On April 11 , 2016 , Wurtz won the Shorty Award for " Best in Weird " at the 8th Shorty Awards for his six-second videos on Vine ( " history of japan " was released after the voting and so was not included in the award consideration ) . His acceptance speech for the award was notably curt , as he walked up to the mic , said " Thank you " , and walked off the stage right after . He has stated in a video on his website that this was entirely intentional , having been directly inspired by an acceptance speech given by André 3000
8th Shorty Awards
8th Shorty Awards
Bill Wurtz