One of the best things out there on the internet is, of course - drumrolls please - youtube! I would love to say that I go there mostly to look at educational videos given that the campus has enabled free wifi for all of us for mostly that. But that's not really the case. For a music buff like me who thinks that one couldn't survive without music (and nutella), youtube is a god-sent! (Does god-sent have the hyphen?) I do love cat videos too, but that's mostly a once in six months or so affair.
And now that we have enabled comments almost everywhere on the internet, people think that it would be blasphemous to not leave a comment for every video they watch. It is as though they cannot survive without music and commenting! Fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions. However, the issue is that, just like almost every other right around, people think it is their exclusive right, in this case to have an opinion that matters. The concept of subjectivity just gets swallowed by the sea of expert comments that are fermenting inside everyone's heads. For a tool that is touted to be the one connecting the world and bringing people closer, this whole comments-business is the most hate spewing, venom spouting one I've ever seen. Of course, perceived infallible anonymity is essentially what drives the whole thing. It is amazing how much hate one can conjure up for a stranger half way across the globe for small things such as disliking a video, spelling incorrectly, using questionable grammar, choosing to draw comparisons to other artists, or choosing to simply draw a random cartoon character's goofy face instead of posting anything pertaining to the video. There are two forces operating here. One, the unbelievable urge to actually comment on a video even if you have nothing to say other than post a smiley or articulate a grunt. Two, the even more unbelievable urge to actually get worked up into a commenting frenzy by inane comments and opinions.
That said, not all comments are bad. For instance, a lot of Coke Studio videos have comments about the origins of the folk song, or more information about the singers and the language in which the song is being sung.
And if you really really really have to comment, then
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