Longtail This

Have you heard of this "longtail effect"? It's the name for the trajectory that any interesting idea or item follows, first through the internet and then out into the world at large. I believe it can be graphed as follows:


Note: This is why I've stopped sending links to Glark, who usually replies to my efforts to be "web savvy" and "with it" by saying something along the lines of, "Oh, Doppelganger, you're so cute. What's it like living in 1997?"

But anticipation of ridicule is not enough to stop me from sharing this with all of you. Because it made me laugh, and even if you've seen it already, maybe it'll make you laugh again:


Welcome to 50 Books, the repertory cinema of the web! Sure, the floor is sticky and the seats are hard, but the ushers are always willing to look the other way if you feel like groping your movie companion.