Struggling...With Negative Comments
Taking A Break From The Noise
I recently started following IanOnYouTube, a YouTuber whose channel has gone viral in the last month.
Ian strikes me as a sweet kid. He works at a 7-Eleven, lives with his grandmother in one of SoCal’s desert communities, and has been vlogging for over a decade.
With his channel’s sudden popularity—growing from 50K to over 200K in a matter of weeks—Ian is “struggling with all the YouTube comments.”
Let’s just say I feel his pain and struggles, even with my much smaller audience.
I urge you to watch his video and walk a mile in a creator’s shoes.
The vast majority of the comments I get on Substack and YouTube are positive. But the vocal minority are truly working my last good nerve. Rude dudes and other varieties of asshats seem to be growing in number, and I frankly don’t give a single fuck about them or their bullshit.
Long story short, I’ll be turning comments off this and future posts until further notice. And maybe past ones too.
It may sound trivial to those who haven’t experienced unwelcome criticism and feedback on a daily basis. But as I’m working my way through a lot of personal stuff, I don’t have the energy, patience, or time for O.P.P. (Other People’s Pinions).
Yesterday, an entitled Substack subscriber decided to pop off and truly pissed me off. This wasn’t my first run-in with his rude dude, small-dick, whiny bitch energy.
For his subscription, his expectations were beyond ri-dick-u-lous and decidedly disagreeable. Long story short, he got himself banned, canceled, and (partially) refunded.
Again…all unnecessary distractions in my day. I’m here to celebrate…not babysit grown-ass men with a chip on their shoulder.
Sorry to those whose comments I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy. I’m almost through the “big” stuff in “Project Lite-Brite” and plan to be back to regularly-scheduled posts very, very soon.
Thank you to all the good guys (and delightful dolls) who subscribe and support. Your kindness and patience are greatly appreciated.
All the best!
Clint 🌈✌️
ON THIS DAY = MARCH 6
BIRTHDAYS
1475 = Michelangelo = Italian artist and architect 🌈
1619 = Cyrano de Bergerac = French author and playwright
1745 = Casimir Pulaski = Polish-American military commander 🌈
1823 = Charles I of Württemberg = German aristocrat 🌈
1870 = Oscar Straus = Viennese composer and conductor
1905 = Bob Wills = American musician, songwriter, and bandleader
1906 = Lou Costello = American actor and comedian
1917 = Will Eisner = American illustrator and publisher
1920 = Lewis Gilbert = English filmmaker
1923 = Ed McMahon = American comedian, game show host, and announcer
1923 = Wes Montgomery = American guitarist and songwriter
1926 = Andrzej Wajda = Polish filmmaker
1927 = William J. Bell = American screenwriter and producer
1942 = Ben Murphy = American actor
1944 = Mary Wilson = American singer
1946 = David Gilmour = English singer-songwriter
1947 = Kiki Dee = English singer-songwriter
1947 = Rob Reiner = American actor, filmmaker, and activist
1948 = Stephen Schwartz = American composer and producer
1954 = Jeff Greenwald = American author, photographer, and monologist
1959 = Tom Arnold = American actor, comedian, and television host
1963 = D. L. Hughley = American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 = Alan Davies = English comedian, actor and screenwriter
1967 = Connie Britton = American actor
1967 = Glenn Greenwald = American journalist and author
1968 = Moira Kelly = American actor and director
1972 = Shaquille O'Neal = American basketball player, actor, and sportscaster
1977 = Bubba Sparxxx = American rapper and songwriter
1985 = Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 = American drag queen and singer 🌈
EVENTS
1853 = Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy.
1943 = Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
1946 = Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1951 = The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1970 = The Beatles release “Let It Be” as a single. It’s the final single before Paul McCartney left the band.
1975 = The Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience for the first time by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
1981 = Walter Cronkite signs off as anchor of CBS Evening News.
1992 = The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY
“Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.”
Michelangelo
“I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.”
Michelangelo
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