• 01100011101001111100 [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I liked Contra when she was doing videos on, like, TheGoldenOne and shit or topics like philosophy tube. But some time between say 2018 and 2021 her videos have become these sprawling 1.5 monstrosities. I started tuning out once she regularly cross 1 hour

    But, I listen to podcasts this long. I think its because it's also a visual style maybe?

    I'm not in the anti-contra discourse because, like I said, I stopped watching a while ago. It's weird to see her now... I feel like I've grown so much as a person in a personal sense and a political sense. The world has changed so much. But contra is still... the same... but with more costumes I guess.

    • Barabas [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I dropped Contra like a rock around the time she made it clear that she was a dyed in the wool lib, and it doesn't seem like I've missed much since. Also that I can't deal with that much theatre kid energy.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        also the fact she makes like 300k per vid now and rocks the booj aesthetic. sure, maybe it was fun while you were a small time trans youtuber, but the fact is you are now a rich trans youtuber and it feels like youre looking down your nose at all the poors with the aesthetic and the surgeries you got while not even telling people the doctor's name to help them search for good docs

        which is stupid as shit because everyone saw your transition, stop acting like you just got poofed and help your people out if youre a public figure

    • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      sprawling 1.5 monstrosities. I started tuning out once she regularly cross 1 hour

      But, I listen to podcasts this long. I think its because it’s also a visual style maybe?

      I mean I’m a dedicated WTYP Stan and they’ve made fucking 4 hour episodes so I can clearly handle length!

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Contra was nice when I was more of a lib a few years ago, but yeah - stopped watching her 3 years ago, can't see myself going back.

      Like I don't think she's Awful or Evil or anything just that I don't really care for her videos anymore.

    • BruceWillis [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      her wealth and fame have made her evolve a more liberal and less radical subjectivity.

      wealth is power and power corrupts.