Donald Trump - MAGAtwat news and discussion

[maomao]

each to their own

I disagree with this. It's good to have boundaries and expectations. It's not like 90% of the internet isn't already breathless hot takes on video, we need more safe spaces.

 

[maomao]

lots of people have different learning styles

There's no real scientific evidence for this.

 

[moochedit]

I don't get on with videos either, there usually seems to be a couple of minutes of saying who they are and why they're making the video and who their sponsors are and what they do and why they're worth supporting ...

but yep each to their own

Yeah it's annoying when you google how to do something on your pc and all you find is you tube videos. You just want them to awnser the question but no waffle first

 

[two sheds]

Although the exception to that is a youtube step-by-step video of how to repair a particular make of desiccant dehumidifier by replacing the motor with a microwave turntable motor. Then, they're ace

 

[moochedit]

Although the exception to that is youtube videos of how to repair a particular make of desiccant dehumidifier by replacing the motor with a microwave turntable motor. Then, they're ace

Is this your channel?

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah it's annoying when you google how to do something on your pc and all you find is you tube videos. You just want them to awnser the question but no waffle first

Wikihow > youtube for some things, but had to resort to youtube when I replaced the seal on my washing machine. Still ended up with a handful of spare screws!

 

[breadandcircuse]

Videos are pointless for me. I never click on them. I tend to read well-written news articles, but I have no interest in hearing some breathless fast-paced, chop-edited talking head, which is 99% of YouTube. And when the video is clickbait headlined with “OMG!”, that’s a total red flag.

As with any medium, there are good and bad contributors. For example, I would rather pluck out my own eyes than read anything from the Daily Mail. Videos are the same. Find some reliable and expert sources, and avoid any so-called influencers and Tik Tok stuff. The people I watch are not in that category, but are lawyers and political stalwarts with good reputations. I don't watch shit by knobheads like Brand or Bannon etc. I watch people with good channels, and see them as just another media outlet, but not ignoring the stuff that the MSM do. Anyone who just watches traditional news channels is not getting the full picture. I've lost count when watching mainstream channels of the times they have not given the full picture on events that I have already seen by watching these independent producers. Even C4, who I have always trusted as the best news source have blatantly ignored things that I have seen, which alters the picture completely, usually by omission. I'm not convinced it's just a time thing, but of course these video outlets can and do give time to the unfolding events.

 

[Orang Utan]

So you never think ‘this would be even better if I could read it’?

 

[krtek a houby]

When people post articles here they often extract a pertinent paragraph or two to give people an idea of the gist of it, to show what point is being made. That isn’t possible with videos.

Not all people

But yeah, videos can be tricky. Like, do I really need to sit through a 45 minute piece to hear that everything is shit? Am finding even Pakman and Brian Tyler Cohen a bit of a chore these days, despite an average of 9 or 10 mins duration.

 

[kabbes]

As with any medium, there are good and bad contributors. For example, I would rather pluck out my own eyes than read anything from the Daily Mail. Videos are the same. Find some reliable and expert sources, and avoid any so-called influencers and Tik Tok stuff. The people I watch are not in that category, but are lawyers and political stalwarts with good reputations. I don't watch shit by knobheads like Brand or Bannon etc. I watch people with good channels, and see them as just another media outlet, but not ignoring the stuff that the MSM do. Anyone who just watches traditional news channels is not getting the full picture. I've lost count when watching mainstream channels of the times they have not given the full picture on events that I have already seen by watching these independent producers. Even C4, who I have always trusted as the best news source have blatantly ignored things that I have seen, which alters the picture completely, usually by omission. I'm not convinced it's just a time thing, but of course these video outlets can and do give time to the unfolding events.

Ok, I tried giving your video a go. I managed 3 minutes out of its 18. Three minutes is already quite a lot to give to something without knowing where it’s going. If it were a written article, you’d get the gist from the opening 50 words alone. But three minutes in, I’m still none the wiser, really, about what point it’s trying to lead up to. So far, it’s just a very overexcited man shouting excitedly about how now the Democrats may possibly only be losing by two seats instead of five seats, or something like that. Not sure what that relates to (ie Senate or Congress) because the details of the US democratic system are about 2000th on my list of things to focus on. And it doesn’t sound a very big deal to me, certainly not as big deal as Mr Overexcited seems to think it is. Losing is still losing, after all. And at that point, I decided that the video had ahead stolen quite enough of my time, thank you. I certainly didn’t see anything to make me think I should start clicking on clickbaity video links in the future.

 

[emanymton]

Ok, I tried giving your video a go. I managed 3 minutes out of its 18. Three minutes is already quite a lot to give to something without knowing where it’s going. If it were a written article, you’d get the gist from the opening 50 words alone. But three minutes in, I’m still none the wiser, really, about what point it’s trying to lead up to. So far, it’s just a very overexcited man shouting excitedly about how now the Democrats may possibly only be losing by two seats instead of five seats, or something like that. Not sure what that relates to (ie Senate or Congress) because the details of the US democratic system are about 2000th on my list of things to focus on. And it doesn’t sound a very big deal to me, certainly not as big deal as Mr Overexcited seems to think it is. Losing is still losing, after all. And at that point, I decided that the video had ahead stolen quite enough of my time, thank you. I certainly didn’t see anything to make me think I should start clicking on clickbaity video links in the future.

I'm fine with watching videos in principle. But I've started being recommended a lot of those midas touch ones and the few I have tried have all been crap. I had a look at their channel and they pump out loads each day. So just churning out low effort click bait.

 

[Wilf]

Meidas Touch are awful, partisan liberal shite. I saw a few of their videos in the election and Trump's campaign was always on the verge of collapsing; personally in meltdown; in retreat in the polls etc. Also, was the one with the bloke who claimed he shat himself on stage one of theirs? All done with mock sincerity for the failing bowels of the would be president.

 

[belboid]

There's no real scientific evidence for this.

completely separate thing - but, really? Can you link me yo to something basic on the question?