Hey to all those dickriding the Watcher boys right now taking about how 50+ US dollars a year “isnt that much and is cheaper than all the other streaming services.” Fuck you. Most people can’t afford groceries right now.

To all the Watcher fans shaming their own community for being upset that they can no longer watch something that they enjoyed. Fuck you too.

To all those who are signing up to have a subscription to this completely new and know nothing sub service. Or are donating to this google forms raffle thing. Please direct your money towards a charity of your choice or the Genocide that is happening to the Palestinians.

It will be a cold day in hell when I support someone who drives a Tesla over the starving and war ridden people of Palestine. Free Palestine. Eat the Rich. Fuck you Watcher TV for giving your audience something NO. ONE. ASKED. FOR.

“Artists need to be paid for their work!”

Agreed however they ARE getting paid!! If Patreon+ ad revenue+ merch sales + tour sales isn’t enough to cover the cost of the videos Watcher has been putting out, maybe the answer is to downsize and scale back instead of punishing their audience for their poor financial decisions.

I absolutely HATE that she said “paying people fairly and making a survivable living…” It’s buzz words to connect with their mostly left-leaning, millennial and Gen-Z audience. But it’s a bunch of BS when you realize that

1. They all clearly make a survivable living. Steven drives a Tesla for chrissake. Ryan and Shane both just had weddings (which don’t come cheap). They are all surviving so much better than the majority of their fan base getting to do something that they love.

2. If they’re worried about paying their staff a survivable living, maybe that’s an internal issue. Again, the three of them appear to be relatively well off. If they’re driving Teslas and they’re worried about their staff not being able to make a living, maybe deduct a bit from their own pay first

3. If they’re worried about their staff making a survivable living, HAVE LESS STAFF AND LOWER PRODUCTION VALUE. If you can’t pay your workers, stop hiring so many workers. Or prioritize their pay over the expensive production value that isn’t necessary to make good content. So many YouTube channels have survived for longer than Watcher has existed by keeping costs low or even being a part of a platform like Nebula (why they didn’t consider something like that FIRST is mind boggling to me).

This comment from Sara is SO out of touch. It’s enraging that she uses those buzzwords to try and connect with an audience of mostly people who are legitimately struggling to make a “survivable living” working jobs we hate. You get to do a job you LOVE and be creative and, from the looks of it, none of y’all are living paycheck to paycheck like the fan base you’re trying to get money from. Hearing this from her makes me think that Shane’s “eat the rich” mentality was just “oh look I’m hip with the kids” without actually understanding the situations most of his fans are living in.

Lastly, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: THEY SHOULD’VE GONE THE NEBULA ROUTE. Join up with other creators on a site that is already doing what they’re trying to do but offers a much wider breadth of content and is well worth the money. Try literally ANYTHING before deciding that the best way to move forward is to make your fan base foot the bill entirely.

DONT give us that “it’s so hard to make a survivable living being a creative and doing what we love.” The vast majority of the fan base you’re trying to get money out of can only DREAM of being in the position you’re in. You make a living. If it’s getting hard to pay the people who work for you and expanding the business/production value is putting you in the read, hire less people and cut back on expenses BEFORE you extort your fan base. You’re not in the financial position to expand? Don’t expand! Watcher is biting off more than they can chew, but, instead of taking smaller bites, they’re making fans pay for the food.

We’re Leaving YouTube

lol me

The most inspiring thing I have heard all week

writing a garbage essay feels like you’re the cow who gave birth to the two headed calf. in the morning, my professor will wrap him in newspaper and dissect him on a cold operating table. but here he is alive, under the pale glow of my computer screen. he is beautiful. there are twice as many logical fallacies as usual.

That time your partner asks you to get the mints while you’re in the kitchen, so naturally, you walk back into the room with two (shelled) hard boiled eggs and a ramekin of tajin.

Is anyone else secretly terrified of getting stuck in an eternal loop while saying the word “phenomenon”?

Like,

“Wow! That was an incredible phenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonpleasehelpmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenoenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenoenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenoenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenoenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonenomenonmenomenonenomenonenomenone

wow i guess i spent too much time on the internet today cuz for a second i read ‘crochet’ as like. crocodile heterosexual. just for a moment there

“Sunset on the Lake”

Original art by yours truly

Yeah I’m fairly certain Tucker Carlson could tell this story on his garbage show while making that stupid fake “concerned” face he makes and all of his viewers would believe that this actually happened. Then all of conservative America would use the “down with cis bus” as a way to further anti-trans legislation.

My NT friend: doesn’t this silence bother u

Me, autistic: are u telling me u can’t hear this incredibly loud fridge

“Racial harassment” 😂 Reminder to my fellow white people that cracker is not a slur.

a college republican went crying to tucker carlson last night because some black classmates photoshopped his face onto a literal cracker

Source

this tdov is gonna be bitter for a lot of trans folk due to the insane amount of cruel and deplorable anti-trans legislations being passed so now, more than ever, i need everyone to show your unyielding support to the trans community. uplift and boost their voices, listen and support them, march and protest for their rights alongside them. it’s time everybody shows these heartless ghouls that the trans community won’t go down without a fight, no matter how many disgusting bills and legislations get thrown their way

You aren’t lazy.

You’re wounded.

It’s okay to take your time to recover.