The 'viral video' craze...

Like many pseudo-net savvy guys, I too was perturbed by the sound of a "viral video". It sounded like one of those .exe files that would serve you a hot cup of viruses with your cornflakes if you clicked on it after which you could spend all day debugging, formatting, reformatting and moaning over the lost porn... I mean important medical documents in your hard drive.

Turns out I was wrong... again. To quote from Wikipedia "A viral video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or Instant messaging, blogs and other media sharing websites".

Which is a cool thing... because you get to see people's tastes and also how insignificant things can make you a celebrity.

It may range from simple videos of a girl proclaiming she has a crush on Obama to a funny bunny tormenting a snake to the Susan Boyle video from Britain's Got talent which as I write this has been viewed 57,139,930 times... and that's just one version of hundreds available online.

I found especially hilarious the "Rick Roll'd phenomenon." To those who don't know what it is, it is a prank wherein you send someone a link promising them something they want to see ( let's see : for men, that would be cute b**bies, for women cute b*bies ( O and A, in case you're really wondering !!! ) Anyway, you click on the link and instead of what you've been promised, you get sent to the one hit wonder Rick Astley's Video of "Never Gonna Give You Up". For some reason, this prank really went viral and reached bizarre levels where you had news channels "Rick Rolling their anchors" and my personal favourite "the one where Astley RickRolls the Macy Thanksgiving Parade Live". Personally, I'm just glad with all the available options for porn, gore, smut and slut available, people still chose this funky ( yes, I said funky.. ) number to turn viral ( the present count stands at 16 million views... phew !! ) rather than something derogatory.

Anyway, this video below is an amazing video I came across that was apparently taken in the late 60's. It reminds me of an era when mankind was all about those two words.. man and kind, and how they could affect even the most ferocious of creatures.

The 'Bodyguard' soundtrack is the icing on this lovely video, don'cha think ?

Anyway, there are so many many awesome videos online that deserve to be promoted and turned viral. And while I'll need more time and posts to show some which I think are the best, I'd like you all to see this lovely video I came across about a young kid suffering from a fatal illness and the amazing lengths which someone went to just for his sake. I've seen it thrice already and truth be told, it brings a tear to my eye everytime. Truly uplifting, the ending is, don't you think ?

Who knows, maybe there is hope for humanity, after all, eh ?