They release like two or three feature length videos a year with titles like "What Scooby Doo: Cyberchase has to say about parasocial relationships"

  • cosecantphi [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    I like Shaun, but yeah it really steamed my beans in his older videos when he'd be dunking on a chud and would start off like "make sure you go watch this Lauren Southern video I linked in the description so you'll know I'm not mischaracterizing any of her arguments"

    Very glad he stopped doing that, he was effectively platforming and signal boosting the ghouls he'd make videos about. It's a lesser complaint, but I also hated it when he'd play clips from those videos at all. I'd always skip those sections. I really don't want to hear Lauren Southern or Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson ramble about shit either. Glad he's mostly moved away from doing those types of videos. His new videos are very informative, just sucks he only makes a small handful of them a year.

    • Lester_Peterson [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I like Shaun's personality and agree with his politics a great deal but due to my personal preferences I have not watched much of his recent content because it's almost entirely responses. Responses to the 1776 report, to supporters of the Atomic Bomb dropping, to racists, to PragerU, etc. Shaun does these types of videos the best, but that genre of videos is just so over-saturated.

      Maybe this sounds like a lib sentiment, but I want a wholesome leftist channel. One that covers past heroes rather than bastards, and details the good created by past/present socialist experiments rather than the misery created by capitalism. The world is already bleak enough, I'm more motivated by hopes for a better tomorrow, rather than fears that things can get even worse.

      • cosecantphi [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, I get what you mean. Most leftist videos are there to refute the justifications for the worst excesses of the hellworld we live in. But being constantly reminded about how bad things are isn't great for mental health.

        There have been a lot of great socialist projects through history, and I'd also like to see more videos covering their achievements.

    • camaron28 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Why? Did someone actually do that?

      "Go watch her videos so..."

      "Yeah, sure, whatever, get on with the dunking"

      • cosecantphi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I have to imagine some people did. Probably not his regular audience, but mostly the people who streamed in because the algorithm recommended a Shaun video.