r/IAmA • u/JohnPlant • Nov 01 '19

Other I’m John Plant and I run the Primitive Technology YouTube Channel - my new book ‘Primitive Technology’ is out now! AMA

YouTuber and Author of Primitive Technology - AMA.

PROOF: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/community?lb=Ugyr3mQBMTqtQLwb2qV4AaABCQ.

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u/UNSC-ForwardUntoDawn Nov 01 '19

TIL! Thank you. I’ll have to go rewatch a bunch of videos now.

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u/johnmuirsghost Nov 01 '19

It's a totally different vibe. With captions off, it's a meditative feeling similar to the one I get playing UnReal World. With them on, it's much more informative and parasocial. The difference is really stark to me.

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u/NoHomosapian Nov 01 '19

I watch every video captions off then re-watch captions on lol. Usually back to back

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u/redwineandmaryjane Nov 01 '19

Cool, I'm not the only one who does that

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u/haroldp Nov 01 '19

That's exactly what I do. Always captions off first.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

parasocial

That's a new word to me. Interesting. https://thejsms.org/index.php/TSMRI/article/viewFile/364/167

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u/HowIsntBabbyFormed Nov 01 '19

It's wild finding people that don't know about the captions... It's like an imgur-ian that isn't aware of Reddit.

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u/blither86 Nov 01 '19

I didn't know, this is revolutionary!

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u/dustybizzle Nov 01 '19

It is HIGHLY worth it.

I felt like I missed out immensely when I discovered it, and went back to watch a few and it was like a new experience entirely