u/glorious_purpose51

This is my first watch so no spoilers please!

I just watched S2E11 and really did not enjoy it. The plot was obviously convoluted and there were some racist stereotypes on par with the show so far, but my main issue was with the treatment of rape. I know this was made in the 90s but honestly. I really did not appreciate Mulder’s dismissive attitude, particularly as he almost always believes the victims in cases more fantastical than this. It didn’t make sense to me. I would contrast it to Shadows (S1E6) where Mulder suggests that a poltergeist is being violent to defend a woman - so why won’t he believe one is violently attacking a woman?

Obviously I’m prepared for generally mildly sexist writing but I don’t really want to watch more where Mulder behaves like that. Is this a blip, or does he start to be more skeptical of victims stories? This is my bedtime and comfort show atm so if that’s the direction they take it in that’s fine but I’m not really interested in watching.

If it is a blip in characterisation then that’s chill, I’ll keep watching and just not rewatch this episode. But even so, can anyone please warn me about any other episodes with badly treated rape plotlines? I may want to avoid them so it would be helpful to know in advance. Thanks!

I've just noticed that on my latest video, there is an AI summary of the video's content in the caption. It's not completely inaccurate, but it does completely miss the point of the video, and makes it sound like a philosophical discussion rather than a comedy edit.

I know you can't turn off AI summaries from the viewer end (I tried, and researched), but can I remove it from a video I've published? I don't want viewers to be getting the wrong idea about my video before they've even started watching it (nevermind my ethical problems with generative AI).

I shared a video a couple days ago that's doing better than usual generally, but my retention is not great and I realised on a rewatch that it really needed tightening in the middle, so I cut some stuff out in the YouTube editor.

I'd like to know if that change affects my retention in real time, but I can only seem to find ways to do average view duration plotted against time since release, which is not useful to me. I'd like to see average percentage viewed against time since release - does anyone know how to do that?

(whoops meant preventative)

This is something I don’t understand. From what I’ve heard, people with ADHD are more likely to develop anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. We’re more likely to go to prison. More likely to die by suicide. Probably more likely to procrastinate seeking medical care for serious conditions. More likely to engage in risky behaviour that leaves us injured.

Why isn’t diagnosing and treating ADHD priority number one for the government and NHS if treating it could prevent some of this? Why instead are diagnostic services shutting down and people in government constantly claiming its fake or overdiagnosed? Why are there so many hoops for people to jump through to get treated? Surely it must cost the country way more in the long run to leave people untreated and at risk. I genuinely don’t get it!

I've not been doing too hot recently, and today the first thing I did upon opening the app was try the depression quiz (I've never been diagnosed with a mental health problem or had therapy so even considering that something might be up was a big step for me).

At the end it told me I had moderately severe depressive symptoms and that I should speak to a professional (I'm okay, I'm gonna look into support and I have people around me to talk to, I'm not looking for comfort from comments or anything!).

The funny part was that the 20 energy I got from doing the quiz sent my bird on her adventure, so the screen exploded with confetti as soon as I finished the quiz! It was so absurd to get that after being told that I might have depression that it got big laugh out of me.

Props to Finch for being silly enough to cheer me up a tiny bit :)