if my husband ever has an affair, it'll be with Youtube

I have come to loathe and resent Youtube to a degree that surely isn't natural for what is basically just a website. Sure, it's an excellent way of getting cool stuff out for people to watch, to find clips of kids shows you had long forgotten and to see otters holding hands.

But mostly it's a big time suck. And not for me, even. I resent how often these days I hear my husband say 'I'm just watching sumo wrestlers slip over / UFOs over brooklyn / someone imitate my magic trick / yadda yadda yadda / yawn yawn yawn ...' and then 10 minutes later 'I have no time free!'

If TV stopped families having conversations around the dinner table, then Youtube is set to stop people talking ever. Because there is Just.So.Much.Crap out there to watch.

Seriously, people. Put the Youtube down. Remember what you did before someone emailed you 5 videos of puppies on skateboards everyday? Go and do it.

Comments

[James H]

I see your point, but I totally disagree. I've seen videos you wouldn't believe. Amateur parkour gone awry. Kung Fu masters fighting Karate masters. Countless football in the groins. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. UNLESS WE PUT THEM ON YOUTUBE.