The 10 Stages Of A YouTube Marathon, As Told By Memes

"I'll only watch one video," you promise yourself when deep down, you have a feeling you're going to be here all night.

1. Stage One: Curiosity

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You are surfing the web when suddenly, a shiny, interesting YouTube video comes up in your search. The title next to the thumbnail catches your attention. You know you have more important things to do than watch a video right now, but you can't deny the searing curiosity in the back of your mind.

2. Stage 2: Bargaining

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"If I work for 15 more minutes, I can watch the video," you bargain. After all, you've been working pretty darn hard and you deserve a break. One little video can't hurt a thing, right? Right?!

3. Stage 3: The First Video (AKA: The Point of No Return)

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You're 15 minutes are up and you smile savagely. You're time has come. You're curiosity will finally be satisfied, and then, when the video is over you can get back to work. Or so you think...

4. Stage 4: Panic!

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You are so glad you watched this video! You laugh, you cry, maybe both at the same time, and then you realize it is about to end...and then you PANIC because that means in about 14.32 seconds you will have to get back to work and how did the time pass so fast omigosh is it getting hot in here or what?

5. Stage Five: "Suggested Video Begins in 10 Seconds..."

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The initial video is over. You know you really, really should be getting back to work, but you also really, really need more videos...And with the next video starting in less than the time it will take to reach for the track pad to click away, you decide to stick around for just one more. What could go wrong?

6. Stage Six: Spiraling

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It's been two hours since that fateful moment when you decided to click that first video. You've given up all hope of being productive for the rest of the day and, instead, decide to enjoy yourself. Although you are in a totally different part of YouTube than where you began, you are still pretty comfortable with the content you have been offered so far...All is well until.....

7. Stage Seven: The Weird Side of YouTube

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You are confused, your eye may be twitching, and there is a very strong possibility you will not be sleeping tonight. What started as an innocent romp on the internet has become a scarring, eerie trip into the dregs of the darkest, weirdest, most disturbing niches of the web. And yet, despite the oddness, you find that you aren't put off entirely. You even go so far as to watch another video of the same genre.

8. Stage 8: Obsession

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After braving the wilds of the weird side of YouTube, you encounter a YouTuber you have never heard of before and after watching three of their videos, you know that you will never be the same. For the next hour and a half, you comb through their most recent videos, hanging on their every word. You know that your hooked, but you don't even mind.

9. Stage Nine: Fatigue

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It's hard to believe that a mere eight hours ago you were a productive, alert human being. You can feel the weepy fingers of fatigue attempting to soothe you to sleep. You fight the urge to collapse into a face-to-keyboard position. Only 15 seconds left and the video will be over. Determined, you steel your resolve for the final moments of your YouTube Odyssey.

10. Stage Ten: Recovery

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You've finally logged off of your computer and you are ready to bed down for the night. It was a long, hard journey, but you made it. You survived a YouTube marathon. As you drift of to sleep, a small smile creeps onto your face as your brain sends you to sleep to a playlist of highlights from the evenings entertainment.