Preparing and Mourning for Deletion Death

I remember the first video I watched on YouTube. It was also the first I saved to my Favorites playlist.

“Muffins” is an absurdist ad for a bakery, who’s long list of muffin flavors descended into bird, fire and blood. I was 13 and it was the funniest thing I ever watched. That was of course before I came across Charlie the Unicorn.

YouTube became a home …