I don't know if anyone else has had this moment with them. I don't have anything against the majority of them, in fact back in the day I supported the GamerGate crowd quite a bit because back in the day you really didn't have that many options and they were doing something genuinely brave by sticking it to the left and risk cancellation but even the right wingers can't really claim their lives are going to be totally ruined because there are so many alt-tech options out there. Really they're fast outing themselves as youtube and twitter addicts and when something happens it's often revolving around that platform and nothing else.
I just can't watch it anymore and have been getting this way quite a bit with them over time. Especially when half their content even when it's a different topics is them bitching about youtube policy and mirroring the very same video to an alt-tech site which just shows they're being lazy. Sometimes they do put up alt-tech exclusives, however they often only do it unless they have absolutely no other choice and will censor themselves.
I get more value these days out of political commentary reading what you guys have to post ( Yes I know, blatant pandering :P ) but really any person can do what they do now thanks to alt-tech. Alternatively I've also found myself far more interested in watching some autist ramble on about a subject they're specialised in for 30 minutes than bother with any of the old youtubers I used to watch. The smart ones have figured this out and moved on but there's a stubborn contingent of them that insist on political commentary until death and it's clearly not working.
It's probably political fatigue to a degree, but I felt this way about television and trending pages. Some of my favourite content watching now is actually cooking and history channels and it's funny how they're not endlessly bitching about youtube content policy every video and just get on with it which does make you feel like they're using their positions as the unmentionables a bit opportunistically. I also find it's even the same with gaming commentary, I don't really see much point in these guys anymore and more often now they seem to be posting up click-bait to maintain their viewership. The way people were trying to rant about Baldur's Gate 3's sexual content rather than talk about the fucking game is a classic case in point but most people have seen my rants on that before.
I think it's the realization that you have a life outside of this. Yeah, politics is a real thing and we need to be worried, but life has to keep going.
It's one of those really annoying things people outside of history don't get. A really big thing happens and the vast majority of people keep living. The French revolution happened with the mechanical entertainment and shipping center revolution in the same city.
There are a lot of complaints about the latest Wonder Woman movies, but the first one had a moment where a woman begs for help because she hasn't gotten food in 3 years. It sounds desperate, and then you realize it sounds impossible. People would have adapted and moved on with their lives while the war happened, and they did. A few miles away from the war front were villages doing trade with each other, including the enemy villages. For all our bluster the same happens in every war. The internet and trade between the Ukraine and Russia still happens, just indirectly.
Once you recognize it, you also recognize the need to go play videogames, drive fun cars, and raise a family. The people doing all the bluster are doing the same. It's their job, not their life.
Thumbs up. Respond. Adapt. Overcome.