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    ✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩
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    00:00 - Sen. Tom Cotton Calls for Vigilantes to Break Up Pro-Palestine Protests
    04:57 - DOJ Prepares to Sue Ticketmaster Parent Company Live Nation
    08:42 - Trump Appears to Fall Asleep at His Own Trial
    11:29 - Sponsored by Seatgeek
    12:23 - FBI Stop Extortion Scam Worth Millions
    15:34 - Warhammer 40k Fans Argue Over Controversial Retcon
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    26:08 - Your Thoughts on Yesterday’s Show
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @Bolttoast
    @Bolttoast Месяц назад +3265

    Honestly, I do not understand why local offices have to take a stand… I saw an LAPD post saying they are monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel. Like wtf LAPD going to do. 💀

    • @prototype217
      @prototype217 Месяц назад

      its because modern day people are so out of touch with reality, they expect the authorities to solve every little thing in the world which hurts their sensabilities, reality be damned.

    • @OryxAU
      @OryxAU Месяц назад +505

      They should monitor the weird inner police gang violence they have. Lol

    • @blumhlx
      @blumhlx Месяц назад +1

      I mean, theoretically they are one of the few municipalities that do have the resources and manpower to do something, but legally speaking they can’t do shit so you’re totally right, why are they monitoring something a world away lol

    • @Unfortunately_Mickey
      @Unfortunately_Mickey Месяц назад +87

      Most LA cops don't even live in the damn state.

    • @Vortex1988
      @Vortex1988 Месяц назад +69

      It's called pandering.

  • @ShawnC.W-King
    @ShawnC.W-King Месяц назад +1937

    When you're A COMPANY running 80% OF THE WHOLE MARKET, YOU. ARE. THE. THREAT, not the other way around, lol.

    • @Dave_of_Mordor
      @Dave_of_Mordor Месяц назад +26

      What's wrong with that? They did it in South Korea with Samsung. Do you not like abuse of power that comes with monopoly?

    • @Superfan109
      @Superfan109 Месяц назад +43

      @@Dave_of_MordorObviously!

    • @biCARRIEous
      @biCARRIEous Месяц назад +8

      Classic rich people "problems." 👌

    • @gljames24
      @gljames24 Месяц назад

      ​@@Dave_of_MordorSamsung controls the government over there.

    • @MaidenHelll
      @MaidenHelll Месяц назад

      11:37 It’s actually messed up SEATGEEK sponsored this, they are worse than TIcketmaster ffs 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @hotmdmd
    @hotmdmd Месяц назад +196

    I think the show Arcane by Riot Games had the perfect release model for a series. The show was 9 episodes long and they released 3 episodes a week and basically every 3 episodes were basically an “Arc” within the season.
    This was a great way to let the show digest for a week to talk/think about it rather than just binging it all at once while also giving you more than just a single episode to watch. You can spread the episodes through out the week and be ready for the new stack of episodes to drop.

    • @OhShuckaroos
      @OhShuckaroos Месяц назад +21

      The arcane release schedule was fantastic. Because it appealed to both sides and made it feel like you were watching a movie every time

    • @hotmdmd
      @hotmdmd Месяц назад +3

      @@OhShuckaroos Exactly!!

    • @1995pieter
      @1995pieter Месяц назад +1

      @@OhShuckaroos as a binger only, even i loved it. 3 ep at a time everyweek is perfect. 1 every week? by the time in back into the story its already almost over.

    • @JohnnyNoPockets
      @JohnnyNoPockets Месяц назад

      Nice. Been work shopping a cool idea for an interactive VR show with some friends. I'd pretty much settled on 9 episodes with 1 released every five days throughout October (horror show) finishing with a double feature on the 30th but I really like that 3 episodes at a time approach! Less confusing for the audience lol.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад +1

      how many black overweight lesbians w pink hair does it have? I need a minimum of 3 for it to meet DEI standards

  • @heathersumner4766
    @heathersumner4766 Месяц назад +329

    It's wild how often people threaten murder at public meetings. Recently heard a guy casually threaten to murder his neighbors if the City repealed the ordinance against overnight street parking. I wish we had better mental health services

    • @saoirsevicteoiria2759
      @saoirsevicteoiria2759 Месяц назад +7

      100%

    • @liul
      @liul Месяц назад +11

      Don't be a fool, they might be just hateful and evil

    • @TheBoboSamurai
      @TheBoboSamurai Месяц назад +1

      ​​@@liul being hateful and evil is an illness. Creating more robust, connected communities with easier access to individual help is one of the few things society can do to address evil.
      What's your agenda? Why did you want to comment? Are you implying the foolish action is to conflate evil/hate with mental illness? Why? It's almost like you are implying it's naive to want to help? What do you gain from this perspective? Why are you invested in spreading misanthropy?

    • @whateverwhocares3805
      @whateverwhocares3805 Месяц назад +20

      ⁠@@liul They may be. However, many people need mental health help, significantly more than you think. Yeah, evil people certainly exist but we shouldn’t be too fast to judge.

    • @Cassner
      @Cassner Месяц назад +13

      It's not just mental health, it's the internet. It's a damn echo chamber, everyone is hearing exactly what they want to hear and they're emboldened to speak and act on previously shameful acts.

  • @poker454
    @poker454 Месяц назад +809

    Gotta love how the cops can basically bulldoze your house and be all "Nah, wasn't our fault, sucks to be you" but if an officer gets struck during a protest, now the dude who organized it is now completely on the hook for anything out of his control. If it were in a book I'd call the author a hack

    • @ChristopherWeadon
      @ChristopherWeadon Месяц назад +38

      Couldn't have said it better. Great point.

    • @doopthedude
      @doopthedude Месяц назад +76

      On this point, they said that the rock caused “brain damage” - it was a cop, how can we be sure it wasn’t pre-existing?

    • @SkinUpMonkey
      @SkinUpMonkey Месяц назад +4

      Think it's called accountability.

    • @KomoliRihyoh
      @KomoliRihyoh Месяц назад +74

      @@SkinUpMonkey "Accountability for thee, and not for me."

    • @user-tw1kj3jp9w
      @user-tw1kj3jp9w Месяц назад +12

      Serious question: How many cops are in America and how many are freely bulldozing your houses?

  • @Kyle-qi8oj
    @Kyle-qi8oj Месяц назад +1773

    Any lawmaker calling for vigilante justice needs to be out of office. You can’t claim to be a fan of law and order while also calling for people to be above the law

    • @jordanloux3883
      @jordanloux3883 Месяц назад +141

      Lawmaker: Break the law in a way that is beneficial to me alone!

    • @MrFineWhiteWine
      @MrFineWhiteWine Месяц назад +75

      Above the law? Like blocking the road and facing near zero repercussions?

    • @localmenace3043
      @localmenace3043 Месяц назад +204

      @@MrFineWhiteWine That counts as peaceful protest, which is absolutely your right as an American.

    • @gunterthekaiser6190
      @gunterthekaiser6190 Месяц назад +157

      ​@@MrFineWhiteWine Fines and arrest is justice. Physical violence by bystanders is not.

    • @jordanloux3883
      @jordanloux3883 Месяц назад +90

      @@MrFineWhiteWine You mean those people who get arrested all the time?

  • @spencerkooyman13
    @spencerkooyman13 Месяц назад +41

    The sextortion happened to a buddy of mine, and in a panic, cause he knew he couldn't afford the ransom, he started calling all of his family members to let them know they would be getting a video of him touching himself by a scammer and not to open it! 😭😂 The worst part is they never ended up sending the video 💀

    • @DaftPunkSkittle
      @DaftPunkSkittle Месяц назад +6

      the ole switcharoo

    • @8thlvlMage
      @8thlvlMage Месяц назад +6

      "Yeah Aunt Cheryl, I am just _really_ going to town. You know what just don't open anything from any numbers you don't know for a bit. That's a good tip."
      "Hey Frank. You're gonna get a video of me and my couch in a day or two from a random number. If you could just not watch that one I'd appreciate it."

  • @JamesEdwardReid
    @JamesEdwardReid Месяц назад +82

    I absolutely adore the fact that after the big story about ticketmaster and live nation, seat geek was the sponsor for todays show

    • @jessice293
      @jessice293 Месяц назад +3

      I was thinking the same thing lol

  • @solitivity
    @solitivity Месяц назад +322

    "Listening Seats" - the PERFECT example of how large corporations will piss on you and tell you it's raining

  • @jasonrosser95
    @jasonrosser95 Месяц назад +1470

    I never thought I'd see Philip cover Warhammer 40K news

    • @Atmatan_Kabbaher
      @Atmatan_Kabbaher Месяц назад +146

      The warp calls to us all.

    • @emilyanne1311
      @emilyanne1311 Месяц назад +85

      It was already getting bad in my local group. This is embarrassing

    • @___chief866
      @___chief866 Месяц назад +54

      Which means a lot of people are getting their introduction to it for the first time thanks to this video.

    • @liamroarke7991
      @liamroarke7991 Месяц назад +38

      It feels so surreal when he covers super niche interests.

    • @AlleliHull
      @AlleliHull Месяц назад +60

      I'm not fully surprised- Phil has covered niche community topics quite a bit in the past. Last year January, he covered the OGL mess with WotC.
      I'm not in the Warhammer world, but I love being informed on the hobbies and interests of other niche communities.

  • @jacobfrench407
    @jacobfrench407 Месяц назад +193

    I'm a teacher. My school district's superintendent actually introduced staff to a school-focused AI app that is meant to help teachers save time so that we can focus more on the kids. Over the course of the year, it has helped me with setting up units, creating lesson plans, making games that help facilitate student learning, and overall just making my classroom a much better overall experience. Just the fact that it made it easier for me to actually stop working at 4 pm rather than working until I go to bed has been amazing.

    • @RootedHat
      @RootedHat Месяц назад

      What is the app?

    • @GorJess511
      @GorJess511 Месяц назад

      Also curious about the app

    • @ThatsSoMeana
      @ThatsSoMeana Месяц назад +3

      Such a good point! Just like any other tool, it can be used for good or evil.
      Makes more sense to regulate and control it, encourage proper use and understanding about it.

    • @LynnHermione
      @LynnHermione Месяц назад

      AI should get half of your pay then

    • @ThatsSoMeana
      @ThatsSoMeana Месяц назад +1

      @@LynnHermione Mina youre too cute to say something that dumb. 😂

  • @Oorealm
    @Oorealm Месяц назад +18

    When I was in middle school I had to read the book “She said yes”. It’s about the Columbine shooting following one girl on her journey before she was killed. Her mother said the last thing they ever said to each other was “I love you” as she left for school. From then on I made sure to tell people I love them, and to not be precious with those words, even when it might be embarrassing. Thanks for the message at the end of this episode ❤

    • @archermadsen7744
      @archermadsen7744 Месяц назад

      Unfortunately, that book was a lie. The girl in question never said yes, it was a different girl. Christians then hijacked a dead girl and turned her into a martyr.

  • @daddyb1100
    @daddyb1100 Месяц назад +393

    I was a victim of sextortion just two years ago. I was 32, Being 3 years removed from divorce and incredibly lonely having zero luck on dating sites. I succumbed to this and It was probably one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I had zero money and was absolutely terrified of my friends and family seeing that stuff. Dude even got on a video call with me and showed me my families facebook profiles up on his computer. My heart was racing but I eventually hung up the phone and basically nipped it in the bud before it could get worse. Called my mom my brothers and sister and my closest friends. Had to have the incredibly embarrassing conversation that I fucked up and was being extorted and if you see my face and other things from a random person to not trust them. I wanted to jump off a freaking bridge.
    I was lucky and thankfully have thoughtful and kind people in my life. They gave me nothing but support and cracked a couple jokes to make me feel better. I can only imagine how terrible it could have been had I not the support I had. I was lucky…
    This stuff is a problem and I hope it gets fixed.

    • @FrankAaron
      @FrankAaron Месяц назад +25

      Or, you know, if we all just collectively decided that normalizing sex and sexuality is not some sacred, precious, prudish thing to be shamed over but a natural part of being human, common, and should be safe, consensual and frequent.
      With no shame, you can’t be exploited

    • @TheScriptPunk
      @TheScriptPunk Месяц назад +17

      ​ you handled it like a pro tho. Big props for that

    • @MiamiMallAlien
      @MiamiMallAlien Месяц назад +7

      ​@@FrankAaronwhat a braindead response lamo 😂 OK enough youtube for today

    • @marigolden_mariposa
      @marigolden_mariposa Месяц назад +1

      ​@@TheScriptPunk? I think you responded to the wrong person?

    • @Vanillastump
      @Vanillastump Месяц назад +14

      @@MiamiMallAlienthat seems kinda mean-spirited, and for some people sex shouldn’t be some sort of shameful and should be able to be discussed openly. I feel like Sextortion would be a very different situation, but I wouldn’t shit on that dude for having a different view.

  • @SuperLifestream
    @SuperLifestream Месяц назад +1329

    Ticketmaster/Live Nation needs to be forcibly shut down. They told the govternement back in 2010 when they merged that their merger wasnt going to create a monopoly. They own hundreds of stadiums and the sole sale of tickets for those stadiums as well, ontop of their ticket sale practices.

    • @gwbarnes
      @gwbarnes Месяц назад +3

      What right does anyone have to do that?

    • @elisefisher1717
      @elisefisher1717 Месяц назад +5

      So, you want to leave THOUSANDS without a job?

    • @thefruch7588
      @thefruch7588 Месяц назад +50

      Totally agree monopolies shouldn’t exist. And as someone who was in the music industry live nation is a problem

    • @remistarlight8485
      @remistarlight8485 Месяц назад +65

      Broken up and shut down. They shouldn't be able to own stadiums AND be the only place where you can buy tickets. They broke up Microsoft in '99 for way, way less.

    • @thefruch7588
      @thefruch7588 Месяц назад +58

      @@elisefisher1717nah it gets split up amongst other companies so arguably creates more jobs and competition. Last I checked that’s a good thing

  • @brianburkhardt3692
    @brianburkhardt3692 Месяц назад +39

    I’m not actually a huge fan, but my favorite retcon is probably how Tolkien retconned the ring after the first edition of The Hobbit. Since The Hobbit is written as a memoir from Bilbo, Tolkien added a note saying that in the initial telling, Bilbo was too ashamed to admit the truth, but that it was now restored. Essentially he safely wrote a retcon without it being a true retcon.

    • @DisorderlyFashion
      @DisorderlyFashion Месяц назад +10

      It was still a retcon in other regards. The chapter Riddles in the Dark was almost completely rewritten. The magic ring Golum gives Bilbo was carefully remade into The One Ring, yes, but the chapter also totally reworked Golum from a quirky, less sinister character into the Golum we know and love today.
      It was a hard retcon. And yet, it's completely accepted.
      40k lore has always contained numerous inconsistencies, both large and small. To me, at least, most of the people complaining about this change are less concerned with it potentially presenting another retcon. They just resent female characters entering a de facto all male space, much like how they resent women becoming more visible in so-called "nerd" spaces.

    • @brianburkhardt3692
      @brianburkhardt3692 Месяц назад +2

      @@DisorderlyFashion from what I gathered, the way Gollum was rewritten also fell into the “Bilbo was ashamed of how things went down” excuse.

    • @Rroaj
      @Rroaj Месяц назад +5

      ​@@DisorderlyFashion Retcons aren't inherently bad; most of the 40k lore was retconned and reworked into the core of established lore by the 4th edition. It's that this retcon is *dumb*. It's not to serve any plot, to make contradicting lore make sense, ot to introduce new(old) tech to maintain congruity with new rules or mechanics -- it's just putting girls into custodes with no consideration.
      And yes, the most vocal group of outrage is going to be angry virgins; that doesn't invalidate actual criticism.

    • @archermadsen7744
      @archermadsen7744 Месяц назад

      @@Rroaj The thing is, no one cares about ANY other retcons. the Warhammer lore changes all the time. the only reason this is so controversial is because they've decided that this retcon is "woke".

    • @Rroaj
      @Rroaj Месяц назад +3

      @@archermadsen7744 I don't believe you actually care about 40k if you think no one cares about any other retcons. complaining about retcons has been roughly half the discourse for as long as there's been more than one edition.

  • @desiree652
    @desiree652 Месяц назад +20

    My favorite retcon has to be in the second Jurassic Park book when Dr. Ian Malcolm is suddenly just alive again and the protagonist. Highly reccomend.

  • @ThatLazyL1zard
    @ThatLazyL1zard Месяц назад +39

    I think if that girl was arrested for threatening the counsel. That politician should also be arrested for calling for violence on protestors. Both call for violence. Both should be treated as such

  • @ryancooper9324
    @ryancooper9324 Месяц назад +159

    I didn’t wake up today expecting Phil to start explaining 40k lore but I’m glad he did.

    • @Hogun13
      @Hogun13 Месяц назад +21

      I know lol. But got to say it was piss poor writing by GW really, they could have handled it so much better. Plus totally ignoring the Sisters of Silence.

    • @CrapLuckSimon
      @CrapLuckSimon Месяц назад +6

      I was gonna say, not all of us are tearing each other apart. Some of us are already dead inside from basically the same thing when Primaris Marines came out.

    • @rowletfr
      @rowletfr Месяц назад +1

      my thoughts exactly LOL

    • @ActualSun
      @ActualSun Месяц назад

      I’m even more surprised that major kill is done with the change. All I’ve seen from that guy is the discord leaks

    • @dan7564
      @dan7564 Месяц назад +4

      @@Hogun13 are you suggesting that the makers of warhammer might not be great people people? I dare say I'm shocked.

  • @DarkAngel040
    @DarkAngel040 Месяц назад +35

    As a kpop Stan, we've been dealing with these ticket issues for years. During the pandemic they held my BTS Atlanta tickets for 2 years and then refunded me directly before releasing tickets for their new tour. it was heartbreaking to have a ticket and then have nothing when you have to fight for tickets so violently

    • @LynnHermione
      @LynnHermione Месяц назад

      That's why you're calling yourself a K-pop stan and talking about BTS tells me you're probably not going to listen but that could not ne helped. the way that happened was because of the rules on cancellations. BTS would have 100% honored those tickets if it was legally possible to do so

    • @DarkAngel040
      @DarkAngel040 Месяц назад +3

      @@LynnHermione I'm a kpop stan, not just an ARMY. I listen to dozens of groups. what does that have to do with how I experienced the company handling my tickets?

  • @llegobubba
    @llegobubba Месяц назад +19

    19:50 in regards to the Warhammer retcon thing, one of my absolute favorite retcons in any story was in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. They intentionally retconned the entire backstory for the Hive (one of the main antagonist alien races) by saying it was all a massive lie, and used the fact that it was a lie to evolve the narrative into making them unknowing victims to millions of years of manipulation. It not only opened the possibility of an uneasy alliance with Savathun, one of the most persistent threats we fought in the series, but also showed the immense level of power that the real antagonists have compared to them. Characters described as gods who commited universe-wide genocide across countless planets were nothing compared to Rhulk and the Witness.

  • @CommonInternetLurker
    @CommonInternetLurker Месяц назад +350

    I'm so fed up of Ticketmaster having a monopoly on live events here in the UK. Last year I went to see my favourite band, and the cheapest tickets were £95. The *cheapest.* I remember when I used to be able to buy the tickets directly from the venue, and there the most I'd spend was about £40, and that was for VIP tickets. It's becoming more and more expensive to see artists live and I blame Ticketmaster. The band I went to see even gave some loyal fans who really couldn't afford it free tickets because of how bad the pricing was, and they didn't want their fans who had been going to their shows for 20+ years to miss out. So yeah, fuck Ticketmaster.

    • @mcbean1
      @mcbean1 Месяц назад +11

      While I'm sure ticketmaster have a massive hand in the price hikes, I also think that artists these days aren't making money of CD sales and aren't getting much in the way of royalties off radio/streaming and so have to exploit whatever revenue streams they have left. Case in point, Taylor Swift made more money from selling merch than her actual music

    • @ll2323
      @ll2323 Месяц назад +12

      Since the pandemic, I refuse to go to anymore concerts. It like the prices went from reasonable to _only if ur rich_ and no artist is worth going into debt for.

    • @GanjaCoyote
      @GanjaCoyote Месяц назад +12

      @@mcbean1 Ticketmaster is ripping off the artists too that's why they mainly make money on merch.

    • @caodesignworks2407
      @caodesignworks2407 Месяц назад +5

      @@mcbean1 CD sales almost always just went back to the record company. They usually survive off of merch and ticket sales. Nothing has changed there

    • @mcbean1
      @mcbean1 Месяц назад +1

      @@GanjaCoyote yea that's why I said ticketmaster have a massive hand in it...

  • @Motavia
    @Motavia Месяц назад +64

    It was so surreal hearing Philip say "By the Emperor" and "Heresy"

  • @jaymst66
    @jaymst66 Месяц назад +9

    One thing I like doing when watching shows like Fallout is to watch RUclipsrs analyze or explain or show easter eggs. Dropping the entire season makes that incredibly difficult for them.

  • @mommadizzylizzy
    @mommadizzylizzy Месяц назад +6

    My husband and I who have two boys under the age of 6 love the old one episode a week. There are days/nights where we just can't get to a show, and of course with the internet we try to wear blinders so that we don't get spoiled because we just couldn't watch the show fast enough.
    We also love the deep dives, fan theories, and the anticipation for the next episode. Instead of consuming it all in one go and then that first time feel is gone, the weekly new episode gives the impression of savoring something and getting those endorphins longer and being excited for longer.
    Before kids we DEFINITELY consumed everything we could as fast as we could, now we like to take it a bit more slowly and have discussions on each episode.

  • @RolandTheJabberwocky
    @RolandTheJabberwocky Месяц назад +165

    Honestly I wish stadiums were forced to just handle selling their own tickets. Why these third-party price hikers are needed in any way whatsoever baffles me.

    • @AcilandreF
      @AcilandreF Месяц назад +6

      Because Live Nation has them by the contractual balls. They own most if not all of the venues they sell tickets to and force those venues to funnel to their systems. It's a functional monopoly where the prices are insane and our outrage falls on deaf ears as they hedonisticaly bathe in all the money we have been forced to give them for over a decade.

    • @SiMeGamer
      @SiMeGamer Месяц назад

      @@AcilandreF You are not forced to give them anything. Prices are set and people can choose to either value the ticket at that price or not. It's not different from any product on the market. If an iPhone is too expensive, you buy a cheap Android. If the cake at the bakery is too expensive, you buy a doughnut or you just don't eat dessert. You don't have a right to entertainment. It's a privilege to even have that available. The reason these guys are rich is because the customers don't have enough self discipline or maybe, just maybe, the prices being set are correct and reflect how much people value these experiences.
      Stop saying you are forced when talking about entertainment or luxury items. Nobody forces you. When Netflix raises prices, nobody forces you to keep paying the subscription. You can watch RUclips instead or read a book or play the harmonica or meditate. Entertainment is not a right. Stop treating it as such. Actions speak louder than words. Don't pay if it's too expensive and if more people adhere to this and start being rational consumers, then prices will be forced to drop if they don't reflect the cost of production. Last I checked all these events are fully booked, meaning people are indeed willing to pay these prices, and so, if we give the consumers the benefit of the doubt and treat them as rational, then it means they value this entertainment that fking highly and nothing is unfair.
      I recommend studying micro economics. It's fairly simple and explains how supply and demand work for specific things. Clearly the demand is so high that people are paying these crazy prices. I see this as a completely fair business. If you can sell something for more and people will still buy it, you'd be really stupid not to do so (unless it hurts you as a brand enough or loses too many long term customers). Prices drop when people stop paying if it makes sense for the product/service being sold. Instead of complaining about them, stop paying. It's much more effective.
      Btw, I know the frustration of buying tickets. Last year I bought tickets to an event in London and in 5 minutes everything was sold by bots and people who queued for over 45 minutes prior. Most tickets started reselling on third party websites for the main event days for much higher prices. It was slightly annoying but honestly I didn't mind. I went to the cheaper days that weren't sold, very good prices and had a great time. If everything is sold it means the event is successful and is more likely to keep operating in the future. Win-win for everyone (the more success - the more competition - the lower the prices).
      Nobody forces you to do anything except the government. Ticketmaster isn't forcing you to pay 2,000$ for a ticket. They are offering you that deal. You can decline and move on to what you can and are willing to afford.

    • @mycosys
      @mycosys Месяц назад +1

      @@SiMeGamer thats some 1st grade copium youre selling, completely ignores reality

    • @isaac_marcus
      @isaac_marcus Месяц назад

      A bot stole your comment (@ CatherineSWittrock)

  • @DefiantHeart
    @DefiantHeart Месяц назад +56

    One of the most frustrating things about the sextortion scams is how little social media companies care about it. I can't tell you how many times I've reported accounts with very obvious markers of scammers and got back "Our bot looked at it and decided it's fine. No further review!" They care more about user numbers than about protecting users.

  • @chasityhaskins9922
    @chasityhaskins9922 Месяц назад +6

    No, thank YOU Phillip for being here keeping me informed every day. You and your team mean more to more people than you can imagine ❤

  • @SuperSpoooky
    @SuperSpoooky Месяц назад +6

    “For the Emparor of Man Kind! burn the heretics of chaos … “ Taint of Chaos has tainted 40K

  • @Hagosha
    @Hagosha Месяц назад +73

    Most hated Retcon is the decision that the entire Star Wars Expanded universe was no longer cannon.
    There was a TON of established lore, stories and content that people loved that were essentially nuked from existence.

    • @cameronhector9074
      @cameronhector9074 Месяц назад +6

      Counterpoint though, way more of that EU was unhinged garbage than people like to remember. For every Knights of the Old Republic or Heir to the Empire there was a LOT of things written into the canon that made the lore confusing, unapproachable, or just plain weird. I'm not going to pretend Disney or LucasFilm narrowing the scope of Star Wars lore was a move for the fans, but they've definitely shown that all the good ideas (Thrawn, most of KOTOR, the Emperor's wacky experiments) are going to be reincorporated (slowly) into canon while keeping the rubbish ones out.

    • @MrBradyR
      @MrBradyR Месяц назад +2

      It was never Canon, and Lucas notoriously hated considering expanded universe content as such. He thought it took away from what he was actually trying to do. So, Disney just did what George was going to do if he had written the sequels.

    • @desvati4074
      @desvati4074 Месяц назад +2

      @@MrBradyR It was canon, it just didn't matter to Lucas, and it was setup in such a way allowing him to change it at any time. This "hate" thing is also complete nonsense, he worked and consulted on a ton of EU projects like The Force Unleashed, awfully unusual thing to do for something you don't want and have ultimate control over...
      Disney also didn't do "what he was going to do", because if he hates the EU why would he reset it? Why wouldn't he just end it? This doesn't make sense.

    • @thierryfaquet7405
      @thierryfaquet7405 Месяц назад

      EU was almost entirely garbage.
      I totally understand buying Star Wars and not wanting to be forced into this. They bought the IP, they do what they want with the future of it.
      You don't have to like it, you don't have to consume it. Nothing was taken away from what was previously made. You can still read EU books, you can still watch the original trilogy.

  • @localmenace3043
    @localmenace3043 Месяц назад +548

    Outright telling someone you’ll murder them - and that you _hope they die_ - when trying to make your case for supporting a ceasefire is one of the most stupid ways I can think of to make a statement.
    One of the biggest rules to follow is not to escalate. Do not start what you can’t, or don’t want, to finish. Something tells me that woman wouldn’t have been eager to go through with what she said. Or hey, maybe I’m too cynical and she really would catch an attempted murder charge, who knows with stupid.

    • @Atmatan_Kabbaher
      @Atmatan_Kabbaher Месяц назад +43

      Right thing to say, wrong place to say it.

    • @matthewmiller6568
      @matthewmiller6568 Месяц назад +17

      ​@@Atmatan_Kabbaherit's the right place to say it.

    • @Atmatan_Kabbaher
      @Atmatan_Kabbaher Месяц назад +31

      @@matthewmiller6568 Not for her future place in the fight it isn't.

    • @heath6802
      @heath6802 Месяц назад

      Make the pacifist call or I’ll be violent towards you is honestly a horrible approach, no clue what she was thinking. But ironically I’m sure she hates it and finds it barbaric when politicians as seen in this same daily dose of news call for violence. The end goal is that people stop getting needlessly hurt and or killed, so why keep spilling blood to achieve that?

    • @hydralisk3534
      @hydralisk3534 Месяц назад +21

      @@Cherishflowers6 not like our classic pro-genocide boomers

  • @JustinProper
    @JustinProper Месяц назад +12

    Retcons in various fandoms have been going on for a long time. But it isn't just "retcons" per se. It's how the filmmakers treat storylines & characters. For example, Star Wars was very polarizing for MANY reasons, particularly The Last Jedi. Before the film's release, you had tons of videos of RUclipsrs diving into theories on who Rey's parents are, who Snoke is, & what's gonna happen with Luke Skywalker. The Last Jedi killed a lot of that momentum for viewers & it literally destroyed the fan base.

  • @marcusmcginnis2558
    @marcusmcginnis2558 Месяц назад +23

    I'd like to remind everyone who is interested in 40k lore that there is an entire subfaction of Chaos space marines specifically called "Noise Marines", who follow the Chaos god Slaanesh who in turn can gives out gifts such as changing the sex of a space marine to female or hermaphrodite (supporting trans people). This has existed as part of canon for a long time, and in fact any Slaanesh follower can receive this gift. But you might not know that, because Warhammer has been actively shoving this faction and chaos god under the carpet in more recent times, even refusing to create models or writing any books for this bit of lore. Warhammer as a company will happily retcon this for Custodies and happy tout itself as virtuous, but still deny Slaanesh any representation. What a move.

    • @arcee9810
      @arcee9810 Месяц назад +2

      On the other hand the only trans representation being like, hypermurderous sensory addicts in league with Elf Satan is not great either.

    • @Omnifarious42
      @Omnifarious42 Месяц назад +2

      @@arcee9810 Tbf everything in the 40k universe is fucking insane. The "humans" are arguably more fucked up than the Chaos gods. At least the Chaos gods treat their subjects with some care in their own fucked up way. To the imperium of man everything and nearly everyone is expendable.
      But I get what you're saying. A better retcon would be, imo, that these female custodies are trans men. It would keep the faction a boy club and it would be inclusive.
      Anyway, blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne.

    • @arcee9810
      @arcee9810 Месяц назад

      @@Omnifarious42 Your outstanding heresy aside, and on that same token, transwomen in the Sisters of Battle might rule too except it would probably cause even more of a ruckus than the current thing.

  • @TheRKG1337
    @TheRKG1337 Месяц назад +427

    Most aggrivating Retcon? "Somehow, Palpatine survived..."

    • @ToxicAudri
      @ToxicAudri Месяц назад +19

      But he didn't. He died. The Palpatine you see isn't the one from the death star that Vader killed, it was a clone made from his DNA.
      Snoke is also a clone. There was a cloning lab on Exegol, this was explained in the movie.

    • @philippeamon7271
      @philippeamon7271 Месяц назад +2

      You need to think about WHY it is worded that way... Look to the second half of The Neverending Story for a clue, and pay attention to what is said in the final scene of Rise of Skywalker.

    • @millenniumvintage9726
      @millenniumvintage9726 Месяц назад +10

      The Disney Star Wars movies do not count.

    • @Navigatorzoroone56
      @Navigatorzoroone56 Месяц назад +7

      Mine was how they changed Luke

    • @thomaswillard6267
      @thomaswillard6267 Месяц назад +34

      ​@@philippeamon7271It is worded that way because they were shoehorning an established villain into a story where he didn't make sense.
      They offer an explanation, it is not a good one and we as consumers of the media have every right and capability to identify, acknowledge, and criticize the cheap and lazy writing that they provided.

  • @corzahazard444
    @corzahazard444 Месяц назад +117

    For the Holy Emperor, I wasn't expecting Inquisitor DeFranco to talk about the retcon

  • @danielrainey4685
    @danielrainey4685 Месяц назад +2

    Listening to Phil talk about 40k is my new favorite Audiobook.

  • @roanoa7050
    @roanoa7050 Месяц назад +3

    How is he covering this 40k retcon controversy, but doesn't say ANYTHING about Akira Toriyama's passing over a month ago? That man impacted the whole world in an astonishing way!

    • @immortalwarrior2695
      @immortalwarrior2695 Месяц назад

      Believe it or not. Warhammer is an old universe. And now it's expanding even more. At 2024, it's way bigger than any sci-fi and fiction combined.
      Which is why this "woke" thing has angered many people including women and LGBTQ community themselves who hate that.
      Only one who is supporting this move is someone who doesn't know lore and just want muscle mommies, doesn't care and third SBI type woke community

  • @brookew.6514
    @brookew.6514 Месяц назад +42

    Speaking as a HS teacher, there is a key difference between use of AI as a Tool vs using AI to avoid/shortcut learning. Many students do not know the difference. Students do not realize the impact on their own futures by cheating through school.
    Ai tools can be helpful when used ethically (ex: Spellcheck), but I also hope that school districts don't replace teachers or aides with a robot that doesn't understand human nuance. From personal experience, i can totally picture a district saying 'We don't need aides for Special Ed/English Language Learners in a classroom because they have an AI aide.'

    • @biancapants
      @biancapants Месяц назад +1

      Also a HS teacher, my other thought here is who will teach these students how to use this tech ethically? It will be us and I’m not thrilled about that.
      Our jobs are already overwhelming and there is already never enough time. What we really need is tech classes that are required. Kind of like the keyboarding/computer classes from yester-year. Back when computers were new to education and the internet was in its infancy.

  • @timbaland500
    @timbaland500 Месяц назад +115

    Few years back I worked at a rehab hospital. One of the patients attempted to end his life following an extortion scam. Could see first hand how devastating the impact on him and his family ended up being. Good that they are going after these scammers.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад +2

      Nothing worse than losing your money and feeling like an idiot/stupid. That’s how casinos exploit people too, they make you feel like a loser for losing and prey on the insecurity of wanting to win

  • @ThaliaLemon
    @ThaliaLemon 7 дней назад

    Nothing is stopping people who prefer to binge from waiting until a show has been fully released and watching the whole thing. :)

  • @t0rm1nat0r
    @t0rm1nat0r Месяц назад +122

    I shared the Warhammer section with my husband who loves Warhammer and he spent a good amount of time explaining lore to me and why it makes sense. His final take was "I don't understand why we're upset that they gave us muscle mommies"

    • @spencerthompson3502
      @spencerthompson3502 Месяц назад +17

      Your husband is a saint, keep that man safe at alll cost 😂🎉

    • @spencerthompson3502
      @spencerthompson3502 Месяц назад +2

      Your husband is a saint, keep that man safe at alll cost 😂🎉

    • @fandomaine
      @fandomaine Месяц назад +12

      Exactly my thought! Muscle mommies for the win. Like wtf is even going on
      I mean I was kicked out from a session for having them painted in pink....but well

    • @na-Baron
      @na-Baron Месяц назад +16

      Within Warhammer, factions involving women already exist. The Sisters of Battle have been said to have been around since 1997 and the Sisters of Silence were said to have made their debut in 2003.
      I’m a newcomer to the franchise so I do not know the full ins and outs of it. However, based on what I’ve seen, the sisters do not get much investments into figurines, novels or lore compared to the Space Marines (Warhammer poster boys).
      It’s not a complaint about how “Warhammer’s gone woke”. No. It’s a complaint about how we have these perfectly good female exclusive factions that are just as cool as The Space Marines and the Custodies, but they’re getting sidelined by a retcon that nobody expected or truly wanted.
      Also please tell your husband to develop an argument beyond the “Muscle Mommies” bit. I’ve only seen p*rn addicts unironically vouch for this claim and your husband is presumably too good of man to be associated with those type of people 🙏.

    • @AppleGonCrumble
      @AppleGonCrumble Месяц назад +12

      Because there aren't female custodians. There never were. The sisters of battle have their place in the game and it is separate to the custodians.

  • @MyNameHandle
    @MyNameHandle Месяц назад +165

    She should definitely not have threatened their lives but how does she get charges while Tom Cotton doesn't?

    • @michaelh13
      @michaelh13 Месяц назад +26

      One was a direct threat, the other was implied

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад +23

      She directly threatened them in public.
      He probably will if someone can prove he incited others to act violently. I don’t like that he did that too.

    • @ryv2484
      @ryv2484 Месяц назад +7

      If you don’t know the difference, You are an example of why we should only allow certain people to vote.

    • @internetuser969
      @internetuser969 Месяц назад +24

      ​@@ryv2484 You're pro removing the right to vote from someone for asking a question?

    • @Comrade_Pingu
      @Comrade_Pingu Месяц назад +4

      Patel made an actual threat while Tom was simply telling people to make Neo-Nazis feel unsafe.

  • @wallyhackenslacker
    @wallyhackenslacker Месяц назад +38

    40K drama really wasn't something I would have expected to see in the Phillip DeFranco show ever. The whiplash from that segment was strong.

  • @_threepointedcircle_
    @_threepointedcircle_ Месяц назад +1

    I love how you said you were an outsider looking in, but your 40k knowledge was pretty good.

  • @kaimactrash
    @kaimactrash Месяц назад +2

    It was so strange to me that first story because rarely with two opposing sides do I end up thinking almost the same thing about both sides, which is 'Damn, therapy in America needs to be a lot better, more accessible, and less stigmatised."
    While the power each person holds is also fairly opposite of the scale from one another, people in a healthy mental state do not make these kinds of declarations publically, the fact neither of them could keep the frustration on the DL and directly threatened people's lives fairly suddenly, it's not a good sign for their impulse control, and poor impulse control can snowball into disaster much quicker than we would imagine.

  • @GeekyBibliophile
    @GeekyBibliophile Месяц назад +260

    I’m relieved about the two sextortion arrests. Last year a 17 year old boy in my province was the victim of a sextortion ring. The extortionists were able to access his contacts and had already begun sending the images he had sent them to his friends and others. He took his own life as a direct result. His parents were the ones who found him.

    • @jayo8281
      @jayo8281 Месяц назад +24

      That's terrible

    • @starwarsforlife7448
      @starwarsforlife7448 Месяц назад

      yeah when i was in college a kid in my organization sent nude pics and they sent it to the ORGANIZATION INSTAGRAM and said if he didn’t pay $3000 he would send it to everyone on our following list.
      well he didn’t pay and they did it. they kid dropped out of school and hasn’t left his moms house in 3 years.

    • @Superfan109
      @Superfan109 Месяц назад +6

      Damn, that’s messed up…

    • @kareningram6093
      @kareningram6093 Месяц назад +5

      That is horrifying. I feel so bad for his parents.

    • @BalletTapJazz
      @BalletTapJazz Месяц назад +17

      This happened to my boyfriends friend and if he had been alone and not had us in the next room to tell him how to handle it, I have no idea what would have happened to him. He was ready to send $9,000. They had made a group chat with every single one of his family members to send the videos

  • @r.b.ratieta6111
    @r.b.ratieta6111 Месяц назад +324

    Morgan Freeman voice: "But unfortunately for Ms. Patel, she would quickly discover that a City Council meeting was not the same as a Call of Duty lobby..."

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 Месяц назад +56

      Yeah, I get why she's pissed off but holy shit she couldn't have found a dumber way to express it. Public death threats are a good way to get arrested, and a great way to not be taken seriously.

    • @moonlightauras1
      @moonlightauras1 Месяц назад +25

      @@andyb1653 If they didn't take her seriously they wouldn't have had her arrested. I'll admit, most activists these days are terrible at strategy, but believe me when I say that her being arrested won't decrease the likelihood of things like this (and things even more impactful) happening again. She said what A LOT of people want to say and vocalized what a lot of people want to do to their government officials. All it takes is someone smarter than her to have the same mindset and more of a willingness to act on it. There are more people like that than people want to believe.

    • @JustArtsCreations
      @JustArtsCreations Месяц назад

      Seek help.​@@moonlightauras1

    • @r.b.ratieta6111
      @r.b.ratieta6111 Месяц назад

      @moonlightauras1 I don't doubt this.
      The question is, if they were to act on such things, would things get better or worse?
      Because the tricky thing is, when people act on such things, they usually set the entire house on fire trying to cook marshmallows. Dramatic, flashy and memorable in the short term, but a much steeper price with less to work with in the long term.
      Not saying people shouldn't stand up for themselves. The American Revolution is a testament to that.
      But if a person or group is going to take matters into their own hands, they better have at least 15 contingency plans when shit hits the fan.

    • @Slivyr
      @Slivyr Месяц назад +6

      When keeping it real....goes wrong

  • @FriendsWithIssues
    @FriendsWithIssues Месяц назад +2

    I definitely prefer week by week over a season drop. And it's purely because I love community discussion. It's exciting watching an episode drop and then heading to RUclips, Instagram, texting a friend and being like "OMG, that one scene", instead of "Did you finish the season already? What episode are you on? Okay let me remember what I wanted to talk about. Alright, that's it I guess. Can't wait for next year's season " OR WORSE getting spoiled well before I've finished the season. Of course not all the shows that season drop have discussions that die out quickly, but I personally enjoy knowing that I'm having, like, a community sleepover talking about this show we love for the next two months. WandaVision and Loki comes to mind as awesome eras of community building.

    • @Moeftak
      @Moeftak Месяц назад

      I get why somebody would like that, I on the other hand prefer to just watch when I can and how much I can watch in the time I have available at that moment if it's something I watch alone, could be half an episode, could be 1 or 2, could be binging the entire season , or make it a nice family evening watching a few episodes in a row. I prefer to wait untill all episodes are available, but it's so much harder to avoid spoilers with weekly releases because of the discussions after each episode.
      So i'm 100% in the camp of release all at once please, as is my wife as she is always disappointed when it turns out we started watching something that isn't fully released yet and we will have to wait for the next episodes to drop

  • @Nishivion
    @Nishivion Месяц назад +1

    My favorite retcon has to be what they did with the Battletech TV show from the 90s. It was weird and biased and full of memes, but instead of removing it, it became in universe propaganda for one of the factions. Amazing.

  • @iSchmidty13
    @iSchmidty13 Месяц назад +463

    My least favorite retcon is when the new head writer of Doctor Who said that the Doctor is NOT actually a curious misfit who stole a fleet vehicle and ran away to travel and help where he could, because ACTUALLY he is an unknowable god from a place beyond comprehension who already has and will outlive the universe
    No more character development, and no more stakes. ☠️

    • @CorpseMarine
      @CorpseMarine Месяц назад +19

      I stopped watching dr who after Matt Smith, when did they make that change?

    • @LucasCarter2
      @LucasCarter2 Месяц назад +39

      Yeah timeless child is pure garbage

    • @sarahvanorden670
      @sarahvanorden670 Месяц назад +44

      The Timeless Child is the WORST thing for the Doctor I hope it gets retconned

    • @JonathanShidler
      @JonathanShidler Месяц назад +9

      Same, brother.... Same.

    • @debshaw680
      @debshaw680 Месяц назад +2

      I’m with you

  • @0hpossum
    @0hpossum Месяц назад +62

    In middle school, someone tried to blackmail me using “webcam footage of me naked”. The whole scheme was so stupid. They hacked into my school email account, and because the setting used by the district were so strict, I wasn’t even able to get google notifications that someone logged into my email. We also weren’t allowed to enable tfa.
    Anyway, the person hacked my school email, then sent an email to me from the account, claiming they had proof I’d visited porn sites and they’d gotten footage from my webcam too. Threatened to spread everything to all my friends and family if I didn’t fork over bitcoin.
    The funniest part to me though, at the time my personal laptop’s webcam was broken. Also, there’s no way in hell that even the tamest porn site was unblocked. My district had cool math games blocked for god’s sake.

    • @seileach67
      @seileach67 Месяц назад +20

      Reminds me of the time years ago I got a Facebook message trying to extort money from me, claiming they had pics of me from my webcam. I lol'ed and replied that my out-of-date desktop PC had no camera, so they could go kick rocks. Of course, I should've only reported them without directly engaging, but I was naive and so amused by the irony I got careless. Don't be younger me, folks! Don't respond to these things if you get them; just report & block.

    • @ysucae
      @ysucae Месяц назад +6

      got that same email. i'm ace and my desktop never had any camera, it was quite funny.

    • @JoseRodriguez-bl3vt
      @JoseRodriguez-bl3vt Месяц назад

      The real crime here is your school blocking Cool Math Games ☹️ That site was my childhood

  • @marcusgallagher6481
    @marcusgallagher6481 Месяц назад

    The positivity and love I get to find after today’s show is my 4yo’s very first tee ball practice. Not news worthy but nice to look forward to at the end of the day.

  • @shelbeyslaughter7977
    @shelbeyslaughter7977 Месяц назад

    You’re the best, Phil. I’m so glad you’re still here doing the thing after all these years. 🥰

  • @zevahc3928
    @zevahc3928 Месяц назад +352

    The fact that a woman would brazenly make a threat to kill people at a city council meeting and not realize that would get her arrested is an indictment of the education system.

    • @ToxicAudri
      @ToxicAudri Месяц назад +113

      Not really, it's an indictment of our society. Where the wealthy and powerful few get away with saying such garbage, but the second one of us peasants does we get the full force of the law.

    • @quoththekraven5911
      @quoththekraven5911 Месяц назад +40

      @@ToxicAudri Yep. I was publicly educated and know you can't say stuff like that without getting arrested. It's a multi-tiered justice system. That's the problem.

    • @asuraXTC
      @asuraXTC Месяц назад +1

      She’s not even an American she’s an immigrant bro xD

    • @arkainin4638
      @arkainin4638 Месяц назад

      Yeah, no, like what the other guy said. We see politicians saying this kind of thing all the time, sometimes resulting in literal attacks and deaths, and see no consequences.
      The woman is not the brightest bulb for saying what she did, but there is truth in that our politicians and talking heads have been ramping up rhetoric for years and get away with it. Selective enforcement is a real problem.

    • @zevahc3928
      @zevahc3928 Месяц назад +31

      @@ToxicAudri So weird, I never heard of any rich people going into public hearings, making these kinds of comments, and having nothing happen to them. This has nothing to do with wealth and trying to say such diverts from the topic at hand: Don't be Stupid, Stupid.

  • @janemiettinen5176
    @janemiettinen5176 Месяц назад +205

    Supreme court basically killing the right to protest in 3 states is highly problematic. And why stop there? Land of the free or land where only some are free?

    • @DiamondFlame45
      @DiamondFlame45 Месяц назад +33

      Exactly. It’s funny that the far right conservatives don’t find this problematic

    • @chrischika7026
      @chrischika7026 Месяц назад +9

      @@DiamondFlame45 it isnt. maybe dont break the law.

    • @KevinACarroll1996
      @KevinACarroll1996 Месяц назад +10

      That's not what happened. They just didn't say the 1st amendment protected someone if they organize a protest and it gets violent. The specifics about the case could be problematic, but their response is not.

    • @horrorfan117
      @horrorfan117 Месяц назад

      Well just remember that it cuts both ways. If you see a far right protest start up, claim you're part of the group, and go hog wild.

    • @DiamondFlame45
      @DiamondFlame45 Месяц назад +23

      @@chrischika7026 How is their right to organize breaking the law?

  • @Blurghity
    @Blurghity Месяц назад +1

    Worst retcon was the removal of Expanded universe stuff from canon Star Wars. There was a lot of good lore there.

  • @HisRedCoat
    @HisRedCoat Месяц назад

    I was just talking to my buddy about the binge model the other day, especially regarding the fact that watching an episode requires the same amount of time as watching a movie. As an adult with responsibilities, it's nice to wind down with a good show at the end of the day, but the pressure to watch 6-8 feature films worth of content to avoid spoilers and keep up in fandom conversations is rough. My friend said he likes the idea of a huge drop of content being there even if he doesn't have time to get to it all. In recent years my husband and I have gravitated more toward shows with shorter episodes. Even when a getting a full season, it's nice to not have to pick a good spot to pause content we're enjoying.

  • @ThePatDemers
    @ThePatDemers Месяц назад +41

    As an avid concert goer, I’ve hated Live Nation/Ticketmaster for years. When their method of fighting scalping was to create their own system to scalp tickets and make money, I gave up on them ever caring about their customers and the artists they work with. They trap bigger venues into always using their service so that decently priced tickets can only be found in the smaller local music scene while bigger names are being overpriced more year after year.

  • @MsCuteandNerdy
    @MsCuteandNerdy Месяц назад +52

    I'm a science teacher in a school in Europe and my head of my department has volunteered the department to try to integrate AI and VR tech in our lessons. While I have nothing against the integration of tech into my lessons and I actually welcome it, I am finding that what we currently have actually gives me more work than saves me work as me and my coworker have to program everything ourselves as there's nothing out there for us to use for the level that we teach (11-14 year olds). Whenever I've used AI or VR in the classroom I'm always reminded of the warning "They will remember the experience but not the lesson" and this has proven true in all of my Tech lessons as kids love the novelty but when I quiz them the next lesson they can't remember what they learned and it's driving me mad because its wasting so much of our lesson time and my own planning time.
    I'm sure there's a future for AI in education but it dont think it's currently at the right level for it to alleviate teacher work load right now, it only adds to it.

    • @user-ec3rm9wr1n
      @user-ec3rm9wr1n Месяц назад

      😂

    • @new0news
      @new0news Месяц назад +3

      yup, the tech should be integrated to make teachers lives easier and free up more time to work with students. The general population is making the exact mistake about AI that they all make with calculators. They think "why do we need to learn math if we have a calculator" and now its "why do the kids need to write essays when they can just be taught to effectively use AI" but the way to effectively use a calculator or AI or any tool at all is to start with strong foundational knowledge. Which means learning to do math by hand and learning to write with your own ideas and with a strong understanding of grammar.
      More people need to be forced to watch elementary and middle schoolers do any single task and they will realize how much prior knowledge you are operating on that you think is unimportant. You might think that hammering a nail into something is pretty self explanatory but watch kids use a nail way to long or way to short or not take time to line something up. The only reason you can do a simple task is because you learned from your own mistakes already, someone taught you, or you were able to use prior knowledge to apply it to a new situation. There is no skipping the basics to jump to using and advanced tool.
      edit: I will often tell kids who won't stop complaining that we can for sure have an assessment where I test their ability to use a calculator. I give them a simple problem, they type it in, they all get it correct and say "yay you all passed the calculator assessment! which is wonderful because it frees us up a bunch of time to learn how to do calculations by hand or that a calculator won't help you with!" :p I could imagine myself doing the same with writing essays with chatGPT. Cool you all wrote an essay in 10seconds! Now we have lots of time to learn how chatGPT did that ;p

    • @MartinFinnerup
      @MartinFinnerup Месяц назад

      How exactly are you attempting to include AI tech in your lessons?
      AI technology is incredibly complicated, so I imagine it would be very difficult, to abstract it to a level that 11-14 year-olds can understand.
      Is the aim for them to create AI, or to use AI? Because I can see the value in teaching them how to use it, and create new things with AI, but teaching that age-group to work **ON** AI, might be a tad ambitious. :)

  • @mari13ssaTheStrange
    @mari13ssaTheStrange Месяц назад +2

    Worst retcon: Palpatine never died, those cowaards didn't want to give us darth jar jar :/

  • @bayobayo
    @bayobayo Месяц назад +86

    It's a small thing but I love the acknowledgement of "Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning," because I'm part of the Wednesday morning crew and I regularly have the show be like my morning news run while making/eating breakfast. Thanks guys. 😊

    • @EduPotvin
      @EduPotvin Месяц назад +1

      Same! I like to wake up in Thailand to Philip DeFranco!

    • @Moon_x_sun
      @Moon_x_sun Месяц назад +3

      Agreed he posts very late for me so I often watch it in the morning :)

  • @obiTHEPale
    @obiTHEPale Месяц назад +69

    Ah the irony of a SeatGeek ad on a piece about Ticketmaster; SeatGeek are enabling ticketmaster resales

    • @stephaniechilders5176
      @stephaniechilders5176 Месяц назад +6

      I laughed out loud when that seatgeek ad played. A little tone deaf much, Phil??

    • @urbanfinland1692
      @urbanfinland1692 Месяц назад +2

      I really like Phil, but there have been many times over the years where the sponsorships have been really questionable. I wish he would be a bit more strict about what sponsors he takes on, because it does eat away at trust for a news show, when the ads seem out of step with the trust the news segments try to build.

  • @jc0895
    @jc0895 Месяц назад +1

    I live in Maryland and grew up on the eastern shore, one of the most vital links is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge which connects most of the shore to the rest of the state. I say this because if protesters ever shut it down I can imagine the residents there will be enough to remove them themselves.
    Please don’t get mad at me I am just making an observation.

  • @adhyperdad3027
    @adhyperdad3027 Месяц назад

    It is very interesting to see the reversion back to the episodic style of video media releases.

  • @TheFiberglassPelican
    @TheFiberglassPelican Месяц назад +36

    During the AI Personal Assistant for Students story, I couldn't help but think of the Pixar Movie WALL-E and the children being taught by a Robot... "B is for Buy N Large, your very best friend..."

    • @Bramblerose21
      @Bramblerose21 Месяц назад +3

      “And remember kids Ed loves you” … really? It’s so dystopian.

  • @nathancross6258
    @nathancross6258 Месяц назад +64

    I got extorted when i was 18 and it was one of scariest things that ever happened to me. These people are disgusting

    • @thorwaldjohanson2526
      @thorwaldjohanson2526 Месяц назад +6

      I think teens should be taught more that any picture they take can potentially be public. So if you absolutely want to send nudes, don't include your face or something that easily identifies you.

    • @kiaracabrera
      @kiaracabrera Месяц назад

      ​@@thorwaldjohanson2526At this point, a vast majority of teens know that their n0des can be publicized and to hide any personal information. However, the desperation for intimacy and desire eats away at their thought process 😂 That's why these scams will always be so successful

  • @sixpathskaiokentv
    @sixpathskaiokentv Месяц назад +1

    On the female Custodes front; as a small 40k channel nearing the 1k mark, and as someone who has played for decades at this point. People getting upset haven't read enough of the books. I'll be talking about it my pod on Wednesday, but the long and short of it; is they've always been implied to exist. We've just never had it directly shown.

  • @turtlebirdrox
    @turtlebirdrox Месяц назад

    I think also to remember too Phil, with the weekly episode drops, is that we grew up in a time where an entire season was 20 something episodes and lasted from a September to May schedule. I think the last show that I remember that I watched doing that was "This is Us". Most shows now are about 8-10 episodes, 13 if you're absolutely lucky. So, at that time, you had a one of your favourite shows you could watch each night of the weekday. Now, with the shorter seasons, especially with streaming platforms, it's nice to watch your show that you like after work/evening down time and not have to wait a week, since the build up is also a lot faster, VS a mid season bulid up and a season finale build up.
    So, I have to say with the longer 20 some odd episodes seasons, I'm fine with the once a week model. And the shorter seasons, I dont mind all at once. Once a week for Shogun, for example, each episode is such a cliffhanger, that it can feel like a bummer to wait for the next one lol.

  • @jessed2544
    @jessed2544 Месяц назад +39

    The SC just failed to overturn a clear 1st amendment violation. What do we do when the courts are broken?

    • @SpamQGamers
      @SpamQGamers Месяц назад +2

      There's a huge difference between a protest without theft, violence, etc... and a protest with theft violence, etc. One is a riot and the other is a protest. It is perfectly fine to protect protests and be againsts riots.

    • @RalorPenwat
      @RalorPenwat Месяц назад +8

      ​@@SpamQGamers In any large enough group you will eventually get opportunistic people exploiting the situation. Hell, that behavior is what's gotten us here, just on a much larger scale. Preventing assembly of large groups inherently makes the right to assembly lose all meaning. Because numbers are the only thing that matters to the sociopaths who have been running the country for the past 50 years.

    • @misterb3577
      @misterb3577 Месяц назад +6

      ​@@SpamQGamers In large enough groups, it is literally impossible to control the actions of every single person. You're basically saying that a single person's criminal actions among hundreds of peaceful protesters can derail the entire group.

  • @bizzadams
    @bizzadams Месяц назад +1

    I had to paused during the segment about protesters. The fact that the PD is so blatantly hypocritical, that an officer was hurt when people were protesting MURDER committed by that department, and that first amendment rights are being stripped over it?? Nauseating

  • @vr0k3n
    @vr0k3n Месяц назад

    What that woman said 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Politicians won't ever do shit for regular people, only for themselves

  • @DUBS606
    @DUBS606 Месяц назад +132

    As an English teacher, Ai has been dreadful. It’s my first year and I keep saying how I wish I was a teacher 5,10, 20 years ago because it was not as bad back then. I have to talk to six students tomorrow because they used AI on a test essay, an essay they were allow to use notes, slides, and their books on. The saving grace (if it can be called one) is that they don’t know how to use it. They put the prompt in and boom done. Some copy and paste, others take the time to type it out word for word, but some are starting to just use a chrome plug in on google docs. I have coworkers who have been doing this for years shifting to writing papers by hand to avoid ai plagiarism. As a first year teacher it’s gut wrenching because I’m putting in so much work to find, create, and build resources for them to use just for them to not even try. Then when it comes to having this discussion I have to have all this evidence to back up my claims. I’m spending 3x as much work and time proving they are using ai that there are days I debate just giving them the grade they didn’t earn, but then how is that fair to other students? On the bright side AI is still dumb to a degree, quotes and details are not present. It’s a shallow summary of events made to look nice with perfect grammar and fancy words that my students wouldn’t even be able to define unfortunately. At least this time it’s easy to see because a character in Romeo and Juliet has two different spellings. Ai uses one we used the other in notes, quizzes, slides, and our version of the text. But it’s getting better everyday to the point where everything will need to be written by hand again.

    • @kelleenbrx6649
      @kelleenbrx6649 Месяц назад +17

      Several college professors I work with have switched back to using bluebooks for tests in class because too many people are plagiarizing.

    • @Carebearritual
      @Carebearritual Месяц назад +13

      My first year too. Social studies. The way I have adapted has been extreme micromanagement when it comes to essay writing. Thankfully I teach 6th grade so that’s necessary anyways, but they have to submit paragraph building blocks before they write their whole response and final essay, so I see their writing 3 times minimum (I don’t usually grade it, just give short verbal feedback I don’t have that kinda time). Google form lock-down times writing as well for my 8th graders.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад +11

      Part of what has to happen is homework and take home projects need to be handled differently. They need to count for less of the final grade and more quizzes/tests should be incorporated because it requires actually understanding the material to complete. Beyond that, some work will be easier to complete with the use of AI or google, but that needs to be looked at on a case by case basis. Coding, for example, is made easier w AI and google and your ability to be resourceful is more important. All the same it’s a tricky situation and we haven’t really figured out what to do yet as a society about AI.

    • @amjean6987
      @amjean6987 Месяц назад +9

      I'm an English teacher to EFL college students in Korea... and the amount of plagiarism/translator use makes me always suspect my students. I'm going to shift to analog too for this reason

    • @MsPoliteRants
      @MsPoliteRants Месяц назад +5

      Is it possible to motivate them to research and write it themselves by telling them it's like how their favorite RUclipsrs do their scripts for long-form investigative video essays? Idk, are kids watching those? I know my generation and gen z seem to really enjoy 45+ minute deep-dives, but maybe younger kids don't, so it wouldn't motivate them. Could be worth a shot?

  • @Imagine.11
    @Imagine.11 Месяц назад +74

    Phil talking trash about Ticketmaster while having a sponsor of seatgeek will always be funny.

  • @christophergrant9434
    @christophergrant9434 Месяц назад

    Phil having a segment about ticketmaster and benign sponsored by seatgeek is hilarious

  • @The0GamingHero
    @The0GamingHero Месяц назад

    *19:42**: In Doctor Who, the Doctor's entire origin story being rewritten in 'The Timeless Children' episode.*
    *That genuinely hurt! It turned a character that became special into a character that was born special, and it destroyed tonnes of established Time Lord lore.*

  • @InThisEssayIWill...
    @InThisEssayIWill... Месяц назад +121

    Ms. Patel is an example of bringing an online mentality into a real world space. For those of us who grew up largely without constant access to the Internet our brain to mouth filters seem to work a whole lot better.
    Do i think she personally plans to enact terrible violence? No. Do I think it has become commonplace in online spaces to be blase about extremely violent statements? Yes.
    ("Eat the rich" etc.)
    Unfortunately, this is the"find out" part of f-ing around.
    I do hope she gets a jury of her peers, good representation and a lenient sentence.. but honestly, especially in today's climate, you can't let remarks like that slide.

    • @kingofhearts3185
      @kingofhearts3185 Месяц назад +13

      I agree that it's the internet reaching the real world, I just hope she gets the full force of the law.

    • @wajmgirl
      @wajmgirl Месяц назад +6

      Reminds of that “in Minecraft” guy

    • @ToxicAudri
      @ToxicAudri Месяц назад

      The reason for the more violent rhetoric is because more of us are tired of playing nice, trying to win within a rigged political system.
      Yes, people are using such language because they are fed up, it's clear our elected officials do not serve us, they serve the wealthy class of America.

    • @forgettable8300
      @forgettable8300 Месяц назад +10

      I don't get why she would think she can say anything like that to a public official and have no consequences like bruh

    • @PropheticShadeZ
      @PropheticShadeZ Месяц назад

      Notice how the violent rhetoric from that story came from an elected official and a leader in the national government, and the violent rhetoric from the left came from a random person in a random meeting that was put on national tv

  • @KHChaosrules
    @KHChaosrules Месяц назад +151

    Most hated retcon is the Spider-Man story "One More Day" where Marvel Editorial undid Spider-Man's 30+ year marriage to Mary Jane because the editor didn't think that a married Spider-man was "relatable".

    • @dakotawharton
      @dakotawharton Месяц назад +12

      I hated when they brought him back at the end of Ultimates run just for the world to blow up. Took a lot away from his sacrifice.

    • @Americanbadashh
      @Americanbadashh Месяц назад +1

      Married Spider-Man isn't relatable

    • @turinturambar347
      @turinturambar347 Месяц назад +13

      @@AmericanbadashhSure he is. He has a gf, somebody he has loved his entire life. Why wouldn’t he marry her? There’s nothing unrepeatable about that. It seems everyone these days wants their fictional characters to be as miserable as they are.

    • @Starsaber317
      @Starsaber317 Месяц назад +2

      Worst retcon of all time and worst way for JMS' run to end.

    • @Bisexualdragon4042
      @Bisexualdragon4042 Месяц назад +3

      The current issues seem to want to take that title, paul is the worst thing to happen to the comics since "one more day."

  • @irinaphoenix2169
    @irinaphoenix2169 Месяц назад

    Honestly, I'm always surprised more politicians don't get attacked in the US.

  • @RNG-esus
    @RNG-esus Месяц назад

    I was a victim of sex torsion last year, the person attempting to extort me showed me a picture that they took of their phone with every single one of my contacts in a large group message, they had sent a message to that group chat saying that they had something to show them. I for the life of me couldn't figure out how they managed to add every single one of my followers into a single DM. But whatever they were doing to enable that should be blocked by Instagram because if somebody were to do that, it is incredibly easy to follow through with those threats whereas if they have to do it manually and add everybody one by one, it doesn't block it completely but it definitely makes it a lot harder. Thankfully I was able to get ahead of it and I sent a bunch of messages out to everyone that I knew basically telling them not to interact with that person and that they were trying to scam me which seemed to have address the issue for the most part. And I don't know if they ever actually followed through with sending anything. I have to say though making the choice to block the scammer rather than continuing to talk to them and trying to get them money was a very hard choice to make.

  • @nocturnal223
    @nocturnal223 Месяц назад +58

    was watching this with my mom in the room and the only thing she had to say was "does he actually talk that fast or do you have it sped up?"
    i appreciate your fast talking phil

    • @EliHooke
      @EliHooke Месяц назад +5

      The vast majority of shows I watch sped up to at least 1.25. Phil is not one of them, he's naturally 1.25

    • @rai1879
      @rai1879 Месяц назад +2

      My mom doesn't speak English and she despises Phil, all she hears in her words "fast gibberish"

    • @Starsaber317
      @Starsaber317 Месяц назад +4

      The other day I was watching an episode while on break at work. One of my coworkers asked, "Does that guy breathe?" 😂😂😂

    • @Dag167
      @Dag167 Месяц назад

      @@EliHooke Phil is too slow. I speed him up to 2x.

    • @ironnwine12
      @ironnwine12 Месяц назад +3

      He speaks quickly but also popularized the use of “frequent cuts” to remove dead air and not need to redo long takes.

  • @brittnianime
    @brittnianime Месяц назад +22

    Reti Pattel threatening murder is an example of how our loosely regulated online behaviors and speech are seeping into our real lives, and people are no longer aware of the consequences of real life behaviors.
    This is tracking back to your stories on out of hand pranks, doxxing, stalking trends, minute madness trends, and even today having another person in the same story calling for real life acts of violence through internet veils.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад

      It’s like pointing a realistic toy gun at the cops and being surprised that they arrested you or shot you

  • @lordblocka2622
    @lordblocka2622 Месяц назад

    AI in classrooms is something that my mom is currently working on. She’s a elementary school teacher, and has become one of the lead people at that school that is learning about AI and how it can benefit teachers and students. It’s been really interesting to hear about how she’s given presentations to her coworkers on AI and what it can do for them. New York schools are tight in my opinion, that this is going to become a more and more common thing in everyone’s lives, so we should all (teachers and students alike) be learning about it

  • @Complecx
    @Complecx Месяц назад

    When your pilot phase is 55k students and not like one classroom is crazy

  • @thegreatchrispy
    @thegreatchrispy Месяц назад +341

    It is INSANE to be threatening to murder your city council. Especially over something that even if they did do, would have an extremely small impact on your cause.

    • @ronswanson1410
      @ronswanson1410 Месяц назад +43

      its unhinged and she deserves every charge

    • @shanemorton773
      @shanemorton773 Месяц назад +7

      It's insane to be a part of the Jan 6th crowd. But they are now getting off.. it all started from there...

    • @lil_dak_1587
      @lil_dak_1587 Месяц назад +37

      @@ronswanson1410
      Hasan Piker is probably setting up a shrine in his room dedicated to her and is also probably setting up a GoFundMe for her bail 🤦‍♂️.

    • @PropheticShadeZ
      @PropheticShadeZ Месяц назад

      He is really living in your head rent free ​@lil_dak_1587

    • @marigolden_mariposa
      @marigolden_mariposa Месяц назад +18

      ​@@lil_dak_1587huh?? based on what? 😂

  • @jazzy_fantom7992
    @jazzy_fantom7992 Месяц назад +23

    This has to be the first time a defendant was allowed to hold a press conference minutes before going into the court room. Imagine Ruby Frankie or anyone doing this. Or imagine being allowed to violate court orders with a small fine instead of guaranteed jail time. I've seen court cases where a guy didn't answer the way the judge liked and was held for 5 days in contempt. If this hasn't opened people's eyes to two different justices in this country then idk what will.

  • @Rumrr
    @Rumrr Месяц назад

    17:24 phil talking about warhammer has made my entire week

  • @unquestionabletv
    @unquestionabletv Месяц назад

    I kind of like the fact that organizer would be held liable. Really puts responsibility in check.

  • @kwanzaa_cake
    @kwanzaa_cake Месяц назад +126

    I’m a high school teacher… my school alone has a chronic absenteeism rate of 45%. Over 1000 students are chronically absent.

    • @saikido1
      @saikido1 Месяц назад

      Better than getting shot. You’re country is broken 😢

    • @kingofhearts3185
      @kingofhearts3185 Месяц назад

      Do you mind saying why you think it's so high?

    • @HearMeLearn
      @HearMeLearn Месяц назад +3

      how does stuff like this even get that bad? Don't parents get fined or go to jail for not making sure their kids go to school or something?

    • @DozIT
      @DozIT Месяц назад +5

      That is a huge school! My HS had 600 students, jeez

    • @thorwaldjohanson2526
      @thorwaldjohanson2526 Месяц назад +5

      Wow, 45% is insane. This sounds like a collapsed system. Aren't children required by law to go to school where you are? How does this number get so high?

  • @gealgain2420
    @gealgain2420 Месяц назад +53

    Ok, coming in hot with this take, there WERE female space marines in 40k, back when it was known as "rogue trader" they were retconned out by Games Workshop when the female space marine models were the worst selling models in thier very small range at the time. The market spoke and they streamlined thier production.
    A lot of choices are made for production reasons, meaning cold hard cash.
    Purity seals, the little wax sealed ribbons on imperial forces were put on models to cover up troublesome areas in the casting mold for more money, easier
    Keep your eyes peeled for "Noise marines" or "emperors children"
    And rule 34 is going to go crazy with this.

    • @Ellessar1985
      @Ellessar1985 Месяц назад +3

      I personally do not give a hoot about them making female custodes, it's fine by me and I don't see it too damaging to lore, just a lazy way of introduction. BUT Custodes are not Space Marines, not even close, just as a "um actually" clarification.

    • @mattscatterty
      @mattscatterty Месяц назад +1

      I forsee a lot of rule 34 "death by snu-snu" 😂

    • @LinkiePup
      @LinkiePup Месяц назад +2

      I dont like female space marines, nor the excuse of "it was like this in Rouge Trader"... becuase... Orks had pouches when they became Feral Orks, and Space Marines at that time were just drugged up regular humans, and not the gene-manipulated super humans that we know today.
      Unless clarified, I dont think anything from Rogue Trader should be considered canon unless specifically stated to be so. Like in Second edition when genestealers were retconed from being just a random animal to being part of the Tyranid fleets. Ya' know?
      Also dont take this as "Weh Weh weh femoid spoose maroons BAD!!", because I dont hate the idea, or the people who want them. They're just not for me, personally.

    • @Nightknight1992
      @Nightknight1992 Месяц назад +2

      also there were already women fighting as inquisitors or assassins. on the one hand it makes sense that the primarchs genes would only work with men, but on the other hand it would also make sense in warhammer to have a desperate faction experiment with female recruits.

    • @user-de2wv8ri8n
      @user-de2wv8ri8n Месяц назад +1

      Just bring back the grim dark

  • @jehn0
    @jehn0 Месяц назад

    Thanks for the great phillin.

  • @KertiswithaK
    @KertiswithaK Месяц назад

    By the Emperor's Throne I never thought I'd see Phil talking about 40k in my lifetime

  • @B-Ran_the_Man
    @B-Ran_the_Man Месяц назад +28

    The Live Nation fiesco could have been prevented over a decades ago if the government didn't accept a deal like cowards and actually stood by their claims and stop the merger from happening!
    Nobody to blame but our government, yet again, for making life harder for us

  • @Zen_Phony
    @Zen_Phony Месяц назад +1

    Hearing 40k lore coming out of Philips mouth made my day.

  • @ThatsSoMeana
    @ThatsSoMeana Месяц назад

    OMG the captions! I'm dying! I was like wtf is the "Hong Shoe"??? Some kind of Asian cobbler famous for falling asleep?? NOOOO!
    He was doing the 'honk shoo' snoring onomatopoeia... haha!

  • @Kat19760
    @Kat19760 Месяц назад +38

    I sincerely hope Live Nation and Ticketmaster are dismantled and laws are put in place to prevent that from happening again. Its insanity to me that this shit has been allowed to go on for so long.

    • @Megan9689
      @Megan9689 Месяц назад +1

      If you feel it's insanity, then I guess you needed this as a wake-up call that our country, laws, regulations are all run by corporations and money. THATS how it's been able to go on and on as it has.

    • @BigHeadClan
      @BigHeadClan Месяц назад

      One of the few good things about Bidens government is the Anti trust and FTC appointments.
      They’ve been going after a lot of the worst offenders over the past decade.
      Sadly it’s a massive backlog of this nonsense.

  • @KeithDCanada
    @KeithDCanada Месяц назад +24

    I have been saying for ten years that Ticketmaster and it's peer should be shut the fuck down.
    I am a fan of Depeche Mode, and when they announced a concert at the olympic stadium in London, UK, in 2017, after nearly 30 years of never playing in London.. I rushed to grab tickets online the moment they were available to me from Canada.
    The first hour, ticket sales were limited to UK buyers, and I was only able to buy after that first hour. I searched for the best location for a ticket, and was given one for $300 Canadian. When I saw the price, I figured I would be sitting near the back of the arena... as $300 in North America, for such a large concert, that would be the typical price for nosebleed seats in the back. To my surprise when I looked at the location, I saw the term 'Golden Circle'. When I looked it up, I saw the Golden Circle was the area at the front of the arena, standing room, right at the stage. I double and triple checked, because I didn't believe the price I was seeing for stage-side tickets. When I double checked, I noticed that the ticket given to me, not only was stage-front... but was also VIP Early Entry. People with these tickets would be escorted into the stadium hours before the concert, onto the field, to set up their spots right at the stage.
    I was in disbelief, and until I flew there, lined up, and got the info from the people doing the VIP program, I was convinced that I had read something wrong and the ticket wasn't in the area I assumed. It was. Early entry. Escorted to the stage. Promo bag with a bunch of Depeche Mode merch. Grouped up with a bunch of hardcore fans that fly all over the world to see the band. When I told them that tickets of this type in Canada would have been in the $2,000 range, they didn't believe me. The concert was an absolute blast, and looking behind me at the entire packed 60k person stadium waving their arms in unison.. I couldn't believe that it only cost me $300.
    Fast forward a couple years, and Depeche Mode was playing in Edmonton, so I thought I would see what ticket prices were like... just in case. There is no standing room in Canada, only seats because of legislation for safety, but the first 6 rows of tickets in front and to the side of the stage, were all purchased already when I got onto the website, and people were reselling them for $3,000 to $5,000.
    North America needs to axe these insane ticket sellers that allow these prices and practices to continue. It's fucking criminal.

  • @ryficonnection
    @ryficonnection Месяц назад

    Something also to consider with the Live Nation story is that scalpers are such a huge problem, and there aren’t enough safeguards in place to deter them. One of my favorite bands, Sleep Token, is coming to Red Rocks Amphitheater in May and right as tickets went on sale, they were all somehow immediately sold out, even with queues and pre-sales in place. Tickets are still around ~$300 per ticket. Not as bad as The Eras Tour by any means, but having to pay literally anything more than a maximum of $20-$30 for a concert ticket is absolutely ridiculous.
    I ended up finding a ticket for almost $200 after fees for Sleep Token. Excited to go, but very upset about how much it was.

    • @MartinFinnerup
      @MartinFinnerup Месяц назад

      This is one reason I've given up entirely on attending live gigs.
      If it's a rare - possibly once-in-a-lifetime - event, then I'd consider paying a bunch more than normal, but for your everyday concert? Not so much.

  • @lifeboate
    @lifeboate Месяц назад

    As someone who watches the show the morning after, I feel so seen by your intro now. 😄

  • @SomeGuy.with.a.Beard93
    @SomeGuy.with.a.Beard93 Месяц назад +24

    It doesn’t matter how much self control you have to not binge. If all your friends/coworkers are binging, you won’t be able to interact in discussions. Simply bringing up the topic will risk you catching spoilers.
    There are studies that have suggested that a weekly release actually leads to a more complete understanding of the series.

    • @kacperprobny3384
      @kacperprobny3384 Месяц назад +1

      It's probably also because you get to remind yourself bits of it every week. The same way when you study a shit ton in one day for an exam you'll forget everything within a week

    • @BazzaroPlays
      @BazzaroPlays Месяц назад +1

      Weekly simply creates more zeitgeist. Which benefits everyone.

    • @Koseishi
      @Koseishi Месяц назад +2

      I'm the complete opposite. I forget everything if I wait a week between episodes. That said, I wouldn't want everyone else to be forced to consume media the same way I do. I usually just wait for a show to finish and binge it then.

  • @tylerstoudt6920
    @tylerstoudt6920 Месяц назад +166

    Clicked so fast for 40k lmao

    • @fatcoyote2
      @fatcoyote2 Месяц назад +32

      Same.
      Though the only "controversy" WH 40k realistically has is the fact that it has raised the price of GW (TM) plastic to literally be more expensive than gold, pound for pound.
      As far as this thing goes, I would have just had this situation be an actual new addition, rather than a retcon. Instead of having always had female Custodes, just say that something went odd and now there are a few female Custodes now. I.E., when they were making a few new ones, the clones came out female instead of male, and the process is just too long and resource intensive to just start over, so now there are "bumpy" versions.
      And in any case, they're still not really human.

    • @Dave_of_Mordor
      @Dave_of_Mordor Месяц назад +1

      Tell me about the dark age of technology! The Internet doesn't have much info about them!

    • @karateman302
      @karateman302 Месяц назад +11

      ​@@fatcoyote2 whenever I see '40k controversy' I assume it's either over pricing, GW getting litigious about their IP or someone vibing a bit too hard with some of the themes of the Imperium unironically. Just because I saw it in the headline of this show, I feared it was the latter

    • @ragnar0
      @ragnar0 Месяц назад +8

      @@fatcoyote2 Agree on the Retcon, More people are mad I think that they did it in a dumb way, and that they thought we'd just accept it. All they had to do was do it like how the brought in the new Marines, do the same thing with Female Custodes, Emperor wasn't able to fill the ranks with men so they started recruiting females. Done! and it don't make your fan base look dumb. I've been playing Warhammer for 25+ years, I love the Lore its what I really enjoy about the game so ignoring the lore and just saying it has always been this way... is just a slap in the face to the lore and people that love it.

    • @forgettable8300
      @forgettable8300 Месяц назад

      You put it perfectly i think ​@@fatcoyote2

  • @amandalaufer9273
    @amandalaufer9273 Месяц назад

    You missed the perfect advertising placement for seat geek