• @[email protected]
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    517 hours ago

    What’s the over/under on when he stops painting his face?

    That alone makes me not want to listen to him.

    • GHiLA
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      613 hours ago

      Appearances are everything, after all. Why even fill books? Just sell covers!

    • @[email protected]
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      imagine missing this entire goldmine over makeup…

      to answer your question, considering he’s been doing this for nearly two decades, maybe in 15 years? assuming that’s when he stops making videos.

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        I was cross faded posting last night. I misread your comment as “wow you’re pretty” and I had a moment like aww, then I was like what the fuck did I post my face on Lemmy?

        But it’s just this. Yeah I think the makeup is stupid. It looks stupid. I’m sure it made him stand out from the crowd to create his initial following, but now he’s really famous. I think he could simplify his life by ditching the makeup and maybe gain even more fans who feel like I do.

        I don’t watch YouTubers. I’m 41 years old. I just got into podcasts two years ago. Everybody says the guy is awesome so live and let live. If he likes his makeup, whatever. He’s got to be tired of doing it by now.

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          it does look stupid. and that’s good, because it cultivates on audience of people who can look past that.

          the amount of work that goes into each of his videos is also enough that skipping the makeup would barely make a dent. especially since he uses the marks on his face for tracking.

          i’m 41

          ah so you were 21 when youtube started.

          • @[email protected]
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            Wow has it been that long? It’s not that I don’t use YouTube, I just don’t really watch people that do it for a job. I’m sure I’m missing out on a ton of good stuff. I did watch that NZXT expose when it came out and it was very good and I learned to never buy a NZXT component.

    • @leftzero
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      That’s what Captain Disillusion’s face looks like. 🤷‍♂️

      The guy playing Captain Disillusion, however, appears without face paint (well, maybe flesh coloured face paint, I’ve never been good at recognising makeup and he seems like the kind of guy that’d make sure not to have weird shines and whatnot in video, though to be fair he’s perfectly capable of fixing that in post, so who knows really) in this very video (for a short but maybe slightly too long sketch), as well as, if I recall correctly (Captain Disillusion’s videos are sadly rather infrequent, so it’s been a while), in at least one other of his videos…

      • Diplomjodler
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        516 hours ago

        He’s been in quite a few videos without face paint. People get hung up on the weirdest things.

    • @[email protected]
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      517 hours ago

      I get it. Ive never watched this guy once and the makeup is part of why I’ve never clicked on a thumbnail