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Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#71
post #63

This, really scared the crap out of me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaGFV-s3Hs ? [Edit] Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I'm wrong.

That's a strange conclusion. What makes you think it is anything of that sort? The word on the handwritten sign beneath the date is "soon." Maybe they're recording their "before" body shape before they start a diet or physical regimen.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#74
post #71
post #63

This, really scared the crap out of me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaGFV-s3Hs ? [Edit] Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I'm wrong.

That's a strange conclusion. What makes you think it is anything of that sort? The word on the handwritten sign beneath the date is "soon." Maybe they're recording their "before" body shape before they start a diet or physical regimen.

It's a stereotype. The account name is "vika kusheva" which is a woman's name.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#75
post #3

About 50% of the videos were by Chinese people. Interesting to think how Asian a random sampling of the earth's population would be. North America is only 7.6% of the global population but overwhelmingly dominate in popular media. Great site.

It's not a random sampling of Earth's population. It's a random sampling of the "video uploader" population.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#76
post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a strange conclusion. What makes you think it is anything of that sort? The word on the handwritten sign beneath the date is "soon." Maybe they're recording their "before" body shape before they start a diet or physical regimen.

It's a stereotype. The account name is "vika kusheva" which is a woman's name.

I don't get how that's any indication of this being a bride for sale. I didn't sense any sarcasm in parent's tone, either.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#77
post #7

PSA: Watch in an private/incognito tab/window. If you are currently logged into your google account, this WILL pollute your watched history: https://www.youtube.com/feed/history That said, I really do like the concept. It's literal reality TV. Very cool.

Does it matter they appear in your history?

Kind of. It matters for me because it will ruin my video recommendation list.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#78
post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a stereotype. The account name is "vika kusheva" which is a woman's name.

I don't get how that's any indication of this being a bride for sale. I didn't sense any sarcasm in parent's tone, either.

I don't think it's evidence of human traffic because they used their own name.

Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#79
post #71
post #63

This, really scared the crap out of me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaGFV-s3Hs ? [Edit] Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I'm wrong.

That's a strange conclusion. What makes you think it is anything of that sort? The word on the handwritten sign beneath the date is "soon." Maybe they're recording their "before" body shape before they start a diet or physical regimen.

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Re: Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views

#80
post #25

Everyone keeps saying they saw such beautiful things I just got stuck watching a guy eat an entire jar of mayonnaise without stopping [EDIT] Just realized that the websockets that fuel the video transitions are suffering the same 503s as the other assets — so the feed 503'd, and I got stuck on an unending, non-changing video of a guy looking into the camera as he ate so, so much mayonnaise.

As someone who regularly searches IMG_0123 to see things like "mayonnaise man" before astronaut.io existed: you must share the link to the video. There's no excuse for the lack of a link. Also, this service does not work with iOS, which is a shame.

Agreed, "mayonnaise man" sounds like an internet legend in the making. To claim it is not beautiful without a link, but give such a fascinating description...
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