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[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 67 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How can you even smile and talk in the presence of a devil. "We came, we saw, he died" with her demonic laugh will never leave me

Truly a demonic people

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 75 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I'll never watch a video essayist who pays more attention to aesthetics than content. It's the red flag that has consistently remained true since 2015. If you're showing me some silly little skit, you aren't showing me an argument. If you're spending time on costuming that's time you didn't spend on research or sourcing footage that could replace the look-at-cartoon-me bullshit. If a serious person wants to wear a costume during their video essay, it stays consistent from start to finish without ever being mentioned.

It's never steered me wrong. The channels I was immediately wary of because of that have all turned out to be weird social fascists.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 49 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 56 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Type 56: white guy dressed in a rotating series of Chinese military uniforms. He never mentions them. The 30+ minute videos are Chinese history with translated Chinese from primary sources, maps with primary research, and historical footage. Solidly communist across all of it, no more doubt about his background than I have for any generic hexbear poster.

Beau of the 5th Column: white guy dressed as a whiter guy. Can't get through a ten minute video without saying "kitty-cri-texas y'all i reckon i'd ding dang dun fuck mah banjo iffin it was my cousin" as hay falls out of his mouth. Social fascist who turned out to be a human trafficking mercenary.

Scientifically proven.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Beau is the one dude I am totally certain was an Op. Like straight up, I think he was an intelligence guy.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm absolutely certain of it. He got off so lightly on such serious criminal charges. That is a federal informant [at the very least] doing COINTELPRO, 100%, not a single doubt in my mind.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

he got clapped for human trafficking (labor violations and visa fraud not sex stuff afaik) and got off shockingly easy, and then later came the channel

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

These videos have convinced youtube I love Chinese history so now I get shit about like men's hairstyles in the Ming dynasty with a thousand views. Might have clocked me tbh

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago

The Lenin Head is sufficient, all other visuals are bourgeois.

[–] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Have these gentlemen ever considered deez nuts?" - blushing-engels deprogram

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

With all three of them laughing and then talking over each other lmao.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The thing is, her "aesthetic" has always been fuckin bad. She throws up some red and blue lights and people thought she's a fucking cinematographer

[–] Orbital@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I am a child so Sometimes a spoonful of sugar makes the theory medicine go down, you know? But yeah bad when such creators overdo it

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying you can't watch it, just be especially critical of it. If 20% of a 10 minute video is silly time, did they actually do 8 minutes-worth of research on the topic or did they skim a few sources to frame their idea for silly time? Is their audience there for the ideas or silly time? Some creators will pass that bar, most of them won't because they've self-selected for an audience that doesn't want to listen to a detailed lecture or read the primary sources themselves. When there's no silly time, a channel like Red Pen where it's just a static screen and a lecture, they self-select for an audience that knows the material will enough to engage with it directly and critique all of the little details in their commentary on it. There's no parasocial celebrity factor to it.

[–] StarkWolf@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

taking notes:

-Red Pen

-Type 56

Getting good channel recommendations from comrade happybadger in this thread.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

Yeah I'm cool with style so long as the substance is there

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There are like two exceptions I can think of, but usually when there's a lot of sugar there's no medicine, it's just a sugar pill that you're told is medicine.

[–] Orbital@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking of PhiTube and Tom Nicholas

[–] Orbital@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

CW: suicide

IMO Suicide and Mental Health, Steve Bannon and Philosophy/White Guys were all bangers. Several others made good points

I won't defend the whole catalog but I sure as hell couldn't pump out quality vids for 12 years

I'll check out Tom Nicolas

[–] Bolshechick@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

I'll never watch a video essayist

The correct take

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

she really wanted to say we conquered but couldnt help herself, she had to lib filter it