Poll: Someone please explain this to me...

[Drolly The Escapist Monster]

Dude, come on, when people get home, they just want to relax with stupid shit. Like I'm a banana. Just calm down and enjoy and don't waste your valuable video watching time by posting comments whining about things you can't change, like I am now. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a Banana related video I need to favorite.

 

[Kaymish]

the only 2 things i do with youtube are usally watch (pirate) music videos and have a laugh at stupid creationists and some of the how to's and lets plays...'s are not bad

 

[FalloutJack]

I'm a banana.

Bananas are good.

(Also, there are worse places than Youtube.)

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Almost all of YT is dumb nonsense.
However, it is also a real treasure trove for old and hard to find material, so it rules.

VideoDownloadHelper addon ftw

 

[keillord]

Please, someone explain Youtube to me.

I don't get it. How is it so popular? How are these terrible viral videos so successful?

I just watched something that was recommended to me and I'm pretty sure I lost about half of my brain cells.

This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH5ay10RTGY] was the video that made me want to shoot myself.

That video has over 1 million views, a 5 star rating and the person who owns it is a Youtube partner. That means, he gets paid for it.

Yes, that person gets paid hundreds of dollars to make videos like that and its not just him. Practically every single person who's popular on Youtube does something similar to this or worse. The best (or worst) example would be that piece of shit Fred kid.

Last I checked, Fred was the #1 or 2 most subscribed to on Youtube, meaning he gets the most money. So somewhere around thousands of dollars for one 3 minute video of screaming like a 4 year old.

Why is this so successful? Have people's intelligence really fallen so far? Am I the only one who doesn't find shit like this funny? Am I the minority?

*sigh* sorry, I just kinda had to get this out.

For discussion, what do you think of Youtube?

I like youtube because you can find so many things on it. I think it is just the decline of human intelligence that makes people like videos like fred. That fred kid is a genious though because he appeals to this generation (no matter how stupid) to make money. His videos are fast paced (people today have short attention spans) and are full of in my opinion stupid jokes (people can't seem to get wit these days). I find it so funny that in this age where you can google and learn about anything, the youth of today are not really that intelligent. Ask them about history, politics, what is going on in the world and most do not have a clue.