Sinbad: Back in action?

Sinbad

Do you remember Sinbad?: Well, most people don't. He was a family friendly comedian from back in the day. I mean this guy was popular...really popular. He had a few movies and major specials. (Plus, people remember those ugly pants he had.)

I've always been interested in Sinbad because he glowed red hot in the 80s and early 90s and completely disappeared after that. No one gave a shit about Sinbad. It seemed I was the only trying to keep up with Sinbad. I remember reading that he was doing company gigs at meeting and crap.

After Jingle All The Way, he pretty much disappeared from the face of the planet. Now, he's saying he made a mistake doing Celebrity Apprentice. This is a place where actors and reality stars go to die. From Huffington Post, (("I never should have done 'Celebrity Apprentice,'" he says in the clip. "I didn't want to do it because I didn’t want Donald Trump to say, 'You're fired.'"))

He made fun of his lost fame in a stand up comedy event called “Where You been?” And, you can watch the entire video here.

Okay, this stand up is very funny.  Damn you, Sinbad.  That was funny. 

Sinbad likes Good Burgers.  

His famous roles

The Cosby Show: He played a different character than the one he played on Different World, but DW is set in the same universe as The Cosby Show. Very strange.

A Different World: Besides his stand up shows, this is where most people remember him from. From what I read, he left the show because he couldn't get along with the showrunner.

Necessary Roughness : Not to be confused with the TV show of the same name. This movie had Qutaum Leap starring with Sinbad. It wasn't a good movie. “Welcome, to Foot...ball.”

Coneheads: I remember him being very funny in this movie. Often, this movie is overlooked, but I really dig it a lot.

The Meteor Man : Stay away from this movie.

The Sinbad Show: I don't remember this show. It looks like a by the numbers sitcom. Salma Hayekhas a few appearances on the show. Damn she is hot.

Houseguest : I hate to say this, but it isn't as good as people remember it. It hasn't aged well, and I used to really love the movie.

First Kid : I hate this movie with everything that is holy. I actually saw this in the theaters too.

Jingle All the Way : Crap.

The Cherokee Kid: I actually liked this movie too. From what I read, this movie was supposed to come out in the theaters, but was thrown onto HBO as an original movie instead. I haven't seen it in ages so it might not hold up as well.

Good Burger : Yes, he was in the movie...in a small part.

Sinbad shows his jewels to this woman.  Did you know that before he became a famous family comedian, he was a famous pirate.  

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 Sinbad:  "I am thinking about leaving the pirate life and getting into stand up." 

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Uh, that's Sinbad as Sinbad.  

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Aurora: By Hans Zimmer

Aurora: By Hans Zimmer

After the Aurora shootings, Hans Zimmer wrote a wonderful piece of music dedicated to victims of the incident. This was that track. It is the “The Dark Knight Theme” that has been carried over throughout the series of movies.

Here's the theme in an early form in Batman Begins.

And the Theme returns for The Dark Knight in a darker form.

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Best Star Trek Ad ever…Kirk vs. Gorn Match II

 Best Star Trek Ad ever…Kirk vs. Gorn Match II

Okay, that put a smile on my face.  Having watched a lot of the TOS episodes again, I really dug this spot.  Who knew the Gorn played videogames? 

By the way, the Gorn design in the game looks more a kin to the versions used in the ST Enterprise show, which is a nice touch.  However, I am not that interested in the game, but it might be okay.  

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Splash: Diving with the Stars?

Splash:  Diving with the Stars? 

Not to be confused with the 80s movie starring Daryl Hannah, Tom Hanks and John Candy.  I actually would have liked if this show was related to the old 80s movie instead of this shit. 

Have we not only scraped the bottom, but no cut through the bottom?  It is rather sad to see we’ve gotten to the point where we want to see “stars” diving.  I can’t see how that’s interesting, but then again I am not into stars dancing either. 

Have we’ve given up on actually writing a script? How about developing a compelling fictional show?  Now we just skip ahead to “stars” doing things?  

Waiting on a Pizza with the Stars

Baking with the Stars

Grave Robbing with the Stars

Ghost-busting with the Stars

Sweeping with the Stars

And, this is funny because this is second reality involving stars diving into water.  Stars in Danger: The High Dive was the failed FOX version of the show. 

It’s crrrap!

So, who are the “Stars” for this reality show? 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:  The basketball player.  I know him more for his role in Airplane!  I guess you can still call him a “star”. 

Louie Anderson:  Does anyone want to see this guy sopping wet or plunging into a large body of water?  I guess there are some beached whale jokes to be made, but you won’t hear them from me.  I just think anyone wants to see Life With Louie take the dive. 

Drake Bell:  This guy is a rather famous voice actor.  He’s the voice of Spiderman in the latest Spiderman cartoon series.  Why even bother showing up for this show?  You’re making a good living with the voice acting. 

Rory Bushfield:  I know next to nothing about this guy.  He’s a skater of some sort. 

Nicole Eggert:  I believe she is a Baywatch girl.  There really isn’t worth noting her IMDB page. 

Katherine Webb:  Miss Alabama, okay thank you. 

Kendra Wilkinson:  Reality star and playboy model.  I generally hate the types that Playboy tells us are the “hot” women anyway, so I don’t find her that appealing. 

Chuy Bravo:  He’s that short guy on Chelsea Lately.  He’s no longer on the show. 

Keshia Knight Pulliam:  Rudy Huxtable, come on.  You are better than this.  You were on the same stage as Cosby’s Sweater. 

Ndamukong Suh:  I football player.  Is he really a “star”? 

Brandi Chastain:  A Soccer player.  Okay. 

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Donglegate: The Adria Richards Saga Part 1

Donglegate:  The Adria Richards Saga

I don’t know if you've heard the story of Adria Richards and her incident at PyCon.  Basically, seated behind her two developers started making sexual comments using tech talk.  They said something about Forking and a term Big Dongle. 

Richards was pissed and decided to dish out some Internet Justice.  She turned around, smiled and took the pictures of the two developers.  She then proceeds to post it on her powerful Twitter page. 

 From Her twitter page, ((Not cool. Jokes about forking repo's in a sexual way and "big" dongles. Right behind me #pyconpic.twitter.com/Hv1bkeOsYP ))

From there, things went terribly south.  The skinny guy on the left, not looking at the camera, got fired from his company due to the controversy. The guy has a family and was fired for making a dumb joke that she happened to hear.  It was the action of smiling, a false pretense, and taking the picture that bothered me and gave me a sense that she had an agenda.  

What is wrong with her? 

This was where I think she wanted to make a crusade out of these two men.  If you look and read everything she involved in, you will come across with the notion that she is a technology feminist.  Like others, she feels that technology field is lacking women, and she’s right, but shaming two guys for making an inside joke comes across as being an extremist.  It does more harm than good to her cause.  Extremist actions have a way of giving people an excuse to shut the door on your cause.  

Paragon Interrupt?

How about turning around and telling them that you were offended by their comment?  Or at least tell them to lower their voices so you could hear the speakers on stage.  Instead she decided to take the Renegade Interrupt, and post it on Twitter. 

When will people understand that Twitter is evil?  Stop tweeting shit, because it will get you fired. 

The Internet was divided.  Many women in the technology field and a few "white knights" came to her defense claiming that she had every right to do what she did.  Other came down strongly against her after her actions cause the firing of one of the developers.  

That was when Anonymous took action and hacked the company site that she worked for.  This in turn forced them to fire her from her job.  So, one poor judgment ended up with two people losing their jobs.  I am torn on this.  I didn't like the harmful things said to her via death threats and anti-female responses.  There is no place for these comments anywhere.  But, this crusader attitude is also troubling.  Given my long period of time being on the Internet, via my blog, I can be accused of doing the same thing (such as my infamous Cheerleader blog and a few others I've deleted recently), so I can see where she's coming from.  But, someone actually lost their job over this, and that changes everything.  

Did she deserve to lose her job? Probably not.  But, some people do believe this was just karma.  While I don't think anyone deserved to lose their jobs over this, the company that she worked for did give a sound enough reason.  Just have a talk with either employee and say, "Don't do that again."  

End of Part 1

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House of Cards

House of Cards

This is my first watching of a Netflix series.  I am into the 4^th episode.  I am really impressed with the high quality of the series.  House of Cards (HC) is a series based on a BBC miniseries.  In a lot ways, this series has a miniseries feel to it.  The story clearly has a set end to it with all the elements being set up early in the series.  Some people are going to get hurt. 

Think of this show as a realist version of the West Wing.  The West Wing, another show I am watching on Netflix, is a hopeful series that brings the best out of politics.  It is almost naive for it too.  HC is more of a mean-spirited version of the West Wing.  Actually, Spacey’s character would be a major villain in that series if they crossed paths. 

There are things that bother me with The West Wing, where as HC does a better job with modern US politics. So far, The West Wing has some growing pains, and I think it has different (brighter) view on American politics.  Would The West Wing be different on a cable channel or an Internet site?  Probably.  

HC feels like an early HBO Sopranos season or a current Showtime drama series.  There is nudity and swearing in the show, but not excessively like Deadwood.   You can also see the heavy influences of the producers David Fincher and Kevin Spaceyin the show.  It also has a Fincher-movie feel to it as well, but Beau Willimondeveloped the series for the US. 

-Kevin Spacey is outstanding as the U.S. Representative.  He is mean and evil one minute and nice another minute.  However, it is all to set up a game of revenge.  He has an endgame and he’ll use whomever he has to make that happen.  Spacey has the intimidating role down pat, but it just enough to make us want to watch him, but not hate him.  (I am looking at you, Girls) Is he an anti-hero?  I am not sure yet.

- Robin Wright:  She is great as the side-controlling wife of Spacey’s character.  She isn’t outright controlling, but she does certain passive actions to her husband to control him.  She is a character that wrestles with her morality more so than Spacey’s character does. 

-Newsroom Stuff:  On the flipside, the other main plot deals with a young female reporter trying to get the scoop inside politics in the US Congress.  Kate Maraplays her wonderfully by the way.  Mara is very cute. 

-House of Lies and House of Cards:  Yes, there are a lot of similarities to the House of Lies series.  You have lead character that has questionable morals and does horrible things to people to get ahead.  Each character stops mid-scene and talks directly to the camera revealing the truth. Both shows have a powerful actor leading the role.  I like both shows for similar reasons too.  Is this like 30 Rock/Studio 60?  

I can’t wait to finish this up.   

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BioShock Infinite first impressions

BioShock Infinite: I am watching the opening chapter to this game through a Let's Play.

The visuals are amazing so far. Robotic Horses and a street full of people walking around doing their own things. Columbia is different than Rapture because it is so full of life. The music is really good.

~God Only Knows: Did you just catch that the barbershop group sung a modern song? Was that a time displacement? It is a Beach Boy song from the 1960s.

~Heads or Tails: Was that mind control?

~We get another version of a “Big Daddy”.

~Circus of Values voice guy has returned.

~It gets very bloody real quick.  

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Bill Cosby hates you liking his sweaters

Bill Cosby hates you liking his sweaters

I guess he's been eating tainted pudding pops or that New Coke has been going to his head. I got a good kick out of this story because a guy named his site CosbySweaters.comand all hell broke loose when Cosby's lawyers sent the owners a cease and desist letter over the name Cosby Sweaters. They had to change the name of their website, and now it is called Next Impulse Sports. I liked the other name better.

From the site Next Impulse Sports about the threat to sue, (( In addition, as you know, the multi-colored, multi-patterned sweaters that Mr. Cosby wore on “The Cosby Show,” an iconic television program that aired from 1984 through 1992 and has continued in broadcast as reruns and in syndication both domestically and internationally through the present, are strongly associated with Cosby. The term “Cosby Sweater” instantly evokes Mr. Cosby and The Cosby Show. ))

Somehow those ugly sweaters are now a part of what Cosby is? Okay. That means Leonard Part 6 is also a part of his legacy too. I also love that it took Cosby two years to get around to threatening them with a lawsuit.

I agree with Cosby on a lot of things and political issues, but I think he's wrong in this matter. It seems like sour grapes on his part and it is just him being an old fart. (Not being in on the joke). Given that he made Ghost Dad,you would think differently.

And it appears Cosby really hates people parodying him, because he tried to remove the online animated show House of Cosbys. And, other people have noted that he doesn't go after shows like Boondocks or Family Guy, maybe because they have deep pockets and fight most C&D letters.

I am also reminded of that story of Eddie Murphy with Cosby/Pryor. Bill have a coke and smile and shut the f' up.

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Samsung likes women

Let the Offense begin: Samsung has to apologize for its own dancers?

Samsung had a bunch of women dancing around some of their products in South Africa. This time around a photo guy named Axel Buhrmann took a picture of said event. From Huff Post, ((The event, which featured young women in swimsuits dancing in front of a new line of refrigerators and washing machines, was called "tawdry marketing" by South African tech news site GirlGuides and excoriated in an open letter from South African tech journalist Samantha Perry.))

So, they're dancing around a damn washing machine. While I don't think of sexy babes when I want to wash my clothes, I do think it is a bit of an overreaction. Is it stupid to have half-naked women dancing around household products? Yes, but then you have to go after every tech show that hires a booth babe. I'm not even if it was even sex they were selling.

Okay, on second thought...hmm nice.  What a messa saying?  Delete delete.  

Maybe it is because I am a dude and have always connected sex with certain things.  And to be fair, I'd rather have a hot booth babe (who hates everything about me and my nerd kind) pretend like she is interested in me and the product she's hawking than a fat neck beard nerd with a man-purse.   

Fellas, she hates you in her mind.  This is the same girl that ignored you in high school.  

I actually liked this ad by Samsung and this ad got them in trouble too. Is this really sexist? Nope I actually found it rather funny.

And, I am calling BS on this one. It's a comedy where you have a woman that won't shut up. I think this is more of a comment on “hot” women than women in general. Sorry.  

When I see this...

I don't think, "I'd hit that for 900 dollars." 

All this reminds me of this funny ad from McDonald's.  

What does that even mean McDonald's?  

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Enlightened Cancelled

Enlightened Cancelled

From E-Online, ((It was a very difficult decision," a rep for HBO said in a statement. "We've decided not to continue Enlightened for a third season. We're proud of the show and we look forward to working with Mike White and Laura Dern in the future."))

Because I just read the story last night, I decided to watch the first episode of the second season On Demand on the HBO.  And, I have to say I actually liked what I saw.  The episode was filmed in a very feature film fashion.  Laura Dern is amazing in the loopy role of the main character.  And, she looks amazing too. 

It is too bad I and others didn't get into the show.  

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Sim City 5 launch was a mess...sound familiar?

Sim City 5 launch was a mess...sound familiar?

Error 37 Part II?

Why do you have to connect to the internet given that you're playing solo? If you're going to force people to play online, have the severs work. The kicker is when the sever drops the game, you might lose your data. And, I am not shocked EA is involved in this bullshit. And, I find it strange that they would pay for all these severs given that it will cost more money to keep them up and running.

Once again, the game is receiving great reviews for its content, but negative reviews for its service. I know you're worried about pirated copies, but this is at the cost of your loyal customers. From Wiki, ((These issues included network outages, problems with saving progress and difficulty connecting to the game's servers. As a result, some reviewers were unable to review the game, labeling the launch as a "disaster" and the game as "unplayably broken", urging players to avoid purchasing the game until the issues were resolved.))

From BBC, ((The always-online requirement won criticism from many players who said it was unnecessary and was more about preventing piracy than improving gameplay.))

I do think it is a slap in the face of the super fans that love the Sim products. I find it funny that someone hacked into the game and was able to play it offline with little or no problems. And, I love that EA and Maxis refuse to even consider having the game have an offline play.

From CVG, (("I can't reveal numbers but I can say that we experienced a significant increase in demand in the days leading up to the launch and it caught us off guard. It was our fault that we underestimated our fans and to that end, we should have known better," Bradshaw said.))

Damn right you should have known better. Instead of mistrusting your user base by forcing them to play online, how about making the product the best it could be? By making a good brand, you actually earn brand loyalty and people will come back for more of your product.

So, they took the Offline element off late in the game.  

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Random Things

Random Things

~Paparazzi Steve gets slammed and arrested: “I can't take this.” Well, you shouldn't have confronted the cop. The best is there was a woman that asked, “Is this part of the show?” Supposedly, this guy walked onto the set of the Smash in NY. I guess this incident will give the poorly rated show a little bit of a boost, because right now that show is in the crapper as far as ratings go. This guy has been known as a jerk even to other paparazzi guys. Check out the video. Okay, maybe he's even more of a tool...

~RIP Paul Bearer: I remember seeing this creepy guy follow around the Undertaker for a few years. He really sold the gimmick of The Undertaker to the mass audiences. He was basically The Undertaker's sidekick. I totally forget he was also the manager for Kane as well. This guy started in the WWE back in 1990, wow that's a long time. I had no idea this was where origin of Kane came from.

~Jesus Airlines? Is this real?

Please tell me this crap came out in the 90s. With all the bad CGI and dance movies, the video just feels like 90s. I kind of like this for the sheer crappy nature.

~50 Cent and Parappa the Rapper: Robot chicken had the ultimate team up with 50 Cent and Parappa.

Kick punch Kick punch. And, yes that's 50 Cent.   

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Thoughts on Soda and Palin: Soda on Palin?

Thoughts on Soda and Palin

I generally don't get into politics, but...

This is probably one of the dumbest photos I've seen in a long time.

At first, I was like “That doesn't look like Sarah Palin”. My second thought was “she looks really goofy with that Big Gulp”. And, yes that Soda ban in New York is a stupid idea and we don't need our governments acting like mothers. We need to teach people to drink and eat in portions instead of large amounts, but forcing the government get involved isn't answer. Mainly, because the government usually screws these things up. We can agree America is getting fatter, but education is the key, and not more laws on the books. A smarter and well informed population can make better decisions than clamping them on from above with laws.  

What I don't like is conservative jumping on this bandwagon. Side note: If Palin is what the right has to offer, they're in more trouble than I thought. And Palin is one of the reasons the left and right can't work together anymore. I have many right-leaning views, but they're so pig-headed that the left seems more reasonable. And, I love the fact that Obama has become more “center-right”, but they're not even willing to work with him.

You better believe she didn't come up with this soda gag.  And, it only annoys me every time she pulls one of these visual stunts.  Do you remember the blacked out McCain hat?  

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Star Wars Detours: Delayed Trailer

Star Wars Detours: Delayed Trailer

You won't be seeing this anytime soon, because Disney is postponing this parody movie. Lucjust asfilm set the release date for March 11, and that has come and gone. It should also be noted that Disney hasn't set an alt-date either. Something tells me that they'll just drop it.

Seth (Joker) Green was involved with this project, and probably because of his Robot Chicken involvement. While it seems to be set during the post Prequel universe, it is one of causalities of the Disney restructuring of the SW expanded universe.

I actually like some of the stuff in this trailer. I love some of the Prequel bashing in the trailer. The kicker is that Lucasfilm has made all the Detours videos private on their channel, as if they want nothing to do with it anymore. Mashable.com has a great story on the “shoving aside” all the prequel material of late.

Yes, the Prequels were trouble, but the side portions that sprung from those movies have been rather good. It is a shame to see them abandoning it.  Did I mention they were planning another season of Clone Wars before they got the ax?

Don't get me wrong.  I love some of the things Disney has done over the years.  They gave Marvel focus on unifying their movie universe and they let Square do some amazing things with Kingdom Hearts.  But, I'd reconsider some of the decisions with SW of late.  

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Lil Kim, You've changed...

Lil Kim: What happened to your face...

Holy crap, that's a lot of surgery. I hate say this, but someone close should have stopped her before this around of surgeries. You can't even recognize her anymore. I have no idea why certain women fear getting old so much. And, they fear it so much that they're willing to destroy their faces in the process.

I mean look at these pictures. She is slowly turning into a cat person. Why, Kim, why? There was a time when you were either in Foxy Brown or Kim's camp. They both had some amazing rap flows. While I found Brown sexier, Kim was a better rapper. I always say this but, what would 90s Kim say about Lil Kim 2.0?

She is blaming blogs for ruining her image, and she is trying blame it on photo shopping.  Am I also in that group now?  

And, now her and Wendy Williams are having a feud now.

Also, Nicki, you better watch those surgeries too.

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Rude Theater Goers

Rude Theater Goers

I love these stories.  I had some bad experiences in the theater, but nothing like these stories.   Maybe because I go at earlier times, I don’t get the bad experiences that I used to when I went to late showings.  I still get annoyed with the chomping of popcorn and the big gulp drinks.  The cell phones are annoying too. 

I have no idea why security/management doesn’t throw people out. 

It reminds me of this video.  

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Scary Movie 5 Trailer 2 (not funny)

Scary Movie 5 Trailer 2

Wow, that was unfunny.  The Scary Movies haven’t been that funny since the first movie.  The second movie was okay, but the 3^rdand 4^th movies were not funny.  The Wayans brothers made the first two and the Zucker Brothers were involved with the last three.  David Zucker is only producing this one and isn’t directing.  However, this one actually looks worst than the last one. 

You might remember that there was another movie with a similar concept.  It was called A Haunted House  with Marlon Wayansas one of the writers and stars.  Like the Scary Movie that is coming out soon, it parodied the found-footage/haunting movies that Hollywood likes to release today.  I actually got confused and thought that A Haunted House was this movie and that they just changed the name.

At this point, do we really need another Scary Movie? 

-Lindsay Lohan:  Did she really need to be cast in the movie?  What does she bring to table? 

-Charlie Sheen:  I’ve had enough of this asshole too.  Wasn’t Charlie Sheen a character in the last two movies and not playing a version of himself?  It doesn’t make any sense.  Then again the entire cast from the first film died and came back for the second movie. 

-Katt Williams:  Wow, you really brought out the worst of Hollywood with these three stars. 

-A lady pooping?  Wow, that’s just plain bad. 

  

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Domino's Pizza is very different in Japan...

Domino's Pizza is very different in Japan...

Uh, this very strange. First off, why is the Japan CEO doing the ads? He's no Dave Thomas.  He comes across as that creepy old man on the subway that smells like burnt shoe polish and carries a oily brown paper bag.  

Second, what's up with the extreme closeups?

Who the f' is Hatsune Miku? Does she delivery pizza?

And, some of the other Japan Domino's ads are strange too...It is as if someone wanted to spoof how Americans viewed Japanese pop culture, but failed at it.

I like this one the best, because it makes no sense at all.

Here's a spoof.

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YouTube Comment Spamming Robots?

YouTube Comment Spamming Robots?

Yep, you're supposed to take this song as being legit. It's bad, but with over 900 “likes”. Something doesn't add up here.  BTW, why is this guy trying to be Lil Wayne?  

While digging through The Daily Dot's story on a “self-made” pop star, Iread through the reddit story that talked about the allegedly huge use of Spambots on his music videos. Given the “quality” of his songs, there was no way he was getting that many positive comments and votes.

I've notice that there are a few comment-er guys that have the same exact “Likes” in each channel. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9E_8qkyzpsF1gzbfkBcJyg/videos?view=15&flow=grid

http://www.youtube.com/user/GerrardSandy/videos?flow=grid&view=15

http://www.youtube.com/user/KristeinOme/videos?view=15&flow=grid

http://www.youtube.com/user/HundtJane/videos?view=15&flow=grid

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqU7hzhqSlKGHq6yzjT2htw/videos?flow=grid&view=15

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKiueVfHplTE5xFbEdFH6NQ/videos?flow=grid&view=15

I mean it is like they're not even trying to hide the fact these are robots. I also like the fact that the sing has continued to let these spammers comment on his work after the uproar from the people on Reddit. Someone also noted that most of spammers listed Pakistan as their country...nearly every single one of them.

Why would you even bother paying for “likes and comments”?  

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