[Jeff Ross]

*looks at Josiah*
*doesn’t see a fried shoe*
*looks at AP with a reassuring look*
*realizes potatoes have tube many eyes for returning proper eye contact*
*feels like a further explanation on the channel is needed*

Remember the other day when I was in a “rhyming mood”? It was because I was in the middle of composing a comment for a certain other video while hitting refresh on the Not-Forum and interacting here. I wanted to interact right away, but I didn’t want to lose the momentum that I had on composing the comment so I just kept rhyming while I was here.

I’m actually surprised no one has brought that particular comment up, but it’s okay. It was written with a “rap battle” mindset rather than an encouraging one. It is very witty, but it’s written in order to elicit a response from the creator or possibly a reply from the audience, so it may sound a bit harsh. (Someone already gave it a “thumbs down” to counter my “thumbs up” on it.) One thing I’m working on is competing with an “iron sharpens iron” [Proverbs 27:17] mindset rather than a “trying to be better than everybody” mentality. Even my most recent comment on a video, which was both a critique and a parody, came across as confusing (partly because of the accidentally bold text) and received a thumbs down from someone. My goal is to successfully get to the point that I’m able to consistently write comments that edify and not just display wit. Some of my comments so far have done that, but not all of them, so I have some work to do.

Reading Masøn’s high quality comments week in and week out definitely inspired me to get into the YouTube comment art form. Challenging myself to rhyme while writing them is a creative decision to help my work stand out. (Kevin has talked about consistency helping establish a presence, but I didn’t want the fate of “Yours Truly, Chris” happen to me, where identical repetition affected how effective he could be with the substance of the comments he leaves.) I don’t have to rhyme for every comment I leave (and I haven’t), but in general, rhyming helps me to write more succinctly and more creatively. If I can successfully use YouTube comments to improve my rhyming, writing, and creative thinking skills, then I’ll keep doing it. If not, then I’ll stop.

For reference sake, I have been keeping track of the comments that I write and where I have left them. I am being very deliberate with which videos I compose comments for, since I strive to write comments worth reading.

Fun fact: Masøn wins the prize for “first subscriber to the channel”, as he was so confident in his stalker theory.

*feels like sufficient explanation is given*
*stops talking and goes to sleep*

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Acre

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That’s an HTML tag…I don’t know whether it does or does not work for YouTube comments.

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Christopher

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#thatmomentwhen you do a little bit of extra research and find that using underscores before and after text supposedly italicizes them in YouTube comments, and hyphens before and after make the text strikethrough.

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#thatmomentwhen you accidentally discover that asterisks render text bold in the YouTube comment section, even though you probably knew that already and just forgot.

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York

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Peter

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#CarrotStickProblems

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His most impressive video, however, is this one, which I don’t think needs a translation:

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{Feel free to take the actual text from the video’s description and run it through Google Translate to double-check me.}

[Jeff Ross]

Hi, I am Johann, and I study mathematics.
For me, formulas are as much fun as music,
And not only because I like to study the abstract
And prove hypotheses, arguing with logic,

But I would like to call myself a fairly rational person.
I like to check what I do with what I know, for then
Only then, being critical, as it concerns validity,
I keep from having blind faith without clarity.

I tell you all of this as a believing Christian
Since you shouldn’t “turn off” your reasoning as a believing person.
No, you should also question how you live and your beliefs
Because this life-long skill is how to go about the truth you seek.

Therefore, I don’t just believe in a “higher power”,
A random creator, or a “flying spaghetti monster”;
Instead, I believe concretely in the God the Bible tells us of
Who came to us as a man. In Jesus is displayed God’s love.

And Jesus really lived [it can be historically traced]
Yes, he’s even the one upon whom our calendar is based.
Everyone should see what was written about this “somebody”.
The Bible is not a fairy tale; It is reality.

I tell you all of this as a believing Christian
Since you shouldn’t “turn off” your reasoning as a believing person.
No, you should also question how you live and your beliefs
Because this life-long skill is how to go about the truth you seek.

I tell you all of this as a believing Christian
Since you shouldn’t “turn off” your reasoning as a believing person.
No, you should also question how you live and your beliefs
Because this life-long skill is how to go about the truth you seek.

(If you ask me, it sounds like what would Kevin would have said [if Kevin were a mathematician named Johann].)

[Jeff Ross]

Fun fact: That “single German channel” is also CHRIIIIIISSSTTTIIIAAANNNN!

Want proof? Below is one of the Christian videos from the channel and in the comment that follows, I put my translation of what the video says (attempting to keep the spirit and the rhyme, though not necessarily the meter).

[Jeff Ross]

Interesting the way you put that…I take it that your Mom wasn’t just attending the convention, but she had a booth of her own.

[Jeff Ross]

Fit like a glove…except we have yet to interact visually yet. Hopefully we all get to meet in-person someday, but until then, all of our Not-Forum interaction is still very edifying. F.A.C.E.s are some of the best internet friends anyone could ask for. 😀

[Jeff Ross]

Fun fact: I was scrolling through the latest batch of Blimey Cow comments when I saw Bekah’s new channel logo. Turns out it was an authentic comment from Bekah, not an imposter. 😀

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Personally, I really like how the trailer turned out. I’m looking forward to seeing the channel become officially updated to “Cross Notes Studio” and the release of Monday’s video! 😀

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Drink

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So if you were wondering what Bekah came up with…

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To God be the glory, great things He hath done,
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life-gate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice;
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He hath done.

Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice;
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He hath done.

Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport when Jesus we see.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice;
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He hath done.

-Fanny Jane Crosby, one of the most proficient hymn writers of the past 200 years (who did it all without being able to see physically)

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I’m putting in a request
On this blessed day
To pray for the best
In every single way
To be granted unto
Every F. A. C. E.
That put work into
This site’s community.

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Uh, oh. This is the wrong thread for making people smile.
I’ll just leave this thread and go away for awhile.

(And while I’m away
I’ll thank God and pray
For every F.A.C.E.
That I made smile today)

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On paper? Oh, dear, I did not think
Forests would be destroyed with pen and ink
All because I inspired Franklin to compose
And he wrote it on paper…in rhyme, not in prose

(Actually, I’d rather
Franklin use paper
Since so many blank pages
Sit unused and wasted)

[Jeff Ross]

That being said, please continue
If it is something that you wish to do
But if it is not, then feel no pressure
To write in rhyme as a creative endeavor

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I apologize, Franklin,
I did not intend
That you had to rhyme
On this thread at this time

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I have now seen the video as I sit alone
For some strange reason, my cell phone
Allowed me to play it, but not my computer…
Your face is still safe with me, my good sir

[Jeff Ross]

Your face is safe with me
For the vid I cannot see
“Unless you join Facebook
At this vid you cannot look”
That message my screen shows
To my eyes above my nose
Though I a F.A.C.E. be
Your face is hid from me

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Keep it succinct; make it quite clear
Why YouTube viewers would want to stay here.
Explain why your channel is named what it’s named,
Who it’s made by, and what it contains.
Keep it under one minute, and that sets the stage:
The optimal trailer for your channel’s front page

(Before you respond with a perplexed “How…?”:
I’m simply in a rhyming mood right now.)

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Personally, I think it would make for a good “channel trailer” video.

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Kristen

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