It could be that Youtube also broke how it used to work, and it doesn’t work anymore. I was just hoping maybe it did, for OP’s sake.

*cries in cancer and can’t be a donor

Sure, but what about the age-restriction bypass, specifically?

I haven’t used yt-dlp in a hot minute, but it used to have a simple bypass for age-restricted videos that didn’t need browser cookies. Anyone know if that still works?

You know, I’d be fine with Chris Pratt not having a fucking career, so I’d take the loss.

I took “streamers” as to mean “youtube personalities,” not actual, you know, scripted shows. I think the individual talking at the camera is a bad format, and always have. Very few have leveraged it in any meaningfully artistic way, and some of the few who have turned out to be total fucking assholes, like the guy who did Americanface (which is one of the few artistic and well-done one-person-talking-at-a-camera films to this day). I still think Americanface is a pretty good film, but he turned into an anti-trans fucking bigot.

inb4 all the people who always show up to complain that we need famous people on here for anyone to give a shit about the Fediverse.

Emphatically, I am here because it’s all just random weirdos.

People bitch about the Netflix two season treatment, but there’s something to be said about a show with a solid beginning, middle, and end that can be wrapped up in one to three seasons.

I’m really tired of series that seriously overstay their welcome and can’t find it in themselves to write an ending, only to be canceled before they end. What was the point of fucking meandering so much then anyway? Ricky Gervais’ version of The Office isn’t the most amazing thing in the world, but he knew not to drag it on endlessly like the US version did.

This is even more important for more serious shows that are praised for their writing…

…I’m looking at you, Severance, if you can’t wrap it up in the next season or so, I don’t really see a point to continue watching.

In the same vein, some shows need to be allowed to die a dignified death. The Simpsons needs to be put out to pasture, Futurama needs to stop being rebooted, and Family Guy should have stayed cancelled the first time.

My hot take on streamers is that it’s a mostly garbage format to begin with. This is not what OP was talking about.

Thank goodness I’m not the only one.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-harassment-inappropriate-conduct-women-microsoft-jeffrey-epstein-2021-5

You’re right, it’s really hard to fill the shoes of someone who abuses their power and position to try to hook up with women.

https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/02/21/donald-trumps-economic-masterplan-unherd/

I wouldn’t say Varoufakis thinks he has a chance, by the end of this article, he’s pretty clear that China could easily take the current role the US has as the world’s reserve currency, but he gives Trump a lot more credit than most economists.

You can chant it all you want but only 15 out of 47 Democrats in the Senate voted to stop arming Israel. Everyone else joined the Republicans to vote for “we must allow the genocide to continue.”

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00165.htm

Maybe, he is indeed looking hella rough in this photo.

Only semi-related: Why do they always show pictures of Gates when he hasn’t been involved in MS in a long time? Why never Satya Nadella?

I just thought it wasn’t very funny, so yes, writing was middling and I’m not above enjoying kids movies. I had expected more genuine wacky stuff from a Looney Tunes flick. It needed more weird stuff like Farmer Jim, honestly.

I’m stirrin, I’m stirrin!

-January 6th Insurrectionist Jay Johnston

You think so, Re: The Day The Earth Blew Up? I found it kind of middling although the animation was quite good and call backs to classic Looney Tunes were fun. I did enjoy Daffy going full-on Daffy at the end.

Finished up Common Side Effects. So glad it got renewed for a second season.

Started Devil May Cry, which is… Okay. It’s very much in line with other Adi Shankar animations. He really loves his stupid yet overpowered cismen heroes.

Also watched the leaked workprint of A Minecraft Movie. It was bad.

Love all of these. Great ideas.

This isn’t hyperbole, this is reality verbally.

-MC Paul Barman