The other day, I received a namby-pamby message from YouTube that said:

Hi BootedHarleydude, We have reviewed your content and determined that it may not be suitable for viewers under the age of 18, per our Community Guidelines. As a result, we’ve age-restricted the following content:

Video: Harley Davidson Bike and Cop Boots

We haven’t applied a strike to your channel, and your content is still live for some users on YouTube.

The message rambled on about why they apply adult content warnings to some videos uploaded on their site.

The video they changed access to was uploaded 15 years ago — yep, in 2008. Why suddenly 15 years later they decide a video showing a boot on a Harley would be inappropriate for children under age 18?

Annoyed, I decided…

… to delete that video. Who needs this stupid censorship? Really, a boot on a motorcycle? Really?

While YouTube does not explain how they reached that decision, I suspect someone flagged it for content because in their twisted misperception, it promoted a boot fetish — though nothing was in it that could be construed that way by a normal person. I allege that whoever may have flagged it was not normal (as some in the political cult society are.)

There are a lot of prudes in the world, and more of them now than ever.

I used to have about 120 videos on YouTube that I made between 2007 and 2013, but took 2/3 of them down (with a warning) in 2020 because they were causing me to waste a lot of time moderating negative and stupid comments.

I am seriously thinking of removing all of my old videos that were posted during that era. There are many more and better videos on YouTube than my old ones. I have no intention of making any more/new videos.

Further, who needs this aggravation?

Complainers: Get a life!

Life is short: who cares about YouTube anyway?