for the forced labor.i agree that idle minds can be a bad thing and keeping busy is a good thing.i dont agree that prisoners should be forced to participate in labor that benefits not only the corporate prisons but defense contractors as well.there are a few federal prisons that offer work and training for prisoners to learn a trade that pays a living wage but they are few and availability is limited.

2.3 million for a prison population is a city.the societal ramifications will not be felt for quite a few years but i would be willing to bet the outcome will not be positive.
in any case...thanks for clarifying and responding.
till next time.
namaste.

Just because they try to use your culture doesn't mean it's worthwhile. This is just another network television show custom fit to cease all brain function. In addition, this show thrives on forwarding negative stereotypes. Please don't embrace this BS. Classically "Nerdy" people can be sexually attractive.

If you're a self identified nerd, and you think people like this represent you, you're also a slacker.

... And you're much more a slacker than you are a nerd.

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^ha I had forgotten about that one. (but not that I'm a meth-head slacker)