The Viral Videos Worth Remembering!
Social development seldom keeps pace with the creation and spread of new technologies. As we become smarter and more technologically adept, there have been no significant social movements that incorporate developing the human mind in a similar fashion. Nowhere is the disparity between emerging technologies and stagnant sociological development more clear than on the Internet. The proliferation of high-speed transfer devices in combination with immense online data storage depots in the hands of people who are often immature has led to the rise of viral Internet videos.
Never before have so many people shared so many ridiculous, pointless or disturbing images as they have within the past five years. But for every traumatic Internet video phenomenon, there has been a gem that is worth recalling (or experiencing if you haven’t yet). Some of the most noteworthy (and safe for work!) viral video phenomena include:
Diet Coke And Mentos Eruption. This viral video was a remarkably simple one wherein Mentos candies were dropped into a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke. The result was a foaming geyser caught on video that fascinated Internet video watchers in 2006. Debate over the video’s authenticity persisted until Mythbusters illustrated the reaction. Now, the video remains a pretty cool bit of footage.
“Debbie’s” eHarmony Video. Rather hilariously, this seemingly-normal eHarmony dating video takes a turn for the funny when the woman describing herself breaks into tears while discussing her love of cats. If you haven’t seen this, it is surreal and the type of uncomfortable humor that it is almost impossible to sit through with a straight face. Even cat lovers will laugh at “Debbie” as she cries over how great she thinks cats are.
The Star Wars Kid. It is hard not to appreciate the teenager from Quebec whose video of himself pretending to be a Jedi leaked onto the Internet. The boy uses a golf ball retriever as if it was a lightsaber and hurls himself around as if he was in Star Wars. This viral video became so popular that parodies of it appeared on Arrested Development and American Dad! With millions of hits, the Star Wars kid video reassures us that it is cool to play and, when taken out of context, people look ridiculous playing.
Sam And Ren Have A Conversation. There is a somewhat timeless quality to the video of the two seventeen-month old twins conversing with one another in their own fictional language. The viral video had thousands of views after it appeared on YouTube and remains popular there today.
Amid thousands of ridiculous, pointless or disturbing video clips that users upload to the Internet, few become a real phenomenon that attracts real attention. Fortunately, time weeds out the disgusting or less funny ones and leaves viewers with some enduringly interesting online videos.
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