# Things I Have Learned From Youtube videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278 "2007-04-09T06:24:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/1 "2007-04-09T06:24:20Z")
In honor of, well, half of the threads on Cafe Society now it seems, with semi-satircal observations on life lessons learned from various genres (Westerns, War movies, Romantic Comedies, etc.), I figure we need a thread about lessons learned from Youtube videos. I’ll start with a few. [ul] [li]If you want to be cool, you need a v-blog. If you have nothing to video-blog about, just lipsync something for comic effect.[/li][li]Almost any movie trailer can be redubbed to “Requiem for a Dream”[/li][li]The rest can be redubbed to “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones[/li][li]DON’T READ THIS, a long time ago, some bad thing happened. Post this in 30 movie comments or else the clown will eat you.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/2 "2007-04-09T07:06:00Z")
Every video of an accident is faked. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/3 "2007-04-09T07:24:03Z")
People will do anything involving a giant slingshot. No matter how good you are at a musical instrument, someone else is better. :eek: [e.g. on the ukelele](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k) No matter how bad you are at a musical instrument, someone else is much, much worse. Natalie Imbruglia is not only gorgeous and talented, but inspires a truly splendid mime by David Armand. 🆒 [it is here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dxf6keoYV0) P.S. The ‘Mad World’ version by Gary Jules is so lovely that I bought it. 🙂 [that is here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4) ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/4 "2007-04-09T09:40:26Z")
[Don’t try to jump your bike down a huge-ass flight of steps.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjTGewUVz1E) Warning: not for the faint of heart. ---
**Author:** ![Faminista](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@Faminista](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faminista)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/5 "2007-04-09T10:36:23Z")
Although it’s largely a cesspool of copyright-infringement and stupidity, there are the rare[exceptions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PUlJfC4JxU). ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/6 "2007-04-09T11:04:25Z")
[QUOTE=Faminista] Although it’s largely a cesspool of copyright-infringement and stupidity, there are the rare[exceptions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PUlJfC4JxU). [/QUOTE] Sweet! I was hoping he would sing “In the Pines” (which the video starts out with him humming), but alas. ☹ My favorite Leadbelly song. Covered crappily by Nirvana. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/7 "2007-04-09T14:50:41Z")
I found out some guy named [Pachelbel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) composed that beautiful tune I hear all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/8 "2007-04-09T15:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=drillrod] I found out some guy named [Pachelbel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) composed that beautiful tune I hear all the time. [/QUOTE] I just learned that Micheal J. Fox is [nice](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcbQNuQN0A) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/9 "2007-04-09T16:09:52Z")
It’s not worth watching any underwear dancing videos, because the goods never get shown. The video can be one minute or 20 minutes, and the dancing girl will never deliver. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/10 "2007-04-14T05:28:30Z")
I’ve learned that the best way to get someone to prematurely exit your video offering is to precede the value content with an overly elaborate title/intro sequence and then accompany the body of work with a hyper-manic kool-aid club beat that suxs ass, large. “I can’t see too good Dad, is that Stanley Kubrick over there??” No. It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/11 "2007-04-14T05:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] It’s not worth watching any underwear dancing videos, because the goods never get shown. The video can be one minute or 20 minutes, and the dancing girl will never deliver. [/QUOTE] You are just looking in the wrong places. Our Heavenly Father invented Xtube for a reason, you know. NO I am NOT linking to it, [don’t](http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=xtube&meta=&btnG=Google+Search)panic. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/12 "2007-04-15T13:03:27Z")
Australian officials really are as [gullible](http://www.stuff.co.nz/4027172a28.html) as they were in that _Simpsons_ episode. (Courtesy Fark) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/13 "2007-04-15T13:21:29Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Australian officials really are as [gullible](http://www.stuff.co.nz/4027172a28.html) as they were in that _Simpsons_ episode. (Courtesy Fark) [/QUOTE] I don’t see where Australian officials were gullible. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/14 "2007-04-15T15:07:37Z")
[Hamsters get Crazy Feet when on a Broccoli-High.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0E-0ntoNWo) [The TRUTH about George Washington!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0X7-9Wl9jk) [The greatest cover there will ever be of Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or6DK7o7FxU) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/15 "2007-04-15T18:44:50Z")
[Finnish techno blows the mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdMb6bRXt4) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-from-youtube-videos/399278/16 "2007-04-15T19:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] I don’t see where Australian officials were gullible. [/QUOTE] You’re right, I forgot to RTFA- well, actually I did, but I got it mixed up. It’s really the opposite of the _Simpsons_ episode- instead of a smart-alecky American kid fooling Australian officials, an Australian kid fooled an American corporation. My mistake.