A quick Harlem Shake discussion

[Ldude893]

Oh this just happen to be on the front page of Youtube at the moment-

I can't believe the show produced a couch gag that's even worse than that Ke$ha parody, though honestly that Ke$ha song was pretty catchy.

The Harlem Shake is harmless. A bit repetitive and predictable, but harmless.

 

[Berithil]

Huh, that's pretty funny. I prefer googles zerg rush though.

Also, I'm using this as an excuse to post this
The Barry Shitpeas segments of Charlie Brookers shows are always excellent at highlighting the inanity of much of modern culture, and I think few things are more deserving of the treatment than this.

So...

That's the whole thing?


That's pretty stupid. I'd rather people go back to Gangnam Style (and Gangnam Style got old quick for me)

 

[DoPo]

People comment on, and reply to, the title, without reading the OP properly.

Yeah, but I think it's not just you and me - I've seen it in many other threads, too. I thought people just found the OP too long and sort of skipped over it, so I was hoping that by having a single sentence of instructions I'd avoid it but alas.

Pretty clever actually.

I was mainly surprised how fast YouTube (or Google, if you will) came to recognise it - with Gangnam Style, I think it still took until it was number 1 and then about a week until they put it in the logo. Or something like that, point is - the recognition and tribute wasn't that fast as we saw here.

 

[lacktheknack]

It perfectly strikes the balance between length and WTFery. I quite enjoy them, although I don't seek them out.

The thirty seconds of the song are kind of awesome. The song as a whole is bloody awful. I find it sad that it's at the top of the pop charts.

The dances are stupid, but hey, doesn't the internet run entirely on liquid stupid? I say enjoy it.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Haven't seen it. I'm gonna sit this one out and wait till it blows over.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

I've heard the name, but this was the first time I've seen it. Watched the "original" video. This is what is popular now? Flapping your body around like a retard? To each their own I suppose, but I don't see the appeal.

 

[CharrHearted]

PEWDIEPIE's harlem shake video is by far the most wtf and hilarious one yet.

Has me balling out in laughter every time.

 

[Reaper195]

WHY?!

I don't hate it, it's harmless, but... why?

What is the point? What is gained by imitating this thing?

It's like someone told a joke, then everyone started telling the same joke, even to people who they knew had already heard the joke, for no other reason than it was the joke that people were telling.

Sounds like every fad ever.

 

[ToastedCorpser4Lunch]

White people have officially given up on dancing, I will accept no other answer.

 

[Karlaxx]

Norwegian armed forces still did the best one, although the Miami Heat are a close second.

 

[shadyh8er]

Honestly, I love it! If I had time I would make one of my own. Came close when my Mock Trial team was all together. We would have started in our normal clothes, then switched to our suits at the "drop." But we had work to do and couldn't get around to it.