I use Youtube for a variety of things.  I use it to listen to music for free, but I am also subscribed to a number of video game related channels.  Beyond that, I use Youtube to watch videos I find amusing for one reason or another.  There was a show on TV years ago called “Man vs Beast.”  This show featured humans competing against animals in a variety of challenges.  They had a team of midgets compete against an elephant to see which could pull a 747 faster.  They put Kobayashi against a bear in a hotdog eating contest.  Every matchup comes complete with a commentary team of “expert” analysts treating it like it’s a boxing match or football game.  I didn’t watch the show at the time, but I have seen a number of clips from it since then.  It doesn’t make for a very coherent TV show, but more of a compilation of silly unrelated videos.  For this reason, the show was cancelled.  The internet, on the other hand, is the perfect place for that sort of thing.  One of my friends stumbled on the midget vs elephant battle and sent it to me.  I loved it and looked up more from the show.  Each segment was only two to five minutes long, making it the perfect length for a Youtube video.

I was looking through my liked videos before writing this.  Most of what I had favorited was either an obscure piece of music I didn’t want to forget, something weird I found funny, or a stupid joke that lasted less than a minute.  Youtube, for me, is a personalized blend of music with a variety show and vaudeville.