WhyHype

Rastafari laughing

2009-03-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

Almost more than a million views on youtube. The way he laughs is hilarious.

We The People Stimulus Package

2009-03-19T05:27:00.000-07:00

76,330 views, 60 blog posts, 693 comments.

Another political message. It is a bit surprising that all these revolutionary political ideas come out now, the new president having been in power for a couple of months only. It seems like bad timing. One thing this video points out is very true though. The American congress voted on the biggest spending bill in history without reading it. How thoroughly do you expect them to consider less important issues?

Fart Interrupts City Council

2009-03-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

No Comment.

Signs

2009-03-08T11:39:00.000-07:00

656,508 views, 497 blog posts, 1,429 comments so far, but I am 1000 per cent sure it is gonna skyrocket very soon. This short film is just brilliant. It tells you to take action otherwise the opportunity might be gone forever. I recall making the mistake of not taking action in time hundreds of times in my life and miss the people I could have met.

Look for signs, understand them, do not underestimate them, and take action!

how to deal with marketing calls

2009-02-27T04:41:00.000-08:00

This clip generated 3,271,642 views on youtube only. It is truly hilarious. Some find it immoral or unethical, but once you get fed up with all those telemarketing calls wasting your time you can understand the motive. Another way of not only getting rid of, but upsetting telemarketers might be that after answering their call you just tell them to hold the line for a second and you bugger off. They tend to give up after a couple of minutes of waiting.

On the other hand I have sympathy for those poor guys making these calls, they are just doing their job. It is the companies who should change their policies and not call people who did not ask for it.

Chad After Dentist

2009-02-26T02:42:00.000-08:00

1,894,975 views, 252 blog posts 3,698 comments. Watch David after dentist first then come back and watch this clip. It will be hilarious I promise. No wonder this clip already generated almost 2 million views, while the original is at 14 million right now. This is what you call hype.

OSCARS BEN STILLER DOES JOAQUIM PHOENIX HILARIOUS

2009-02-24T07:14:00.000-08:00

374,247 views,120 blog posts and 795 comments as of now. Having seen Joaquin Phoenix on the Letterman show this clip is just hilarious. I am really curious what is behind all this. Was Phoenix acting on the Letterman show to get some free publicity, generate a hype or was he giving his true self? Well, this video will not answer that, but it proves that if the weird Letterman appereance was a publicity stunt, it was well done.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

2009-02-20T08:01:00.000-08:00

Only 7,922 views, 50 blog posts and 21 comments so far. That's very surprising considering the value of this piece of content. It is top quality material.

The videos have just been published, so I am certain that by the end of the week they will generate hundreds of thousands of views.

The way the videos explain the crisis can be understood by a twelve year old, but at the same time it is exciting to watch for an economist.

First class.

History of the internet

2009-02-18T00:09:00.000-08:00

1,355,337 views, 615 blog posts and 7,264 comments generated as of this moment. A very smart, almost perhaps too smart, explanation of how the internet was initially created with engaging visual experience and pleasant background music. When I say too smart I mean that the video gets too technical at certain points as if it was made for geeks only. All in all, it is still an interesting and informative piece, so no surprise about the hype it generated.

Something is wrong with Joaquin Phoenix

2009-02-17T02:37:00.000-08:00

2,957,594 views, 677 blog posts and 7,736 comments. Something is seriously wrong with this man. I respect him for his acting in Walk the line and some other great movies, but he has really come down since. No offence, but does he look like a millionaire actor, who is about to start his hip-hop carrier? No, he rather looks like a junkie unable to force more than two words out of himself. Pull yourself togehter man!

BBC Blunder

2009-02-16T02:51:00.000-08:00

85,842 views, 8 blog posts and 696 comments as of this moment. Bigger blunders have happened in the history of television, still, this one is cute.

A comment on Youtube I liked:

"proof of how uptight the brits are... "lots of you have been in touch with us saying how offended you were..."
come on, england, take that rod out of your collective buttocks. "

Women drivers in action

2009-02-13T00:16:00.000-08:00

This video has made 344,913 views, 57 blog posts and 284 comments so far. My favourite bit of the clip is when she tries to park the car twenty different ways, but it just would not happen. Then a guy gets bored of waiting and helps her out. I think that reflects the kind of attitude that men should have about women drivers. I despise the kind of comments and discussion that this clip generated on Youtube, namely that boys and girls started to fight about who is better at driving and so on. Instead of such a vain argument why don't we just acknowledge that women and men are naturally designed to do different things?

Inglourious Basterds [Official Teaser Trailer Released]

2009-02-12T06:42:00.000-08:00

Only 29,726 views, 34 blog posts and 58 comments at this moment, but it is on the rise. When Tarantino makes a movie, a hype is almost certain to follow, so no explanation needed here. I would add though that as much as I saw from the trailer this killer soldier role does not really suit Brad Pitt, or Brad Pitt does not suit the role... anyway let us see the movie before getting critical.

David after dentist

2009-02-12T03:45:00.000-08:00

We know why this clip generated 8,814,847 views, 2,333 blog posts and 20,887 comments. Because it is so original and funny and easy to relate to. I mean, I bet that, 90% of the people reading this have experienced this feeling: is this going to last forever? :)

Morning Elegance

2009-02-12T03:11:00.000-08:00

Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
Uploaded by IgnitionVM

This clip generated 14,657,995 view, 2,774 blog posts and 15,671 comments since 21 January. The question is why? It is fun to watch and listen to, it is also stylish and some say delightful. But what is so special about it that would generate such a hype around it? If you know the secret element share it right here!