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DJ Gabosor the Wise!

Somewhat of a deliberate choice actually; didn't want to confuse anyone . Completely unrelated to pony, but have something I made on a whim.

My first down-vote on my channel! Yay! I am unsure if this is something to be proud of or not....

I review an advent calendar. It get's weird. PG-13 for dark humour and some swears.

I have thoroughly annoying hair that curls, but doesn't curl enough to work - I end up looking like Tim Burton if he'd been dragged through a hedge. I usually get it cut every two months with an 8 and 6.

BUCK, BronyCon and probably BronyScot.

Considering I have neither a smartphone or laptop and my area at work doesn't have computers; Home desktop.

Pint of beer. Slightly aged, malty and probably not very good for you.

As far as I know, very few people here in the UK don't drink tap water. If they don't then it's usually tap water filtered to remove any limescale (a lot of chalk areas here).

The deli counter often puts stuff out around 4-4:30. I chop it up and freeze it to use in pasta or baked beans. Alas I seem to buy more than I eat, so my freezer is mostly full of chorizo, roast chicken/pork/beef, sausage, salami and now corned beef. Though I've eaten a bit, here's what nearly 3 lbs of the stuff looks like. Keep me going for months! Proper Job!

Finding 1.3kg of corned beef in the reduced section in Tescos for half price.

I'm certainly more of a proscriber to the 'Cartesian' expression of political thought that the rather ham-fisted and decidedly tribal 'left vs right' mechanic (as easy as that makes things for many). Here in the UK 'liberal' is generally meant in the classic sense; so more akin to 'libertarian' in other places. Though this is somewhat confused by the Liberal Democrat Party being more on the economic 'left'. I'd probably describe myself as something along the lines of a 'practical socio-economic liberal/libertarian'. Personal responsibility, self-determination, yadda yadda, though I find I have a general direction to aim for but find rigid principles restrictive (the 'mentality of idealism').

Indeed. Also, another issue that YT has is it's success; The number of videos uploaded makes it impossible to manually check each video (even just those that get flagged by the Content ID system or are issued with a complaint) without bankrupting the company or forcing them to charge ad fees that everyone would laugh at. YT is also not a public space. It's not Speaker's Corner, or protected under any right to protest law or equivalent. By joining it you agree to a legally binding contract. And even without one, you have no right to insist your video(s) be immune from being refused monetisation, removed or your channel deleted. Their existence is entirely at the whim of YT, who don't need to give a reason for altering your content/channel AT ALL. Am I defending YT? Well.. Yes.. but also No. Situations like this frequently bring about a cry of 'Power to the People!'; by which most of those crying out mean a certain section of people rather than all people. Right to protect your works is something everyone has equally, regardless of moral standpoint. YT currently has no need to change. The number of videos affected simply don't cause them enough worry at the moment to warrant any shifts in policy. Again this has a lot to do with their success; Economies of scale mean their software, UI, data costs make other hosting sites a poor second. The real issue then (as it is so often with any social issue and/or system) is about Balance of Power. Viewers and content makers do not have a viable alternative (especially for monetisation) so there is little reason for YT to change it's behaviour in direction of their favour. Does that mean the current system isn't completely arse-backwards? Of course not. Claimants do not need proof of violation, the ID system is dumber than a sack of cracked hammers and the restriction on the number of disputes a channel can run makes no sense. What we need less of is moral outcry over perceived rights and more letting YT know that changing is in their interest. I'll leave you with the delectable mouth noises of Suede (whom I totally did not just completely rip-off paraphrase).

Driving my car back from the garage after having a radiator pipe replaced.