/lit/ - Literature

>>19076433
>Why suppose it has any meaning
They've been establishing alphabets for a while. Fans have figured out the Skrull alphabet and it's time for the Eternals. Gilgamesh is an Eternal and Thor's description of a Bilchsteim matches that of Enkidu real world mythology, while also being associated with the golden table itself in the script.
You see? It's all connected. I'm not crazy...
>10 seconds?
Fewer. It's like three frames per shot over three shots.

Our lives get clogged up with the dramas of internet personalities. They go by different names: booktubers, comedians, influencers, truthers, and so on. The issue is the personalities that position themselves at the heart of these legitimate art forms end up dominating the culture in a wholly meaningless way. Sure I might feel productive when watching a youtuber talk about all the reasons they love a certain film, but this all really boils down to procrastination. I could listen to a booktuber tell me their thoughts on a book, but again it is just procrastination on my part. Before long with these online personalities, it becomes less about the art form, and more about their opinion of the art form. Before you know it you’re caught up with their political views, or who their boyfriend is, or some other personal aspect that pivots away from the art they showcase.

Comedians are the worst offenders of the e-personality model. They sit and talk for hours about politics, or the craft of comedy, giving their non-committal takes on whatever is recent in the news. I’ve listened to these podcasting comedians enough to have come to the opinion that only a complete idiot would take any kind of political advice from a man who tells knock-knock jokes for a living. And these comedians will admit as much. That’s not going to stop them from putting a donation button beneath every video, and selling merchandise with promo codes attached. The nature of the comedian is to hit the road, grift, and get on the stage and tell jokes. Our culture, as much of a cluster-fuck as it is right now (but things can always get better), tries to seek truth and meaning from jesters.

In the same way, I don’t want to hear what a schlock horror writer thinks about the current president. And I don’t want to hear what a kid’s fantasy writer thinks about how we should govern our bodies or our countries. If more artists kept their faces away from a screen and got to work then there would be a lot less hot air in the world. Instead we have this elaborate feedback loop: everybody’s got an opinion.

For the rest:
https://thecharlieborchardblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/my-anti-online-e-personality-guide/

How do you do research? Like if I want to investigate organized crime or whatever. Other than like scouring news archives, how do you get and read documents, financial and whatever, establish ties, interview people, etc?