Updates & Thank You! Livestreams, Discord & Patreon

[@MrsBifflechips]

I loved the Christmas lives. I was lurking most of the time (I can sometimes be one of those corner people, even online), but it was super comfy.

[@Mapleson]

Found family is amazing. Do what you like, and the right people will find you.

[@kr1221E]

I respect you for doing a live stream when you were on your own Christmas Day and it's awesome that you had a good time.

[@thes764]

Enjoyed the Xmas streams a lot. And the series of Oatquakes do add to this video. :)

[@jackhunter4182]

I am glad you had a good Christmas:)

[@UnvisibleGirl]

Proud of youuu 😊and yeah I'd just do link via patreon + you can hand it out to peeps ya like

[@jennifermaloney5617]

It makes me so happy to see you bubbling! I’m glad everything is going well for you Chick. I really must find out what Discord is😂🤔

[@RainbowVegansRock]

I've seen other creators doing similar with Discord being available on the first tier of their Patreon so that sounds a good idea to keep it a safe space. If I'm around for any future livestreams I'm quite happy to be a moderator if you need me to. If you get any trolls you can also make your chat on the livestream members only to avoid that.

[@radishraven9]

Hi I'm glad you had a great time at christmas with the lives. I am scared of discord and feel uncomfortable in livechats unfortunately, i think it goes too fast. But I'm happy for everyone else finding community! I will stay for the youtube videos 😊

[@daviniarobbins9298]

Thank you Dana for the live streams. Really enjoyed them. Better than spending the days all on my own with nothing to do except staring at the four walls. I will just be having a glass or two of cola. Nothing special unless I win £100 on the euro hot picks.

[@nobodyofconsequence6522]

22:10 subtitles are just a textfile that goes [line number], start time --> end time, [text to show] times are in the format Hours:Minutes:Seconds,miliseconds eg: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,480 Hi I'm Dana, and today we're going to talk about the military industrial complex 2 00:00:04,580 --> 00:00:08,220 No clue why, madlibbing really isn't my strong suit! I'm kinda in the middle of a media formats hyperobsession, which involved burning a few DVDs complete with subtitles, and those subtitles were um… not syncronizing properly so I had to fix them…

[@indigoChild2121]

You're an inspiration and just wana say thank-you for your Christmas lives, The first time in a long time that i felt part of a group and normal (even tho i didn't comment on the live chat), that's where the inspiration part comes in cos now you've got me thinking what about patreon and what's this discord all about, I look forward to joining you at New years, You and your community gave me a sense of normal 😊❤

[@harrietwilhelminadevos5154]

Eeee the Christmas lives were absolutely great 🎉

[@PsycloneSarah]

I missed since the live!! 😂 I lurk. Honestly out of the whole of KZbin you’ve made me feel the most normal. I haven’t worked since I got taken advantage of in a job that was my special interest. I gave them so much and would have worked for free! I genuinely loved that job. Also spend my entire 20s in an abusive relationship. It was soul crushing. As lame as it sounds I didn’t know these things were survivable but when I hear the pure joy in your voice, i know it is. I just like seeing you be happy and even if you did something I was completely uninterested in, I’d legit still watch it. I just like seeing you do things you enjoy doing. So whatever you want to do is the right thing 💕

[@DanaAndersen]

Oh Lordy, I think this might be the first comment that’s fully made me cry in a really nice way 😭😭💕 Not only can we survive this shit, I really think we can get through it and thrive on the other side!! Thank you so much for such a like, god all the words sound stupid compared to how this made me feel, heartwarming I guess? Super, super encouraging? I don’t know, but that you so much for commenting and hanging around on this little bit of the internet with me 😭💕💕💕

[@SonySteals]

Looking great and kinda shining! Good.

[@MorganJ]

I'm glad to hear that you've fostered a safe and welcoming place so far. Do what you need to do to keep yourself safe, and protect yourself. While there are truly wonderful people on the internet, trolls, creeps, spammers, scammers, and other cruel sorts of folks exist too. It's wise of you to be selective in who you let into your spaces.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

So I deactivated my Tiktok today, which is where I first found your stuff (especially your Doctor Who and Ashes to Ashes posts!!) and I'm so delighted to find your KZbin channel to keep up with your stuff and not lose touch! I'd be happy to join in with a Discord community of some kind too :) Glad you've had such a lovely festive period, and shoutout to the Young Ones top too :D

[@DanaAndersen]

Omg yesssss! I know I left you on read over there, bcus I literally think about it like every three days and then feel so bad about it but have just had so much other stuff going on 😅 Not sure how I’m best to link you the discord without it being super public?

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

​@@DanaAndersenoh that's entirely valid!! I totally get it 😅 um, I can reactivate my Tiktok just so you can message me, I still have my Instagram account open for now, or I'm on Bluesky now? I can drop you my Discord handle on one of those if you like? :)

[@ninaandianfan21]

The thing with these Discord groups (in my opinion) is that it is great in the beginning and once there are too many people on there that I have no connection to whatsoever it becomes to overwhelming and difficult and I don't use them anymore. So in a way it be great to limit it to higher paid tears but that would also obv shut out people who can't afford it which is also bad ... so I have not yet figured out what would be best.

[@DanaAndersen]

I’m definitely concerned about that happening, but figure I’ll kinda just…take it as it comes and try my best 😅

[@helenaskew4851]

loved the livestreams. I cant do discord, but will be with you on videos like this and livestreams. Thank you Dana. See you on your new years eve live stream. Have a great day🥰

[@LiliDrawsT]

I really like the idea of drawing. I definitely have been thinking about advicing you to take on nice pleasant hobbies to help with this time of the year and mental health in general. I've drawn ever since I was 2 and its been a life long passion and without it I wouldnt have been able to have gone through life like I did. There's also really cheap and affordable drawing tablets that you can buy, and even softwares can pirated online (because Photoshop monthly or yearly subscription is absurd). Hope you have a great time in the new years!

[@vickimaroney800]

I'm glad you had a good time over the hols so far and that I managed to catch some of the streams when live. I only managed to say "hi" though. It's so good the community is building nicely and people getting to know each other ❤

[@-shenanigans.]

I'm "like" #69. Nice! 😆Thanks for the streams and the discord! It's been a lovely time. I look forward to joining y'all for more livestreams!

[@patrickb.4749]

I recognize you, we had a nice little discussion about unethical consumption. :)

[@thethegreenmachine]

I'm glad I made it to some of the streams :)

[@dawudallen]

I left Discord last year over community issues. But if this one is as good as you say maybe its worth a look. Appreciate your live streams

[@BortWard]

I had a good time. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.

[@Katielouise262]

You sound like you had a great time :) I'm sorry I didn't stay longer, but I enjoyed it while I was there! If you decide to do a live bake, could you post the some of the ingredients in advance? Give us a bit of a chance to join in - not necessarily the whole thing or some people will make it up in advance, and that would just be annoying. At least it would be for me...

[@zombiestriker]

Sad I missed the livestreams. However, I am definitely looking forward to trying to be there for the new years one. Wish you the best!

[@Kristo1992-yq2gi]

111 ✨️ 💛 🙂

[@Cat-dw3wi]

Young Ones! I have to say Neil is my fav. Lentils... oh whoa

[@MorbinNecrim86]

Aw man my lentil casserole

[@laura.bseyoga]

💚

[@johanliebert1992]

What’s the box set to the left of twilight?

[@DanaAndersen]

I thiiiink it’s my dogma VHS 😅

[@thexpax]

many other creators restrict their discord to patreon

[@MorbinNecrim86]

I don t understand discord, I find it confusing. Was cool being there for the live streams. When you were saying you've grown and improved as a person, would you say you are more comfortable in your skin? As they say.

[@Painted_Star]

There's a lot of soft thudding going on in the background... and a swooshing heartbeat in this video? What is Otis up to?!