Monday, June 25, 2007

Thing #7 ... You Tube

People's fascination with You Tube is like that of a car crash... You don't want to look but somehow you do anyway. On the eve of Paris Hilton's release from prison, I typed in her name and stumbled across this funny video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66epna2Sss/.

Although You Tube is very much quantity over quality, I do think it gives everyone a chance to have their so-called 15 minutes of fame in as little as 15 seconds. I stress quantity over quality because there is a lot of cute yet mediocre footage (e.g., Type in "Swimming Dachshund" and you'll know what I mean). But is an entertaining distraction.

3 comments:

Jaye Holly said...

the good/bad side of You Tube is that it does give everyone their "15 minutes" - does everyone really deserve it?

Carmen said...

uh nope...

J Alan said...

Most "celebrities" don't deserve their more than 15 minutes. At least youtube puts the rest of us on somewhat equal footing. Take a look at www.funnyordie.com. I think you will enjoy it.