I almost stopped after the first book, so I can understand your view.

But compared to the second and third, it’s basically just a boring opening chapter

2 and 3 get weird and wild

Might be worth giving it another try

Now I’m curious why

Contra is fine

But if you don’t want to sour your opinion on PT even more, don’t look into the history between the two

The only good reaction videos are from corridor crew

Their content is at least still fairly high quality. It’s just a lot more now

And Derek is now basically just a taking head / presenter

That hotel demolition video could have been really cool

Instead it was just… Boring and weirdly edited

I still cringe about the moment he used a Dremel on that old prototype because he couldn’t be bothered to get the correct screwdriver

Yesnt. Channels are A/B testing different thumbnails to see which ones work better. It can have massive effects.

It’s not a simple “thumbnail gets changed, get more clicks”

He’s really good at trying to mow down kids in suburbs, though

Same one that bought Veritasium, iirc

I stopped watching eevblog during the pandemic, when he regularly ranted about the strict covid rules in Australia “even though there are barely any cases”. Not realizing how those things are connected. Absolute idiot

Enshittification as a book and the second book of murderbot as an audio book

Both highly recommended

You’re absolutely right!

Not what I expected when I read “clop clop”

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

Popcorn Owl

It’s at 3.2% on steam

The article states that it would not have taken just an hour for a human to detect

Could also just be to start a discussion or find new authors to check out

I’d say that would be considered “most successful”

“Best” is very subjective