The Youtube Thread

It's pretty badass.

Classic comedy moment:

More brilliance from the late John Barry:

Holy crap. Kinda violent, just you know.

The comments for that video are terrible.

Erica Ambler wrote:

I suppose they called it 'Forever Lazy' as the name was marginally more attractive than '2 poor 2 turn on the heating'.

Mr. Brown wrote:

The comments for that video are terrible.

I wrote "Over 10 billion SERVED".

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Holy crap. Kinda violent, just you know.

Saw that in the news a few days ago. Already knew what the perpetrators looked like before I even saw the video. But what can you expect from an employee who was convicted of murder or manslaughter back in 2000?

This is becoming a huge image problem for McDonalds, and will only get worse as everyone now has access to digital recording equipment (phones) and YouTube. McDonalds has pandered to the lowest common denominator in our society for years and now the cows have come home to roost.

Can't we all just get along?!?

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Holy crap. Kinda violent, just you know.

the video White Tuxedo posted has been removed, I updated the link

I am not sorry to say this but if a customer came into my stores, slapped me around, then jumped over the counter...

I will have to defend myself, my store, my property and my employees.

The 2 women were real lucky; at my store, we are legally allowed to keep firearms for protection under Texas State Law.

about 10 years ago, a customer came into one of my store late at night, tried to jump over the counter to steal money;

one of my employee fought him and the guy then pulled a pistol, my employee shot him with the pistol he always had on him - which he is authorized by me, the business owner to have in my store, without needing a concealed weapon permit

it was all caught on video and my employee was not charged

The difference is that they were not only unarmed but he also continued beating them while they were already on the ground. Self defense is fine, but then there's being excessive. It's no different than a person with a AK shooting down a burglar who was only armed with a small knife. In his shoes I would have kept my distance and warned them that if they came any closer I would defend myself. In the end its three idiots fighting over fucking french fries.

This video is full of obnoxious, love-smelling-their-own-farts, holier-than-thou, self-serving, egotistical celebrities telling us what they pledge to do "in service to the President" :roll:

Of all the claims mentioned in the four-minute video, the one that always was the most grandiose was Demi Moore's pledge (at the 3:05 mark) to 'free one million people from slavery in the next 5 years'. So, three and a half years later, I'd be curious to know how many slaves Demi Moore has managed to free from the comfortable confines of her Malibu beach home?

Not all of the people in this video are smug ass-hats; I know a lot of them mean well. But most of them got caught up in a euphoria...a feeling...a movement (like most "artists" tend to do) and very few, if any, have something to show for their "pledges". I mean, has Soleil Moon Frye found that cure for Alzheimer's yet?

Lofty goals to be sure, but at least Soleil Moon Frye was specific about her pledge, unlike so many of these other weasels who pledged to "smile more" (Demi Moore again), or "to be the change" (Demi Moore yet again...again) :roll:

Every time I watch this brainwashing video of mindless drones wanting to abandon their individuality and mental faculties in order to be "a servant to the President" (uh, isn't the President supposed to be serving the people and not the other way around?) I just want to vomit up a lung or shit a pumpkin.

Creepy Dear Leader worship. Would curing Alzheimer's or freeing slaves have been "service" to President Bush too?

Is Dakota Fanning even eligible to vote?

CJB wrote:

Creepy Dear Leader worship. Would curing Alzheimer's or freeing slaves have been "service" to President Bush too?

You pretty much nailed it. These mindless blowhards could have already been doing those things, but I suppose they didn't want their efforts to make the country a better place to be something that Bush got any credit for. And what happens when Obama leaves after one or two terms? Do their pledges stop? Do they quit attempting to be "a servant to the President" if that President is a Republican?

Mr. Brown wrote:

Is Dakota Fanning even eligible to vote?

She's not eligible to vote, but she is legal in the state of Georgia. And she will turn 18 in February of 2012.

If you had any impure thoughts about her since February of 2010 that's okay, because she was 16. But you can't dream of doing anything sexual with her in a voting booth until February of 2012.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Every time I watch this brainwashing video of mindless drones wanting to abandon their individuality and mental faculties in order to be "a servant to the President" (uh, isn't the President supposed to be serving the people and not the other way around?) I just want to vomit up a lung or shit a pumpkin.

Remember, these are folks whose job consists of being able to memorize and recite lines that other people write for them to say. Kind of like puppets.

It's like watching a wet-behind-the-ears, young punk trying to take on John Wayne.

Projecting strength through appeasement: