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Kiefen MINE! from Germany Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#276: Dec 20th 2017 at 10:52:11 AM

Social media is cancer in itself.

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#277: Dec 21st 2017 at 9:54:38 AM

Social media is fine, though the lack of moderation also makes it a mess. I don't think Facebook is better than Twitter though. Unless that was a joke?

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#278: Dec 21st 2017 at 4:03:46 PM

I've come to the conclusion that Twitter just makes life on the internet worse, and anyone who has a twitter account just becomes a worser person as a result.

The day Twitter dies will be a great day for the world.

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ringkunmori Since: Jul, 2016
#279: Dec 21st 2017 at 7:48:51 PM

The only good twitter to browse are those corporate mascot ones. You know, something like Wendy's or Sonic the Hedgehog social media. I stopped reading the people I followed since most of their tweet honestly sounded bitter.

ringkunmori Since: Jul, 2016
#280: Dec 21st 2017 at 7:55:43 PM

I heard some rumors that she quit twitter because of harassment claiming she is a TERF. Any other speculations?

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#281: Dec 21st 2017 at 7:58:18 PM

Considering Lindsey has outright mocked TER Fs before on her Twitter and is supportive of trans rights, I find that claim to be bullshit. I'd advise against speculating any conspiracies on it.

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phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#282: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:06:24 PM

I more meant Facebook was an odd venue to compare favourably but off-topic.

ringkunmori Since: Jul, 2016
#283: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:25:53 PM

[up][up] So what is a likely candidate? I assume it is some private matters considering there isn't ton of public drama around her recently. I feel like leaving twitter will ultimately improve her life, maybe that's just it.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#284: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:27:38 PM

Do we need to speculate at all? Why is it our business?

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#285: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:28:54 PM

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I'm going to have to ask you to stop trying to invade Lindsay's privacy with these intrusive questions, please.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#286: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:40:39 PM

I mean, there’s nothing wrong with idle curiosity. Lindsay was a fun and insightful twitter presence; choosing to delete her Twitter is 100% her business, but wondering if there was some reason or other isn’t prying or malicious.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#287: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:43:52 PM

I love Celebrities or other popular non-political people using Twitter. Otherwise it just makes me depressed.

Lindsey is ever so unimpressionable. She never did things anyone else's way, she does everything her own way. If she wants to go back on reviewing Wreck-It Ralph, she doesn't. If she wants to leave CA on her own decision, she does. And now Twitter.

edited 21st Dec '17 8:45:42 PM by kyun

ringkunmori Since: Jul, 2016
#288: Dec 21st 2017 at 8:50:19 PM

[up][up][up] I was just curious because I don't know where I could get updates on her channel beyond video releases, or if this will impact her work. I can't help but speculate since this came out of the blue. I just assume this is some incidental thing where she just did it without much reason.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#289: Dec 21st 2017 at 9:03:20 PM

I imagine the general daily barage of negativity and drama would be more than enough reason on its own. No need for anything in particular.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#290: Jan 7th 2018 at 1:01:39 PM

Is it just me, or is she taking longer than normal to put out a new video?

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#291: Jan 7th 2018 at 1:04:20 PM

Perhaps a little bit? She’s probably working on a long video.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#292: Jan 7th 2018 at 1:05:53 PM

Her last video was last month. She's either making a bigger video or she's also mixing it in with a brief break.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#293: Jan 7th 2018 at 1:07:34 PM

I think I saw something on her tumblr about a long form Birth of a Nation essay being planned for after the IT episode.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#294: Jan 7th 2018 at 1:08:22 PM

...oh shit.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#295: Jan 7th 2018 at 4:06:11 PM

Oh well, that is definitely going to set some cats among the pigeons. If she puts the boot into that film in the same way she did Rent, there are those out there that will flip their shit, and not just the pointy sheet hat wearers - a.lot of the hardcore film history geeks will do so as well.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#296: Jan 7th 2018 at 4:07:55 PM

She didn’t say which Birth of a Nation, so I don’t know if she means the Griffiths’ one or the Nate Parker one.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#297: Jan 7th 2018 at 7:39:52 PM

[up] Probably the Griffiths one. The Nate Parker one barely made an impact beyond the stuff surrounding the creators of it.

The Griffiths one, though, has a genuinely difficult dilemma surrounding it. Yes, it’s one of the first places that used many of those film and editing techniques (if not ever, at least all together)...but it’s still incredibly racist and glorifies the KKK. It’s also really goddamned boring by modern standards. It’s like three hours long and since it’s a silent film, it’s very difficult to sit through nowadays. It’s also a dilemma that a lot of the really important early films didn’t actually really have.

There’s also the wrinkle of D.W. Griffith maybe having done it on a work-for-hire basis. He certainly didn’t come up with it, it was based on a pre-existing book. His follow-up film, which was definitely a passion project of his, was called Intolerance and had almost the exact opposite message of Birth of a Nation.

My opinion on Birth of a Nation is that it should be remembered and archived for posterity, but it shouldn’t be part of the average film course. Again, it’s really, really boring, but the techniques it uses are actually pretty simple and are in basically everything nowadays. Pick something else that uses the same techniques in a simple way to show how they work, and don’t use the really boring incredibly racist example. If you have to use an example from that period, use a segment from Intolerance. It’s practically an anthology film, so you wouldn’t need to use the entire four hour length, but you’d get the same point across without watching something that glorifies the KKK.

Mars444 Since: May, 2013
#298: Jan 7th 2018 at 8:43:44 PM

Yay, Lindsay is back on Twitter!

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#299: Jan 7th 2018 at 9:56:51 PM

[up][up]I think is just using a part of it, also I disagree because it treat racist things a some sort of "venom" that people should out.

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#300: Jan 8th 2018 at 12:32:52 PM

I wonder if she'll do a video on the subject of Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox.

edited 8th Jan '18 12:33:06 PM by Noah1

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