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Dearest Boom Stick,
If I had a penis I would call it the Crotch Rocket. My low hanging fruit would be called The Tires.
Thank you for asking.
Vroom vroom,
Mule
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Dearest Boom Stick,
If I had a penis I would call it the Crotch Rocket. My low hanging fruit would be called The Tires.
Thank you for asking.
Vroom vroom,
Mule
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Yeah, that's not gonna work for me.
STOP threatening people all the time with so-called "Big Shot" Moderating powers on the boards and in Chat.
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Dearest Fashionable Mule:
I would very much like to know your opinion on the whole "shopping haul" YT video phenomenon. I have looked at them on and off for a couple of years. Not with any kind of regularity mind you because I don't "follow" any or bookmark any but more so because I go on viewing jags where they are for a moment in time mesmerizing to me for say a whole evening and I can't tear myself away. But once I am done with that jag then I am done. Also, loosely related are the glut of "what I have in my closet" vids and "tutorial" vids.
I honestly don't know what to make of "haul" videos popularity other than obvious things like vicarious living, voyeurism, etc. There are some vidders who have legions of viewers and who's individual videos have view counts in the 100s of thousands. It has never once dawned on me to go shopping and then record a video of what I bought and share it with the interwebs because at its core it seems like the most banal and inane thing ever and yet like I said, sometimes you can happen upon one and find it mesmerizing to the point of then looking at the hauler's entire videography. Are they providing a public service or is it actually pretty shameless? Is the whole *thing* really just a symptom of the larger "reality TV" phenomenon and so-called average folk just can't get enough of peeking in on the lives of others?
What say you Mule? I know you keep your index finger on the hot button of all fashion pop culture shit like this. Also you are opinionated so thusly I know you have an opinion about them.
Yours,
Haul-less in Chicago
I would very much like to know your opinion on the whole "shopping haul" YT video phenomenon. I have looked at them on and off for a couple of years. Not with any kind of regularity mind you because I don't "follow" any or bookmark any but more so because I go on viewing jags where they are for a moment in time mesmerizing to me for say a whole evening and I can't tear myself away. But once I am done with that jag then I am done. Also, loosely related are the glut of "what I have in my closet" vids and "tutorial" vids.
I honestly don't know what to make of "haul" videos popularity other than obvious things like vicarious living, voyeurism, etc. There are some vidders who have legions of viewers and who's individual videos have view counts in the 100s of thousands. It has never once dawned on me to go shopping and then record a video of what I bought and share it with the interwebs because at its core it seems like the most banal and inane thing ever and yet like I said, sometimes you can happen upon one and find it mesmerizing to the point of then looking at the hauler's entire videography. Are they providing a public service or is it actually pretty shameless? Is the whole *thing* really just a symptom of the larger "reality TV" phenomenon and so-called average folk just can't get enough of peeking in on the lives of others?
What say you Mule? I know you keep your index finger on the hot button of all fashion pop culture shit like this. Also you are opinionated so thusly I know you have an opinion about them.
Yours,
Haul-less in Chicago
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Dearest Haul-less,
I must be open and honest. I had not heard of these haul videos of which you speak until you spoke of them. And now that I know I find the whole thing to be strange and tedious. If these women (although, most of the ones I watched are girls, girls in their teen bedrooms with pink walls and Tiger Beat posters) are going to show me their clothing purchases, could they at least do a fashion show. I can barely tell what the eff they're showing me. Also, these people are boring. I am in shock that they have so many fans and views. If I wanted to listen to teens talk about fashion I would sit in a food court on a Saturday afternoon. They were so tedious that I had to stop watching and I am a garbage viewer who watches all manner of terrible shit. I'm sure I'll come back and binge hate-watch in the future, but honestly, it's painful.
My conclusion: LAME! But now it's totally fodder for a short story that I'm going to write. Thanks. You will get a mention in the acknowledgements. Eventually.
Haul-lessly yours,
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I'm so fucking glad that I had not ever heard of those video's or have ever seen one. I don't honestly get the obsession of people who sit around on youtube just jumping from video to video and watching shit for hours. I go to Youtube to watch a specific thing then close it. That's it... although at Bookies behest I have now watched through season 2 of Chad Vader. It's good. And while I like that they jump right in and are short, they are actually too short. they do a little intro, and book you are in and then it's over, and you just feel like your constantly playing, exiting out, maximizing screen, playing again... extra. I wish I could find a single video that had the whole season, but I guess that's why they sell DVDs... .with bonus footage.
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Depends...I can usually go from video to video if they are of a similar theme that happens to pique my interest at the time, like sports accidents and other fails. But just random? not really and it has to be something that piques my interest at the time (and seeing people be hurt, wounded, or maimed through their own ineptitude is throughly entertaining for me).
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LOL!
I ignore the teens. . .for obvious reasons. What I think I find disturbingly fascinating are the grown ass adult haulers. Like what in the world would ever provoke a person to be at home and video their shopping AND at great length and detail? The make-up ones crack my shit up as do the ones for people who belong to those new monthly subscription companies where people get jewelty or shoes or haircare or makeup selections delivered every month. Like, folks can be so SERIOUS about opening the shipping box for the first time right on camera for their viewers, showing off the shoe box, highlighting the dustbag etc. and I'm all, "This is fucked up yo!" And because they have become so ubiquitous and vendors think they carry some clout there's even sites for them now like Haulerdeals.com. I mean I like buying and going apeshit over a new pair of shoes and don't mind letting the world know about it in an innocuous way but this seems entirely more malignant IMO and the people who hang on their every purchase and recommendation sadly have too much of a sheeple stank about them.
Also? OMG! I can't believe I gave someone fodder for a short story! Right on!
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I think you've answered your own question by watching it. People watch this shit for some reason. Trainwreck effect or whatever. It's as bad to pump up their egos with hit counts as it is to actaully make the video. This has turned into a world of attention seeking whores and one up manship to the point where so much has already been done that watching dumbasses open packages is entertainment.
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Totally, it's like all those videos you keep sending me of you just flexing in the mirror. I told I don't want them anymore - I have enough.
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Yeah... but you say... anymore... .meaning you wanted them at one point, so I still win... And i'm a beautiful evolving creature, there will always be more to see.
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Dearest Mule:
A spaghetti strap tank top with a t-shirt underneath it. . .or conversely, a t-shirt with a spaghetti strap tank top over it. What's up with that?
Confuddled in Chicago
A spaghetti strap tank top with a t-shirt underneath it. . .or conversely, a t-shirt with a spaghetti strap tank top over it. What's up with that?
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Dearest Mule,
The goat is hungry.
Concerned farmer
The goat is hungry.
Concerned farmer
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Dearest Confuddled,
What is up with that? I think this question can best be answered by looking to the current trends of the day, which are based on trends of days gone by. In the 90s the spaghetti-strap dress worn over a t-shirt was the coolest shit around. Everyone wanted to look like Winona Ryder in Reality Bites. Since 90s trends (see also: neon's resurgence and Doc Martens back in the foreground of shoe stores) are coming back, via hipsters and those who wish to be like them, I see this as just another element of ye olde 1990s trend, though I'm unsure of what kind of t-shirts and tank tops we're talking here. There's a difference between James Perse layering and a Budweiser spaghetti strap tank over a Metallic t-shirt. Not that I'm judging either way. Unless they're both super tight and creating a strange sausage effect and then I'm just all, c'mon, let's not do this to our lovely, woman bodies. Ladies, let's just agree on this!
Strappily yours,
Mule
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Dearest Farmer,
I hope this was not urgent as it's taken me over 12 hours to respond.
Is this a euphemism for man-goat love-making? If so, just do the deed. Unless you have questions about the logistics of said deed, in which case I can recommend some supplementary materials for your use. Do not be afraid. The goat will be gentle.
If not, the good part about goats is that they will eat anything. Goats are not picky eaters. They're just as happy eating some take out, or leftovers as they are going out for a fancy, white table cloth be-on-your-best-behaviour dinner. I've heard it told they even eat garbage, like this goat here in Spokane, Washington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRe7JlpMFo
I hope this has helped you. And say, "hi" to the goat for me.
Hungrily yours,
Mule
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