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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

It's funny to.me that CGP grey is still a thing. I remember on his podcast (a looong time ago) talking about getting into productivity software. Iirc it went on to take him almost years before getting out any new content

He went from being under produced and fun, to over produced untimely, and kind of unbearable.

[-] _danny@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow I don't remember this at all, honestly I don't remember him having a gap longer than 8 months between video releases. Are you sure it was him?

His recent (ish) stuff is amazing imo. SHARKS! and the Tiffany companion video are my two favorites by far.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We're different generations of CGP grey enjoyers,almost assuredly. I mean I was fan club level fan for a while (like patron, bought the swag, etc).

But success and becoming "pro" really ruined it . Yeah 8 months. That's ridiculous for a gap. And it was longer and longer between videos for lower quality stuff. His transition to me was reflective of when YouTube stopped being a place for amateurs to share their amateur thing, and became a place where people were trying to "make it". CPGs journey is like, that exact arc, and it ruined it. I think his AI video, the first he had that COMPLETELY blew up for him, it changed how he thought about his content and videos. He out in a lot more effoet, slowed the pace of the videos and of production, and it want from casual and delightful to produced and pedantic.

That change occured in like, 2014-15 so it's fair if you like Grey for what it is now, but not for me.

[-] _danny@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I was also a fan back in those days too, I didn't start listening to cortex or subscribe to Patreon until 2020ish, but I've been subscribed at least since the AI video, probably since "humans need not apply". I won't deny that his content flavor has changed, but he has adapted to the new YouTube dynamic pretty well.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Right. Humans need not apply is around (soon after) when i stopped watching.

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