I love YouTube. And I hate it. I love it, because it's a ton of fun and I can spend hours there. I hate it because it's a ton of fun and I can spend hours there.

But YouTube comments? Those just make me start to lose hope in humanity. Ah, YouTube. The Internet has pretty much always been a place for people to put their stupidity and illiteracy on display, but it seems like there's something about YouTube that just amplifies it. I bet YouTube comments actually have more stupidity for your buck than most Facebook walls.

I'm not even going to TALK about the chain letters, except to say that their ability to crop up any place where humans are given opportunity to communicate semi-anonymously (or not!) is amazing. Actually, it would probably make an interesting Anthropology paper, studying chain letters and their various manifestations. Hm. Virginia, get on that!

But even leaving out the chain letters . . . well, see for yourself. Behold, a sampling of comments, gleaned just by clicking on items I've favorited and scrolling down:

( Because I just needed to snark )

Now, I know that comments cause the warm fuzzies for the people who post the movies, because who doesn't like to see that people are actually watching their work? I love getting comments on my LiveJournal! But would it be so much to ask that they spend an extra twenty seconds to apply the basic skills of literacy before hitting "post"?

Now, watch--I'll spot a really terrible typo somewhere in here seconds after I hit "post".

"I think Donkey and Shrek could have totally worked out as a couple."
--Virginia shares her shipping secrets