Apparently somebody at YouTube actually sat down and watched an Atlas Shrugs vlog, because they’ve tugged on some Playtex rubber gloves, delicately picked up her latest offering with a pair of ice tongs, and regretfully returned it to her.

There are several reasons why YouTube may have declined Pam’s video. One possibility is that she appears to have surgically removed the face of Jennifer Lopez, and is prancing around the house with it stapled to her head. Another possible objection is the content, which we can infer from her next choice of video host: liveleak. Now, I’m no expert, but if that’s not a site featuring cam girls performing golden showers, then there’s probably quite a few computer-literate men in diapers cuing up complaints to the Better Business Bureau right about now.
But the scariest thing is the caveat regarding her last hosting option: “videoegg (problem with the egg is a five minute max).”
That does seem unreasonable. How could anyone possibly be expected to deliver an exhaustive analysis of the geo-strategic ramifications of Congressional infringement upon the Article II prerogatives of the Unitary Executive and get through all 8 verses of “My Humps” in five minutes?
I mean come on, people! She’s a tigress, sure, but she’s still just one woman! Well, one woman and part of another woman’s face.

Liveleak seems to have a little of everything (very little) – some of the political stuff was okay, sort of, the shoplifting kid was funny, but the two women oil wrestling in a kiddie pool was a total disappointment. Videoegg doesn’t seem to offer too much besides a way to nagivate around others’ websites, unless I’m missing something–are they trying to become the video version of MySpace?
Same business model for both:
1) Invite people to post anything regardless of quality.
2) Sell a few ads here and there.
3) Pray that Google comes along and gives you a billion dollars for your pile of shit website before you go bankrupt.
Left by trashfire on May 3rd, 2007