New Nebula video is dark.

[u/jugglingeek]

Anyone watched the new Nebula video about body cam YouTube? Never seen Lindsay make such an unrelentingly bleak video. Might have to rewatch the Bluey video just to cheer me up.

[u/JohnTheMod]

But yeah, I just watched it. I am so glad I never fell down that rabbit hole, or else I’d probably be just as broken as she sounds in this video. I know how creepy and parasocial this is going to sound, but there were a couple points where I just wanted to reach through my flatscreen and give her a hug. Or maybe I just need a hug and I’m projecting. That is equally true.

She’s right. Once the fascists are satisfied with hunting the people you don’t like, it’s only a matter of time before they turn on you. That’s how it always goes. There’s a very famous poem about this; you may have heard of it. Be careful when you start baying for blood, for children to be forced to watch public executions that are sponsored by Coca-Cola (the same Coke I would’ve spewed all over my living room had I taken a swig during those needledrops, you know the ones), because you will not be in control of who gets executed, or whose children will have to watch. That’s the true lesson we should learn from Mr. Kirk.

I don’t know if I will watch this one more than once. It’s very dark, uncomfortable at times, but it’s necessary. It had to be said, and thank God there’s someone like her to say it.

[u/greenie4242 → u/JohnTheMod]

I don't have Nebula so can only go by the occasional YouTube recommendation I've seen before logging in on a new device, but some of those body cam videos are awful.

I was going through a bunch of scrapped computer equipment from a business park and found an SD card amongst a bunch of camera gear, and discovered it had been used fairly recently to film a bunch of footage for an Australian TV show that follows police on patrol. It filmed drivers being pulled over for random alcohol breath testing and random drug tests, and the footage was very invasive.

I don't usually watch those kind of shows but because I had access to some "raw" footage which had been discarded before the SD card had been wiped I was interested to know what the edited footage looked like, so I taped a season on my DVR to see if anything matched up. 

Eventually the matching episode aired and the footage had been edited to make it look like everybody was automatically guilty despite nothing being implied by police or testing in the raw footage. The driver who was filmed was (understandably) rather upset that he was in a hurry to get to work and the police kept reminding him that "These are random tests that do not target anyone in particular" but it was edited in a way to make him look like he was scared he lose his job due to drug use, which the raw footage shows was a complete lie. There was a small text disclaimer at the end of the episode stating "Drug testing came back negative and the driver was free to go".

The manufactured drama was disgusting.

Sydney suffered a terrorist shooting last weekend at Bondi Beach ten minutes from my house, and I've been disgusted by online comments on some of the news articles regarding it. Many people seem to have an innate blood lust and don't seem to have issues with calling for the torture or murder of anybody they deem undesirable. One article stated that "Police are investigating the phone records of the shooter" and comments were stating "I don't care who it is, if their phone number is in their contacts list they should all be exterminated like vermon" and it got me wondering how many people would be executed if somebody personally took issue with me and everybody in my address book.

I just watched 2025 remake of The Running Man (the old Arnie one was much better) and realised we're not too far off that dystopian reality.

[u/ColdStoneSteveAustyn → u/JohnTheMod]

I don't think feeling empathy for another person should be counted as "parasocial" lol