Extremely funny how many YouTube videos are in my recommendations from channels I’ve never heard of rushing out the door 30 minute video essays about James Somerton like I’m sorry did you miss the whole point like the points isn’t him specifically it’s lack of originality and rushing to release content way too quickly
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Yeah, from the way so much has turned into dunks of this one guy specifically, it feels like people really took the wrong lesson from all this
yeah. i think todd in the shadow's video on him coming out around the same time was coincidence but after that it really seems like it's people trying to milk it
TITS coordinated his with hbomb actually. he talked to him about it before he released his and waited until hbomb had finished his first etc. they were being worked on at the same time.
"here are a bunch of systemic issues that allow for an entire class of successful grifter, and this is how bad it's gotten"
"wow how dare this one man play unfair........." torrieu
Sheesh, finished up that video last night and... just what you're mentioning here, too, the net effect is to never want to visit the site again -_-
Understanding systemic problems doesn't bring in the mint mobile sponsors though
Gotta get daddy Ryan Reynolds’s money somehow tho furreal I’ve used mint for years they’re a great cell carrier
i've been a mint customer since before ryan reynolds bought the company actually
Look, I can spend 4 hours watching a video essay, or I can spend 4 hours making a video essay, and one of those puts money in my pocket.
