Do you watch YouTubers?
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Leejah. Anything Leejah. She rocks.
she/her
Sometimes I think about how my relationship with the internet has evolved since I started being extremely online (way too) young. As somebody who is an outsider to all this fandom stuff, all the stories and personal experiences Sarah Z is retelling are fascinating, but also rough. This video is about so much more than what the title implies though. She covers many important topics such as discourse, online harassment, parasocial relationships, fiction versus reality, moral compass, tying your personality to your likes and dislikes to an extreme degree, among others. Overall, she focuses on the broader problems with online interaction and I found the subject too illuminating not to share it here.
I’m not a big fan of YouTubers because a lot of my work involved working with influencers for over five years, but I’ll occasionally watch Twitch and had my favorite streamer when I dedicated more time to it.
today I went back online to check this beta update to the game I play the most and was happy to see said streamer was online. I was still working so wasn’t paying too much attention, but I was extremely bothered by how he was speaking and how horribly he was playing, it felt to me like a stupid attempt at making light of someone with a handicap, or like he was pretending to be drunk. When an hour went by and work slowed down he still was having this weird behavior so I decided to Google him to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Come to find out he had a stroke last year, and has been diagnosed with ALS and now has a very limited life expectancy. I can’t even describe how upset that made me, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I am so fond of him, and he’s slowly losing his ability to do the thing he loves, and is literally dying in front of our eyes.
I am so heartbroken and disturbed, I needed to vent because I don’t think I’ve experienced a situation like this one and we’re probably around the same age.
today I went back online to check this beta update to the game I play the most and was happy to see said streamer was online. I was still working so wasn’t paying too much attention, but I was extremely bothered by how he was speaking and how horribly he was playing, it felt to me like a stupid attempt at making light of someone with a handicap, or like he was pretending to be drunk. When an hour went by and work slowed down he still was having this weird behavior so I decided to Google him to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Come to find out he had a stroke last year, and has been diagnosed with ALS and now has a very limited life expectancy. I can’t even describe how upset that made me, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I am so fond of him, and he’s slowly losing his ability to do the thing he loves, and is literally dying in front of our eyes.
I am so heartbroken and disturbed, I needed to vent because I don’t think I’ve experienced a situation like this one and we’re probably around the same age.
Yeah it fucking sucks when good creators get ran off the internet but a lot of times literal abusers, racists and that whole evil bunch seem to always get extra chances.
She didn't even really do anything.
I love watching this lady! She’s a photographer who reacts to a lot of America’s Next Top Model shoots. She’s very funny too
What a coincidence, I've only just discovered her a few days ago. Someone recommended her in comment from another video.
Literally, I’ve got Monzo so created a virtual bank card and used an address generator for the billing. Laughably easy!
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Not one of my favourite artsy Youtubers going into NFTs……..
he/him/basic cishomo
The only thing YouTube-adjacent I've ever fangirled over were these two icons. The lady (Nicole Sebastian) was on an episode of I Love New York and the amount of life I used to get from her existence nourished and strengthened my body.
Hands down my favorite Internet video of all time. Expert Village queens.
Hands down my favorite Internet video of all time. Expert Village queens.