My main takeaway from that video was all the stuff about what different philosophers thought about the ability to have empirical or subjective knowledge of the self was irrelevant. If Ollie had skipped the "philosopher x thought this, but philosopher y thought this" segment and gone directly to the concept of subjectivities of the self, the video would have been better.
I'd also note that the whole "fear" of eating a slice of cake on camera came across as wholly contrived. Same with the "candid" bursting out laughing. Frankly it really feels like Ollie took notes on "things Contra does" without really understanding why Contra employs these sorts of things.
No need to be disappointed, I doubt Nigella watched it - her PR agent probably told her to tweet that because someone had made a video referencing her.
Yeah, contra laughs cos she's said something thats made her laugh; olly laughs cos he's seen contra laugh and is desperate to know why people who like her get the ick from him . He did another line which was clearly lifted straight from his list of 'other stuff contra does that i havent copied yet' for this video.
NL's comment- LOL. 'thought provoking' is such a safe thing to say. you go to a friends show which is shit and you say it was 'interesting'. the video, ironically, was if anything not thought provoking in the slightest. it repeated well worn woke standards about food and diet culture, with a few little philosophical concepts tacked on because he's worried that he needs to actually keep his philosophy angle so he doesnt show to be as shallow as he now is.
I honestly coudlnt watch this one through though, so have nothing to say on it.
Other than, his little lie where he pretends to have an issue with eating the cake...that will be totted up.
All these little things are being subconsciously counted in the heads of his current fans, and when he falls, whatever triggers it, it will all click, and all of these deceptions one after the other will present a constant, ramping up tally of shit behaviour.
It might not even be anything dramatic, his downfall...it might fizzle rather than boom and burn out. there might not be some big dramatic cancelling, but slowly all these little things are grating on more and more people. Might even be better that way - being cancelled is its own power, as it offers the path of martyrdom, bouncing back.
Thought I would love to see a melt down, it would still be attention and would offer him a life line, so its probably better to actually stop seeing his mug that he just peters out, one revulsed by narcissism, aging out of being an idiot, ex-paypig at a time.
