• mittens [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Video essays are obviously worse than written articles for academic topics, but I think they're fine, even ideal, as a modern way to curate audiovisual mediums like games and movies, because you can state an idea and instantly exemplify it. You can even talk over the example. That being said, you shouldn't feel guilty about watching lame shit online, even if it's a 6 hour video of iCarly lol, it's your leisure time.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      it’s your leisure time

      exactly someone might say to you that if you instead read a literary classic it would be more entertaining and enrich your mind. They might even be right but they can't actually make you and feeling guilty while watching a video essay is worse than either activity