Jonathan Paula
@jonpaula.bsky.social
39-year-old video creator, OG YouTuber with 1.2 million subs, movie lover, Emerson grad, Eagle Scout, @Springsteen fanatic, husband, & #GirlDad from Nahant, MA. | https://linktr.ee/JonPaula
Guys.
It's okay to be wrong.
Tripling down on something so stupid and objectively false is childish. I'm not trying to be a pedantic asshole - but like, WORDS HAVE MEANING.
You can't just make shit up.
It's okay to be wrong.
Tripling down on something so stupid and objectively false is childish. I'm not trying to be a pedantic asshole - but like, WORDS HAVE MEANING.
You can't just make shit up.
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Guys.
It's okay to be wrong.
Tripling down on something so stupid and objectively false is childish. I'm not trying to be a pedantic asshole - but like, WORDS HAVE MEANING.
You can't just make shit up.
It's okay to be wrong.
Tripling down on something so stupid and objectively false is childish. I'm not trying to be a pedantic asshole - but like, WORDS HAVE MEANING.
You can't just make shit up.
Oh. It turns out he's just an absolute fucking moron.
90-minutes of screen-time twice a week =/= "child abuse."
Jesus Christ. 🤦♂️
90-minutes of screen-time twice a week =/= "child abuse."
Jesus Christ. 🤦♂️
September 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh. It turns out he's just an absolute fucking moron.
90-minutes of screen-time twice a week =/= "child abuse."
Jesus Christ. 🤦♂️
90-minutes of screen-time twice a week =/= "child abuse."
Jesus Christ. 🤦♂️
My average experience on Reddit... (we're discussing movies)
Me: Being sincere, and possibly oversharing.
Callous 20-something Redditor: weirdly flippant and needlessly cruel?
... why are people like this? And follow-up question: what *did* he mean?! I still don't understand his implication.
Me: Being sincere, and possibly oversharing.
Callous 20-something Redditor: weirdly flippant and needlessly cruel?
... why are people like this? And follow-up question: what *did* he mean?! I still don't understand his implication.
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My average experience on Reddit... (we're discussing movies)
Me: Being sincere, and possibly oversharing.
Callous 20-something Redditor: weirdly flippant and needlessly cruel?
... why are people like this? And follow-up question: what *did* he mean?! I still don't understand his implication.
Me: Being sincere, and possibly oversharing.
Callous 20-something Redditor: weirdly flippant and needlessly cruel?
... why are people like this? And follow-up question: what *did* he mean?! I still don't understand his implication.
You nerds should like this.
My monthly bandwidth (in GBs) for the last decade.
My monthly bandwidth (in GBs) for the last decade.
August 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You nerds should like this.
My monthly bandwidth (in GBs) for the last decade.
My monthly bandwidth (in GBs) for the last decade.
Sharknado 2: The Second One premiered 11 years ago today.
Some of its cameo roles have... not aged well.
Some of its cameo roles have... not aged well.
July 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Sharknado 2: The Second One premiered 11 years ago today.
Some of its cameo roles have... not aged well.
Some of its cameo roles have... not aged well.
Quick show of hands!
Who else has a 20 year old YouTube channel? ✋️
Who else has a 20 year old YouTube channel? ✋️
June 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Quick show of hands!
Who else has a 20 year old YouTube channel? ✋️
Who else has a 20 year old YouTube channel? ✋️
The American President (1995)
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June 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The American President (1995)
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Made this using Google Flow's new Veo3 engine for work, and it scares the Hell out of me. 😯
I understand—and agree with—everyone's reservations on using AI video for creative projects + artistic ideas.
But for corporate video, b-roll, and webinars? Shit man... this is nuts.
I understand—and agree with—everyone's reservations on using AI video for creative projects + artistic ideas.
But for corporate video, b-roll, and webinars? Shit man... this is nuts.
May 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Made this using Google Flow's new Veo3 engine for work, and it scares the Hell out of me. 😯
I understand—and agree with—everyone's reservations on using AI video for creative projects + artistic ideas.
But for corporate video, b-roll, and webinars? Shit man... this is nuts.
I understand—and agree with—everyone's reservations on using AI video for creative projects + artistic ideas.
But for corporate video, b-roll, and webinars? Shit man... this is nuts.
Best cut in the entire #FinalDestination franchise.
May 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Best cut in the entire #FinalDestination franchise.
Every YouTube grifter...
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every YouTube grifter...
Now that my oldest has seen the original trilogy... we're diving into the ancillary #StarWars media, and holy shit - there's so much!
It's genuinely possible that no one person has seen it all. There's like 17 different shows. I can't even find a full list that isn't missing stuff.
It's genuinely possible that no one person has seen it all. There's like 17 different shows. I can't even find a full list that isn't missing stuff.
May 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now that my oldest has seen the original trilogy... we're diving into the ancillary #StarWars media, and holy shit - there's so much!
It's genuinely possible that no one person has seen it all. There's like 17 different shows. I can't even find a full list that isn't missing stuff.
It's genuinely possible that no one person has seen it all. There's like 17 different shows. I can't even find a full list that isn't missing stuff.
"IMDb Top 20 movies of all time."
Most of these are genuinely excellent films!
... but as you get older and watch more, you realize how extremely "young American male" this list is coded.
Like, the entire identity of IMDb feels like the personal taste of 23-year-old white guy from New Jersey.
Most of these are genuinely excellent films!
... but as you get older and watch more, you realize how extremely "young American male" this list is coded.
Like, the entire identity of IMDb feels like the personal taste of 23-year-old white guy from New Jersey.
April 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"IMDb Top 20 movies of all time."
Most of these are genuinely excellent films!
... but as you get older and watch more, you realize how extremely "young American male" this list is coded.
Like, the entire identity of IMDb feels like the personal taste of 23-year-old white guy from New Jersey.
Most of these are genuinely excellent films!
... but as you get older and watch more, you realize how extremely "young American male" this list is coded.
Like, the entire identity of IMDb feels like the personal taste of 23-year-old white guy from New Jersey.
This should be fun to watch. 😂
April 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This should be fun to watch. 😂
I should probably empty this more often... 😬
April 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I should probably empty this more often... 😬
Loving #TheStudio so far! I was laughing out loud throughout the first episode. A perfect, satirical love letter to all fans (and critics) of Hollywood. Feels a bit like "Entourage" meets "The Disaster Artist," with a twist of "Curb."
The long takes are a really nice touch, too.
The long takes are a really nice touch, too.
March 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Loving #TheStudio so far! I was laughing out loud throughout the first episode. A perfect, satirical love letter to all fans (and critics) of Hollywood. Feels a bit like "Entourage" meets "The Disaster Artist," with a twist of "Curb."
The long takes are a really nice touch, too.
The long takes are a really nice touch, too.
It's even more fun when you backlog everything you've ever seen 😁
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's even more fun when you backlog everything you've ever seen 😁
Heaven Can Wait (1978)... and so we did... 47 years for this date to arrive.
"Pendleton, Joseph. Due to arrive 10.17 A.M., March 20th, 2025."
"Pendleton, Joseph. Due to arrive 10.17 A.M., March 20th, 2025."
March 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Heaven Can Wait (1978)... and so we did... 47 years for this date to arrive.
"Pendleton, Joseph. Due to arrive 10.17 A.M., March 20th, 2025."
"Pendleton, Joseph. Due to arrive 10.17 A.M., March 20th, 2025."
11 years ago, I produced a big video called, "How to Deal With YouTube's Content ID System."
Two years later, I jotted down the following; a rough outline for a follow-up video, "How To Fix YouTube's Content ID."
I never made it, but I'm happy to report points #1 – 3 have since been corrected.
Two years later, I jotted down the following; a rough outline for a follow-up video, "How To Fix YouTube's Content ID."
I never made it, but I'm happy to report points #1 – 3 have since been corrected.
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
11 years ago, I produced a big video called, "How to Deal With YouTube's Content ID System."
Two years later, I jotted down the following; a rough outline for a follow-up video, "How To Fix YouTube's Content ID."
I never made it, but I'm happy to report points #1 – 3 have since been corrected.
Two years later, I jotted down the following; a rough outline for a follow-up video, "How To Fix YouTube's Content ID."
I never made it, but I'm happy to report points #1 – 3 have since been corrected.
Finally knocking this off my list of shame. The #1 most popular film I've never seen! 😮
#TonightsFeature - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, 2001.
#TonightsFeature - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, 2001.
March 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Finally knocking this off my list of shame. The #1 most popular film I've never seen! 😮
#TonightsFeature - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, 2001.
#TonightsFeature - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, 2001.
/r/Soundtracks ran a month-long poll on the work of famed film composer John Williams. The results were... interesting!
Can't argue with many of these individual choices - but the fact that Jaws AND Jurassic Park aren't included at all is frankly malpractice, hah.
What do you think of the results?
Can't argue with many of these individual choices - but the fact that Jaws AND Jurassic Park aren't included at all is frankly malpractice, hah.
What do you think of the results?
February 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
/r/Soundtracks ran a month-long poll on the work of famed film composer John Williams. The results were... interesting!
Can't argue with many of these individual choices - but the fact that Jaws AND Jurassic Park aren't included at all is frankly malpractice, hah.
What do you think of the results?
Can't argue with many of these individual choices - but the fact that Jaws AND Jurassic Park aren't included at all is frankly malpractice, hah.
What do you think of the results?
Not so fun fact!
At 39, I am now as old as Ian McDiarmid was when he filmed Return of the Jedi in 1983.
Seen here without makeup from the film Gorky Park, which released the same year. 😮
At 39, I am now as old as Ian McDiarmid was when he filmed Return of the Jedi in 1983.
Seen here without makeup from the film Gorky Park, which released the same year. 😮
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Not so fun fact!
At 39, I am now as old as Ian McDiarmid was when he filmed Return of the Jedi in 1983.
Seen here without makeup from the film Gorky Park, which released the same year. 😮
At 39, I am now as old as Ian McDiarmid was when he filmed Return of the Jedi in 1983.
Seen here without makeup from the film Gorky Park, which released the same year. 😮
Gotta get that bag, baby! 💰
We are so back! 😆
We are so back! 😆
February 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Gotta get that bag, baby! 💰
We are so back! 😆
We are so back! 😆
A brand new #LetsPlay drops tonight on the #JonsWorld channel! 🎮 – That's right! I still upload to YouTube occasionally!☺️
I dusted off my Captain's uniform and had a ton of fun riffing on #StarTrek: Borg, a full-motion video game from 1996 starring John de Lancie as Q!
I dusted off my Captain's uniform and had a ton of fun riffing on #StarTrek: Borg, a full-motion video game from 1996 starring John de Lancie as Q!
January 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A brand new #LetsPlay drops tonight on the #JonsWorld channel! 🎮 – That's right! I still upload to YouTube occasionally!☺️
I dusted off my Captain's uniform and had a ton of fun riffing on #StarTrek: Borg, a full-motion video game from 1996 starring John de Lancie as Q!
I dusted off my Captain's uniform and had a ton of fun riffing on #StarTrek: Borg, a full-motion video game from 1996 starring John de Lancie as Q!