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I hate brunch.

iamlikethewindbaby

March 7, 2016

3 upvotes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zA3MbdCn0M&feature=youtu.be

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Title	I hate brunch.
Author	iamlikethewindbaby
Upvotes	3
Comments	7
Date	March 7, 2016 6:06 AM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/comments/49bagz/i_hate_brunch/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MGTOW/i-hate-brunch.637696 https://theredarchive.com/post/637696

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[–]azpx00 2 points3 points4 points 10 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]me_and_batman1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

[–]iamlikethewindbaby 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]thrownaway_MGTOW1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

The "cat with the record player" is cute and all and if -- for some inane inexplicable reason -- you just want to indulge yourself and use it as a "signature" intro fine... but not 37+ seconds worth.

Try trimming it to more like 5 seconds (I'd say 10 is the max, longer intros are just annoying), and then make certain there is some other "value" in it as well... like using it as a backdrop for a title screen(preferably title of the vid as well as some "channel ID").

Beyond that, have to say that I'm in agreement with /u/me_and_batman -- the vid is just waaaay to long, especially as a meandering rant about why YOU personally hate "brunch" -- that's just not a very compelling subject (especially as the term brunch without context is pretty ambiguous -- do you hate the idea of eating a late breakfast/mid morning meal, or is it the "Let's go OUT to eat an overpriced 'brunch' thing" that you find annoying.)

Oh, in terms of trivial technical... much improved camera positioning, and eye-line to viewers is a LOT better, much more natural -- maybe try zoom the camera in a bit more (you want the camera distant so the angle is less of a problem, but unless there is some compelling reason -- table with objects being reviewed, or actions/skills being demonstrated -- for there to be that much foreground, then a closer crop "head" is more personable/preferable).

[–]iamlikethewindbaby 1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]thrownaway_MGTOW0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I'll get there, lol.

Yes, I do sincerely believe that you will. :-)

It's a lot hard[er] than it looks.

Much like spelling, writing, etc. ;-)

But OTOH, it really isn't all that difficult (wasn't like climbing Mt. Everest was it?) -- it's just that it's all new for you, "stretching muscles" (both literally and figuratively) that you've never really used all that much before, at least not in this way; much like anything else, a bit of trial and error; practice-practice-practice; and incremental tweaks & improvements to your setup, and you'll get there.

I mean look how far you've come already -- you've put up three, not just one, but THREE vids already(!) -- moreover they are all with your face FRONT and CENTER (!!) you've faced the worst of your "fear" demons and not only defeated them, demolished them, but pretty much banished them now -- plus you've made REALLY good progress on your eye-to-camera contact (!!!) which as we've noted is not an easy/minor thing to achieve -- and you've done all of that within what? LESS than single week.

I mean sure there's still more to learn, to tweak, to improve (probably always will be) -- but a month ago, even just a week ago... and you probably wouldn't have believed it possible for you to have actually done what you've already accomplished.

And yeah it's only first "baby" steps, but everyone has to do those before they can learn to run!)

Thanks for your continued advice.

You're welcome. What you're doing takes GUTS. Deserves some respect.

Me spending a few moments observing, and making a few (hopefully positive) criticism points is TRIVIAL by comparison.

Can't say that TR was ever one of my heroes, but the dude definitely had balls of brass, and one quote by him has always been among my favorites:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

Stick that one in your pipe, and smoke it.

:^~P

P.S. Here's a song for your Reddit account name.

^Also... ^just ^happened ^to ^run ^across ^a ^update ^on ^this ^guy's ^channel ^-- ^and ^most ^especially ^the ^vid ^he ^posted ^a ^week ^ago ^that ^showed ^little ^sample-bits ^from ^his ^first ^vids, ^etc, ^and ^the ^progress ^from ^his ^really ^early ^stuff ^to ^stuff ^even ^a ^few ^years ^later ^(even ^if ^often ^just ^as ^screwball ^-- ^that's ^the ^kid's ^"thing" ^-- ^which ^is/was ^really ^gutsy ^considering ^how ^{shy/introverted} ^he ^was, ^vs ^the ^cruelty ^of ^the ^internet!) ^is ^nevertheless ^pretty ^astounding.

[–]Lunatcharsky1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link