Today, doesn't it piss anybody else off, as well as it seems a bit suspicious, that YouTube adverts will play perfectly without buffering or delay, yet the actual video you wanted to watch can spend almost 5 minutes buffering, and keeps stopping every 10 seconds to buffer again. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was watching a movie online. There was a 15 minute ad. 13 minutes into watching an ad about birth control, I noticed that there was a "skip this ad" button in the corner. FML
Today, at my workplace, a TV was installed just above my register at work which plays the same mind-numbingly awful 13 second ad on loop for the duration of our latest sale. The sale lasts for what are going to be three very long weeks. FML
Today, I watched a tutorial video on YouTube. In the video, the guy had several apps with 50+ red notification dots on them, and it bothered me so much that I couldn’t even finish the video. I couldn’t find a single other video that could help me with my particular issue. FML
Today, just like almost every other day, my mom goes onto the computer and scolds me for what I watch on YouTube, even when the videos aren't that graphic. Today she scolded me because she found out that I'd watched videos related to the Max Headroom signal intrusion back in '87. Why can't I just watch what I want? FML
Today, while browsing YouTube, I looked at the section "Recommended for You." I saw a video titled "How to get a girlfriend." Even YouTube thinks I can't get one. FML
Today, I watched a YouTube video at work because I was bored. I forgot I was on a conference call and my computer's desktop was shared with 15 other people. No one said anything till it ended. FML
Today, I had to cancel my vacation in Norway, which I had been planning for 2 months and had cried and stressed over all that time because this was the first vacation I'd ever planned myself. Now YouTube won't stop showing me ads about visiting Norway. FML
Today, I went to see Ghostbusters: Afterlife. A family talked through the whole movie, phones on, watching YouTube videos, totally interrupting the experience. FML
Today, I got a targeted YouTube ad that was intended for someone who owns a graveyard plot. Glad to know my watching habits match those of an undertaker's. FML
Today, after I had watched a few videos of myself, I realized the sound of my own voice is the single most annoying thing I have ever heard. FML
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Top comments
Brightside86 31
My youtube experience is excellent. I think you must just be in an area with poor internet.
Michael Sawyer 11
oh my oh my, my youtube isn't loading quick enough. guess I better go whine about it on FML.
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Comments (9)
mattiagardin 15
It's because of the different servers, it's easy to look up why it happens, you just have to inform yourself instead of complaining
Brightside86 31
My youtube experience is excellent. I think you must just be in an area with poor internet.
Oragami 16
Thankfully I have decent Internet, and data on my phone
Michael Sawyer 11
oh my oh my, my youtube isn't loading quick enough. guess I better go whine about it on FML.
Raine Devries 5
YES, I agree with you. Granted it's a first world problem, but it is odd that the ads run perfectly and the video itself has nonstop buffering issues. This only happens occasionally to me and only on YT.
Shzusuziq11 12
no problem here!
idragosani 17
Ads get streamed from different servers and/or networks than the actual Youtube videos.
Oragami 16
I've noticed this, and it makes me mad too. But now I have decent wifi at home, and good data on my phone (though the data on my phone sucks when I'm at home)
protoskore 27
if you want real annoyance try news sites where the ad plays perfectly and is then replaced with a message saying "this video is not available in your country\region" so you watched the ad for nothing.