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Youtube is a bookmark on every teenager’s computer.  Professors constantly use it in class.  It’s the first place people want to go to see a new music video, and the last place people want to go when their friends post an embarrassing video of them.  It, like Facebook, created its market.  Before Youtube existed there was nothing like it.  It was based on a simple, but unique idea that people don’t want to go through the hassle of putting a clip on a videotape to watch a one-minute video of a friend trying to eat a spoonful of cinnamon, and that maybe someone halfway around the world would like to watch their friend eat a spoonful of cinnamon.  Youtube is not just any website.  While Facebook is a window into the social lives of friends, Youtube is a literal cyber-window into the lives of strangers.  It allows the viewer to see a part of their life that they consider to be significant in some way or another.  This seems completely harmless, but the fact that it is so popular, and that teens spend time on Youtube when they should be being productive for school is a problem.  Its ability to provide instant access to any type of video the viewer wishes to see has taken away the concept of patience in the lives of young people today.  There is no need to wait for anything anymore.  But, on the rare occasion that waiting is required, it makes it that much more difficult, especially to young kids or students.

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