Reaction Videos

Watching YouTube cued me in to something that, I think, YouTube invented. The Reaction Video. It's an interesting thing: someone records him/herself watching (and reacting to) whatever controversial video is currently making the rounds. Take the recent spate of reactions to a set of extremely disturbing fetish videos circulated, actually more to see the reactions of people than for the merits (believe me, there are NONE) of the said videos themselves.

It's hilarious to see just how many variations of horror and disgust are out there, apparently. Here's a sample of them:



The downside of the phenomenon are the primary sources of these reaction videos themselves. They are often incredibly disgusting or horrifying; what else could cause people to react to them so violently? And, if your curiosity is piqued enough, you're going to go out and look for them. And then you'll wish you didn't.

I should know. I did just that and was punished for my efforts. The source videos are offensive to an almost unbelievable degree. So, while the reactions are funny, the videos they are reacting to are actually anything but.

That said, I'm still plotting to film my friends watching it. He he.