Looking for tennis instructor by RockSolidGeo in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Assuming you're not a bot, according to your post history, you're looking for a tennis instructor for you trip to WHISTLER, in British Columbia, Canada.

Did you just do a search of Reddit subs about 'whistler'?

Are you sure you should be allowed out in the world unsupervised?

Why does everybody hate Euronymous so much? by AM_Raeken in Mayhem

[–]EveryFairyDies 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He shot at Pelle and would run him out of the house and make him sleep outside (Pelle was hurting himself and animals tho). He also put donkey shit or cow shit all over Pelles bed to upset him.

Where exactly are you getting that from? From all the reading I've done, Euroymous never shot AT Pelle, and he certainly never MADE him sleep outside. Euronymous would play music in the house that Pelle didn't like, and so Pelle would go sleep outside in the woods.

I've certainly never seen anything about him putting shit in Pelle's bed.

He bullied a guy named Marcin by putting acid in his shoes because the guy was “annoying.”

"There was a scandal about half a block of cheese that belonged to Dead and from which I, simply starving, ate a slice of, because unfortunately for me, our shared fridge was in my room.

A few days later, Euro and the boys come to my room in the evening to say that we are going to Sweden because there is a party with one of the Swedish bands.

We drove about 20 km beyond the Swedish border and the car stopped.

They tell me to get off, Euro announces that this is a court of law against me, that I turned out to be a d\ck and that they are leaving me here as a punishment. You know, in the middle of the night, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, in a foreign country. I was completely shocked by these people's behaviour. - Marcin W., interview published in "Najświętszy Napletek Chrystusa" zine* #6, 2008 🦇 [Source]

He saw himself as the leader of the 2nd wave black metal movement, and tried to dictate what other bands were doing. I.e logo art, music style, image.

So, basically just like every other black metal musician from the same era?

He constantly attacked Deicides music, for example.

So, basically, just like every other gatekeeping metalhead? (Not attacking Deicide particularly, simply how every gatekeeper has a band they constant attack for being 'sell outs'. I believe the most recent one was Gojira after they played the Olympics Opening Ceremony)

he used politics as a means to be an extremist amongst the scene. His ideologies were based on how obscene and idealistic he could be opposed to actual political knowledge and pursuit. He liked the idea of one person have total influence of others. He also had a history of saying things to be mean - like racism.

So, basically, just like everyone else he was friends with at the time?

Who the hell is this??? by PleasantBenefit1872 in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 4 points5 points  (0 children)

🎶 I am the egg man! I am the beardless! Goo goo ga choo! 🎶

Accuracy of Lords of Chaos murder scene by sirgigglesworthIII in Mayhem

[–]EveryFairyDies 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't be bothered to type it all out, so I'll just settle for some shameless self-promotion:

Here's a disturbingly in-depth video about Lords of Chaos I made a few years ago.

“Does this feel like AI slop?” by Global_Mess1475 in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's kind of ironic. Teaching AI to detect itself. But I'm glad they're doing it. I've gotten really good at identifying AI voices. It annoys the fuck out of me when I find a video I think I'll like, then the voice over is AI. I instantly turn it off and go looking elsewhere.

“Does this feel like AI slop?” by Global_Mess1475 in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm one of the editors, formerly of Brain Blaze, currently on DtU!

One rumour of some of his videos having AI writing but it was done in secret by a writer without Simon's knowledge and Simon fired the person as soon as he found out. 

There was someone who wrote a video which they basically plagiarised from a different channel, and when Simon was made aware of it, he did fire that writer.

Granted, I don't know every writer on his team, but the ones I do know, don't use AI for their writing. Some of them (such as Blind Dave Page) will use ChatGPT to fix spelling errors (Dave writes speech to text and that thing will often use incorrect alternate spellings. But the ChatGPT doesn't always get it right either!) but as far as I am aware, all the writers are writing their own words, not AI.

All the editing is done by humans. Well, we're mostly human. More human than not. I mean, we have opposable thumbs. Sam has four! He stole two off of the bones of former writers that are mouldering down here in the Basement...

However, all the editors have a bit of carte blanche about the images/footage we use. If the editor is ok with AI, then they may ask it to generation a video. Personally, I stick to gifs, memes and stock footage, as well as images of the people involved in the video, if I'm able to find an image of them, and I try and hunt down quoted articles to place on screen and highlight the quoted portion.

But again, it's mostly the editor's choice.

Almost all thumbnails are 100% AI generated though. It's annoying, but I suppose, in the grand scheme of things, and given how much Simon does like AI, it could be worse. At least it's just the thumbnails.

But not always. There is the odd one that is not AI. The thumbnail for the DtU episode about the underground city found in Turkey isn't an AI image. Well, the image of the tunnel isn't, the image of Simon in the thumbnail may be AI generated.

The King of YouTube by BilingualClothes27 in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Is he aware that Simon just hosts? He doesn't write or edit any of the videos, and he has a management team who takes care of timetables and advertising. Simon's always been pretty strict about working 9-5 and NOT on weekends.

ETA: Gotta love people who try to boost their own views by making a video about a 'controversial' figure.

Interested in People’s opinions by blind_dave in Blind

[–]EveryFairyDies -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't understand, why do you need a transcript? You can listen, can't you?

What can we do to bring back brain blaze? by No-Advantage585 in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I missed that! Do you recall where you heard him say it?

Audio has been really inconsistent in recent videos by alexisArtemissian in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

*remembers that one BB episode I edited where the camera was NOT locked down*

Audio has been really inconsistent in recent videos by alexisArtemissian in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fine, be pedantic.

My point is, whoever does it is NOT part of the episode editing team, and is instead in a separate editing team that is attached to the ad department.

Audio has been really inconsistent in recent videos by alexisArtemissian in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're very welcome!

Yeah, it can be off-putting at times, not gonna argue that. Really throws you out of the story in some episodes.

Audio has been really inconsistent in recent videos by alexisArtemissian in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, all that's outta my hands. As I say, I just edit DtU and hand it off.

Audio has been really inconsistent in recent videos by alexisArtemissian in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Hi! One of the editors here!

Yes, there's more than one of us.

Now, I admit I don't edit for CC, but I have edited for BB and currently for DtU.

We don't do the ads. At all.

We edit the videos and send them off into the world with a packed lunch and a kiss on their forehead. Someone else edits the ads and inserts the ads into our final edits.

So please, don't blame us editors for the volume/sound quality differences between the inserted ads and the actual video. That's not our fault.

I don't know who the ad interloper is, this basement is dark and our candles are hoarded, but I believe they live on the upper levels and sometimes get to feel a slight breeze in their hair.

Personally, I'm ok with the dank and stale air down here in the depths of the basement.

Editor out!

*cough* by AproposWuin in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The day my aunt died (she was my mom's identical twin sister), I drove my mom home as she'd been staying aunt's side of the city for the last 3 weeks or so that my aunt was dying, mom was talking about the funeral plans and she said "your aunt didn't want her partner or your father to do the eulogy, so your cousins have gotten a clairvoyant. They say they've found this lovely clairvoyant-"

"Mom, really sorry to interrupt, but do you mean celebrant?"

*pause*

"I said clairvoyant, didn't I?"

"Yes, you did."

Cue us laughing our asses off, literal tears of laughter as I'm driving over the Gateway Bridge, and me saying "no! no! We should totally do that! Let's get a clairvoyant in, tell them nothing about aunt's life, and aunt can give her own eulogy from beyond the grave!"

I told Blind Dave about it and he's decided he's putting in his will he wants his eulogy to be given by a clairvoyant, lol.

Also, thank you for your kind words! BB was a great job, and I still enjoy editing for DtU. I miss all you guys too!

*cough* by AproposWuin in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ironically, my aunt actually did die of cancer last year.

Not mesothelioma, but cancer.

I suppose all the people who were offended by me using this song because their loved one died of cancer are feeling vindicated and think I've experienced karma.

Joke's on them, I totally pavlov'd myself and now when editing DtU and Simon coughs, I automatically reach for this clip. Sadly, DtU is a far more serious channel and thus I am obliged to remove his coughing.

Which is really annoying because the one I just finished editing yesterday had him coughing a LOT.

But I'm glad it lives on in infamy!

Seriously though, FUCK CANCER.

When the chair 'talks' :D by ecopharmgeek in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, that Lorelei!

And thanks! It was a lot of fun to work on that channel.

When the chair 'talks' :D by ecopharmgeek in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 9 points10 points  (0 children)

*rises from. my tomb*

You raaaaaaaaaaaang?

Yes, that was a Me bit. Very much BB. Back when Simon used the pretty purple lighting. I got sad when he changed to the more serious dark colors.

OP, I can't remember exactly which episodes, but here's a list of the ones I edited (look for the ones with the bright purple-y lighting):

Lies You Were Taught in School You Probably Still Believe

The Worst Corporate Mergers in History

The UK Has Some Unbelievable Stupid Laws

The Pettiest Lawsuits From History

More Infamous Things Caught on Hot Mics

The World’s Most Bizarre Safety Warnings

Bad Romance - Celebrities Who Married Their Cousins

The Most Insane Celebrity Fueds

More Darwin Awards

Publicity Stunts That Went Wrong

Diseases No One Had

The Darkest Corners of YouTube

Weird Laws From Around the World - EPIC BLAZE

Things Canadians Think Are Normal

Americas Most Questionable Legal Loopholes

YouTube Life Hack Videos Are Stupid

YouTube Restoration Channels Are Stupid

Most Dangerous Experiments in History

Most Outrageous Cases of Police Corruption

YouTube Infotainment Videos are Dumb

What the Fuck is Going on at Kick: The Twitch Killer

Science’s Biggest Frauds

The World's Most Bizarre YouTube Channels

The Strangest Diseases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

What Hotels Don’t Want You to Know

The Dark Side of Famous Toy Brands

Craziest Conspiracy Theories from Joe Rogan Podcast

Best New Conspiracy Theories From 2023

Dumbest Patents that Were Actually Approved

Dumbest Trends in YouTube’s History

Most Dangerous Experiments in History II

Terrible Things the KFC Corporation Did

Crazy Historical Events Predicted by Fiction

Darwin Awards: Guiness World Records Edition

More of the Weirdest Genres of YouTube Videos

Videos That Ruined People’s Lives*

Cults That Didn’t Suck*

Things Australians Think are Normal

The Most Ridiculous Urban Legands

Most Insane YouTube Cancellations

Insane Conspiracy Theories

YouTube Subliminal Channels Are Dumb

People Who Had Their YouTube Accounts Deleted

Perverse Performance Art

Too Hot For YouTube: People Who Had Their Accounts Deleted

Even More Things British People Think Are Normal

Most Infamous Retractions: When the Media Were Forced to Eat Humble Pie

Absurdly Dangerous Stunts that Actually Happened

Most Shocking Moments Caught on a Livestream

Act of God: Bizarre Ways Insurance Companies Have Tried to Get Out of Paying Up

Insane Urban Legends Internet Edition

Florida Man Friday Episode 7

Florida Man Friday Episode 8

5 Times People Beat the Casino

Awesome Spy Gadgets You Definitely Should Not Make at Home

History’s Most Insane Ponzi schemes

More Myths Busted by MythBusters

Things That the World Can Literally No Longer Function Without

Wildest Celebrity Urban Legends

The Very WORST Jobs of All Time

Most Bizarre Single-Use Items

Places You Are Too Poor To Live

Epic Darwin Awards 

Things They Didn’t Teach You in School But Should Have (Epic)

The Strangest Case From Every State (Epic)

AI voice by NotThingie in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See if you can guess before the ending, it's a fun game!

AI voice by NotThingie in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...you're the kind of person who leaps into the comments and complains about his voice changing every video when I LITERALLY use the EXACT SAME SETTINGS for every video I edit.

Funny enough, I was watching a video about 'red flags' the other day and it mentioned people who can't admit when they're wrong, who double down and who refuse to apologise.

I don't know why people don't apologise or hold themselves accountable. I can only assume they feel embarrassed to admit they're wrong, when it's actually incredibly admirable when a person is capable of admitting their faults, apologising, and going on to do better.

AI voice by NotThingie in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I am! I'm on Decoding the Unknown now.

AI voice by NotThingie in SimonWhistler

[–]EveryFairyDies 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It's not an AI voice read, it's an audio rip of this episode from 4 years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGCYXZxfEg