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Trying to pick the best Youtube videos of X time period is a lot like trying to pick your favorite flavor of ice cream when you haven’t eaten for two weeks. Everything just looks so good and tasty—or viewable—that it would be impossible to concoct a meaningful “Best Flavors Ever” list with even the slightest bit of accuracy. Everything just looks so scrumptious!
Well, the same problem is happening in our attempt to catalog the 25 greatest Youtube videos of 2010. And, to stretch the analogy even further, we’ve noticed that not everyone likes the same flavors of ice cream: Your Rocky Road of groin-hitting videos is our Orange Sherbet of pranks; Your Strawberry Katy Perry music video is our Chocolate cat movie; et cetera. In short, what you love isn’t necessarily what we love, and vice versa.
So how, then, do we come up with a “best-of” list?
It’s simple: Rather than ranking videos in a one-to-25 kind of approach, or even considering videos on basis of sheer popularity alone, we’ve attempted to come up with a hybrid listing of videos that have become a part of the general Internet consciousness that are, themselves, themed around particular topics that tend to be of-interested to your average daily Youtube viewer. And, no, not all of these videos were created in 2010 -- that doesn't mean that they didn't go viral in 2010, however!
Makes sense? No? Yes? Let’s begin.
While not a commercial per se, Old Spice Guy’s touching tribute to a very particular question submitted as part of Old Spice’s online Q&A campaign brings warm fuzzy feelings to one’s heart and underarm.
Runner-up:
Just watching this video nearly gave us a panic attack. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week at 1850 feet? We bring you a combination of the world’s worst job and best "Hi Mom" moment.
Relive your college days with the greatest a cappella performance of 2010, tied to one of the greatest movies of 2010, which itself was one of the most complicated plotlines of 2010, which was but a dream of…
Tangentially Related Runner-up:
Youtube is full of various mishaps people make throughout the course of their lives—generally the kind that likely involve a chit-chat with the ol’ ambulance crew post-bad-decision. This one isn’t graphic, but it is a bit messy… and tasty!
Seriously. Don’t play these at work. This category rewards the videos that will get you fired as fast as one can spell the words “pink slip,” provided you aren’t using headphones to watch these Youtube gems. Nothing pornographic or overly naughty here, folks—which is the first thing you’ll want to tell your boss, trust us.
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On page two: Best Meme That Deserves a Watermelon to the Face... and more!
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domo
October 22, 2010 at 3:56pm
What about Antoine Dodson and the bed intruder song? Thought that was pretty funny.
EclecticFortune
October 22, 2010 at 2:19pm
These can't be the best You Tube has to offer. I'm sure there are MUCH better recent videos out there. Perhaps Maximum PC should assign the "Best of" You Tube video picking task to someone else next time around.
TheMurph
October 22, 2010 at 4:16pm
Well, yes, there are many funny videos on Youtube. Culling it down to 30 is pretty difficult and I'm quite sure that your list might very well differ from this one.
Any examples? Throw some hyperlinks in a reply to this post!
Keith E. Whisman
October 22, 2010 at 10:13pm
EpicFail.com has plenty of funny videos that really are entertaining. Like the Chimpanzee and the totally owned frog. Or, or the cute kitten picking on the bunny rabbit only to get used up.
Keith E. Whisman
October 21, 2010 at 8:16pm
I just couldn't watch anymore after that panda crap... That was just plain terrible. I almost destroyed my computer after the third panda video in that huge panda video thing. It was terrible. I still want to hurt myself just thinking about that stupid panda. God that should be illegal. Make terrorists sit and watch that Panda video over and over again and they'll be saying anything you want to hear, just turn off that god forsaken video and wipe out that music from my head.
That fucking music is playing in my head over and over like when you look at the sun and you get that yellow ball in your vision for minutes afterward. Please warn us next time.
TheMurph
October 22, 2010 at 8:39am
that's the price you pay for the funny: having that song stuck in your head for three days. Oof.
Danthrax66
October 21, 2010 at 2:42pm
Best use of minecraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM
whyyes123
October 21, 2010 at 1:39pm
Heh I guess all the Jessie Slaughter videos must have gotten taken down. That was both a meme and one of them (Dubstep tuning) brought in 12 million hits in one day..
TheMurph
October 22, 2010 at 8:38am
Indeed. However, this list is more a... combination of quality and quantity (hits, that is). I don't really think the Jessie Slaughter videos are all that amusing. Then again, I'm not much of a 4chan regular anyway...
I_pwn_newbz86
October 21, 2010 at 1:05pm
I am Sitting In a Room 1000th upload has 1million views. The complete mix of all the videos only has 38,000.
athlon11
October 21, 2010 at 11:27am
How can you declare the top 25 Youtube videos of 2010 when we till have over 2 months of teh year left, someone could mak ethe greatest Youtube video of all time tomorrow and it would not be considered the best for this year.
bjtalbot
October 21, 2010 at 12:49pm
I have to agree with you. I normally don't nitpick people's "Top Whatever Lists", but you should have probably posted this near the end of 2010 or in the beginning of 2011.
TheMurph
October 22, 2010 at 8:31am
I mean, the headline could be "Best Videos of 2010... So Far," but that's not really my choice. ;)
sweetjeebus
October 21, 2010 at 1:06pm
Agreed also, but Murph is probably the weakest writer for MaximumPC. What did you expect?
sweetjeebus
October 22, 2010 at 9:01am
What did you hope listing my member signup date would accomplish? I couldn't remember my old password after building a new machine, so I made a new one. I have subscribed to the magazine and been a member of this site for years. BTW it looks pathetic when you post on your own articles so much. Write them and leave the comments for the readers. You defend yourself too much in the comment section. We will write what feel. Don't get pissy about it Murph! I don't hate you, I just like the other writers better :p
TheMurph
October 22, 2010 at 9:10am
I'll answer your serious question: I reply in the comments section because I think it's kind of nice that authors/editors do engage readers with whatever comments they have. We don't live in some kind of ivory tower; you should feel free to ask questions and express opinions knowing that yes, Virginia, we're paying attention to what you say here. And, sometimes, we'll jump in to correct a statement / offer additional insight / occasionally be funny, et cetera.
If you think that's lame, I'm sorry.
Anyway, I think you're just a troll account given the recency of your signup combined the email address you've used to "resubscribe" to the site. But that's fine. I have thick skin. In fact, as long as you keep it non-profane, you can tell me that I'm the site's worst writer in every single article I write. Consider that a free tip -- doesn't bother me a bit.
Fair warning though: There's a pretty thin line between criticism and trolling. Try not to cross into the latter, eh?
