That's probably the coolest thing I've read in a long time

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
While I'm not crazy about the word 'Eskimo' (it's actually a Cree word that the French adopted), we do use it amongst ourselves.

As for others using it - a friend of mine once asked an Inuk Elder what he thought about the word. The Elder responded that we never asked white people what they wanted to be called (we call them Qallunaq), so why should we get upset about what people call us?

Your video, Fail: Eskimo Edition, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Thank you.

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
*promote

Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 3 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!

Stay warm up there, cowboy.

Adios my friends. I have moved to a place where Videosift is no longer as easily accessible as it once was. I'll still kick about and comment once in awhile. I'll be travelling for work, and whenever I reach a place where internet is faster than it is here, I'll jump in. But until then, take it easy folks. Enjoy this place in my stead, and with any luck I'll be posting a new drunken siftup vid in no time.

If you want to keep in touch with me, join the Videosift Facebook group and you'll find me in the Moniker discussions.

Later gators.

Your video, Geico Commercial - Piggy, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

No sarcasm in my post that I can see. I'll take your "go fuck yourself" under advisement - might be just what I need.

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
Heh. Sarcasm, how original!

May you live in interesting times.>> ^dag:

I don't think I called you a petulant child. Though I may have - it sounds like something I would say. I'm sorry you deleted your original missive - I always like a good flame. On review, the petulant child thing must be about me saying that always looking for instances of bias and favouritism is something that my kids do. It is indeed something they do - and something that does seem to happen here a fair bit. As a parent and as an admin of this site - I try really, really hard to be fair and unbiased.
I don't dislike you at all - I don't think I've been hostile - though I may have - I apoologize, if so. Feel free to tell me to go fuck myself - I love that phrase. It won't get you banned, that's for sure.
>> ^Throbbin:
I had this whole long diatribe written here, giving you a piece of my mind. But, before I hit submit, I gave it a second thoguht and erased it all.
Long story short, I was frustrated with something I didn't like. You called me a petulant child. I was about to tell you to go fuck yourself, but I doubt that would do anybody any good.
I've always liked you more than you liked me. I think I would really enjoy talking with you about your experiences in Alaska. Maybe I was a little brash in how I went about things. Maybe you just can't stand me. Maybe a bit of both.
Either way, I'd still like to chit chat sometime IRL. Take it easy.
Throbbin

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I don't think I called you a petulant child. Though I may have - it sounds like something I would say. I'm sorry you deleted your original missive - I always like a good flame. On review, the petulant child thing must be about me saying that always looking for instances of bias and favouritism is something that my kids do. It is indeed something they do - and something that does seem to happen here a fair bit. As a parent and as an admin of this site - I try really, really hard to be fair and unbiased. I don't dislike you at all - I don't think I've been hostile - though I may have - I apoologize, if so. Feel free to tell me to go fuck myself - I love that phrase. It won't get you banned, that's for sure.


In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
I had this whole long diatribe written here, giving you a piece of my mind. But, before I hit submit, I gave it a second thoguht and erased it all.

Long story short, I was frustrated with something I didn't like. You called me a petulant child. I was about to tell you to go fuck yourself, but I doubt that would do anybody any good.

I've always liked you more than you liked me. I think I would really enjoy talking with you about your experiences in Alaska. Maybe I was a little brash in how I went about things. Maybe you just can't stand me. Maybe a bit of both.

Either way, I'd still like to chit chat sometime IRL. Take it easy.

Throbbin

Ah, yeah. The polls are a bit fickle. I can understand his viewpoint and JS is a pretty big part of videosift with all the posts from TDS.

Anyway, keep your pants on for now. If there had been a person lining up to do something serious, like a channel idea, that one would likely have dropped too. Being patronized never works well, that happened to me too at one point... took a considerate amount of willpower not to rage out at that point.

If I make it over there, I'll give you plenty of head start.

Are you going to be without Internet when you move?

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
Yeah, I know it comes and goes. I'm moving on Wednesday, and I just didn't want to spent my last hours on VS with a cloud over my head.

Yeah, my poll was actually discarded.

http://videosift.com/poll/Which-of-these-people-was-most-influential-in-human-history?loadcomm=1#comment-974550

I thought it would generate some great discussion and debate and all that fun stuff. I understand the whole guidelines aspect, but when I saw that Jon Stewart poll I got miffed. Being equated with a petulant child just angried up my blood even more.

I like that Akvavit. If and when you do come over this way, do me a favour and give me plenty of lead time so I can let you know if I'll be in the south for a meeting or something.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Don't worry about it. Drama comes and goes, and take this from someone who's been in a lot of sift drama - it passes.

Was your poll actually discarded? I thought it just ran its course.

I may come across at some point and I will bring you a few bottles - that stuff'll kill ya! In a good way.

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
I may take you up on that hug. I feel bad - all this drama I've created, none of which was my intention. I was just peeved that my soft poll was booted...

I hear you may come across the pond sometime. If you do, and we can arrange a little meet-up, bring over a botttle of Akvavit would ya? That's what we were drinking the night of our impromptu siftup vid, and it knocked me on my ass pretty good.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Naw man, iz all good. We've had fluffier polls before. The trouble with channel specific polls is that we have no easy way to get to them at this point, if they would be on their own subdomain for instance. And having multiple polls at once will likely be confusing.

If there's nothing else going on, a little soft poll - polls have never been softer - is fine, to keep people on their toes. As long as we don't overdo it.

and @Throbbin you can always get a comfort hug from me..

Don't worry about it. Drama comes and goes, and take this from someone who's been in a lot of sift drama - it passes.

Was your poll actually discarded? I thought it just ran its course.

I may come across at some point and I will bring you a few bottles - that stuff'll kill ya! In a good way.

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
I may take you up on that hug. I feel bad - all this drama I've created, none of which was my intention. I was just peeved that my soft poll was booted...

I hear you may come across the pond sometime. If you do, and we can arrange a little meet-up, bring over a botttle of Akvavit would ya? That's what we were drinking the night of our impromptu siftup vid, and it knocked me on my ass pretty good.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Naw man, iz all good. We've had fluffier polls before. The trouble with channel specific polls is that we have no easy way to get to them at this point, if they would be on their own subdomain for instance. And having multiple polls at once will likely be confusing.

If there's nothing else going on, a little soft poll - polls have never been softer - is fine, to keep people on their toes. As long as we don't overdo it.

and @Throbbin you can always get a comfort hug from me..

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Well - the thing is, we don't want it used often. Being on the top of the front page should be a Big Deal - not something to be done lightly. I see where you're coming from though.

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
Hey Dag. Would you be open to a review of the frontpage invocation? 4 PP's is pretty steep. Not sure if there was already a discussion around this (if there was I missed it).

Hey dude, your video submission http://videosift.com/video/Flower-Warfare-Psychedelic-Action-Scene is awesome. I would promote it if I could.

Heh heh, yeah

Thanks man, I appreciate it :]

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
8 more points!! OOOhhhhh, the time drips like oil don't it?

After work I'll see what I can do to help out.

In reply to this comment by Seric:
In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
Congrats. It's always nice to get a week like that and earn some powerpoints to play with.

In reply to this comment by Seric:
Must be a slow week, I have 4 things in the top 15

Getting ever closer to that illusive gold star :>

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
Congrats. It's always nice to get a week like that and earn some powerpoints to play with.

In reply to this comment by Seric:
Must be a slow week, I have 4 things in the top 15

Getting ever closer to that illusive gold star :>