Twitter Loves Missing The Point Entirely 

The most offensive thing in this video was hearing What We Do in the Shadows called “a little fruity”. That house is a confused bisexual polycule/fight club where everyone is invited except Collin

In my experience, people love to see things as more black and white than they are. It’s just easier. On a site such as Twitter where you only have 280 characters to explain your thoughts, that kind of simplification is commonplace. Unfortunately, easier doesn’t mean better, and that kind of thinking helps nobody.

Taika Waititi actually did a great job with Jojo Rabbit. He humanized the people who were indoctrinated into naziism, not the indoctrinators. He actively chose to play Hitler because he found it fun to know that Hitler would’ve been furious about a man of Māori and Jewish descent portraying him in a film. Not to mention, it’s a PG-13 movie that chose to use it’s one “fuck” in the line “Fuck you, Hitler” before Hitler gets fucking kicked out a window. Anyone who thinks Jojo Rabbit promotes Naziism clearly hasn’t actually watched the movie, and doesn’t know anything about the guy who made it.

I honestly don’t get the “Jojo Rabbit humanizes/is pro N@zi” argument. The version of H****r that Taika plays is very clearly not only satirical, but extremely stupid. On top of that, the other N@zis, namely the ones played by Sam Rockwell, Alfie Allen and Rebel Wilson are shown to be completely incompitent. It’s very clearly mocking N@zis

I love Jojo Rabbit, I’m Jewish and was skeptical at first but, if anything the movie was super positive about jews. I loved it so much it was hilarious and so endearing.

Here’s my guide to actually making twitter (somewhat) enjoyable. -Have a private account with your friends/acquaintances following it with their own private accounts. Not having strangers be able to nickpick your tweets cuts down on useless arguing. -Block every single account that promotes a tweet to you. I am not joking. This way they slowly run out of possible ads to show you and therefore you encounter them less -Set your feed to chronological order. This pretty much gets rid of the random topic tweets. -Use the block and mute features to your advantage. See someone you fully disagree with and/or think is annoying? Just go ahead and block them. You can also mute words related to discourse you usually get fed. That’s p much it! Enjoy your less hellhole-ey twitter.

twitter is a cesspool and there's times were i hate it so much, but then there's times where someone will say the dumbest shit ever and get DEMOLISHED and it makes me so happy. i have also met lots of cool people on there lol

taikia watiti is??? literally jewish?? and jojo rabbit shows ALL of the n@zis as completely incompetent. the only competent characters in the movie are jewish people and allies.

I recently got Twitter and theres a quote I heard from a lad named Connor on a podcast(trash taste)I choose to live by when using it. “The moment you reply to an argument on Twitter you’ve already loss” and ima gonna stick to that and focus on having a good time.

on the jojo rabbit topic-as hank green often says, END ALGRORYTHMICALLY GENERATED TRENDING TOPICS. if twitter hadn't promoted this, no one would have engaged with this. but twitter wants the interactions, and they know this will make people stay on twitter

devastating to learn duncan is a tumblrina and that he just deleted his tumblr account at the same time 💔

Twitter is that person at the party who will say the most insane thing in a conversation and then be quiet just to watch people fight. Bitter sweet type thing.

I saw Taika's name trending just today with the words "anti-black". I panicked, clicked, scrolled... and only like one tweet mentioned him being anti black (it was about Reservation Dogs, a show he helps write that features a native - but not black natives, apparently - cast.) The rest just had his name. I'm guessing people defended him more than attacked him and that's what got that trending, as well as the fact that his name is already trending for all the reasons you mentioned, but the fact that Twitter is so good at causing "discourse" that it made me believe for half a second Taika was being cancelled for being racist is pretty telling. So yeah, Twitter can be difficult, and dangerous, but I've also gotten into some pretty amazing communities with amazing artists and talents, so I can't bash the whole app. Side note that I love Taika's work. I loved WWDITS, JoJo, and OFMD, and I can't wait to see him do more things.

Quite frankly, Rep. Omar is right on. I would also ad, and I say this as a priest, the singers were openly going against the teachings of Christ, and it verges into blasphemy. Then again, Boebert is an expert on blasphemy. Her misuse of the Luke passage is a great example of that.

I hate that Twitter has become the hot spot for discourse and politics. It’s format of limiting characters makes having any meaningful conversation with nuance almost impossible.

I'm Christian and oh boi if I was on that flight, I'm fighting someone or hiding in the bathroom. It's super annoying and awkward, if they prayed to themselves then whatever. But they took up the whole plane to sing a cringy, cheesy song

I deleted twitter today because I realized I didn't like how condescending everyone on it was. One day, everyone decides they hate [media/person] (I'm talking about people who are being hated on because they're 'cringe', not people who have done really bad things) and then the entire website spends a few days dunking on said [media/person]. It's exhausting and prevents any nuance. It felt like an echo chamber of the same few condescending takes. I always felt drained going on twitter. Edit: The sudden flip against Jojo Rabbit was such a shock for me. That movie was great and talked about a topic that is often overlooked when it comes to WWII and how people brainwash their children with hateful ideologies. Then everyone on twitter said it was 'bad actually' because it puts na**s in a good light? That it was "cringe"? These "critiques" came out of nowhere. I'd get it if people pointed out actual flaws in the movie because there are flaws and it's valid to point them out, but they just decided it was bad all of a sudden because they didn't understand it.

As someone who spends most of her time on the fandom side of the internet, i _refuse_ to make a twitter . Sometimes ill just look up a fandom tag to look at prettty art on twitter without an account but that's it lol

16:50 “blind insults” When someone goes to your profile to find something to insult you about and sees he/them in your bio: *I’ve struck gold.*

That singing on the areoplane thing is just cruel. I am an autistic person and aeroplanes are sensory hell enough, to be forced to listen to shitty acoustic christian music over the top of people talking, potentially clapping, engines, people eating, uncomfortable seats, being touched by other people, be enough to cause a meltdown. Respect peoples right to quiet and silence, as WELL AS respecting peoples right to not engage in your religion. many people also have religious trauma, so added to sensory overload risks, theyre risking triggering peoples trauma. Cruel and beyond disrespectful. (before people say; noise cancelling headphones don't cancel everything, they are definitely very helpful to a lot of people though some people cannot use them due to 1. being able to hear the active noise cancelling or 2. causing headaches or earaches.)

the youtube holding a gun to your head bit literally never gets old, please never stop doing it

You sort of talked about it with the Ilhan Omar thing, but I think another issue with Twitter is how everyone from politicians to authors to random people to fan accounts are all locked into the exact same space and the exact same trend cycles

I would gladly listen to you for an hour, so 18 minutes is not long. I realize that a lot of work goes into making videos though, so I appreciate that you even put out the amount of content that you do. Props to you, Duncan! Edit: I’m also looking forward to those good dreams!

As someone who was the object of attack by a group on Twitter, Twitter users don’t care about others points. There’s no use in arguing because no one will change their minds, you just can’t do that over internet discourse. And it’s stressful to be the one under attack! I had to defend myself and no matter how much I said, “Hey! I’m a minor and the thing you’re criticizing me for is my religious/spiritual beliefs! I’m just existing and didn’t try to harm you or anything close, leave me alone!” It did not stop full grown adults sending me death threats and “RIP Bozo” memes. Twitter is a hell scape.

I deleted it slightly before, and planned to abstain from social media anyways for Ramadan, but I had to just delete my tiktok. Even though I never venture anywhere other than my interests and engage in drama, the toxicity was overwhelming. And just draining. I’m starting to see what professionals meant when they talk of the dangers of social media for young girls. Because as a girl who grew up with and around social media, mostly hidden because I had strict parents, my sense of self is distorted. I think the bit you said about reacting is to good. I remember especially during 2020, I would engage with so many people just baiting me. And I just endlessly engaged with arguments or heated threads. And it was only when I was completely depressed and burnt out that I realised it was no good to engage with people who won’t change their minds or bait you.

I feel like the people who got annoyed at Jojo Rabbit were just wanting to complain and knew they were wrong but didn't care, they just wanted to complain about something

those photos of Elon Musk made me realize a terrible thing: he looks more and more like Donald Trump every day. Which like... may be an accurate comparison? I don't like either of them, but why??? Also, this is not important, and love the vid. A lot of really good points were made

*sees a screenshot of jojo rabbit* dear god, how did people on twitter miss the fucking point edit: it seems like they double missed the point by in poor faith criticism of criticism

Watching this after the news that he bought Twitter broke. Welcome to the future 😩

I once, many moons ago, posted on Twitter that I liked Will & Grace back in the day, and someone went on a diatribe that I was a horrible homophobe for that. I should also mention I'm bi! I still have a Twitter account for my day job but that's it; I post no opinions or comment on anything topical and haven't for years. I schedule and automate every tweet, and log into Tweetdeck daily just to check messages and notifications for my account. So, I'm able to largely ignore Twitter, and only pop on when something really ridiculously hilarious happens because that the only time it's enjoyable (but I still won't post). And I didn't even mention anything about the Russian bots and trolls on there! (FB may have a bigger problem with that however the only ones who targeted me on social media were on Twitter)

As someone who loves Jojo Rabbit and is on the Taika side of Twitter, I have absolutely no clue how people came to some of the conclusions they did

Even though you talk about things that often trigger angry responses or angry agreement your voice is so calming. And we know you've put thought into every point you make and that's very reassuring at times when everyone is exploding about everything. So even when I'm a ball of anxiety and exasperated with the entire planet I can still click on your videos and that's pretty nice.

Twitter's lack of nuance is so nauseating to deal with, reading any thread on that god forsaken platform always comes with a side of eye roll, I hate people who deliberately ignore context and assume to worst in you, bunch of stuck-up snobs

i only use twitter to observe like i barley post or interact but theres a lot of interesting discussions to just read- its also the easiest place to get kpop/ game updates lmao

I've curated my feed for news, activism, technology, art and friends since 09. it's a well oiled machine and even tho i refuse to follow the news incessantly, i know for a fact that my feed will give me all the details and nuances that i need to follow a topic that im not well versed in. twitter has taught me so much i cannot imagine a world without it. and it's not by mistake that I won't see the cesspool unless i look for it. i made it that way. i had friends that were hackers, (oxford comma) and trolls back in '09-'10. I've never EVER had a single argument w an actual account, human or an entity. arguments on twitter are not arguments. in reality they're contrived conflicts that would not exist irl, without the comical pause of the "let's debate this to shit" nature. if twitter arguments happen to you irl, run from that person. run far and away. you're being put in distress for no reason.

The worst part of this video was seeing it in 2023 and wanting to pretend that Elon didn't actually become the owner of Twitter

I'm sorry for changing the topic, but I noticed 'Fleabag' book in the background and as a collective I have to say: we have no choice but to stan this legendary behaviour

I genuinely think people did not watch JoJo rabbit at all how do you watch that film with scenes such as the shoelace scene (yeah that fucking scene) and think "ah yes this humanises the N*zis"

When i was really active on kpop twitter we organized ourselves to identify accounts that actively hated and wanted to create negative discourse around our fave groups and spread the message to NOT interact with the tweets or accounts, rather to just report them (several times if needed) and block them. However, discourse grew and took over the platform quickly :/

Embarrassing pictures of his youth : him being friends with a human trafficker.

Kuncan: "Twitter Loves Missing The Point Entirely" "Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes."

Seeing you mention Our Flag Means Death even barely makes me want to scream with joy

this is why i love your channel, this is seriously such a level headed way to look at it and i hope more people get to see this

I was starting to run out of videos I wanted to watch, then you uploaded, so thank you

Yooo looking forward to watching! A lot of people like taking sides before looking at all the information and realizing multiple people/corporations can be wrong or right at once. Existing is multifaceted. People really need to learn to talk and listen vs just reacting.

I just got up for the day from a long depression nap, this cheered me up. Thanks Duncan. Love you lots!

anyone who insults jojo rabbit and taika for the reasons you explained has not watched the movie

Honestly when I first joined Twitter in 2020, I thought it was gonna be terrible bc of how many times I've heard people call it a "hellsite", but honestly it mostly depends on what you're doing and who you're following. Sure, bad stuff pops up sometimes on my timeline, but overall it's positive. (Also escuu me "hellsite" came from tumblr, find another word for twitter >:( )

you know this really opened my eyes to what it is that I love/hate about twitter. cause i agree, i love the connections it brings. i've made a bunch of friends solely off twitter, far more than any other social media thus far. but god does it know how to keep me engaged. now i'm considering doing a similar purge just to see how it affects me.

I love Twitter. Mainly because I have curated my feed to just retro video games. I'm blissfully unaware of small rumblings like minor beefs between creators unless someone in RU-vid talks about it. Also I agree. No one person should own Twitter. Elon says that he can fix it, but he also gave us the hyperloop which is essentially an expensive proprietary underground highway. With traffic.

Im so glad you picked those examples to show how amazing Taika is as a director.

I really like how you talk about stuff. You're researched. You see stuff from both sides even when you don't agree with one side of it at all. You see things with great nuance, and sadly, that's refreshing

"hey active user, do you want to engage in some discourse?" -Twitter protip: the less you say "yes" to this question, the better your life will be.

hold on, i've been on twitter since like 2015 and have made 0 friends. I had no idea people were making connections wtf. and yeah, blahblah people are emotionally immature and lack critical thinking skills + empathy; and suck majorly at communicating.

I’m very impressed by the way you always manage to stay fairly calm when tackling controversial topics. You always feel like your coming from a place of good faith, and that feels pretty rare on lately. Thank you for another great video, your channel is such a bright spot

Hey man, high school film class Duncan had it a lot easier than me. Don’t take that for granted. Anyway keep up the good work!

i have covid right now and feel terrible but this video definitely distracted me from it so thank you 💖

now i understand why people comment "first". it just feels nice to beat everyone else to the punch

Another component of Twitter is that, because it's set up the way it is, it cultivates a certain kind of user. That user being someone who is highly opinionated, terminally online, and has a sense of being holier-than-thou - as the algorithm rewards users who engage in topics and make the best snappy tweet with unfathomable amounts of attention. I used Twitter for about 4 - 5 months and, in that time, I witnessed some of the dumbest stuff imaginable because of this.

ever since i made a private account on twitter with zero followers, its been such a good experience. sure i made some good friends from around the world, but i feel like (especially as an impressionable teen) i had been taking things way tooo seriously, say fandom discourse

Imagine thinking a Muslim woman pointing out that she'd never be allowed to pray on a plane because of her religion is an attack on Christianity.

Ah, this video aged incredibly well.

I would say Reddit is owned by a gaggle of demons, but that would be an insult to the demons.

I am a Christian, and have been for a long time- it makes me so angry when other Christians harass people, especially in public. Contrary to popular opinion, apparently, that is NOT what Jesus told us to do.

“we are taking over this plane for Jesus” 😐 “we are taking over this plane for allah” 😨

I haven’t been on twitter for almost 2 weeks now and wow hearing you talk about what’s been going on really makes me realize how meaningless it actually is. I’ve been on stan twitter for years and a majority of fandoms are extremely toxic and will call you out for almost any little mistake you make. I know it isn’t everyone but you just see such an overwhelming amount of hate. I was so burned out honestly and feel so much better having been off of it now. I might delete my account or just keep it and barley use it. I don’t like the whole if you aren’t with us you’re against us mentality there

The way I filter my Twitter is basically i just Kamiya'd my whole feed every now and then, cleaning up what I don't want

This video aged poorly, he owns Twitter now lol

jojo rabbit came out YEARS ago - this just proves that when someone appears in the spotlight, people will go out of their way to get dirt any on them.

imagining you and ted nivison switching channels was an experience

I've been using Twitter since 2019. However, I don't like drama on there. As a Disney fan and Nintendo fan, there are people who are against those fanbase and think we don't criticize the companies whenever they do something bad even we actually do. It's weird that there is an anti-Disney and anti-Nintendo when there is a Disney fanbase and Nintendo fanbase there.

"We all have embarassing pictures" *shows pic of self looking dam fine *

I came back to this because I was thinking about your whole thing about owner influence while watching Eddy and Ted’s Rainforest Cafe videos. Two creators with similar voices making videos about the same topic (a shared experience) and the result was so incredibly different.

weird coincidence, I also ditched basically all my social media except I couldn't give up Twitter. I don't even really use it much, I just _like_ it for some reason. it really is bad but I genuinely have been trying to only engage in arguments where I try to change people's minds person to person, rather than just dunking/owning people. as far as how their ownership shapes their policy -- this comes up a lot in my corner of Twitter (anti-f@sh research) but a huge part of the problem with the platform is that they are extremely right wing, lol. the head of Twitter security, Vijaya, went on Joe Rogan with Jack (founder and current owner) and Tim _goshdang_ Pool (currently trending bc he is not coping with his hair loss particularly well, poor lil racist) which tells you enough, but on top of that, Vijaya got caught on a hot mic openly saying they'd ban "antifa accounts" for Tim Pool which is just. yeah. explains why Andy ngo is still around!!!

The longest friendship I’ve ever had (around 11 years) ended this week because of something I reposted on Instagram. We’ve never even had so much as a verbal disagreement before (partially due to my own silence around his more questionable beliefs), and yet he resorted to personal insults and curse words when I tried to defend myself with facts and statistics. I apologized for offending him and told him that nothing would change the fact that I would always be there for him in the future, to which he left me on read and blocked me on all of my socials, which is the only way we communicate since we live in different states. He was the only person I’ve ever opened up to emotionally about my depression, sexuality, and trauma besides my girlfriend and brother, but the second I disagreed with him politically he tossed me aside like I was nothing to him (which he made sure to tell me I was). I never would have guessed he’d talk to me that way in a million years, and I certainly wouldn’t have guessed our friendship would end the way it did. I don’t care about his politics, I just want my friend back.

Kuncan always shows both sides and provides a fair argument! Who agrees?!

I’m late to this party, but I’d like to thank you for “hey there active user, wanna engage in some discourse” because I’m going to greet friends this way from now on.

I don't want Twitter to go away purely because of Neil Gaiman, We love Neil and all of his incredible Tweets.

I LOVE your use of the word fruity when describing Taika lmaooo

3:53 "from Fifty shades of whey" 😭😭😭😭 never heard of her, but I'm now her fan 😭😭❤️

I just wanna say I love your video commentary Duncan. Your takes are so nuanced and educated and I'm glad to see your channel grow ❤

As someone with frequent bad dreams, thanks for fighting them off. Love your sign off today. ❤️🥰❤️

had a rough day today and your outro was nice to hear 🤎

This video just really makes me justify why I have never, and probably will never, have a twitter. While I think it may be a good discussion site, I also feel like it can really manipulate you into getting stuck scrolling for hours.

twitter made me tiresome (hope thats a word) and time consuming (not always in a bad way) i fled years ago, but i understand that it can be ok if you just follow people that wont made you mad or argue everyday...

Hey, I know you’re trying to make the videos shorter so we don’t get bored, but in my experience I love the longer vids, I get a lot more invested. So don’t apologise for not fitting into the 10min time frame. We love you. And we want more

For the record, I'd love to see longer videos from you, as long as it's doable for you.

i know theres a lot to say about this video but the youtube arm with the gun absolutely sent me

a super thoughtful video as always duncs!! i hate twitter 😀 planning on deleting it soon, i literally feel more depressed being on twt, but ive also made friends on there. i hate it!

Twitter is more of a hellsite than tumblr now. There's no other way around it.

when i first deleted social media a couple years ago i kept twitter for a while, i finally deleted it a few months after i deleted the other apps and i havent gone back or felt the need/want to go back on. it really helped my mental health being off of twitter especially, within a couple of weeks i gained a more positive outlook on the world because for me, twitter was just mainly a cesspool of negativity. all in all deleting my social media has helped me in so many different ways, if you've been debating it, just do it (even if it's only for a little while)

Nicely timed video because i have a bad day and i'm on my twitter short break, thank you! Things i can do for better experiences are engage on things you love, less-discourse heavy accounts. Block things you don't like, there'll be slipped up sometimes but i'm just shrugged it off and doing real-life stuffs no need to be stressed when you found one or two bad opinions. I'm also decrease my time on twitter, and voila, i missed a lot of bad stuffs happened. Just turn on the notification for accounts like news, etc. and access twitter when their notifications pop-up. On twitter only for pretty arts and game updates. For news, i got it from youtube and other news portal so pretty much i wont be missed a lot when i have less time on twitter. (4 am here and i made several typos)

Great video! I’m glad you’re still able to find the good side of Twitter. I haven’t gone on in months, and I’ve never been happier. Personally for me, I would just get angry every time I used it, and it made me super reactionary. Any opinion that didn’t align with my viewpoint set me off. My social anxiety was the only thing holding me back from getting into fights lmao. Since being off it, I feel like I’m slowly but surely becoming more level headed, and I’m definitely less upset/angry on a daily basis. I wish everyone the best who still uses Twitter, but if you feel it’s impacting your life negatively, I suggest deleting it

Coming back to this video post-Elon purchasing Twitter is a doozy

I was just talking about how black and white people see situations, and more specifically characters, when they're really sort of grey situations (or people). It seems like people are either really for something, or really against something. People can do no wrong, or are the embodiment of evil. And it's just... so unnuanced. Like yes, sometimes things are that simple, but a lot of time it's not. People love seeing things as black or white, and I think it's really indicative of the culture our justice system has created. You're either guilty or innocent, and there's no in between or sympathy for your circumstances. Obviously, seeing fictional characters as either black and white isn't as much of a big deal, but that is what I was talking about before this because it's personally annoying to me, but I do think it's indicative of how we view situations, and just, like, the world. There always have to be a good guy and a bad guy, there always has to be a side to pick, when conflicts aren't always that simple in the real world. There isn't always a good guy or a bad guy, you know? I do think the system of Twitter also feeds into this stuff. Twitter loves it when you argue, when you have bad takes, because it benefits them financially. Which is honestly all the reason I need to never get twitter; I don't want to be on a platform designed to make me angry. But that's just a personal choice, and I do understand there's benefits to having Twitter as well.

Love the decorative Yerba Mate can in the background. Color coordinated and everything

internet friends is not a good thing if you don't already have a tangible support group/ safety net in real life. That discomfort should exist to keep you motivated to make real friends, online stuff is just a distraction. those people aren't gonna be able to help you with car trouble or give you a place to crash etc. having friends serves a tangible function beyond just emotional. it's community building, locally where it matters

off topic of the video but i just wanna say u and ur channel are amazing. i know every time i open one of ur videos that its gonna be a nice, calm, relaxing watch filled with great information and a new side to something i already have an opinion ab. its great to see how u are when recording u do it in such a way that it all feels just so natural and genuine. thank u for making these videos and i hope ur doing well

Yayayyayayya new video to watch on my break

unrelated but that montera is beautiful, I love seeing your plant collection grow it makes me happy :)