Viral Videos

There is a sketch comedy group called Human Giant which stars comedians like Aziz Ansari and people you would recognize from VH1 pop culture shows like I Love the 90s. One sketch I particularly enjoyed was "Viral Videos." It had a guy named Dale who cut his penis off in front of a camera to become famous. As he's screaming obscenities from the pain he also manages to shout "Yes!I'm going to be famous!" He is interviewed by the news with another guy whose videos of him making funny faces into the camera have also been shared worldwide. However, this other guy has millions of more viewers which has led to a book deal and a reality TV show without him having to cut his dick off. His fame is more long lasting than Dale's even though it's just as stupid. With this modern technology, it's pretty easy for a person to become famous. However, it doesn't instantly make them a celebrity. The ones who tend to become a celebrity from Youtube fame have some kind of talent they can share with the world. The fame for the people who accidentally hurt themselves or make a fool of themselves in some way is often extremely short lived. People will talk about it for a week and then move on to the next stupid thing someone else did. I think people who have achieved their status are actual celebrities. Kim Kardashian is a celebrity because she decided to quickly do other things after the sex tape. Maybe she knew that the fame from her sex tape was going to be short-lived and took advantage of it when people were still paying attention to her by opening up a clothing line and starting her own reality TV show.