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Wasn't this already posted? Oh well.
Wasn't this already posted? Oh well.
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LMAO I just happened to be playing this video when \"A Hard Day's Night\" came up on my playlist. Hilarious!
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Meg won't dance or wear her lab coat! Think of it as flair.
@pecan 3.14159265: While Meg is as cute as Jenny Aniston(I totally did not mean that in a creepy stalkey way, I SWEAR), I don't thing Ben is that bad a boss:
@pecan 3.14159265: No, it's the souls of former and future Circuit City workers, polished with the tears of warranty holders.
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I feel like the theme music from The Benny Hill Show would be more appropriate here.
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@Yoko Broke Up The Beatles: I'm honestly glad that I'm not the only person who thought Yakety Sax would make this video a bazillion times better than is already is.
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I tried to donate when the \"Taking it seriously.. since never!\" video came up but the donation site wouldn't work for me :(
Maybe I'll try again today. Or maybe I'll write a strongly worded letter to the execs and see what THEY have to say!
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Very cute. :)
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I was simply going to pop for a donation to get the tip jar up to $10k, but then I read the post above this one.
@triscuitbiscuit:
New Credit Card Rules Won't Stop You From Making Bad Decisions
The blog post, not the comment. I can see the confusion, though.
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Wow, the videos' been up for almost an hour and there haven't been any crybabies complaining about this video yet. Amazing!
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@squinko: Nor have we seen any of the \"Why isn't Meg in a thong bikini?\" crowd either...such simple blessings.
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Someone please de-interlace that video.
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Why are Ben and Meg always wearing the same clothes in these videos?
Donate to Consumerist. Get Ben and Meg new clothes.
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I think the video got hit by the Lifehacker effect, it won't load for me.
They should have blocked off that window in the back.
Maybe you guys will give someone 10 bucks to teach you how to deinterlace videos.
@WaywardSoul: You know, there's being complimentary, then there's being just plain creepy. It's things like this that would make even ME not do a video(and I'm pretty open, if my avatar is any indication), if it led to comments like this amongst others. Have a little decorum and class.
Meg is the Co-Executive Editor of a website that gets MILLIONS of hits, possibly daily if not certainly weekly. She is an intelligent person who also happens to be a woman. If you have no respect for her gender, than at least have some for what she has/is accomplishing along with her colleagues on a daily basis.
Sorry for getting so nasty, but there is a line, and you crossed it.
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@PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave: Try to be understanding. Virgins often blurt out inappropriate things.
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@PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave: Nasty? That was let off very very mildly, judging by the Internet Hate Machine standards. I mean, it was perfectly well reasoned and zero name calling!!
@squinko: Now THAT certainly would convince me to donate again!
@theblackdog: Hey, the consumerist is competing for my Internet dollars, they need to step up to the plate with their \"A\" game. We're in a recession you know - I only have so many to spend, and I have to put them where they best meet my needs.
Oh well, off to watch re-runs of The Man Show and plan my budget.
@WaywardSoul: I'm sure Meg will be hurt if you use your money to renew your subscription to your favorite porn sites rather than donate it to The Consumerist.
Would you be willing to donate if Ben was seductively washing a car, wearing a banana hammock? (Now there's an idea! ;)
@squinko: Truth be told, yes I would, not because I'm into that kind of thing, but because I'd be impressed by his williness to step outside the box.
For what it's worth if it ain't free I don't view it. The money I spend on the internet is only for material goods and services which again leads me to state that a silly video of Ben and Meg sneaking through the halls isn't gonna inspire me, or the very vast majority of others for that matter, to donate. Ben and Meg are gonna have to truly shock, entertain, or amaze us to grab our dollars.
If you, any of you, don't want to be included in \"us\" let's see you prove it by donating. Throw in at least a dollar and leave an (honest) comment here that you did and that you don't want to be included with the rest of us dicks. Don't wanna? Nah, I didn't think so. You just wanna get on your high horses, sound all offended, and give your little sermons, then you'll turn around and make similar jokes in your little circles, but you won't go beyond that. Will ya?
@WaywardSoul: GitEmSteveDave donated on the first day. I was waiting till I could donate a large amount to get a lab coat, but your comment spurred me into action. Just donated another $20 to the cause, and will donate more when my precious labcoat is on the block. So what am I now? Still on my high horse?
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Thank you for your contribution.Thanks for putting money in the tip jar! Nice one! You, my friend, have just rocked our world.
Donation Information: Card Type: Visa Authorization Number: 0X51XA Amount: 20.00 Date: 05/13/09 Personal
@PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, you definitely are, and you're enjoying it too, but at least you're doing a little bit more than sitting there defending the poor weak, helpless, lesser sex from all the evil Internet horrors they don't kow exist and that they're not prepared for. Now if you can just spur 10% of the millions of visitors you mentioned to join in with you and donate too then you might accomplish something real.
@WaywardSoul: People have been donating for the past few weeks without the super fucking offensive trampoline scenario, FYI.
@PersonalBest: Have they now? Less than $8000 in the tip jar for a site that PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave says \"gets MILLIONS of hits, possibly daily if not certainly weekly.\" It doesn't seem to me that too many people are donating. Either that or the average donation is a few cents.
Super fucking offensive? You really make me laugh my ass off. I have four sisters I've listened to for decades. They've have dozens of friends that I've listened to for years. I have and have had dozens of female friends in my life. I have heard so much smut, and so many racy comments, from them - not to mention the myriad women I've listened to on the street, in restaurants and clubs, in college and the like - that I truly doubt you can find more than one out of a million women who haven't said a hundred things a hundred times more offensive each. Meg included I'm sure. The only difference is I wrote it here and she might have said ick, ewww, yuck, I can't believe someone actually said that in the comments.
Yeah, it is an off color comment, a little too so given the nature of the site and all, but let's get real it's not the idea that's offensive but the posting of it. You know that everyone standing on their pulpit right now is guilty of much, much, more offensive thoughts and comments and acts... just not here.
@WaywardSoul: Not really, no. I wasn't sitting here thinking \"God, I wish I could just have a whole folder full of Meg fap fodder...\" I was thinking more along the lines of \"I sure hope he doesn't wonder why he has no followers...\"
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\"Throw in at least a dollar and leave an (honest) comment here that you did and that you don't want to be included with the rest of us dicks. Don't wanna? Nah, I didn't think so. You just wanna get on your high horses, sound all offended, and give your little sermons, then you'll turn around and make similar jokes in your little circles, but you won't go beyond that. Will ya?\"
Then why don't you get off YOUR high horse and actually donate something as well? And stop trying to change the subject, this had nothing to do with your original (now disemvoweled) comment.
@MudkipNPC: Pork or Non-player?: I'm not trying to change any subject, nor am I on a high horse, I've already said it'd take something super amusing to get me to consider donating anything. I'm egging all of you fakers with your fake concern and your fake bravado and fake shows of support on to show that you're nothing but a bunch of showboating hypocrits. So far GitEmSteveDave is the only one to try and prove me wrong.
nor am I on a high horse
And yet.
but at least you're doing a little bit more than sitting there defending the poor weak, helpless, lesser sex from all the evil Internet horrors they don't kow exist and that they're not prepared for.
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@WaywardSoul: Ohh, so this was all just for the greater good, to get everyone to donate right? Some tough love to get us off our showboatin' hypocritical asses via the ever-effective medium of chauvinism?
Thanks, pop. You're swell.
@WaywardSoul: The fact that you watch The Man Show explains the behavior you exhibited in your post.
Does this qualify for a disemvowling or is the ban hammer needed?
i'm too lazy to watch the video. how does it end?
@Jenkinsbball: Wow, this makes WaywardSoul look pale in comparison.
No wait, they're both jerks. Never mind.
@MudkipNPC: Pork or Non-player?: I think we should line up these creeps and let Meg get some revenge on them.
@Jenkinsbball: You know that there's free porn all over the rest of the Internet, and you don't need to creep-ify this place?
@Jenkinsbball: Seriously man. I was thinking \"wow she's cute. Maybe I should write a comment that says 'wow meg's cute.'\", but then you crawled out of your mom's basement with that post.
Dude - boundaries.
@ssaoi: They're making me feel creepy for saying the VIDEO was cute ... when I meant the \"comedy of doors\" thing and the taking it seriously comment. There's so many creepazoids letting their creep flags fly in the comments on these that I feel awkward being complimentary about the videos now.
@Jenkinsbball: There are no words that describe how angry this comment makes me.
For what it is worth, I apologize on behalf of my gender for jerks like this.
@PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave: Seriously. I mean I have made my share of \"Meg is as cute as a button\" comments, but they are always complimentary and respectful. That comment is just plain disgusting.
No need to apologize on behalf of our gender though. He does NOT speak on behalf of all guys. He is just a random creep who happens to be a male.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one disturbed by the creepy posts. Seriously great video, although I also anticipated the Benny Hill music. The music with it was fine though, so no complaints :).
I'll donate again down the road.
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It's a powder blue nightmare.
Whoa, Meg's...
totally the topic of some rude as hell comments up and amongst this post. Great video, guys!
@Con Seannery: Taking commenting seriously: You know, I once read an article which suggested that young women randomly screaming at concerts (think early Beatles film) was actually a signal of sexual maturity intended for other women in the audience. If this is true - and who really knows - I'd posit that men fulfill a similar need with filthy comments. Even the minor celebrity of a blogess is enough to solicit this from the teeming crowd that is the internet. Relax, fellas, we're sure you're all very capable.
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I will donate as soon as you involve more cats. My cat is my financial advisor and will not allow me to donate to non-feline friendly consumer blogs.
@Smashville: All my cats endorse the site:
They like the site because it helps them clean up coruption in businesses: They also like the notices of recalls for things like defective hoodies:And also where to get great Morning Deals on Shoes and Accesories:
Of course, they also like other sites, which are NSFW, unlike Consumerist:
@PartOfIMAXConspiracy_GitEmSteveDave: I'm sorry. I can't take the word of your cats unless the Captain chimes in and says this place is legit. I take his word seriously in a non-CorporateSpeak manner.
@Con Seannery: Taking commenting seriously: Indeed. How do I know your cats don't work for Just THINK Media?
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I love red hairs, I want one.
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Ugh... PLEASE DEINTERLACE THE VIDEO!
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Very cute. I do commend you guys for trying to find new, un-horrible ways to raise money for your site. Keep up the good thinking, and don't get stale on us, K?
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Am I the only one who wonders what's in the 2nd door on the left that no one goes into? And please promise us you will not turn Captain Duval Moneycat into the Scrappy-Do of this \"Scooby-Do\" series.
Also, I'll wear it Ben!
@Woooot!-Offing_GitEmSteveDave: I thought the exact same thing and kept waiting for that door to open.