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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK so we know how the big evil internet is how bad guys learn how to make improvised destructive devices, and we know how pretty much any video which starts out with “Don’t try this at home” will result in undetermined numbers of injuries and fatality in those who tried this at home. But what of the flip side of that coin? I do sheepishly confess I am a fan of Epic Fail videos, YouTubes of (mostly teenage male) drunken fools doing stunts that go seriously wrong, usually preceded by commentary such as “Hey y’all, watch this shit.” Then the silly prole ends up in the hospital or mortuary. Yes I know it is not PC to laugh at them, but I would argue that laughter is mostly involuntary so I couldn’t help it at all, and besides it was their drunken buddies who put thing on YouTubes. I am just the innocent victim who watched them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In any case, I might argue that Epic Fail videos have saved untold injury and fatality, for the younger set watches that and can see that these failed stunts hurt. They might get an painless education in all the reasons to not do the kinds of stuff they see on Epic Fails. So in that sense, Epic Fail losers at least are doing a public service in educating the rest of the proles in what can happen.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Epic Fails. Your pain and suffering is not in vain.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>