To prove the point of my immediately preceding post, as if by some crazy interweb magic, I just found this article from Advertising Age (online, of course), entitled “Most Painfully Clueless Press Release of the Week – 700 Views Does Not a YouTube Hit Make.”
Apparently, the article’s author received a really stupid and pointless press release heralding the latest and greatest “Video Gone Viral” YouTube sensation. The only problem? This supposedly hot viral video has only been viewed on YouTube 700 — 700!!! — times.
Notwithstanding the mountainous dribble now permeating every crevasse of the interwebs, this particular press release is truly flabbergasting considering you can get more visibility by posting a video of your cat on YouTube. In fact, Nora the Piano Playing Cat currently has 1,959,260 more views than this supposed viral video.
I don’t get it, really. Some shlub with a phony G.E.D. is getting paid money to write press releases about a “viral video” that has garnered less attention that a random drug test. Meanwhile, I can’t seem to convince anyone outside the legal field into giving me a paying job. Christ, I can come up with better SEM and advertising ideas than that, and I’ve done nothing but write legal briefs for the past 10 years.
Okay, here’s one for you; just show these knuckle-dragging nimrods a cat, any kind of cat — big, small, fluffy, shaved, wet, dry, awake, sleeping — what-the-fuck-ever. As noted above, it doesn’t matter.
And if you don’t like cats, go ahead and use a dog instead. Once again, it’s the fucking internet — it just doesn’t matter. For the love of god, Disney is producing a live-action “Underdog” movie this year. Trust me, use the same concept on the internet and you’ll make a damn fortune with that masterpiece.
You can use that idea. Go ahead and take it. Go ahead — call it a freebie.
Yeah, I know, the world’s not a fair place, and stupidity abounds. Whatever. Just know this — if you keep up with that attitude, I’m gonna have to change the name of this site from “A Bowl of Stupid” to “A Bowl of Shut The Fuck Up.”
Bitter? Me? Naaaah.
You’re funny! Well, I don’t think you should change your name but I will say that, that is more than a BOWL of stupid… it’s kind of a barrel or vat of stupid. Your post catches me at a good time as I never do this! But, let’s see if we get a lot of nosy people with this address. Come meet Ducky! It’s just a still hot, but she IS cute and the most interesting part of the post. My unbiased opinion of course.
We might beat the record for the LEAST amount of hits! Bitter? Me? Nah. 
Have a good weekend!
Word, homey.
I’m thinking about posting a video of my daily bowel movements and I can hopefully parlay that into an Oscar winning directorial career. With press agents like this guy has I should achieve world domination in say, 5 weeks. Let the excrement begin.
Sauerkraut can play the first 4 notes of the Wedding March. I used kitty treats while teaching him. Big mistake. Now, instead of rolling across the newspaper, the little hairball gets up on the piano and punches out those first 4 notes. Over and over. If the treat is not quick enough in the delivery, he comes over and starts swiping at the ankles.
Bit mistake. Never teach a cat to play the piano. It’s becomes just another tool in their ability to manipulate the local human population.