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1. Weaf :jv::nv: (weaf@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 22:58:59 JST Weaf :jv::nv:

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   Fuck your Plinkett. Fuck your mythology of Jay. Fuck the Best of the Worst. As an anti-RLMist, I will make sure that Rich Evans dies a fast and painful death
   
   RT: https://poa.st/objects/b9011a0f-a0c7-4ea8-8db9-1dc0fc5571f4
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   • Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 23:40:18 JST Some German Guy

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     @weaf @undertake72 >shits on red letter media.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 23:40:18 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 Watch RLM like you’ve never seen it before….it’s not good.

     They’re just tired old men dutifully going through the motions to keep the patreon going

   • 🎄 Rick 🎄 (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:20:13 JST 🎄 Rick 🎄

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 I like to see the pain in Mike Stoklasa's eyes as he's forced to watch another low budget 80s sci fi movie, you can tell he's fantasizing about making his belt into a noose
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     @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 But that’s the catch: Watch it like you’ve never seen it before and it sucks.

     I didn’t give them a try until recently, and I came away wondering why everyone holds such goodwill for them. It’s that, the fact you know and like them and seeing their progression is enjoyable in itself. Without that relationship, without preexisting enthusiasm for RLM, their product is just like any other 10-year youtuber: Running on fumes to keep the bills paid because they can’t go back to day jobs

   • 🎄 Rick 🎄 (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:30:33 JST 🎄 Rick 🎄

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 That's a good observation, the energy is gone, I have happy memories watching them 7-8 years ago before the malaise set in. Fwiw they seem to be aware of it and play off it on occasion, but all the gimmicks feel forced now, they don't look like they enjoy what they're doing anymore. Might be a good allegory for the film and film criticism industry as a whole.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:32:41 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 I think a lot of those youtubers from the period didn’t want to be youtubers. They never had the understanding of what life would be like doing it as a career, and it’s surprisingly un-fun and tiresome. But the money is good enough, and they have freedom, and after years on youtube they’ve basically burnt through all their chances of regular employment anyway, so they just keep at it.

     Seems to be the cycle for those few early 2010’s channels that have stuck around. They continue the grift just to keep their fanbase on life support because it’s all they have. Newer stars getting into it FOR the youtube lifestyle maintain their enthusiasm better because they know what they’re getting into.

   • 🎄 Rick 🎄 (praxisofevil@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:57:26 JST 🎄 Rick 🎄

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 I think it would be cool to get paid for content but I'd do it as more of a side hustle. Making it full time would feel too much like work, but I'd imagine having access to a much better lifestyle would take the sting away. Granted when shows like RLM got started they didn't have to navigate around fringe political issues and risk cancelation like content makers have to do today. But, for RLM's flaws, they stayed out of the political discourse for the most part.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:57:26 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 The smart people never left their day jobs, it’s the idiots who thought they’d be able to cash 5-figure youtube checks every month for eternity. That’s why the ad thing freaked them all out. Now they’re subsisting on patreon, eternally watching their audience chip away and dwindle, never increasing, never growing

     It’s a depressing existence, when you think about it. Imagine having to deal with the youtube comment section day in and day out for 16 years like they have. (Since few people can just ignore it, like normal people. They’re putting themselves out there, they need to engage)

   • Codeki :njp: (codeki@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 02:34:00 JST Codeki :njp:

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 It’s almost as if Egoraptor doesn’t want to be a 50-year-old dude playing video games and making poopoo peepee jokes, but it’s his only way to survive at this point.

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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 02:34:35 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Codeki @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 Imagine having to guzzle up every last drop of goyslop media to review for your channel because nobody ever calls you back no matter how many resumes you send out

   • redditeur (redditeur@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 12:49:20 JST redditeur

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @PraxisOfEvil @Some_German_Guy @weaf @undertake72 RLM peaked with The Nerd Crew and everything else they have done is derivative garbage.
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