In case one of the thousands of computers you interact with and/or wear on a daily basis failed to remind you, the 19th Annual Webby Awards were held this week. As has become tradition, the celebration—which honors the year’s best, most important cat videos, as well as the various internet services, infrastructure, and bureaucratic detritus that makes viewing them a possibility—was hosted by a popular comedian. And continuing his time-honored tradition of crushing gigs that he may or may not be all that emotionally invested in, Hannibal Buress stepped up to the plate this year, delivering an opening speech that touched on AOL, the Mad Men finale, and that inescapable U2 album from last year. Delivered with Buress’ usual, slightly rambling comedic style, it’s a must-watch speech for anyone who loves to see tech workers awkwardly try to smile while a disinterested genius riffs about flatulent Uber operators.
Of course, it’s possible that the Webby crowd simply wasn’t accustomed to Buress’ softly delivered verbosity, since most of the ceremony’s speakers are constrained by its famous five-word limit on acceptance speeches. (And heaven help anyone who violates the rule— “Shia LaBeouf Live” writer and performer Rob Cantor was lucky to escape alive after dropping “I never learned how to count” on the ravenous crowd.)