dance,monkeys,ernie cline,nerd,brilliant Monkeys - A Short Movie About What We Are

Monkeys - A Short Movie About What We Are

posted by SnakePlissken

2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2038 views

tags: dance, monkeys, ernie cline, nerd, brilliant

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Brilliant. This is now one of my favorite videos.

Dance, monkeys, dance!!

written by daphne

| 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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

written by LadyBug

| 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by dag

| 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Get your paws off me you damn dirty ape!

In the future, monkeys can talk.

written by Fletch

| 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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*promote

written by mlx

| 2 years 8 months ago | CH

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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)

written by siftbot

| 2 years 8 months ago | CH

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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

written by BicycleRepairMan

| 2 years 8 months ago | CH

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

written by deathcow

| 2 years 8 months ago | CH

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

written by gsmiley2

| 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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

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

written by lucky760

| 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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*nominate

written by benjee

| 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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

written by siftbot

| 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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

written by AwesomeSauce | 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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*promote

written by LadyBug

| 2 years 6 months ago | CH

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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)

written by siftbot

| 2 years 6 months ago | CH

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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?

written by gorgonheap

| 2 years 4 months ago | CH

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

written by siftbot

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*promote

written by joemawlma

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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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)

written by siftbot

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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*geek
*comedy

written by joemawlma

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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

written by siftbot

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by dbarry3

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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

written by berticus

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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<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.

written by Fred_Chopin

| 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by gorgonheap

| 1 year 11 months ago | CH

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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?

written by Shimobe

| 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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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.

written by 9058

| 1 year 7 months ago | CH

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

written by siftbot

| 1 year 5 months ago | CH

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