Viral Video Anomalies

Looking back at many of the viral videos that I have seen in my lifetime, I've realized something: most of them have been either stupid, silly, or stupidly silly. I have yet to see a viral video with a heart-warming, serious message (if you know of one, please tell me!). In fact, I just went back to revisit a video that I'm sure most of you have seen called "The Fox" or "What Does the Fox Say?" That video now has over 550 million views with almost 4 million likes. My only question is why?

Why are the stupidly silly videos like this the ones that get the most attention? The same goes with "Gangam Style" and "Sitting on the Toilet" which have almost 2 1/2 BILLION views and 4 million views respectively. Is it just the fact that this videos are so ridiculous that we just have to share them with others? Don't get me wrong, I love showing videos like this to my friends! It is so much fun to just watch their faces drop and get that look of "What the heck am I watching?" Then when the video's over there's that long moment of silence where they take everything in and try to figure out how to respond.

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I think I just answered my own question. We like to watch people suffer through stupid videos like we did. Huh. Viral videos like this are GENIUS!