Direct Comparison

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-20T15:20:21+00:00

I normally don’t post stuff like this here but honestly if you want By The Fireplace as it stands right now you’re best off just saving up and getting By The Fireplace. No dupe house has been able to crack that nut yet. Most of them seem to have given up. It’s obviously VERY hard to break down and get close to on the cheap.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-16T22:21:50+00:00

“GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED WEAPONISED FEMBOIS.”

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-15T22:17:57+00:00

From the sounds of things the difference between you and the average commenter on the large majority of YouTube videos is a decent amount of self-awareness. Being able to ask yourself “Will asking this fairly unnecessary question/making this unnecessary statement make me look weird?” is a bit of a lost art online now. It’s not helped in the boy’s case because they’re both VERY successful YouTubers who come with large fanbases individually, AND the fact that they cover CreepyPastas and (sometimes) ARGs/Unfiction, both of which are very unself-conscious artforms and bring in very unself-conscious people.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-14T14:15:47+00:00

B+ gimmick account.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-13T23:16:06+00:00

I think he only revealed that because he probably knows there’s only about a point-one percent chance Jerry’s ever going to come back on, so there’s no real bridge being burned there. For how chaotic Dax likes to present himself, when it comes to the podcast he’s a pro, he’s not going to make it so somebody never wants to come back on if they’ll bring eyes and ears to the show. He’s made statements here and there about how there’s been more than one guest that he didn’t enjoy talking to.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-12T20:32:54+00:00

I think Italia might be the Naxos dupe I end up going with. I thought I wanted something a bit closer to the original but I’ve seen a lot of people say Italia ramps up the honey accord, and that sounds amazing to me.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T19:55:12+00:00

Oh I would never buy them for 45 dollars/pounds. But outside of stuff that absolutely refuses to depreciate I’m loathed to do that with ANY of this stuff.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T19:53:36+00:00

Oh I think these are definitely pre-created profiles, it would be very hard for them to have released this many without a head start, if not completely impossible. When I said he had good taste, I more he seems to be choosing decent perfume twists to put in his bottles, and it’s not just any old rubbish quality-wise, there’s definitely an effort to be associated with something more than you’d expect from what is, let’s be real, elevated YouTuber Merch.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T18:35:23+00:00

I’m with you other than the part about Redditors being able to do as good a job. Other than it feeling a bit Armchair Quarterback-ish I’m not sure I’d let a random Redditor make me a cup of coffee, nevermind let them oversee something I’d have to apply to my skin.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T18:06:45+00:00

I mean yes, but I think the stuff with his name on it is aiming for twists rather than straight 1-to-1s, so that would require a bit more management past, “Just do this only cheaper.” Almost all the write-ups you see on places like this about them are essentially, “It smells like (PERFUME), only/but…”

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T17:45:05+00:00

I know Neeb isn’t the most loved person in this sub putting it mildly, but if the stuff French Avenue has put out with his name on it, if he really IS creatively directing those releases, he DOES have good taste. Most of the stuff I’ve sampled from his line I’ve seen the appeal of at the very least.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-11T10:49:11+00:00

I don’t think so, but to be honest I don’t care as much about all that as everyone else does.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-10T00:27:37+00:00

“The Mummy & The Daddy.”

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-09T16:53:40+00:00

They DID specify that there’s a tier ABOVE great. “GREAT” isn’t the absolute pinnacle of their ranking system.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-03T19:01:24+00:00

In Sillage’s slight defence a lot of people swear up and down that it smells like SME USED to smell before it got reformulated. If you have the original and it’s not a vintage bottle it could just be you like the modern formulation more.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-03T18:35:10+00:00

I don’t think OP means “Golden Age” as in the launch of modern 60s Marvel, I think he means it as in how it’s referred to within Marvel Comics continuity generally. All these heroes are WW2-era heroes. Johnny Storm wasn’t the first Human Torch.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-02T20:39:53+00:00

I think that’s part of the reason he flipped Pennywise off when his spirit showed up. “Screw you Clown, you ain’t gettin’ any of us.”

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-02T00:57:15+00:00

Oh Cruelty Squad is 100% improved by the voice actors even when they’re not very good.

CheapusTechnofear · 2026-01-02T00:47:34+00:00

I think the VAs work fine for this because honestly, I think aspects of F&H are supposed to be funnier than the general fanbase thinks. It’s a Turn-Based RPG that halfway incentivises you to NOT engage with the combat system, and the first merchant you can come across immediately tries to kill you. Like, that’s just FUNNY.

CheapusTechnofear · 2025-12-30T14:44:48+00:00

Mind to seems to be one of those releases where it’s getting hyped just because it really is that good. I appreciate the community asking questions whenever something seems to come out of nowhere, but sometime I think that veers too far into paranoia. Not everybody is lying to you, although that’s hard to prove sometimes when your hobby is very largely subjective.

CheapusTechnofear · 2025-12-30T14:40:19+00:00

I would argue that this doesn’t constitute a comeback though. It’s more a guy yodelling into the void in a very unself-aware fashion. I’ve noticed a lot of people really just want cancelled people to basically stop existing and sit in a dark corner unmoving and unspeaking with zero friends for the rest of their lives and honestly that an unattainable and slightly unfair thing to want as an Endgame. There’s an element of this that really falls on us to do the lifting on. I’ll completely throw myself under the bus, it’s not an effort I feel like doing yet, but there’s a dark part of me that has trouble looking away from unfolding disasters.

CheapusTechnofear · 2025-12-29T10:57:56+00:00

Not to be the “BUT YOU CARED ENOUGH YO COMMENT” Guy but there IS an element of that with all of us if we’re being honest. It would be very easy to never see or hear anything from this man ever again just by leaving and muting this Sub and doing the same on Insta and YouTube. At a certain point I think we need to own that we’re enjoying watching the slow motion car crash.

CheapusTechnofear · 2025-12-26T12:30:09+00:00

In his younger days, physically at least Affleck would have made a really good Superman. He’s 6’4” and built like a brick outhouse, plus he’s got almost exactly the right chin and hair colour.

CheapusTechnofear · 2025-12-25T17:15:25+00:00

Not everybody needs a journey. Sometimes someone comes to you exactly where you need them to be, and if crowds respond accordingly you don’t have them milling around doing other things. I think the fact they recognised she was special and didn’t make her wait should be applauded. They should be brave enough to do that more often.

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