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May 8, 2011 7:59 AM Subscribe
What's Osama bin Watching? (Warning! Bieber autoplay)
I'll show myself out.
I'll show myself out.
Pretty much a perfect reason to point to the Obama administration not releasing the photos of dead bin Laden. This is fine, but watching the internet having its various ways with the photos of a dead man is not something the world needs.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:23 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:23 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
While he'll never know what the account is named, we might all be grey by the time it is.
posted by gman at 8:24 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by gman at 8:24 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Judging from every image of the compound I've seen, this guy was the was the Bizzaro Howard Hughes.
posted by davebush at 8:38 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by davebush at 8:38 AM on May 8, 2011
The people who like to shoop photos of dead people are having a fine time with that picture of that other dead guy who kind of looks like Bin Laden.
posted by LogicalDash at 8:42 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by LogicalDash at 8:42 AM on May 8, 2011
Hmmm... skip the cocktails, but never forget the corn nuts.
posted by raztaj at 8:45 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by raztaj at 8:45 AM on May 8, 2011
"She knows about the villa! Should I worry?"
posted by homunculus at 8:52 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by homunculus at 8:52 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
> Pretty much a perfect reason to point to the Obama administration not releasing the photos of dead bin Laden.
I read this before I looked at the page - which I can't possibly imagine could offend, excite, or upset one individual, I personally found it even a little wistful.
I have to assume you're desperately grasping for reasons for Mr. Obama's decision, because I can't see this little video as evidence that anything, anywhere should be banned.
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 8:58 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
I read this before I looked at the page - which I can't possibly imagine could offend, excite, or upset one individual, I personally found it even a little wistful.
I have to assume you're desperately grasping for reasons for Mr. Obama's decision, because I can't see this little video as evidence that anything, anywhere should be banned.
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 8:58 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
Major spoiler in the title link!
posted by Neiltupper at 9:02 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by Neiltupper at 9:02 AM on May 8, 2011
I think Brandon Blatcher is saying the fact that we're so enthralled with this turn of events that we've made memes out of everything is proof we shouldn't release the photos. We'd have people shooping Osama's headshot body all over the place.
Just like what happened with Saddam Hussein's hanging video (see YTMND) and that kid from the So Cash meme after he got his head impaled with some debris in a street-racing accident.
The internet really doesn't do very well with boundaries, and we can argue whether that's good or bad.
Anyway, I think the meme potential of the photos is peripheral to other issues, like will the photos incite significantly more violence, and is it right for the government to show pictures of our dead enemies, or is that like the old kingdoms that used to put heads of enemies of the state on pikes? Those are bigger questions, to me at least.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:04 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
Just like what happened with Saddam Hussein's hanging video (see YTMND) and that kid from the So Cash meme after he got his head impaled with some debris in a street-racing accident.
The internet really doesn't do very well with boundaries, and we can argue whether that's good or bad.
Anyway, I think the meme potential of the photos is peripheral to other issues, like will the photos incite significantly more violence, and is it right for the government to show pictures of our dead enemies, or is that like the old kingdoms that used to put heads of enemies of the state on pikes? Those are bigger questions, to me at least.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:04 AM on May 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
homunculus: ""She knows about the villa! Should I worry?""
Ok this wins. "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" a second if you watch it to the end. The other classic video memes not so much after the first one.
posted by stbalbach at 9:20 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ok this wins. "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" a second if you watch it to the end. The other classic video memes not so much after the first one.
posted by stbalbach at 9:20 AM on May 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
> We'd have people shooping Osama's headshot body all over the place. Just like what happened with Saddam Hussein's hanging video
Let me explain to you that such things are a necessary and tiny consequence of free speech.
Consider the Saddam Hussein hanging remix videos as a perfect example. I never even heard of them before - I checked 'em out, they're offensive, who cares? Searching, I find no evidence that these videos had any effect on the real world.
If you wanted to point to proof that free speech should not be limited, even for potentially offensive things, the Saddam videos are the perfect example.
"Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done."
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 9:21 AM on May 8, 2011
Let me explain to you that such things are a necessary and tiny consequence of free speech.
Consider the Saddam Hussein hanging remix videos as a perfect example. I never even heard of them before - I checked 'em out, they're offensive, who cares? Searching, I find no evidence that these videos had any effect on the real world.
If you wanted to point to proof that free speech should not be limited, even for potentially offensive things, the Saddam videos are the perfect example.
"Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done."
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 9:21 AM on May 8, 2011
I'm not saying that's a thing I support, I was just saying that's his argument. I said it was peripheral to the real issues with releasing the photos.
Free speech is bound to give people freedom to do things we dislike, like picket funerals or spread white supremacist propaganda online, but it's worth it in spite of that.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:25 AM on May 8, 2011
Free speech is bound to give people freedom to do things we dislike, like picket funerals or spread white supremacist propaganda online, but it's worth it in spite of that.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:25 AM on May 8, 2011
mccarty.tim: gotcha, we're on the same wavelength.
I don't think this site will go viral, though - when it comes down to it, it's too bleak...
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 9:55 AM on May 8, 2011
I don't think this site will go viral, though - when it comes down to it, it's too bleak...
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 9:55 AM on May 8, 2011
How is releasing/not-releasing the photos of dead bin Laden a free speech issue?
posted by inigo2 at 10:11 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by inigo2 at 10:11 AM on May 8, 2011
I'm sure if Osama was still alive, he'd be watching this.
posted by Godwin Interjection at 10:42 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by Godwin Interjection at 10:42 AM on May 8, 2011
ROFL, love this! Sooo funny! Thanks for the belly laugh, randomination.
posted by nickyskye at 11:54 AM on May 8, 2011
posted by nickyskye at 11:54 AM on May 8, 2011
One little Internet amusement, with an interesting take-home lesson of the day:
1. Be dismissed and ignored by the people around you.
2. Vow to matter! They'll all be sorry!
3. Stew to build up bogus rage and anger. Never have a sense of humor again.
4. Recruit the poor suckers into your cult/organization so that they do all of your dirty work.
5. The Master Plan!
6. Strike terror through violence! Hate! Hate! Hate! Kill! Kill! Kill!
7. Become feared by enemies and allies alike who build you up!
8. Become full of yourself as you send out a bunch of rambling and pretentious messages! You're still relevant! You still matter! It's all about you!
9. Some more violence! Eh, what do you do for an encore, anyway?
10. Look for more media references about yourself as you become a couch potato shacked up in some hole as the rest of the world live their lives and go about their normal daily business.
11. Burrow yourself somewhere to make yourself an easy target to find. Deny to yourself that you are retreating.
12. Get killed by your enemies.
13. The world gets to see that you were just a guy, who despite being born into wealth and had every opportunity to live a good life and could make a positive difference for others, just sat in some run-down hole watching television. Whoop di do.
14. Be endless fodder for precisely one news cycle, thereby giving the slacker press stuff to talk about with important airs without having to do real research.
15. Become laughable and mediocre Internet meme shortly thereafter...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 12:28 PM on May 8, 2011
1. Be dismissed and ignored by the people around you.
2. Vow to matter! They'll all be sorry!
3. Stew to build up bogus rage and anger. Never have a sense of humor again.
4. Recruit the poor suckers into your cult/organization so that they do all of your dirty work.
5. The Master Plan!
6. Strike terror through violence! Hate! Hate! Hate! Kill! Kill! Kill!
7. Become feared by enemies and allies alike who build you up!
8. Become full of yourself as you send out a bunch of rambling and pretentious messages! You're still relevant! You still matter! It's all about you!
9. Some more violence! Eh, what do you do for an encore, anyway?
10. Look for more media references about yourself as you become a couch potato shacked up in some hole as the rest of the world live their lives and go about their normal daily business.
11. Burrow yourself somewhere to make yourself an easy target to find. Deny to yourself that you are retreating.
12. Get killed by your enemies.
13. The world gets to see that you were just a guy, who despite being born into wealth and had every opportunity to live a good life and could make a positive difference for others, just sat in some run-down hole watching television. Whoop di do.
14. Be endless fodder for precisely one news cycle, thereby giving the slacker press stuff to talk about with important airs without having to do real research.
15. Become laughable and mediocre Internet meme shortly thereafter...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 12:28 PM on May 8, 2011
This is funny. It's still surreal to me that he's dead, and that chapter is closed.
posted by Simpsolover at 12:39 PM on May 8, 2011
posted by Simpsolover at 12:39 PM on May 8, 2011
I have already driven poor Mrs. Pianoboy nuts with multiple variations on this thing today.
posted by pianoboy at 12:59 PM on May 8, 2011
posted by pianoboy at 12:59 PM on May 8, 2011
I guess 2Girls1Cup is off youtube?
posted by The Hamms Bear at 2:09 PM on May 8, 2011
posted by The Hamms Bear at 2:09 PM on May 8, 2011
I almost feel sorry for OBL, home alone at the holidays and watching the Marilyn Manson Christmas Special
posted by mannequito at 7:04 PM on May 8, 2011
posted by mannequito at 7:04 PM on May 8, 2011
@toodelydoodely - I would have expected this from you.
But I bet you Osama's wondering, "Hey Shay?"
posted by XhaustedProphet at 9:30 PM on May 8, 2011
But I bet you Osama's wondering, "Hey Shay?"
posted by XhaustedProphet at 9:30 PM on May 8, 2011
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