Comments for "Monkeys - A Short Movie About What We Are" Video at VideoSift.com

By daphne

daphne (http://www.videosift.com/member/daphne) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:52:00 -0700

Brilliant. This is now one of my favorite videos.

Dance, monkeys, dance!!

By LadyBug

LadyBug (http://ladybug.videosift.com) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:44:13 -0700

talk about perspective! this has to be one of the most powerful and amazing videos i have ever seen. thanks for posting this, snake!

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:35:44 -0700

Just great - and sums up my belief system in a nutshell. If anyone wants to pick an arguement with me over political or spiritual issues, I'll just point them to this.

By Fletch

Fletch (http://fletch.videosift.com) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:31:49 -0700

Get your paws off me you damn dirty ape!

In the future, monkeys can talk.

By mlx

mlx (http://mlx.videosift.com) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:50:58 -0800

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:51:00 -0800

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Wednesday 13th September 2006 (promotion called by gold star member MLx)

By BicycleRepairMan

BicycleRepairMan (http://www.videosift.com/member/BicycleRepairMan) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:34:17 -0800

Quite the Douglas Adams Rip-off if you ask me, with no credit to the author.

Original: http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:06:33 -0800

no word from Snake in over 40 days, I'm filing a missing sifter report with all the salvation armies.

By gsmiley2

gsmiley2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/gsmiley2) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:11:05 -0800

wow dc, i've been thinkin' the same thing. snake, where are you?

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:21:17 -0800

Just great - and sums up my belief system in a nutshell.

Trippy. I was going to say the exact same thing.

By benjee

benjee (http://benjee.videosift.com) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:11:21 -0800

*nominate

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:11:24 -0800

This video has been nominated as a top video of 2006 (nominate called by gold star member BenJee)

By AwesomeSauce

AwesomeSauce (http://www.videosift.com/member/AwesomeSauce) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:32:14 -0800

Absolutely brilliant! I love it. It's like a brutal blow to the gut of humanity and what most other people believe.

By LadyBug

LadyBug (http://ladybug.videosift.com) — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:32:30 -0800

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:32:31 -0800

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Sunday 5th November 2006 (promotion called by gold star member ladybug)

By gorgonheap

gorgonheap (http://www.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:44:40 -0800

Kinda destroys the idea of individuality. Demeaning the human race and putting the blame on "society". Basically all he does is bitch, give a damn solution, we all sit here and agree that some things are messed up, so what they hell are you gonna do about it?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:37:31 -0700

Tags changed from "monkeys" to "monkeys ernie cline nerd brilliant" by gold star member joemawlma.

By joemawlma

joemawlma (http://www.videosift.com/member/joemawlma) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:37:39 -0700

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:37:48 -0700

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Monday 1st January 2007 (promotion called by gold star member joemawlma)

By joemawlma

joemawlma (http://www.videosift.com/member/joemawlma) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:38:39 -0700

*geek
*comedy

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:38:49 -0700

Video added to geek and comedy channels (both channels called by gold star member joemawlma)

By dbarry3

dbarry3 (http://www.videosift.com/member/dbarry3) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:43:52 -0700

I agree with gorgonheap. If all we are is monkeys than what should stop us from acting out on any one of our instincts at all?

Is the answer that we are EVOLVED monkeys? That still does not suffice. Being told I am nothing more than a monkey for 4 minutes does not do much for my self-esteem. I'd rather be created intentionally by a divine being.

By berticus

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:17:33 -0700

ridiculous. cleary the flying spaghetti monster is demonstrably a better made up god than all the other made up gods.

By Fred_Chopin

Fred_Chopin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fred_Chopin) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:26:01 -0700

<QUOTE>Is the answer that we are EVOLVED monkeys? That still does not suffice. Being told I am nothing more than a monkey for 4 minutes does not do much for my self-esteem. I'd rather be created intentionally by a divine being.</QUOTE>

I'm curious, what makes you think that you are entitled to a quick answer (like "a divine being did it")? That you deserve it because if not, it's not good for your self-esteem...

We deserve an explanation as much as a cockroach does.

By gorgonheap

gorgonheap (http://www.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:18:43 -0700

I don't see why the answer can't be that simple. Takes a lot of guesswork out of the equation. Or do we want things to be more complex? And cockroaches are people too.

By Shimobe

Shimobe (http://www.videosift.com/member/Shimobe) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:31:33 -0700

Anyone who wants to believe he/she is a highly evolved monkey is welcome to do so. This is America, and we're allowed to believe whatever we want. It's no more scientific than intelligent design; it's not reproducible. Apes aren't still evolving into humans. There is no missing link. It's a fantastic belief system that many people have bought into, though. Almost as popular as religion.

But if a belief system could make you feel happy and valuable and loved instead of making you think you're part of a giant, biological mistake, why would you choose the latter?

By 9058

9058 (http://www.videosift.com/member/9058) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:28:08 -0800

One of my favorite shorts I have ever seen, and so true
Also in terms of evolution we didnt evolve from apes, they and us evolved from an even more basic primate. Some like to think that thousands of years ago we looked like chimps, no cause chimps didnt even look like chimps.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:15:03 -0800

Tags for this video have been changed from 'monkeys ernie cline nerd brilliant' to 'dance, monkeys, ernie cline, nerd, brilliant' - edited by fissionchips

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:30:24 -0700

*promote because the last one was 12 months ago.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:30:24 -0700

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Thursday, July 19th, 2007 11:37pm PDT - promote requested by Farhad2000.

By Sarzy

Sarzy (http://sarzy.videosift.com) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:45:57 -0700

*shortfilms

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:45:57 -0700

Adding video to channels (Shortfilms) - requested by Sarzy.

By imstellar28

imstellar28 (http://www.videosift.com/member/imstellar28) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:24:41 -0700

wow the guy who submitted this was banned? this is probably the best video on the entire sift.

By Spoon_Gouge

Spoon_Gouge (http://www.videosift.com/member/Spoon_Gouge) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:15:52 -0800

Was that Teller at 1:22?

By 13757

13757 (http://www.videosift.com/member/13757) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:56:11 -0800

I also think that monkeys wouldn't want to be confused with us, monkeys, so we, monkeys, opted for terminology differentiation.