YouTube Boob

So, someone recently sent me a link to a YouTube video that showed a guy at a music festival who was so wasted (in the middle of the day) that he couldn't negotiate the simple act of putting on his flip-flops. I will admit, I laughed out loud when I watched it.

But it also made me wonder: who would be so cruel as to silently take a video of this act and then post it publicly on the Internet? I mean, it's one thing to observe this and laugh about it. Maybe tell it as a story to people later, like, "oh man, there was this one guy we saw who was sooooooo out of it...." But what's the point of the public humiliation?

We all make fools of ourselves and do embarrassing things in our lives. That's just how it is. It sucks and then we move on. But no one wants to be reminded of it. And definitely no one should want millions (3,251,238 views as of this morning) of people to see what happened and have the ability to watch it over and over again. How would the person who posted the video feel if something like this happened to them?

But then I realize that we live in a society now where people compete ferociously for this kind of exposure (MTV got that ball rolling with the Real World years ago). Make on ass of yourself for all the world to see and then you are famous. For all I know, the guy in this video loves that he's on the Internet and doesn't care how stupid he looks.

But honestly, what's happened to Do No Harm? What's happened to Pride? Is there no Shame anymore? I just don't get it.

One Reason I'm Glad That I Grew Up in the Eighties of the Day:

There was no YouTube, no Facebook, no MySpace, no Blogging, no Twitter. No way for people to publicly document stupid, reckless and immature behavior. Some things just don't need to be remembered.