What is Plastic Pills? How I Make a YouTube Video

[@HarshilKabduwal]

Dude your content and production quality deserve wayyy more subscribers. It's sad how any gaming channel can get 1 million plus subs but a well thought out, well presented, interesting and knowledgeable channel like yours is not well known.

[@PlasticPills]

We must all prostrate ourselves before the shadow god: Algorithm.

[@daviddeeder]

Quality above quantity mate!

[@Benji...]

Love the edits and storytelling bro

[@adeleangell]

I’m a philosophy major at university and Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is my first language. So, at the best of times I find the content I’m given to read VERY inaccessible, although I love the ideas. I’m always looking for different ways to understand philosophical content. The way you animate certain aspects of the ideas you’re explaining makes so much sense to me! Because this is how things would be expressed with your hands in Auslan. For example, the video you made about The Real. More animations of concepts! My small criticism would be that I’d love to see more female philosophers and their ideas offered in your videos.

[@dylanreads652]

I tend to be a quiet background lurker, soaking in info but scared to put anything “out there” (even comments) - but you’ve convinced me after watching this video to at least add one here! I’ve been going down a rabbit hole and becoming more interested in the combinatory type of philosophy-psychology. I stumbled on D&G’s books (mainly 1000 plateaus & Anti-Oedipus) and wanted to read them badly, but wanted to build a solid knowledge base first and learned I might need to go through Freud->Lacan to be ready to work through D&G’s stuff. Went on KZbin to see what was available and watched a few different videos before landing on yours on Anti-Oedipus as well as your video on Lacan’s The Real. I had to rewatch the Lacan one due to the difficulty involved in grasping some of it, but I was amazed at how systematically you walked through these concepts, especially while making it so engaging and funny! I can get distracted when format of info is too bland, so your approach works so well for me. I’ve been living all your Lacan stuff, your D&G videos, the ones w/ Derrida, and definitely your Zizek content! Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into creating these great videos! Question: A) How did you get into this niche world of theory if you didn’t major in it and B) Do you ever think of going back to study it formally to get a degree in it?

[@void.defender]

You are making top notch quality videos that explain the most theoretically advanced stuff easily for any layperson, which I really appreciate. One of the best philosophy channels out there.

[@PlasticPills]

That really is the aim

[@oakerthwin8042]

ma ay loe min aung hlaing

[@conquerimagination5470]

Seriously, you deserve every subscriber and view. Love your work. Keep it up and more people need to see your work.

[@sid6576]

I'm a STEMlord lol and recently found your videos and Capitalist Realism really helpful in figuring out why I feel so repulsed by studying engineering. Keep up the good work! I and a lot of others really appreciate the accessibility. I always struggle in deciding what I should read next, so maybe you could do a video on maybe how people with no experience in theory might approach it? Thanks!

[@theroadtoequality2875]

I've had some great conversations and realisations with others surrounding your videos, especially about death. Your work is appreciated.

[@lanklan]

For someone who has spent many years soaking in the malaise of mechanical reality wondering if there was really any point to trying to communicate these ideas and theory when we will all become consumed in it anyway, I've come out of the worst years of my life and found your channel and it was like a litte light of hope, that we could still communicate meaning through creativity and play within this machine of infinite signifiers. I think your story and your project has a spark in it that I see igniting the fires of Eros within the artists, poets, philosophers and revolutionaries to keep branching out further over the thresholds of meaning within capitalism, we will crack the egg the more beautiful eggs we lay ontop of it, love and space comrade :)

[@ekkoftime]

The only thing that I can ask is to have more videos of you. You making something especial here, keep it up.

[@00oo00XDD]

Man, I'm so happy to have found you. I really like your style and espacially your art - it resonates with me idk why I think you should collaborate with other breadtube youtubers like CuckPhilosophy or Then&Now to reach more people You are unique and to all of this people in the comments - let's get this guy to 10k subs :) LG from Austria

[@00oo00XDD]

@Rizu der Rotfuchs hi

[@PeterZeeke]

I'm gonna have to Patreon for the first time ever because this channel is awesome. Respect dude.

[@PlasticPills]

🙏

[@nicosgame]

Your videos are among my favourite on YT. I'm happy you have a Patreon now and I'll definitely be participating there. I bet you'd make a great Difference & Repetition video, incidentally.

[@avroml]

This is genuinely one of the most underrated channels on KZbin. Thank you for all your efforts and FANTASTIC quality video-essays.

[@penname7431]

What I like about your videos is the honesty about your own perspective, the integrity you hold about the topic on hand and the clarity in communicating the concepts. Not many people have the confidence in their own understanding to be able to do that.

[@PlasticPills]

This is particularly insightful, and thanks

[@owretchedman]

Yeah, you nailed it-- the confidence to express.

[@theomen131]

I found your video about Chile, and you have become my favourite KZbinr! Your videos are exceptionally made, very well researched, and benefit humanity in a way much larger than you can possibly see in your immediate day to day life. So thank you

[@alvaradista]

"To do or not to do, there is no try". I love the fact that the way you deliver allows me to contrast my interpretations of what I read out there. I like the style and the "aesthetic honesty" of these posts. I've found this channel greatly appealing to me since it merges my two passions: art & philosophy. Thanks.

[@noahbrasmonteirozino8703]

Your videos on Lacan were the only thing that finally made him click for me, honestly the best content on him on the internet. The animation, the way you explained the concepts, the examples, it was all great!

[@PlasticPills]

I love those clicks, though I think it's important to be overwhelmed by the source also...this is a lo-fi render

[@noahbrasmonteirozino8703]

@@PlasticPills Absolutely, I was reading Difference and Repetition a few days ago and my brain was melting (in that really amazing way) to the point I had to stop and go take a nap

[@anonymousbotch2301]

"Peace" (and Love) Nice one Ringo! I noticed some of my student's names in your comments shot. That's gratifying as they'll learn more from you than me. Ha! I will definitely put some barred subject symbols in your patreon a/c. When I do I'll hit you up for a piece on what the Slovenian school is up to and how it might break into the philosophy of consciousness deadlock.

[@matth464]

Thanks for posting the PillPod episodes. They're mint 👌

[@PlasticPills]

You know what tho, if it weren't for your comments ALONE I don't know if it would've went on. I know you only mentioned it twice but some of the morale was caving in around here

[@matth464]

@@PlasticPills well, I'm certainly thankful you continued them, they really are great. And have been the highlights of my week.

[@ratfuk9340]

I wish all of them were on youtube

[@ratfuk9340]

@@omarelshamy3576 There's one on youtube and the rest on spotify I think. Rest are here: open.spotify.com/show/42WcZyq7ppEwwVhK51xuFw

[@PlasticPills]

I may set up a separate channel for them, but they're on spotify and apple for now

[@JCloyd-ys1fm]

This is the third video I’ve seen of yours, and I can tell you put a lot of heart and soul into them. I found your videos because I’m reading Adorno, and I really like your one video on Lacan. You’re ok by me.

[@LucasDimoveo]

The production quality is great. What I like is the exploration of unexplored ideas either outside of left/right, or an analytical deep dive into the philosophies that inform those political positions. I really liked your video on accelerationism and transhumanism

[@PlasticPills]

Thank God. Though it looks like the fast path to winning at this game is trashing idiots and being funny, which I either can't do or have no interest in doing

[@LucasDimoveo]

@@PlasticPills don't do it! Stick with the esoteric stuff. We need it

[@Phocas77]

I just started following you two days ago and checked out a few vids and a few podcasts. Your vids are where you shine

[@l.l.grumser9458]

You're doing everything right, and you're doing great work! Please don't change ... unless you're getting even better of course!

[@stephencarter2385]

I’m doing an arts and philosophy masters and ur stuff is really helpful. Some of your insight into the body, agency, and Haraway would be incredible!!

[@joer4576]

just wanna chime in to say that your videos are my favourite philosophy videos I've seen, the effort you put into making them really shows. thanks for taking the time to share such complex ideas in an accessible way, we really appreciate it

[@imranka]

I just found out your channel today from one of Epoch Philosophy video (The sublime object of Ideology), and watching one after another for last 4 hours. You have got amazing contents, fantastic explanations. Many many thanks to you to bring this video to us. Wish you all the best for your channel, it should get many more subscribers.

[@ItsTheBrovahkiin]

Please keep the videos coming! You're helping my get 1st class scores in me philosophy essays at university!

[@vidividivicious]

Congrats man, will keep sharing your content

[@tenlettername]

Literally all of your videos are phenomenal for my experience. I found the Cybersocialism especially inspiring. For a few years i've had the desire to do something in the same ballpark as this channel, but didn't have an example of what that might look like or an image of how i could go about doing so. For me, your channel and this video are that image. Thank you.

[@amraouza4937]

wow , just wow dude , mad respect . i always knew that making videos is more complicated than it seems , but 1 min = more or less 3 hours is just on a whole other level . Thank you for taking the time and effort for sharing your knowledge in a beautiful format .

[@coreydinardo5525]

I've posted on your other videos but just felt the need to say thank you for all your hard work. I've found so much edifying content through your videos and your podcast. Thank you for every ounce of effort. I like the visuals in the Lacan Real video specifically. And all the Deleuze and Nietzsche videos are especially appealing.

[@MuhammadKhan-vn4qo]

Just discovered this account and signed up to be a patereon!! This is so well done and I hope to start my philosophy education from this

[@wayneha]

I see this channel is for you a labour of love. Happy to see a Patreon is set up so I can throw money at you.

[@tamarshalev7737]

your channel is fantastic, I enjoy every one of your videos and learn so much! thank you for continuing to make them!

[@JhayMendoza7]

This is one of my favourites channels and I just came here because someone mention you looking forward to undertand better Deleuze. I just came yesterday and I have seen a few but what a work, man. Congratulantions on this. I think by tomorrow at this time I will have seen all the videos. Yeah, I'm new and I am saying this is one of my favourites, but it's because the kind of videos you do. I follow a lot Darin McNabb, Quetzal and others, but this way I have never seen before. Keep going, bro! Saludos y éxitos desde Colombia.

[@shehabeldeenelhawary5948]

Dude, I rarely comment on a channel if I ever did! Your content is the best of the best, not only because of the high quality content you present [many professors are out there to have the hit], but because of how you present it in a way that make it truthful and fun! This is a hard job and you did it.

[@douglaspackard3515]

Happy anniversary!

[@seancalvey8768]

I love your channel, I think you strike the perfect balance between taking something seriously (with well depicted ideas), and ridiculously (with good humour). I study analytic philosophy and it has opened my eyes to how much more meaningful philosophy can feel. I'm tempted to pursue a masters in another kind of philosophy, but idk if KZbin will get me through it

[@dcar908]

This is the channel I was not looking for and didn't know I needed. Thank you very much for your amazing work! The balance between quality, informed content and the way you presented is incredible. Please keep it up!

[@a.r.c8021]

I think you might be the first channel I might consider supporting in patreon!

[@silviamiho8864]

I really appreciate your work here! Thanks!

[@jetblack8250]

Thank you for the time and labor you put into this. Channels like yours have been indispensable for me! I’ll make sure to support on Patreon once I being my part time job

[@lorenzoblanco9069]

My favorite video is about Heidegger and Being-To-Death. I really appreciate the effort you put in for these videos. I have been stressing a lot about death lately and your video brought serenity to me. Thank you.

[@PlasticPills]

That's inspiring to hear. I'm not done yet

[@Voidforestbird]

Stumbled across the podcast first, and now this channel. I love the focus on aesthetic and your use of sound gets me exited to listen. I already find the subjects interesting to begin with, but I think you have a big potential to reach more people as you continue to evolve. Might be useful to do some more mainstream stuff to draw them in, but I think you can find a way to make most things your own.

[@aalex100]

Your channel definitely deserves way more attention than it has right now

[@brandonmiles8174]

I only made it here about two weeks ago. GREAT content. I mean, entirely. Your ability to get certain ideas across took me from 10 videos on a subject getting more lost to all of a sudden just one video cleared everything up I was confused about. Also, you've apparently gotten very good at the videos themselves. The Lacan videos were really good.

[@domdomdominique]

I just discovered your channel 2 days ago. Amazing. Thank you so much. Let me second that on what you said about reading physical books though. Your videos are great to get people interested in certain theorists, here's hoping they do pick up the books.

[@simeonwilson1930]

don't switch to vloging, your videos are some of the best i have ever seen!

[@Syllogyzym]

Man, I just found your videos a few days ago, but they are absolutely fantastic. You're easily one of my favorite channels on KZbin, now, and I can't wait to see more from you. I'd give to your Patreon if I weren't broke, but as it is, I can just send you good vibes. Peace from Oregon

[@PlasticPills]

That's great, the promotion part of this is always going to be my weakest, but I'll gladly resonate on the vibes!

[@ryandavis6660]

You work is A + and some!

[@splattercatbambi4965]

A good business move would be to get an Amazon affiliate link... and if viewers wanna pick up the book you are doing they can and you get commission for it.

[@dylgreco]

unfortunate problem of this is: buying from amazon

[@inference_music]

Awesome stuff man, what I find primarily really great about your channel is that you don't make your videos chronologically and in line with the history of teaching. In most philosophy teaching methods you ought to really begin at the beginning and only with years of time and investment, you gain an understanding of the spectrum of ideas and can freely connect these streams of thought. though hard work is inevitable (especially in philosophy) I find that your videos bring a more direct approach in educating people, a method that really sticks. keep it up man and stay safe.

[@PlasticPills]

Rhizome. And thanks, I agree, no one on KZbin should be looking for an alternative to reading, but an opening to it

[@thomasj4370]

I enjoy your clips and how you break the fourth wall sometimes every time.

[@enriquemartinez5647]

You are of the first english speaking philosophy channels I stuck with. I love my spanish psicoanalisis KZbin channels but your insights on Lacan are clear and a bit different than my spaniard, mexican or argentinian ones. I think you can reduce on the visible effects and concentrate on the text and sound more. Your passion is the most important thing. Your honesty, integrity as a human comes thru and I look forward for that to infuse me for sometimes I am like a castaway lacking spirit.

[@canderousordo8271]

I love your channel and casually spam it to everyone I know who's remotely interested with philosophy

[@nonemo138]

I'm loving your stuff. Keep it up!

[@markgrayson6771]

Content is absolutely excellent mate, this is far and away one of the best philosophy channels on KZbin. In terms of recommendations, I would love to see a video on sexuality. I recently read Foucault's first volume of 'The History of Sexuality', really interesting stuff. I don't know if it's too broad a subject though, as that book covers lots of other topics around sexuality like religion, class, knowledge, etc. Whatever you do though is much appreciated and enjoyed, keep it up.

[@ghujjhh9454]

the most unique Chanel on youtube, please continue doing this

[@chaimaeelgharbaoui3023]

Hiiii there!!! I m new here. i discovered your channel two days ago (thanks to LaCan) and i m already in love with ur videos! I m gonna admit that explaining theory is not easy, but YOU DID WELL!! believe me you did a great job so far and i hope to see more of lacan in the future💜

[@nope291]

I really hope you do more case study analyses! Would love to hear/watch you apply more theoretical ideas to things in popular (or unpopular tbh) culture, especially those cases that reconfigure the theory and don't neatly exemplify them!

[@got5onit767]

Thank you 👍

[@alecmichaelwilson9441]

Huge kudos to you for this and what you’ve created. It’s been a recent discovery (last two weeks during which I’ve been writing essays for art school linked to psychoanalysis) and your information-methods and means of imparting it- has been superb, highly appreciated. Going to get on your Patreon to support. Great work dude!

[@kevinrichardson6486]

You always manage to present the content of some, what I would say are, difficult theories so well that someone like me can watch them a few times. Each time I watch, I feel I've gained a little more depth to my understanding, whilst at the same time, I'm aware that I've barely scratched the surface. I'm trying to get other people to watch your videos - I do a tiny little podcast (with maybe two or three people who listen) ... but I kind of like it because it's essentially me trying to explain to a friend what I'm getting from watching your videos (and from reading the graphic guides to folks like Foucault, Baudrillard, Lacan etc). Of course, it's just two blokes rambling on about stuff like a couple of drunks in a bar ... occasionally giggling at the fact that when we reflect on what we're talking about we're like ... oh ... I probably sound like I'm just trying so hard to make a symbolic exchange with my intellectualism ... but then, at the same time, I feel like there's a lot of philosophy youtubers who don't make it anywhere near as accessible as you do. Your dedication to presenting things beautifully makes me somewhat in awe. I'm also someone who doesn't have much time or money (yet, hoping that once we're a few months past the mass vaccinations - I might feel secure enough with my income to become join your patreon - as I'd really like to contribute something in return for all the great stuff you've done). I just watched this video again and thought, okay - is there anything I could give you in regards feedback. Not much really. I listened to one of your recent livestreams and remember you saying that you want to revamp your Lacan videos. Totally respect your reasons for wanting to do that, but also wanted to say that I hope you find a way to take them up a notch, but yet still allow newbies to get what I got out of the original Lacan videos you did. Anyway, keep well. Kevin

[@kilimanjaro88]

You are doing really well! I admire your job 😊

[@Megaghost_]

It would be interesting if you could expand on the concept of Death Drive. Your previous videos about death were really good!

[@quocnguyenvuong9140]

You might find Todd McGowan KZbin channel interesting !

[@PlasticPills]

It's coming, early to mid august at the current pace!

[@JAMESKOURTIDES]

I just started making KZbin vidoes really 4 months ago, kind of in the same vain, minus the competent editing and personality lol. Finding your channel gives me some encouragement. FYI I came across your stuff from a recommendation from Epoch Philosophy's Sublime Object video. Godspeed on your project, good sir.

[@netoddites]

Your channel is probably one of the most interesting I have come across in a while. The way in which complex ideas are conveyed and explained is very accessible, plus the flow is coherent and the message on point. I would love for you to take on Foucault's concept of power and maybe the good old D&G's 'body without organs?'

[@Ruspsycho]

Dude, you are brilliant!!! I am so happy I found you. I am a psychotherapist, diving deep into spirit and philosophy lately and... well... I am blond. Like blond psychedelic dreadlocks girl, so it takes some time for me to actually get the point of all those life changing ideas. Thanks to you, I cracked Lacan!!! Please keep uploading videos about psychology/philosophy and maybe some spiritual eastern phylo? Thanks man. Also you are very cute 🙄

[@lsg404]

For me it feels important to point out that your earlier videos are just as great. The first ones where I got to know the simulacra, simulacrum, constructed desires and the hyperreal are mindblowing to me and they are important cornerstones of my thinking ever since, as someone who studied sociology with some classical learning background becoming a paid blogger (content marketer) with a casual interest in philosophy (I feel you can't really work in the media in any way if you are not familiar with names like Mark Fisher, Nick Land and the theoretical context which you provide, I have also been kind of a Frankfurt School fanboy back in my college years, had the pleasure of seeing Habermas giving a lecture live a few years ago). So, YOU matured and now you feel your earlier work is bad but this sentiment is totally universal with every content creator. I can barely read my 5 yr old stuff (tho it gets better as I get older my style changes slower) Other than that, it's very hard to suggest to change anything because I really like your videos as they are, feels like a close to perfect mix. I'd like to see you dabble with longform maybe, ofc not with the 30 hrs of work / 15 minutes of video ratio. But u kinda do that with the podcast and I haven't yet submerged in that one really. Keep up the great work, Pills!

[@evanbailey8087]

Really dig the channel man. As a molecular biologist, I particularly gelled with a lot of the Deleuze & Guattari stuff. Would be interested to hear whether you've been exposed to much of the Philosophy of Biology and what I'd consider 'post-modern science' that's been going around? Developmental Systems Theory and Extended Evolutionary Synthesis; Maturana, autopoeisis and the ontology of living systems... All really relevant to the post-human/trans-human themes. There's a whole lot of us scientists who are looking at ways to re-imagine how we talk about biological systems.

[@PlasticPills]

I didn't expect this, sometimes I feel like staying in my lane, but I'm pretty attuned to Maturana, Varela, and general systems theory so that should come up again here. For now there's some of that up on the podcast in the deleuze and vitalism episodes

[@evanbailey8087]

@@PlasticPills that's awesome to hear! I hadn't heard of Deleuze before getting into your channel and was immediately struck by how readily a lot of the ideas could be translated to something like DST. With a rise of scientism in public forums and epigenetics, high-throughput sequencing (e.g. sc RNA-seq) and molecular genetics techniques (e.g. crispr) there's a lot of people in the field with renewed or intensified interest in ontology and epistemology.

[@Bojoschannel]

Thanks a lot for your content! The quality of your newer videos is specially pretty good, the diagrams and visuals help a lot to understand the information. As for the content maybe some Hegel videos would be great or more digging into post humanism or even transhumanism.

[@zamadani]

Hey, great channel. My favourite video is the one about accelerationism. Saludos desde Argentina!

[@der_einzige444]

I will likely become one of the regular donors to your Patreon in the coming months, mostly just to request more videos on Bernard Stiegler.

[@rafaeljazzuis292]

Keep making videos with the main concepts and authors of contemporary philosophy, and also let us know your own ideas and theories. All this with its animations and diagrams, it's pretty cool and ultra rare!!!!

[@williambenedictalava2634]

I like your style chief of presenting theories on KZbin especially your hyper reality video and humanism.

[@owretchedman]

The videos are outstanding. I cant help you much since I love all the videos. My favorite idea discussed so far is Derrida's decontructionsn of binaries, particularly the absence/presence binary, which explains so much of Western Civilization. I'm excited to see how the videos get better and better, mostly. Keep up the good work.

[@egorka2201]

Love your videos. Always celebrate them. Yours and the videos from laborkyle present just the best of philosophical KZbin to me. Why not do both? You could do streams from time time? Like more casual Vaush-type vids and some more invested work.

[@Joe-ol5bq]

I started with your Deleuze video. Blew me away. KZbin philosophy content always is walking the line between gimmicky and way too inaccessible. You're neither! No gimmicks and you present ideas in a way that are clear! Great work

[@PlasticPills]

Hype! thanks Joey, glad it's hitting the mark

[@Joe-ol5bq]

@@PlasticPills Definitely is. When I was in high school I thought School of Life was awesome, and ever since I realized its watered down and misinterpreted cheap philosophy for the purpose of self-help there has been a void in my youtube content. Now here you are to fill the void! I support this all the way thru

[@jaysingh05]

Thanks bro. For all your hard work!! 💪👊💯

[@jaysingh05]

You should NOT switch to vlogging/blogging. These KZbin videos are Quality and people will get way more out of this stuff THIS way.

[@mihnea85]

Love your work!

[@courtneydover5672]

yes pls do not move to vlogging. I really enjoy your video style and I learn a lot from what you be putting out.

[@matth464]

I showed my partner and she is a graphic designer. She said you are doing really good for someone self taught. She noticed you are using after effects. Put the link to Patreon and I'll contribute 🔥👍

[@danielkim2685]

Matt H link is alrdy there

[@PlasticPills]

Ha well I appreciate the vote of confidence, I have some arts background so I guess that means starting a little further ahead than some

[@PlasticPills]

Thanks matt! We'll see you in the chat 🙏

[@ipdavid1043]

enjoy ur videos. down to earth philosophy....deleuze is very difficult to be explained...anyhow...keep up. and hello from taiwan

[@meadbook999]

Loved your video on the Lacanian Real.

[@PlasticPills]

Tough gig, that one.

[@benjaminhamel5280]

We will follow your career with great interest

[@kiDchemical]

I love all the videos you have done, yours is one of my favorite KZbin channels if not my favorite, I wish I had more specific feedback for you, sorry. I personally don’t care too much about fancy animations but they do look great and I understand the necessity to grow the channel. I understand the constant drive to want to get better, myself I’m a musician and I spend hours on minutia like EQ’ing a snare drum or something. I’m definitely going to sub on the patreon!

[@kiDchemical]

Went and subbed on patreon : ) no time like the present, go ahead and follow my lead people....Cheers and thanks for the great content!

[@PlasticPills]

Thanks KvC! You are one of my oldest subs, been around more than half my youtube life... do you remember which was the first you jumped in on?

[@ladanmahgoub4769]

I honestly liked all your videos. but the ones on lacan were especially good.

[@LameBushido]

Hello, I've just about seen all your videos. I enjoy the "core concept" format and how you don't dumb down your videos but still try to explain the ideas as clearly as possible. I think it's important you quote text instead of paraphrasing everything because there is definitely some value in having the author's voice come through. I would be interested in what you have to say about religion, I saw you wear a cross in one video. Would you do a video on philosophy of religion, theology, comparative religious studies? One small bit of criticism, the music you use can get pretty samey but that's just my personal preference.

[@marscrasher]

your vids are mad good

[@splattercatbambi4965]

I think after you do your D&G anime arc... an arc on mark Fisher, debord, and acid communism would be a dope suggestion.

[@PlasticPills]

Our chat got shut down, which sucks cuz I have no idea how else to chat. But why is Mark Fisher so popular? I have read Capitalist Realism, and it was good, but it wasn't overwhelmingly good, and there wasn't much new in there, or that was my interpretation, what is the draw there? is it the clear-cut examples?

[@ratfuk9340]

@@PlasticPills Zero books has lots of videos referring to Fisher. I don't know about other people but I can't read 200 books or whatever it was every year so clear-cut examples are definitely helpful. For chatting Discord is probably the way to go these days. It's gonna be a whole thing to manage though once it gets popular but worth checking out if you're interested in more direct interaction with your audience.

[@PlasticPills]

Yea the Pill Pod guys and I all have a discord, but we made it the most expensive Patreon level because we don't have the acumen to manage it unless people are serious about being involved. Although I wish money weren't that filter, I don't see another way to limit it such that we're incentivized to expend that pedagogical energy indefinitely.

[@splattercatbambi4965]

@@PlasticPills honestly it was just an easy read with some fair insights... and acid communism to me sounded like a pretty dope idea... this notion that we need to catalyze new ideas by seeking new states of consciousness.

[@PlasticPills]

@@splattercatbambi4965 I won't, but my friend (who I did the Art and Memes video with) has a channel called "THE ACID LEFT" that he started last week. Check it out for acid comm

[@erikmedina2010]

Everything you do is great. Could you talking about Eastern Philosophy?

[@ichkaodko7020]

as you requested in video, i'd like to leave my comment here. As a non-native speaker of english, I find some phrase and words difficult. Yes of course, you could use difficult words but not phrase that's specific to local english or easier for native speakers type of phrase. Please use more general or academic english words or phrase.

[@malqayssi]

If you can make a video or two bout Hegel , I'll be in your debt for the rest of my life . thank you for the amazing content.

[@Universal_Pig]

I've only found your channel recently, and I've added a lot to my reading list from it! Your video on Lacan's real blew my mind. Your visualisations help me understand the ideas enormously - Seeing diagrammatic drawings in motion makes things click in a way few other things do. I assumed your background was in animation tbh! Do you incorporate storyboarding in to your workflow at all?

[@Dyne2057]

I would love to see a list of all those books you showed us in the video.

[@vanessali1365]

Just found this (answer to my question); like your works

[@lokiestraven]

I really liked your Humanism/Posthumanism video as well as your mindfulness video. You also make great videos about Baudrillard, a thinker who features heavily in my own work. I think some of your animations are a little too distracting and clean for KZbin. It pulls you out even though it looks good. Just keep experimenting, you need to find an overall style that suits your channel identity. When it comes to content you really have rly improved, especially when it comes to theory outside of your comfortzone, which is the marxist/psychoanalysis/Zizek train i guess, (such as the Accelerationism-Video, which has major flaws in terms of accuracy, or the minor Cathedral thing, as i pointed out in my comments before). Look how Zizek & Co deal with reactionaries, you need to understand them to strike effectively. Engage these ideas on their own grounds, then you can dismantle them from the inside or modify them to suit your own beliefs.

[@PlasticPills]

Deep thanks for answering the question that I asked. You're right, I came at ACC totally from the outside, did some research, didn't buy it, and probably came off as dismissive of it (which I am). I have decided since then not to make videos about anything I do not believe. Unfortunately, that's the best way to get clicks, but I am not in this for clicks. (for the record, I am neither marxist or lacanian other than being an analysand). Thanks again tho, respectful disagreement is very valuable to me, and doesn't happen much online.

[@lokiestraven]

@@PlasticPills You're welcome. I think these misunderstandings about ACC are a result of two problems. There is the fact that it is and has been obscure and the historical distance. You dont have to believe in ACC. In think it is a useful lense to look at our age. Its the same thing as with italian futurism at the turn of the 20th century. A lot of them became fascist, but you can still admire their painting as reflective of their times. I think we all agree that current Land has lost his mind, but prior to NrX he put out some interesting work and inspired others theoretical prowess (such as Mark Fisher, Laboria Cuboniks, Ray Brassier). He has also been cultural influencial as his reactionary ideas have spread over 4chan among those rightwing libertarians. Land might be rediscovered one day when he is no longer embarassing himself and others.

[@marcosdelucenamoutinho2666]

Your videos are quite inspiring. Thanks for working upon French Theory and Post-Modernism in general. It resonates pretty fairly with my academical background. I would love to know if you just edit videos on adobe premiere pro. I have checked you edited a few pictures on after effects as well but nothing more. I am quite unsure which software one ought to have in order to edit highly-artistic videos like yours. Trying to kick off my research channel based on art. Thanks beforehand!

[@marceloaguiar3269]

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