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Invitation to Ask Me Anything
🕑 Added 2017-08-01 00:25:18 +0000 UTC Dear friends,This week I'll be trying out the AMA stream patron reward for the first time. Let's see how it goes!
Since you're my top-tier patrons, you get to ask the questions that I'll answer on the stream. Here are some tips on asking a question that I can give a satisfying answer to:
1. Keep it short. Pretend you're one of a hundred journalists asking a question at a press conference.
Good questions: "Have your views on cultural appropriation changed at all since you made a video about it?" "How do you film clones of yourself in the same shot?" I can answer these questions pretty clearly in 60 seconds.
Bad question: "Have you read Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks? If so, how do you think it applies to Althusser's notion of the ideological state apparatus? Are there any Marxist critical theorists you particularly recommend?" These are three separate questions, and I'm probably not smart enough to answer them, and if I were smart enough I probably couldn't answer them all in a reasonable amount of time.
2. Don't get too personal. Bad question: "Do you plan to get your dick cut off?" I'm not going to answer a question like this.
3. Don't ask a question if my answering it will create drama. Example: "What's your take on the latest drama with FamousYouTuber69?" If I've already made videos criticizing FamousYouTuber69 for the stupid shit they've done, then I'll be happy to answer a question like this, but if I'm on good or neutral terms with FamousYouTuber69, and if I think talking about them will start drama, I probably won't answer the question.
Follow these three easy steps and I will hopefully be able to give you a good answer!
Post your questions in the comments to this post, and I will answer them in the stream, which will be this Friday. (If you miss it live it will be archived so no worries.)
Oh and the stream will be unlisted, but if you don't want me to use your Patreon name during the stream let me know.
Looking forward to answering your questions!
<3
Contra
Comments
How do you think your time in academic philosophy has helped and hindered the development of your views, given that the field has both some much-needed strengths and some big blind spots?
benignentity
How would you describe your "political journey" so to speak? From teenager to university until now. What do you think has driven these changes in ideology over time?
What are your long term goals for your channel?
Kolbeinn Máni
Hello Contra. What are your goals in life? Who do you wanna work with? Would you be interested in starring in a full length movie? What is your opinion on sex?
Witch Youtuber, or Youtubers, have had the most influence on you, and your work?
Alejandro Herrera
How do you get your hair looking so fabulous?
James Rands
I always get the impression that it's a common belief amongst the conservative right that their politics is somehow masculine (hence insults like "cuck" and "faggot" get thrown around pretty liberally). Any idea why?
What is your favorite race and class to play as in Skyrim or any other Elder Scrolls game?
Tom Martell
What kind of milk is it that you use during your "wolf's milk" scenes? It looks the wrong color to be regular dairy milk. I'd guess soy! (Which due to its alleged estrogenic properties would be a fitting counter to the whole milk crowd 😆)
