Internet Stardom?

[Hellbender]

There was an article on AOL news today (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050226073809990007) about how embarassed the creator and star of a short flash video called "Numa Numa", which features a 19 year old kid singing and dancing (like a lunatic) to a Romanian Pop song. The article definitely gives it a pitying, "is not fair" slant to this account. It fails to really define, however, that he willfully put this ridiculous and embrarassing video online himself. Although I feel bad for him, I am kind of inclined to think he has no right to be upset. What do you think?

 

Here's a quote:

 

But with the Internet, humiliation - like everything else - has now gone public. Upload a video of yourself playing flute with your nose or dancing in your underwear, and people from Toledo to Turkmenistan can watch.

 

Um yeah, the internet is widely accessable. Any one who makes a silly video and posts it online does so with the full knowledge of this fact. I dare say they bring the embarassment on themselves. What do they expect to happen?

I'm interested in everyone's opinion, not necessarily about this video, but on if it the the worldwide web's fault or the maker of any silly, potentially embarassing movie.

[budullewraagh]

you know, the funny thing is that i had that song LONG before that video was created. a friend of mine went to montreal and found the o-zone cd. i heard dragostea din tei and despre tine before this was conceptualized. fancy that.

[Hellbender]

Thats pretty cool. Is it a really good band or something?

 

Ps Where in NY are you from?

[Ducky Havok]

I read that! I think its his own fault for posting it, but I found it funny that the article kept calling him pudgy

[Hellbender]

LOL me too. Welcome to the site, by the way.

[budullewraagh]

"Thats pretty cool. Is it a really good band or something?

 

Ps Where in NY are you from?"

 

it's like...disco/house music. my friend has euro-dance parties in his basement every so often and it suffices.

 

i'm from the capital district

[bloodhound]

this song was popular way before this in the internet community. there was another stupid vid of these three guys if I remember correctly