YouTube social lubrication

Went to a small party last night that could have been an advertisement for the net society.

A good portion of the party was spent gathered around a widescreen monitor in the living room (set up with a cordless keyboard and mouse) looking for karaoke videos on youtube. However they also kept getting distracted by odd Japanese TV show clips, kittens-falling-off-counters videos, and other wacky stuff. Granted, other stuff was going on (including Chinese caligraphy scrabble!), but I was fascinated by the collective web surfing. Who says the Internet will lead to social isolation?