Having received misguided (albeit constructive) criticism for my shuffling video rant, and because I'm running short on ideas, here is a response to said criticism, which can be seen here.
Dear Anonymouse,
I never criticised people based on their skill at shuffling, nor did I criticise their intentions in making these videos. I have no intention on learning how to shuffle, because to me, shuffling is but metaphorical feces on pop culture, primarily for the very reasons I get into in this and the previous rant. The main critisism I had for the hundreds of thousands of them was that the vast majority of them were basically carbon copies of each other.
Not all shuffling videos are necessarily bad, this one is a perfect example of a shuffling video done right. It's decently edited, has watchable quality, has video descriptions and titles that don't look spelled by a dyslexic without a caps lock/shift key, and furthermore, IS ORIGINAL. Unlike
this one, this one and this one. Unfortunately, most shuffling videos are akin to the latter three, and a very small percentage are made with as much quality as the first one.
Lastly, your arguments seem to contradict each other. You say that people make videos to receive critisism, get popular, etc. You then say that you do not edit a video if you deem is as unimportant, and random. I fail to see the logic in this. Why would one not put any effort into something they want to leave an impression on people? I may have read this wrong, if I did, writing your comments more coherently could help.
That is all.
5 comments:
June 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I believe I got beaten by your first sentence (the one after dear anonymous(e?)). From there,however, is a text that can be attacked.
Firstly, I accept the fact that I misinterpreted your post (a short and vague post is bound to be misinterpreted) but the problem,for me, is the idea that you are ranting about - in short -'bad' shuffling videos. I don't know if you watch any other videos but this is a problem for every video genre. Most skate videos are very unoriginal themselves. Tennis videos, video game reviews, music videos and video blogs are known to have a majority of stupid posters. This problem is not just limited to shuffling.
Secondly, I merely suggested that people make videos to gain fame and whatnot. People make videos for reasons other than what I guessed. When a something is unimportant, it usually signifies that the particular something is useless for the outside viewer. This means people can post videos for personal reasons (and reasons branching from a brain problem).
Lastly, you didn't come to my house and you still have a wall of text over 300 words.
Also, z
June 1, 2009 at 10:43 PM
battle is on. shaen vs anonymous.
andee.
June 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM
btw shane, wheres my e3 coverage?
June 6, 2009 at 9:58 PM
omg shane is gonna rantbattle shufflers and ANOYMOUS
June 7, 2009 at 2:46 PM
If there's anything I've learnt from 4chan, it's that there's no point arguing with Anonymous.
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