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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: RiGS on Fri, 21 December 2012, 09:35:47
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Only a few minutes to go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0)
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... and I still don't understand the hype.
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Just buy a Korean custom keyboard and you will get it soon.
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It says 999,885,235 for me...
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That's a lot of view!!
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It's really not that great, especially annoying now that the mainstream media has caught up.
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Apparently youtube freezed the counter.
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If he hits 1billion before the end of the day that's definitely going to end the world, right?
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I hope so.
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oh hmm, why is YT screwing around with it?
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They want to live another day.
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1.000.382.639
Can't believe he did it.
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That's stupid, I don't get the hype either.
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That's stupid, I don't get the hype either.
Basically it works like this..
Most people are "not" the media standard of "good looking"
So when they watch TV or see Photos of the so called "Beautiful People", they feel denigrated and insecure...
Now, comes Gangnam Style where the Protagonist is an Ugly Fat Minority... So the audience for which thinks, Oh well, if "he" could be popular, and definitively "COOL", so could "I"...
Thus they can more easily put themselves into the moment.. and feel as if their Outlook is great despite what they "look like"..
This is a major component of why such a huge following exist, because it's a hero that's NOT exceedingly beautiful, one who you can get behind, and NOT be lost to...
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That's stupid, I don't get the hype either.
Basically it works like this..
Most people are "not" the media standard of "good looking"
So when they watch TV or see Photos of the so called "Beautiful People", they feel denigrated and insecure...
Now, comes Gangnam Style where the Protagonist is an Ugly Fat Minority... So the audience for which thinks, Oh well, if "he" could be popular, and definitively "COOL", so could "I"...
Thus they can more easily put themselves into the moment.. and feel as if their Outlook is great despite what they "look like"..
This is a major component of why such a huge following exist, because it's a hero that's NOT exceedingly beautiful, one who you can get behind, and NOT be lost to...
Gosh, I forget how fortunate I am sometimes to be WASP, good looking, and relatively wealthy.
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ugh why the hell did i click on that link, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS
hype: visceral, endless procession of vapid imagery; this is the eternal present.
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ugh why the hell did i click on that link, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS
hype: visceral, endless procession of vapid imagery; this is the eternal present.
Just another thing you can hate precarious :D
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I don't get the deal with either. Firstly, I didn't even realise Gangnam Style was that big a deal. Maybe that's cause I'm not in the US, or maybe it's just because I don't have a TV and am oblivious to these things in general. It just seems like a fairly catchy pop song but nothing special and very mildly entertaining music video to me, nothing to get too worked up about either way.
I liked this version better though.
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I will never stop loving this song. Even moreso because of crackpot lunatics that believe things like this (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/414317/20121212/gangnam-style-apocalypse-psy-nostradamus-nine-circles.htm).
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ugh why the hell did i click on that link, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS
hype: visceral, endless procession of vapid imagery; this is the eternal present.
Just another thing you can hate precarious :D
this is just another part of the everything i already hate, i am very efficient with my contempt
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It's along the lines of Friday, Thanksgiving, and Call Me Maybe. It's a somewhat catchy song (granted friday and thanksgiving are catchy in the wrong way) but people love it. It's a shame because a lot of Psy's other stuff is quite good and not as uber poppy. for instance it's art http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEC422D53B7588DC7&feature=player_detailpage&v=1cKc1rkZwf8 is a pretty damn good song IMO and the video kinda depicts why people like him, he's definitely electric on stage and knows how to work a crowd.
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I saw it when it had less than 300k views :D But that's because of SC2 and partly belonging to random bits of Korean culture.. And I can with absolute certainty say I follow the video for what it's about and the awesome music video. You should look up why Gangnam Style is edgy in South Korea which should include translations--rather interesting, all the goings-on with Psy.
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I saw it when it had less than 300k views :D But that's because of SC2 and partly belonging to random bits of Korean culture.. And I can with absolute certainty say I follow the video for what it's about and the awesome music video. You should look up why Gangnam Style is edgy in South Korea which should include translations--rather interesting, all the goings-on with Psy.
what culture.. you mean the plastic surgery and the incessant self loathing? That's pretty much ALL asians.