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Bill Plympton sucks

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:10:26 -0800

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"This video has been redacted due to the copyright claim of Bill Plympton." -siftbot

Bill Plympton does not understand how the Internet works. His legal shenanigans are not good for freedom of speech, if he wants to censor the internet, he should go to the providers, not propagaters like videosift.

I don't even know who he is, and now I don't care. He sucks.

I don't blame the admins for this, I'm sure they are as outraged as I am. I just want you to know how much he sucks. (It's a lot.)

Cf.:

http://www.videosift.com/video/the-fan-the-flower-might-make-you-cry-a-little

http://www.videosift.com/video/one-of-those-days

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-Plympton-Parking-2001

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guide-Dog-funny-animated-short

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guard-Dog

http://www.videosift.com/video/Surprise-Cinema

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-Plympton-25-Ways-To-Quit-Smoking

http://www.videosift.com/video/how-to-make-love-to-a-woman-bill-plympton-style

http://www.videosift.com/video/Hot-Dog-A-Tail-of-Sadly-Broken-Dreams-by-Bill-Plympton

http://www.videosift.com/video/Push-Comes-to-shove-Bill-Plympton

- gwiz665

A Math-Oriented T-Shirt Design and a Request for Sifter Input

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:57:32 -0800

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I submitted this to the Tee Virus workshop and thought I'd share it here. It's a math-centric design and hopefully humorous to one or two of you Sifters.

Here's a follow-up inspired by demon_ix's comment below:

If you haven't or don't on a regular basis, please help us by at leaving your comments and casting your votes in the Tee Virus Workshop. There are a few designers there who often get very little to zero feedback on their creations and it'd be enormously appreciated if you'd just lend us 2 minutes of your day. Thanks for your help Sifters!

(And if you were a Sift member before TeeVirus launched, you already have an account there. Just login with your usual username/password.)

- lucky760

What was your costume this year?

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:39:06 -0800

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I was a ninja. Every time I saw someone taking a picture, I'd 'creep' my way behind them and look into the lens. As soon as I saw the flash, I was gone like the night.

- blankfist

Weekly Achievements for 25Oct09 thru 31Oct09

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:04 -0700

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#1 Video

Keanu Reeves is Immortal by blankfist

Fail Tackle! by Vexus

Neil DeGrasse Tyson On The Day He Met Carl Sagan by demon_ix

"Space Cowboy" - Castle/Firefly by beautifulmel

Shep Smith Apologizes For "Lack Of Balance" In Fox Report by NetRunner

Epic car jump by arvana

Scientology Rep. Can't Handle the Heat On Xenu, Storms Out by EndAll

Swedish Broadband Commercial Reminds Me Why I Love The Web by demon_ix

Top 15 Videos

Epic Parking Fail! by ant reached #2
Helpful directions. by moonsammy reached #2
Zero Punctuation: Brütal Legend by brycewi19 reached #2
Super Fast Turtle: World's Fastest Turtle by ant reached #2
The Art of Winning a Modern Debate by rottenseed reached #2
xkcd Loves The Discovery Channel - Animated! by demon_ix reached #2
TDS: For Fox Sake! - 10/29/09 by enon reached #2
Insurance Company Issues Death Sentence to Customer by TheFreak reached #2
Louis CK - Gay People by MikesHL13 reached #2
Hilarious Irish Rally Co-Driver by Mookal reached #2
Arm wrestler has one giant arm by Deano reached #3
Word Choice Fail by Duckman33 reached #3
Conan O'Brien Hates Your Homeland by rasch187 reached #3
Porn FAIL: He Stinks by Laekroth reached #3
Public Option Supporters Disrupt AHIP Speaker By Singing by NetRunner reached #3
Left 4 Dead 2 - Zombie Survival Guide by ShakeyMcBones reached #3
Some guy doing the ghostbuster song acapella by zebishop reached #3
On Your Mark, Get Set, We're Riding on the Internet by Haldaug reached #3
TYT: Franken Kicks Conservative Ass by MikesHL13 reached #3
Louis CK - Polish Deli by MikesHL13 reached #3
The Coolest Math Teacher by dw1117 reached #4
Reality TV Show to Convert Atheists by Sagemind reached #4
Minuteman Runs Away From Chicano Girl by longde reached #4
Family Guy: Buzz Killington by gwiz665 reached #4
Physics - Fusion and Fission by Sagemind reached #5
George Will to Dick Cheney: You Should Have Dithered by KnivesOut reached #5
Are you Afraid of Bats? by mintbbb reached #5
Open Internet - The Argument For Net Neutrality by demon_ix reached #5
New, full trailer for Avatar! by Hybrid reached #5
Rachel Maddow: Why Fox News Isn't News by MikesHL13 reached #6
100 ft Glow Stick by Glyph reached #6
Limbaugh: "So We Stand By The Fabricated Quote..." by NetRunner reached #6
South Park: Eric Cartman sings Poker Face!!! by gwiz665 reached #6
Girl Gang-Raped At Homecoming Bystanders Watch No One Helps by Duckman33 reached #6
Tarp Trouble on a baseball field - hilarious fail by Deano reached #7
Church of LDS, Racism, and Prop 8 by KnivesOut reached #7
Sniffing women's underwear... in the name of science by kymbos reached #7
Burger King's 7-Patty Whopper In Japan For Win7 Promo by Duckman33 reached #8
Alan Grayson: Fox and Republicans "The Enemies Of America" by NetRunner reached #8
It's Not the White House's War on Fox... by NetRunner reached #8
Rising Folk Star Taylor Mitchell Killed By Coyotes! by marinara reached #8
Exciting Scenes from the World Monopoly Championship Final by gorillaman reached #8
Team America - Derkha Derkha Cantina Scene by guitarwolf reached #8
Child Birth as Orgasmic Experience by KnivesOut reached #8
Fat cat climbs ladder by rebuilder reached #8
How Transformers 2 Should Have Ended by spoco2 reached #8
French Court Finds Church of Scientology Guilty of Fraud by SlipperyPete reached #8
Sex Buyer Gets Surprise From Prostitute by MikesHL13 reached #9
Fanwing - Incredible New Form of Aircraft by raverman reached #9
The truth about why guys have puppy dogs by Hybrid reached #9
Epic Cat Fight in the Street by Sagemind reached #10
Bill O'Reilly Sends Producer To Stalk Alan Grayson by marinara reached #10
The Today Show covers the Cash4Gold ripoff by Krupo reached #10
Quentin Tarantino on The Moral Choices in Pulp Fiction by rasch187 reached #10
The Slutty Halloween Costume Song by laura reached #11
Sitting pretty, boxing kitty by Nebosuke reached #12
Wanda Sykes on Karma by Issykitty reached #12
Real yoga teacher, a creepy pedophile, or brilliant comedy? by nomino reached #12
TDS: From Here to Neutrality by NetRunner reached #12
Alan Grayson on Chris Matthews by longde reached #12
Joe Lieberman On Why He Will Filbuster To Kill Public Option by marinara reached #13
Jealous walrus says back off. by reiwan reached #13
The Public Option is Dead...or So They Said by NetRunner reached #13
20 Foot Front Flip by wingnut reached #14
Insanely Complex Rotary Weaver Makes Carbon Fiber Parts by blutruth reached #14
Vampire Reunion by ponceleon reached #15
The Definition of No Shame by lovelynotes reached #15
James May goes for a ride in a U-2 Spy Plane by blackout reached #15
Lockheed Sabre Warrior: Bringing your Nightmares to Life by therealblankman reached #15

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- siftbot

This is the Last Year I Trick-or-Treat in Australia

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:23:31 -0700

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It's a holiday in transition here. I took the kids out and walked around in the twilight - (it's getting to be summer, with longer days). People here seem to be aware of the holiday- but fight it in many households- by turning out the lights and hiding.

Even houses that were decked out with jack-o-lanterns and looked to be safe bets were cringingly embarrassing. A guy comes out with no shirt on - "what am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to give you something?" Meanwhile his young costumed daughter- works in the background scooping up lollies to drop in the bags. Maybe it's a generational thing.

- dag

ACORN

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:31:51 -0700

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IIRC, entire ACORN scandal consists of:

1. Out of 2 million low-income voters registered, a small percent of the workers turned in bogus forms with bogus names like Captain Crunch. Acorn was required by law to turn in ALL of the forms rather than arbitrarily discarding some of the forms at their discretion (because if the law were otherwise, people who register voters could throw away half the forms and disenfranchise half the people who thought they had registered). Not one vote is known to have been cast under any of these bogus registration attempts.

2. Some people dressed up as OBVIOUSLY fake pimps and prostitutes, strolled into dozens of ACORN branches until they found someone who put them on (OBVIOUSLY bullshitting them) and they took it completely seriously. Later, they took the videos credulously to Fox news, which also believed every word in the videos was serious, because they're a bunch of morons with no sense of humor.

3. Republicans have a ragefest and try to treat organizations as guilty until proven innocent if any ONE of their employees has been indicted for fraud (i.e. arbitrarily accused by one prosecutor, not yet put on trial or anything). This rule inadvertently bars the gov't from funding a shitload of defense contractors, but that part is not really going to be enforced, because all they really wanted was an unconstitutional bill of attainder against ACORN.

Am I missing something?

- jwray

My life according to STEELY DAN

Ornthoron (http://ornthoron.videosift.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:43 -0700

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Here's a fun little game I found on facebook. The rules are as follows:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions.

Pass it on to 15 people you like, include me. (Or don't, I'm not much of a rule follower myself.)

You can't use the band/artist I used.

Don't repeat a song title.

Repost as "my life according to (artist/band name)"

My submission:

Are you a male or female? Razor Boy

Describe yourself: Godwhacker

How do you feel? King Of The World

Describe where you currently live: West of Hollywood

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: The Caves of Altamira

Your favorite form of transportation: Bad Sneakers

Your best friend is: Midnight Cruiser

You and your best friends are: Show Biz Kids

What's the weather like? Chain Lightning

Favorite time of day: Change of the Guard

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?: Night By Night

What is life to you: Everything Must Go

Your current relationship: Pixeleen

Your fear: Haitian Divorce

What is the best advice you have to give? Throw Back The Little Ones

Thought for the Day: Sign in Stranger

How I would like to die: With A Gun

My soul's present condition: Time Out Of Mind

My motto: Do It Again

- Ornthoron

'HIDE' Feature for the Frontpage?

EndAll (http://jollyollie.videosift.com) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:37 -0700

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Can we add a 'hide' button beside 'bookmark' and 'playlist' at the bottom of videos? I'm seeing so many FOX news clips, or responses to FOX news clips, etc. etc. - I'm pretty sick of all of it. This would obviously also be good for any other videos users might not wish to see on the frontpage (good example; people at work or home with kids can hide posts that have profanity in the title.) Applicable? Thoughts?

- EndAll

BLOG UPDATE!!!!!

kceaton1 (http://yogurtforthesoul.videosift.com) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:58:56 -0700

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- kceaton1

Slutty Costumes For Dogs

poolcleaner (http://mystery.videosift.com/member/poolcleaner) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:10:47 -0700

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http://www.divinecaroline.com/22323/86210-slutty-costumes-gone-dogs

I really do NOT wanna know why...

- poolcleaner