#also. at the end of the description of the video

[marshmallowwitharubberband]

No, but fr, as a professor I would rather have handcrafted bullshit bc at least it has soul. And because I have seen students fail at chat gpt and that is somehow more insulting to receive than a half-assed work.

Case in point (keep in mind it's college students):

For video editing class, I gave my students a list of music videos from random artists from other countries (because I like to encourage the younglings to expand their horizons beyond their comfort zone and appreciate the beauty of variety). The assignment was to pick a video, watch it, then write a list of effects or transitions that caught their attention and describe what tools or techniques they could use to emulate them. Then, during class they would have to do just that: emulate the effects to the best of their ability (this was near the end of the semester so they had some knowledge of the software already).

It was supposed to look something like "1:03 minutes, the transition is fast and looks dynamic. It could be done with masking and motion tracking" I gave them examples and guided a practice round in class.

Enter Jimmy, Timmy and Greg.

Jimmy submitted a poorly-written work; very disorganized notes, only chose one effect to write about and his answer to how he'd recreate it was "search for tutorial". I gave him an extension and the chance to redo it in class. He managed to find the tutorials he needed and completed the work more or less successfully (but complaining the whole time).

Timmy submitted something that read like AI (idk how to describe it but it has a distinctive writing voice/style) that was kind of a "making of..." description of the effects. But evidently he didn't even read it bc he couldn't do anything in class since he didn't even watch the video nor knew what effects he was aiming for. I sat with him to actually watch the thing so he could at least know the expected result. I gave him an extension and he did reasonably ok but needed a lot of prodding. He failed the related exam later on.

Greg... oh my god, Greg. His work was also very obviously AI generated. It contained:

- the dictionary definition of the artist's name, not of the artist, just what the word meant.

- the definition of random editing tools like what is blur, what is masking, etc.

- the definition of video editing.

- a wildly inaccurate "biography" of the artist.

I was annoyed because this kid could not even write a dang prompt to at least get more decent results. But I had to be fair. I gave him the extension, he had questions, I answered them, re-explained the whole assignment. He redid and resubmitted... the exact same work. He just broke up some paragraphs to add random timestamps. That didn't even match the video, wdym 4:05, the MV is less than three minutes long!

I failed him on the spot.

All other students managed to follow the instructions just fine, with varying degrees of quality.

So, yeah, as a professor, AI generated works denote you don't even care enough about the class to fail by yourself. But eh, in the end it's YOUR money that's going down the drain when you graduate knowing nothing. (AI can be a very good tool if used right, though. It's just that so far I haven't seen it used right).

here you go professor. several pages of home brewed bullshit. as opposed to the chatgpt-brewed bullshit you're used to these days. i hope u enjoy it i worked very hard on it ❤️

[stone-stars]

[Video description: An animatic of the Green Teens, set to the first verse of Sleepwalking by Everybody's Worried About Owen. Full description under the cut.]

@naddpodgifting treat number one! some green teens for @kindleaf - hi sunny!! it’s your guys!

also posted to youtube here

[Video description: It opens by cycling through holy symbols related to the Green Teens: Pelor, two summer court symbols, Bev's holy turtle symbol, a faded symbol of Pelor, and a potion bottle. Then the lyrics show the green teens as follows, separated by lines: "I thought that god was" - young green teens "supposed to protect me" - cran + derlin being sent to the feywild, bev reaching for his dad, erlin being killed, egwene beaten and in battle "whatever happened to that? - derlin trapped in a honey goblin, monster hunter cran looking at him, gray knight bev holding a sword with akarot reflected in it, erlin trapped in the gem, and egwene cradling paw paw the symbol of pelor appears over all of them "is faith all we have" - derlin, cran, bev, and erlin look up. egwene looks down at faintly glowing mushrooms in her hands. "as a weapon" - derlin and cran look at each other and hold hands, their symbols of pelor becoming summer court symbols tied together with a vine. bev raises a hand to press against erlin's gem, which cracks as erlin mirrors him. bev's symbol becomes his turtle symbol, erlin's becomes a faded pelor symbol. egwene looks at bev+erlin, holding a bright green potion in her hand, with no symbol over her head. "against" - bev raises his sword, emitting green light, which is being cast by erlin. everyone looks up at it as the lines between them fade away "the universal" - derlin steps towards cran and puts an arm around her, the two raising crossed swords. bev lowers his sword to point at the viewer, erlin helps him brace it while looking at egwene, and egwene tosses her potion in the air while stepping backwards towards erlin. three symbols appear above them: the chosen symbol in yellow on the left, the green teen's in the middle, and the akarot symbol in yellow on the right. "good & bad" - same poses, but erlin and egwene look towards the viewer and egwene has her bow drawn. the chosen symbol has cracked and the word "good" is over it. the green teen symbol is colored in green, with an & in it. egwene's potion has shattered with an arrow through it, green potion splattering across the akarot symbol, the word "bad" appearing over the symbol. There's then an end card that thanks you for watching, credits the song as Sleepwalking Everybody's Worried About Owen, the characters to NADDPod, and that this is a gift for Sunny ]

[lolo3h]

Okay I was a little busy with college classes but new update video!

This video was crazy but I wanted to share my appreciation for the snakes because I really like them, and also some of my additional thoughts below the cut

I like the black/blue checkered pattern

This one appears to have eye patterns, shadow milk's eye motif is showing through

The one on the title screen is eating sheep. SInce pure vanilla is often associated with sheep, I'm assuming the symbolism is shadow milk 'devouring' pure vanilla in darkness

On the update title text, there's also the snake. I really love the illustration here, it just looks so pretty and how it wraps around the ribbon

Okay in other news, do yall actually think we're getting a corrupted pure vanilla?

Because yall... that's the silhouette from the korean livestream in December talking about the future updates

Shadow Milk's words are especially haunting: "It's time to accept the truth you like SO much! You are merely following in my footsteps. Oh but it's inevitable... In the end, YOU will become ME!"

And as I was rewatching the video for the 6th time, this cookie near the beginning caught my eye

That robe and dough color resemble pure vanilla, right? Or am I just imagining things?

But I guess whatever happens, pure vanilla isn't going to have a good time.

Edit: I may be looking into this too much, but the description of the video says “A world where Deceit. Comes Truth and Truth becomes Deceit…”. Pure vanilla’s ‘truth’ becomes ‘deceit’ by his corruption?

Also at the bottom left corner of the title screen there’s a crossed out portrait of the blueberry yogurt academy headmaster. I don’t really know what it means but it suggests shadow milk really has some deeper connection with pure vanilla’s past

[maliciasimmer]

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[mushroomjar]

[Image Description: A gifset showing Chappell Roan, holding a piece of paper and talking into a microphone. She reads from the paper: "What is it like performing in front of 100,000 people at Lollapalooza?" She answers: "It was scary. I remember walking out and just, it's crazy to even like view 100,000 people like not on video but in real life. It is so overwhelming, I just immediately had tears in my eyes like walking out. Not even because I was scared, but it's just like, I don't feel like humans are ever supposed to see that many people ever in one place. But I was just like, 'holy shit, I'm nervous'. And when we were doing 'Hot to Go!' it was like ocean waves of just seeing- it was crazy. But it was amazing. It was like, we broke the record, and it was also because... They hate to say it, but a gay girl did it." End Image Description]

[Plain text caption: Chappell Roan on breaking Lollapalooza's largest crowd record (x)]

CHAPPELL ROAN on breaking Lollapalooza's largest crowd record (x)

[vallaragna]

Preface this that this is about Destiny 2, a video game, so none of this actually matters. Just hypothetical ravings of a fiber artist with a bit of knowledge about historical things. So like I keep having thoughts about textile production during the dark ages after the collapse. (Specifically at Felwinter's Peak, but hold that thought). We have such varied descriptions of what survived the collapse. People are depicted as wearing basic tunics and dresses that would not look out of place at an SCA event. Technology is primitive, except they still have guns that they up keep and have ammo for, Shaxx is described as sealing his keep with an artificial sealant. So things are so varied and random. Like did spinning wheels exist still? They obviously don't have access to industrial machines, but are they just spinning everything on drop spindles? (Making me question how much work it would take to keep all the freaking iron lords and wolves on that mountain clothed.) For that matter, do they still have acid dyes? Or are they relying on natural dyes? Dye materials used to be highly valued, you can't tell me warlords wouldn't be fighting over this stuff (which also brings up Spices being fought over likewise). I mean you could hand wave everything by saying "golden age technology", but that shouldn't be half an interesting. We do have the Strand lore book where Osiris talks about using a spindle when during the dark age they had to make everything from scratch, which supports that line of reasoning. So no spinning wheel, only spindles. Cloth production takes so much freaking time when doing everything from scratch. With a spinning wheel it takes me hours to produce a few hundred yards of a thicker yarn for knitting, I'm not incredibly experienced, but it takes so incredibly much more time on a spindle. And you need so much yarn to be able to weave cloth of any yardage. There's a reason women in paintings used to be depicted with spindles and distaffs so often. For that matter, what sorts of looms were they using? If they didn't have spinning wheels I'm guessing advanced looms are out as well. So rigid heddle looms? Warp weighed looms? The second would make more sense, but also takes so much time and you can only weave cloth so wide. It's limited by the arm span of the weaver. So narrow fabric, so even more yardage needs to be made. We're not even at the sewing stage yet. I discussed dyes earlier, but it would be important. Even in the actual medieval times clothes weren't all brown. Natural dyes tend to fade faster though. Black dyes were really hard to produce, and they fade fast. Then sewing would be by hand, I doubt there are sewing machines if they don't even have spinning wheels. Sewing by hand takes *forever* even if you are fast. There are tricks to making it go fast, but you're not producing an entire garment in a day, especially if you have anything else going on. For that matter you really care about mending in this environment. Also knitting and crochet? Technically those take longer to produce a garment than weaving and sewing. I know Zavala learned knitting from Safiya in the dark ages, so it did survive.

I think I'm at the end of my ramble, I'll add if I can think of anything else. I'd love to hear other people's opinions.

[synthshenanigans]

Next Round :D

-Vote for what you think is more underrated but also what you still like a lot-

Also! Fun fact, Dad 3 is the oldest video he's uploaded on Chonny Jash! The song is totally a very serious song, one of the most heartwretching songs he's covered.

Its likely you haven't heard it, so have at it here if you'd like.

[RB for more votes if ye'd like]

[beemo-clippin]

The block men are flirting again (9 years ago I mean)

Clipped from Bdubs' video, "Minecraft Mods - FlyBoys :: Derp Head! :: Episode 59" (13:04-14:23) and Ethos' video, "Minecraft - Fly Boys #19: Iron Automation" (1:56-3:45)

Transcription and measly video description below cut:

Bdubs places gray and tan colors on a wall, in the center of red blocks shaped as a target

Bdubs: Alright. What is this everybody? Boom boom, boom boom. Any of these colors look familiar to you? A friend of yours, maybe? Somebody that you love so much. Somebody that you passionately care about? Somebody that has sustained you through the years, possibly? *laughs* I'm sorry, this is getting crazy. Ookay. Then this will go...

The blocks come together to resemble Ethoslab's face. Bdubs makes his eyes derpy, one looking down and one looking up

Bdubs (cont.): mhm, and... perfect. *laughs* I'm sorry *laughs* I love it :D This is my own little flare I've added to it here. Ohh, man. *kekek*

Bdubs places the blocks for Etho's mask and looks at his masterpiece, a mural of Etho's derpy face in the crossfire of a gun

Bdubs (cont.): Listen! He's my friend. Etho and I are friends, but this is just too good to pass up. *laughs hysterically* Ohh man. Hee looks amazing! Okay. *deep laughter*

-- cut at 0:43 to Etho's perspective --

Etho flies in a helicopter and looks at the mural Bdubs made

Etho: Yeah, look at this. That's supposed to be me! Look what he did to me! Oh my goodness. He was laughing the whole time. Giggling like a little schoolgirl, the whole time he built that.

Cut to Etho standing on the ground, looking at himself in third person. He crouches and the camera zooms in close as Etho stares directly into it

Etho: Bdouble0. You think you've one upped me. But I got something for you. *laughs* Guess what? I learned how to use schematica today. Uh huh! (struggles to open a UI) Op, maybe not. There we go. You see this? Secret stuff? I wonder what that could be. I'll give you a hint, Bdouble0. It's over 50,000 blocks! And it's all for you. *laughs* Just you wait.

[loupgawou]

[Video description:

A tiktok by littleblossomdarling responding to a comment which says, "I get modesty and all that, but what exactly is the purpose of each item you put in? I would hate to assume it's layers for the sake of layers. There must be a specific reason for each."

The video is titled "What purpose did the layers of clothes serve in the 1860's?"

Transcript:

So what purpose do all these layers serve?

Starting with my chemise, this is the first layer to keep clothes that could not be washed frequently, like my gown and corset clean, and then to help protect my skin from my corset. Nothing else is worn under this layer.

Next is stockings and garters (because you don't want to wear shoes without socks), and then my shoes, which go on before the corset when dressing alone.

Then my corset. I'm adding bust pads here — they help balance my silhouette, keeping the proportions of my hip and bust equal. I can easily lace up by myself into my corset, and then the lac es are tied under the front to help reduce bulk around my waist. The corset gives my gown a smooth structure, supports my back and bust, and creates the fashionable silhouette at the time, while also taking the weight of my petticoats off my waist.

Next is drawers. These are split down the middle for ease of use. They were worn to help with chafing, modesty, while wearing a cage crinoline, and also just because they were stylish at the time.

Then comes my corded petticoat. This petticoat is full of rows and rows of cotton cord. The petticoat was dipped in starch, and those cords soak up starch and help the skirt stand out, away from my legs, to create the full skirted shape that was stylish at the time.

Then next is my tucked petticoat, which serves the same purpose, supporting the heavy skirts of my gown, and creating the full-skirted style of the era.

The fashionable silhouette at the time was about proportion, and not about thinness, so this could be achieved on any body, and you were not obligated, as you are now, to make your natural body into whatever shape is fashionable.

Finally is my wool gown. This is called a wrapper, and was some of the most casual clothes worn in the era, and is intended to be worn as inside clothes only, and as a work dress.

Then, lastly is my pinafore. This is just worn through the front — mostly just because it's cute. Lots of clothes were historically pinned shut. The pins go between a couple of layers of fabric so they don't poke you, and the apron is worn to protect your gown, because your gown was often not able to be washed frequently.

And that's it! It seems really foreign to us now, but I worked in living history, and I wore clothes like this every day, and it is more comfortable and more functional than you might imagine, and it's also so beautiful.

end transcript. end video description]

[giulzart]

Selfishly thinking that Orion could be persuaded to act in one of the band music video. Just once.

Anyway, go play @infamous-if cause it’s amazing!

Little bonus, I put the rambly scenario that sprouted these under the cut in case you wanna know more 🤷‍♀️

It’s got to be a team effort and a chore to get Orion on board but somehow they manage to convince him in the end(cause he got a soft spot). In my head the idea was Violet and Rowan’s, Iris jumped right in cause it sounded fun and then Jazzy and Devyn joined in. Chris tagged along too cause heck yeah. They all come up with a list of pros and cons cause they know that Orion will fight against it, but thanks to Devyn they come up with sound and logical enough reasons. Rowan and Violet do the presentation and after a lot of debate, Orion accept in the end to everyone (and his own) disbelief. The video is a success, the views count gets higher and half the comment are about Orion.The band tease him relentlessly and Orion swears never again. The end.

[astralprisms]

*howling like a great wind through a canyon, it engulfs your mind, drowns your senses. Above the howl rises a screech, gleeful and maniacal. It is the way and the truth. Absolute.*

The Emperor: Leave - them - alone.

*the screech quiets, the howl fades. Your mind is hollow, save for one lone voice.*

The Emperor: Bane's Chosen has fallen - his Netherstone is yours. You have done well.

Xa'rok: I heard the Absolute scream.

The Emperor: You heard the Elder Brain. It's regaining its autonomy. It cries not from pain, but exaltation. We must stop it, before it breaks free.

The Emperor: One Netherstone remains - Orin's. We must find her and take it from her. After that, we take control of the Brain. You should start wondering what you will do then.

Xa'rok: I'll decide once we get there.

The Emperor: ...sometimes, you surprise me with your wisdom.

[bereft-of-frogs]

it is kind of funny writing commentary in fics about the differences between Cal and Cere's fighting styles when Cal's fighting style is....technically dependent on how good of a gamer you are and I am a Bad gamer XD 'Cal over-relies on a few key practiced moves, while Cere is more fluid, natural' yeah because there was actual fight choreography involved in Cere's fight in Fallen Order, and not just me button-mashing and doing the same thing over and over in the hopes it actually works this time XD

like I think it works thematically and idk this paragraph might end up getting cut, but it is just kind of funny to be like, trying to reflect on canon and how to describe it and then having to be like 'well…that might be on me...'

[dravidious]

I really do appreciate the idea behind DeArrow but I really wish it had a block button because some of these people should not be writing titles. Like,

Is it really that bad to phrase a title as a question?

Putting more details in the title doesn't actually improve it

Jesus fucking christ your hyper-descriptive title doesn't even FIT!!

[epicdogymoment]

ok. figured out a solution to tagging all my IDs

[skunkes]

learning some more

[oensible]

[Video description: Edmonton Oilers skaters Klim Kostin (#21) and Kailer Yamamoto (#56) play-fighting during an Oilers practice session. Yama is considerably smaller than Klim. Yamo lightly smacks Klim in the calf with his stick and Klim throws off a glove to grab him by the collar. They drop the gloves and their sticks to the ice and hold onto each other's shirts—Klim using his left hand and Yamo his right. Yamo says, "I don't like that it's straight on," as they start circling and both of them lunge to get both hands on the other's shirt. Someone offscreen shouts, "Guard, Yamo!"

As the two of them try to get a hold on each other, Klim accidentally hits Yamo in the chin with his knuckle and he instantly shouts, "Oh!" and lets go, checking him over with a worried expression and asking, "Are you—?"

Yamo turns away, acting peeved and repeatedly saying, "That's so—nope, nope," as Klim, smiling, tries to hold onto his sleeve and someone offscreen says "get him". Klim hugs him from behind and lays his weight on his back so that the two of them are bent forwards despite Yamo saying, "Friends off, buddy." Someone, probably Klim? says, "That's hockey code for (indistinct, he might have said 'best friends'?)". Yamo continues, "We're not—no, we're not friends." Klim continues to cling to him even as he picks up his gear to get off the ice, letting out a shout of anguish as Klim lifts his feet so that Yamo is carrying his entire weight when he bends down. After Klim lets go, Yamo says, "Weren't you actually supposed to get (indistinct)? Done."

As he walks away, Yamo looks back at Klim with an accusatory look, saying, "Might be spitting blood now," before continuing to walk away.

Cut to Klim also getting off the ice, calling out to Yamo, "You're so soft. Hey, Yamo?" as he also walks back to the locker room, loudly smacking the sticks he's carrying into the floor as he walks. Someone offscreen says, "Uh oh, uh oh," and, "Were you doing the beating or showing how?"

End of video description.]

klim ‘gently bullying’ yamo