#idk idk maybe im just not the target audience maybe i have to have experienced an even MORE pretentious

[july-19th-club]

im gonna give bunny another thirty pages and if it doesnt pick up by then it's a DNF from me buddy this shit is so boringggggg christ

[corvidinthewoods]

going to ramble a bit about hbomberguy, not the latest video directly more about some of the reaction to it. full disclosure i am a patron of his, have been for a few years, and became a fan of his channel years before that. i think maybe six years ago? give or take.

im maybe experiencing cognitive dissonance bc its nice that something ive enjoyed for a long time is gaining new audience, and of course new criticism. my initial reaction has been one of resistance that i need to check.

but after reading a bit more of the criticism im like. i kinda of agree? only kind of. i feel like the criticism is maybe not directed at me (or types of fans like me) but at folks for whom this is their first encounter with hbomberguy and are hailing him as a career-ruiner and gleefully enjoying the takedowns. dont get me wrong, takedowns are fun and they’ve always been core to his channel. his oldest stuff was debunking and clowning on right wing youtubers. but thats not all he is? and i dont like the idea of him as this Great Takedown Guy because personally the stuff i like best is his media criticism.

and thats not in the way some folks are like “oh yeah i enjoy hbomberguys media analysis but not his political stuff” i like both. but i think if folks are disregarding that side of his channel then theyre not like. idk how to word this im not the best writer. theyre missing out? or missing the point?

my personal favorite hbomberguy video is Halcyon Dreams. I also really enjoy Scanline (which is both him and shannon strucci), the CAD SLA, and the whole And Here’s Why series (especially speedrunning and pathologic). in much of hbomberguy’s other work, he will disagree with creators or producers in ways that aren’t career endings. and i don’t imagine he’s trying to become a person who does that all the time? i see behavior of his that indicates this to me, such as not naming who took his joke in the uber, explicitly saying “if you go harass Somerton you are worse than him”, and how most of And Here’s Why is neutral to positive, even tho the Garbage ones may get more views. the Sherlock has the highest

uhh where am i going with this. i always got points off for my transition sentences in essays

i guess im saying like. i don’t think it’s fair to just view the hbomberguy channel as waiting for the skeletons to come out of the closet. but i also dont think fans (especially y new fans) should put him up on this pedestal, particularly as Guy Who Destroys Careers. its not a good idea to idolize ppl in general, and its not great to live in a mindset of waiting for the next target for you to justify harassing.

[skeletalsepulchre]

i think ppl exaggerate just how great the later stuff is in toh but i think its a good watch once you get past like. the first half of season one? also ya king annoyed me a lot for like 70% of the show lol

see yeah someone said abt ep 15 is when it gets good but. idk im a lazy son of a bitch if this were a comic or book i could tolerate it bc its like ehhh i can get through 15 chapters pretty quickly but its a show and thats like. 6 hours of tv to watch. for it to get good. i think im just gonna read edas wiki page or something i finished ep 1 and its like

not bad but. unpolished maybe. or too young. the dialogue was very on the nose and you can like. tell the people making it have tumblr accounts which is just sorta like mehhhh ive seen all this stuff before ive been on the website for 8 years. (episode idea: eda beefs with someone on tailblr or something) more focused on telling you its moral than on telling you a story

i dont think im the target audience but it doesnt seem Bad . i just already experienced middle school and dont care to experience it a second time. im just gonna rotate eda in my brain

[tepapaexp]

“TARGET AUDIENCE”

Interviews Marcus, 20

When was the last time you found out something really interesting? How did you find that out? Why that platform?

The clothing expo at westpac stadium, I was shared it on Facebook. A friend linked me the event on Facebook. Unsure how friend found out. Word of mouth. i use this to find out about events and vice verser i will share and link them things id find interesting eg events, its quick and easy to access everyone uses social media so its easy to share and receive quickly.

How do you like to learn about national knowledge? What do you like about? Identify the platform.

Probably just google things i’d like to know about in particular. Id probably watch youtube videos or documentaries because I'm not such a big reader id rather it be explained to me. Im not a great reader and sometimes things don't make sense to me when i read it to myself but when its explained to me it comes through more understandable to me i guess.

I’d probably like to learn about weapons and food because i like cooking myself and id like to see how they would've cooked food with bare minimum resources and what flavours they used and if they just thought about their food or just chucked stuff in a pot.

Weapons id just be interested in the combat, bc i reckon id like to see what weapons they used and the purposes they had. I've just always liked looking at collections of weapons and guns and stuff like that.

idk its just interesting the combat wait can you just get rid of the whole weapons thing and just use the food. fuck you no i didn't say that you're just making that up.

Platform i usually do a lot of learning watching the discovery channel and usually learn a lot of stuff about like hitler and that so that would be the best way.

How do you learn? By watching and doing rather than having lectures on things more someone that can kind of like haha i dunno how to say it is better doing trying things than um trying to be explained i feel like trying to doing it is better jumping in hands on thats the one. can you just stop this whole thing is just bad

What source of information do you find the most trustworthy? Why is that? How does interacting with this source make you feel? news, is that the right answer? from officials? friends have good credibility. maybe some reviews. because friends usually have the same sense of humour. obviously you have things in common with your friends so you'd trust your friends opinion over anything else, they could expose you to some good stuff bc you have things in common. idk fine.

Would you rather learn online? Or in a physical place? Depends on what it is, i think there should definitely be the option to do both with todays technological advances. I feel like going to a physical place to learn can be quite intimidating but once comfortable it could benefit you. working in groups could ease the intimidation. the benefits of a physical place are having someone you can just have a conversation with if you're unsure about something and maybe access to resources say if you’re learning how to draw Maori patterns you could use the traditional tools or whatever but online you're just like yeah nah.

How do you find the knowledge gained through a conversation helps you? its a bit more causal you don’t have to feel like you're being taught and you can learn idk you can ask questions but not feel like you're the dummy because your having a conversation not a lesson. theres just less pressure its not the usual learning environment like you have to learn something by the end of the class and you take in what you want from it because its a conversation not a lesson. I guess its more personalised to your interests and you and find out just what you are interested in.

When was the last time you had a really good conversation about something you had just learnt or wanted to learn about?

With your dad, we always talk about something new thats really interesting. Idk i learnt how much ti cost to take a car to nelsons on the ferry today through a convo with a mate. I guess i wanted to learn this and it was good not having to google it or anything and id trust my mate enough to believe thats how much it'd cost. i mean id probably google it to get the specifics closer to the time but for now he was credible enough.

Whats an ideal day in Wellington like for you?

Sunny, not too hot, no wind, shisha car meets, and burn outs! no don't say that, and a gym a big old gym chest session hahahaha. mega pump. drags. car meets are just fun, the adrenaline rush, lots of noise, very in your face, the craftsmanship people put into their cars, skills that are shown off how its like a risky show people play, lots of big crowds a lot of people quite dangerous things its just exciting to see the different levels of cars turning up that are all respected.

How do you know about upcoming exhibitions/events in Wellington?

when people share about it on Facebook and internet and word of mouth.

If everything entertainment wise in Wellington CBD was free, what would you do/where would you go? Probably the movies more, and concerts fun jumpers bounce town things they're fun id wanna go somewhere like there when i can go and just have a good time.

What incentivises you to visit a place more than once?

If it was a good experience there the first time and if i felt like i got my moneys worth. If there were new deals and there were new things and not the same boring things you went to see last time, always being updated.

Whats aspects of being apart of the creation of a project/exhibition/event would make it more appealing/interesting to you? id feel cool to see that id helped out and part of it was kinda because of me that this has happened.

What endorsements does an event need to have to create credibility in your mind/incentivise you to go/talk about it? if i get a little bit of a teaser and it feels interesting and it might be something i like if someone asked about it. eg. if someone was like have you seen this show like kea today when she said have you seen pablo and it just engaged me and i liked the sound of it, the credibility of someone else experiencing it and they say its good then yeah I'm more likely to attend or go to.

Have you been to Te Papa recently? Why did you go? How did you feel? No, last time i went was when we went to go somewhere before we went to dinner but we just went to go have a look and just walked around to see if there was anything new on but basically just to kill time.