Comments on: This is why I love YouTube

By: For eleven months of the year I am a very cynical person, and then.. « blue milk

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:47:06 +0000

[...] I am always stealing YouTube finds from other people’s blogs, for this one, thanks Feministe. [...]

By: Alyson

Alyson — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:15:19 +0000

These video’s made me laugh more than anything. Yes.. I found myself shaking my head because at times, I thought the message was offensive towards women… but when I watched the last one, it seemed more clear that maybe he was doing it for his mother, instead.
Anyway, it put a smile on my face.

By: katie

katie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:00:54 +0000

Oh my god. Seriously, this is like half of the women in my family, only replace the Long Island accent with Southern accents. “You’re gay, you’re gay!” “Hey! My son’s gay. Watch it!”

I can see how some people would see it as making fun of women just for the sake of easy humor – I did when I watched the first one the first time, but I came back and watched it again a day or so later, and something in the second one just reminded me of the women in my family, especially my aunt.

Thanks for posting these. They’re adorable. I’m going to go call my aunt now.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:08:05 +0000

Vanessa, that reminds me of my dad’s mom. Every time I’d visit, she’d be, “Ooohhh, you put weight on” while pinching some part of my body. Then she’d practically force-feed me ice cream or pie.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:36:46 +0000

Oh, and yeah, these videos are hilarious. Just a hair over the top of my own mother, who famously stated one time, “you eat too many carbs. Here, I brought you a lasagna.”

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:13:43 +0000

That’s the vibe I got, too. It didn’t seem like he was making fun of her; rather, it seems like he’s poking at her good-naturedly, but there’s a lot of love behind it.

By: orangepeacock

orangepeacock — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:11:26 +0000

Aw.

Why do I get the feeling that these are all about that kid’s mother? Reminds me so much of some of my relatives, especially that last part – “Ya hungry?”

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:07:43 +0000

That’s me with the Christmas Tree.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:07:34 +0000

Ha! That’s almost as clever as trying to appropriate an emotionally charged and racially offensive practice in order to manufacture outrage.

Seriously. A prime example of why so many WOC want a refund from feminism.

Too bad I’ve lost my receipt.

By: Sniper

Sniper — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:00:50 +0000

These pieces seem to be a loving tribute to, I bet, his mother. The last one was particularly cute.