One of my favorite uses for YouTube is music discovery and sharing. If ever I hear a song that I like, but the 30-second clip on Amazon or iTunes isn’t enough to convince me that I should buy it, I go straight for YouTube. Granted, this isn’t what most people use it for, but I love how any and every song I’ve ever looked for can be found there in its entirety. I’ve had to learn how to ignore the lousy videos created by the users who post them, and the annoying captions doused over the video — aside from this small drawback, I am fastincated by how songs found only on the b-sides of records have made it online. Another use I’ve found handy is finding some of my most treasured moments from my most loved show…Friends.
My Favorites list on YouTube is a smattering of music and oddities; from my interest in aviation to the fact that I find a small kitten acting surprised to be funny, much can be learned about me. I’m not much one for uploading videos, but I enjoy YouTube surfing, discovering newer videos from the Related Videos section. Here is an example of one such find:
Anymore, I don’t even feel like I need a TV in order to be entertained. In fact, I almost prefer finding videos or shows online, because then I can pause them and return to them later if I want to. I suppose it’s the control and customization that I like most. And, of course, the occasional surprised kitty:
Shanna,
You managed to post one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time…Surprised Kitty! I cannot get enough of it, really…it makes me smile every time. I think that’s what YouTube is about…the ability to, within a matter of seconds, pull up a video that will make your day better/funnier/more meaningful just by watching it. For me, the videos that will usually brighten my day to some degree do involve animals (see my post!), but occassionally, I do stumble across a pretty entertaining human on YouTube, too. Like Ross and his neon-orange tan!
Thanks for these great videos!
~Karen
Hi Karen!
Suprised Kitty is quite fantastic….and I agree, I think a lot of what YouTube is about is just sharing the things in life that make us happy. I’m not sure what people did before the days of YouTube; I suppose you just had to be funny and hope you had some people around when you did it!
SL