Thanks!

In reply to this comment by Desviada:
>> ^notarobot:
Episode date?


added to summary

http://www.videosift.com/video/Web-Site-Story

Thanks for doing that, Lucky.
I had tried to play with the spacing & such to get it to work, but I didn't really know what I was doing.

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
I wasn't aware there was a problem with The Onion embeds. The problem is the way they create their embed code because they leave out a couple of spaces where they are required, merging a couple of quotes up against other attributes (at swf"type="application and 430"flashvars="). Making it work is really just a matter of hitting your spacebar at those two places.

To save you the trouble, I modified the siftbot so he will detect if it's a stupid theonion embed and insert those two spaces as necessary, so please feel free to return to your The Onion posting ways.

I posted it. I had to once I saw it. It's hilarious! Thanks for finding it.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Vaughn-is-Not-A-Robot

In reply to this comment by brain:
When I see your name, all I can think about is this. You have to watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYZachnIMPk

This is part 2, watch it if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iimNUewF_to

Maybe you should post it.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Gender-Targeted-Advertising

http://www.videosift.com/video/Dongcopalypse

Enjoy: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/special_boy_with_freakishly_large

http://www.videosift.com/video/We-Are-Hotdogs-Danielle-Ate-the-Sandwich

http://www.videosift.com/video/Pirate-Bay-Guilty

Don't be sorry! It's a great vid, and you you found it before me. You has the skillz!
I have no worries that it will get cleaned up before long.

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Sorry about that.  I can't dupeof it either since it's my own video, but I'm sure someone will get there eventually.

In reply to this comment by notarobot:
You beat me to it: http://www.videosift.com/video/Indoor-Skydiving-Fun

You beat me to it: http://www.videosift.com/video/Indoor-Skydiving-Fun

Yeah, mercury is bad for you. It is a very dangerous neurotoxin. I wrote more on the video post if you feel like reading it.

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
Okay, so which is it... Is mercury bad for you or not? There's that one video on the sift where the guy is handling mercury and then there is this. Make up your minds dammit...

I changed the title just for you. I think the new one is better, no?

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I almost didn't vote for this, because it seems so obvious. But as I've said before, sometimes the obvious needs to be stated.

Thanks for digging up that info. Very interesting. I tracked down some more data you might find interesting.

In reply to this comment by GeeSussFreeK:
see new post for info on this

In reply to this comment by notarobot:
>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
I am not a big fan of Glen either, but I couldn't see a finer display of argumentum ad hominem above me.


The only way this could have been better illustrated would be to follow up with a similar chart showing value vs. inflation. Maybe start at 1900 or 1908 as 100% value and show how the value of each dollar decreases over time.

Anyone know what that might look like?

Hi,

I don't know you. You seem like a decent guy who has used the sift, to a certain extent, as a means of promoting awareness of politics, justices and other issues that have been important to you. A difficult task, but in the time that you have invested into this site, you have clearly had some success.

Now, I don't know your situation. Or anything that has contributed to you needing to take a break from here for that matter. You know better then anyone what you gotta do to take care of yourself. But if you decide to take a vacation from this place, even a permanent one, I would ask you to leave your legacy intact. If you discard your videos, I don't know who would track them down to repost them. Being linked here will get some attention for some of the issues you thought were important even after your attention has turned to more important things. It's better for the sift in my opinion.

Sorry to hear times have gotten tight for you.
I wish you the best, and hope you land back on your feet soon.

-n

In reply to this comment by Constitutional_Patriot:
Look.. the basic fact is that I'm leaving the sift.. I didn't want to make this a public exibition. I was hoping there wouldn't be a sift talk about this. I've deleted all my playlists, comments and started pulling my vids.

The problem is convoluted and difficult to explain but basically I see this site as a place to find funny and cute vids with the occasional nice music vid. When I post videos on some extremely important issues that contain investigations by credible news organizations into henous acts by the govt./military complex and it gets one vote, while at the same time I'm ridiculed and taunted, it makes me think: "Why the fuck do I even bother with these assholes?"

I am removing myself from this frustrating and silly envoronment. If you like any posts I have then feel free to repost them yourself. I don't have time for this anymore. 2009 and forward are going to be some extremely difficult times for me and the rest of the world and I am on the verge of being homeless because I'm unemployed and broke. I haven't felt very welcome here and I'm sick of the stereotypes and bullshit.

I would have just deleted the account but that's apparently not an option. Look... I'm not getting paid for this. I have a difficult time dealing with some of the issues that I've brung forth to you all. The straw that broke the camel's back here has nothing to do with Netrunner. He's a good guy but I think he's politically misaligned. I don't blame him though.. I've been a Dem, a Republican, a Green party, Constitutional party, and a Libertarian. Why have I jumped all over the spectrum? Because you can't get a full perspective unless you've experienced them all. I suppose that this is why I consider myself a Centrist now. There's lots of good and bad from all parties. Also I've noticed there is corruption in all of them as well. Most notably in the Dems and Repub sides. Corruption, Infiltration, Greed, Hypocrisy, Deception.. the list goes on. I'm pretty fed up with all of it really.

If you all really want me to not delete my current vids then fine, I'll leave them be but I won't be posting anymore vids, I won't be maintaining any playlists anymore and I won't be writing anymore blogs. This isn't about who wins or who loses. This isn't about who did what or anything like that. I'm just some average guy that can't afford to do this anymore - physically and mentally.

Good luck to you all.