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haele

(15,096 posts)
16. She's got to survive, too. Lots of people are making content to survive.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:10 AM
8 hrs ago

What she says isn't untrue, while it may be a shallow interpretation crafted for her peeps and clicks.
Honestly, that's a given for a lot of people that are researchers or explorers I watch online when I'm trying to decompress.
While some of them are associated with a particular field, only a few of them have full-time jobs anymore; many of them used to work in education, journalism, or Federal/State research and experienced loss of employment as budgets and programs were cut.
That's the telling point to me. The amount of professional people who are regularly "gig working" on sites like YouTube or Nebula doing an additional four or five hours of work daily, or going out over weekends to film a 20 minute weekly Vlog on a historical site or science event because of cut hours or pay.

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I really feel for the young folk Skittles 13 hrs ago #1
And it isn't just the politics. It's AI, generative AI, which is badly flawed tech, but which has been highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #18
I really noticed the effect during the holidays... Hugin 11 hrs ago #2
That is where I am Bettie 11 hrs ago #3
Me too Grim Chieftain 11 hrs ago #6
I think it's because for that year, we realized we were free. Hellbound Hellhound 7 hrs ago #19
Good Point--let's give it a name Roy Rolling 11 hrs ago #4
The new American Dream is to leave mnhtnbb 11 hrs ago #5
Mrs. Aristus and I dream of emigrating to Finland. Aristus 7 hrs ago #20
I would leave if I could. greatauntoftriplets 3 hrs ago #22
Wondered what she was selling. Off the grid anti-government. "Pro-Life Pro-God Pro-Gun Pro-USA" shirts. Click & Buy! betsuni 10 hrs ago #7
What is "LOL" about it? /nt UniqueUserName 9 hrs ago #8
She's got to survive, too. Lots of people are making content to survive. haele 8 hrs ago #16
All those compilation vids are on point. Hellbound Hellhound 8 hrs ago #9
K&R UTUSN 8 hrs ago #10
Kick dalton99a 8 hrs ago #11
One might wonder if Americans are being conditioned. ariadne0614 8 hrs ago #12
The depressing part is the ones who will Bettie 8 hrs ago #14
Young people feel especially hopeless Johnny2X2X 8 hrs ago #13
FWIW, this video is the kind of stuff that is a very wide and easy on-ramp into MAHA, conspiracy, overly prepping and WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #15
Yes, priming an audience/customer base, younger and less MAGA, using Left-leaning anti-establishment buzzwords. betsuni 8 hrs ago #17
Tbh, goodwill in American society is over and so is the American Dream, whatever that was. Oneironaut 7 hrs ago #21
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