The James somerton stuff is so wild. It feels like an old tale of internet drama from the live journal days or something. I feel like I should be listening to strange aeons talk about it in the past tense not like a thing I should be living through with all the names being recognisable YouTubers I watch instead of some obscure harry potter reference.
tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
New reaction image when people ask me why I have to ruin fun things by criticizing them.
(From Orientalism: Desert Level Music vs Actual Middle-Eastern Music would highly recommend watching https://youtu.be/LR511iAedYU?si=c8a20h8SW0ulM-pc )