If I could punch You-tube in the Face, I think I would

Once upon a time…

I used to like youtube.com. I really did. No, seriously. Heck, I’ve got about 20 videos up there (all of them full of creativity and personality, I’m sure), and I’ve watched more videos than I probably need to, or should. It’s only recently that I’ve come to hate youtube with a passion, and not just for creating a giant creative vacuum from which nothing can escape. No, it’s not just that, it’s the idea that youtube.com is taking over the internet with no real reason to do so. It’s got some great videos, sure, but it’s also filled with millions of videos of people staring slightly below the camera ranting about any subject that pops into their head. This leads us to something I like to call the “Youtube-ification reaction”.

It’ll be the end of us all…

So this is how it usually works. Some loser goth kid rants about his cat. That’s understandable, I hate cats too. Then some other, potentially less gothic tween watches the video. The kid says, “hey, I also hate cats! This guy is so relatable!”. This could, of course, be the start of a beautiful, goth-flavored friendship. Instead, the 2nd kid makes a video talking about why he hates cats, and sends the first video to his (understandably) small collection of friends. They send this to their friends, and so on, and then it gets posted to some blog or website, where the whole world sees it. Since everyone needs their 15-seconds of fame these days, youtube seems to be filled with the same type of video. And yet…they’re still popular. This needs to be documented, so one day we can all sit back and wonder why some *ahem* lonely girl was so insanely popular for a split second. I hope it’s soon.

You got your crap in my Superbowl

Here’s the absolute worst part. Since people who get payed to think seem to be unable to think anymore, they simply decided to get other people to be creative for them. For free. This is both completely awesome and totally sad, since the best commercial this year during the Superbowl was produced for under $100. If money can’t make stuff creative out of sheer force of will like it used to be able to, where does that leave us consumers? In the dark, apparently, and I’m fed up. Get your ads off my youtube, and take your stupid cat-rants with ‘em. If I wanted to hear someone complaining about cats, I’d do it myself.