Tag: popular culture

  • SirStrongman offers good videos in this time of Internet fakeness

    SirStrongman offers good videos in this time of Internet fakeness

    “The Art Of The Youtube Apology” is SirStrongman’s latest video: a funny take on the hot drops of mess intended to get YouTubers out of sticky situations – and fall massively short of doing so.

    SirStrongman is a YouTube creator with fewer than 10k subscribers, and I think he’s an unsung great who deserves more attention. His content hits great, is current and relevant, and includes plenty of decently deadpan humor.

    The adventures at Cons are a highlight, as is his commentary on the YouTube community.

    Some recent bangers:

    This video, “Spirit Science: The Internets Insane Cult“, provides a critical deep dive into the online cult known as Spirit Science, founded by Jordan Duncus (also known as Jordan D). SirStrongman traces Jordan’s origins as a Newgrounds animator, details the bizarre, pseudoscientific mythology he constructed regarding extraterrestrials, Atlantis, and spiritual evolution, and ultimately exposes the darker reality behind his platform, including allegations of manipulation and predatory behavior toward his followers.


    In “Crazy Cons Vol. 3,” host SirStrongman delves into a number of notoriously chaotic and dangerous fan conventions. The video goes beyond mere mismanagement to address instances of serious crime and vandalism. It highlights the internal drama and disorganization of Obsessed Fest 2023, recounts the chilling attempted attack on actor Jason David Frank at Phoenix Comicon 2017, and discusses the infamous 2015 Rainfurrest event, which was notorious for extensive hotel vandalism and illicit activities. The video concludes with a lighthearted personal vlog about the creator’s experience at Too Many Games 2026. Ultimately, it emphasizes that despite the potential for disastrous situations, the core appeal of these gatherings lies in the shared passion and enjoyment among attendees.

    Check out the guy making videos that are good:

    https://www.youtube.com/@Plantster15

  • From Sysco to Tip Fatigue: The Real Reasons Americans Aren’t Dining Out

    Zac Rios tells it like it is: Sysco is taking over all the restaurants, and things taste the same

    Americans are making hard choices with their dollars these days. And no other recession indicator is hitting quite as hard as the reduction in restaurant spending. The belt-tightening starts with larger durable goods, but then quickly trends to suddenly making your chicken tenders at home. And with these prices, who could blame someone for driving home to panfry some your tendies instead of hitting up KFC?

    Zac Rios breaks down another reason why this trend may be hitting hard: when sit-down restaurants are getting their food from a single source supplier, the taste profile of all these ostensibly “unique dining experiences” becomes flattened, and it makes less and less sense to spend your precious dollars on something you could buy at Costco or Sam’s Club.

    There are plenty of customer testimonials on YouTube about the declining quality of food, higher prices for less of that worse food, and, perhaps uniquely to the experience in the United States, tip fatigue. Americans are being squeezed from all sides, pressured to stretch their depreciating dollars further, and finding themselves in fewer situations where they can pay $20 for a meal at a fast-food chain.

    It would hardly be a Xennial blog unless we took a look at what other Xennials are saying:

  • Nietzsche Had a Point About Clavicular

    Henry Grey Earls talks about the recent Manosphere splash guy — Clavicular (Youtube)

    Earls argues that the influencer Clavicular (Braden Peters) represents more than just a self-help creator; he embodies Friedrich Nietzsche’s warnings about nihilism in the modern age.

    That makes sense to me. Earls’ comments about the absence of a higher meaning suggest that Clavvicular focuses solely on obsessive self-optimization (looksmaxxing) rather than on internal transformation. When people start to become disposable in the pursuit of maximum self-indulgence, it creates a harsh and unpleasant society overall. In this context, empathy is seen as a critical weakness, regarded as the least attractive trait to possess, and is therefore avoided at all costs.

    “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
    Friedrich Nietzsche