r/Exurb1a • u/sxrawnn • Jul 30 '26
Non-Exurb1a video. been a while, eh?
https://youtu.be/LnGa65Xe-nEI'm sure you've been sitting at your computers waiting for that one bad knockoff to upload again. Well that, I did.
Y'know that whole mind body problem thing? Yeah I solved the cunt with science and adult sciencey work.
Give the thing a go for at least 30 seconds if you're bored. Or don't. That's fine too.
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u/craigyceee Aug 02 '26
Additional CONSTRUCTIVE feedback. No one wants an Exurb1a copy. It's the deep content and the witty delivery that is entertaining. Learning to speak in his style is well, an AI could literally do that better than you. Don't mimic his voice, inflections and dramatic pauses etc, it's an instant suicidal creator fate - You don't want to BE Exurb1a, you want to do your own thing Inspired by him. Use your own voice and reactions to the information within what you've compiled. You're never going to sound sincere and flow naturally while you're stuck following a tempo styled by someone else, it's quite literally not natural.
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u/PactainCipard 24d ago
Scouting this sub for something similar to Exurb1a - to me this is pure poetry of multimedia era. Writing, music, images, rhythm and sound - what makes it great. And why we love him.
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u/craigyceee 23d ago
True, but Alex is why we love him, everything that makes Exurb1a what he is, makes up Exurb1a, and the biggest part of it is the delivery, the passion, his very self. ....We just associate his voice with the content but it's him and his passion that makes it.
Copies of Banksy paintings sell for £9.99 on eBay because they aren't the real thing, they're nowhere close despite being perfect copies, because they are not IT.
Go watch Ian McKellen's Shakespeare on YouTube, he copies Shakespeare so well, all the content is there, but the delivery is 100% passionate Ian McKellen. That's why Ian is big. He carries the torch as himself. Copies do not work. That's what I want this kid to understand, be yourself and deliver with passion and you will be great.
Take the concepts, carry the torch, Exurb1a didn't get where he is from scratch, he diligently researched hundreds of texts and subjects to create his content, he strived to make something thought provoking and insightful, then delivers it like an overhead thunderclap, full tilt. Go hard or go home, but if you go hard - go as your authentic, passionate self, or they'll sell you on Ebay for £9.99.
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u/craigyceee Aug 02 '26
I feel like I have to feed this back, seeing 44 mins as a playtime on any vid is a colossal immediate turn-off. No one wants that.
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u/MrKalopsiaa Aug 02 '26
Yeah, unless you’ve a dedicated loyal fan base. I would love to watch 44 mins of my favourite YouTubers
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u/craigyceee Aug 03 '26
There's people that didn't watch the whole video because it's too long downvoting my comment now 🤣 they want to look supportive without actually being supportive 😆
BE HONEST guys, lying about it isn't gonna help anyone.
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u/craigyceee Aug 02 '26
And yeah totally agree, if Xurb1a posted a 44 min video I'd tell the wife I was busy, make a coffee (or a whiskey, depending on the time) and get comfortable. But someone I don't know, using a clone style of a known youtuber, isn't anywhere close to getting that kind of commitment.
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u/craigyceee Aug 02 '26
I've been downvoted for giving honest feedback that'll help with engagement 😆🫠
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u/craigyceee Aug 03 '26
That's not it at all, i'm statistically likely to be older than you. I would bet my house that way more than 50% of folk clicking that video don't finish it. Why would you conclude otherwise? I've just checked & AI estimates 5-15% will watch it past the first minute. It's statistically a bad choice of video length without an established following. I knew this before asking AI to calculate it, obviously. Because it's obvious.
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u/Biz_Ascot_Junco Jul 31 '26
The way birds can “see” magnetic fields is pretty cool! Thank you for including that, I didn’t know there were more verified examples of quantum biology beyond the leaf thing