Comments for "The best 9 seconds of the internet" Video at VideoSift.com

By uhohzombies

uhohzombies (http://uhohzombies.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:51:06 -0700

This is on my short list for best video I've ever seen.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:24:48 -0700

That is hilarious- though I'm not sure why.

By Gunter

Gunter (http://www.videosift.com/member/Gunter) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:59:52 -0700

I too am confused as to why this made me laugh alot harder than expected.

By Zeph

Zeph (http://zeph.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:05:18 -0700

Scorchio!

(that's my obscure reference for the day)

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:55:13 -0700

Delayed reaction for the win.

By CaptWillard

CaptWillard (http://www.videosift.com/member/CaptWillard) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:58:18 -0700

That's it. I'm on the next plane to Haiti.

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:58:53 -0700

*comedy

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:58:54 -0700

Adding video to channels (Comedy) - requested by ant.

By Aemaeth

Aemaeth (http://www.videosift.com/member/Aemaeth) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:21:25 -0700

Videosift: the petri dish of new meme.

By Norsuelefantti

Norsuelefantti (http://www.videosift.com/member/Norsuelefantti) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:02:36 -0700

Chris Waddle!

>> ^Zeph:
Scorchio!

(that's my obscure reference for the day)

By Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle (http://www.videosift.com/member/Bullwinkle) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:10:57 -0700

I love how everyone has basically the same reaction: LOL, but not sure why, exactly.

If I can ruin the humor by laboriously explaining why I think it's funny, then. It's charming in the way that it mirrors a large-scale morning chat show, but is the lowest scale possible. It's like these lovely people are doing what they think a morning show is supposed to be (right down to the "Thanks, Arthur"), but there's no real reason for it (does anyone in Haiti really need to know that "Pretty much everywhere it's going to be hot"). Add to that the guy's delayed, great laugh and you have yourself a complex, short and funny as hell slice of video heaven.

By AceOfKidneys

AceOfKidneys (http://www.videosift.com/member/AceOfKidneys) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:10 -0700

fission chips, ae you grisapa1 on you tube, he left the exact same comment on the video.

By dgandhi

dgandhi (http://www.videosift.com/member/dgandhi) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:41:30 -0700

how is this not *wtf ?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:41:30 -0700

Invocations (wtf) cannot be called by dgandhi because dgandhi is not privileged - sorry.

By fataltourist

fataltourist (http://www.videosift.com/member/fataltourist) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:56:26 -0700

I was so close to abandoning this here internets thing, but then this showed up on my doorstep.

By Baera

Baera (http://www.videosift.com/member/Baera) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:38:20 -0700

Hilarious!

By Raigen

Raigen (http://www.videosift.com/member/Raigen) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:08:32 -0700

And after witnessing this, I believe I am one giant step closer to seeing everything in the series of tubes we lovingly call "The Internets".

By viewer_999

viewer_999 (http://www.videosift.com/member/viewer_999) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:32:57 -0700

My take on it: recently, the station enacted a policy where everyone appearing on the show must where a beige jacket, to look more professional / uniform. Sure, there has been grumbling and watercooler protest, of course no one wants to wear them, but they begrudgingly follow the policy.

Then, given this opportunity, she seizes the moment to protest, and publicly.

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:02 -0700

*1sttube *wtf

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:03 -0700

Adding video to channels (1sttube, Wtf) - requested by calvados.

By Bleedingsnowman

Bleedingsnowman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Bleedingsnowman) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:58:31 -0700

I thought I was responsible for the best 9 seconds on the internet. Back when I was confused... lonely... and in need of 14 dollars and a sandwich.

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:59:22 -0700

I guess her pit stains are legendary down there...

By Bakalex

Bakalex (http://www.videosift.com/member/Bakalex) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:14:06 -0700

Oh man. I needed that.
I've been watching "Hostel" from Eli Roth five minutes ago ... and, to change my mind, I've told to myself : "Let's go to the sift, there's always something nice. Let's take a trip to 'cute' or 'happy' channels".

I'm not a believer, I'm kinda agnostic, and I just wanted to say : may one of the gods that may exist bless you.

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:32:44 -0700

-shall join raytrace in a hearty down vote....lol'd so little as to have said utterance confused with throat clearing.....

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:44 -0700

The reason why I found it funny, a light-hearted lack of context combined with: The murderous look on his face after she said she won't need her jacket, only then to unexpectedly break out laughing.

By Dignant_Pink

Dignant_Pink (http://www.videosift.com/member/Dignant_Pink) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:53:54 -0700

i didnt even look at his face before. he really looks like he wants to kill her.

By phelixian

phelixian (http://www.videosift.com/member/phelixian) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:09 -0700

I think he smoked a big joint right before going on air.

Either that or I'm projecting.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:24:01 -0700

murdurous? His expression after "jacket" is blank -- just a relaxing of all the face muscles.

By legacy0100

legacy0100 (http://www.videosift.com/member/legacy0100) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:25:01 -0700

...HUH??????????????????? MASSIVE CONFUSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:49:30 -0700

Arthur he does as he pleases.

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:33 -0700

Ok, perhaps that was an exaggeration, for the sake of comedic effect. It seemed like he had a slightly perturbed, "What did you just say to me?!" look or it's just me over-analyzing things once again.

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:34 -0700

Viewer_999 got it exactly. The woman obviously hates her jacket, and is protesting the mandate to wear one. The weatherman is probably also the producer or something, which made him question or second-guess his reaction first. Either that or he's just on island time.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://gunrock.videosift.com) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:43:23 -0700

I'm sorry - normally I would just ignore this, but I really don't think it's deserving of so many votes.. Or even half. Or a quarter. Or an eighth.

By Xxq_TZ_pxX

Xxq_TZ_pxX (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xxq_TZ_pxX) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:55:11 -0700

When he says "it's gonna be hot", it looks like he's holding back laughter. I think either this is part of an inside joke they were having off the air, or this guy is stoned out of his mind. Either way, I love it!! I've watched it about 25 times now.

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:10:43 -0700

Oh man, I'd give one of my kidneys and half a nut just to have Arthur's laugh.

By volumptuous

volumptuous (http://www.videosift.com/member/volumptuous) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:46:18 -0700

Arthur has a big pin on his jacket that says "TV".

By LuketheDrifter

LuketheDrifter (http://www.videosift.com/member/LuketheDrifter) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:49:36 -0700

Can't believe it, but I actually agree with MarineGunrock on this one. This video is just not that funny. I did watch it twice though, just to see if I missed anything the first time... I didn't

By CaptWillard

CaptWillard (http://www.videosift.com/member/CaptWillard) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:02:13 -0700

Okay, so it may not be deserving of so many votes. Having said that, what the fuck is wrong with laughter? Vote your conscience, by all means. But I found this Haitian bonhomme's laughter infectious. Is that so wrong?

By EDD

EDD (http://www.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:42:02 -0700

it's funny because it looks vintage (80s or so), kinda fake (all the plastic fruit, beige jackets, that TV pin on Arthur's jacket, etc.) and just randomly happy. combine that with the fact that at first you couldn't understand what he was saying and prolly replayed it 2 or 3 times and the properly overhyped title (props to fissionchips) and voila! 130+ votes. and imo there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

By HaricotVert

HaricotVert (http://www.videosift.com/member/HaricotVert) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:16:36 -0700

This video persuaded me to take off my jacket.

By ridesallyridenc

ridesallyridenc (http://www.videosift.com/member/ridesallyridenc) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:34:04 -0700

I don't get it.

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:25:01 -0700

Never have I seen so many crackers, discussing something as inane, as the motivations for or against, why or why not, not to mention the errant infection of up-votes cast....
Earth to(white people on the)Sift:

hypocrites. racists. Drunk on impractical knowledge of the experiential world and more than likely unable to use crude hand tools-so enlightened and erudite a crowd a robots we are here.......carry on, but please, don't make any more genetic contributions......

By dystopianfuturetoday

dystopianfuturetoday (http://dft.videosift.com) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:32:47 -0700

^Welcome the discussion, cracker.

By RedSky

RedSky (http://www.videosift.com/member/RedSky) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:43:53 -0700

The best part about this is how serious he is before he cracks up.

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://rottenseed.videosift.com) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:06:56 -0700

oh man, had to get my daily dose of this.

Choggie...aren't you white? Are you one of those white people who think denouncing other people for portraying white stereotypes will give you the soul and passion of a downtrodden and oppressed minority?

By fissionchips

fissionchips (http://fissionchips.videosift.com) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:32:54 -0700

Nod goes to SA user Phillip The Wise for the apt title.

By Camhuffman

Camhuffman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Camhuffman) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:07:01 -0700

My Spanish teacher is from Colombia; he said they don't even have a weather segment because the weather is always the same

By Fedquip

Fedquip (http://fedquip.videosift.com) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:16:35 -0700

Something great about contagious laughter

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:59:31 -0700

Watched it again. Laughed again.

It's quite a phenomenon.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:26:13 -0700

Tags for this video have been changed from 'haiti, weather man, weatherman' to 'haiti, weather man, weatherman, arthur' - edited by calvados

By residue

residue (http://www.videosift.com/member/residue) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:23:03 -0700

>> ^choggie:
Never have I seen so many crackers, discussing something as inane, as the motivations for or against, why or why not, not to mention the errant infection of up-votes cast....
Earth to(white people on the)Sift:

hypocrites. racists. Drunk on impractical knowledge of the experiential world and more than likely unable to use crude hand tools-so enlightened and erudite a crowd a robots we are here.......carry on, but please, don't make any more genetic contributions......

This is the most confusing comment I've seen on the sift. Just a few comments before this one you said:
"-shall join raytrace in a hearty down vote....lol'd so little as to have said utterance confused with throat clearing....."

This was the first comment on this topic discussing motivations for up or down-voting a video... The lash out at the end is peculiar too

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:24:56 -0700

^ Confusing comment from Choggie you say?

Where did you get that silver star from young one?

By Bleedingsnowman

Bleedingsnowman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Bleedingsnowman) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:03:59 -0700

Oh please, Choggie, why not put down the thesaurus and relax for a minute.

By fissionchips

fissionchips (http://fissionchips.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:31:57 -0700

Dissection over at MetaFilter.

By klaus

klaus (http://www.videosift.com/member/klaus) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:29:41 -0700

ok, let me explain why it's funny to me....

1. The weatherman everyday has to say the same thing every damn day, "its gonna be hot". no matter what, its gonna be hot, every freaking day in haiti!even when its raining its hot!

2. yes, he probably did smoke a fat joint. Thats why its funny to stoners.

3.NOONE NEEDS TO WEAR A JACKET IN HAITI. The anchor doesn't have to be "anti jacket". listen, go for the simple obviousness: who wears a jacket in haiti when its so damn hot all the time? nobody! that's why its so funny, they all see the ridiculousness that they are wearing jackets!

stop trying to over-analyse. go for the simple explanation. its funny!

By PointyB

PointyB (http://www.videosift.com/member/PointyB) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:28:13 -0700

Gold!

By CaptainPlanet420

CaptainPlanet420 (http://www.videosift.com/member/CaptainPlanet420) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:31:41 -0700

Anticlimactic boredom still reigns at Atheisift. Details...wait...where was I

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:18:19 -0700

Interesting comments over on Metafilter. Congrats fissionchips- you've officially spawned a meme.

By shadowonline

shadowonline (http://www.videosift.com/member/shadowonline) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:02:13 -0700

Yes, nice vid fission!

I'd like to see more of the footage, they're all trippers! Does Arthur involve himself in the show at any other times I wonder? And surely he has been on more than once. I want more!

bravo!

Best 9 secs for sure! Along with Turtle Boy and uh "tossing the salad"! Good times.