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If you could send one video into space, what would it be?

I often find myself thinking if I could send one Youtube video into space in order to sum up the human experience what video would it be? Not the most popular, but the one what says the most. Well, after some thought, I think I would send this video of Dire Straits playing on a cassette deck (yes, a video, of a tape, of Dire Straits). From Greece, to Rome, to the British Empire, to Cable television this video about sums it all up I think. What video would you pick?

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Cory Arcangel
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    • Joey Hannukah 4 years ago

      I’d want to include some contemporary music.

    • Andrew S. 4 years ago

      The voice of a generation

    • Tim Atkinson 4 years ago

      In honor of Star Wars Day, and also because I love it so, here’s Miss Douglas, Stacy Hedger:

    • Brian Brian 4 years ago

      PIZZA

    • wwew 4 years ago

      atheist kid and keyboard cat

    • Ian H. 4 years ago

      The aliens should know that they’re not alone out there in space…

    • matthew williamson 4 years ago

      november rain, sort of.

    • The Internet's Very Own Veronica Belmont 4 years ago

      This was the first thing to come to mind.

    • Johnny S. 4 years ago

      Space needs to know what we have to offer.

    • Amanda Dobbins 4 years ago


      http://www.koreus.com/video/reaction-filles-res... [link]

      The American Idol girls got taken down from YouTube, but they live on here. I felt they are too important not to post.

    • Andy Yaco-Mink 4 years ago

      There’s a pretty good chance this one has already made it into space, but on the off chance it hasn’t…

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    • Eric Buth 4 years ago

      So if we send it into space it won’t be here anymore?

    • Sarah Morgan 4 years ago

      I feel like Balloon Man here sums up the human experience pretty well: doing something totally absurd, being irritable about it.

    • Jack Shepherd 4 years ago

      This challenge was too easy. I just searched for “human experience” using YouTube’s search function and this is what I came up with. I feel like this would confuse the hell out of those no-good space aliens.

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