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storage2 ([info]heresy) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2006-07-23 16:23:00


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YouTube + Mac Parody = Viral Wank
Apple came out with a line of TV ads poking fun at PCs and spawning a number of parodies on YouTube. One such Parody pokes fun at how the original ads features two white males. It introduces an African American man to represent the new black MacBook Pro who has a bigger "harddrive" and can "run faster too", comparing favorably to the other two "computers".

The Comments spiral quickly into wank, flames, "statistics" and claims of stalking. Since the parody is in the top ten videos most viewed for today, the wank is massive. I didn't get even half way through it all. But the replies fall into the following rough catergories:

1) LOL!

2) Stereotyping is terribly offensive, this video is setting us back decades as a society! Black men shouldn't ever be sterotyped as having bigger harddrives because it's demeaning. AKA: Humorless Pseudo-Intellectuals

3) Black People aren't that cool. Look at the Statistics! Subtext: Jealousy/Harddrive Envy.

4) Look! Look at the reverse racism! So OPPRESSED! Subtext: Jealousy/Harddrive Envy.

5) Why doesn't YouTube feature MEEEE? Aka: Whiny Egomania.


A Stupidity Gem After being told that he's humorless, LeboviciAB84 feels the need to defend himself:

"I'm actually very funny. I've got some hilarious jokes about Basil Boothroyd, although it would take us off-topic to run through them here. ... I should add: the last time I did an impression of my Uncle Allen, all were agreed that it was "very funny"."




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[info]vuirneen
2006-07-23 11:43 pm UTC (link)
Unlce Allen himself found it hilarious.

"That's just like me!" he said, wiping a tear away from his eye. "I so do that."

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(no subject) - [info]photosinensis, 2006-07-24 02:19 am UTC

[info]seppuku
2006-07-23 11:56 pm UTC (link)
To cleanse the palette after that, I offer John Hodgman's appearance on the Daily Show's Net Neutrality special.

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(no subject) - [info]sashenka, 2006-07-24 12:43 am UTC
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[info]nicolae
2006-07-24 12:04 am UTC (link)
In terms of the ad, all are agreed that it was "very funny."

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[info]warden
2006-07-24 12:11 am UTC (link)
but ... but it just looks like some buddies who thought that it was funny and then they made a fake commercial about it. god forBID.

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[info]jat_sapphire
2006-07-24 12:38 am UTC (link)
I LOVElovelove people who tell me they're funny, really and truly funny, wait and see!

Thank you. He's like Mr. Collins come to life, with his pre-arranged jokes about Basil Boothroyd.

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[info]sashenka
2006-07-24 12:39 am UTC (link)
The video is mre amusing than the wank. As is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ . *MacHate* *laughs at linux* *watches her PC crash* *goes to watch youtube videos on the toaster*

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(no subject) - [info]photosinensis, 2006-07-24 02:32 am UTC
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[info]mister_terrific
2006-07-24 01:00 am UTC (link)
The gamer version is even funnier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

Mister Terrific
Defender of Fair Play
Shares That Opinion of Linux Users

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(no subject) - [info]mmanurere, 2006-07-24 01:15 am UTC
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[info]alden
2006-07-24 01:04 am UTC (link)
"I'm actually very funny. I've got some hilarious jokes about Basil Boothroyd, although it would take us off-topic to run through them here. ... I should add: the last time I did an impression of my Uncle Allen, all were agreed that it was "very funny"."

This kind of pleases me, actually.

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(no subject) - [info]bluemouse, 2006-07-24 01:35 am UTC
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(Anonymous)
2006-07-24 01:05 am UTC (link)
*Sings* Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes...

Avenue Q is love.

I thought the "commercial" was pretty funny *g*

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(no subject) - [info]photosinensis, 2006-07-24 03:37 am UTC
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[info]laverinth
2006-07-24 01:29 am UTC (link)
"I'm actually very funny. I've got some hilarious jokes about Basil Boothroyd, although it would take us off-topic to run through them here. ... I should add: the last time I did an impression of my Uncle Allen, all were agreed that it was "very funny"."

I believe this was supposed to be humurous in itself, and I wouldn't label it as stupidity.

But yeah.

LOL

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(no subject) - [info]fevered_ego, 2006-07-24 01:56 am UTC

[info]photosinensis
2006-07-24 02:10 am UTC (link)
There is no black MacBook Pro: they're aluminium.

I can, however, verify for you that there is a black MacBook, as that's what I'm using to post this comment. I can also confirm that it's a great computer.

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(no subject) - [info]darkerthanpale, 2006-07-24 02:19 am UTC
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[info]gloria_mundi
2006-07-24 02:24 am UTC (link)
Meh. You Tube comments irritate me. Half of it is stupid arguments, the other half is people pimping thier own stuff or bashing the video and then pimping their own stuff.

Idiots. The lot of them.

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[info]waterfront
2006-07-24 04:52 am UTC (link)
I'm still waiting for the "parody" where Mac and PC make a networking commitment with each other.

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[info]selene_avis
2006-07-24 05:04 am UTC (link)
Wait! Wouldn't a superior computer need to have a smaller harddrive?

(As for the joke, I get it and would find it funnier if I didn't get the uneasey feeling that there are people out there who actually think that Black men magically have bigger penis and can run faster.)

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(no subject) - [info]nicolae, 2006-07-24 05:05 am UTC
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(Anonymous)
2006-07-24 06:33 am UTC (link)
Awww. I really like LeboviciAB84's comments. They're witty.

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[info]life_on_mars
2006-07-24 10:14 am UTC (link)
"I'm actually very funny. I've got some hilarious jokes about Basil Boothroyd, although it would take us off-topic to run through them here. ... I should add: the last time I did an impression of my Uncle Allen, all were agreed that it was "very funny"."

I suspect that this just isn't translating. Trust me, this remark actually is very funny but I think you'd have to have a truly dry British sense of humour to get it. Imagine it being spoken by Peter Cook and it might make better sense.

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[info]radiotrash
2006-07-24 10:15 am UTC (link)
This is my favorite youtube video about Mac. *cackles*

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(Anonymous)
2006-07-24 10:46 am UTC (link)
I thought that video was funny. What the hell. XD I didn't read the comments. Missed the wank. Hah.

-Shiro-

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[info]aerobot
2006-07-24 12:04 pm UTC (link)
Jeeze you guys S H U T U P ! you american's need to get over this racial bs. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the world as bad as your country. you are all bad examples of americans.

... Yeah, that racial genocide in Sudan and Rwanda we just minor spats compared to AMERICAN OPPRESSHUN.

I mean, shit, Australia alone has the same amount of racism as America. WTF?

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(Anonymous)
2006-07-24 08:12 pm UTC (link)
Hey, it's that kid! From Dodgeball, and that crappy roadkill movie, and that even crapper Herbie bastardisation starring Hohan!

I love that kid!

Wank? What? Never mind that! It's that kid!

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[info]dramedy
2006-07-24 08:56 pm UTC (link)
I love John Hodgman. Passionately. I squee over ever Mac/PS commercial, because it's the dorky kid from Ed and the funny guy from TDS! OMG. SRSLY happy.

*wannabe Mac user*

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(no subject) - [info]the_wanlorn, 2006-07-24 10:14 pm UTC

[info]saintedsin
2006-07-25 07:48 am UTC (link)
This reminds me of the Dave Chapelle "race fairy" episode for some reason.

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[info]youcuntface
2006-07-25 08:12 am UTC (link)
I liked the spoof and the "I run faster too!" exclamation at the end got some lulz out of me. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm not too fond of the original ads. The Mac is such a smarmy, patronizing little shit and the PC has a likeable, winning personality that flips the world upside-down and makes me want to root for the PC-underdog.

And this is coming from someone who polishes her "Proud iCult Member" lapel button every morning.

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[info]kookaburra
2006-07-25 08:37 am UTC (link)
My favorite parody is still the one where the PC says that he goes to work to earn money so the Mac can play at home all day.

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(no subject) - [info]lunarkettle, 2006-07-25 09:05 am UTC



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