Making My Stuff Mine

About This Video

A ninety-second catalog of annoyances: cords that don't fit, power buttons in the wrong place, nowhere to put the mic, no tripod threads, no lens filter, no selftimer, things that won't stay put. Van attributes the creative impulse to a quote he can't quite source. 'We create because we are annoyed.' The video is the proof. Every frustration is physical, tactile, the kind of problem you can feel in your hands.

The promise at the end: to rectify all of it using 'the most powerful technology that man hath wrought.' A teaser clip from the flagship episode. Names the annoyances, withholds the fix.

Transcript

I can't find it anywhere, but I think it was Mammoth who said something like, "We create because we are annoyed."

Cords don't fit. Power buttons lame. Nowhere to put the mic.

I can't spell. Where's the B? Stay put. Stay put. Stay put. Where are they? Where are they? Ouch. Ain't got no tripod threads, no lens filter, no selftimer.

But to rectify the annoyances contained herein will take the assistance of the most powerful technology that man hath wrought.

I'll get you my pretty and your little dog tooth. Join our Patreon here. See how this video fits into the full episode here. The Patreon is how you get in touch with me and contains the alternate universe to this channel.

Products & Tools Mentioned

• Leica Q2 (implied) frustration — "ain't got no tripod threads, no lens filter, no selftimer"
• AI (implied) tool — "the most powerful technology that man hath wrought" to fix annoyances

People Referenced

Mammoth (uncertain attribution)