The following video has already been viewed 3.2 million times on YouTube, so it hardly needs a link from me. But what the hell, it’s funny:
Penn Masala have a new CD out, and they were recently featured on NPR. But why do I have the feeling that they will now be best known — and beloved — by college students everywhere for “The Facebook Skit”?
Thanks for the link, Amardeep! Haha its so true, I searched my university facebook groups for “perfect 10’s” “The A-list” “Hottest girls at __ university”…hoping I would bump into one of those chicks on campus or in class (it never happened). I began poking and messaging these random hot girls, when I saw some of them on campus (I was recognized due to my profile picture and low student population of brown guys), I got cold stares and weird looks from 90% of them. I had to deactivate my facebook account and keep on the downlow for a while.
Regarding Penn Masala, this is the first time I’ve heard from them in a long, long time (2003?). Perhaps someone can inform me about their latest ongoings?
Nevermind, they have a new CD.
This is funny. 🙂 Is it just me, or does the singer lose his Apu-like accent a quarter of a way through the song? Accent training needed, indeed!
Anyone have news on Raagapella? I’ve heard from friends from Cali that they are even better!
…are you for real? what upsets me most about this is that you’ve taken on the handle ‘Jason Bourne.’ The real Jason Bourne wouldn’t resort to such lowly, creepy tactics.
Jason Bourne, I have to say, I find your comment a bit troubling. This video is a joke about stalking — but you sound like you’ve actually done a little stalking; I’m not surprised you got cold stares from women you tried to meet this way.
In some ways I’m glad I went to college before the social networking era. I’ve been having fun with Facebook Apps like Scrabulous, but I still prefer having a real social life when it comes down to it.
the other thing about ‘Jason Bourne’ is – on the thread about The Compulsive Confessor, he said that he wouldn’t be proud to have a sister or daughter like eM. well, ‘Jason Bourne,’ I’d be ashamed to have a creepy stalker like you in my family.
Yes, it is true, but a lot of guys I know do the same thing. My friends are worse than me. One of my friends (Patel) looks up random girl’s dorm/apt address on facebook and stalks/visits them : o . Its not our fault that our university is 62% male and 37% female.
Jason Bourne is my inspiration to change : ( .
what is this facebook where one meets women? do they make good martinis there?
umm wtf. just because there are more men than women at your university is not an invitation to literally STALK them. nor does the fact that your friends are ‘worse’ than you make it ok.
… and so it’s ok to do it. The brown theory of relativity!
One of my other favorite PennMasala gems is “Show Me the Meaning of Being Desi”. I was looking for a video, but couldn’t find a good one with them in it. 🙁
I was at the concert they gave for the release of their 2nd album. At it, they did a brilliant “Behind the Music” spoof that they showed in parts throughout the concert. I’ve been looking for clips of that ever since then, but to no avail.
this is funny and yet strangely disturbing too….
I agree i preferred being at uni before all these networks were around… i keep my profile v limited on facebook and the best thing was it helped me reconnect with old friends but i hardly spend anytime on there.
Real friends are way more fun that x number of online friends.
They say stalking is the sincerest form of flattery.
and are the women really hot on facebook? i mean as hot as katarina van den heuvel? as smart as jenna jameson?
I wonder if you will hold this opinion after the restraining order.
I wonder if you will hold this opinion after the restraining order.
Restraining order is dispositive evidence of flattery.
I love that song as well. “I’m a fob just look at me….how to party I don’t know….clothes that match don’t interest me baby” 😀
mean as hot as katarina van den heuvel?
I bet she was pretty cute when she was at Princeton.
aaaah! an optimist and a sincere fan. flattery indeed. 😀
On a related note, some opinion pieces about online social-network sites:
From NYT: The Fakebook Generation From WSJ: More, But Not Merrier
What I find most intriguing is summed up in this quote (from the WSJ article): “Sites such as MySpace or Facebook don’t allow users to distinguish among various types of personal relationships: your lover, your best friend, your work colleague and your mother are all “friends” in this world and are all categorized in the same way online.”
Now that is creepy.
This is hilarious, very very good.
what Katrina Van Den Heuvel is not preety?? I think she is the preetiest amongst pundits.
Poking and messaging girls on facebook makes me a stalker? I’ve never stalked a girl in my life. My friends have, I have not.
Are you an undergrad in college? To reiterate, I have never stalked a girl in my life. I poked and messaged girls on facebook, thats it.
Amardeep & Nala, if you’re not an undergrad in college, do you have younger undergrad siblings/cousins in college? Ask them.
That’s pretty creepy, but I have to ask: who puts their physical address on Facebook? Seriously, that’s just stupid!
Jason Bourne – yes, I’m an undergrad in college. maybe it depends on the type of school you go to, but at my school, it’s kind of thought of as weird if a stranger randomly messages you and pokes you without even adding you as a facebook friend. regardless of whether your behavior is literally ‘stalker’ behavior or not, it’s still messed up (and will NOT get you laid), which you realized when you deactivated your facebook account to lay low for a while, as you said.
Sarah – some people put their dorm and room number. assuming that you’re part of a university network and only people in that network can see your profile, they’d probably have access to that information anyway, through the school, so i don’t think it’s that dangerous…
The video was hilarious. I do think that women/men need to take precautions on these i-net social networking things. You never know who’s a weirdo. I ened up making a great girlfriend back out East circa 2004. She messaged me and said something like, “I just moved back from Cali. You seem super cool. I’m looking for girlfriends.” I kept thinking she was some creepy dude trying to lure me to a bar and then would nab me (this is after I talked to her on the phone). I was totally wrong, she was just one cool chick but I brought my friends to be safe on our first “date”!
forgot to add – until now. but i guess i don’t have to worry, b/c i go to a school where there are slightly more women than men!
Since we’re on this thread of hollering via facebook, can anyone please explain to me why desi brothers in cali and india friend me on facebook when I’m clearly located in NY? And in a relationship? I purposely put a picture of me and my boyfriend in my profile at all times to deter this type of contact, but to no avail. I get poked and messaged quite a bit and usually decline away. I also find it particularly odd that I get attention since I’m the most unphotogenic person I know, and the end of the day, how can you determine that you’re attracted to someone after looking at a photo that’s as big as a thumbprint?
But honestly, I think time is better spent on a dating site like Match or even a post on Craig’s List, Jason Bourne. After living in a city as crowded and (potentially) lonely like NYC, I understand why it’s easier for people to meet online. But at least on a dating site everyone’s intentions are known and you’re not making any unwanted approaches.
Nala – fair enough. It is weird to poke and message random girls — but, hey, I’m a weird guy.
Sona – this is why I restrict privacy settings so that strangers who are not in my school networks can’t see my profile pic. (well, that, and i’m intensely private to begin with)
On a related note, check out this video. Tamil song with English subtitles (as heard, not the real meaning).
Freshmen.
I’m not into dating sites, but thanks for the info. I love white girls but can’t get any cute ones in the good ol’ USA. You know what’s creepy? When “washed up” White women in their 30’s and 40’s hit on you : ( . It happens frequently whenever I hit up a club or bar…I wish they would leave me alone.
@31: how is this related?
lol! tell them to poke you on facebook instead.
out of curiosity, where do you get them? are you getting them in another country?
” mean as hot as katarina van den heuvel?”
“I bet she was pretty cute when she was at Princeton.”
heh 🙂 John McEnroe writes about his infatuation with her during his school days, in his autobio.
‘Jason Bourne’ – again, are you for real? I’d recommend double-checking what you write before your post… the misogyny in your posts is ridiculous. Gee, maybe there’s a reason you can’t ‘get’ girls, of any race?
LOL!
chaitain: @31: how is this related?
Desi + music + funny connection. Tenuous, i know. 🙂
White girls? No, I don’t get them from another country. Asian girls are into me for some odd reason, so I occasionally date them.
You’re a funny guy!
Jay-B, Not all women in their 30s and 40s are washed up. Watch your language, boy.
This seems to be a ripoff (or imitation, at least) of “MySpace: The Movie,” the short film posted to YouTube more than a year and a half ago. The kid responsible got a lot of press (NPR, NYT, 20/20, etc) and had some possible production deals? I don’t remember all the details, but there’s probably more here and here.
shakes head I will stop commenting in this thread. The economics one looks interesting…
Sorry, Hot Old Mama.
the whole ‘poke’ thing really creeps me out. Facebook is intensely populated by people who should know better.
mr. cicatrix – my math teacher senior year of high school (the year that facebook opened up to high school students) was on facebook, and he/his profile was known for ‘poking’ students who had just joined facebook. um, no one has still figured out if it’s really him or an anonymous student playing a joke.
i was in high school before the age of face book. my high school band teacher just skipped the technology and spent all day b*nging under@ged grls. went to pr!son 4 it.
A friend explained the whole “poke” thing to me the other day. She knows someone who works for facebook. Apparently when you poke someone, they can see your limited profile for a week, to see if they like you and maybe want to poke back or be friends or something..or whatever…
now, when you poke someone on facebook, does that mean you want to be friends, or “friends”
that my friend (no quotes) is your and the pokee’s call!