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steinrokkan posted:Oh no, he cheated at a video game? Poor people who have to bear the brunt of this violation of trust, such as *check notes* speedrun researchers???? Dream fanfic poster spotted
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 16:25 |
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steinrokkan posted:Oh no, he cheated at a video game? Poor people who have to bear the brunt of this violation of trust, such as *check notes* speedrun researchers???? This isn't so much "you not only cheated the game, but yourself" and more "built an entertainment persona worth millions of dollars based on a fake premise" Maybe he should have taken those normal pills.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 17:23 |
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I support dream's will to power and ability to use his fanbase as a weapon in order to gain even more wealth in fame
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:07 |
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miniscule12 posted:I support dream's will to power and ability to use his fanbase as a weapon in order to gain even more wealth in fame I mean what good is a fanbase otherwise
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:26 |
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sexpig by night posted:I mean what good is a fanbase otherwise keeps the fan from tipping over.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:45 |
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Has anybody said "flared fan base" yet?
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 18:54 |
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Grondoth posted:"built an entertainment persona worth millions of dollars based on a fake premise" It's a video game
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 22:02 |
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People who pay to watch the epic smiley face guy play a computer game deserve whatever they get.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 22:14 |
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Yes, but how does this result in a fandom writing scads of high-school AU fanfic where everyone is an animal/Minecraft-monster hybrid and everyone's platonically cuddling? (Seriously, my random sample from checking AO3 at lunch yesterday showed 3 of these Minecraft RPF in the last 20 or so updated site-wide, and they all involved platonic cuddling. One involved a platonic marriage. What is going on?)
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 22:16 |
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Antivehicular posted:Yes, but how does this result in a fandom writing scads of high-school AU fanfic where everyone is an animal/Minecraft-monster hybrid and everyone's platonically cuddling? (Seriously, my random sample from checking AO3 at lunch yesterday showed 3 of these Minecraft RPF in the last 20 or so updated site-wide, and they all involved platonic cuddling. One involved a platonic marriage. What is going on?) yea like I agree getting his fetus fans to yell at rando speedrun nerds who pointed out he cheated or whatever sucks but I'm still incredibly confused how minecraft speedruns became Middle School Level Game Of Thrones that spawned a billion coffee shop platonic polycule AUs.
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 22:51 |
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steinrokkan posted:It's a video game I mean, basketball and hockey and football are just games, too. But billions of dollars are involved in each one of them. I'm not giving Minecraft speedrunning gravitas, I'm saying that Dream got big by faking that he was the best minecraft speedrunner out there. This has brought him literally international fame and millions of dollars. I don't understand why, but he's not some dude bragging to his classmates that he totally beat the game in like 4 minutes. He's a multi-million dollar entertainment personality, as loving weird as that is to come to grips with.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 20:07 |
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the way i heard it he was caught cheating, said he didn't cheat, had it proven further, then said oops okay he cheated on accident which is funny to me i don't know anything else about any of these people and I'm glad the doc wasn't about them
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 01:16 |
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The best part was when people did the math and found it to be astronomicaly improbable that he didn't cheat he hired a mathematician to put out a statement saying he didn't. The mathematician then recanted since he was given inaccurate data.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 01:28 |
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Grondoth posted:I'm saying that Dream got big by faking that he was the best minecraft speedrunner out there. it's still pathetic to cheat at a speedrun and deny it after people prove you were obviously cheating of course
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 03:46 |
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Big ups to ANYONE who makes millions of dollars on a scam honestly
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 16:53 |
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ShellGame posted:the way i heard it he was caught cheating, said he didn't cheat, had it proven further, then said oops okay he cheated on accident It's a REALLY bad idea for a Doc because a bigass chunk of the cast all this creepy fanfic is being written about are actual real people who are literally 15 years old. Like, not a scripted thing or playing characters. Just teens recording themselves playing Minecraft and having it go viral. Actually I probably should say they were 15 when the series actually happened and was recorded since it's a couple years old now. It was a video series of literal teenagers having screaming meltdowns at each other over Minecraft and spawned a gigantic loving fandom of people who were also literal teenagers who then proceeded to have screaming meltdowns over a video series of literal teenagers having screaming meltdowns about Minecraft. It's a rabbit hole that is very, VERY much better left alone. Antivehicular posted:I lurk on Archive of Our Own a lot, because I'm a crap hound, and the "most recently posted" listing is always covered in incredibly overwrought fanfiction about this Minecraft thing, Hey buddy, I just wanted to let you know that you're seen and you're not alone in this pit. Hard to tell if the current fad is better or worse than One Direction and BTS clogging up every loving goddamn tag. Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Sep 13, 2021 |
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a dozen swans posted:Big ups to ANYONE who makes millions of dollars on a scam honestly Nah, that’s harmless as far as big grifts go but a lot of multimillion dollar scams have far reaching collateral damage. Andrew Wakefield, Alex Jones, etc
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 20:31 |
I think I'll give up on the 9cl doc. The comic isn't too toxic for F Plus or Extra Credit. But at this point in my life, it's too toxic for me.
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# ? Sep 14, 2021 13:06 |
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RandomPauI posted:I think I'll give up on the 9cl doc. The comic isn't too toxic for F Plus or Extra Credit. But at this point in my life, it's too toxic for me. Bummer to hear, but I understand. It's a particular type of skeeze that isn't hilarious but is unsettling to read constantly.
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# ? Sep 14, 2021 15:13 |
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for fans of episode 126, Acquire the Spiritual Energy of a Tiny Dead Pharaoh, the podcast Oh No, Ross and Carrie is currently doing a deep dive on Pyradyne and Fred Bell
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# ? Sep 15, 2021 13:54 |
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The Chairman posted:for fans of episode 126, Acquire the Spiritual Energy of a Tiny Dead Pharaoh, the podcast Oh No, Ross and Carrie is currently doing a deep dive on Pyradyne and Fred Bell The moment his name came up on the Ross and Carrie episode some part of my brain immediately connected it to corresponding F Plus episode despite not having relistened to it in years. Thank you, brain.
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# ? Sep 15, 2021 18:26 |
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pie radyne
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# ? Sep 15, 2021 18:58 |
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a dozen swans posted:Big ups to ANYONE who makes millions of dollars on a scam honestly it's this. the future of parasocial relationships is creators scamming the poo poo out of their audiences constantly, who will willfully give up their money but still keep loving the person who robbed them. we see this already with crypto schemes like faze clan save the kids token. People want to be scammed, it makes them feel closer personally to their favorite content creator.
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# ? Sep 15, 2021 19:42 |
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It's remarkable how mentally ill capitalism has made literally everyone
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# ? Sep 16, 2021 02:24 |
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miniscule12 posted:it's this. the future of parasocial relationships is creators scamming the poo poo out of their audiences constantly, who will willfully give up their money but still keep loving the person who robbed them. Many not-scammy podcasts I like are all getting merched-up, it's almost a required part of the podcaster lifestyle because there are no real jobs anymore. Who can blame them, there's literally no other way out. Improbable Lobster posted:It's remarkable how mentally ill capitalism has made literally everyone When value is reduced to what you can buy and sell, yeah everything breaks. Sociopaths with no empathy running everything will have that effect.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 01:04 |
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ewe2 posted:Many not-scammy podcasts I like are all getting merched-up, it's almost a required part of the podcaster lifestyle because there are no real jobs anymore. Who can blame them, there's literally no other way out.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:26 |
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Squarespace is not a lawfirm
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:27 |
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Is squarespace a law firm?
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:41 |
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BONOBOS!
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:47 |
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I wonder if Lemon has gotten serious offers to run ads. There probably is some company that wouldn't mind having their ad in the dickbugs episode, just to name one at random.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:54 |
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A Moose posted:I wonder if Lemon has gotten serious offers to run ads. There probably is some company that wouldn't mind having their ad in the dickbugs episode, just to name one at random. Manscaped and Blue Chew run ads on cum-focused podcasts all the time, I don't think they'd care
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 18:58 |
I would like an Extreme Restraints sponsored episode where they read reviews of Extreme Restraints.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 19:12 |
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I'd accept ads for sex toys or whatever at the start of the pod in exchange for a steady release schedule. They're never gonna read the entire internet at this rate
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 19:43 |
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 20:10 |
RandomPauI posted:I would like an Extreme Restraints sponsored episode where they read reviews of Extreme Restraints. Ad before or after the readings?
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 20:32 |
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tokin opposition posted:I'd accept ads for sex toys or whatever at the start of the pod in exchange for a steady release schedule. They're never gonna read the entire internet at this rate A steady release schedule that results in everyone getting burnt out and not having fun would be much worse than the current release schedule. Only making an episode when 1) there is a good doc, and 2) there are enough people available who want to read seems like one of the biggest keys to how the show has stayed so good for so long.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 21:57 |
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Besides, haven't they been releasing episodes more frequently since the pandemic began anyway?
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 22:09 |
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Besides, haven't they been releasing episodes more frequently since the pandemic began anyway? Ehhh, they’ve been doing the “regular releases every week for two months then slowing down” thing on and off for a while.
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 22:43 |
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Extra credit slots nicely into that "like the fplus but more frequent" slot
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# ? Sep 18, 2021 00:59 |
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LanceHunter posted:A steady release schedule that results in everyone getting burnt out and not having fun would be much worse than the current release schedule. Only making an episode when 1) there is a good doc, and 2) there are enough people available who want to read seems like one of the biggest keys to how the show has stayed so good for so long. Given the length of time it's been running the number of casualties has been amazingly low.
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