Kids and Their YouTubes [A Story of Offensiveness, Obesity, and Boy-on-Hat Crime]

There's not much I can say except the internet is a crazy place and my new gig blogging about viral videos for Bostonist has me sifting through pages and pages of Boston-tagged videos, which has introduced me to a whole new world of crazy crazy shit.

This is one of those videos.



Oh kids and their racism, hat-ism, and shovel abuse.

Racism Will Totally Ruin Your Clothes [I Heart Canadians and Their PS-eh?s]

Reason #3,235 I love Canadians: They make killer PSAs. This "Anti-Racism Girl" PSA was created by students at Oak Park High School in Winnipeg, Canada as part of their celebration of the UN designated International Day for the Elimination of Discrimination (March 21). (Hat tip to Boing Boing)



And here's another great Canadian PSA gem from the Concern Children's Advertisers. (I use this advice on all my first dates!*)



And for a little compare and contrast, check out this Irish commercial about the importance of paying attention. Fair warning, I first saw this 4 years ago when I was living in Ireland and the memory of seeing it for the first time still scars me to this day. Enjoy!



Lest you think all Canadian PSAs are happyfuzzybunnykittens, I've found one about kitchen safety and the burning potential of grease that's so disturbing, I'm going to leave it behind this text for the bravest to click.


* haha who am I kidding? I don't date!