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  • society is decadent...

  • me liek kethcup

  • simply put "0"

  • I have so many words for this and so little space to type them in.

  • Read up on cerebral palsy, cause you got it.

  • I was disappointed to learn that the website mentioned does not exist. I am going to register it now, and from there I will wage a campaign against the underhanded lies and broken promises peddled by advocates of literacy.

  • @ firemaple

    I think they deliberately mixed things up, that's part of the joke.

  • The ancient Romans had a saying: "De gustibus non est disputandum." (don't argue about taste) That means: Maybe Joe finds it funny, while Mary doesn't. And that's okay. Because everyone is entitled with his or her own opinion, and there's no such thing as "objective humour". Well, with the exemption of Monty Python's MOST DANGEROUS JOKE IN THE WORLD, of course. I bet it's also on Youtube somewhere. And now my opinion: thumbs up. This vid IS funny - for me^^

  • You don't impress anyone with your big words and obtuse references.

  • You impress me with your stupidity^^

  • you're a goddamn retard.

  • i agree. could you not have simpl said 'i think this vid is funny'? or, every one is entiteled to their own opinion. i believe this is funny.

  • I just read the cigarette warning on my pack of smokes. does that mean I am literate?

  • So where's the Cop, the Indian and the Construction Worker?

    "..Its fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A!"

  • lol at the web address.

  • i checked it out. it exists. just

  • Chill everyone.

    Why do people get so up in righteous indignation about a fuckin' YouTube video?

    Apparently tasteless comedy is out now? Shit.

    How will we tell EVERYONE ON TELEVISION?

  • we should help those who have illness not make fun of them! Fuck your movie dude your not funny just ignorant.

  • actually, i thought it was very funny...

  • i love to read!! lol

  • Ownage!

  • You guys don't know the difference between a learning disability and illiteracy. Evidentally you equate illiteracy with retardation. That is not only not true but also stupid. Now THAT (stupidity) equates to this video.

  • I agree. This video really casts a light on how ignorant they makers of this video are. They make an illiterate man, mentally disabled. Two different things.

  • Firemaple, they weren't portraying him as being mentally disabled. The joke was that he was trying and failing to read the teleprompter that would show him his lines (because he's illiterate). His stumbling speech is not the result of mental disability, but his inability to piece sounds together into words. That's how I interpreted it anyway. And yes, I thought it was funny.

  • We might ne able to overcome illiteracy, but what will be do about tastelessness?

  • There he goes tryin to be clever.

  • lol

  • littricy is stopid.

  • not all people who can't read and write are retarded. not having those abilities doesn't effect how someone speaks, that was just rude. how is making fun of illiterate people going to help the illiteracy rate whatsoever?

  • I thought this was funny.

  • suck my balls

  • wtf??? :s

  • PS there are still some great rappers about they simple don't sell millions of records ie Mos Def whose an articulate renassiance man whom is not mainstream yet is a great artist in my humble opinion. Peace brothers and sisters.

  • Immortal Technique.

  • SolarJakee You speak the truth and his very under rated in the industry and wider music buying public.

  • ...

  • HAHHAHHAHAHA!

    These idiots don't get it.

  • are u fucking kiddin me?

  • and your website isnt working o.O

  • 3 out of 2 american cant do fractions

  • 9 out of 10 Asians are very good at maths

  • 1900whogivesa no how two reed, rite! Shut the up fuck!

  • okayy

  • that guy is so cute!

  • Dude-Mabie homeschooling? Mabie don't have any kids. Why bring a kid into this mess of a place anyway. This place is too crazy.

  • ahahaha

  • intresting

  • rhis is weird

  • This is very cute but better would have been after the guys says: "don't let illiteracy happen to the ones you love," he had turned to the other guy, put his arm around him, and said, "And you know I love you."

  • PS AKIA I'm british so condescention is a way of life K? LOL :D

    PPS you pay for a decent education for all or you pay for the burgeoning prison population (the biggest penal population in the western world) and your paying for it.

  • hi as verre good

  • why is that americans think Disabilities are funny? just over half of all disabled people were NOT born that way? it could be US!

  • You leftie apologists never cease to amaze me.

    We pour BILLIONS into making opportunities available to practically EVERYONE.

    With the internet, FREE LIBRARIES, and public schools, there is always SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, that will guide you, help you, or teach you.

    It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, and that of your PARENTS to take care of you.

    It is not the Governments responsibility to do EVERYTHING.But then you leftie apologist, PC, bBerkeley-ites ALWAYS seem to forget that fact.

    Morons.

  • Why so angry you obviously had the benefit of an education, why not encourage others to take advantage of such a great and enlifting skill. Peace and love brother, from a poet reading, tree hugging, anti-war leftie:D

  • hey SMoldie...

    I like you...no I really do. You were polite and kind.

    You said: "Why so angry...?"

    OK, fair question.

    I am angry that we need a drivers license to drive, but nothing to be a parent.

    I am angry that parents allow kids to revere hip-hop as acceptable culture

    I am angry that poor english, disrespect, and unearned expectations of respect cause violence

    I am angry at the entitlement attitude of our citizens

    Mostly, I am angry that I personally keep paying for it.

    k?

  • well said

  • AKIA firstly your welcome, civility is a basic tool of discourse in my humble opinion; you can disagree with a statement without disrespecting the opiner. I agree many procreate without the care taken over picking a new car. But isn't the lack of manners a result of a diminishing educational system, leading to a growing underclass of ill educated, angry kids ill equiped to function in the modern global job market. PS no art form in and of itself ie rap promotes violence, it simpe reflects life.

  • SMoldie.. My very decent youtube friend....it is the condemnation of the educational system that is the problem I have with your logic.

    PARENTS are the primary educators, NOT the Government. Educators can succeed ONLY if their efforts are supported at home. Education begins and ends at home. Single parent and some 2-parent homes often lack discipline and expectations for children.

    As for RAP..the Urban reality does not support it's suburban, middle class popularity. The shock value does.

  • AKIA I accept the parental role in educating kids but if your placing kids into a warehouse for 12 years rather than a educational setting filled with aspirational teaching you will produce the youth of today whom rejoice in the lowest common demoninators. Re rap we must agree to disagree, Stevie wonder wrote the first great rap anthem and NWA, public enemy ect continued the diatribe in the 80s, corporate america harnassed rap into the violent mainstream drivel enjoyed by white teens today.

  • What if the parents are racists or idiots?

    How do you account for that? The primary role of parents is to take care of a child, higher learning is something that can only be accomplished by someone or something that has knowledge about the material.

    Also, SMoldie is right. Please don't bash rap if you've never listened to it. Hip hop today is nothing but trash, but it was once a great art form.

    And yes, Public Enemy = Perfection :D

  • A lack of manners starts in the home when parents do not guide ,discipline and put such demands upon their children!! Then when this same discipline and guidance is not carried through in the school environment -for fear of litigation or other such constraints put upon teachers-then we have the problem of " raving little maniac delinquents hinking that they can get away with murder with no consequences , turning into likewise adults!!!!!! .......In this humble man's opinion!!!!!!!!!!

  • motzartiana I agree a parent has a responsiblity for a childs formatative years, but americans value monetary advancement over social and emontional stablity and growth; valuing things over a strong moral emontional core. How can a child value itself if they don't understand there own value other than in dollars?

  • "How can a child value itself if they don't understand there own value other than in dollars?"

    Brilliant. Thank you.

    Also AKIA, the fact is that not every one does get to enjoy those opportunities. The No Child Left Behind Act has been a documented failure in regards to the way tests are administered and the way suffering schools are refused funding.

    America has a lot of work to do, and blaming "leftie apologists" is not only counter-productive but is very offensive.

  • F33bs thank you, but AKIA has some valid points, its his sloutions to those issues which i disagree. AKIA and i disagree fundermentally but his discourse was lucuid and articulate and never discourteous. Hugs from a fellow tree hugging anti-war leftie:D

  • SM.....!! I agree with that assessment as well!! It is just one more component to the responsibility that parents have in teaching and guiding their children in believing in the proper values and virtues that will make them responsible adults!! Giving love and affection along with the necessary discipline helps to give them that sense of worth in themselves ! It is a difficult task for parents and most,in my estimation and observation don't rise to the level necessary !! They take the easy road!

  • motzartiana thank you, but I disagree with your generalisation of parents, most don't know how to parent positively and proactively, rather negatively and reactionary. Most parents want to do a better job but simpe have not got the emotional or social resources to achieve their goal.

  • Translation: "Illegal Immigrant".

  • Sorry I don't get your comment! explain to a simple youtubber.

  • I don't know but, That's totally not cool when you make fun of real life illeterate people, because there are people who actually can't read and making fun of them isn't right, I always say to people, would you like it, and whats up with all the gay hate? and to "nippysweetie3" us "yanks" apparently get over things quicker than you, you lost the war,get over it! America is about union not discrimination.

  • union? haha!!

  • Gay cowboy meets imbecile, must be yanks

  • This is what happens when you send your kids to public school.

  • stay in school? how about our parents teach our kids. Schools are not what they appear...

  • amen

  • what a pair of gays

  • how i long for comedy about things that are funny. illiteracy isn't one of them.

  • "I LOVE TO READ!!! ... sometimes..."

    MUAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    Awsome!

  • Hello All, I'd appreciate if you watch my new COldplay Accapella video on my channel. Thanks!

  • Great video!

    I still prefer my funny depression one. Please check it out.

    It's called Ash the Depressant .

    Its a short funny web series that has two episodes so far.

    Please tell me what you think of it!

  • great video

    much love

  • The sad irony is that little guy was valedictorian of his high school. True story.

  • Not funny.

  • That idiot is how I see nearly everyone. That's right, call me T3h El33tist! Have you ever read Marcel Proust? Nope! Because you're an idiot. Seriously. I'm not kidding. Stop being so stupid, and pick up Ulysses or Don Quixote or even segue into better things with some easy reading, some Hemingway.

  • Wow. Congratulations on being a pretentious egoist. Try to appreciate the fact that some people come from areas and backgrounds that don't offer the opportunity of top-quality educational resources, or the care and attention of intelligent individuals often required for an enlightened mind to be nurtured. Get your head out of your ass.

  • Not true!! From the first beginnings of this country immigrants -rich AND poor - have had aspirations of making and seeing a better life for their children!! Not to mention the people in the poorer parts of our cities and countryside!! It first takes a dream then an aspiration then the drive and will to succeed in firstly going to school ,sticking with it and doing the best one can when there!! Many a great mind has started out in this world in that way!!

  • Hahah you read Proust! Loser. That's baby shit. Try reading Hugh Montgomery Fox one of these days! Seriously, you're an idiot for reading that kindergarten shit. Pick up a calculator and hit yourself with it until you're smarter.

  • toReasonWhy:

    Yeah, that's the douchiest thing I've ever heard on here.

  • xhi

  • One day I will learn to read.

  • Who decides which videos get featured on YouTube? Drunk ivy league frat boys?

    Ha ha. People who can't read are stupid. Ha ha. Not clever like me. Ha ha.

    Hilarious.

  • da poorest message evr:)

  • yep.. stay in school.

  • What do you say... we read to our children?

    Comprehension starts at an early age.

    When was the last time you took your children to the library?

    When was the last time your parents took you to the library?

    Make the most of the resources available to you through reading!

  • i agree, poorly presented. the guy borders more on mental retardation than illiteracy.

  • Great message, poorly executed.

  • wow, and the have to spam

  • that's sad

  • LOL

  • haha great vid guys, fight illiteracy!!enotes can help!

  • lol

    "I LOVE TO READ!

    ...

    ...

    ...

    sometimes."

  • TEST MESSAGE

  • You used 'subscribe' 5 times. That's just scary Phillip. *_*

  • I love you Mr. Cowboy.

  • great

  • good

  • I AM SETTING U BOTH ON FIRE!!!!!!

  • Nice 8o

  • Americans, you are so stupid!

  • agreed

  • Hahahah! This is good! Heheh!

  • wow, that guy with the cowboy hat is hot

  • good video

  • Might be more effective if there were computers in the background along with all the books. Who uses a book much anymore?

  • You missed the whole point. May I sugest you go read a good book - they're not just to be "used", and computers will never replace reading for sheer pleasure.

  • I'm in the library business, so i have to read alot to keep up. I guess my comment was a defense of library as place for information resources as well as good reading - print and digital both, not just print. I finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" - Khaled Hosseini - recently. Powerful stuff. What has the g-girl been reading lately?

  • "G-irl" just finished "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and "Lying" (a metaphorical memoir - Lauren Slater). Yea for the library!

  • I love to read, sometimes!

    XD

  • "I love to read!! ...sometimes"

  • Oh man, that was one hawt retard.

  • The cowboy was delicious too.

    :-))

  • Watch 1st vid response. ED'S SUMMER VACATION!

  • who is the retard? Stephen Hawking's son?

  • fuck a hell! In russia we have near 13,5 millions unliteracy persons. Is it 21st century?)

  • Do you know how much people there are? In a whole Russia. Go read about it

  • I was like man... where's the joke? And then the url comes, and it's like, oh, there it is. This really could have been done better.

  • The site doesn't seem to even exist.

  • What's with the insanely long URL?

  • That was the entire point of the video, to have a title that people that can't read and write will have no chance of remembering/writing.

    For God's sake.

  • Like how Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia is the fear of long words.

    How ironic.

  • Its called a Satire. Someone here needs to learn to read... between the lines. :D

  • there IS no lines in a video, stupid ;-)

  • the website address was so long and complicated LOL

  • hey evan the lord got fucked up his ass by your dad, now shut the fuck up

  • What is with this Jesus freak(evan711heaven) posting prayers on every featured video..Jesus fucking Christ...give it a rest already!

  • a gay cowboy preaching literacy when he should be fighting aids

  • watch?v=MBoFlwZ5tiw

  • I thought it was funny too... I guess there's some people who don't know how to read here...

  • that was really bad

  • if that guy is not really retarded then that was fucked up

  • well the website made me lol

    the rest was strange

  • Least views ever on a featured video?

  • americans are dumb

  • This coming from a person nemed coconutboobs??

  • I'd like to F--- them Both!

    I meant to say Mind F---!

  • school makes kids more illiterate.

    modern state schooling retards intellectual development.

    Google John Taylor Gatto

  • funny how when watching a vid about literacy every one becomes an expert on education and grammar

    and very few use internet slang . . .

  • Terrible

  • he is not even a good actor as a retard...

  • Maybe he's not acting ._. he could really be illiterate.

  • I am a special education teacher..so that is offensive..

  • The truth hurts sometimes. But I am not joking he really could be.

  • "I love to read! sometimes..." Hahaha! I really do think he should have acted less retarded (because that's insulting to mentally challenged people) and more of a lazy idiot.

  • thats pretty funny!

  • there are other ways to say this ... what a loada dog shit..should be ashamed.. this zanzibar geeza is feauturing some pure crap...

  • Its funny until you read comments on other videos. Then, its just sad. I can't help but think, "Why the HELL are we STILL making budget cuts in our schools?"

  • It is sad... Just take a look at your comment.

  • @dookerized: Thank you for being Exhibit A for the other deficiencies our school system has besides literacy.

  • Like to teach that cowboy how to read........

    Yummy.

  • Funny video; congrats on being featured!

  • good message, but i thought the vid was offencive

  • why? is it because you are one of them?(btw you spelled offensive wrong)

  • I find it offensive because it portrays an illiterit human being as compleatly stupid, not just not able to read. There are plenty of people not able to read because of not enough money, no education, etc. and they are not nessessarily responcible for this.

    And thank you for pointing out my spelling error, I'm dyslexic so its to be expected.

  • wut the fuck?

  • hmmmh...

  • Capitalism fails join The Socialist Federation.

  • What? Was that supposed to be Midnight Cowboy????????? ;-)

  • they were not "concentration camps", but relocation camps built for moving people of asian decent that lived on the pacific coast.These camps were established during WWII in an attept to prevent Japanese spys.these camps were not nearly as bad as the ones that we think of today.Yes, it was not the greatest thing to do at the time, but it was neccessary to help keep America safe. Read "Farewell to Manzanar" it is a good book that describes these camps.

  • WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS VIDEO FEATURED.. it is insulting and pointless and no where close to funny