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Every time YouTube nonsense happens I'm always like "I can't wait to see what Sergle says about this" because you're the only person I follow that talks about YouTube nonsense.

Please take this is an invitation for you to talk about the Watcher's apology video lol

I am a filthy youtube enjoyer so you can absolutely count on me and GODDDDDDDDDDD... I mean the apology is not NEARLY as funny as the blunder, so it hasn't kept my attention as much but like the obligatory upfront thing is that, like, it is good that they posted it, they apologized for being insensitive and whatever, they're not scraping their channel clean or going forward with their old plan to only post their shows on their own platform, and these are technically good and correct things, because they could have pretended not to notice all the negative feedback. So like, responding is good. BUT LIKE I HAVE QUESTIONS NOW... Because they took SO LONG to film and upload a video that basically is just "we fucked up, we're sorry, we're not gonna do that anymore", which doesn't exactly take a writer's room several days to cook, but I DIGRESS... They were quiet for long enough for everyone to LOOK REALLY CLOSE. After the initial reaction, people had time to do some pretty comprehensive cost breakdowns for their stuff, and for what they have to be pulling in from adsense, sponsored segments, patreon, merch, and touring Like, they'd need to be really mismanaging their finances, because they're doing very well for themselves, making good, stable money, and the vids they make are super duper advertiser friendly. SO... you take long enough without putting out a holder statement or a quick heel-turn apology or anything, it gives people more time to get comfortable with not liking you, and also to dig around and google things about you, or scrape up info/trivia about you to corroborate their new opinion of you. It gets personal, is what I mean. So pulling this move has still, at BEST, caused some permanent damage to their relationships with fans, in both directions. They all got a huge flood of negative feedback, and even a perfect, emotionally mature, non-entitled person would have a negative reaction to people being upset with them at such a high volume. But now they're gonna remember the things that people have said about them, and there's no way that at the very least, Steven isn't gonna feel spiteful about this. People TOTALLY unloaded on him (funny) (valid) about his evangelical christian conservative leaning tesla privileged out of touch boy gold flaked ice cream eating ways. He definitely is going to remember that ppl said they never liked him in the first place. As for Ryan and Shane, people didn't have any dirt on them, but they definitely still received a lot of angry messages from people, most of which will have been reasonable, but they're gonna remember the really really mean and intense ones. Anyway, they made a booboo dumb enough for jack to want to make a skit about it, so for that I'm very grateful, because I thought it was really really fucking funny

#it's no big deal and it's whatevs because it's Low Risk youtube scandal which is why I like it so much #but it still never fails to amaze me how much this didn't need to happen #like this would have been a totally preventable blunder. I can think of a million different ways to increase profit before trying this move #personally I think it's funny to mess up this badly because the Second Messup would be to respond REALLY quickly #You see it trending and you immediately need to act bc it will only get worse the longer you stay quiet #sergle answers #long post

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Hello! This might be a silly question, but yknow that wedding commission you did? (https://www.tumblr.com/sergle/748659165732454400/everyone-pls-direct-your-attention-to-these-tags).

The foliage in the background has that really nice yellow glow, and I was just wondering how you did that. Is it a layer effect or done by hand? It's a lovely touch and adds such warmth for being so subtle, I like it a lot. :^)

Have a nice day!

Ooh!! okay, I definitely remember this and didn't just go back and look through the layers to see what I did on the piece. it's basically just a couple of overlays!! in various shades of beige and yellow.

The foliage bg on its own, with nothing on top of it, just looks like this:

I have one layer of beige overlaid, which does this:

plus another layer of yellow, smudgy this time to make it look softer:

then just super loose yellow lineart overlaid on the edges of the leaves, and a noise filter to go on top of it.

it's super duper quick! the rest of the lighting comes from a super low opacity orange tint and a super low opacity watercolor scan that I keep on deck. but yeah basically just a few layers of yellow on top of shades of blue!-- I was originally gonna do a plain color bg for this portrait, but it didn't look right until I did the foliage thing!

#I'm a big fan of the shortcut way of doing leaves as a bg. aka this way of doing it #sergle answers #it's not mechanically impressive but I'm glad that you like the way it looks :3 I'm a fan of it too

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I noticed you weren't posting much for a while, you seem more active now adays and I hope you're doing okay! Say hi to Hugo!

omg... I appreciate the concern!! I'm not great but I am feeling better rn than I have been, and do not currently have a gun in my hand. also Hugo says hi back.

#that picture is from just today btw this is how he Gazes at me #I love this man. more than any man or dog I have ever met in my life #but yeah no it's been really bad for a really long time #I actually went off my meds like. not tapering just cold turkey quit them #a couple weeks ago or so and have been feeling better since then. so. #don't know what that means. but I'm not on suicide watch atm so it's whatever #sergle answers #that's more info than you probably needed but I'm just very impressed w the observation about me being sort of Back At It Again

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I am litcherally foaming at the mouth over that tomato skirt design. How is every single one of your skirt designs a banger

YOU ARE SO NICE... i'm glad you like the cherry maters!!!! i'm super fucking gassed up for the skirt to launch!

#thank u... #genuinely thank u i really appreciate the people who like my skirts #they're by no means the best ones in the Maya Kern catalog so it means a lot #sergle answers

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Bumper sticker that says "I ATE THE BEST PUSSY OF MY LIFE AT THE OKLAHOMA RATTLESNAKE FESTIVAL"

hm. yeah I'll post that

#time for me to custom print that #sergle answers

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underrated thing I enjoy is when a tv show needs to have a rat in a scene, and it’s supposed to be like. a wild nasty ass scary rat, but obviously they’re using someone’s beautiful chubby clean trained pet rat. occasionally it looks like they put some coconut oil or something on its fur to make it look grubby. just a little something for me.

#really really enjoy #and it's got like a sweet face and everything #and actors have to pretend to be scared of it #idk I just like it #sergle answers

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sorry ppl are being weird to you. heres my dog who gets mad when we dont let him in the dishwasher ✌ enjoy

I'll have you know that this picture is so fucking cute that I tried reverse image searching it bc I thought you were sending me a pic from the reddit front page or something

#THIS DOG IS FUCKED UP CUTE WHATS HIS NAME #he literally has Little Beepo's MISERY Is Increasing type face I love a dog w a sad face... #sergle answers

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Now that your boobs aren't taking up 80% of your torso anymore, I bet you can wear crop tops now

OH FUCK

#THEY WERE NEVER LONG ENOUGHBEFORE HANG ON #I HAVE A SWEATER I NEED TO TRY ON #sergle answers

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What's wrong with lexapro? I ask as a fellow lexapro user.

I like that you're asking me what's wrong w lexapro like it's Problematic and not like it just has a very negative impact on me

#it sucks bc it makes me feel bad JHFDHJDGFHJ there's... I don't know what kind of answer you wanted #sergle answers #I say it sucks bc I think it sucks #what's wrong abt it is that it doesn't work inside my brain chemistry and it makes me want to float down a river facedown

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Girl boss, girl bulge, girl bush or something

and that's that on that!

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yeah bc every porn star is a millionaire 🙄

yep!!! every woman who shows her boobs instantly gets one Million Dollars. bc women have it so easy

#these are all facts and truths. #sergle answers

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HOW are you still listening to the mcelroys

i know it's a little silly and quirky of me, but i actually still watch/read/listen to lots of things even when they aren't trending on tumblr anymore

#it's a crazy little thing that i do where i can listen to An Podcast even if it doesn't trend on this website #like. it's still good. sorry #sergle answers #also i don't listen to Any podcast every single week #i let everything sort of fester and then come back and listen to 5 episodes in a row while i work

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Can you post your waist nakey

Can you dwown in a wiver

#you can't say these words to me while also talking like a baby. again from the top #as user bajorubio aptly commented in the last ask like this: vtuber watcher ass language #sergle answers

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WAIT AHHHH did I miss the cats already???? T_T Due to Money(tm) I cannot join permanently, but I really wanted the cats D: Is there still a possibility to join for the kitties?

SKREE there is still some time actually!! I haven't been doing proper promo for my patreon this month- but you still get the stuff if you join/upgrade anytime before January 1st!

#recurring billing is on the day you join and not on the 1st of every month so i prommy that joining at the end of the month won't rake you #over the coals #sergle answers

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the world is full of balance. the wheel of time may be one of the worst book-adaptation shows I've ever watched. and it also may have exposed me to the hottest man I have Ever Seen. I feel sick. what the fuck do yall know about Amar Chadha-Patel. I've been awake for 29 hours and counting

#i think i hauve covid #sergle answers #THIS SHOW IS BAD someone needs to be put in the chair #this guy was a side character for like a second. he should've been a char w more screentime. #unfortunately it seems like this actor is very aware of this and men should never be clued in when they're beautiful so. he's gotta die.. #sergle.txt #''but i liked the series... :(" literally okay #what. are we supposed to have a fight or something

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Yo, you have a pretty neck tho!

VAMPIRE SPOTTED

#WE CAUGHT ONE BOYS!! #sergle answers