With the current state of the world, I shall henceforth consider myself Schrödinger's-whelmed - for I am every variant of whelmed until observed.

I really have to wonder how many accounts on reddit are just bots using gen-ai at this point... the amount of replies that just seem to latch on to keywords and then spit out weird unrelated comments is ridiculous. (I mostly only use reddit to discuss games and help new creators)

All I wanted was a borger, I didn't need that shade thrown...

I really wish devs would stop putting crt filters on their games - or at least give me a way to toggle them off.

Yes, I will from henceforth be referring to them as "Techbruhs" - it is my sole ¿useful? contribution to 2025, take it or leave it.

I swear some of you would try to backseat and wrongly explain the mechanics a game even if I made it from scratch myself lol

I don't think most people realize just how isolated their internet experiences are - we may exist on seemingly monolithic platforms, but what you see is HEAVILY catered (not by a person, but by the actions of "people like you" and how they interact with the systems)

I do have to wonder what filling my inbox up with this kind of stuff accomplishes, other than making me laugh a little... (I swear, I get these more on my gaming channel emails than my non-gaming channel emails)

Just a reminder: "Just because someone runs a large channel, doesn't mean they know how the platform works" - example on youtube - the amount of large channels that haven't even read the help articles on ads, copyright claims, community guidelines, etc. is astounding...

I still have to wonder why all these discord spambots have the most "live laugh love💖😍🦷" profile blurbs lol

Unintended side effect of having my review channel and my gameplay/stream channel separate (but with the same press email)? I don't mind the duplicate emails, but I can tell when you are using gen-ai email generators, instead of form emails, when contacting me. I prefer form emails. (1/3)

Lol, was looking back at a past stream and wondered why it would've gotten some extra dislikes, then I remembered. My response: Dislike to your heart's content, I stand 100% by what I said because alt-right hogwash and dogwhistles are not welcome on ANY of my channels (not just the gaming ones)

If I'm allergic to grass, does that mean I'm genetically predisposed to being a vtuber?

I don't watch a lot of animes, but I loved Frieren for the world building and retrospective. Though when people talk 'abilities', I feel mildly gaslighted by the common comments on Ubel - sure she likes cutting stuff, but if I'm understanding it right, she's damn near a Spiegel in human form too.

I would say it's more lead than aspestos, but same principle.

Sign you've been making content online for a long time? You no longer bat an eye at shutting down people that don't pass the basic vibe check... Only downside is my brain immediately thinks of snarky replies I'll never get to use while I'm on my way to click that "hide from channel" button lol.

Review Scores are like youtube subscriber counts - meaningless numbers, used by people who are out of touch with the system, to explain things that they don't understand.

If you need another reason to hate Generative AI - the continual uptick in false claims from genAI music producers who end up creating a 'new song' that is literally just a song that released 20 friggin' years ago. And don't get me started on if it's drone or ambiance music...

Just a note - I'm pro-demos, I even cover demos on the side channel a LOT - though if you're sending a press key for coverage on the REVIEW channel... I can't review a demo (I'm even hesitant to do a "First Impression" on a demo)

god I hate windows, started a render ~2 hours ago... just got up to grab a drink and it is rebooting to update now... seriously 100% cpu utilization and you think it's a good time to restart?

Could we please normalize being able to criticize something even if you enjoy it? I like most games, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to address blatant flaws in their design.

Every time I've had a series go a bit above expectations I've always attracted at least 1 of "those people" - namely, every time they see a video that isn't of that series they hop in, dislike it, and leave (in this case at exactly 7pm local time for me each day 1 dislike on non-knightica lol).

Thank you everyone that helped get the LPE channel to full partner status - I don't think you realize how much the support means to me :)

Ahhh I just checked and I'm SO CLOSE to getting monetized on Youtube! If you wanna help me out, please don't hesitate to put one of my VODs on in the background as you work! If even just a few people do that, we might just get there :3 >> www.youtube.com/@armiastars <<

Just saw a recommendation that you should have double digit lines of revolving credit (ie - credit cards) to improve your credit score... what kind of responsible adult has 10+ personal credit cards.

It's definitely an odd (and somewhat annoying) trend lately of companies revoking press keys a few months after release... mildly annoying if I need b-roll for a later video, but more annoying when I get a literal pop-up in the middle of working.

been scouting channels to add to my raid list... the amount of people just striking a silent zombie pose for 10+ minutes while streaming is terrifying... tell a story, comment on what's in front of you... cough... breathe... SOMETHING!

short about working at the coast guard

Well, it seems like the pin is getting close to one of the wretched bubbles... next up need to be the corporate investment in private single-resident housing and the conservative sabotage of non-ransom fueled healthcare...

When did I reach the point where I consistently feel more stressed when I'm NOT streaming?

If you wouldn't trust a parrot with a task, don't trust gen-ai with the task - the parrot is smarter, despite knowing less words.

A rare reaction by me... but this was 100% a

I'm working on eating healthier... though it would be easier if people would stop eating the last of the healthy food I got for that reason... (wouldn't be grumbly about it, but it's 4am, and the yogurt I had gotten for breakfasts is gone, but no one else's is touched) (fixed cranky typo)

Is it just me, or has communication around content creation gotten exponentially unhinged since generative slop started knocking around? Sure there were always weird things, but literally saw someone claim that ChatGPT proved that youtube was stealing likes/views from them... non-ironically.

I may not have control over what ads show on my channel - but I will 100% be doing this any time I see an ICE or Trump ad.

I'll call youtube out on its nonsense any day - but it boggles my mind how many people are saying youtube "stole" from them. The general contract in regards to ad revenue is 55% of ad revenue - if no ads were played, that's $0 for us, $0 for youtube. Does it suck? yes. But it's not "theft"

The amount of people that don't understand what 55% of $0 is... the agreement is 55% of ad revenue, no ads = no ad revenue.

Stream will be a late start today, internet issues - will be starting at ~10am CST (maybe a bit earlier)

Never understood fawning over people just for their 'clout'. There's shitty people with 4mill subs that I wouldn't talk to even if you paid me, and people with a couple hundred subs that I'd definitely try and get a signature from. Judge people by what they do, not the size of their community.

Very Well said from the creative front. Add on the ecological impact and you'd have to be daft to want it to be a thing in common use. (seriously, look at the ballooning of water usage, emissions, etc. by every company that invests in this these frankly awful "tools" they shoehorn in everything)

If I ask a question about a mechanic in a game, or about a strategy, I'm looking for an answer, not "but the fun is in exploring the game." If someone asks me how to make a Swolelock in D&D, I'm gonna tell them how I build it, and usually strategies for it, not an ambiguous "try whatever it's fun"

Had the weirdest dream last night, about an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game (narrative, not competitive)... sadly neither have the skill or time to make it lol

I really abhor how often, every day, I see generative swill maker images... seriously, can't even go shopping without seeing shit like this:

If you're wondering if streamers are ignoring you, they're not - realize I'm a small creator - and this is what I'm looking at on my second monitor (for big streamers, a lot are like this, but have chat cycling by in under a minute) - and analytics stuff flows on to my drawing tablet lol:

Not sure what I'm craving, but I have been destroying my Birria and my Greek seasoning mixes the past 2 weeks, and still want more - knocked out a quarter of the jar of Greek, and a quarter of the jar of Birria seasoning in that time (which is a lot) - also killed off an entire tub of feta too lol

I'm not sure why it irritates me, but when I open an email to my press account, and it's just a lot of "Buy it Now" links, it makes me less likely to want to buy your game, much less cover it. It's too late for release coverage, much less a review. & It's a press email, not a customer email.

I'm still on the fence about it, but I am trying out Moonbeam as a potential 3rd platform for streaming. It definitely still has that "beta feel", but I like the idea of "realms". That said, I am still learning about it as a platform (and still trying to find info on its founders)

We don't need an 'everything' app, we don't need an ai-chatbot on every website, in every program, and device, we don't need just "less bad" than the current awful option. I don't want to do brain surgery with a voice activated swiss army knife that plays music.

Well, nothing I've tried worked on recovering the drive... part of me wishes I wouldn't have dug deeper. Was digging through Event Viewer, and what do I find? Tons of warnings about the drive having issues days prior - and a SMART fault. Take a wild guess as to how many warnings Windows gave.

Streams should be back starting Tuesday or Wednesday (replacement drive arriving around then), I will know if my last potential data recovery trick will work around that time as well, but need the spare drive first since I'll need it for dumping to if my last method works.