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creator: yeah the thing I dedicate most of my waking hours to? the thing I love more than anything in the world? its just content! its simply media contained between ads, and nothing more! the entire universe revolves around ad revenue and this will never change! poggers!!

me: sadness-abysmal

Death to America

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[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

I was hooking up with someone at a party and a friend walked past and said "that's content" and so I never spoke to either of them again

[-] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

07

Death to America

[-] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

I am right there with you. For the streamers I'd say at least have the courage to call yourself an entertainer. Content creator makes everything the same and it annoys me so much. A great TV show like the new AT: Content! Absolute swill like the Boba Fett show: Content! Those two things are not the fucking same and they're both TV, let alone also including movies or books into that mix. This guy who is funny and is really good at Guitar Hero: Content! V*ush: Content! Highly researched podcast about various US wars of aggression: Content! That NY Times show: Content! Shut up shut up shut the fuck up!

Shut the fuck up. Its so flattening and disheartening. If you actually think you're good at it, whatever it is you do, then you're better than that. Be a writer, be an entertainer, a musician, a streamer, a video producer or a podcaster or whatever. I can't imagine identifying as a "content creator," "I make slop" I fucking hope not.

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

content makes me content

[-] buh@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

I’m a discontent creator

[-] ilyenkov@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

The flattening of every kind of different thing to just "content" that you passively take in is soooooo fucking disheartening. We're witnessing the death of creative humanity, and the birth of the human machine

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm okay with people calling the slop content. New Star Wars TV show? Content. Netflix series about a C-List Marvel character? Content. Any sort of streamer? Content.

[-] sloth@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Anything that is created devoid of the profit motive is 'art', everything else is product to be sold.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Packing peanuts? content. Scree? content. mixed fill? content. Polyester batting? content.

[-] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

We all live under capitalism. For creators, it's easier to say "that's content" than "that will enable me to eat in the future".

If anything I appreciate the honesty.

[-] sloth@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

at least they don't pretend it's art.

it's product.

[-] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

It's just a generic word that keeps them from boxing themselves in. It includes: streaming a game, talking to your audience, reacting to funny videos, prewritten skits, karaoke, making music, interviewing someone, touring an area, etc.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago
[-] Frank@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

It's pretty disgusting.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago
[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Now the word's lost all meaning on me.

[-] ThisMachineKillsFascists@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Turning everything unto a product sucks. Soulless

All that is solid melts into air

[-] regul@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Patrick Willems moment

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

At a festival where there is also political input the Content is a tent in which political content is brought to the masses by the masses. I liked that pun. However at a less vanilla festival the content was the place where you could have nice cuddles and just chill out with good vibes.

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