• Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    The problem with that, is if he did that. Then you would see endless people claiming hes bullshit, lying and cherry picking sources endlessly.

    You have to make a point, make it again, show proof, make the point again, show different proof of the same thing, make the point a last time, followed by more proof of the same thing with extra sources. ONLY THEN. Does the avg idiot actually believe you instead of just screaming at the top of their lungs that your an idiot.

    When you have to compete with misinformation and propaganda, you have to be so overly verbose that it borders on the absurd. Seriously iv watched people argue up and down that Steve lies and makes shit up in every single one of his videos because it doesn’t agree with the dude bro crypto cult manosphere twitch streamer they watch.

    So while your entirely right he could cut a third of his run time of his longer videos ALL of his videos really. You would just end up with the screaming idiots coming back like they use to on older gamer nexus videos before he started getting really long winded.

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      14 hours ago

      If that were true we wouldn’t have anti-vaxxers, flat earth, or religion.

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        12 hours ago

        It is true you just have a horrible and woefully lacking view of how truely fucking stupid people are.

        Its true and it’s the only reason we don’t have MORE of those fucking idiots.

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          4 hours ago

          No they are right. That was exactly what we learned during the pandemic. You can lay out the most researched fact check argument you want and they still wont believe you.

          People are going to still say he is making shit up. No amount of facts are going to help.

          Personally, I prefer the method used by a lot of podcasts I listen to. They put a link to all their citation and research instead of cramming it all into the presentation. Often with some discussion items and additional information if I want to check sources.

          Video is an exercise in patience, because it is a horrible way to convey information, and really long ones are not helping.