Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YouTube. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2013

Angry Birds... a political statement?

PJ Lifestyle: 5 Secret Conservative Messages Hidden in Angry Birds: But here’s a few of the things you can learn flipping birds at pigs:

1. It’s not nice to steal what other people produce. The pigs are the villains because they take the birds’ eggs. Could the symbolism be any clearer? Pigs = Government. Eggs = The Productions of the Productive. Ayn Rand couldn’t have said it better — except maybe in her brilliant scene where a boomerang myna bird flies backwards into a beach ball.

2. When in doubt, turn to the wisdom of those who’ve gone before. If you want to score three stars on every level and pick up the golden eggs, sooner or later, you’re going to have to consult YouTube. It’s what we Angry Birders have instead of the Federalist Papers.

3. Doing the same thing over and over will produce the same results. In the immortal words of the exploding blackbird: “Don’t just keep hurling the same bird at the same spot. What doesn’t work doesn’t work. It’s exactly like socialism because… KA-BOOM!” The guy never finishes a sentence.

4. Destroy the foundation and everything else collapses. Clearly a veiled reference to the Obama administration’s repeated unconstitutional usurpations of power and its disregard for American practice and tradition. Also a good technique for getting a series of traffic cones to topple a wooden beam bringing down a stone castle.

5. The anchors of the network news media have degenerated into dishonorable liars. I think this is obvious. Just stop playing Angry Birds for a few minutes and watch their shows.

Well, I could go on, but I have to get back to work. A group of pigs (government) has stolen the eggs (money) from some birds (productive citizens) and I have to start hurling bodies at them in order to bring down their elaborate but essentially useless structures and restore the land to liberty.

That was the great Andrew Klavan. And yep, you just have read it. Here's a few other lessons:

6. Persevere: there is another way to win the level. Just keep trying.

7. Hard work bring rewards: Once you've figured out how to beat a tricky level, only practice will bring you to the next level. Knowledge is only half of the battle.

8. Don't lose sight of your enemies. But if you just can't stand their sneering and bickering, just mute them and keep on going. You will prevail.

9. Keep your eyes on the goal: Once you get there, you can work out the fine tuning, i.e. working to get the three stars in each level.

10. Try not to rely on the special features: they are scarce resources and they don't guarantee anything you can achieve by yourself. 

Aaaa-júa!
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Scumbag Pablo: Escobar, the evil boss in memes

A TV channel decided to profit from the unspeakable evil genius Pablo Escobar. The lame excuse is that "the new generations need to know", like there is no YouTube nor Wikipedia out there. You see, Al Gore's invention is barely used by the youngsters, stubbornly clinging to their TV sets.   Here in sipmacrants! we won't do the same lame attempt as that dreadful TV channel, we will turn Pablo Escobar into a meme instead! 



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Monday, July 18, 2011

Rebecca Black strikes back!


Rebecca's video "Friday" wasn't getting the acceptance she wanted; on the contrary, a huge viral scorn-a-thon movement mocking her first effort was getting traction. She told then that she would not let several million hecklers break her. Then she became Dr. sipmac's heroine of the year. I'm no Richie Unterberger, but it did not take great pains to write a review of her debut song, pointing out:
Rebecca might not become the next Madonna or Britney Spears (both of them aren't gifted with great voices, either - and they have both sold a gazillion records already), but it seems her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female Justin Bibier success story. And that reeks of plain old jealousy to me. The video shows real teenagers, with pimples and not-so-cute faces. But it shows a very cute girl following her dreams and aiming big. She is trying, and with the right advisory, she can become an accomplished pop singer.

Or as Ed Wood's son said, George Lucas couldn't stand a chance with Creepy Ed's movie budgets. Well, now Rebecca presents her new video "My moment", with better production values (and less autotune, I concede) and a very straightforward message. She's following her dreams, she's still aiming big and she won't let be threatened by philistines.


Any parent wishes to raise a daughter like her.

Up to this moment Rebecca has only 323 visitors for her new video, but she deserves more than the 100 + million she got with "Friday".


I'm still wishing her moment is not over yet. Go get'em Rebecca!
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Rebecca Black: the newest Internet sensation deserves a chance, not scorn

Her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female version of Justin Bibier.


Self-esteem is so overrated nowadays. The only thing that keeps Charlie "Winning!" Sheen from looking like the complete pathetic loser he is the big piles of money he earned playing himself in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. That, and the fact that he may be coming back to the sitcom after being sanctimoniously fired. That said, Dr. sipmac could be less scornful of the unbelievable awful photos he finds uploaded to Facebook, but he keeps saying to himself: Ego is the fuel of that dreaded social network... and this blog, too (let's face it).

Then you should better understand why a young girl, with her parent's support, recorded a song and shoot a video and uploaded it to You Tube and unexpectedly become infamous because "Friday", her song is already dubbed "the worst song and video ever", while her video already has 35.000.000 hits and counting.

First of all, the worst song ever is "My Pal Foot Foot", by the all-girl rock band The Shaggs, considered by none other than Frank Zappa "better than The Beatles", but you better have to hear their song (and the rest of the album) to believe it. And ironically, The Shaggs had to endure a lot of pain because of all the contempt and scorn their public had for them, just like Rebecca has to do now. She's 13 years old, for crying out loud!



But, what's to loathe about this new internet sensation? Absolutely nothing. Rebecca's voice is heavily auto-tuned? So what! Most rap, reggaeton and hip-hop artists
abuse this resource, too. Hey, the Glee TV Series abuses auto-tuning, too. The song and video are too amateur for your taste? Well, there is room for improvement, but the song is already okay just the way it is. It betrays lack of knowledge of how a standard hit is made, but that makes it fresh and authentic. Just for the sake of the experiment, listen first to "Love Me Do" and then "The End", by The Beatles, and then realize you're listening to the same band with six years of difference. They didn't stay the same during those six years they stayed together as the biggest band ever.

Rebecca might not become the next Madonna or Britney Spears (both of them aren't gifted with great voices, either - and they have both sold a gazillion records already), but it seems her mean gratuitous detractors want to avoid at all costs that she turns into the female Justin Bibier success story. And that reeks of plain old jealousy to me. The video shows real teenagers, with pimples and not-so-cute faces. But it shows a very cute girl following her dreams and aiming big. She is trying, and with the right advisory, she can become an accomplished pop singer.

I salute you Rebecca.
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