DELETED VIDEO - "How to Have a Difficult Conversation"
Added 2023-05-30 17:23:00 +0000 UTCThis video I consider to be an early version of "What to do if you hate talking on the phone."
This was originally posted November 11, 2022. Around that time, I used to try to make multiple videos a day, sometimes as many as 5 in one day, and then I would delete everything that wasn't successful algorithmically.
To me, anything under 1.0M views wasn't going to cut it. So I'd keep trying and trying to get there. I've since become less concerned with engagement. Obviously it feels good when something goes viral, but I've tried to become better about not getting addicted to the numbers.
You can see the light is different because it's getting dark. This was the last one I made that day after a long day of striking out.
I felt like I had a good kernel of an idea here so I deleted it and gave it some more thought on another day when I felt fresher. You can sort of feel that this one is rushed and doesn't make any sense.
The warbling sound is supposed to be the other person talking on the phone, but that doesn't really read. It's kind of confusing what happens, and the joke at the end doesn't really land because you can't tell what's going on.
When I did eventually redo this I was much happier with the revised version that fleshed out the concept better even though apparently it was very similar to a bit from iCarly.
