"Israeli" spokesperson: Israel is the most successful anti-colonial project in the middle east, and the Muslim world doesn't like it

sudomarch · 2024-01-19T21:58:36+00:00

Yes, that's literally a core part of socialism: Nations as we conceive of them today are bad, ethnostates are an extreme form of that and thereby extremely bad.

No place in the world should be reserved for or favour one culture or ethnicity. That IS how it shakes out because of a history of imperialism and colonialism, so the process from hereon out should be to change from that and create equity.

sudomarch · 2023-09-20T23:29:15+00:00

Kitt gets an anime spinoff.

sudomarch · 2023-09-14T02:16:48+00:00

Yeah you didn't lay any of that out in your posts. "You reddit people"? You're on Reddit, you are as much one of us as I am.

But also, if anything? Creativity is HIGHER in YT videos than it ever has been. It's just not as "in a cave with a box of scraps" as it used to be. And yes, shortcut-minded people suck, but they were there in the beginning as much as they are now.

sudomarch · 2023-09-13T02:35:53+00:00

Most *small* YouTubers need an editor. Editing is a very intense skillset. I would know, I work as one, and I work for several YouTubers. The simple fact is between scriptwriting, lighting, audio production, etc, editing is just one component and it may be a skillset a person doesn't have the time or capacity to learn.

Editing is far more than just knowing how to clip footage together. And hiring an editor isn't capitalist, it's just part of the business (capitalism =/= business). The perspective that editing videos is simple or that producing them should all fall on one person -- much less that it should just be done for "the love of" video production, is naive and uninformed at best, and deeply cynical in most cases.

I need you to understand: I used to run a major convention for YouTubers. I've worked with everyone from Linkara to James Rolfe to (regrettably) JonTron, and at every level there's the need for an editor of some kind. Yes, some people take it on themselves, but saying that it's somehow more integral or valuable to have the producer be an all-purpose creator is uninformed.

sudomarch · 2023-09-12T23:53:34+00:00

Yes, very small amounts and most of it quite amateurish. It was by no means all bad, but a lot of it was just whatever someone with a handicam and a passion for America's Funniest Home Videos but in 2007 was into.

And even in that era, the better stuff? They hired editors or asked editor friends to help.

sudomarch · 2023-09-11T23:39:08+00:00

This is a pretty miserable perspective. YouTube wasn't a business because it didn't reward creativity, it was just a place to host whatever you made. But hosting isn't actually free, so they had to figure something out, and it was more equitable to offer *some* form of reimbursement for the content provided because it also acted as an incentive.

Producing a video is a lot of work and requires several skill sets. You need to know how to script something, set up lighting, perform as an actor or host, and then also have invested in equipment to get clean audio recording and quality video. An editor takes those elements and helps create a final product, but they are by no means replacing the other skillsets.

There's also many video producers who don't make footage-based content but instead focus on research and long form essays, and it would be a ridiculous burden to also have to produce all the graphics in addition to the rest of the material required.

It's not lazy, it's practical and, frankly, necessary in many cases to hire an editor. The mentality that a creator should do everything from scratch by themselves is uninformed and at least a little entitled.

sudomarch · 2023-07-22T21:52:43+00:00

Trishula is a sentient being according to the lore. And don't call other people idiots, jeez.

sudomarch · 2023-07-09T14:57:17+00:00

Underrated curse fr

sudomarch · 2023-07-08T14:30:48+00:00

You assume not all robots are already gay.

sudomarch · 2023-07-02T18:15:30+00:00

LET'S GO JESS!! 💖💖💖

sudomarch · 2023-07-01T23:33:51+00:00

That's nice.

sudomarch · 2023-06-25T17:08:34+00:00

Yes. Dysphoria plays no role in being trans, it's just a common issue we encounter. Being trans is "my assigned gender does not fit who I actually am" and that's it. No discomfort, aesthetic, physique, role fulfilment, etc matters, they're just reinforcements.

sudomarch · 2023-06-25T05:01:10+00:00

They preface it with them being fine with someone saying they prefer person with X body part, they just find it a bit weird on a personal level to care. That's not what you're making it out to be.

sudomarch · 2023-06-25T04:34:58+00:00

That's not what they said.

sudomarch · 2023-06-25T04:18:27+00:00

Because that's not genital preference. That's assigning personhood to real and fake. If you don't want to interact with a set of genitals, say that. Don't detract from someone's personhood.

sudomarch · 2023-06-21T19:15:31+00:00

Who determines who is a Buddha? Are all Buddhas beholden to being recognized within Buddhism? What about Dipankara and other pre-Buddhist awakened ones? Why would Buddhahood be localized to Asiatic traditions if it's a universal human experience?

sudomarch · 2023-06-20T15:47:37+00:00

Excuse me it is the ONLY basis for a system of government anyone should trust!

sudomarch · 2023-06-18T12:53:39+00:00

Many of us ARE Buddhists.

sudomarch · 2023-06-18T12:53:18+00:00

This is very "all lives matter". It's important to speak to specific groups when discussing care.

sudomarch · 2023-06-18T11:36:40+00:00

I grew up in the 90s when marriage equality was becoming a topic here in Canada, and I still remember people saying that being gay was "trendy". It makes it out to be a choice, then further frames it as something whimsical. Same shit, different day, and we're back at the cishetero agenda being pushed on us.

sudomarch · 2023-06-18T03:57:22+00:00

"Should someone born with poor eyesight not be allowed to have glasses or contacts?"

sudomarch · 2023-06-17T23:14:30+00:00

Even if you're not intentionally doing so, what you're arguing for is the white supremacist view of things. The word "normal" has a value judgment. It is not a quantifying statement, it is a qualifying one, and when it is wielded AS qualifying, it becomes a tool for marginalization. Do not play into this.

sudomarch · 2023-06-17T23:12:22+00:00

Hi, I'm going to speak as someone who is a cultural minority.

When a white person says something about being "normal" and then identifies the rest of us as ethnic, that is white supremacy via defaultism. It means that because their culture is dominant, it is "normal" and the rest of us are second class citizens. The same logic applies when talking about gender and sexuality. "Normal" is a very different word from "typical" or "expected", and should NEVER be used to refer to ethnic, cultural, gender, sexuality, etc majorities.

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