Do People Really Say This Stuff?

What is it about Youtube commenters? Does posting a video on the internet instantly attract people who can’t spell, are ridiculous, and/or don’t make sense? Every time I watch a video on Youtube and read the comments, I am at least slightly appalled at the quality of the responses. I realize this sounds like a pretty unremarkable statement (“Hey, guess what! People on the internet can be weird!”), and it’s not that internet commenters are expected to be intellectuals, but still… why are responses like this more common on Youtube than on other websites?

The quality of responses obviously depends on the type of video — a Britney Spears music video will generally attract more ridiculousness than a local jazz trio. I hope. So I decided to begin a little video project, if only for my own interest and amusement (and hopefully yours!) — I will find a random search term from mystery google and watch a Youtube video that results from the search, and post a few comments from the video I find “entertaining.” The search is random so there is no bias at all in what the video subject will be.

So without further adieu, here is the first video (which is apparently old, but I had never seen it before and think it’s pretty cool) and comments:

marty566: “look at marty likes turtles“
(You are apparently marty, but I’m a bit confused about what I’m supposed to do here… Should I look at you liking turtles? Look at you like a turtle? I don’t see you, and I’m not sure how to do either of those things.)

hendern4: “I dont give 2 shitz if you spammers created a ringtone!”
(You tell ‘em, and keep yr 2 shitz.)

Deltiola: “Watch what happens when a boy grows up fascinated with turtles, look what the government will do……….type TURTLE THEFT in search.”
(I kind of like this one. Stay away from my turtles!)

dirtypants428: Check out this joke I heard- “How many mexicans does it take?”
(Um… I don’t think I want to say anything about this. But… what?)

xlr8atioin1: “turtle rapeist OMG!”
(Again… what?! OMG.)

That’s all for now, folks. Ain’t it fun to be snarky?
More videos and comments to come!