seriously can someone please tell them to find any other pop culture medium?

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I think video essays are funny because 99% of it is only ever about pop culture, pop history, and pop philosophy made by people who recently studied the subject

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      3 months ago

      Thats exactly what it is. Treats have saturated everything.

      look, peoples are allowed to have fun, i like video games a lot. i just really wish people would stop wringing this format of video essay dry.

      i loved video essays and still enjoy a good Jacob Gellar video, but no i dont want to listen to some dude recount the story of witcher 3 in its entirety and call it a “video essay”

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        3 months ago

        Honestly before video essays became trendy and I was in high school, I thought about continuing to do essays after school. I should’ve done it if I known that everyone would make a substack.