Pewdiepie responds : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwk1DogcPmU
So if you really think he is retarded, watch one of his vids for a change.

Don't forget to watch Holoshit Documentaries 24/7 everybody. =neverforget=

When will the media understand that they are digging their own grave?

He said it, and I’m paraphrasing: “They think my jokes are the issue. But look at all the other, real issues that are out there? Why can’t we focus on them, instead?”

Anyway, to quote another famous one: “They [the media] are not sending their best.” :P

Nope, not giving somebody who promotes G2A a click/view.

A man, who sells synthetic emotions to people, who lack emotions in real life.
This can be considered as some kind of prostitution. :/

I personally don't care much for PewDiePie and/or his Youtube videos, but that it a worthwhile stance and a point worth being discussed.

*face-palm* ... The world really is growing more and more idiotic by the day, isn't it?

Can we do a server reset?

No sympathy. He could have had the video screened by anyone in the Maker/Polaris network, and I'm sure any one of them would have warned him off it.

I don't think he hates jews or is racist, but he had a large amount of space and time between the unvealing of a sign that read, "Death to Jews", recording that reveal, deciding to keep the footage, rendering and editing it, and then deciding to hit the upload button.

Some part of him should have been like, "Woah, no stop. This is incredibly insensitive.", during some stage of that process. If he ignored that, then no matter what way he tries to spin that, the consequences are his fault.

I especially love the "racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender and therefore women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist" from the linked Telegraph article on the matter. What kind of delusional world does she live in? Even more absurd is that the author of the article defends this statement for whatever illogical reason. Yeah, that whole petition may have been a bit trite, but it doesn't change the fact that she made some incredibly dumb statements.

No, racism can never be done by a minority, and hardcore feminists can certainly not be sexist at all. No, siree! ... Oy vey!

Then you clearly didn't watch the video. That is not the only thing he talks about. And besides, who the fuck gives their vids to their networks to to ''approve''? The purpose off networks is support in case of legal trouble in return for 40-ish % of their ad revenue. Networks aren't like editors to journalists. And no, its not natural or ideal to think its insensitive before posting a joke. Low effort jokes aren't supposed to be vetted. He did nothing wrong. Also keep in mind its been like 1 month since the original video in question and only suddenly has it been circulated as ''insensitive''.

And don't forget that he has been reported to be a nazi citing out of context scenes from his videos. This is nothing ore than TMZ level drivel that went viral because of his name. The only people who put less effort into their work than Felix (who at least put in monetary work in the form of 5 pounds) are the journalists who wrote the first article.

This isn't about "approval", (though he may be forced with such a mandate now) but rather this is basic screening that any producer worth their spit does. It's a basic part of the editing process to see if anyone else can spot mistakes, suggest edits, and in some cases warn of social faux pas.

He's replied about it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwk1DogcPmU

Then why be an independent content creator? Its a case of people liking or not liking what he puts out, not someone regulating everything, like TV. If all content on the internet was to go through filters like you say, then everything will stagnate and creativity will be punished.

And without someone to put the kibosh on content, we end up with people who end up featured on Retsupurae in the case of let's play. Sonic 06 in the case of games. Or better yet, Big Rigs Over the Road Racing.

Or The Room, in the case of movies, Holy Terror in the case of comics (and Chick Tracts), and the Twilight Saga in the case of books.

Those are just some of the examples I could think of where there wasn't an editor. Only some of the most severe came to mind, but there are plenty more where editorial grip was loose or slipping away. Every Uwe Boll movie, Battlefield Earth, and more where I could say, "This is what happens when you have free reign."

Do you think Bugs Bunny cartoons were the product of some insane cartoonist just going to town on a series of cells?

Of course not. Ink isn't cheap, animation was expensive, and you were on a hard time limit. Ideas were thrown out, entire plots were scrapped, characters were replaced, it was hectic work. The end result? 10 minutes of slapstick action, at most, with most of them being in the 6-8 minute range.

This isn't about regulation, but rather basic sensibilities that could be afforded by having someone go, "I looked at X, and you really shouldn't keep Y, as I somehow doubt tuba juggling is relevant to this serious moment.."

I'm not saying curation or review is bad, just that one cannot and should not expect everything you see on the internet to be curated and cleaned. There is are places and channels on youtube and the internet for getting such curated content, and there are places where you don't get that. The people who consume uncurated content (in this case, videos not edited for content or presentation by ''pros'' like the media) are of a different nature, and that people value the independence of the creator over the creator having to submit to an editor.

There's more than enough room for both on the internet and there's nothing wrong with letting both exist and both draw its own crowds. Besides, who wants sanitized and controlled and clean content 100% of the time? It limits creativity to what the editors hold to be good. Hence, such independence is very valuable.

Finally, what about the editors who were supposed to read the articles Felix is talking about? Mainstream publications are the ones who need editors, since its their established structure and since most articles are retarded grabage these days, barely distinct from angry blog-posts.