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Tony needs a hug.
Okay, let us just pretend that this isn't Calvin and Hobbes. Let's pretend that the tiger is Tony the tiger. And Calvin is a girl. And both the tiger and the kid are of the same height, more or less. Eww sounds creepy. Let's just pretend there's no hugging at all.
Wait, Hobbes is part of Calvin's imagination, yes/no?
So here's a backgrounder. I wasn't online (GOOD TIMING!) when thewinekone uploaded a video entitled "A Stern Warning." So basically in the video, he's telling his viewers about an email he got from YouTube (or so it seemed). So YouTube has been observing his behavior in his videos (due to complaints) and they thought he has officially crossed the line with the content because for the past few months, the guy has ants in his pants and can't stop talking about teh sxe. So the Jootubez were like, oh hai stfu or your ass gets suspended. So the video is supposed to be a joke especially since it's labeled as comedy, but many viewers didn't catch the reference to an old fake video "In Memoriam." And they were like, oh what da hale, not my winecone brotha!!! Jootubez are going down! And people were bombarding YouTube with hate mails. So to calm everyone down, he made a follow up video called "It Was A Hoax" to confess that the email was... uhh.. a hoax.
Honestly, the first time I saw the video, my first reaction is "Wow, what an ingrate" even if it's true or not. But maybe the video was supposed to be taken into context because I think other people are getting their accounts suspended in a jiffy. Maybe it was supposed to cause an uproar for the ongoing suspension spree YouTube is having. Others may object that hey, this is just a cheap shot to grab attention, but to be honest, it scared teh shiznit out of people. It made people think about their video content. I've heard stories of people taking down some of their questionable videos for fear of being suspended as well. People became more responsible even for a short time!
It's quite sad though that even if he apologized for the confusion and all that, the video lives on. He made his video private already but some people were able to download the video and upload it online (Don't expect me to give you a link to the video because you'll be disappointed.) The video will never go away (unless he screams "COPYRIGHT!") but you can't deny the fact that once you release something online, it can spread like a virus and you can never get rid of the "contamination" no matter how much damage control you do. What horror is it for you to see your controversial video floating around the Internet when you have denounced the things you have said in it!
I was actually about to rant and rant and rant about thewinekone. Like, dude, time to get a new dictionary because your definition of humor is totally whacked. But you know what, I'll give him a break. I had a change of heart. I may not be able to watch his videos the way I used to. Like before, I'd laugh and cry at the same time (I'm so tempted to use his acronym but no, I can still resist.) and my parents would see me and they'd be like, what are you doing?! Priceless. If I could trap those moments into a fishbowl, I would do so. He's also not in my online friend/subscription lists whatever stuff anymore because 1) even if I try to add him on MySpace again, I won't be able to do so because I don't know his last name there or even the email he's using, 2) there's nothing to talk about with him, 3) I can still go to his pages anyway and 4) I'm just taking his advice to "don't forget to unsubscribe and not leave comments!" And I also may not agree with some of his ideas, but screw it. I support him. Hang in there, wine kone! And be more careful now.
*imaginary hugs, just like the imaginary Hobbes*
Oh wait. Just a thought for you guys who believed the warning video was true. If he was actually holding a letter coming from YouTube, it would be raining "YouTube" on the body of the letter. There was no mention of the name of the site at all. YouTube, or any other legit company for that matter, will always think about company branding with the stuff they release, and that includes business letters.
