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The Joys of Virality

Oh Gotye, how I loved thee…

Like pretty much everyone else in the US, I fell in love with the Gotye song “Somebody I Used to Know.” It was so new, so different. And then suddenly, it was everywhere.

The roller derby, the grocery store, the radio. Eventually, I heard it at Goodwill. No kidding. Good-freaking-will…

Sigh. When something “goes viral,” do we think about the laughing stocks that these artists will become someday? Poor Gotye. He must be crying himself to sleep over all of the fun that people are poking at him.

Crying all the way to the bank, that is…

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This post is categorized in: Viral Video of the Week

About Kat Schroeder

Kat is part of Cohort 11 in the MCDM. Her particular interests are technology in everyday life (especially parenting), and multimedia storytelling.

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