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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Rageaholic is one that i got tired of.

Found his videos from searching about iron Maiden and Yngwie malmsteen. But he doesn't even talk about music any more.

Purely a libertarian commentator now.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Joe Rogan podcast, unsubbed and stopped watching about 5-6 years ago when he stopped being progressive and started sucking billionaire dick nonstop

[–] Stalinwolf 3 points 14 hours ago

My brother finally got me into him like two months before he started going downhill. It was a shocking transition even for a new listener like me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Yea… It was such a nice thing to have on in the background at work. Sad

[–] [email protected] 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Videogamedunkey

His jokes just don't land anymore. Can't remember the last time I found one of his videos entertaining. On the contrary, watching his newer content actually makes me feel sad.

[–] rabber 3 points 18 hours ago

His indie game company is a really cool thing though

[–] [email protected] 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking AvE...

I hung on every damn vidjeo

I still watch him how and then, I probably even agree with some of his hot takes, but he's just fucking tonedef heading into the conservative crap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

His content took a sharp decline when COVID happened. Pretty sure the whole thing gave him severe brain damage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

one time i subscribed to someone and a week later they shifted to youtube kids clickbait slop

[–] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Member Thunderf00t? Had to un-sub after he went full misogyny during gamergate, and I've popped in since it's not gotten any better it's still him doing the same shtick hasn't evolved even a little... Usually about Elon Musk, which sounds like it would be good content, but not when you exposed your biases and don't change anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I was introduced to him somewhere around solar freaking roadways. And I thought okay this is cool He's just going to go and debunk stuff.

And the next five videos I watched had no substance whatsoever to them. He was just repeating the same debunking over and over. I don't think I even got down to the point where he was spouting misogynist bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

I was a teenager when he made the turn and started "owning" feminism. I sat there thinking that all his criticisms where not only adressed by femenist writers 40 years ago, but often even integral parts of some strains of femisms, and i had just begun reading entry level stuff on the subject. That's when i learned what a unintellectual dunkhead he really was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

First 300 Elon videos were a banger, after the 1000th it got kinda boring /s

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[–] BenVimes 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Honestly, James Stephanie Sterling.

I had been following them since The Escapist days, but a few years ago I just couldn't do it anymore. I was only interested in their Jimquisition stuff, and that had gotten really samey week over week.

It felt extra bad because this was after they had already lost like 20% of their subscribers for other reasons. I really hate that I might be lumped in with all those lovely folks when my reasons for leaving were entirely separate.

I still appreciate their message, though. I still think the Digital Homicide saga is one of the more interesting Internet dramas I've been witness to. And I still check in from time to time, mostly for their year-end lists and if something specific has happened in the gaming industry that I want their opinion on.

What I'm trying to say is, thank God for JSS, but only in small doses for me personally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

I'm in the same boat. I quit watching right before they came out as trans because their videos were the same thing every week. "Video game industry bad, publishers bad." Which is a message I agree with, 100%, but when that's literally all you say in every video its hard not to lose interest.

I forgot about them after that for a few years and was admittedly surprised by the change. Things seem to be rough for them lately, getting a divorce and moving to a new city right before COVID. I want to support them, but I watched their latest videos and it was exactly the same as before I quit. Nothing content-wise had changed.

I think a big part of that is that video game criticism really has evolved since then. Folks like shaun, hbomberguy, and many others share the same philosophy and ideas as JSS, but offer so much more depth than the "video games bad!" ranting that JSS has never been able to get beyond.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I had to do that with Nux Taku. The guy made funny videos back in the day, but he slowly became a "Anti-woke" conservative mouthpiece. It's funny because the video that made me unsubscribe was a video of his saying how another youtuber got cancelled for being too woke.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I used to follow a youtuber who slowly realized that the earnings when using her talent and profession fell short of just doing OF and showing bikini photos.

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