Autistic and me

So, like, two days ago I asked ChatGPT to play devil’s advocate about my YouTube channel, where I upload these very serious, extremely niche animations of patterns and shapes. Then I asked her to be sarcastic about it. And oh boy, she delivered:

1. “Oh wow, 10% of people watch to the end? A viral masterpiece, clearly.”
Sure, maybe it’s niche. Or maybe — just maybe — people aren’t hypnotised by gently shifting polygons the way you are. I mean, what’s not to love about slowly moving shapes in silence with no context or explanation? Obviously the algorithm is broken, not you.

2. “Changing thumbnails or titles? Nah, that would be selling out.”
Why make your work accessible or appealing? Better to leave it mysterious and watch the views roll in… slowly… never. But hey, at least your artistic integrity is intact — just like your single-digit click-through rate.

3. “You don’t want to go viral anyway, right? Too mainstream.”
Let’s be honest. If you never get popular, you never have to deal with people actually reacting to your work — or worse, not liking it. Much safer to live in the magical land of ‘unjustly undiscovered genius’ forever.

4. “Marketing is for influencers. You’re an artist.”
Which is why you’re above such petty tasks as promotion, audience-building, or explaining what your work even is. Just stare into the middle distance and trust that someone, somewhere will “just get it.”

5. “The real problem? The world is wrong, not your communication.”
Because clearly, viewers should intuitively understand what your animations mean, without you saying much. If they don’t? Well, they’re just not enlightened enough.
End of quotation.

Anyway. Thanks, ChatGPT — exactly what I needed. And you, dear reader?
You can tell me what you think in the comments, if they’re on. If not, I guess you’ll just have to scream into the void, which is what I want to do sometimes.

So yeah, if staring at animated patterns for no reason other than “it’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen” sounds like your kind of rebellion against productivity culture, the link to my channel is here. Watch it before it becomes mainstream. Or banned. Or both.