I can’t. I’m dead. GameChanger new season aired ep1 yesterday.

I’m not a shill, but if you’re not watching dropout and you like to have fun, please go do so. A solid variety of content from mayhem to inspirational.

I need to discuss and/or see other people’s takes on these shows.

Help me Lemmy: Where can I talk about this stuff. Dropout doesn’t seem to host any internal forum or promote a space on another tool, and I don’t want to use a subreddit or discord server named after them because fuck those companies.

The dropout lemmy communities on lemmy.world and lemmy.blahaj.zone seem dead.

Is there another place everyone already knows about? Should I be the change I want to see in the world and post to a community to try and revitalize it? Should I sit and stew in my own thoughts?

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    I love D20 but haven’t watched anything else yet.

    I dont get the On a bus one. Who is the elf lady?

    • korazail@lemmy.myserv.oneOP
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      17 hours ago

      I said elsewhere here that I haven’t gotten through the D20s, because they have a story that requires some dedication to sit through and I like the shorter form shows. I still like D20, I just need to be present and treat them like a book instead of just enjoying the mayhem. The on-a-bus iteration of D20 is led by Katie Marovitch, who appears in several Game Changers and Make Some Noise. I think she might be more of a writer than a contestant, but I’m not sure and haven’t gone to look her up. I love that Dropout lets people blur the line.

      I think the on-a-bus series, which I’m only vaguely aware of and haven’t watched, is a bit on its own where they are somewhat picking on Brennan; which is funny because he takes this so seriously and Katie doesn’t seem to.

      See if there’s a thread in one of the Dropout communities. If it’s old, start a new one and link the old. We don’t all find these shows when they are newly aired. I want to discuss many shows I’ve seen, and plan to use the lemmy.world community to start those.

      If anyone knows of an older style forum where this is being discussed, let me know. A necro-post in this context seems like it would be neat instead of annoying.

    • korazail@lemmy.myserv.oneOP
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      2 days ago

      They really are. So many amazing people on their shows, and a variety of kinds of show.

      I’m trying not to sound like PR for them, because I’m not, but I really like their content and ethos; and will recommend them as a place to go for fun stuff. Fuck Sam Reich (but only if you’re Elaine) - that probably proves I’m not corporate?

      They need to re-up Gastronauts and Crowd Control. Those are some of my favorites, though they can be a bit hit or miss based on the guests. The D20’s are great, but require more investment since there’s a long story, and that intimidates me so I like the more self-contained shows. @samreich

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    3 days ago

    I loved the season opener. It was hilarious having actual lawyers judge how bad it was and Mommy Standards and Practices was well done.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    3 days ago

    I think contributing to existing communities seems like the best option. Also, evangelizing the community in other places so people are more aware of it helps too. Luckily, that’s exactly what this post (kind of) does.

    For example, I didn’t know there were dropout Lemmy communities. I just subbed to the blahaj.zone one.

    • korazail@lemmy.myserv.oneOP
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      2 days ago

      I dropped a post in the lemmy.world one, because I think it might have a larger potential audience, since .world was like the semi-default instance when I joined lemmy. Now I need to learn how to crosspost so I can share to other instances.

      Ask-lemmy-v2: Does crossposting link comments? If someone sees a post in lemmy.blahaj.zone and I’ve crossposted from lemmy.world, are the post mingled or isolated?

      I’d rather solidify on a single community if the commentors can’t see each other.

      Asking for a friend.

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        13 hours ago

        My vote is blahaj! I am also curious about the comments but my guess is no they wouldn’t be shared. But idk.

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      3 days ago

      The problem is that there isn’t a Dropout community and the equivalent Nebula community is rather dead.

      • korazail@lemmy.myserv.oneOP
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        2 days ago

        So…

        On Make Some Noise, there are occasionally ‘fan submissions’ for prompts. Where does that happen? I figured there was a secret forum I was just unaware of.

        My guess is reddit, sadly, but if there’s some more official place and I just haven’t found it, I need to know.

        If the official unofficial place is reddit, we need to push everyone to one of the communities here.