Have you ever sat down to watch a video with no benefit or purpose whatsoever? Did you willingly sit there from start to finish, or did a friend waste your time insisting that you watch such content?
The Internet is overflowing with meaningless media, and it’s only growing denser every day. I’m not talking about cat videos or memes that make you laugh; rather, I’m referring to those videos that waste your time.
With the Internet playing a huge role in most of our lives, it’s virtually impossible to resist scrolling through websites crawling with all sorts of entertainment. But social media sites like YouTube and Facebook make it easier for people to create, watch and share the most pointless content around.
For example: YouTuber “MrBeast” spent 40 hours on his most defining video – counting to 100,000 for the camera. Not only did he spend his weekend counting to a high number, but 6.5 million people gathered to watch –the video is even sped up to be under 24 hours.
Counting is a tedious task; it’s repetitive and boring. I can’t understand why someone would spend a weekend counting up, especially when the reason behind it was because he was bored. It’s a bigger mystery of why those people decided to watch someone else count.
So why do it? Is it some “genius” way to gain Internet fame?
It’s videos like these that make me question the motives behind these “Youtube stars”. Some videos will go viral, but we can only imagine how many are beneath our radar.
Sure, be who you are, watch what you like and spend your free time as you like. I’m sure every viewer has their own reason to watch something that could be so pointless to others.
But I still find it interesting that people could actually watch someone else waste their time, ironically wasting their own time in the process.
