Why, Why, WHY

Imagine me, sitting in front of a computer on a Saturday night, trying to do math homework and watch Buzzfeed videos at the same time. I know I should probably just focus, but one four minute video led to another... and another... and another... until a couple hours already passed..

I told myself, one more video. Seriously, this was going to be the last and best video of the night.

Buzzfeed has a lot of videos, some of which are tailored for different racial groups. Because I am an Asian, I enjoy watching the videos about "Asian People Problems". Some of them are hilarious, like how people always assume I'm either Chinese or some other Asian Nationality. Oh, and how when I do a peace sign, it's SOO Asian but when someone of a different ethnicity does it, it's totally normal.

Anyway, I was watching some videos not from just Buzzfeed but also other youtubers (whose names I do not know because I erased my history. You'll find out why soon.). The videos in the right column were all very boring or already watched, so I decided to just look up similar videos with key terms. This is where it gets ugly. I meant to type in "Asian girls buzzfeed" but I pressed the enter button too early and ended up searching "Asian girls" on youtube.

Can I just say, I regret ever ever ever pressing that enter button early. Oh gosh, my eyes... Let's just say it wasn't something I would have liked to look at. Thankfully, the first video was an actual video I was looking for so I got out of there fast, but the experience itself was just terrible.

I normally don't see advertisements or anything huge related to media because I don't have TV or Netflix. So, I need to actually go out and look for media-related material. As much as I hated to admit it, this scenario fit one of the possible prompts for these journals: What you like or didn't like about a certain thing on media.

Horrible mistake, but it had to be done. I had to make sure it was a legit thing on youtube before I posted about it on BlogPost for everyone to read. So, I searched "white girls" on youtube, praying something along the lines of "White Chicks" the movie would pop up. NOPE. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I can't help but wish these kinds of things were restricted to just official sites, not scattered around where anyone can see it. I know that's the point, but still. Like I have ad block and I don't think there's a thing such as a p*** block. These kinds of things should really be under more monitoring so that it doesn't get out of hand. I thought YouTube asked or forced the removal of videos that are inappropriate. There may have been an age restriction once you click on the video, but I didn't do that so I wouldn't know.

Thank goodness that is over. My history and search machine are empty and my journal entry is done. I hope to erase this experience from my brain completely. I will never look at YouTube the same way again.