Having the immense pleasure of knowing Thought Catalog Editor Ryan O’Connell in person is somewhat of a privilege. Fans of his writing know him as the always hilarious, sometimes emotive, socially and culturally astute voice of 20-somethings not only in New York but in cities the world over. Now fans have a chance to see Ryan as we see him over a Skinnygirl at happy hour; having dropped his initial web series, “Hot Or Not”, Ryan now a new series of videos for Thought Catalog in which he is at his comic best, addressing pressing issues like “Five Things That Straight Men Do That Confuse Gay Men” (above) in the first installment.

There’s a new Ryan in meme-town (move over Gosling): Thought Catalog will release a new video every Friday, and you’ll spend your week hanging out for them. To celebrate Ryan’s new video project, we’ve asked him what his top 5 favorite viral videos are and why, and if you stick around we’ll have our exclusive interview with him on Friday, in time for the release of Thought Catalog’s next video…