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It sucks for Joe Mande too because that night was the 60 Minutes where Mike Wallace said, "And now here's Hairy Reasoner" and cut to Koko the Gorilla and then was like, "Do you guys get this joke? They told me to say it but I don't get it."
I am on record as saying I will make out with any baby
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This is my favorite post, because as a Thing on the Internet, it could have gone wrong any number of ways super easily, from the actual write-up to the comments, but Gabe’s setup to the video, about time passing and how some things are better than they were and some things are not, bounced off the video in an oblique way that destroyed me. And in the comments, the Monsters immediately seemed to get where he was going with it, which I can’t even imagine happening on more than a couple of other sites, and I think that speaks to the better angels of our nature or whatever as a, going to say it, “Community”. At the time of the post, I had had my second kid and according to New York law had to leave the city, so endings were on my mind and I was feeling sorry for myself. And now with vgum going away, or at least changing, it’s hitting me again. I’m old enough now – I’ve had losses in my family this past year, I’ve come back to visit Brooklyn to find things I loved replaced by other things, plus since this post first went up, I’ve had 47 additional kids – to understand that just because there are things that are central to us does not mean that those things will stick around. That lesson will keep happening forever and I don’t think that it ever gets much easier. But also: through this dumb site, I met lots of people that I now consider my friends, plus it in general has been a strong force of good in my life. Hopefully everyone will remember that part of it the most. If that doesn’t work, you’re fucked.
(this is my favorite post of all time)
I've been reading this site for six years waiting to see if Lindsay got on Survivor or not
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I looked at the original post and "Heather from Reno" said "OMG! Has anyone ever told you that you look like Eric Bana?"
When the site goes down, SpinMedia is just going to put a big X watermark over everything
he still had his whole life ahead of him back then
Gopher Trace could either be a show about people who submit to the Art Instruction Schools or a site that tracks the political contributions made to Fred Grandy. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE TWO!
the cover features LITERALLY the best avocado I've ever drawn
I don't know if this is my favorite but a MAYBE top five favorite would be all the comments on LONG CAT http://www.videogum.com/237392/raw-video-meet-the-worlds-longest-cat/cute-as-balls/
https://twitter.com/MrBikferd
I knew Lindsay from Lindsayism and Gabe from The Unethicist and liked them both but for some reason when the site started I didn't get what it was about for a long time (what I mean is, I thought the videos were the point; my dad used to record America's Funniest Home Videos and pause the tape whenever Bob Saget came on, so maybe it's how I was raised). For a long time I pretty much only read the Friday Fights (which were like the Friendly Chats only at the end people would say, "Gabe won."); I don't remember when it clicked with me, but I know it was in the comments, and I realized that there was a smart/funny people party going on and I wanted to be at it.
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You come at Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus, you best not miss.
YESSSSSSSSS
Kelly, don't want to freak you out but I think your mom reads this blog
When you crashed your car, was it because you thought "Drive Thru Window" was imperative rather than declarative?
I would like to see what's behind freezer #2
So, he was made of chimps!
Dusky Panther!
I don't know why it feels stupid to say this, but this dumb website has meant a lot to me (I know the site is not going away). I have met many people that I now consider my IRL friends through Videogum and its unofficial offshoots. There have been times when the comment section for a post feels like a particuarly good writer's room and those times are literally joyous to me; but "A writer's room is only as good as its show runner" (Sophocles) and Gabe has been an outstanding one; I wish you all the luck in whatever it is you're doing next: Have fun at dinner.
Too soon
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Oh, wait, ACTUALLY that's not even the same gif! MORE THAN ONE PERSON TRIED TO MAKE THAT GIF AND IT WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO
haha I made that Gabe gif over a year ago for this: http://patrickmortensen.tumblr.com/post/20535227165 ...and it was the BEST I COULD DO
Elizabethtown I love you Love is forever fan love you
Hi, I'm having a bad day. Thanks for asking.
actually never mind I guess it's fun to joke around with your friends never mind never mind
I hate it when people 'ironically' watch stuff like this (and Liz & Dick and The Room) because for like a week after they look like this http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21200000/The-Masks-the-twilight-zone-21235655-629-497.jpg
I heard they're planning a prequel called Sharkopical Storm
One time I was calculating it and got about 1200 digits in and saw that the next number in the sequence was π and I was like fuuuuuuck this