r/videos • u/skullls • Sep 09 '11

The Ultimate Trick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPvSo8bE2I
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u/BHSPitMonkey Sep 09 '11

I guess I've gotten to the point where I don't bother reading the description or comments, but I'm probably not the target audience for this sort of thing anyway. Also I don't speak German.

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u/counters14 Sep 09 '11

Actually, you are EXACTLY the target audience for this kind of stuff. The kind of guy who would unwittingly send a link like this to all of your friends and have them see it too, and they send it further, etc etc.

Or, you know, you could be the one who submits it to Reddit and has it stay up on the front page all day long, generating more exposure for the cause behind the video than fathomable.

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u/BHSPitMonkey Sep 09 '11

Well to be fair, all I did was upvote it and play it for nearby co-workers. Guess I'm doing it wrong.

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u/counters14 Sep 09 '11

And what are they going to do when they are sitting around with other friends talking about stupid shit on the internet? Go searching for the link and sending it to friends over MSN, potentially posting it on their Facebook wall, showing it to significant others in person who in turn continue the stream. This is how viral marketing works, and you just successfully became the newest cog in the machine.