Wednesday, March 14, 2007

"PLEASE DON'T READ THIS! the phenomenon ..."

Mr. David and I have been following the youtube chain-letter-ish phenomenon to the point where I think some kind of study might actually be interesting. Wikipedia's entry on chain letters mentions youtube. . . and apparently it's on myspace as well. Mr. David's blog says more. For example, the video I am currently (and just as strangely) obsessed with usually has some gems - there are many varieties. The typical one:

In 1876, a young girl named Jenn was walking down a river, an insane man killed her by stabbing her in the back, raping her, and then hanging her in his closet. While he hanged her he said Bukakke Bukkake.
Now that you have read this message, she will find you and her dead body will haunt your house for 5 years. Every night you go to sleep she will appear in your closet, hanging their with her glowing red eyes.
repost 3 times to be saved. sorry


BUKAKKE BUKKAKE. WHAT????????
Here's a new one:

Read this.
There are 20 angels in this world.
10 are sleeping.
9 are playing.
1 is reading this post.

Put this on 4 other video comments within the next 15 minutes.
If you do, someone you love will suprise you somehow.
If you don't, you shall lose your dear beloved. =(

with an alternate version:

read dis
There are 20 angels in this world
10 are sleeping
9 are playing
1 is reading this

put this on 4 video comments within 15 mins,if u do, sum one u love will surprise u sum how!! If u don't , u will lose ur love.!!

and a pretty strange one - why would anyone believe this?

this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd

there are even misinformed activist posts...

Watch a clip on YouTube: Dolphin Massacre In Japan

Most people in the world don't know about it, so tell your friends & family about it to raise public awareness for our ecosystem.
SPREAD THE WORD!

Dolphins are an ENDANGERED SPECIES.

The Japanese EAT 23,000 dolphins every year for sushi & sashimi since 400 years ago.

Dolphins are migratory mammals, therefore they belong to the world, NOT to the Japanese alone.

The Japanese have NO right to eat them to extinction.

Some dolphin species ARE endangered...but not most. Interestingly, I also found the first "response" today by HermyH:

Read this.
If you're reading this you're going to die tomorrow unless you tell your mum you're pregant, if you're boy, tell her you have sif.

OH C'MON SPAMMERS, stop doing that, no one believes it... Just stupid people believes it.

coolgirl1751 also got upset:

Please Read!

In 2007 a bunch of Dickheads planned to send chain mails and if they keep on doing it they will get banned forever.(retype this to 3 other videos to stop the dickheads from making us believe that the chain mail are true)

and THIS is an actual example of comments left on a page:

this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

MY GOD. SHUT UP.

this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!

I'm going to think about this...more later.

1 comment:

theorbo said...

EXCELLENT EXAMPLES, Miss Lisa!