Ok, so anyone pick the language there?

Funny how we go about it. My whole approach now is to sift only obscure stuff that can't expect more than a dozen votes at most. If I get less than 7 I dump them unless I think they're great, which is what I think about most vids I sift. Each to their own, but I think you should let some mature. I have 50-odd in my pqueue...
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Man, why do you keep killing vids with 7 or so votes? 7 votes is a badge of honour, especially for the boutique vids you got happening.
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*kill



Yeah now I remember why started doing it, for some reason I wanted to keep my average votes per video and general quality of submitted videos at a high level, which is now sitting at 34.28 .

Man, why do you keep killing vids with 7 or so votes? 7 votes is a badge of honour, especially for the boutique vids you got happening.
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*kill

Hey, thanks for the clean up. For what it's worth, I can't access Hulu, but this site I believe has the clip: http://thestir.cafemom.com/entertainment/113444/Louis_C_K_Says_Black

You might replace it if it's able to be done, and you can be bothered etc etc.
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*dead

It's aliiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvee!
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*dead

Bwahaha! The grim reaper strikes again!

But no upvote? Come on, we gotta eejucate these heathens.
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Roy-boys > Weeagles!!

Gotcha - I hate my time being wasted while I'm very busy fucking around looking at silly videos, especially when my time is wasted by 'misleadingly interesting titles'.
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Cuz not funny and waste of my time due to the misleadingly interesting title.
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Just out of curiosity, why the downvote? http://videosift.com/video/Questions-to-ask-Batman

Just out of curiosity, why the downvote? http://videosift.com/video/Questions-to-ask-Batman

I hear you, but I don't want to know anything. No themes, no moods, no characters - nothing. I don't want to be wondering about anything I've seen in the previous few months...
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I'm not watching any of these. I refuse to see any content till I'm in the cinema.


I don't think you're going to see any of these virals as part of the film. And as someone who's super, and I mean *super* evasive of spoilers, trailers and reviews, I declare this one spoilersafe.

Gotcha. So you wouldn't start with Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer or something higher profile? I've literally read none of them.


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I meant that even if you don't especially enjoy a classic novel, you haven't completely wasted your time - you're still probably better off for having read it. But yeah, enjoyment of a book - just like music, food, and art - is all about personal taste. I've read very little Russian literature, basically for fear of exactly the same reaction as yourself. (Oddly, though, I did enjoy A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which is about as depressing and plodding as you can imagine.) If you're not fond of the Russians, there are some Americans you should probably avoid too - Faulkner, Steinbeck and some (not all!) of the other early 20th century writers probably first among them.

Well, I'm not sure you can't go wrong with classics. I guess it comes down to taste in the end, but I found myself bored to tears with Russian classics, for example. I'm somewhat embarassed to say I just couldn't get through Crime and Punishment - it had no pace, for mine. As someone well read, this is probably sacrilege to you, but then I found the Lord of the Rings trilogy similarly overcooked.

I will get around to reading one of your suggestions when I'm next in the market for a book, and I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again.
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Well, that's the thing about classics - you can't really go wrong with any of them, so yeah, A Connecticut Yankee is as good place to start as any. But it really comes down to your own preferences. Guys like Faulkner and Melville are generally considered giants of American literature, but I can't stand their stuff and would be very unlikely to recommend them. Steinbeck is another great that, while I personally like most of his work, a lot of people don't care much for it, even if they appreciate the quality.

You might find Good Reads a useful resource for finding the classics you'd most enjoy.

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Hey, thannks for the leads. I just watched some of Midnight in Paris, and realised I'd never read the classics. Would you suggest I start with your Connecticut one?

Hey, thannks for the leads. I just watched some of Midnight in Paris, and realised I'd never read the classics. Would you suggest I start with your Connecticut one?
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[edit] woops, meant to reply on the talk post.

Twain is a great choice - definitely read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It's LOL funny. Some of my favorites among the American classics are Poe, Emerson, Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Joseph Heller, Vonnegut (is he counted as classic yet?). Edgar Allen Poe is a must. I first read The Pit and the Pendulum in my 30s and it scared the shit out of me. He clearly had access to the best drugs available in the world at the time. Other top Poe choices - The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
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I'm reading Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, which is a pretty good page turner.

I'm interested in reading some classic American literature if anyone would recommend some for a guy who has never really read any of the classics (like Mark Twain, Hemmingway, Fitzgerald).

I'm green.

No, thank you for the memories... or the funny video of soccer players in big plastic inflatable balls bouncing into each other and falling down a bit. Or whatever.

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What the hell is wrong with you people?

*promote.


Thanks for the promote!

Wow, you were plugging away at this one! Thanks for the interest, Spoon are awesome.

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*promote

Thanks, hope you had a good one.

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Happy Christmas :