About the Author
Rick has never written a serious thing in his life, some of which can be found at ESPN the Magazine, McSweeney's, Radar Magazine, Deadspin, Flak Magazine and The Morning News. The rest can be found here. He lives in Los Angeles, is a White Sox fan, and maintains a personal blog.
Believe it or not, there is a large contingent of people on the Internet that believe the following video is 100% true:
Yes, they believe that someone in a position of power in 1988 felt the best way to notify the residents of Miami-Dade county who the sex offenders were that lived in their general vicinity was by sticking them in a music video. While we’re not dumb enough to fall for that – it’s the work of comedian Scott Gairdner, folks – we will bring up the necessary question of whether or not police should regularly stick convicted sex offenders in 80s-esque music videos. And officially, we say yes. Anyone who feels differently is foolish.
I laughed