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The irony of what I’m about to post boggles the mind.

I have spent hours today reading about the Kimmel occupation that took place at NYU earlier this week. I have immersed myself in it, completely baffled at the sheer stupidity of what I witnessed. At this time, please watch the youtube video provided.

There are numerous decent articles about the situation, but this one is the best. Why were they doing this? Well, you can see their demands here.

I refuse to believe that this is not some incredibly awesome viral marketing campaign for macbooks. I simply refuse to believe that this is real.

If this was a South Park episode, I would hail it as the funniest thing I had ever seen, boldly proclaiming it wittier and more intelligent that any humorous act ever. Honestly, Trey Parker and Matt Stone could not come up with anything funnier or more absurd than this. The person holding the camera, Alex Lotorto, could not be any more annoying or ill informed about what he’s trying to do. He boldly proclaims at the beginning of the video “You can not come in here! This is a student’s free space!” Try to wrap your head around that.

I’m just getting warmed up. Some of these are gems that you actually laugh out loud to. Did anyone get the idea that Alex wanted a consensus practice? Whatever that is?

-”Excuse me, brutality here.” Alex states, as an authority figure walks into the room. Um, brutality? To that poor desk? DON’T HURT THE DESK IT DOESN’T LIKE THAT.
-”We have the right to not cooperate with you.” Hahahahahahhahah.
-Alex mutters, at one point, that they “probably drink corporate water”. Hell yeah! Stick it to the man and their corporate water! As if this wasn’t stupid enough, they then start showing their macbooks and macbook chargers. Ohahahhahahahh. Don’t miss the one girl calling home on her cell phone, saying YOU HAVE TO CALL ME BACK! like this is the last thing she might ever get to say to her family.
-”We are trying to reach a consensus! We are trying to reach a consensus! We will do it without you.” hahahghaghahahhahahahha

I think the best part about all of this is that Alex, the cameraman, doesn’t even go to NYU. He goes to some stupid college that I’ve never heard of. Most of these kids have been expelled, per some news article I can’t find anymore, and I say THANK YOU NYU. I hope these kids spend years working at a 7-11 to pay off their student loans. Wait. This is NYU, these kid’s parents were putting them through school. The more you read about this story, the more hilarious and absurd it is. It’s eerily reminiscent of Alice falling into the rabbit hole, the characters and the twists and turns of events becoming even less believable than the one before it.

I’m running out of ways to express my disbelief. I’ll end saying that videos like this really make me lose hope in humanity. I pray to God these kids never enter the real world. It would break them in half without blinking an eye.