PewDiePie has single-handily made me break that promise. WTF are kids watching these days????
Of course being a kid his video time is strictly limited.
But the fact that he would choose that activity on his iPad vs. playing all sorts of games makes me think there is something huge there. Huge as in the future of mass entertainment.
You know all those cheesy Sci-Fi books and movies where new sports are invented and masses of people cheering them?
This is the future. PewDiePie is competing with Formula 1 racing, World Cup Football, and prime time TV. He's got more people watching than most TV shows.
In some ways this this is just classic entertainment - good looking guy being funny, doing funny stuff. Take out YouTube and video games and it's the same formula for entertainment we've seen in the last 100 years.
PS: And yes you should stick with your promise.
I don't understand the appeal at all, but you're almost certainly totally right that there's be something huge there.
It gets worse though. My daughter likes to watch some girl make up stories with barbie dolls and other similarly sized characters. Every one of the videos I've looked at has millions of views, so she's not alone. It's a little weird.