«In today's digital age, it's not unusual to see viral
video wedding proposals, virtual gifts such as an e-bouquet of roses, or just simply a flirty text message to speed things up.»
Themes from the 2,185
video clips — collected from various online sources for the study — included births and babies,
weddings and
proposals, death and suffering, spiders and snakes, physical pratfalls and risky stunts, sexual acts, natural disasters, wondrous nature and awkward handshakes.