Okay, I'm about to try an experiment. I want to find a random YouTube video, watch it, and then discuss it. Sadly, it looks like YouTube doesn't have a "random" feature, but I'm getting around this by using a random word generator to give me two random words ("reflects" and "contributed") and watch the first video that returns from a search of these two words.
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Oh. Great. I got this guy: Share the Wealth. I think he's drunk, or stupid, or maybe just greedy. His basic premise: "Hey, YouTube just got bought for $1.65 billion, YouTube would be nothing without its members (like me and my dog), I think we should get our cut of the money." Funny how this only became an issue after Google paid gigantic wads of cash for YouTube. I haven't posted to YouTube, but I suspect there's some kind of agreement that you have to agree to that says you're not going to get paid for posting your stupid videos.
Anyway, that was fairly lame, so I'm going to try again. "lenses" and "counter" Huh, that's better. I ended up with a French rap music video by Carpe Diem. Very nice - very catchy. I think rapping in French brings new oomph to the phrase "spitting it". Good jorb. I'm inspired by the success of that one to try a third and final one...
"obeyed" and "behave". Oh oh. Let's see what we get. ... Huh. Actually, nothing. That's a relief. Let's try again... "induced" and "mouse"? Hey, it came up with something... Hmmm. "Something" indeed. I don't know quite what to make of this, except to say that I doubt this is why Google shelled out the big bucks. axelswife1, you're pretty crazy...
And thus ends the experiment. YouTube: 1, crazy people: 2.
Tune in next time. (Preferably demanding money.)
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