#dan olsen

[theanthologyanomaly]

theres a lot of stuff to talk about in the new dan olsen video (which tbh Ive already watched twice) but the first time I got to the bit where mr beast talks about how you can learn and retain actual useful skills from mark rober videos made me have to get up and pace because of how peeved it got me

[hibiderry]

[lyinginahammock]

With HBomb and Todd In The Shadows having done their duty, it appears that for the Fuck James Somerton Video Essay Trilogy to be complete, all we need is now is for Dan Olsen (Folding Ideas) to release a detailed exposé about the financial aspect of James' misdoings.

I know "This Is Financial Advice" only came out two months ago, let me have this.

[oatmealaddiction]

On the note of "I don't think this is feminists fault for being too mean" it's crazy how many people have kind of forgotten the history of Leftist Youtubers and how they were treated if they said nice things about women? Like if you're an Hbomberguy fan who knows him from his Gaming Videos, you'd probably be surprised to hear that he actually got his start with Feminist vlogging and defending feminists from insane hatemobs online—and the men who came after him were actually pretty vicious in their harassment against him, calling him all kinds of names online and making tons of videos about him being genetically inferior. Dan Olsen—of Folding Ideas—also was bullied out his job, doxxed, and accused of being a child predator because he made a video about online anti-feminists. They harassed him, his employer, and his friends for weeks. Like, these are two white cis guys who just made videos like "Hey I think harassing women is wrong," and didn't say anything about "I hate men" or "being a man is bad" and yet somehow that showed up in a lot of their critics rhetoric—particularly with how the two of them were called disgraces to masculinity. Like, IDK, to me it kinda seems like this isn't really about men feeling alienated by anti-male rhetoric, and is more about men feeling alienated by any criticism of patriarchal values and misogynist ideals.

[saladgl0ve]

thanks YouTube, good feature. feeture

[deadsprout]

there is something to be said about the way Dan Olsen looks down at James Rolfe in such a way that it humanizes him far more than his fans are capable of doing when they idolize a AVGN on a pedestal so high they cannot concieve of him enjoying his family more than he enjoys his shitty fans

[cybergoth-damsel]

Part of the reason I'm so drawn to the Folding Ideas videos/writing style is that they're so even-handed about victims of scams without pulling punches on the way their larger cultures are harmful, reactionary or misogynistic.

It's not hard to find ""comprehensive"" video essays about cults or strange internet communities, but so often their lust for narrative just creates voyeuristic exploitative content out of (often) very vulnerable people. They also typically lack due diligence with regard to larger cultural shifts in the historical moment, and just generally trend towards lazy forum "journalism".

As someone who (some time ago) used to struggle with a "warped" perception and unstable grasp on reality I appreciate the compassion for people who, at the end of the day, are being taken advantage of - but if it went so far as to pity them it would only reinforce their very isolating environment further. Its compassionate and direct sociologically, not individually, and I think that's very good. I like it a lot.

[natelm2nd]

"are the damned and the damnable doomed to wander home depot?" Dan Olsen, 2024