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Don’t Buy: Reaction Videos

I looked up “reaction video” on UrbanDictionary:

A video, typically posted on YouTube, that depicts someone’s reaction to seeing or being shown a disturbing or frightening image or video. This is usually a shock site, a screamer or something similar.
This is a really lame concept. It’s the cheap-ass version of Sci Fi’s Scare Tactics: give [...]

Buy: Fake Trailers

Sundays are usually spent looping old movie trailers (from 2001’s Sweet November ["Redemption's not for sale today."] to 1992’s Home Alone 2 [Chris Columbus' best?]).
But what better way to spend 4:21 than watching RomCom movie stills set to wordless Evanescence-inspired tunes? I tried searching for the promotional preview of Alicia Silverstone’s swansong, Excess Baggage, and [...]

Buy: Attack Ad Music Cues

It’s only six days until the election, and we’ve long since moved past talking about issues to talking about image. Is John McCain too grizzled? Is Barack Obama too cool? Is Joe Biden too greasy? (Just kidding. No one cares about Joe Biden’s image, not even Joe Biden)
Politicians have always used a variety of low-information [...]

Buy: Sarcastic Miley Cyrus

I hated her, now I like her. Her show is really dumb. But her cattiness makes up for it. Evidence:

Apparently, the girl on the left of the original video is dating Miley’s ex boyfriend, a Jonas Brother. It’s Disney Drama! Also, this is really fun! It even looks like fun. And names here don’t really [...]