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  • hahahahahaha "the lolcat universe" this video is win, haha love most of them keep it up

  • I remember when the internet was nothing but BBS and MUDs on 28.8kbs.

  • Tay Zonday is Awesome

  • you left out porno

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  • nice

    

  • lolcats have been around since black and white photography, their grammar just went downhill

    which is what the internet apparently does.

  • The Lolcat Universe!

  • "what the fuck is the lolcat universe"

  • hahaha I remember those midi songs haha

  • Aww, no mention of blogs?

  • @CoryTheRaven who the fuck reads/cares blogs? not me. not any one i know. the only time i hear about blogs is when bloggers talk about them and traditional media outlets refer to the "blogosphere" in their story because change anythingthey are to deep down the wrong rabbithole to form their own opinioins

  • Respond to this video... *because they are... (had to do a preemptive strike bc u seem like the type to be a grammar nazi)

  • @KingSlimjeezy How do I seem like the type to be a grammar Nazi? Because I mentioned blogs? Or was that an attempt at a preemptive ad hominem?

    I just commented on the lack of mentioning blogs because pretty well everyone I know who is on the Internet reads them and they seem like a pretty substantive part of it. Companies invest in making them even when they have no reason to (kind of like Facebook and Twitter). But I guess if you don't read or care about them, they don't matter.

  • To me, the internet is TRUE freedom. Not the "liberty" "emancipation" and virtuous freedom, but the freedom from EVERYTHING, including knowledge, kind (the type that humans truly fear but ask for no matter what.)

  • how dare you say maybe china had the right idea? do you want to live under a dictatorship

  • You skipped over a critical component of the internet...

    Pornography...

    Just sayin...

  • dicks dicks dicks dicks dicks dicks lolololololololol..

  • to all those wondering what the china thing is: china censores everything with force.

  • What is it gonna be like in the following decade?

  • When he said "Maybe China had it right all along", what did he mean by that?

  • @norez12 because in china there is no free internet e.g. as in you can't say what you want on it and if you try to say something witch the china doesn't approve the website gets blocked

  • dude, i love the bit on conspiration theory, finally someone who fucking makes sense!

  • I prefer to live in a brave new world than in oceania

  • what is this chinese idea he's reffering to in the end?

  • WHAT THE FUCK IS THE LOLCAT UNIVERSE??????? SERIOUSLY WTF?

  • To sum things up... watch?v=VFCM6TZgTMI

    Yeah, I know it is a bit of a meme, but the message is clear: the internet is a mess put in a blender. It just progressively got more and more convulsive over time.

    So, yeah... IT IS A MADHOUSE!

  • Is just mean or does this guy sound really biter about this.

  • 10 people think that the internet is a big truck.

  • Isn't it sad when (as a govt employee) you sit at your station and there is this poorly made sign (obviously made in paint) sits at your station with a title "THINK... Before you type".... ahhh DICKHEADS

  • the only reason why that song is famous again is because of the land of unicorns.

  • This is, indeed, the dark side of democracy and, yes, much of it is complete shit.

    But it's still a billion times than all the alternatives to it combined. It's still, as Churchill had it, the least worst option out of everything the human race has ever tried before.

    The Cathedral is dead; Love live the Bazaar!

    (Yeah, the bazaar is also shit, but it's less shit than the cathedral. The human race is stupid. This is the best you're ever going to get out of our species for the time being.)

  • @KlaxonCow The Cathedral is shit? I understand how anyone inundated with constantly reaffirming propaganda might believe that, but for millenia the Cathedral and Bazaar have existed in a symbiotic relationship. Now that the Cathedral is rejected, the Bazaar has become increasingly bizarre. See the works of philosopher Charles Taylor, Alasdair McIntyre, hell even Nietzsche on the 'malaise of modernity' and what happens when society does not recognise the Sacred.

  • @Qoheleth2v1 Picking out only the worst members of a particular ideology and claiming the ideology causes such things without demonstrating how is a fallacy, And I believe you know that.

    please explain why atheism leads to such things or shut the fuck up.

  • i was really enjoying the first half immensely but then the second half got really dumb and even hateful. were you angry when you made this?  you voice and word choices became very venomous, childish and crass. the whole video took a sharp turn for the worse halfway through when you showed your ignorance of the 9/11 issue (loose change never put forth the 'no planes' crap & 99.9% of the 9/11 truth activists and researchers never believed that hologram stuff for a second, fyi)

  • You forgot about the internet porn!

  • Amen. The internet is a double-edged sword - just like any other tool.

    It's a sort of mirror that humanity holds up to itself. The image we see is terrifying (lolcatz, perez hilton), promising (wikipedia) and controversial (intellectual property rights).

    But let's not attach too much importance to it. It *is* only a series of tubes, after all.

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  • troll

  • the 9-11 thing. u got it abit wrong, loose change doesnt say the reason they did the atttack was to kill al quada. but to go into war with e.g. Iraq

    just to correct u there.

  • this is diamonds.

  • lol at the 9-11 bit

  • This was the funniest LOLcat I have ever experienced.

    God blesses you.

    Internet blesses you.

    LOLcats around the world bless you.

  • hey s peter davis, i ask this cause i respect ur philosophical knowledge and i was wondering if there were n e contemporary philosophers who comment on the internet, like did baudrillard ever mention anything?! let me kno even if u have a suggestion or lead to help me find out for myself

  • @metric09 Methinks Baudrillard would be an excellent "Three Minute Philosophy"

  • ceiling cat obviously gave you a lot of insight for this video

  • And just to clarify I don't think CollegeBinary supports the policy of the Chinese government. Just that regulating may become a necessity in the Future. Obviously this video is meant to be taken seriously yet with a grain of comedic salt.

  • see you bitches in 2020

  • @TheSergeiTrapForce thats retarded dont u mean 3000

  • @jennonotbenno what?

  • rofl@ 6:22 "armed with nothing but a mace and a 40-ft cock"

  • hey what did you mean at the end, about China having the right idea?

  • @hurtchow

    The Chinese government strictly monitors and censors the websites the general Chinese populace can access. I think CollegeBinary is saying that in the long run that may actually have been the right things to do. I don't agree but I can definitely understand that viewpoint. The great thing about the Internet is that it's given every person a voice that can be heard around the world. The problem is that the Internet has given every person a voice that can be heard around the world.

  • @immagonnarockayoua Thanks!

  • DUDE this is amazing!

  • Fucking brilliant my friend. Can I call you my friend? Sure I can, this is the internet and I can do whatever I want.

  • Davis, you are wonderfully brilliant!

  • @Guitarscreech06 is your name Rusty Shakleford?

  • i used msn messenger back when it first came out! i rule

  • Your bit on Loose Change was hilarious.

  • Fucking THANK YOU!! the line about Facebook destroying tangible interaction between people is something that I've been screaming from the rooftops. It takes a Bill Hicks (r.i.p.) or Colin Quinn clever monologue for the masses to 'get it'.

  • the lolcat universe is a dimensional fold that links the positronic brainwaves of feline mammals to that of primate mammals, therefore allowing communication, transference of values and culture.

  • this blew my mind...

  • @Guitarscreech06

    AND IT KEPT. GETTING. BETTER.

    It's wholly possible now that the internet come 5 years will be filled ENTIRELY with idiots. It's already far from a stretch.

  • It's a brilliant summation of the decade, but I don't see anything that justifies the negative tone. The pros far outweigh the cons.

  • I missed the Pirate Bay trial in this awesome video.

  • I really liked this video

  • you can't regulate it lol you just need the smarts to know when you're looking at bullshit, and it'll force us to think. it's AWESOME :) china banned porn, and it's come back up, but no ones said a thing, probably because it's a HUGE industry. you should learn and see how deep it is :) it's so nice to have an environment where the only requirement is knowledge. you have no idea.... it actually brings me joy

  • the internet has put power at the hands of people with tech knowledge, and it kicks ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS for them. you think torrents are awesome? you have no idea :D

  • wow. u seem to see internet as a negative thing?

    all i know is faster internet means faster life.

  • jeez you're making the internet sound bad!

  • I love this video. I've come back a few times to watch it since it came out and I still find it kind of haunting and worrisome.

  • The Internet is truly getting out of control, I fear for the future. However I owe much of my life and intelligience to the Internet, without it I'd be just like any other normal zombie out there in society, at some dead end job that doesn't matter. I thank you internet for being with me all these years, feeding me with your information and entertainment. However you have changed, and I believe it is for the worst.

  • EXCELLENT video.

  • @insidetrip101

    Brings back sooooooo many memories

  • You were doing good for most of it but the ending was depressing and ... frankly pretty dumb. China!? We should be like China????

    I mean, OK let's lament the death of the book. Let's encourage people to actually THINK outside the box. Fine. But if you have nothing better to say than, "Google sux" then I'd have to respond, "LOL, no srsly STFU"

  • Hey man, just discovered you today sifting through philosophy junk. So needless to say I'm here for your Three Minute Philosophy fun vids. However I love this vid of your interpretation of the Internet decade.

    I'd say this vid is 85% accurate. well done... Keep rollin man - I'd chill with you anytime. cheers

  • The internet, a ginormous time-(wasting)-vacuum of a black hole in a Virgina to the abyss. Unless you're an Alchemist that realized your Personal Legend, it's the equivalent to giving a spoiled brat from The Hills the Elixir of Life AND the goddamn Philosopher's Stone! Until we can get people to use the internet for a cause (like the education of our knowledge-malnourished-masses)­, it will just be used for senseless shenanigans (as you might say: "Dicking-around").

  • Internet mirrors real life. People with like beliefs communicate with people with the same kind of beliefs. The curious seeks out knowledge and learns as time goes on. The escapist distracts himself, etc.

    What were we talking about again?

  • very good insight u got there~!

  • PS: Oh, and thanks to the internet the makers of this videoclip have an audience in the first place. Ironic, isnt it.

    See, thats the problem with an elitist attitude.

  • @13otnay13ay

    The video is meant to be provocative. Obviously he is aware of the fact that he is using the very medium he is criticizing. It isn't Ironic, it's self-reflexive.

    Your blatant anti-corporatism is the only "elitist attitude" I see here. (besides mine of course).

  • @VforVideo

    "It isn't Ironic, it's self-reflexive."

    It's fucking post-modern!

  • Thanks to the internet it was impossible for Georgia and the Republicans to lie about the events in Georgia. You remember?

    Thanks to the internet now every douchebag knows the talk about WMDs was a lie. The big media corporations followed the web. You remember?

    Thanks to the internet the revolution in Iran was covered in the west, making another war in the middle east due to corporte media propaganda less probable.

    I could go on. Praise the web! But slaughter all Lol-Cats!

  • song name?

  • The Final Rewind. The band, Tryad, have made their music available for free under Creative Commons, so go nuts.

  • I believe the sharing of knowledge may be the last chance of real freedom. If the internet begins to stop sharing knowledge, if the world again becomes cut off from each other, then ignorance will again prevail, and propaganda will be the norm.

    As far as the music industry, we used to record the radio stations with our cassette recorders. Movies were recorded off the tv. The piracy has always been there.

    I like the direction we are going, because knowledge will prevail, not weapons.

  • i cry for the human race. but at the same time maybe they get what they deserve.

    im trashing my computer.

  • Memes, Memes, MEMES!

  • Awsome awsome awsome video great research/ knowledge loved the clips/ presentation...

  • Found you via allianceofdemons. I like this video, but don't think that China has it right. The Internet is just going through another phase; what comes next is unpredictable. — Love, Jonny Angel

  • I'm going to mirror this video with your voice edited. If you disagree, then I'll take the video off. If no response, then I'll hope it gives you the education seekers you are hoping to run into.

  • The internet is a place where dumbasses put their dumbass thoughts because its the only place in the world where anybody will listen

  • @coooliox27 The internet is a place where dumbasses put their dumbass thoughts because its the only place in the world where they thing anyone will listen even though no one still gives a fuck even on the internet.

  • NOOO it's not that condensed nowadays:p

    There are alot of diverse and kickass sites to discover:)

    However sites like FaceFUCK and Twatter I avoid like the plague for they pretty much suck and are for retards who like pointless crap only.

    Myspace and Vampirefreaks FTW!!

  • @SirFoggy2Doped wow. no. those are just sites for people without real friends. at least fbook and twitter are for ppl who have ACTUALLY met in real life. and if those are the only other sites to discover the internet should kill itself.

  • @rocker816 not twitter

  • very good. thats all i have to say

  • oh delicious irony. nobody would know what you think about the internet without youtube

  • Why do I keep getting images of ghost in the shell in my head whenever I watch this? btw why do you think that the internet has brought an era of people posting opinions that don't "matter". Opinions are recieved either good or bad depending on who the opinions are being shared with and their opinions.

    And I realise the irony of me saying this and trying to debunk your own opinions.

  • I think that the problem is in the people. So far, we are not in Matrix, so you can turn off pc, and do not use wikipedia, facebook etc.

    But you know, scanning all the books is not 100% evil idea. It can be usefull if I want for example quote Remarque in German, but I dont have the original at home.

    Its just a tool, and people should consider if they gonna use it.

    Also nobody wants you to write everything abouty you on facebook.

    Its just that people a lot of people are actually stupid ...

  • What track is this? It sounds like Phil Collins only more tolerable than usual.

  • wops i rated too soon

  • this is fantastic. perfect. spot on.

  • this should be transcripted and put on wikipedia

  • watch Kidd's video before yt pulls it again

    /watch?v=m0kzVZkO9CU

  • hold up hold up!....wait.....what was chinas idea??

  • To those below. If you change the definition, it doesn't change the thing. Socializing is something we do, and have done for some time, so we gave a name to it. Just because we change the definition of socializing to what we do on the internet doesn't mean we're actually socializing anymore. I for one rather like my senses and the things they do for me. If you want to plug in and upload yourself into the hive mind, remember that great numbers breeds great madness.

  • LMao i actually sat through this whole thing... and enjoyed it. Greatness

  • great video

    I like wikipedia though

  • Very insightful.

  • Share: facebook. LOL

    Personal message: Adding my opinion that doesn't really matter.

  • leavers vs takers

    we are going to fuck our selves eventually because of our "revolutions"

  • Excuse me, sir... Nobody's going to get your obscure D. Quinn reference.

    :)

  • ;) why not ? Lol

  • Another excellent video. The more people who gain access to the internet the more I hate everything in the fucking world. Couldn't have it any other way; literally.

  • very good

  • I came.

  • As to the last question:

    Yes - a resounding YES!

    This is exactly what I want!

    The internet is a critical phase in the next positive evolution of mankind.

  • All of your videos make me smile. Speaking of cutting stuff down, I was updating my status on facebook... my opinion that no one cares about lol, and It only allows 420 letters in the update. Could this mean Facebook is some sort of subliminal advertisment of marijuana?

  • you shouldve gotten this video up about a couple weeks ago, my media class wouldve loved it ^_^ oh well, still a great video, great job, love them all

  • lololol wat the fuck is lolcat universe?

  • If you had to edit this down for Youtube - I'm speculating as such since it's so close to the ten minute limit - I would love to see the full version.

  • @Minic15 Very astute! The original video was 13 minutes. I forgot that YouTube only allows 10 minute videos, so I had to spend the afternoon editing it down. Cutting 3 minutes out of a video like this is a heatwrenching but sobering experience. But I'm pretty happy with the final result.

  • @CollegeBinary Why not put the full 13 minutes on OTHIEVESdot com?

  • @CollegeBinary Did you ever repost the 13 min one? As I'm sure you know, the limit is now 15 mins. Also, a side thought, xkcd did a new internet map showing its not just google and facebook - yet :) - it was really neat to see, its on 802, click to magnify.

  • very interesting 5 stars

  • sooo glad i subscribed to you

  • We're all dead.

  • The Internet.. A place where everyone goes to pretend they have a unique penis! (even 2 year old girls)

  • Morgan likes this!

  • Facebook is ruining the social skills of several generations!!!! the internet will be a substitute for real life resulting in a big pile of chaos which will fuck us all in the ass!! now who wants a big pile of chaos in their ass?? fred maybe?

  • Please provide more than zero good reasons why "the internet becoming a substitute for real life" will result in "chaos". Please also argue the case that chaos is NEVER, under any circumstance or within any moderation, a desirable property.

  • the internet is a tool which we have created with technology, however a tool has a right way to be used, and i think that many people miss use the internet. have u seen what kids use the internet for? if u have then u can truly see what i mean by a substitute (mosty socializing). if this continues large parts of several generations will lack social skills, which results in chaos. i dont desire chaos in my daly life, because it can be stressful. btw chaos doesnt come in just one form/ intensity

  • I don't think they'll lack social skills. I think social skills will change to incorporate the new generations. Everybody can now socialize about w/e obscure niche you care to fathom.

  • We should probably kill ourselves when Google buys Facebook.

  • That was fucking awesome, and scary and true. Loved it.

  • Favorited.

    Absolutely awesome.

  • cool song. cool video, too.

  • Do not offend the citizens of the lolcat universe.

  • Great video, LOLCAT.

    Really computers are only 10 yrs old in the main stream with win 98 come out, that's when computers took off i cant imagine the next 10 yrs LOLCAT

  • Some very big questions raised here. I like the run down on the last decade of the internet. I remember starting a crappy geocities page about warhammer. Now theres two trends you dont see anymore :P

  • what you describe as the internet is just a fraction of it. there is so much more to it then twitter facebook or 4chan. these may be the most popular but that isn't all there is to it.

    i think this video has a very restrictive view of the internet. and i hope it's not what you really think.

  • @lionbeest It certainly may not be all there is, but where do you always end up when you're either bored, or need to look something up, or need to notify someone about something?

  • well you may be right. most people use these sites. that doesn't mean that's all there is to internet.

    the majority of books are Romans like twilight etc....and that's what most people read when they are bored. but nobody assumes that that's all there is to literature especially coming from a youtube channel discussing philosophers.

    all i'm saying is that's it's a restrictive view of the internet. but he is right in that's these are the most popular sites.

  • BRILLANT!

  • Ahh the internet.

  • what a load of crap.

  • People can use the internet for mindless bullshit or for enlightenment, it's their choice. This is an upgrade from TV, where there is no choice.

  • unfortunately people are retards.

  • Well done.

  • I subscribe to your win, sir.

  • I liked this video. I think it'll be interesting where the Internet goes from here.

  • Brilliant

  • Very cool video, always quality stuff. Interesting seeing this in perspective over the past 10 years, it's amazing how much things have changed and continue to change.

  • So in other words "new things bad, old things good" ?

  • second1

  • "first" is gay

  • I'm crying

  • argumentum a fortiori

  • @ONQproductions Where?

  • a minore ad maius

    first cries, therefore he's gay

  • indeed i am crying, the definition of being gay

  • In victory, I can be gracious enough to admit that you were in fact "first", accomplishing the meme on the "Internet Decade" video. Quite the coup. Congrats.

  • angrydanmarin, at least your not lame like that "second" guy. what a loser.

  • I would return with a smart comment, but i am not as fake as you and other users of this site to use language that i would not naturally speak to seem like they are smart. If you were as smart as your lexis, you would not argue on youtube, as all that argue on youtube are tools of the internet. yes, that includes me

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