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jacob elordi and margot robbie starring in yet another whitewashed wuthering heights adaptation which is going to further destroy the public perception of this classic literary work by misleading people into interpreting it as a common bodice ripper bc no one cares about nuance or meaning and all anyone cares about is profit... crying shaking throwing up!!!

it's also really ironic to imagine what heathcliff himself would think about how he's portrayed in media. he hates everyone and would hate more than anyone the fans who romanticize him, just as he canonically hates isabella for adoring him and wanting to believe that he's better than he is — that he is the romantic hero she's made him out to be. how ironic is it that most fans of the work embody isabella? and on that note, how much do you want to bet that isabella will be written out of the story along with most of the other characters plotlines, like how the colonial rhetoric is written out by the fact of elordi's mere presence?

heathcliff is such a wonderfully written character and one of the most iconic in all literary history. he doesn't deserve this chronic mistreatment and neither do any of the other characters. least deserving of all is emily brontë herself who would be continuously disappointed if she were misfortunate enough to have to bear witness to these adaptations. she's actively rolling in her grave as we speak and the producers are parodying heathcliff digging her up so that she can share in the torment they insist upon...

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k.dot normally: whimsical :) loves his family and cereal. just a little guy doing push-ups :3

k.dot in the music industry: THE BOOGEYMAN 😈

never seen artistic ability, street cred, introspective wisdom/self analysis meshed together like this. he knows everything, he knows everything, he knows ignorant, he knows shit thats conscious, and he knows that he knows nothing. socrates. he failed gods test and a dollar cost him heaven. and these shit ass rappers think they can hurt a man like that

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It's really funny when ovhoe cunts claim that k. is fake activist. He literally straight up said in his first and last albums that he's not savior, that he's flawed etc but some ppl treat him like he's black messiah because he acknowledges existence of racism and wrote songs how it affects his and other black ppls lives.

I hate ovhoe and drake I hope all of them die.

the fake activist stuff def ties back to the discussion of how everyone is more inclined to criticize lefties or progressives or anyone who dares claim theyre trying to do good things for hypocrisy or higher standards they cant meet than criminal conservatives. kendrick stubbornly refuses to be held up to that standard, idolized OR idealized, and while i find that reasonable (its something even i had to do, its drawing boundaries of sorts) most just see it as an opportunity to claim that "see? hes not owning up to being an Activist and posting woke shit nonstop and always doing charity work! hes a fake!" while its all a huge misunderstanding of how political art and political actions are separate, different things. twitter activism brained dumbasses cant comprehend kendrick as a man, as an artist and as someone who does put time and money to achieve "progressive" ends, all separately.

ovhoes dying sounds great ill sign off on that tbh

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Sources:

* "Drake ‘paid $350,000’ to woman who accused him of sexual assault" by Roisin O'Conner, The Independent (2019)

*"What’s Up With Drake Texting Teens” by Allie Jones, Vice (2019)

* “Drake kisses 17-year-old fan on stage in unearthed video clip” by Laura Snapes, The Guardian (2019) At that concert, Drake said:

“You’re 17? Why do you look like that? You’re thick. Look at all this.”

* “Member of Drake’s Entourage Sentenced in Toronto Assault Case” by Jocelyn Vena, Billboard (2015)

* “Drake’s Friend Baka Is Out Of Jail” by Zara Golden, The Fader (2015)

* “Deported man faces firearms charges” by The Toronto Star (2007) [Travis Savoury is Baka Not Nice, a key part of Drake’s inner circle.]

* “Toronto man, 36, charged in human trafficking case” by CP24, 2014 [a Toronto news channel] [Travis Savoury is Baka Not Nice, a key part of Drake’s inner circle.]

* “Why Does Drake Give me the Ick? An Investigation” by Julie Fenwick, Vice (2022)

*"DJ Akademiks Is the Latest Celeb Hit With Grooming Allegations … And Worse" by Kalyn Womack,The Root (2024)

*"DJ Akademiks accused of rape and defamation" by Samantha Cheryl, Washington Post (2024)

Social media:

* @MusicConnoisseu on Twitter has a clip of Potter \[a British rapper and songwriter\] calling out Drake for “messaging bare young girls in England”

* Drake on Twitter: “That good that young.” (9/4/12)

* Drake on Twitter: “The kids I hand with are gonna be parents on day…scary” (7/5/11)

* Drake on Twitter: “‘If amazing was a young bitch I’d be going to jail…cause I’m fucking amazing’ - Me” (5/30/09)

* https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1782393593837019440.html

* https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/yfD9cfdJUk

Not even involved in the whole Drake- Kendrick drama. Just know my brother is wrong in supporting Drake in this and I will learn about the whole thing to prove him wrong

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my toxic masculinity jumping out every time i see a "omg its so cute grown men are writing poems for each other" comments on Kendrick vs drake cuz like KENDRICK IS WRITING POEMS drake is just PERFORMING rhymes he has no writing credits on smh.

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MAYBE I’m reaching here..

BUT Kendrick starting to say Haley Joel Osment’s name correctly to set up the next lines, but saying Olsteen was adding to the argument of Drake being a fraud.. an accusation that is linked to Televangelists..

i think it was purposefully done.

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platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

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and on steven............. i can't even express how gross it felt to see the ways people reached to ruin his name and abuse him online. demonic behavior.

i didn't start watching watcher bc of steven, i'm gonna be honest. but his content, character, and yes, his mere influence on the company is one of the biggest reasons watcher came to be one of my favorite youtube channels.

i fell in love with steven and his content through dish granted, the way he poured in all his creative effort and know-how so that he could give his friends and loved ones a special, personalized, larger-than-life meal. i thought it was so sweet, and that show is actually one my favorites on the channel.

i still remember how impressed i was to hear steven had proposed to his now-wife with a lab-grown diamond ring, bc he intentionally wanted something more sustainable.

i remember steven's speech for his unforgettable gala award, the way he listed out the asian content creators who came before him, who shaped the space and influenced him. he carried himself with humility, respect, and reverence for the past, and i thought it was extremely admirable.

i remember the "making watcher" episode where shane and ryan outright said that steven was the reason for watcher's survival. how steven stepped up to handle the business side of things when nobody else could. of course the guy isn't a businessman. he's a creative. but he stepped away from his own passions to make sure their company could stay afloat.

and did you notice how many employees at watcher are asian? these folks are damn talented, damn good at their jobs. i don't have direct proof of this, but i just know that steven had a hand in making watcher an incredibly safe and inclusive place to work for asian folks and other minorities. and as an asian viewer, i could feel that influence in the videos. i can feel the care watcher takes to make inclusive content, to make content that feels like the people behind it care. for watcher, "asian" isn't a buzzword someone slaps onto a video to make it sound interesting. it's cultural, it's natural, it's loving. i can't explain it but i feel that distinction and it carries the same exact energy steven does in his videos.

so it was incredibly wild and surreal to have fans try their best to tear all of that down, because he misspoke in the announcement video and... he drives a tesla? i don't even have to touch on that because people know how inconsequential that is to the matter at hand. i don't know how else to make you believe that steven driving a tesla is not an indication of him being evil or an immoral level of wealthy. like be for fucking real, please.

i have never felt so disconnected with this community than i did watching people attack steven for business decisions made by multiple grown-ass people. i will never look at this community the same way i did before. i know all this time, people were jumping for a reason to villainize steven. and nobody can convince me i don't know why.

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“So you forgive them, just like that?”

i’ve never felt that it was a matter of forgiveness, more of if you accept to continue watching the content and creators even if you disagreed strongly with a business move and they way they presented it. if you can move past it. forgiveness would be more personal, and imply a relationship.. which isn’t the case. i think shane and ryan are great content creators, and i find their content very entertaining, they’ve taken accountability and changed the issues i had with the streamer. why wouldn’t i come back?

“they’re still money hungry, they revealed their true colors!”

they’re a business, and they have 25 employees that rely on them. of course they’re looking for profit, and expand the business. that’s what businesses do

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so you're just going to forgive them? and just forget? After everything?

what even the hell are you going on about?

and to answer your question, yes. because i'm an adult person in my 20s. also, i've been an insensitive idiot before so I know how easy it is to do. ALSO, I like to protect my peace and their videos make me happy.

they saw the backlash. they apologized and made a compromise, so what is there to be mad about? i do not hold people i do not know to high standards. i expect them to take accountability when they do something wrong and apologize. WHICH THEY DID.

that's all.

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Adding on to this:

It is fascinating watching people go full McKinsey/BCG/Bain on Watcher. A lot of basic consulting reccomendations are:

- lower quality to cut costs

- fire your staff to cut costs

- accept making less than what would make you middle class to cut costs. f:ck any desire to afford children, quality medical care, quality food, quality housing, and retirement to cut costs.

- move to a cheaper area that people actively try to escape due to politics, racism, weak public education, weak infrastructure, a lack of walkable spaces, weak public transportation, etc. to cut costs

- ignore any need for creative fulfillment, development, and experimentation to cut costs

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This is a poorly executed and marketed business decision.

That does not make it acceptable to wish bankruptcy and financial instability on people. That does not justify the personal attacks, which have veered into racism at times, directed towards the Watcher staff.

They can make art/content and ask to be paid a certain amount for it. You can choose not to pay. In the same way that they should not insult you for not paying, you should not insult them for wanting to be paid more. You can criticize them without making personal attacks and wishing bankruptcy on them.

Okay but watcher originally wasn’t going to leave the old videos up. Like that is something that they backtracked on and are trying to gaslight people about. They did an interview with Variety where they told them that they were going to slowly remove their content from YouTube.

I’m trying to figure out if you’re footstamping at me or what, but babe it’s not worth it.

they’re going to do with their videos what they deem they need to bc they’re not actually our weird friends and we don’t know them like that, they’re guys who make video series who are trying to figure out how to keep a studio afloat in a landscape currently dominated by media conglomerates owned by people like jeff bezos. that is the cut and dry of it. yeah, they probably changed their minds and reversed their earlier decision, but if anything the way people are frothing at the mouth about losing their ~comfort content~ (which. yikes don’t get me started), one would think that would be a relief.

look, I had a whole essay here but I have shit to do so, short version: watcher could have strategized and rolled this whole thing out differently, and who knows, maybe more things will change. maybe they’ll change their content output schedule for their own channel. maybe they’ll add shows or cut , or re-scale for international viewer accommodation. I’d hate to be their PR person right now. but it is what it is. if you can’t pay them, don’t. do not subscribe. literally no one is forcing you. if you wanna see their stuff that badly, find someone who can and password share. they literally said it was fine.

cards on the table, I don’t even know if I’ll be getting a sub until October, or at all, bc I’m a grad student and I have bills. but I’m not about to sit here and act betrayed and hope they fail a. because I’m an adult who understands that no matter the size of the staff, providing employee benefits and insurance costs money, as does making any kind of for-fun content in our current hellscape, and b. it’s kind of shitty to watch people turn around and act like a media company is their friends personally stabbing them in the back and betraying some grand marxist ethos when it’s literally just people who don’t have things like mousecorp and netflix behind them trying to make their shit on their own terms. I’m not going to sit here and pretend they’re some rich greedy corpos trying to wring money out of us poor broke smol beans out of malice when they’re not even in the same ballpark. they’re allowed to ask to be paid for their time and their labor. if people can’t pay them, then they can’t pay them, end of. some things we just have to go without and that’s just how it shakes out; there are worse and more critical things I could be missing out on that I will be paying that money for instead.

but I’m not about to insist their stuff be free forever because ~I want it~. because that’s not what it comes down to, in the system that we currently operate and exist under. I’m not entitled to their shit like that and frankly no one is.

watching people openly hope they crash and burn bc it won’t be free anymore just makes me chalk it up to one more shitty example of how consumer culture has just made people not think about how stuff is made as long as they can get that instant gratification, but like. water is wet, news at 11.

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watching people go full McKinsey/BCG/Bain on Watcher is fascinating

a lot of basic consulting reccomendations are

- lower quality to cut costs

- fire your staff to cut costs

- accept making less than what would make you middle class to cut costs. f:ck any desire to afford children, quality medical care, quality food, quality housing, and retirement to cut costs.

- move to a cheaper area that people actively try to escape due to politics, racism, weak public education, weak infrastructure, a lack of walkable spaces, weak public transportation, etc. to cut costs

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Okay but watcher originally wasn’t going to leave the old videos up. Like that is something that they backtracked on and are trying to gaslight people about. They did an interview with Variety where they told them that they were going to slowly remove their content from YouTube.

I’m trying to figure out if you’re footstamping at me or what, but babe it’s not worth it.

they’re going to do with their videos what they deem they need to bc they’re not actually our weird friends and we don’t know them like that, they’re guys who make video series who are trying to figure out how to keep a studio afloat in a landscape currently dominated by media conglomerates owned by people like jeff bezos. that is the cut and dry of it. yeah, they probably changed their minds and reversed their earlier decision, but if anything the way people are frothing at the mouth about losing their ~comfort content~ (which. yikes don’t get me started), one would think that would be a relief.

look, I had a whole essay here but I have shit to do so, short version: watcher could have strategized and rolled this whole thing out differently, and who knows, maybe more things will change. maybe they’ll change their content output schedule for their own channel. maybe they’ll add shows or cut , or re-scale for international viewer accommodation. I’d hate to be their PR person right now. but it is what it is. if you can’t pay them, don’t. do not subscribe. literally no one is forcing you. if you wanna see their stuff that badly, find someone who can and password share. they literally said it was fine.

cards on the table, I don’t even know if I’ll be getting a sub until October, or at all, bc I’m a grad student and I have bills. but I’m not about to sit here and act betrayed and hope they fail a. because I’m an adult who understands that no matter the size of the staff, providing employee benefits and insurance costs money, as does making any kind of for-fun content in our current hellscape, and b. it’s kind of shitty to watch people turn around and act like a media company is their friends personally stabbing them in the back and betraying some grand marxist ethos when it’s literally just people who don’t have things like mousecorp and netflix behind them trying to make their shit on their own terms. I’m not going to sit here and pretend they’re some rich greedy corpos trying to wring money out of us poor broke smol beans out of malice when they’re not even in the same ballpark. they’re allowed to ask to be paid for their time and their labor. if people can’t pay them, then they can’t pay them, end of. some things we just have to go without and that’s just how it shakes out; there are worse and more critical things I could be missing out on that I will be paying that money for instead.

but I’m not about to insist their stuff be free forever because ~I want it~. because that’s not what it comes down to, in the system that we currently operate and exist under. I’m not entitled to their shit like that and frankly no one is.

watching people openly hope they crash and burn bc it won’t be free anymore just makes me chalk it up to one more shitty example of how consumer culture has just made people not think about how stuff is made as long as they can get that instant gratification, but like. water is wet, news at 11.

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Ok y’know what yeah I’m mad about this. I’m mad that people are being so fucking hateful towards the Watcher crew over this, like they owe you something. I’m mad that people are apparently dogpiling on Steven as if Ryan and Shane have no say in a company that the three of them made together as friends. I’m mad that people are acting like Watcher is now the same as Netflix or Spotify when password sharing is being actively encouraged and not everything is being locked behind the paywall - not to mention that watcher has a staff of less than 30 people at this point. I’m mad that there are actually people who want this to FAIL. I’m mad that you all seem to think art should be free. What is wrong with all of you? Being a little disappointed or frustrated is obviously okay, but some of the stuff some of you guys are saying is straight up wicked, racist, and unnecessary. Grow up, touch grass, and remind yourselves that the universe doesn’t revolve around you. There are more important things to be this upset about, so try to use your energy on those things instead, you fucking toddlers.

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i can’t find it but. once again thinking about that post about how people think cathy is selfish and narcissistic for thinking she can marry and still have another person that she loves but instead she correctly understands marriage is about ownership and property while love to her is something else completely different. only take on her ever

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I found Sejanus annoying. Why do you think the Capitol, specifically Gaul, would ever broadcast those antics in the arena? It's obvious that they would lie to cover it up. Why are you plotting with the lying, unfaithful, almost-got-lucygrey-murdered-by-being-a-selfish-cheating-dumbass ex-boyfriend of your friend's girlfriend? Especially if that friend has previously murdered someone?

Personally, I understand why Coriolanus disliked Sejanus. He was naive, privileged, and self righteous to the point of endangering others. You can be a person with good moral and ethics, but still be all of what I just described.