Re: The Actual Video. Lot to unpack here, in regards to class, the performative class of opulence, and the death of 80's commercialism through abandoned malls. Half expected her to segue into Dawn...
Re: The Actual Video.
Lot to unpack here, in regards to class, the performative class of opulence, and the death of 80's commercialism through abandoned malls. Half expected her to segue into Dawn of the Living Dead with her commentary on death of capitalism, but the decrepit mall might be a little creepier in context.
I just finished it, and yeah, a lot to unpack. Maybe it's because it's 2 am, or maybe it's because I'm an idiot, but I wish I could play some of her videos, this one especially, at half speed....
I just finished it, and yeah, a lot to unpack. Maybe it's because it's 2 am, or maybe it's because I'm an idiot, but I wish I could play some of her videos, this one especially, at half speed. Either that, or have a transcript to read after so I can think for a minute and process some of her points without constantly having to pause and mess with the timing of the humor and the general flow of the video.
I turn on captions for her videos, but even then I have to pause pretty often. In fact, although I admire her work, I rarely get to the end of a video. It's just too dense for me. (Quite possibly...
I turn on captions for her videos, but even then I have to pause pretty often. In fact, although I admire her work, I rarely get to the end of a video. It's just too dense for me. (Quite possibly I'm the dense one.)
It would be great if each of them were active on this site. Maybe not now since the community is still quite small and being a semi-famous user might cause some weird imbalance, but I think this...
It would be great if each of them were active on this site. Maybe not now since the community is still quite small and being a semi-famous user might cause some weird imbalance, but I think this site could be a good platform for them to share interesting topics that arent quite video worthy.
The magic of the Internet: How do you know they aren't? How do I know you aren't actually Olly Thorn? How do you know I ain't :-) ? Besides, I'm pretty sure some of them are at least somewhat...
The magic of the Internet: How do you know they aren't? How do I know
you aren't actually Olly Thorn? How do you know I ain't :-) ?
Besides, I'm pretty sure some of them are at least somewhat
active on Reddit.
Here
is KnowingBetter's account.
Re: The Actual Video.
Lot to unpack here, in regards to class, the performative class of opulence, and the death of 80's commercialism through abandoned malls. Half expected her to segue into Dawn of the Living Dead with her commentary on death of capitalism, but the decrepit mall might be a little creepier in context.
I just finished it, and yeah, a lot to unpack. Maybe it's because it's 2 am, or maybe it's because I'm an idiot, but I wish I could play some of her videos, this one especially, at half speed. Either that, or have a transcript to read after so I can think for a minute and process some of her points without constantly having to pause and mess with the timing of the humor and the general flow of the video.
I turn on captions for her videos, but even then I have to pause pretty often. In fact, although I admire her work, I rarely get to the end of a video. It's just too dense for me. (Quite possibly I'm the dense one.)
My girlfriend cannot watch her videos because of how fast they are.
YouTube has a playback speed command shift + period for fast and shift + comma for slow.
Thanks!
Expect a spooky follow-up on zombie capitalism starring firms like Uber and Bird with tons of money but no profits!! WooOOooOoO!
Nobody loves my boy Nietzsche :(. He's just misunderstood! He wouldn't like incels :(
Not least of all by his sister!
This comment is far too superficial for Tildes... but I loved the Beowulf reference.
Might want to add Contrapoints videos to the list of recurring threads.
not exactly something we can schedule though, right?
Was half being facetious, half suggesting that we could generate posts on an RSS feed.
And PhilosophyTube. Maybe KnowingBetter as well.
It would be great if each of them were active on this site. Maybe not now since the community is still quite small and being a semi-famous user might cause some weird imbalance, but I think this site could be a good platform for them to share interesting topics that arent quite video worthy.
The magic of the Internet: How do you know they aren't? How do I know you aren't actually Olly Thorn? How do you know I ain't :-) ?
Besides, I'm pretty sure some of them are at least somewhat active on Reddit. Here is KnowingBetter's account.
For starters, I can't imagine Olly Thorn using the word "ain't" but point taken :)
Sorry for adamconovering, but ackchually…
Yes!!!! Natalie Wynn is by far my favorite culture commentator and would love to see more discussion of her work.