ProfessorViral

After a recent vacation, I was struck with a somber feeling of, almost loss when returning, fearful about how all good times must come to an end. It made me want to hold onto them for dear life, spend every day trying to capture what I loved most about my current life. But, this was me talking myself down from that before, and so I figured it was time to share it again

22 hours ago | [YT] | 49

ProfessorViral

Hey everyone, here's a quick update for the next videos if you wanted to watch the media beforehand!

Next up will be Takopi's Original Sin, with a video looking at the 6 episode series quite generally, seeing how it creates a situation of impossible judgement, merging what once seemed black and white into endless grey in a total loss of innocence. It probably works best after watching the show, but it's only about 2-3 hours of watch time!

After that, I'm finally going to talk about one of my favorite movies ever, Wake Up Dead Man (the third Knives Out movie). I've been thinking about it nonstop since it came out last year, and how it makes a case not for any religion, but rather for religious practice, for the motivation which comes from reverence and ritual, and how a search for truth alone without any storytelling doesn't inherently make the world better for us. It's a movie that tears down the main character of the previous two entries, and centers around confession: can we say what needs to be said to make us, and the world, better? Currently working on the script, so it's not final, but I think it's going to be very good.

Moving on it might be the horror of old technology? But I'm still working out the kinks on that one. It has two parts, one about why old tech is so good for invoking horror, and another about why old tech fills me with terror: linking me to the past, to age, to change, my greatest fear. Hopefully I can make something good of it.

All in all, its a stressful time of my life, full of decisions I really don't want to make, but I hope I can come out of it for the better. I'm trying to set myself up so I can give my all to what I do here as much as possible, and maybe next year will be the year things finally turn in that direction again. We'll see. Until then, I appriciate all your love and support, and I hope you're doing well : )

Thanks as always
Viral

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2 days ago | [YT] | 130

ProfessorViral

Do you enjoy the beach? I think I like the idea of the beach, the idea of just laying there all day, reading every now and then, but I don't care for the water, and the actual experience ends up being messy with bad weather, packing the right things, avoiding too much sun, and so on

4 days ago | [YT] | 39

ProfessorViral

Do you find old technology creepy in any way?

I'm debating about making that the subject of a video because, to be honest, old Pokemon kind of scares me. There's something about the half empty, almost creepy spaces of the first two gens that sets something off in my brain. Then, the fact that I used to enjoy things which are so primitive sets off another fear, related to aging, which then, looking at how far technology has come in my life, sets off a fear about how unpredictable the future is. I think it might be a looser topic, but I want to see if I'm onto anything here.

1 week ago | [YT] | 72

ProfessorViral

Tomorrow, we'll be taking a look at The Amazing Digital Circus and Jax. I know, it's not my usual style to cover something so new, but after the finale I was left with an odd feeling I had to explore: why did I want to like someone so terrible? After a while struggling over the question, and then struggling over why I was struggling, I only found success in accepting that I was, as usual, writing something to myself. But this time, to the person I easily could have been. Adjust a few dials, remove a couple moments, and I think I end up exactly like Jax, justifying hate to avoid the complexity of human connection. Writing about Jax was only possible once I accepted writing about this person I was, and how worse they could have been.

I tried to get a Jax's room style set together at the last second for this one, throwing up some photos and really pushing a bunch of lamps to the limits for lighting it all, and then, because of that, really having to correct it in editing. It was a lot of get together to try and match that vibe and express a fondness for the show, so, if you do end up liking the video, any support would be greatly appreciated. Likes and a hype within a week of publish are fantastic, but best of all are comments, which yes, do help with engagement, but also allow the topic to be expanded by you all and allow me to get a feel for what you want. Especially with this one because, in a rough period of my life, I have no idea how good my ability to write is, and as such, how good this video is. But, I gave it the all from what I have right now, and I truly hope you enjoy it.

Thanks as always for your support and kindness. I'll see you tomorrow.

Video is out now: https://youtu.be/kSDF4SHZuxg

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2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 294

ProfessorViral

Just a quick, slightly late heads up, there's no video for today. It'll be next Thursday instead. I'm taking a week to catch up, adjust to a new schedule, and see if I can keep making a video every three weeks or if I need to shift to four. My goal is to stay on three, but I felt life stress really getting to me and making my writing worse, so I'm not going to commit to a schedule that makes the videos lower quality. Unfortunately, there's little certainty in life and I have to adjust as things go. But, I'm optimistic for future growth and most of that comes from how amazing you all are to me. The frequency may fluctuate, but I'll always be here doing what I do.

I'm hoping to make next week's video one on The Amazing Digital Circus. I have no idea how that will go over, but so far the script is a Viral classic character analysis. Wish me luck in navigating an active fan base for once!

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 126

ProfessorViral

Now that we have the finale, have you watched The Amazing Digital Circus? And what did you think of it? I have some thoughts of course, but don't want to say exactly what just yet...

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 39

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How often do you find yourself distracting yourself from life?

I'll go through cycles of feeling almost addicted to media, usually when I'm trying to fix some unfixable part of my life where anxiety takes over. I feel unable to do anything without a comfortable voice in my ear. It makes me think of Fahrenheit 451 quite often.

1 month ago | [YT] | 46

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I had a very natural script come about from a short series, so I think I'm going to be able to stick to every third week despite all the recent delays. So, that means there will be a video today! (If I fall behind again I'll take the time I need, don't worry! I won't put anything out that feels below standard just to meet a schedule)

It's a script that I bounced back and forth many, many times, trying to get it to feel right. I hit three outlines and three versions of the script, slowly working each point into the main topic and its own niche. Because of that, I lost perspective on it a bit. After seeing the same words 17 times, you can't tell how unique or interesting they sound anymore. I think it's good though, and I really focused on the personal story at the end, trying to make it less of a ramble and more of, well, a story, a narrative of a time in my life with its own ups and downs and characters and emotions. I'm sure I'll look back and find it amateur, but I really like the result right now.

So, what's the video actually about? It's How Your Humanity is Stolen, a look at how we define vague terms with the Sorites Paradox, our limited perceptions which require vague terms, and then three stories which explore how different methods of defining human lead to controlling results. With Jin-Roh we dip into Camus' The Rebel, and explore the "boiled frog" method, where "human" is trained away before our hero can even notice. With Shadow's House we look at how not having the proper term, but still having some of the feeling, can keep one happy with servitude. And with From the New World we look at the point of the definition to begin with, not accuracy but results. What does the term make us and allow us to do?

It's similar to The Library of Babel video in having a philosophy lesson intro followed by story analysis, so I'm hoping it's one you enjoy as well! But, the past couple days have been down for analytics, so I'm not expecting a blow out hit or anything. I think it's a video that can offer some insight into how our societies treat us though, help us reflect on what we are in a broad sense, and through that why we may need our own definitions. I'd love to hear what you think of it in the comments of the video, or over in discord.

Thanks as always for your time and support

1 month ago | [YT] | 108