1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,560 Hello, I'm still sick. But hey, I 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:10,640 Fuck there's no normal episode of stuff keeps happening today, but instead I'm gonna talk about what to expect from the coming year 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,200 Both from like me and what I'm doing 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,620 But also what to expect in so far as I'm gonna make some random predictions about what's gonna happen in 2025 5 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:23,040 So that's gonna be at the end first is logistics. So first things first 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:32,120 We're heading into a lot of uncertainty with an incoming Trump presidency and for those who were cognizant of reality 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,920 During the first one you're aware that it's going to be madness every single day 8 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:42,920 I want to talk a little bit about my strategy in the coming years for how I'm gonna cover that 9 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,160 It's very rare that I actually talk about Trump directly and like what he says 10 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:53,060 Because very rarely does it actually matter we we know that he's awful and we know that like at any juncture 11 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:57,200 He's gonna do the most self-serving and dumbest option 12 00:00:57,780 --> 00:00:58,820 always I 13 00:00:58,820 --> 00:01:05,980 Learned pretty quickly into his first term that like it's not helpful to just sit there and get mad at everything that he says ever 14 00:01:06,540 --> 00:01:09,860 It's worth getting mad at like they are it's valid 15 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:13,820 It makes sense that you'd be mad at it getting mad at it doesn't do anything 16 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:20,220 I mean in the moment right like sitting and looking at your phone and seeing a headline and just seething 17 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:26,240 Doesn't do anything but raise your blood pressure and I don't want to do that to you and I certainly don't want to do that 18 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,260 To me. I don't want my life to just be 19 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:35,020 Regurgitating every single thing this madman says all the time. So that's not what I'm going to be doing 20 00:01:35,020 --> 00:01:41,780 I'm going to assume that he's going to do the dumbest possible thing and I'm going to talk about major impactful policy changes that 21 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:48,100 Matter but I'm not going to talk about his moment to moment things that he tweeted and and I would I would actually appreciate 22 00:01:48,660 --> 00:01:56,000 For anyone listening don't recommend that I do over the past several years people have like sent me tweets and 23 00:01:57,020 --> 00:02:01,380 clips and whatnot from Fox News or whatever of various politicians 24 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:06,020 Just saying egregious things and they're like you have to talk about this and it's like no, I really don't 25 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:13,120 Because they are literally only saying those things to get a response to get people like me to talk about it 26 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:19,900 So that their message gets further out. I'm not gonna do that. I don't think that's that's not that's not interesting to me 27 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:22,600 I don't think it matters. Truly. I don't think it matters 28 00:02:23,020 --> 00:02:30,060 What a known idiot said on Twitter right known idiot said known idiot thing. This is not new 29 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:33,380 So to that end I'm hoping to strike a balance between like keeping you informed 30 00:02:33,380 --> 00:02:38,900 but also talking about things that are worth talking about outside of the realm of 31 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:43,940 Everything is terrible, especially around entertainment gaming technology stuff like that 32 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:49,860 I want to talk more about the things that I originally started doing this for which is talking about the stuff that I 33 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:54,300 have personal expertise in like tech and 34 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,820 Losing in video games so expect a healthy mix of topics 35 00:02:57,820 --> 00:03:02,260 I'm I'm looking forward to a slightly broader range of topics as well streaming 36 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:04,540 I haven't been streaming for a while 37 00:03:04,540 --> 00:03:10,580 I took a break from everything starting back in October and I wanted to get back to all of it and then I got 38 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:16,500 Sick and now we're here. So I was intending to start streaming at the beginning of this year and that hasn't worked yet 39 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:18,840 I'm hoping again that next week 40 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:25,100 I'll be back to a streaming schedule like a normal routine streaming schedule my schedule that I'm planning for right now is gonna be Tuesday and 41 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:28,260 Thursday mornings like 10 a.m. Ish like brunch time 42 00:03:28,260 --> 00:03:34,180 I want to have I want to be there to make Tuesday and Thursday mornings a little less garbo for folks 43 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:38,540 So you can grab yourself a coffee throw on my stream and pretend that you're working beyond that 44 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:41,580 I will also be streaming whenever I find just time and energy 45 00:03:41,580 --> 00:03:46,100 I'm hoping to make it a lot easier to just go live randomly. So subscribe to my twitch 46 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:47,460 You'll get a notification when I go live 47 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:52,820 You can also join my discord and you can you can opt into being pinged when I go live. All right next up 48 00:03:52,820 --> 00:03:54,820 Let's talk about the tick-tock ban 49 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:58,220 Whoo a time of writing we don't know what's gonna happen still 50 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:04,800 I'm checking the news and and we're still waiting that may have changed by the time that you're hearing this today 51 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,460 I have no idea when it's gonna happen 52 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:11,700 Obviously this sucks for me having started on tick-tock and having my largest following on tick-tock by far 53 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:18,180 Like I've got nearly half a million folks following me on tick-tock, which is wild and it's pretty wild that can just get erased 54 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:23,700 But I have been spending quite a long time diversifying and posting stuff to other platforms. So thank you for following me elsewhere 55 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:29,460 Here's my plan for if the band goes through or doesn't go through and right now I'm operating as if it's a 100% 56 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:32,060 certainty that it will go through but 57 00:04:32,780 --> 00:04:39,300 Contingency if the band does go through I'm going to shift my focus strongly to longer form content 58 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:43,960 I'm gonna be focusing on longer form YouTube videos longer form podcasts and streams 59 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:49,280 I will probably still record and post random short form stuff as as I feel like it 60 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:54,720 But it won't be a format that I'm going to try to stick with. I just don't think 61 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,280 That's where my energy is best spent if tick-tock is gone 62 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,520 what I've learned throughout all of this is 63 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:07,540 The short form format is amazing for discovery and it's really great for shit posting 64 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,800 but it's not great for discussions and 65 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,480 conversation and 66 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,120 Serial information it's just not and moreover 67 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,680 There's there's a very different relationship between audience and creator in short form 68 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:29,160 Where it's a lot less about the creator and much more about the vibe and the algorithm reinforces that 69 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:34,680 So a lot of folks have no idea what my username is. They just don't they just know me as crowbar guy 70 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:40,520 In fact in person most people call me crowbar guy when they see me like at a con or something 71 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,240 I don't know why they call me that I have no idea 72 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:49,760 But it's not a problem. It's just a reminder that like okay. That is how you know me 73 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,760 That is who I am to you 74 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:58,280 Because like the way these apps work they devalue the notion of who you're seeing and 75 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,840 Instead it's what you're seeing and here's a secret. I'm a person 76 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,460 So I'm a who if the band does not go through I'm gonna keep posting as normal 77 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,400 But I'm still gonna be switching my focus 78 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,440 To things that I don't feel might disappear randomly like this is my livelihood. I I can't 79 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:22,640 Risk it I have to make the choices of what's gonna be the most stable route here if you want to help 80 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:29,200 Increase stability for me the the best possible way to support me right now is to subscribe to my patreon 81 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,080 The subscriptions start at like three dollars a month, so if you're able to afford even just that 82 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:39,200 Anything help patreon gives me consistent and direct monthly funding 83 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,960 from viewers, and I'm not beholden to 84 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,880 advertisers or whatever and it 85 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:51,000 It really helps have peace of mind to know that there are just folks directly supporting my work 86 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,760 So if you're able to do that patreon.com slash Endeavorance. Thank you so much link in the description, okay? 87 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:02,120 Thank you for getting through all that now for the part that you are here for which is my 20-25 predictions 88 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:08,200 Here are in no particular order five predictions for 20-25 that are definitely gonna happen 89 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,680 And if they don't then it was wrong 20-25 didn't actually happen 90 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,360 I was right still at the end of the year 91 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,400 We'll come back and see if I got any of these right but here we go prediction number one 92 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,440 Trump dies could be q3 could possibly be q2 93 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,520 but we're gonna be told that he's going in for a routine procedure at a hospital and 94 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,240 Then we're later gonna find out that he was already dead by the time they told us that prediction number two 95 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,400 GTA 6 is delayed till 2026 or 2027 96 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,440 We've been told that GTA 6 is for sure coming out in 2025 97 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:44,600 This is an easy one. I don't think that's happening. I'd be fine being wrong. I don't here's a secret 98 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,800 I'm gonna I'm gonna out myself. I don't really play GTA. I love Red Dead GTA 99 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,520 I have no problem with I've played plenty of GTA 100 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,840 I've done the stuff where you put in the cheats and get tons and tons and tons of guns and then just piss off all 101 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:04,040 The police and just go on a rampage always fun, but it's just like not my ideal sandbox 102 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:08,760 So I don't have much skin in the game regarding GTA 6 but delayed next up 103 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,000 I've got white men finally start rejecting the manosphere now hold on 104 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:19,160 Not for the reasons that you would hope so it's not because all white young dudes suddenly 105 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,320 grew a conscience and and stepped away from 106 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,480 Toxic masculinity influencers, but I think there's gonna be a split as we go into this new climate 107 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:33,040 There's gonna be an emphasis on the things that these guys thought they wanted, right? 108 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,840 It's gonna be a dog finally caught the garbage truck situation and now they don't know what to do with it 109 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,160 And I think there's going to be a decent contingent that realized wait a minute. Oh 110 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:45,000 The blue-haired barista girl was right actually 111 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,160 I'm gonna go save face and they might actually change for the better 112 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,360 but I think there's going to be a healthy contingent possibly the majority who 113 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:01,000 Splits with the influencers over economic policy, so it's not because they disagree 114 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:07,560 Socially, they still have the same abhorrent social values, but they're gonna be mad because the influencers who are 115 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,200 grifters are 116 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:16,320 wanting that bag and the viewers who are all angry are angry because they're poor and alone and 117 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,840 If they're poor and alone and the people that are conning them 118 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,600 Start to come out with things like hmm 119 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:28,120 Actually h1b visas are good because we need to maintain having cheap labor so I can keep getting more money 120 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:33,640 I think you're gonna piss off the guys that were like but you told me that I'm gonna get money now because I'm special 121 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:40,840 Why are you now saying that brown people are gonna get money when I am perfectly white prediction for a rejection of tech takes over 122 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:45,520 I'm thinking mostly younger Millennials most of Gen Z and older Gen alpha are 123 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,200 gonna get ultimately fed up with just AI in 124 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,800 Everything that it doesn't need to be in and I think that tick-tock is going to get 125 00:09:53,800 --> 00:10:00,360 Banned or irreparably destroyed in some way and the combination of just apps being fucked with by 126 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,280 Older oligarchs that people just do not want in their lives anymore 127 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:12,880 And AI being crammed into everything and just the general vibe of tech getting worse and worse over time 128 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:18,960 We're going to see an escalation of what we're already seeing around people getting dumb devices 129 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:25,280 You know dumb phones or even like film cameras or just plain digital cameras that don't have internet access 130 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,880 I think we're going to see a movement towards that. We're going to see a rise in like 131 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,280 Companies that try to make stylish dumb stuff 132 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:38,400 There's a few of those already, but that's gonna spike like huge spike from all of like the Chinese knockoff manufacturers 133 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:44,920 And then in response to that meta is gonna eventually come out with some plan that they're gonna wrap up as a charity 134 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,920 They're gonna claim like this is just us doing 135 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:53,080 Philanthropy and it's gonna be them paying to get devices into the hands of children in schools 136 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:58,040 So they can start to have that contingent of users back. They want the teens back, but no 137 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:04,400 We're just making sure they're equipped for the real world with our devices cough cough Chromebooks and my last prediction for 138 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,980 2025 is that it's gonna be a big year for barn owls. I will not explain further beyond 139 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,760 Their aura is exactly on point for 2025. So thank you so much 140 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,480 I'm really hoping that I'm gonna be in a good enough place to actually like 141 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,920 Have the wherewithal to put together my newsletter for next week 142 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:44,920 So hope to talk to you then for realsies, but thanks for listening. Take care be well. I will see you soon.