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Some Things About This Video Of A Baby With A Magazine

Kelly — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:45:11 +0000

There is no doubt in my mind that people growing up today are going to have a much different relationship with technology than people growing up when I grew up (two years ago) and people growing up with Gabe grew up (1950s). And when THEIR kids grow up they’ll probably be like, “I can’t believe you ever existed in a time when you couldn’t download knowledge directly into your brain. You’re telling me that you had to go to a place every day to LEARN it? What does that word even mean, LEARN? It must have been taken out of the iOED many years ago, mom, you are so stupid I don’t even believe you.” Because that’s how the world works. I bet when all the kids were using printing presses their parents were like, “Can you believe how quickly these kids picked up the printing press? I still prefer just making copies in writing. How can you trust the printing press? I barely trust the quill pens!” You know, HISTORY? You can’t teach an old human new technology faster than you can teach a new baby new technology, as the saying goes. But this video of a baby touching a magazine? Look at the YouTube description of it, first of all:

Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens and print. And how the latter becomes irrelevant.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

Baby Learns An Important Lesson

Kelly — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:15:49 +0000

And the lesson is: DON’T! Also the lesson is this is the best video I’ve ever seen in my entire life. (Via TheUniblog.)

Baby Is Terrible At Playing Harmonica

Kelly — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:15:46 +0000

You’re so stupid, baby. (Via Reddit.)

Cat Doesn’t Harm Baby

Kelly — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:00:23 +0000

This sort of feels like one of those videos where you watch it and send it to all of your parents and everyone on the internet thinks it’s so cute and then after a few days you see an update that says something like, “The cat let the baby put its tail in its mouth because the cat was given a strong dose of a paralytic drug that later played a main role in the cat’s untimely death.” And you think, Was it worth it? And then you think, I’ve kind of already forgotten about both the video and the update, please show me the next video. So, you know, whatever. C’est la vie. And actually it looks like the cat’s doing fine. The baby is certainly the one to be worried about in this video. It probably does this all the time and will probably grow up to have a weird thing about tails. Ooohh, tails. (via TheDailyWhat)

Creepy Talking Baby Ads Should Be Left To The Professionals

Lindsay Robertson — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:23:15 +0000

(Before I leave for the day on a top secret, very silly Videogum mission): The folks at Florence And White Ford saw the E Trade baby commercials and thought “Why not us?” With unintended results:

I think the laugh after he calls his mom a “mothertrucker” is the tipping point of that commercial. Also, calling his mom a “mothertrucker.” (Via Warming Glow.)

There’s A New Baby Elephant In The World

Lindsay Robertson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:20:48 +0000

This was labeled a video of an “elephant birth captured on film,” but it’s not, it’s just a few seconds after, so it’s not gross. A German zoo has released this footage of an as-yet-unnamed new baby Asian elephant that is sooo cute:

I love how the other elephants are waving at the new baby with their trunks!

“The Serious Baby”: A Viral Video Representation Of This Election So Far

Lindsay Robertson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:39:55 +0000

This video was on America’s Funniest Videos. It’s among the most popular YouTube videos of all time. You’ve probably already seen it. Nonetheless, no cute viral video so far more beautifully expresses the ups and downs of this election than the video known as “The Serious Baby”. Watch him again, for the first time:

It will also put you in a good mood, because it’s the most adorable baby ever in history. Everyone be safe tonight — remember, it’s all fun and drinking games until somebody goes to the hospital for alcohol poisoning from one too many “Yes, We Can” (or “My Friends”) tequila shots. And no matter what happens tonight, we’ll always have dumb internet videos. We’ll always have those. But here’s hoping we end the night on a laughing baby note, and don’t wake up giving the world the evil eye face.

This Is Widely Believed To Be The Stupidest Jeans Commercial

Lindsay Robertson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:05:38 +0000

Somebody at Wrangler’s ad agency just wanted everyone to see his dumb baby. That’s the best explanation for this nonsensical jeans commercial I can come up with:

What? There is just no other explanation. (Thanks for the tip, Mark!)

Those Who Do Not Remember Dirty Dancing Are Doomed To Repeat It

Lindsay Robertson — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:56:57 +0000

Last night, millions of people gathered in their homes, in bars, and in VFW halls to watch an historic clash between generations. An older person attempted to connect with younger people, but missed the mark. That’s right: the mom on the new 90210 made a classic Dirty Dancing joke and her kids didn’t know what the fuck she was talking about:

Good one, Debbie! Mom made a funny! That’s all I’m going to say about that show today except I can’t believe they’ve already resorted to the ’80s-era DeGrassi plot about the kids having to carry a fake baby around to learn about what a pain in the ass they are.

America’s Funniest Little Girl Spitting On A Baby’s Hair

Lindsay Robertson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:48:45 +0000

Democrat or Republican, we can all agree that this was the funniest (some say cutest) part of Sarah Palin’s speech accepting the nomination for Vice President of the United States of America. The part where her daughter Piper spit in her son Trig’s hair:

This is exactly the level of political coverage/analysis we want to bring you here at Videogum.