Comments on: What the Hell is Matt? http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:23:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-211274 Kevin Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:51:25 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-211274 Honestly, I shed a couple tears the first time I watched this. He made a beautiful video that shows many different people from many different places having fun. It made me think of how we're all in this life together now. Wow. Now I randomly watch it once a week whenever I feel a little down and it always makes me smile. Honestly, I shed a couple tears the first time I watched this. He made a beautiful video that shows many different people from many different places having fun. It made me think of how we’re all in this life together now. Wow. Now I randomly watch it once a week whenever I feel a little down and it always makes me smile.

]]> By: Stacy http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-204080 Stacy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:49:35 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-204080 I've been a fan of Matt for a while.... His movie was one of the first things I put on my new blog. I try to check in with Youtube once in a while to see if he's done anything new. I had a strong feeling he was "humanistic". Go Matt! And that song is captivating, no? I’ve been a fan of Matt for a while…. His movie was one of the first things I put on my new blog. I try to check in with Youtube once in a while to see if he’s done anything new. I had a strong feeling he was “humanistic”. Go Matt! And that song is captivating, no?

]]> By: Agersomnia http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203948 Agersomnia Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:11:55 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203948 WONDERFUL video. I hadn't seen it before... I was't here around the first time the video was posted. WONDERFUL video.

I hadn’t seen it before… I was’t here around the first time the video was posted.

]]> By: TXatheist http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203854 TXatheist Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:40:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203854 Gabriel, his FAQ answers the question I had too, how does he afford it... How do you afford all this travel? I saved up at my job for a few years and then quit. That’s the simple answer. It also doesn’t cost as much as a lot of folks think. Aside from the flights, I spend less on any given day than I would sitting at home paying utilities, car insurance, parking tickets (I get a lot of parking tickets)... If you visit regions like Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South America, and most of Africa -- and you’re willing to rough it a little -- you can get by on dollars a day. More recently, with the crazy and unexpected response to the first dancing video, I’ve been lucky enough to find help getting to those hard-to-reach places. So no, I didn't fund the whirlwind, seven-continent escapade with the money I tucked away making videogames. Gabriel, his FAQ answers the question I had too, how does he afford it…
How do you afford all this travel?

I saved up at my job for a few years and then quit. That’s the simple answer.

It also doesn’t cost as much as a lot of folks think. Aside from the flights, I spend less on any given day than I would sitting at home paying utilities, car insurance, parking tickets (I get a lot of parking tickets)…

If you visit regions like Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South America, and most of Africa — and you’re willing to rough it a little — you can get by on dollars a day.

More recently, with the crazy and unexpected response to the first dancing video, I’ve been lucky enough to find help getting to those hard-to-reach places. So no, I didn’t fund the whirlwind, seven-continent escapade with the money I tucked away making videogames.

]]> By: TXatheist http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203851 TXatheist Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:37:38 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203851 Very nice Siamang and you had me for a second, I thought you might have song that song until I read it was Frank Sinatra(not that I dislike him, I'm just not familiar with his stuff) Very nice Siamang and you had me for a second, I thought you might have song that song until I read it was Frank Sinatra(not that I dislike him, I’m just not familiar with his stuff)

]]> By: Julie http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203792 Julie Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:48:02 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203792 Great video, Siamang. Your little girl was so cute back then...she still is, but she's...louder...these days! Great video, Siamang. Your little girl was so cute back then…she still is, but she’s…louder…these days!

]]> By: Kobra http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203722 Kobra Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:39:49 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203722 A vast majority of funny and intelligent people are humanist, atheist, agnostic, secular, or otherwise nonreligious. That's another point for us. A vast majority of funny and intelligent people are humanist, atheist, agnostic, secular, or otherwise nonreligious. That’s another point for us.

]]> By: Desert Son http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203577 Desert Son Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:25:49 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203577 Noadi wrote, <blockquote>I think that video is just concentrated joyfulness.</blockquote> Couldn't agree more. Pure joy. Hats off to Matt. I used to think the world would be a better place if everyone had a chance, in moments of real existential suffering, to sit quietly with someone they loved and have some ice cream. Now I think we need more spontaneous goofy dancing. Throw in ice cream, too, might as well. No kings, Robert Noadi wrote,

I think that video is just concentrated joyfulness.

Couldn’t agree more. Pure joy.

Hats off to Matt. I used to think the world would be a better place if everyone had a chance, in moments of real existential suffering, to sit quietly with someone they loved and have some ice cream. Now I think we need more spontaneous goofy dancing. Throw in ice cream, too, might as well.

No kings,

Robert

]]> By: Siamang http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203549 Siamang Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:47:58 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203549 Some of you may have already seen my answer to Matt's singing world travels. It's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNcONhXEOMc" rel="nofollow">me and my family in a video</a> where we crossed Matt with the Numa-Numa guy. Some of you may have already seen my answer to Matt’s singing world travels. It’s me and my family in a video where we crossed Matt with the Numa-Numa guy.

]]> By: Julie http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/comment-page-1/#comment-203530 Julie Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:03:46 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/what-the-hell-is-matt/#comment-203530 I've watched that video so many times and now it's here on Friendly Atheist, and I'll end up watching it again! I love this guy. He was into travel and did that little dance just to be funny, the way some people will take a picture with a little souvenir every place they go. That was his little thing he did, and he edited the clips together just for friends. Then the video he made ended up circulating on the web and getting tons of hits. Cadbury Adams asked him to do another one and paid his way around the world as a promotion for Stride gum. So now he's made three videos, and this is the most recent one. All these people who have contacted him came out to dance in the videos. (And he paid those Papua New Guinea guys, I think.) He has lectures about how this all came to be on Youtube. He's really great! That video makes me cry, too. Just so cool. If you can watch some of the outtakes and other stuff on Youtube, you really get a sense of what an awesome guy he is. I’ve watched that video so many times and now it’s here on Friendly Atheist, and I’ll end up watching it again! I love this guy. He was into travel and did that little dance just to be funny, the way some people will take a picture with a little souvenir every place they go. That was his little thing he did, and he edited the clips together just for friends. Then the video he made ended up circulating on the web and getting tons of hits. Cadbury Adams asked him to do another one and paid his way around the world as a promotion for Stride gum. So now he’s made three videos, and this is the most recent one. All these people who have contacted him came out to dance in the videos. (And he paid those Papua New Guinea guys, I think.)

He has lectures about how this all came to be on Youtube. He’s really great! That video makes me cry, too. Just so cool. If you can watch some of the outtakes and other stuff on Youtube, you really get a sense of what an awesome guy he is.

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