It just isn't the same internet anymore

This post is off topic for this blog, but it may not who knows, someday it might seem more relevant than it ever should have.


It is staggering to me how much the internet has changed. It used to be a place of endless resources and inside jokes. It would seem that the internet has now become a gateway to mainstream media.

The first time I remembered seeing an example of that was seeing that Seth Green had spoofed some emo kid (Chris Crocker)'s defense of Britney Spears (I'm ignorant to most of the details surround this). Regardless, it's significant because I'm pretty sure it was the first time I've ever seen a fairly accomplished comedic actor jump into the fray of an internet flame war.

For Reference, the original
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ
Seth Green's version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aiqkDm9UoKo


Last Week a co-worker had clued me into a show on MTV called "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" which is "a bisexual themed reality dating show" staring a person who was made "famous" for having over a million friends on face book. This is beyond idiotic to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Shot_at_Love_with_Tila_Tequila


So today, I learned of, what was for me, the 3rd strike for the old community of the internet. I'm sure many of us have seen the Chocolate Rain video which was first posted back in April and widely made fun of as he also became internet famous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

Well apparently, Dr. Pepper sponsored him to remix his song for a TV Comercial/Music Video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2x2W12A8Qow

If you watched that last video then you probably are right with me in feeling a bit speechless. However, I doubt this will be the last time we see such an example appear in popular culture. For those who partake internet communities, its always been a place where the trivial can become treasure, but to see the trivial actually becoming profitable grossly profitable is mind numbing.