I click on a YouTube video that popped up in my feed. After watching it, I check out the uploader's channel -- a trans-female whose content includes vlogging, make-up and basically just talking about random stuff in front of the camera. This YouTuber has half a million subs and currently has 11 uploaded videos. Meanwhile, I've been running my own YT channel since 2013, with nearly 2,000 uploaded videos and have only 42,000+ subscribers.
Did I pick the least attractive content for the culture, or what? What's going on here? I'm trying to wake people up by promoting philosophy, spirituality and freedom. Yet, many of the videos that get a ton of views are of people telling casual stories, putting on make-up and eating food in front of the camera. I should've picked a content that the masses would've flocked to in a second, like cats playing a goddamn piano. Unbelievable!
"No one fuckin' knows me. No one gives a fuck. Meanwhile, they’re draining the Pacific and putting up bench seats for Carrot Top's next Showtime special. Carrot Top -- for people who didn’t get Gallagher. ... I could've been the young Gallagher in diapers, walkin' around being a millionaire franchising myself. But no, I had to have this weird thing about trying to illuminate the collective unconscious and help humanity. Fuckin' moron!"
- Bill Hicks