Blackheads, Carbuncles, Acne, Boils and Zits

This comment is a two-parter (vaguely related) and to be honest, a bit boring. Sorry!

PART 1

Blackheads, Carbuncles, Acne, Boils, Psoriasis and Zits; people including me are mostly drawn to picking, squeezing, popping or extracting for individual, undefinable reasons. 

We could use the word grooming (of each other) for such interests, which seem deep-rooted and an innate urge, without comprehension of why; like the way children love to comb or rummage through hair looking for dry skin or spots (as do apes and monkeys), so do "adults". But why?

I love grooming you mummy

I also love grooming

As adults we wear a cloaking veneer for socialising, as expected by peers and a "ticket" to social acceptance, so any innate desire to "groom" may not be easy to freely express or undertake.

Coming to my point, I think the huge number of "zit vids" you can view online and on TV are a response to an in-built desire to do, see or watch "grooming". They fulfil an activity that modern society has brushed under its carpet and made a guilty pleasure.

There is psychology going on with "zits" and this deserves a viewing to further our understanding;  if you want more go here.

PART 2 (Weak segue into a moan about YouTube constraining choice)

Where there is need someone will fill that need, and if there is money to be made they will fall over themselves to fulfil it. Everything from human sacrifice to cake making is being catered for on the internet and so it is with "zit grooming", as I alluded to earlier.

I can only comment about YouTube content, but monetisation of videos (via insertion of adverts in or around content) means there are thousands of "zit vids" fulfilling a guilty pleasure, in return for YouTubes cash, BUT, YouTube's suggestion algorithms favour popularity (to receive payment for more ad views), and this has distilled their presentation of recommended "zit vids" to a few favoured presenters; too few presenters in my mind, some of whom are annoying because they are now more interested in manipulation their statistics or promoting themselves and their products (for sale), than their job in hand.

The major "zit vid" players on YouTube are Dr Pimple Popper (Dr Sandra Lee) and Mr Popzit (Greg Lynch PA) and Dr Derm / Pimple popping with Mario (Dr David Myers).

Coming to my point (finally, I can hear you saying), my point is YouTube algorithms are ruining viewer variety as they only suggest videos to you that make big money for them and their complicit content suppliers, whose content is evermore slick, formulaic and just over 10 minutes long now to please the algorithm(s)!

Mine is a very niche argument, but many good videos never see the light of day as they never come into public consciousness, via a YouTube recommended viewing list(s), simply because they have not yet become popular. Talk about Catch-22 eh?

Because I love an underdog, here's a good "zit-vid" that only had 600 views in 3 months, but deserves a watch because "they just get on with it"

Blackhead Removal With Tweezer #2

There! - I told you this topic was boring, but I've got it off my chest now and promise to never speak of it again.

P.S. I forgot to rant on about fake zit vids, where they "treat" special-effects, some of which are absolute rubbish and which I class as clickbait.