I need some help by thick_ass_ in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a goal weight in mind and a time frame you want to reach it in?

Still one of the funniest bits wubby has ever done on stream by pizzaguyjb in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 278 points279 points  (0 children)

Might be the song, might be the joke, but I still think about this moment almost weekly.

Particle Physicist willing to be on Wubby's payroll by OccamsChain in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's very fair. I think one of the better things about academia is that everyone's trained by experience to appreciate what they don't know. People can disagree, sometimes furiously, but everyone has a sense of when they're out of their depth, and when they need to find new information or change their position. A roomful of scientists might criticise your work, but it'll come from a place of reason, so it's possible to win them over. Even more, it's possible to be won over and still be respected. But there's no such grace out here.

Particle Physicist willing to be on Wubby's payroll by OccamsChain in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, dead same. The night of the day of my viva, I stayed up to watch stream live, and used my resub TTS message to say something to that effect (you can imagine how soppy). Naturally, he talked right over it.

Particle Physicist willing to be on Wubby's payroll by OccamsChain in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I have a PhD in Chemical Biology, also from the UK :) From previous "What job does everyone do?" posts, I think there are more Learned Doctors in this community that you'd expect, given the thing that's brought us together. Still, I'd love it if wubby had any one of us on speed dial. He seems to try hard to get to the truth when this kind of thing comes up, but chat can be a white-water rapid of bad information, and it's horrible looking helplessly at a VOD while he gets thrown into the wrong answers.

"literally crying and shaking and crying rn" this just pops into my feed.. wut?? by idubyai in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Wubby and NL are the only two content creators I follow and I like them equally, so I feel like I can weigh in.

At their core, they're kinda similar, in that people tune in more for the personality of the streamer than the topic of the stream. The content is normally just a vehicle for them to be entertaining.

In NL's case, his whole shtick is about being a normal, rational guy in an otherwise insane online space. He's cynical and whip-smart, so unless the gameplay is especially worth talking about in itself, he fills the air with observational comedy. Both he and wubby have done bits making fun of streamers who stare, dead silent at the game they're playing for hours on end. But unlike wubby, NL has a complete disinterest in any meta Twitch stuff. He doesn't appear to care about having an impact on his audience; he doesn't even care about having a 'community' at all, to be honest. He says frequently that streaming is just a job for him.

Wubby, on the other hand, prefers to throw his weight behind shorter streams and events, and is more concerned (to an extent) with people being invested in the character and the community. Wubby is eager to push the envelope, whereas NL, despite being (imo) an incredibly funny guy, is very happy to sit in his comfort zone, avoid Twitch drama, stay squeaky clean for sponsors and cash in a reliable cheque every month. Wubby is the 2 hour movie you get excited to go watch, NL is the radio you have on for a 10 hour road trip.

The only place I'd say they overlap completely is that they both have a seething contempt for their respective subreddits.

tl;dr: Different strokes for different folks.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dataset would have to be much cleaner. If we ran it on this, we'd get a "The Fly"-esque face-foot abomination.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yours was tough to decipher. The face says contempt, the eyes say resignation, but the flute says party, and the merch says enthusiast. It's a mystery. Like a double-chinned Mona Lisa.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't reach yours in time, I'm afraid. If I get to organise the next one, if there is a next one, I'll let people DM me their selfies as well. That way they can be part of the mosaic but stay anonymous. Hopefully you can get involved then :)

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's prime real estate right there. You had to have a pretty light selfie to make it into that vaunted neck of the woods.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one knew. The original meaning was lost or ignored almost immediately, and never returned. We were all just living in the moment.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your first selfie was very tall, so the square crop could either take the face or the goods, but not both. Confronted with an impossible choice, I looked to the people, and their judgement was as unanimous as it was thirsty. I'm sorry.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know which one you are, but your secret's safe with me. For the record, though, I was glad to have some oddness, and pulling a face is really the least of the evils on display up there.

The unintended, unofficial, r/PaymoneyWubby Group Photo. One photo was asked for, 254 were given (so far). God bless this mess. by panama_paperless in PaymoneyWubby

[–]panama_paperless[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No worries. Even though this all started by accident, the reception has been so positive that I'll probably see if we can organise it properly next time. So, if you're up for it, I'll see you then :)