2007. You know meaning of the graphic above and unless you were hiding under a landslide you saw the video. I wonder if anyone actually watched it until the end. I know I didn't. 30 seconds after the pivotal moment in the introduction I threw up.
video sharing was in its early days but was catapulted into a whole new world. Not only the actual video but the stream of reaction videos. Then more people watching and more reaction videos - and so on.
but what did it do and how does it relate to now? To my mind, it changed the mental DNA of the world. Not only as to what you can subject yourself to in the form of the horrible, disgusting and repugnant but set a model for novelty transformed into a sick form of confrontation.
but think about it. Short of a video showing a person being brutally killed, this video set the bar to a whole new absolute low. Reflecting upon it today, one thought came to mind as to where the 2 girls are now. Did it create a wave or trend in regards to such a video being produced? I have a limited imagination; has anyone attempted to make something even more repulsive?
at that time I had heard rumors of the video and someone I used to know sent me down the path with the simple introduction of "have you seen it?" in front of his computer. I was reluctant as I knew nothing of the content but, needless to say, once I had seen it I had been transformed and not in a good way.
it makes me think about what are the standards set by this amorphous creature called big technology. Did they skip the meeting at some point when it came to discussing duty of care? They can ban leaders from social media while all kinds of crazy interest groups and organisations still have Twitter accounts and web pages?
But to the main point and with a certain amount of determination I am sure I could expose myself to the truly disgusting. I get uneasy thinking about the very nature of censorship, but what was the point of this video? What were they trying to achieve? To create the ultimate goal of a new low?
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