• fosforus
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    11 months ago

    Oh no, I will have to do something useful with my time instead of watching 100 viral and algorithmically selected videos designed to enrage me – one after each other. WHAT WILL I DO

    edit stir up shit here I guess

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      11 months ago

      Not all of us watch bullshit and drama on YouTube. There is good science and engineering content on there.

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        11 months ago

        If you’re primarily interested in the science and engineering content, nebula is a wonderful platform where membership fees directly support content creators.

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      one way to look at it is a blessing in disguise. instead of dissociating with YT, now you have all this time to figure out who you actually are and then become that thing. i imagine it’s more rewarding than passively watching YT.

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          11 months ago

          figuring out who you are isn’t specifically career related. it’s whoever you are. the focus here is doing/being authentic. authenticity isn’t a passive activity.

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        11 months ago

        What comments like this fail to understand is that people sometimes like to do nothing with their free time.

        YouTube became as popular as it is because it fulfilled a necessity, for good or bad

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      11 months ago

      It sounds like you algorithmically encourage this content too

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        11 months ago

        No, I’m the victim here, helpless to do anything but click click click