'YOUR MOTHERS A WHORE'.....and other stuff

So it looks like the YT Nextup thing has crashed n burned.

That was disappointing, but not unexpected, with the most obvious factor being the way this channel vocally and unapologetically addresses dogma.

Addressing dogma is necessary for stopping society from regressing. There is no point in building an ivory tower from the summation of the knowledge of mankind, an ivory tower capable of seeing the unknown, if while you were doing it, religious sorts have undermined its foundations and replaced it with the shifting sand of dogma.

But thats not a commercial venture.
YT is now a fierce attention economy, and on a trajectory where that competition will only intensify.

Much though I hate to say it the days of when someone could do well on youtube as a hobby are fading fast.

More by luck than judgment Ive ended up at the top of the hill of the non 'camera whore' rationalists. Thats good and bad. Means that I'm a target for every feces flinging attention whore- which is never fun, and the prime target for parasites. It also means that walking away will essentially discard a market share of the attention economy of the rationalist community, and given the trajectory YT is following, one that I am highly skeptical would ever be recovered.

This basically means I have the tiger by the tail. Leaving a real career to perform financial suicide defending a 'rationalist' market share on the attention economy of youtube isnt the most appealing of proposals. Thats leaving aside the fact that I'm needed in the research world too. Similarly it would seem a remorseful waste to just let the channel die on the vine.

-a revenue stream is needed- one that will allow me latitude of operation. It really is that simple.
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[Naddig74]

I think the most important thing to bear in mind through all the hate is this...once your opponent resorts to ad homs and abuse, you can be fairly certain you've won the argument...

[beanie928]

Keep on keepin' on, Bigfoot. It's websites like yours that matter so much in helping to foil the toxic notions of deluded religious folks whose wacky beliefs are infecting our government. The Christian Taliban is doing its damnedest to make sure it'll be the "Christian" Way or the highway for all of us. It's so unnerving to watch these Republican candidates who want to take this country back to the Victorian Age and truly believe they have God on their side.

[solomon12366]

@carrboygirl wish i could open my friends eyes

[squidfanny]

We're still learning Thunderf00t..... I defended Islam some years back, but now I'm a little less ignorant, largely due to your vids. Be patient, the message will seap in eventually.

[TheSamuraiGoomba]

Screw Islamic apologists, their religion is every bit as heinous as the religions of the west that they despise.

Keep speaking your mind and standing up for the truth. Not personal truth or religious truth, but the demonstrable, testable truth.

[cooldaddyjames2814]

@cooldaddyjames2814 meant 6:23-6:29

[cooldaddyjames2814]

I actually agree with the "joke" picture at 6:29 i think we should teach both and let the child decide which makes more sence because guess what both are true and both are false depending on who you ask so screw it all we should just accept that we are just super smart monkeys weither we evolved from them or were made by a diety that way we should all just give in to our base desires and all fuck each other and eat whatever we want and to hell with the concequinces because we're all going to die

[bainus90]

Dear Thunderf00t,

I came across your channel about a year ago and still have it as one of my top ten pinned youtube channels on my front page. I think I have now finally watched all of your uploads. I really appreciate the great pains you go through to deliver us this priceless knowledge and insight.

Keep up the good work and know you have my support.

~An appreciative subscriber.

[level5miniboss]

I find that you are providing a great service to the world. I genuinely feel more aware and informed after watching your videos. Thank you Thunderf00t.

[carrboygirl]

"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." (Albert Einstein, 1954)

[sims3loser]

Youtube is even more different now!

[Juxtaroberto]

Why are so many atheists, who happily look down their noses at fundamentalist Christians, not look the same way at fundamentalist Muslims? I don't see the issue... Is it fear of retribution?