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Message: [QUOTE="Deleted member 3864, post: 44905, member: 3864"] Looks like a topic that resonates, and it's a great piece! (I'm about to be a touch contrarian tho) This guy means nothing to me, or rather, he represents a disconnect I feel with a lot of people who share my hobbies. I grew up with video games, yeah, but not with Youtube; specifically, I saw some of his videos, back when I was 19 or so the platform was new, and the exaggerated yelling and swearing came off corny, and I've never been able to connect to...whatever it is that drew people in? I knew guys just like this, everyone was performative and loud as teenagers, and we did similar "skits" in between recording Jackass submission videos. (Small town, you do what you can.) I never feel older than when someone talks about Youtube with nostalgia, "It was better back in the day when it was all amateurs", that sort of thing. I always preferred reading on the internet, video felt like it took forever, and I could turn on the TV to get talented performers doing comedy, or go to a stand-up show. It's not that I'm a luddite, but the embrace of Youtube feels like the biggest pop culture divide between myself and like, younger millenials on down. I don't mean for this to be negative or a slam on the guy, I'm sure he's cool. (From what I've heard, he just does this as a job to live the life he wants with his family, and that's fucking *awesome*.) It's just a weird feeling I get from time to time, and between this article and the new one Waffles posted I felt like writing it out. [/QUOTE]

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