# What is extremely common in YouTube videos but almost never happens in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159 "2025-04-18T01:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/1 "2025-04-18T01:11:50Z")
Blatant copy of a couple other thread ideas šŸ™‚ Somebody is stopped in their car and a large, usually dangerous animal wonā€™t leave him alone. Itā€™s like he wants the driver to follow him, so he does. The animal leads him to the baby which is endangered in such a manner that only a human can save it. The driver gets home and is surprised by the animal and itā€™s baby in his backyard saying ā€œhiā€. A variation is the saving of an animal, and it comes by every year to show off its offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/2 "2025-04-18T01:15:46Z")
Nobody Iā€™ve ever met in person has ever asked me to smash the like button. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/3 "2025-04-18T01:20:24Z")
Iā€™ve known plenty of old musicians, but Iā€™ve never seen one whose long explanation why Pete Townshend was a better guitarist than Eric Clapton get interrupted in mid-sentence by a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/4 "2025-04-18T01:23:07Z")
Did someone really argue that, or are you just making an example? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/5 "2025-04-18T01:26:52Z")
Only an example, but not the stupidest one I could come up with. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/6 "2025-04-18T01:27:06Z")
I watch a lot of maths videos particularly Brady Haranā€™s maths and science channels, so Iā€™m gonna say filling up a sheet of paper with maths calculations and it magically being replaced by a blank sheet šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/7 "2025-04-18T01:44:04Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > ā€¦ the saving of an animal, and it comes by every year to show off its offspring. I think we must accept that people are willing to make inauthentic videos in search of views. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/8 "2025-04-18T11:57:07Z")
If only humans were less stupid. But ā€œAww, sooo cuteā€ defeats ā€œThatā€™s BS!ā€ every time. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/9 "2025-04-18T12:13:36Z")
Someone listens to [classic rock act] for the first time and basically has an orgasm on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/10 "2025-04-18T12:37:26Z")
_All_ reaction videos. An idiotic level of overacting. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/11 "2025-04-18T14:30:31Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Somebody is stopped in their car and a large, usually dangerous animal wonā€™t leave him alone. Itā€™s like he wants the driver to follow him, so he does. The animal leads him to the baby which is endangered in such a manner that only a human can save it. I just saw my first one like that the other day. it was incredibly stupid. Poorly made, as well as unbelievable. I didnā€™t know they were a ā€œthingā€. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/12 "2025-04-18T14:31:23Z")
You may as well watch those cheap-ass TV commercials where the (bargain basement) actor struggles mightily, but vainly, to use a conventional ladder or hose or scrub sponge to do some mundane task. Then quits in disgust. Cut to new scene of same person happily using the New! and Improved! Kitchen-Magic VegeWhiz to do the same task with total ease while wearing a post-orgasmic smile. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/13 "2025-04-18T16:16:56Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Someone listens to [classic rock act] for the first time and basically has an orgasm on the spot. Has there ever been one where the person who hears the song for the first time absolutely HATES it? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/14 "2025-04-18T16:27:26Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Has there ever been one where the person who hears the song for the first time absolutely HATES it? Iā€™ve seen a few where they were less than impressed by whatever thing it was they were reacting to. But they are usually very diplomatic about so as to not enrage their audience who loves said thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/15 "2025-04-18T16:39:16Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > magically being replaced by a blank sheet At least they usually announce the sheet change! (also a Brady fan) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/16 "2025-04-18T16:46:06Z")
Where the stepsister gets stuck in the clothes dryer again and calls stepbrother for needed help. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/17 "2025-04-18T16:49:49Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Someone listens to [classic rock act] for the first time and basically has an orgasm on the spot. Itā€™s a guilty pleasure for me. I donā€™t watch them often, but when I do, a whole Saturday afternoon can go to waste. I have no illusions that itā€™s anything but young people trying to ā€œmonetize their channelsā€ by shamelessly and cynically pandering to old farts like me. But if they can make it entertaining, I can go along with it. I donā€™t know how sincere [this guy truly is in his admiration for the Sweetā€™s ā€œBallroom Blitz,ā€](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENUk5Hk8K1E) but heā€™s selling it, talking about how one of the band members is dressed like the fairly godmother and will steal your girlfriend anyway, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/18 "2025-04-18T17:14:57Z")
Bassists donā€™t play nothing but crazy runs of 16th notes and chords and harmonics. Nope. Bassists typically play only a few notes per measure, typically the root and 5, with a few embellishments in between the other instruments and vocalist. But every single bass video out there shows someone playing a million miles an hour ā€œLOOK AT ME!!!ā€ Itā€™s not enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/19 "2025-04-18T17:41:58Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Somebody is stopped in their car and a large, usually dangerous animal wonā€™t leave him alone. Itā€™s like he wants the driver to follow him, so he does. The animal leads him to the baby which is endangered in such a manner that only a human can save it. The driver gets home and is surprised by the animal and itā€™s baby in his backyard saying ā€œhiā€. A variation is the saving of an animal, and it comes by every year to show off its offspring. Yet another variation is where some baby animal is ā€œadoptedā€ after being found in tragic circumstances. The later videos of the baby animal ā€œgrowing upā€ show that the animal in question has turned into a completely different individual, and sometimes has changed (evolved? šŸ¤£) into an animal from a completely different species. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159/20 "2025-04-18T20:35:12Z")
Watching the odd WW2 YouTube that I do. Iā€™d say being berated by countless strangers because I had a too negative (or too positive) opinion of a specific WW2 era tankā€¦ This extends to all internet situations including SDMB, and if being honest probably there are certain pubs where if you express that too loudly you might have to deal with opinions [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159.md?page=2)