alamani

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[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Another point in his favour may be the clear view of the phone in the thumbnail, considering that his target audience may recognise it by appearance. However, I still think he should've just said it in the title for everyone else, and for audience members for whom his video is their first exposure to the model.

Regarding the last section, though, I see clickbait titles less as 'it doesn't cover every nuance of the video' and more 'the title is overly reductive, genuinely misleading or pointlessly vague', unless there's artistic reasons it's that way. A review title should name the reviewed product imo; it barely increases its length and lets people decide better whether the content's worth their time without wasting any of it.

I also don't think a title summarising a video's central point well makes it bad. A good video doesn't just repeat different wordings of the title for 10 minutes, it goes into specifics to argue why that is. I sometimes see nuanced, heavily researched video essays get some comment like 'saved you half an hour, guys! (the main point in one sentence!)' because the video didn't... have some massive plot twist, I guess? And I don't get why people would approach informational content that way. It feels anti-intellectual. Maybe the Silent Hill nurses are a work of art; the video would only be bad if it can't argue that well or has a lot of fluff between the points.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Another point in his favour may be the clear view of the phone in the thumbnail, considering that his target audience may recognise it by appearance. However, I still think he should've just said it in the title for everyone else, and for audience members for whom his video is their first exposure to the model.

Regarding the last section, though, I see clickbait titles less as 'it doesn't cover every nuance of the video' and more 'the title is overly reductive, genuinely misleading or pointlessly vague', unless there's artistic reasons it's that way. A review title should name the reviewed product imo; it barely increases its length and lets people decide better whether the content's worth their time without wasting any of it.

I also don't think a title summarising a video's central point well makes it bad. A good video doesn't just repeat different wordings of the title for 10 minutes, it goes into specifics to argue why that is. I sometimes see nuanced, heavily researched video essays get some comment like 'saved you half an hour, guys! (the main point in one sentence!)' because the video didn't... have some massive plot twist, I guess? And I don't get why people would approach informational content that way. It feels anti-intellectual. Maybe the Silent Hill nurses are a work of art; the video would only be bad if it can't argue that well or has a lot of fluff between the points.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Surely that's an adjective and adverb respectively?

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I also volunteer for this experiment.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, this looks great!

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also UK based; I like teapigs loose leaf chai (teabags also available). Pukka's caffeine-free vanilla chai teabags are nice too; I think they also have a caffeinated version. I haven't tried the ones you mentioned so I can't say how they compare.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, iirc money very much does correlate with happiness until a certain point. The relationship breaks down once people have enough to meet their needs/reasonable wants, so 'infinite money doesn't buy infinite happiness' might be a better phrase.

(Disclaimer: I'm going off some study I read yeeaaars ago.)

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ty!

Thinking on it more, I think parasocial relationships should be mentioned too. If you get popular it can be difficult to publically argue with anyone without followers harassing them to defend you (and their followers doing it to you). If they do so publically, or just share what you've said, it can spread the argument to even more hostile people.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of irl sword-billed hummingbirds. They have beaks as long as the rest of their body. Fantasy creatures based on them could be really fun.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think that's fair. Good conversations can and do happen, especially on platforms allowing longer contributions like tumblr, but when a site revolves around following people instead of subjects it makes your interactions a public performance to all of your followers. That has a huge impact on discussion quality, incentivising dramatic takes popular in your corner of the internet and disincentivising saying anything controversial.

When you combine that with poor moderation on most platforms and algorithms that promote outrage-inducing content, toxicity and cancel culture are inevitable imo. It's shit even for creators.

[–] alamani@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To add to this, I've read recommendations from public health orgs to eat no more than two portions of oily fish a week, and minimise consumption of especially high sources like tuna steaks.

Some consumption is still recommended for omega 3s, though there are algae-based supplements for EPA and DHA as well as the fish ones. Flaxseed and some nuts are great sources of ALA, but afaik its conversion to EPA and DHA isn't great and consuming all three is a good idea.

(Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist. Verify things yourself before making dietary changes.)

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