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Are you actually depressed or do you just like self deprecating humor? If you're having problems I recommend a cold shower, they usually make me feel better.
studies show self depracating content performs extremely well
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Is it okay to be gay?
i would think so
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Do you ever use faces/emoticons/emojis?
they don't look the same across all platforms, so i find it to be unreliable. they also change too often to be reliable
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Have you ever had a crush on anyone? Ever pursue it?
absolutely. i had the most intense crush situation of my life a few years ago. it ultimately did not work out, but i learned a lot
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How do I control my ADHD?
ADHD from what i understand is a way of your parents being mad at you for being human. so i would suggest keep being human, and continue to learn from any conflicts that may arise
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Did you enjoy High school? Did you have many friends?
no
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what games do you play USING A COMPUTER
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i know you've mentioned a few times here that we shouldn't change for anyone or do anything just because someone else wants us to, but you said that in early 2015 you were showing your face in videos quite often then stopped because people didn't like it. Why is that?
that actually wasn't the reason i stopped. i actually didn't stop ..... let me see if i can explain this .... on the original 5-day
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Can we be friends? also. Ilike pie.
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with the popularity of history of japan i noticed you've been getting a lot of 'can you make more history videos/more short videos'. do these requests influence your choices and process or do you just do what you feel like doing?
i have no intention of doing things 'because' that's what people 'want,' but i will say that those requests have melted my mind. so now my mind is liquid and doesn't function very well, and as a result i might make bad decisions
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Do u like to focus on details or the bigger picture?
i think worrying about details comes automatically for me, which is why the biggest breakthroughs for me are always about the bigger picture, and how it really unlocks everything
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Are you sometimes afraid that noone will take you seriously when you have something serious to say? Like they will think it's a joke?
absolutely not! i just hope that the people who don't relate are not bored
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Do you have a favorite meme ?
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why is this video upside down
which video
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hi?
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Have you considered using the "laws of the universe (and the world)" video as a link if you were to click the 'ueqstions' sign?
no, i was actually a bit bothered by the reaction to that video when it first came out. it's actually based on something i wrote in a notebook many years ago, and it is something my aunt told me, which was very spiritual, and is also borrowed from religious contexts .. "ask and you will be answered." it basically means, if you ASK something, you will always be able to find out the answer. meaning like, ask the universe. ask the world. ask yourself. ASK. but the majority of the comments on that video were all people asking ME stuff. totally not what i was going for with that one. so i think using that video in connection with this page would not be right at all
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what sort of conversations do you, or would you, like to have? like, you seem to enjoy talking about technical aspects of projects- are there any other conversational topics that interest you?
i'm really not sure. i've never been good at figuring out what counts as a topic
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Would you be open to answering more personal questions if asked via email?
absolutely. but some i probably still can't answer
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What is the most rewarding stage for you in your creative process?
the upload! and the likes and the favs
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1.) Your content is very vibrant and colorful. Almost neon. Is there a reason for that? 2.) Your content makes me very happy. Thank you.
when you don't have a special effects budget or good cameras or good footage, you rely on whatever you can. also i love colors
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are you happy?
saying your mood often changes it
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Are you an animatronic robot sent from the future by aliens that are actually humans from another dimensions past to learn how humans from this dimension react to randomly generated material inspired by both dimensions human condition and institutionalized post war prisoners? or are you a Human?
no and yes
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Not this site obviously, but do you think there is another website in the internet that's just about you?
i'm not sure. i try to design my site like a fan site, so there might not be a need for a fan site. i would be interested to see it if there is one
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Can I be an awesome person but still be lazy?
sure. it might be difficult to get the world to know about you, but that might not be what you want
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Do you like that concepts and ideas are fluid and always changing?
yes, absolutely. another type of concepts i enjoy are steadfast unchanging solid concepts
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I'm smart just don't care about fitting into society or care about school and the people I work with, can you relate?
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what kind of drugs are you on
ideas, and concepts
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in high school did you go through a "normal phase" instead of a weird phase?
absolutely not
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Do you feel that you were brought into this life to be doing what you are currently doing? Maybe you're helping and inspiring your soulmate and others to bring out the best in themselves.
i might be halfway there. maybe 25%
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Do you find yourself being lonely because you think people have a hard time understanding you, or you have a hard time understanding other people?
absolutely
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can you tell me why i feel so lonely despite having friends around me?
maybe you are special
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Help! I lied on my resume about my coding experience and my current job is asking too much from me and I'm in over my head! Any advice?
this is what life's all about. enjoy
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why are our answers in the future??
perhaps because you are further west than the time zone i am using
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Just for the sake of curiosity, why is the question at 6.15.16 9:15 pm scrolling across the page like that?
because they did exactly what they said they did
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Where do you get some of your midi sounds? I've been struggling to find sounds that go well together, and you do a good job of that.
most of the work i do now originates from what i was doing on garageband. picking sounds is ultimately not my strong point, and i've come up with all kinds of crazy systems over the years (including a randomization system last year and this year) to avoid thinking about it. there is too much detail for me to really talk about here, but if you want to know certain details i could probably tell you thru email
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no one wants ur bad history vids, if you make another one instead of 100 vine vids or 10 music videos i will be mad and say bad things about you on reddit
it's nice to hear the other side of the story
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Bill, I want to start learning music theory so I can make my own ambient/chill music, but I don't know where to start. I've been playing piano for a long time, but I realized that I don't know that much about music theory. I know you're an advocate for self-teaching, but I'm used to being told what to do and following guidelines. So where should I start? Thanks.
ironically, i think 'ambient/chill' music might be exactly the kind of music you really don't need any harmonic knowledge to make. then again genre names don't really mean much, and you could certainly make chill music using harmonic knowledge also
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did you hear about that dog?
the one who fell down the well? i heard she fell down the well. but she was saved
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have you ever thought about making a FAQ (frequently asked questions) so you don't have to answer the same question over and over again
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have you ever considered twitch streaming, like just streaming your music improvisations?
absolutely, i have profiles on younow, twitch, and periscope can link to my twitter. i haven't figured out what i am doing with the platform yet, but at least i have the names. i was so embarassed that i missed out on my name on instagram, i am still recovering. new platforms pop up all the time, and you never know which ones are going to be big. please let me know about any new sites that suddenly become popular. i am too busy making content to pay attention to that. questions like this are always a good tip off that maybe i need to make an account somewhere
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What is your favorite typeface and could you make this text to be in it?
i don't usually like to set things to specific fonts, because then there is a risk that the user might not have that font. most of this site actually has no font. so whatever font you are seeing it in is the default font for your browser
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What phone do you use
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If I put something in HTML tags would you add it in?
maybe
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How are you coming along?
pretty good. 1 min song/video is done. believe it or not i am actually considering abandoning the remainder of the short videos in the list and start on a research video. not sure yet. i will be thinking about that for the next few hours
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Have you ever asked yourself questions on here?
no
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can this text be made rainbow?
yes, but i really don't have time
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I want to write my own music but I don't know where to start. Any advice?
start anywhere. start by even writing something that's not music
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Can you make this text rainbow?
yes but i really don't have time
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do you keep a journal with you (like comedians, somewhat) and just write stuff down in it when you have ideas?
yes, i just use the notes app on my phone
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don't read this
too late
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What color is your hair ?
i'm not sure
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Can you make my text really small so people will have a hard time reading it? PS I love your content <3
sure
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Can you make my text really small so people will have a hard time reading it? PS I love your content <3
sure
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What is the Title of the next Hitory video? Also, you didn't answer what 1+2 is :(
thank you, i updated it. also there is no way in hell i am telling anyone what the title is
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What is the Title of the next Hitory video? Also, you didn't answer what 1+2 is :(
thank you, i updated it. also there is no way in hell i am telling anyone what the title is
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Do your short videos (10 seconds and under) contain meaning, or are they just wacky for the sake of it? And why so many of them? Like, what are you building towards with all of it?
go for years and years with a steadily increasing desire to create any and every type of video and music content, and continue to be tortured by the inability to find where to start, and i think you might find that making a
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Have you ever considered rapping/making hip hop songs?
i don't consider genre labels to be important
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accidentally hosted a party, how do talk to people?
if you think i am the best resource to find out how to talk to people at a party, you might want to reconsider that
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If love is "a four letter word that you can use in various ways that are mostly positive," is hate "a four letter word that you can use in various ways that are mostly negative?"
i like the way you think
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Do you cry often?
sometimes i cry when i hear a rap that just shreds
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you used to decide what to work on according to length, then with a randomizer, and it seems now you're trying to pretty evenly distribute music/short stuff/long videos over time. are you using any sort of system now to decide what to work on?
i am now "writing the queue" in a more human way than ever before, and i think that is a breakthrough for me. the short videos (including 'what is love') were all newly written as i made the queue (not selected from the archive). i have added some songs to the queue which i HAVE picked randomly, but I'm doing it differently than before -- now I'm actually randomizing from the entire list of songs including ones that are not 100% done (writing), where as before i would only pick from the completed list, and as a result the ones selected were always very old, because the newer ones are usually unfinished (writing). but now i have actually made a list that includes all the partially written ones (including ones that are just a title, or just one line, or even just an idea.) and whatever gets picked, i have to write it to completion. as a result, the finished items will include more newer and stronger writing. So far 3 song picks have been made, the first one was about 50% done, the second one was 100% done but i changed part of it, and the third one was really just a short (very traditional) chord form with barely a dummy melody, and i finished and wrote the whole thing. The entire current queue of items was made/selected/written between 5/20 and 5/26, and it has 11 items, starting with "thinkin bout doing some content." after those 11 items, there is a history video which is currently only a title. after picking that title, i decided to start production on the videos. The list may change, and i am trying very hard to resist the hammering from the public to "just do another history video" and i am trying very hard to remember that no one was asking for a history video before i did it (they wanted vines forever), and that following through in my own way is what made that what it was, and i am trying to remember to continue operating like that.
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Why English?
for what
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What's your favorite song of all time?
the sound ATMs make when they dispense the cash
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What drives you?
time and space
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why does the mechanical pencil in 'a Play featuring an iphone power block and a mechanical pencil' keep constantly changing the subject
restlessness, i assume
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do you enjoy asking questions
i ask them constantly. questions is the building block for what i do
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Hi I just wanted to say I like the stuffed clown fish that's in a lot of your videos. It's cute. Did you win it at the fair?
it's been in the family for years
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Can you make your own text blue?
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do you know and understand why you are compelled to make so much great content and post it online for the world?
it's a survival strategy
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How do you process information best?
using a computer
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How do you clear your mind~?
realize that it wants to clear itself. just go along for the ride
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When is the new History video coming out? Also, what is 1+2 :)
haven't started writing it yet, but the title is picked. according to the current schedule, there are about 6 other videos that need to be made first. also 1+2 is 3
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are you my Father
i don't think so
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Ever play any sports?
does passing people who walk too slow on the sidewalk count as a sport
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just wondering what's the chord change at the end of your 'what is love?' video? (i.e. the 'hell yeah' one)
key is Bb, and i will tell you the notes. on "hell," bass is F, melody is C. important harmony notes are Eb and Gb, less important is Bb (NOT A, A WOULD RUIN THIS). and "yeah" is just Bb maj triad (Bb, D, F). to express it in terms of chord symbols, you might accurately say F7sus4b9, or Ebmin6 over F, or Cdim (or half dim, NOT dim7) over F. all would be equally accurate. the important note that makes the magic happen is the Gb, and it is the same note that makes 4min chords happen. i hope that answers your question
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do you play with other musicians?
only for work
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How many videos until we see your face again?
i think i will do it in some of the upcoming songs
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I'm a very lonely person. Can you give me some advice on how to not have the feelings of alone?
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I also want to learn everything, and not only knowledge - technical and practical skills too. Beginning something new is always so much fun, but once I get in to a project all the other ones look much more appealing. Do you ever get that?
sure. it's important to remain in touch with why you wanted to do the project, and also understand the steps exactly, in a microscopic way. What is really actually the next step on the project, down to the smallest detail? also make sure you simplify all the steps.
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what kind of questions do you choose not to answer?
the ones that i either have no answer or can't make up an answer for, or ones that ask for too detailed identifying personal information
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so i'm currently working on a project of mine, but i'm constantly doubting if it's any good or if i'm just delusional. i get that everyone trying to make things goes through this period but i keep thinking, no seriously, what if i actually *am* bad at this and i just don't know it?? and part of me is like, "that doesn't matter, you're really enjoying making this, it feels right" but another part of me is like "YOU COULD BE SPENDING THIS TIME PROTESTING CHILD LABOR OR SOMETHING, YOU'RE SO SELFISH" advice??
you won't be able to stop child labor by protesting.  you need to Be the child doing the labor you wish to see in the world
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Are you planning on releasing any full length songs? (longer than 2 minutes)
hundreds. i have 2 coming up that are about 2:14 each, and another one that is in the 3 min range
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Do you consider yourself an artist or are you developing your craft as you go along and still in the expiremental/learning stages.
both
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Why is everyone partenered up and I'm still single?
looks like i blacked out and asked myself a question again
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Are you gonna make an album?
i will be releasing many many songs. hundreds if possible. whether they are in groups or single i don't know yet
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Do you see yourself working towards a magnum opus some day with your music or videos or do you hope that the high point never comes
what is a magnum opus
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Are people searching too deep for meaning in your videos and all your work? Seems like your just a dude trying to do his thing and you get swarmed with these memes and bullshit of people attaching meaning to something that doesn't need it.
there is a lot of meaning in a lot of what i do
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Is this how questions are asked?
very close. add meaning and you will be all set
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i really need help but i don't have anyone to talk to
haha, join the club
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how can i play more music? thabks
any way you want
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what is your kink?
talent
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what made you choose japan for your video, as opposed to some other country?
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Why is questions mispelled
it is a bandwidth-efficient alternative to graphics. by keeping all these pages graphic free, they still load fast. even this one
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I think im gay, what do i do?
be gay, i assume
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What were you like as a kid
a thinker, also very obsessive
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You're cool, but are you from the west coast?
no