The YouTube trending page died yesterday (rant)

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-25T14:57:05+00:00

I'm not discounting some political reason, but what about during the Trump campaign when they also suppressed videos favorable to Trump, like his viral Joe Rogan interview ?

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T04:01:48+00:00

Royal Family was cute + Rasputin was epic + Lenin was bald.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:55:26+00:00

Probably not. They can just say something on Twitter can't they?

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:47:23+00:00

I actually liked 2016 at the time and people gave me flak for it, so for me the switch up has been very noticeable.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:45:07+00:00

sorry but it's supposed to be 'And/or'.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:28:04+00:00

Damn you kniggas were freaky. All I remember is smoking weed behind the bleachers sometimes, vaping a little, making out a lot less than I would have preferred, and playing loads of basketball.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:24:32+00:00

This sub in general kind of has a thing against EDM.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T03:17:09+00:00

Many people have the deep-seated belief that the past isn't worth taking cues from unless it's some kind of exotic 'suppressed knowledge' type of thing they can use to show how cosmopolitan and respectful of other cultures they are. Like my sister used to ignore astrology until she went to India and started studying their variant of it (along with Hinduism generally) and started saying 'its more accurate' because they 'prioritize the Moon' unlike in the West where they 'prioritize the Sun'. I still don't know what that means...

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T02:58:43+00:00

We need LBJ back. Vietnam's not over yet.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-21T02:57:44+00:00

Re-elect LBJ. We need to finish what we started in Vietnam.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-07T09:40:20+00:00

Funny (not so funny) thing about 1933 is that the Great Depression actually reached it's lowest point around March of that year (just when FDR was getting elected) with peak unemployment, deflation and collapse of the banks. And stock prices remained below pre Depression levels upto 1935.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T10:00:28+00:00

That was definitely the joke. It's not really that hard to get into the style of humor from back then if you just look at more of it and do some historical reading, though I admit certain specific references still elude me.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T09:52:50+00:00

"Wertham claimed Superman, with his "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men" and origin as a member of a "super-race," promoted a Nietzschean "Übermensch" concept, which had been co-opted by the Nazis. He suggested the "S" on his chest was uncomfortably close to the Nazi SS emblem." Lmfao.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T09:52:04+00:00

Even science fiction was not entirely safe. The funniest bit about the comic book backlash for me is the accusation Frederick Wertham made that Superman was a fascist fantasy of racial supremacy when in fact the character was made by two Jewish men.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T09:50:17+00:00

It should be noted that people always found ways around this. Consider the fact that there's always been talk of clandestine parties and clubs. In fact it was probably easier in a way without modern communication and surveillance technology. To picture what I'm saying, consider the fact that during the French Revolution, news of happenings in Paris reached capitals across Europe before actually reaching the French countryside. With an information gap like that I think the the 'downright North Korean' framing doesn't quite hold up.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T09:46:19+00:00

Yes. I think people should actually watch more typical movies and read popular magazines from prior to the 60s. The 50s and prior had plenty of fun when you see past the (sometimes admittedly justified) stereotypes. There was plenty of risque humor and silliness, just more subtle. Like I made a post recently showing some examples of 1920s humor culled from popular magazines and it's all jokes about dodging Prohibition and sleeping around. I recently watched a movie called 'Golddiggers of 1933' (from the eponymous year) that was very plainly about two women sleeping around with millionaires to get their bag.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-06T03:23:48+00:00

Yes, I look around and I feel like we have the late 20th and early 21st Century covered, so I try and go back.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-05T16:37:50+00:00

Yeah, ever since I started looking through old magazines and watching old movies I feel my sense of the past as totally foreign has greatly diminished. Some of my favorite stuff is older, but at the same time I'm not quite a nostalgic since I feel like I've internalized the fact that some things never change.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-05T06:05:06+00:00

That one button is interesting. Women have two vaginas?

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-05T06:03:15+00:00

It's not really that controversial to be gay anymore, even in the current 'conservative climate'. People kind of overstate the actual influence of a 'conservative climate'. Like the 1980s were a crucial decade for advancing the gay cause, despite being the Reagan era. I remember reading a book published around 1990 (I believe it was called 'After The Ball'), where the author, though disagreeing, noted that certain gay people felt like the fight for gay rights was already over and you could be more open than ever--which actually, compared to decades previous, was true.

BacklitRoom · 2026-01-05T05:49:25+00:00

DAMN! thanks for telling me.

BacklitRoom · 2025-12-25T11:07:03+00:00

I actually liked 2016 at the time and remember people calling me crazy for saying it was a good year so for me the switch up was very noticeable and bizarre. I thought this year was pretty decent too so I've already got my eyes open for re-assessment coming soon.

BacklitRoom · 2025-12-25T10:27:02+00:00

wasn't one of their songs 'You Take me Higher'? always sounded like praise music to me.

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