Andy Warhol once said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”

With the rise of the internet, Warhol’s statement couldn’t be more truthful.

Because of the internet, it is almost guaranteed that, as long as you do something funny or just plain different, you will attain fame as long as your antics are viewed by people online, making you a “celebrity.”

The most recent viral video that has hit the web is General Larry Platt’s “Pants on the Ground” American Idol audition, which has resulted in spoofs and mass remakes, the most famous one by Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings.

Senior Barbara Lopez feels this is not necessarily a good thing. “It’s become far too easy for people to become famous,” she said. However sophomore Jason Moujaes argues otherwise.

“[Website like] Youtube allows merging stars to show their potential to gain fame,” he said. Examples of people who have reached recognition with the internet include, among many others, Youtube users MichellePhan, Juicystar07, and DulceCandy87. All three of these users have appeared in the well known Seventeen magazine for their work on makeup tutorials.

Another eminent internet celebrity is the young comedian Shane Dawson who is most prominently known for making parodies of celebrities, television shows, and movies. His goal is to eventually run his own television show.

“I love Shane Dawson. He’s so talented and with the amount of popularity he has gained so far, I wouldn’t be surprised if he does eventually get his own show,” said junior Madeena Haidari.

Before Shane Dawson and the rest of the abovementioned people made blogging well-known, most people expressed their thoughts with the blog, a shortened version of the word “web log.”

Blogs can be created for free on the website Blogger.com, and if that blog receive enough traffic, the creator will most likely begin to receive advertisement deals in turn for money.

As a result, people quit jobs and commit their life to further growing their blogs, leading one to believe that the internet does not necessarily have good effects. However, with the rising popularity of the internet, it is doubtful that the use of it will decrease any time soon.

The internet has shaped our communication, education, and evidently, our entertainment.

“The internet does have positive effects like informing the masses, but it also have negative effects like instant gratification,” said sophomore Robert Scheible, concisely summing up what many people consider the most ingenious invention of all time.