The Youtube Association Game

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I have a theory that Youtube.com, despite all of its wonderful intricacies, eventually boils down to one thing: softcore porn.

"But, Logan," you may be saying right now, "Youtube is so much more than softcore porn. I can watch important documentaries, catch up on current events, and even use my creativity to create videos myself."

Sure, all of these things are possible on Youtube. And let's face it, Youtube wouldn't be the same without bad music videos, guys getting hit in the nuts, and adorable animals performing human acts. But these things aren't why Google paid massive amounts of money to purchase everyone's favorite internet video site. They bought it because we as a people are obsessed with sex, and Youtube provides it in spades.

To test this theory, I created the Youtube Association Game, or YAG (catchy, I know). YAG is very user-friendly. Simply enter any commonly known word into the Youtube search bar, choose a video on the first page of results, then keep clicking related videos until they lead you to softcore porn.

It's easier than it sounds. Simply choose the least common video each time, and eventually you'll find wildy inappropriate material. Not every video will lead you to the promised land, primarily because related videos are often grouped by the person who submitted the original video, but every subject will eventually work.

Let's put YAG to the test with some difficult subjects.

Mother Teresa.

Bottom of the 1st page, Helen Keller and Mother Theresa 1 - life after death, incarnation.

Related video, Creation of the World - In the Beginning - 3.

Related video, でちゃう！ガールズＲ・Ｑ. Which is, of course, extremely disturbing, yet oddly titillating Japanese softcore porn.

That only took two steps to get from Mother Theresa to softcore porn. Let's try another one.

Adolf Hitler.

Middle of the 1st page, Somebody Stole Hitlers Car.

Related video, Hitler Plans Burning Man. (For those keeping count, that's one degree of separation between Hitler and Burning Man.)

Related video, Burning Man 2007.

Related video, tramp girls.

Related video, two hot chicks give a nice blowjob ;-). Technically, not porn, but you can imagine the related videos. Incidentally, this video has about seven million views, in case you're wondering what tags to give that video you're about to upload.

So we've covered Hitler and Mother Teresa with little challenge. But what about something more generic. I called up my friend Ryan and asked him to tell me the most random word he could think of. His response, of course, was "Asparagus."

Asparagus.

Towards the top of the 1st page, Asparagus.

Related video, First Asparagus Emerges.

Related video, Tiffany Evans - Girls Gone Wild.

Related video, exodus girls gone wild part 1.

"It's just that easy," I tell Ryan, explaining the concept of this blog.

He pauses.

"So you're really getting close to the meaning of life, huh?"

Touche.