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YouTube Vortex 

The phenomenon that occurs when a friend shows you a YouTube video that reminds you a video that then reminds them of a video that then reminds you of a video...
"I was over at Chadrick's house last night and we got caught in a YouTube Vortex."

youtube loop
YouTube Vortex by General Larry Platt February 10, 2010

YouTube Vortex 

When you click on a video one of your friends posts on a social networking site, which leads to another similar video, and then... 3 hours later you're still in a swirling video vortex and your ass has fallen asleep.
"Man, I clicked on a video that Sal LaPuma posted on Facebook and got sucked into a YouTube Vortex for two hours! I'm behind on my work now."
YouTube Vortex by Smerkbich September 5, 2011
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"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

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