02/27/2004 Archived Entry: "title goes here"

Its interesting how the Internet Blogosphere (a word invented by not me) can create its own heroes. Two obvious examples are, of course, William Hung and Ghislain Raza. Seems like everyone starts by laughing at these guys and then cheering them on (perhaps so they could laugh more?), but I'm definately in it for the humour. Those two guys who with their unabashed passion and lack of talent obviously struck such a chord which sent ripples so far and wide that mainstream outlets turned them to waves. These aren't people who're carefully constructed to appeal to a mass audience but are so genuine in their efforts that they do anyways.

Would it be possible, then, to manufacture such an Internet hero? What if I were to make up a video of one of my friends approaching dozens of girls (who were in on it) in rapid succession and being shot down in seconds (in soul searing manners) but yet never failing in his enthusiasm and determination? If I put said video on my site, under some false context, and got as many people as I could to see it; would a hero be born? Would fan sites and video remixes pop up? Would marriage proposals pour in? I think so. Who wants to be my guinea pig?

Replies: 5 comments

Hyperion has a shotgun, he thinks you should look somwhere other then here for your labrat.

Posted by Hyperion @ 02/27/2004 06:26 PM EST

"She bangs, she bangs..."

Lets say, hypothetically speaking now, that your new "superhero" video generates your desired appeal. This "guinea-pig" of yours has been very selective in asking girls that are just SMOKIN' and he never gets a yes. This goes on, and on. Eventually, this "hero" follows into the footsteps of William Houng and appears on Entertainment Tonight, etc. etc. Yet, you'd keep taping. Wouldn't it get to that point (123 girls later), that eventually some SIZZLIN' (why sizzlin'?, cuz I already used smokin') girl would say yes out of pity? Or maybe she'd just want her 15 minutes of fame? The longer she's with him, the more media attention it would garner. But, the story would quickly die, unless the fame-seeking chick turned it up a notch and went beyond "just" dating. Its a win-win situation! You have your video and the guy succeeds in the end.

Posted by dAN @ 02/27/2004 06:56 PM EST

So what you're saying, Dan, is that you're volunteering for this experiment?

Posted by Rayne @ 02/27/2004 11:28 PM EST

I volunteer shawn for the position.

Posted by Mike @ 02/28/2004 01:25 AM EST

I doubt he'd go for it.

Posted by Rayne @ 03/01/2004 12:37 PM EST