Try to think of it as sort of a casual backhand.

I'm not sure that anyone could do anything to make that bearded dude seem any more laughable, really

But some of the messages really got to him, like "Why are you picking on that old hippie?"

"Those ones I feel like, yah, why did I do that?" he says.

John Holden doesn't think he should do videos like that anymore.

"Now that I'm kind of a YouTube star, I might come off as a real jerk if I pick on people. I thought it was funny, and I thought I got away with it and I thought people appreciated it when it was just really small. But now, I'm a little bit worried."

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/11/28/holden /

Well look, this stuff cannot sustain itself forever. Just be happy for the growly topless material we already have.