Get boosted!

[Cherax]

First things first: watch this video. Don't question it. Stick with it.



Done? OK, here's a little context.

Steve Roggenbuck is an alt-lit poet from Michigan who wants you to be happy. His poems often appropriate 'found poetry' for the internet age, just as his philosophies appropriate carpe diem for the #YOLO generation. I started watching his videos months ago, appreciating them solely as comedic, but gradually began to understand the irrepressibly positive outlook on life that lay beneath the jump-cutting non-sequiturs (as well as some enlightening views on the internet as a tool for democratising culture, and some great alt-lit). Steve is trying his best to boost everyone around him - to make them more profoundly happy, and aware of the beauty of existing in this world together. When you're boosted, you'll send boosts off into your own social network, creating a global upward spiral of boosting. This is how we can make the world beautiful.

It's not overly complicated, but that's exactly the point. Living a boosted life relies on and encourages sincerity of character, and it's this clarity of expression that has really affected me. Through Steve, I have truly become a happier, more enlightened, more creative, more boosted AND more boosting individual. I want to take this opportunity to share this source of inspiration with you. Maybe you'll walk away confused or uninterested, but maybe, like me, if you give him a chance, you'll boost.

[Freewave]

Ummm honestly i don't know how much credence i give something like this. I get the positivity part and honestly if there's any place that musicians have to make the world a more beautiful place is in the music (which is why i get a lot of that out of brony community when its done well). But just yelling out phrases and acting like you're on meth isn't really the answer even if it's the popular thing to get noticed on youtube.

[Kushy Kallous]

This is a beautiful video with a great message.
reminds me of Advice to Live by, which, pardon my ignorance, I don't know much about.
Thanks for sharing that though. : ) Definitely inspiration to DO something.

If anyone is interested, here is the video I was referring to:


edit

But just yelling out phrases and acting like you're on meth isn't really the answer even if it's the popular thing to get noticed on youtube.

I could tell you that art comes in all forms, even example.
I could tell you that expression is important in his message.
I could go on, maybe a couple of lines, in his defense.

But I want to tell you, popularity had nothing to do with why he did this.
Don't know if it's right though, I just have wishful thinking. ; )

[Cherax]

But I want to tell you, popularity had nothing to do with why he did this.
Don't know if it's right though, I just have wishful thinking. ; )

Spot on. He does this because he's truly passionate about his poetry and his beliefs (and maybe because he recognises that yelling random things is comedy gold ;D).

Also, that's a beautiful song, man, thank you. Very boosting!

[ph00tbag]

But just yelling out phrases and acting like you're on meth isn't really the answer even if it's the popular thing to get noticed on youtube.

I get the sense he does it to lull you into a false sense of security before he hits you with the point.

Then you have to watch the video again because the opening probably has more to it than random shit.