December 2021 Patreon Exclusive AUDIO Oddcast
I’ve recorded a Patreon update. Unfortunately I didn’t have any extra clips to add in this month to break it up a bit so I’d recommend either watching it in small instalments or putting in on in the background while you do something else. That’s of course if you want to watch/hear it at all.
This has been one of those months where little has happened off screen. However if anyone was interested in hearing about the results of not enabling the comments for a new video for the first few days, most of the first half hour is taken up talking about this.
A video version is available in a separate post - any links are also under that one.
Comments (17)
I’d recommend either watching it in small instalments or putting in on in the background while you do something else.... like falling asleep? Personally finding a good podcast or such to calmly fall asleep to is a wonderful thing, and quite hard to find. I have spent so so many nights in the company of Mayo and Kermode talking generally calm, flat film nonsense.... you should be proud!
I wonder about the intelligence behind the YT algorithm when it recommends videos, including yours, that I've already watched. Sometimes old titles from long ago and not just those seen in pre-release preview. I wonder if that promotes repeat viewing or something I'm missing?
Yes I agree, the algorithm is definitely far less intelligent than many seem to assume. All of my own videos are recommended back to me. I mean that’s day one, first thing in the morning algorithm programming - the kind of thing that should be sorted before the first coffee has gone cold. Given they haven’t sorted something so basic - then the rest is random at best.
I honestly can't imagine having to interact with the pedantic twat who would insist that a price in dollars and cents be expressed with "cents" explicitly. Half a century of living in Canada and no one I would consider worth interacting with for more than 30 seconds would insist that when quoting a price in dollars and cents you need to explicitly say "cents". That's some seriously pedantic, socially maladjusted crap someone's been feeding you. Oh yeah, love the videos, like and subscribe and slap yourself in the face.
Every nutter gets a swift click of the mute button - and from then on they’re just posting to an audience of one…and it’s not me.
As a native American citizen of over half a century who has been to 80% of the United States, and lived in 10%, I can say that whoever told you we don't use monetary shortcuts and always say "cents", are indeed wrong and probably not native American English speaker. "Dollar, fifty seven." is definitely a thing. I can also say that saying "1 Dollar, ninety nine." is rare ("Dollar, ninety nine" would be way more common) it is done. And with all the power vested in me as an American citizen, I grant you the authority to pronounce money any way you want, with one exception. When meaning dollars, indicate dollars, when meaning pounds say pounds.
Are you able to stop your fellow citizens from using the ‘joke’ - “wow, that’s heavy” - whenever I talk about something like a Walkman being £50. It would be very much appreciated.
With regards to the package, sometimes the weight of the package is visible on the labeling. I presume those razors weigh less than the Walkman? It sounds quite an unpleasant business so I understand you want to put it behind...
Unfortunately there’s no weight on this one. I think it just fell under a generic ‘package under 1kg’ type of thing.
Look, I know you hate flannel, but I am going to say it anyway... Out of all the channels I have subscribed to and currently subscribe to over the years, if there was one creator I would love to meet in person it would be you Mat. You come across as a down to earth, sincere and genuinely good all round bloke. Thank you for keeping me entertained through recent dark times. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and I look forward to your posts in 2022 and beyond!
In Columbia hahaha 🤣
Do you think the folks in the comments might've been "taking the piss out of you?" Is that the expression? Basically, they were being deliberately obtuse in order to be funny and slightly annoying? Or is that just an American thing we like to do? I see that happen in live streams on YouTube quite often.
No, there’s jokes - then there’s everything else.
Chaotic is a good description - it’s a variant of random that’s constrained within certain definable parameters. As for the event I think we’re all finding out what our limits are - whether we wanted to, or not.
I am not quite through yet but a couple of things This event, really testing my limits at many levels. From staying at home too much, gaining weight. Had another baby, kid 1 too young to understand and sending him to daycare feels like sending him to defuse mines, not meeting people yet numbers going through the roof.... And on and on. Worn out is a good way of putting it. I am an engineer and I am used to work with statistics and data. It feels to me that YouTube and many social media just produce data to sell it. I don't believe YouTube has it pat down what makes it viral. I do believe though, they can get very accurate with the revenue based on parameters they know. But they want to make the money not help you make it. I wanted to sell my pictures and sure enough I had to make an Instagram account. I'll sum up the whole experience with garbage and a waste of time... Yet you gotta be there. All right then. I also believe, based on your data about that 0. 6% and the experiment of turning off the comments (including firewall) your interpretation to be accurate. Also, a tidbit. I moved here in 2018, so about that time I talked to my wife about a robot to clean windows. I watched a couple of videos and forgot the thing. Now, I started watching the channel about summer and yesterday that one you have about the robot popped up in the list. Then I remembered! This chap is the one who showed the practical use and I binned the idea right there and then! so I do think the algorithm is complex but success probably chaotic
My name is Alan and I have size 10 shoes. lol
Trying to get the baby to sleep and sorted, caught me off guard there. Lol