Warning: This blog post may/will contain strong adult language.  If you are easily offended, please do not continue to read the following post.

Everyone at some point in their lives have done something extremely stupid.  You know exactly what I am talking about.  It’s that moment you think about in your past where you think to yourself “What the hell was I thinking?”.  For most of us these moments were all when we were teenagers and in our early 20′s.  Why is that?  My theory is because teenagers are stupid.  Teens make up some of the dumbest people on the planet…  Here’s some proof!

Ghost Riding or Ghost Riding the Whip is a relatively recent idea originating from the Bay area that teenagers are using to entertain themselves and apparently others.  The concept of Ghost Riding is best defined as the act of when a person puts a car with an automatic transmission in drive or allows it to idle and then the driver (and passengers) of a vehicle exit while it is still rolling and dance beside it or on the roof.  Wait! What?

That’s right.. You read it correctly.  It’s when you exit a moving vehicle to dance beside it and on the roof while it continues to move down the road.  If your over the age of 25, you can already see the horror coming can’t you?  Now I can tell you that I couldn’t believe that this was real after reading a blog post about ghost riding the whip by Justin.  So I checked with several other 20 something employees in the building and sure enough.. they all confirmed that it is indeed a real thing.  Sure enough there is even a Wikipedia page on Ghost Riding.

Just in case you can’t grasp the concept of what I am talking about, here is a parody video of two senior citezens ghost riding a scion.

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How fucking dumb do you have to be to think this is a good idea?  Who is the bright youngster that one day decided to remove himself from a moving vehicle so he could dance next to it like a moron?  It’s amazing to think that this is the future that we will be turning the world over too one day.  Even some of the men and women in the armed forces have decided to get on board the ghost riding wagon:

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Here’s another one of our brave soldiers serving his country well:

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We can only hope that more situations like the following keep happening.  This moron was ghost riding his piece of shit car when a onlooker decided to jack him for it.  This is just too priceless.  Hey dipshit!  If you were in the car while it was moving then it wouldn’t have been stolen so easily!

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There’s also another new term I learned today while doing my research of Ghost Riding.  That new term is “Hyphy Train”.  This is apparently when a entire group of morons gets together to ghost ride multiple whips in a row down the street.  Like the idea of just having one car load of idiots in a area wasn’t enough, now we have to do it in larger groups?  You know that’s not going to turn out well.  Typically the larger the group the stupider the people in it get.

After being just horrified watching videos of these idiots ghost riding on YouTube, I decided to go check in with a part time co-worker who happens to be a law enforcement officer in the Portland metro area.  He also had heard of the stupidity that is called ghost riding and informed me that drivers caught doing it will only get a ticket for wreck less driving and/or endangerment.  Unfortunately after a few more questions I found out that they simply can’t lock these poeple up in the clink for a week under the charge of being stupid.  That’s too bad, It might have helped.

Parent’s need to be aware of this ridiculous phenomenon.  They need to keep an eye on their vehicles.  If your teen borrows the car, or has their own, and it comes back with foot prints on the hood or roof… you know whats been happening.  Teens are tricky little bastards too, you should be suspicious if they come back with a fresh car wash every time too!

If you find out your teen has been ghost riding the whip with your car,  might I suggest foot riding as a punishment?  That’s where they dance down the street and you kick them in the ass every few steps for being a idiot.  Hell make them go around the block a few times, invite the neighbors out to watch.  If you feel particularly inclined… lets the neighbors join in on the kicking!

As you can probably tell, my thoughts are that your a god damn moron if your participating in these kinds activities.  One can only hope that another driver comes by, with any luck at all it will be a over worked cop, and they “accidentally” hit you with their car while your busy dancing in the street.  Make sure you get a video of that and post it on YouTube as well jackass.  Now that’s a video I wouldn’t mind watching.

What are your thoughts?  Have you done any Ghost Riding?  Is Ghost Riding the Whip popular among your friends?  What would you do if you found out your kid was doing this with the car they borrowed?  Share some link love and give us your comments below!

]]> http://www.robertrolfe.com/blog/rants/ghost-riding-whip-decline-humanity/feed/ 1 http://www.robertrolfe.com/blog/rants/videos-wow-freak-kid/ http://www.robertrolfe.com/blog/rants/videos-wow-freak-kid/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:30:08 +0000 Robert Rolfe http://www.robertrolfe.com/?p=146 New videos were posted about the World of WarCraft Freak Out Kid!  Could we really be so lucky.  If this keeps up I might actually start to feel a little sorry for this guy.  Looks like his little brother decided to torture him a little more by showing him the videos he posted on YouTube.  Lets take a look at his reaction:

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Yep!  Just as I thought… he didn’t take that well.  Another new video was posted showing a little more torture after he broke the microwave in the last set of videos I posted.  Here’s the footage:

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That’s all the updates that have been posted so far.  I will try to post any new updates as they are made available on YouTube.  For those of you following along at home.. Wafflepwn was the original YouTube user name for the little brothers account.  Now he is posting new video’s under the user name DaSexSymbol20.  Yep.. seems like a user name that a teenage boy would choose.

Freak out #1:
This one is kinda strange.  Apparently his mother canceled his World of Warcraft account and he lost all of his stuff.  It’s a huge over reaction, however it’s funny as hell that he calms down after his father yells at him.

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Freak out #2:
Either the kid got his World of Warcraft account back or this video was the first one made.  His brother sets up a video camera and proceeds to torture him online from the other room.  The way this kid starts talking to his mother is insane.  It would be better if she walked in and smacked him.

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Freak out #3:
It’s the kids birthday and he’s turning 16 today!  what does every teenager want when they turn 16?  A Car!  This little shit’s parent happen to be nice enough to get him one.  He turns out to be less then grateful about it.

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Freak out #4:
Ahh.. The parents are gone for the day and things seem calm.  For a minute.  The kid decides to take out his father’s guitar and play it on the porch.  Over reacting to his brother giving him a little flack.. he trashes dad’s guitar.  By now this is like a train wreck.. you just have to keep watching don’t you?

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Freak out #5:
Well.. Now we are hungry!  Lets put some food in the microwave and make something to eat.  Based on our previous video’s here I am surprised the kid even bothered to try and make his own food.  I half expected him to demand that someone else make it for him.  Either way.. the microwave doesn’t work as well as he would like….

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That’s all we have for now.  I am sure his brother will post more videos in the future of him freaking out over stupid little shit.  If you want to find them on YouTube then they are being posted under the username wafflepwn.

As for my thoughts.. these videos are somewhat funny but something needs to be done about this kid.  My only hope is that his father somehow stumbles across this blog posting so he can read the following:

Sir,
Your child has no respect for you, your wife or your property.  He is either a spoiled little shit or has a serious anger management problem.  Please get the kid some therapy before sending him out into the real world where the rest of us have to deal with him.  I will let it be your choice as to what kind of therapy that is..  be it professional or a good old back yard ass kicking.  It obviously shows he could use a good ass kicking just for the way he talks to his mother.
Thanks,
Rob.

Until next time guys!

I first caught a glimpse of this story this morning on the news while getting ready for work.   The whole idea was so outrageous I just had to find the source story and write about it.

The was reported by Komo News of Seattle Washington.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Too much bare skin – even if for a good cause – is not OK, according to some.

A local bikini car wash stand offers just what you’d expect — bikini-clad women scrubbing your car clean. But the concept is proving to be offensive to many, including the stand’s intended beneficiary.

The stand’s owner and manager had planned to donate half of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but the organization doesn’t want the money. The group says it doesn’t want to be affiliated with the women in bikinis.

“We would never want to engage in any sort of partnership or activity that could be perceived as offensive to some of our families,” said Jeannette Tarcha of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

But some don’t see what the problem is.

“They should take any type of money,” said “Kira,” one of the employees. “Those kids would be happy to receive anything even if it comes from a bikini car wash,”

The girls work for Ronnie, an entrepreneur who owns an online Web site that offers fully-dressed poker hostesses. Ronnie has been advertising the car wash on his site as well as on Craigslist.

Ronnie planned on teaming up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise $3,500. He had good intentions, but some say it was a bad idea.

“I’m a little upset about it. We contacted them first. They got back to us right off with a ‘no.’” said Ronnie.

The nonprofit group admits donations are down by as much as 10 percent compared to last year. It decides who they want to partner with on a case-by-case basis, staying away from what’s could be perceived as adult entertainment.

“If a dying kid is getting their wish to go to Disney world in two weeks, and you come to them and say that money is not available because we declined to accept it from girls a bikini, that kid wouldn’t care where the money would came from,” said Ronnie.

Ronnie said he plans to go forward with the bikini car wash anyway, then donate a portion of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation anonymously.

The original story

Let’s start of by saying that the Make-A-Wish foundation is one of the best organizations on the planet.  They spend their donation dollars towards granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.  The ideal behind this organization is nothing short of awesome.  With that being said, the fact that the Make-A-Wish foundation refused the donation above also makes them one of the stupidest organizations on the planet.

The idea that the organization won’t accept the donation because it comes from bikini clad women washing cars is ridiculous.  The person who made this decision at the organization needs to resign or be fired for putting their personal beliefs in front of a sizable donation to help grant the wishes of a dying child.

I can certainly understand not wanting to accept a donation from adult entertainment fund raiser for a foundation serving children, however this is different.  This is a car wash.  A car wash that can be found on almost any street corner during the summer months for any number of good causes.  I would think that a cause such as the Make-A-Wish foundation would qualify as being good enough to throw a car wash for.

It really shouldn’t make a difference that the women were wearing bikini’s.  As I previously said.. It’s a car wash.  What would the Make-A-Wish foundation like these women to be wearing while washing cars?  Cocktail Dresses?

Really I can’t count the number of times I have driven by a local high school cheer squad doing a car wash as a fund raiser.  Almost every time there are girls out there wearing bikinis and washing cars.  If its good enough for them.. why isn’t it good enough for the dying children?  You can’t tell me that the people of the  Make-A-Wish foundation are more up tight then the soccer mom’s of the local high school’s PTA.

Honestly the whole thing saddens me.  The Make-A-Wish foundation has failed the people they serve in epic proportions this time.  In a year when the economy is down and donations are off by as much as 10%,  the foundation should be happy that people can and are willing to make any donations.  Maybe it’s time the Make-A-Wish foundation got over itself and took at look at what is really going on around them.

After all, I could understand if you were PETA not wanting to accept money from a car wash where the women are wearing animal skin bikinis.

What are you thoughts on this?  Has the Make-A-Wish foundation done the right thing?  or Should they have taken the money and been grateful?