#paper will

[franki-lew-yo]

Coming off of Paper Will's retrospective/deepdive into North Korean entertainment, the main takeaway is that North Korean (ew, no, NOT their government) people have iron wills and are absolutely metal. I'm fascinated learning more about North Korea. 90% of the struggle is trudging through legit misinformation that treats the people of the country like mindless drones and whose propaganda and totalitarianism is unique to NK. The other 10% are western social-communists with good intentions but who unironically spew whataboutisms about the Kims; NO! I am not talking them up! Being under my own oppressive government has made me aware to not glamorize another oppressive government just because it's evils are different to me.

North Koreans want to leave when life is literally unlivable for them and their families, which it was 90s. They don't want to leave their homeland and they're right to fear the capitalist hellscapes around them; that many defectors feel trapped by other countries and want to go home makes sense.

They're not a hivemind. They think for themselves even if their movies and tv all tell them to think ONLY of their leaders.

These people are black market media pirates, which is based. They figured out how to process books back into rice paper during the March of Suffering. Their government ain't schmit when it comes to farming -> the people had to learn all that themselves. They love comedy and love the arts and celebrations. When a performing artist is legit feeling it you can tell on their faces how much they mean it vs how much a manufactured smile is forced onto them. Many know better than to swallow their government's racist propaganda and that dating a Japanese/American/Russian/Southerner is not going to literally kill them if they were able to.

In all of us, there is a need to survive and and need to defy our oppressors.

I don't know how to believe in 'spiritual comradery' but there it is. Enough with stuff like Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea or Under the Sun. Give me stuff about the actual people.

[worlds-leading-gnome-expert]

I am going to wait to watch this until my wifi works again but I am overjoyed

[kisstheashes]

Funniest shit that this is my comfort video right now. Whenever I dunno what to watch- Entertainment Made by North Korea. Need to sleep? Entertainment Made by North Korea. Need noise while I clean? Entertainment Made by North Korea. It could have been any video essay. But no. We chose Entertainment Made by North Korea. I can't describe why, except that it's genuinely a very very good video seeing as the creator spent 18 months on it. I just really like this video man.

[forgottenbones]

The Ugly Side of Kids TV

[misguidedlavender]

theres a youtuber i like called paper will, and his mascot is...just a piece of paper. hes cool!

i did this art some months ago, i just didnt post in many places for a reason i cant remember.

(i hope i tagged the eye strain correctly, these colors are pretty vibrant)

[paradoxpig]

Hello fellow long video essay enjoyers. Here's a pretty new 5 hour video essay on the history of entertainment made in North Korea released by a smaller Youtuber. I'm only half way through it myself but its fascinating!

[autizmogenderia]

what the fuck why would anyone call it that

[fairytwles]

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

IT MAY TAKE ME A MONTH TO PUT OUT A CHAPTER BUT AT LEAST IM NOT USING AI TO WRITE IT

[redgbasp]

I haven’t seen anyone post about this but here’s jerry’s original dialogue vs the remake!

[thestuffedalligator]

Person with migraine aura today: Ow ow ow my head hurts and all I can see is TV static :(

Nineteenth century doctors describing migraine aura with the manic horror of a lovecraftian horror protagonist:

At first it looked just like the spot which you see after having looked at the sun or some bright object; I thought it might be an eyelash in the way, or something of that sort, but I was soon undeceived when it began to increase…

When it was in its height it seemed like a fortified town with bastions all round it, these bastions being coloured most gorgeously... All the interior of the fortification, so to speak, was boiling and rolling about in a most wonderful manner as if it was some thick liquid all alive. (Hubert Airy, 1856)

[andstuffsketches]

they're a fun trio

[oo111111]

Rian Phin

[vioyume]

Been re-watching a lot of Paper Will's videos again, his stuff I recommenced watching on various obscure topics. Videos take a while to release, but there's a lot of research put into them.

[violetsandshrikes]

Really cool write up that links to the original paper that just came out this year (2025)!

This is a really cool example of foraging innovation.