Foo - What did we do before Youtube?

90% of every video linked anymore is at Youtube.

Where did we find them before youtube?

Discuss.

I have no idea! I think that Al and Tipper Gore kept them all in a locked shoe box until Bob Youtube, their poolboy at the time found the shoebox in the cabana and decided to somehow put all the neat "movin pichures" on his computer box machine. He called his old high school buddies, Mike Intel and Steve Google and the rest is history.

Same thing I do now, work and ride and have fun going out with friends. I must be one of very few people to not be interested in this phenomon.

Actually, before youtube we seldom saw videos shared as we do now. The ordeal required an host with enough bandwidth allowance, as well as hard drive space which were expensive.

*cue to an old man saying he had to walk to school, uphill and in the snow, both way*

I have no idea! I think that Al and Tipper Gore kept them all in a locked shoe box until Bob Youtube, their poolboy at the time found the shoebox in the cabana and decided to somehow put all the neat "movin pichures" on his computer box machine. He called his old high school buddies, Mike Intel and Steve Google and the rest is history.
Wow...they need to make an A&E Biography special about that I think. :)

Same thing I do now, work and ride and have fun going out with friends. I must be one of very few people to not be interested in this phenomon.
I meant more in terms of finding videos that were linked....not in watching them for entertainment.



Actually, before youtube we seldom saw videos shared as we do now. The ordeal required an host with enough bandwidth allowance, as well as hard drive space which were expensive.

*cue to an old man saying he had to walk to school, uphill and in the snow, both way*
It was more of a rhetorical question.

I meant more in terms of finding videos that were linked....not in watching them for entertainment.



Then I am not sure I understand the difference. I rarely click on a link that has youtube in it. I just don't care enough to go through the hassle of linking off of a site to another one.

It was more of a rhetorical question.
What was it supposed to persuade me of exactly?

Then I am not sure I understand the difference. I rarely click on a link that has youtube in it. I just don't care enough to go through the hassle of linking off of a site to another one.
I mean it used to be somebody would occasionally stumble across a video they wanted to share and post it. People would watch it, blah blah.

Nothing has changed except that links are more frequent and now its nearly always from Youtube. It just seems that stumbling across videos that one thinks is worth sharing happens about 5x more now that Youtube has come along.

Just more of an observation than anything.

What was it supposed to persuade me of exactly?
It wasn't meant to persuade anybody about anything.

It was just more of an observation about how much more prevalent videos are now with Youtube and what did people think about the phenomenon.

It wasn't meant to persuade anybody about anything.
I wont derail anymore (sorry about that BTW) but that kind of goes against the definition of a rhetorical question. Just sayin'. ;)

Seeing youtube has made me reevaluate what I do with my time. I'm reading more books now and I'm applying to grad school.

It's a shame, I bet you never watched any of my videos. :(

I wont derail anymore (sorry about that BTW) but that kind of goes against the definition of a rhetorical question. Just sayin'. ;)
In practice yes....I think of the base definition of a rhetorical question as one you already know the answer to. I know it is meant to "introspect" on your opinion typically, but that part was not my goal.

It's a shame, I bet you never watched any of my videos. :(
I have. :)

Before youtube, there was ebaumsworld, albinoblacksheep, and a whole bunch of other OMFG media! sites.

for fight vids, there will always be comegetyousome.

oh and there is now youtube's semi-******** cousin filecabi.net

I have. :)
I know. :)

I have a new one just about ready to release.

Negotiating with a local artist on a du ut des type of agreement. Pro bono was cool at first. But now I'd like to get maybe a t-shirt, autographed DC, or even a pair of tickets to a local show. I'd give them a finished copy of the .WMV file and play on my YouTube account in exchange.

We'll see. :)

I have watched your videos, Stacey. May try to make a video myself soon. :)

Before youtube, there was ebaumsworld, albinoblacksheep, and a whole bunch of other OMFG media! sites.
www.flabber.nl is still my fave. :)

Watched America's Funniest Home Videos to see jack@sses make fools of themselves. haha!

I have watched your videos, Stacey. May try to make a video myself soon. :)
Good luck.

You need paitence and headphones...
The family will want kill you after your second hour timing transitions & fades without them. :)

Before YouTube many people interacted with other real people in the real world.

But that dosen't mean we LIKED it. :D

But that dosen't mean we LIKED it. :D

:roflmao: :roflmao:


Reality is way over rated. :D

Kazaa, kontraband, big-boys, or other similar websites.