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In early days of Youtube, criticism and "negativity" was the main thing. Seeing sacred cows get analyzed and broken apart and told why it's overrated and why you're an idiot for thinking it's as good as it is was par for the course.
This style of discourse is the norm here....because this forum isn't normies.
Now on Youtube any criticism of even a video game is delivered with 1000 caveats or an extreme level of irony like "can you imagine actually going against the grain like some sort of chud". There's a guy something Mayo who is hugely controversial for daring to make a video saying Arkham Knight sucks.
Videos like that were common place back in the day. Razorfist is well known for it, and while I never liked this other guy, Zero Punctuation was also known for it.
Even mainstream channels like Gametrailers, Screwattack, if they had an opinion that was against the grain, they'd just say it.
Try finding a video of "insert game sucks" and not be inundated with ironic videos where they just parrot the consensus.
The really unsettling thing is if they're unwilling to go against the grain on video games, how weak and prone to "agreeability" are they on actual taboo issues?
This is why I say feminine. Don't make waves, this opinion could hurt somebody....what if that's someone's favorite game, me critiquing it without 1000 caveats could leave them crying into their pillow, I can't have that.
I remember listening to podcasts back in the day, like PS3 era and people would talk about how in Japan they give everything a 9 out of 10 and games journalism is useless because of "politeness society". Well we're basically there on Youtube. People who's livlihoods aren't even at stake are afraid to say something sucks or why something sucks.
You get called edgy for saying something like "Half Life 2 is overrated or boring".
You could make dead baby jokes on early Youtube and you still wouldn't be called edgy.
If you're as soft as tissue paper, everything feels edgy to you.
I'm reading a book about the folklore used to make Scooby Doo. It's appropriately named Zoinks. I'm enjoying it, but the writing is a bit distracted. Lots of asides with two or three paragraphs.
Anyway, in the first chapter it covers the characters. Velma is covered and there's a whole section dedicated to her being a lesbian. There's a single movie that has her fall in love with a DEI Mary Sue. Good animation but that part of the story ruins it. The book talks about how they tried to make her gay several instances before, but were stopped by Warner Bros execs. The original live action movie was supposed to have a kiss and then the Mystery Incorporated was hinting at it.
In fact, the creators of MI said that the reason why Velma was such a bad girlfriend was because she was actually gay. She was supposed to fall in love with a different character, but WB stopped it.
The movie was supposed to have a kiss between Daphne and Velma. Again Warner Bros stopped it.
So, by the looks of it, the talent has been trying to do this for literal decades. Until 2020, the execs stopped it because they wanted to sell their product. So, unless there's a executive who stops it, the official cannon is that nerds are gay.
I have a few occasional family videos I want to crop, that's all I need.
Apparently Movie Maker was removed from Windows. Is there a simple, free and easy to use video editor anymore?
