and it's a skill that's so natural that it feels fake to build, we all talk every day and we all have emotions so it often doesn't feel like i've formed anything unique and tangible skill-wise. "oh you learned to sound less awkward when pretending to have an emotion, congrats!"

if i was drawing, sculpting, or playing an instrument it's really easy to just look at what i've done and go "i'm getting better at anatomy" or "i've learned scales, chord shapes, and inversions" with acting i'm just like, "i sound more real and intentional on reads. i think...?"

does she?

like if this is caine talking i think he's being 100% honest here, though i have my doubts about all of this being a lie.

he's concerned heavily about everyone caring about leaving because
one: he would suffer alone if it were successful
two: it's probably super hard to leave and attempting to figure it out might abstract you (kaufmo) and that would end up making him suffer alone in a roundabout way.

"I do have to apologize for lying about the exit.
I knew how much all of you have been wanting there to be one, but, you know, I was having so much trouble figuring out what to put on the other side
and ended up never quite finishing it."

I love Banana Fish so I might do this...

god the more I think about this the more it annoys me, AI voice acting is bad period but Banana Fish is probably one of the worst shows out there to get an AI dub, it NEEDS heart-felt performances from real people.

i just watched his latest video and wow

he used to be such a unique, entertaining person who had an unmistakable style that was uniquely him..
his latest upload is the most mid, optimized for youtube slop ever.

it's not a coincidence that his stuff was better when he was a center left bernie bro