.... And Why I Can't Wait To Quit YouTube
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2022
- Yea, it's a two-part Frant. If the world were a free ride I would give it up - but you gotta buy your way through life, and this is all I got going on. I couldn't make a dime doing anything else these days! I know - I have tried! (Poor Fran is whining again about having to work - There Trolls, now you don't have to bother typing it into the comments) Enjoy!
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As an armchair expert on this matter, I can tell you that you've already gone above and beyond in dignifying them with this much of a courteous response.
I dream of becoming an armchair expert.
I could move to the vacant armchair from the couch but I just don''t have the ambition.
never give up your dream. I mean, don't expend any effort, but keeping the dream is nice!
Too long, didn’t read. 😝
Speaking as someone who doesn't own an armchair, I don't think you know what you're talking about.
Bloody well said!
Fran I know exactly what you should do, continue being you and awesome.
Exactly, as Fran is Lovely just the way she is, as the always kind Mr. Rodgers would put it...
Fran
In my 71 years on this earth, I have learned that you don’t have to make an appointment to meet a horses ass.
You are doing a great job, keep up the good work.
I started my career in electronics in 1968. I enjoy you and your your channel.
Bruce
These young "experts" are just as bad as old experts that are stuck in their own education that they completed more than 20 years before. You might have come across both types through your life. I sure have. Ild people not wanting to listen to new ways of doing stuff, and young ones refuse to listen to golden points from old timers with years of experience.
@@brostenen The older ones are victims of "The Peter Principle", and I'm sure that at some point some, (many?), managers and supervisors get lobotomised.
@@terryloveuk I need to google that principle.
@@terryloveuk The ones I am talking about, are those that got hired and then stuck. Those that never embraced new tech, and never advanced. You know. Got hired when what they knew, made them tech wizzards, but their knowledge slowly became outdated and they them self never noticed. One such example is a teacher that I had in 1995. The education were the most advanced hardware based education at that point, and he were still stuck in Comet computers as being the ultimate learning tool for hardware. But these people were and had never been promoted. Another teacher I had, still thought that CP/M were the most awesomme and the future in operating systems. And that was around 1990. Possible 1991.
@@brostenen Oh, the "dinosaurs", well sometimes they can be useful (think COBOL programmers, there's still a load of that code out there that needs maintaining). Becoming a dinosaur comes to a lot of people eventually (me too at 69 now). Incompetence came down to meet them, rather than they having to rise to reach it :-D.
As fellow youtuber, I recognise a lot of your experiences. I am not sure though that it is a ‘youtube or generation thing’. I don’t think I have ever found a shortage of people in my working life willing to give their opinion on subjects they may know nothing about. Occasionally, there are gems in and amongst. Thanks for the channel, I often come away from your videos having learnt something, but more importantly learnt something that is of use. I also really like the style of your videos, it is distinctly off-brand in a great way.
As a teacher I can say that YES....it is a generational thing.
Yes ago my sister said "if you don't blueprint it will blow up" while I was rebuilding a car engine when I was 17 back in 1984, even though she never learned to change the oil or install the spare tire on a car decades longer...
The so called "pervert who is also utterly clueless" has likely always been around...
Intelligent people ask questions, stupid people tell you how to do stupid things...
It's often been said of free advice, "You get what you pay for."
I feel for you, Fran. I think people who grew up with computers assume they can do anything. It' s just a matter of looking things up or tweaking software. I don't think they've had our long experience with the physical world and don't understand how there can be people who have spent their entire lives in a specialty and know of details and complexities we can't even begin to follow.
@@WoefulMinion So true Emil Fischer (Fischer projection) deduced that sp3 carbon was tetrahedral before we even had paper chromatography.
it's not just UA-cam, this kind of person is everywhere. I have a small business where a lot of people comes by, and there is a lot of them knowing it soooo much better than I do...
Tell me about it. I work in the field of audio and acoustics. Although most of the time I earn my money with making PCBs. Why? Because quite literally everyone thinks they can make a good sounding speaker. Or one that fit all the requirements. Or they just refer to some overly expensive brand that just has one goal and that's taking money. It's even worse when taking thinks to production were so many startups go flat on their face. Fran puts it very well that knowledge but mostly experience is lacking so much these days. Even (or even more so) among people with a degree. Everyone seems to know it better.....
A quote from some 400 years ago: " If you begin in certainty, then you shall end in doubt; but if you shall be content to begin in doubt then you shall end in certainty". John Locke, IIRC.
And of course also all the briliant ideas of improvements ort new products "You NEWER taught about this, but I hawe an idea for you You did not taught about!" My usual ansvear nowadays is "-The hammer is there on the anvil, it's just getting started for you!" Seem to work most of the time... ha ha
Same, it starts with “You should”…
@@CT-vm4gf Well to be honest, that can also be a difference in culture. In a lot of cultures that means "I just have a suggestion or idea I would like to give, do whatever you want with it, no worries". Although it seems that a lot of people from especially the US read it as "You must do this"
Don't listen to those arrogant, delusional, disinformed fools, Fran! We love you and appreciate all the great knowledge you share with us! Keep up the fantastic work!
you can add presumptuous to the list - presuming to think Fran is seeking their guidance. It is like if Fran gave a huge performance in LA - because art it is, wrapped around and through with knowledge, experience, expertise and legacy - then Fran gets beamed every OTT conversation people excitedly had on the way home venting their current obsessions. Overwhelming and a distortion of reality. Scan comments and hide as soon as it appears a bit off. Then give it no thought.
Beautifully said, thank you 😊
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 You are clearly a self-projecting hypocrite.
Edit:
And to make things worse for yourself, you have exposed yourself as one of the very type of people Fran was talking about, because you are so personally offended by what she said and by anyone backing Fran, who is absolutely right about everything she said.
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 Also, your childish, weak insults only fit you...PERFECTLY.
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 "...Childish and underdeveloped" -you
Look who's talking. Grab yourself a mirror. Your petty insults are a reflection of yourself.
UA-cam is slowly digging its own grave, they do nothing at all to stop the trolls, yet they spend all their time demonetising and warning, striking and removing content from so many amazing creators around the world for really stupid reasons.
Stay strong, try to ignore the arseholes,
Hopefully UA-cam will see where their going wrong before it's too late,
Take care Fran.
my guess with youtube is that the problem is actually the current youtube CEO.
So true 👍🏽👍🏽
Love your channel, Fran!
Back in '79 I was in electronics lab in high school. It was the last year of teaching for my very senior instructor, and when it was time to pick my project I chose an old, dusty box that had the parts for a five tube, A. M. radio. My teacher was so happy with my choice. He said it had sat there for years. Everyone picked transistor projects. I still have it and I'm glad I made his day. Keep on doing you!
"Franting"! Love it. Please don't stop franting. I've worked in tech support for 20 years and I can tell you that regular people are horribly annoying. In a way, you can assume that if you are annoying them, you are doing a good job.
By asking all kinds of questions they have no idea how to answer, like "what version of an internet browser do you use" or "do you have any firewall software installed on your system", haha :)
Fran, with all the bots, trolls and disinformation about, you are a beacon of facts and truth. You are well spoken and honest. Keep you, you.
Your old films are awesome. Thanks.
Seconded.
So true, on the money!
You're a breath of fresh air Fran. It's good to have you around :-)
Hey there! Just wanted to throw my support in with the rest. I’m a long time fan of the content you make, including the rants! I’m a 3D artist and it’s hard not to see some parallels between the artiverse and what’s going on here: in art there is always a huge asymmetry between the minority of people who dedicate their lives to the craft and put in the work, and the majority who take the easy route and become critics (and further, try to tear down those who create; crab kettle mentality) Although you’re an engineer, I also consider you to be an artist pouring your soul into these projects and videos, and it sucks to see you are being harassed for it. Don’t let us commenters destroy your love for what you do! Much respect!!
The ignorant are blessed. My problem is that the more I know, the more I know I don't know
Google geniuses have about as much real knowledge as my pet rock.
Well, at least your pet rock has wisdom, it knows, and exercise this always, it sits still, and does it's thing:)
Yaba daba dooo🤓🤓👍👍👍
Is your PET Rock from Bedrock😎✌
@@MrLoftyDreams 😂🤣👍👍
I have 40 years experience in the technical television game, I think you're doing a great job.....So There!
Yeah, me too. About 20 years as a service engineer, then 12 years as a technical expert till today. So i can confirm that Fran has a very large background knowledge about what she's doing. And she is a very likeable person also.
When Fran stated that transvestite is a slur, I thought "is it a slur, I don't remember it being a slur". I then realized that I hadn't really thought about or heard the term in a while so things might have changed, so I did some research and found that, yes, it is now considered a slur. It may have been considered a slur for a long time, and i just wasn't aware of it.
My point is that, when I heard something that contradicted what I thought I knew, I realized that I might be incorrect and searched for the correct information.
Same here. The word was just taught in my school "Health" class, very matter of factly, as a generalized term. I would have had no way of knowing it wasn't appropriate. Public education is an abomination, and has been for too long.
Hi Fran, I personally enjoy most of your content. I've learned so many different things from you and you make me smile at my lowest times. Thankyou
Dad always taught me... No matter how good you think you are, there's always someone more skilled and better than you, never stop learning. And Fran, also that's not aimed at you, it's aimed at the arse talkers.
Try not to let them get ya ya, you're doing great!
And for those who bring the mathematical argument that someone has to be the best: that doesn't last, particularly not if they're arrogant about it, and if you thought you might be the one at any point, you're probably on the overestimating side of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I really wish these social networks would all just go open source and allow devs to just patch up issues that may come up with people trying to scam the system. Would probably give us so many better features instantly!
That's a very cool idea
The F E D I V E R S E is right there, mate.
(Apologies for the weird formatting, it seems Google doesn't like me telling people about that. 🤔)
the investors would not approve of open source i can tell you that much!
Here's what I think you should be doing. 1) Ignore them; 2) Continue doing what you do best. Because you got a lawyer interested in electronics. That alone should make you Noble Prize material. Keep doing what you doing best. PS: I also know a bit about chemical layers of color films. Just because I like photography.
She should just run things how she sees fit, but maybe a few footnotes on the screen for the less technical people.
Too bad she couldn't afford someone to filter the YT related stuff so she can get on with doing stuff.
I really love your channel and truly appreciate everything that you share with us.
1:05 I need to know the secret of having a #1 channel! Please tell us his secret!
How should I know????
😅
@@FranLab But your's is the one! =) Cheer up!
As "Watch Wes Work" puts it - the three Bs' of UA-cam: Boobs, Burnouts and Blowing stuff up
@@FranLab You are no 1, along with Dave, in my books, such as it is worth. Keep on being yourself Fran, that is more important than the opinion of others. Speaking as the guy at a keyboard, almost equidistant between you and Dave.
Also yes film does degrade, all old photos will fade, some more than others, and film as well. Not CSI where you can zoom in, click enhance, zoom in further, click enhance again, and see individual atoms in a reflection, off of a single pixel, in a poor copy of a copy of a VHS surveillance recording, made at night, in a tropical storm, with a tape that has already made 1000 passes past the heads, shedding oxide all the time. Me just glad the film is watchable, and the sound is mostly there as well, complete with uncropped film frames.
I watch your channel precisely because you DO know what you're doing, and your instincts and insights are solid. I've never known why ignorant asshats troll competent channels, and I wish I had a surefire suggestion about how best to ignore 'em. They're like human mosquitoes: blood-sucking, irritating, and impossible to avoid. Hang in there, Fran.
Agreed, Fran has so many interests I share. Sometimes I know the basic framework of a subject (I know what a 16mm color film is, for example, and something of how it's made and used) but it's not until Fran or someone like her produced videos like these that I get the real inside story, chemistry and all. Fran reminds me of her fellow sometime New Yorker, Leonard Susskind, in that they both "show their work", presenting the actual math behind the matter. If that's too much detail, people can tune out the equations or go somewhere else.
Fran your videos are one of my favorite things, not just on youtube, but just one of my favorite things period. your extensive knowledge on all these different subjects is so interesting. i hope people stop irritating you so you can focus more easily on doing what you love!
Love you Fran, hang in there, I’ve been around “electrics” for 50 years and though a close friend of mine was a truly brilliant electronic engineer who blew my mind many times over, I at best can soldier my own cables and tune my guitar by ear! My friend by the way worked for ARP and was a key player in building the first 2600 way back in the day. He was actually so humble, I didn’t find out how big part he played until he passed away a few years back, no kidding but going to his workshop for me was like a kid in a candy store..love what you do Fran, keep the faith!
Yeah, I'm amazed how film has almost completely disappeared from human memory in just a generation. I still shoot with film cameras sometimes, and I come across young people who really can't understand why there isn't a screen on the back where I can show them a photo I just took.
Welcome to the digital dark age...
It's called instant gratification...they need to see how amazing they are at taking useless snapshots and selfies with their phone. They don't want to learn what real photography is. They just want the immediate outcome.
LOL, this made me think of all those film-strim I watched in school, BEEP.
Actually...film had not disappeared. Kodak, Ilford, Fujifilm and other independent companies are still producing it...and lots of it. Along with the chemistry to develop it as well as paper for enlargement printing. There is still something about the quality of film and it's grain. There is nothing like spending time in a dark room. Unfortunately the new generation don't get it...hell..they don't even own a screwdriver.
@@davidpreneta3805 Yes, and I still have stashes of film and chemicals in the fridge and freezer just in case
New times come with new skills. One of those skills is to ignore the dozens of self-proclaimed consultants that knock on your door every day. At least that's become my coping mechanism. I can only speak for myself here: I love your content, and I keep coming back to it.
Fran, love the channel!! So happy you restarted it and just wanted to let you know. You are not alone. I own an electronics repair shop and in the past 3 years, it has become so frustrating that I am also considering shuttering my shingle. You hit the nail on the head, the younger generations think they can watch a youtube video and are instant experts. Frustrating when someone comes to me with a circuit they have no idea the complexity, yet tell me how they want it repaired or modified without consideration of the fundamental laws of physics. Maybe it'll change, maybe it'll get worse. Hope you keep your channel. Love it!!
As a renowned, certificated world-class authority in absolutely nothing whatsoever I'd just like to say that I pop in to get my next refreshing, brain-tickling dose of Fran a couple of times a week and am never disappointed, whether you're dissecting some glorious old tech, explaining the hell out of physics and electronics, sharing some fascinating restored film or just chewing the fat on the front porch. Sometimes you even make stuff go into my big fat head that actually stays there, and for a while there I glow with pride and feel like I just made friends with the smartest kid in school, and maybe I'm not such an idiot after all.
Your never-ending enthusiasm and joy for sharing your lifetime of knowledge, insight and experience with your audience pervades every nook and cranny of this wonderful, refreshingly gimmic-free channel, and in my opinion (because I just know you're dying to know what my unsolicited opinion of your life is because I'm so damn important) everything is just Frantastic!
Its just a sign of the times - its usually youngsters who have no idea about life, but yet they say they know everything. Carry on being you and ignore the trolls.
These days it's sometimes just weird to have discussions with people. Not just youngsters. Many don't seem to understand that for having a decent conversation or discussion one needs to have at least a certain level of knowledge and/or experience. Or otherwise put in the effort to look things up.
Nowadays people just yell "can you prove it?!". I sometimes just can't comprehend anymore the lack of not only basic knowledge but also lack of being able to think on a logical level.
You're saying exactly what some old greek philosophers were whining about, back in their time.
My experience is that it's an issue spread over all generations. For instance, a greybeard ham radio operator tried to convince me that a USA produced J-37 morse key is most definitely a Junkers (german key, mostly used in the merchant navy). It's not. The Junkers is a radically different design. But nothing could convince him to think otherwise. He was 30 years older than i am. Anyone with a smartphone could just punch in 'j-37 key' and figure out that the Junkers is produced on the other side of the atlantic.
I've had such experiences many times with various subjects. If anything, whenever i'm interacting with people younger than i am, they have less issues with admitting that what they said was wrong.
Seniority is not a guarantee for having the most correct knowledge.
As a side note, i am not doubting Fran's knowledge one single bit and i know damn well how annoying it is when people doubt your knowledge and procedures which are verifiably correct, such as the physically disappearing blue dye in cine film.
All knowledge begins with a question, which also implies that one does not know the answer to everything. Although I must admit that at 18 I was pretty sure I knew everything. Now, at 64, I am certain that I do not!
@@p_mouse8676 , I wonder if what you refer to has to do with the fact that so many of us have watched detective shows on TV where some investigator or DA says "it doesn't matter what you know, it only matters what you can prove". Not to mention that we have endured decades of political spin and so-called "alternate facts" and what some now refer to as gaslighting.
It's not a generational thing, it's a numbers thing. I remember in the 1990s a letter in the university newspaper by a student who told the university how to get faster internet. Most viewers are amazed by what you do. A small percentage on the low end of the Dunning-Kruger scale shoot their mouths off. Unfortunately a small percentage of a large number is still an annoying number of messages for a single creator to deal with.
Yes I'd agree its more about numbers, possibly the ony generational thing is that the older ones can't use youtube comments!
Yeah it’s nothing to do with respecting elders with greater knowledge. A lot of young, smart people are very respectful. When we start youth bashing we are merely pining for our own youth.
I'm enjoying your content. Know from bitter personal experience just what it's like to jump the fifty nine bars in the way of getting any product to market - or not as the case often is... Unless someone has done that themselves they have no useful knowledge to voice - sure seems like there are a lot of google professionals though. You know, the sort who google something for ten minutes and then think they have mastered tens of thousands of hours of practical understanding and experience sufficient to lecture the world. Sad little people in the end aren't they... You keep doing you Fran, because you are a very great deal indeed to tens of thousands of us. Watching the crap you and others have to wade through on YT has made me choose not to do anything myself as of yet, but it is(was?) a useful platform to put up ideas and share knowledge globally, well if one gets big enough...
I appreciate your video and like learning from you. Hope you don't quit... the more popular, the more comments...
When someone breaks wind, hold your nose and open the window.
Definitely one of the finest channels on UA-cam.
I'm sure you tube is a small part of what you do. I have enjoyed your channel very much. I'll see you around and if you keep making vids I'll keep liking.
Personally, I prefer to ignite it and leave yet another flaming asshole to smolder. ;)
Still, I haven't the patience to operate a channel, as I suffer fools poorly.
I love going to your little corner of UA-cam Fran, and I love and enjoy your videos.
fran i am amazed at your curiosity and really enjoy experiencing your skills and knowledge. keep up the good work!
I think you are awesome and as an artist and graphic designer of many decades I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Fran Lab Omni font logo!
Keep doing what you're doing! I've learned so much from you over the years. Most of these armchair engineers are just victims of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I encounter the same thing daily in technology. I have my days where I feel really dumb - then I take a look around and realize there's a lot of other people who just faked it or skated by on dumb luck and aren't actually experts. And keep the Frants coming! :)
That is indeed a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect. Well said.
100% Dunning-Kruger
Some young people today don’t know that TV is free with an over-the-air antenna. If you tell them they think it’s some kind of hack.
They should watch Antenna Man's channel
Or, even worse, they'll pay big bucks for a 4K antenna. My 1958 rabbit ears do me just fine!
@@FromSagansStardust There used to be color rabbit ears too. The word "color" printed on the antenna. Marketing hogwash!
@@zulumax1 I remember (I'm 64). And each letter was a different color on the box and in the ads!
@@FromSagansStardust Yep, I was born in 1957. I started working on tv and radio sets when I was 13 around 1970. My grandfather owned a GE tv and appliance shop and I learned from him. He started his GE franchise in 1938 as a dealer and authorized repairman. All my mentors are no longer around. Love Fran's channel, guess I am an old nerd.
I love your content. I learn so much from you. I would hate to see you leave.
Keep at it. I'm in my 50's and look forward to learning from your knowledge and experience.
You know, Fran. I would wager that many of your viewers are neurodivergent (such as myself) so it is possible that these e-mails and comments are a lot more benign that they seem.
All that lack of tone with online communication can be the hardest part to deal with, I think.
Kinda. We tend to be drawn to each other, right? Personally I find online communication easier than in person or on the phone because you can't rely on body language both on the transmitting and receiving end. So, you have to think how to convey the message that would normally be expressed by the tone and loudness of voice, posture, distance, gestures, whatnot. It's also asynchronous, which has its set of advantages and disadvantages, and offers more time for processing and analyzing. Again, a double-edged sword.
7:50 This perfectly describes the current society. We have never been so connected yet so disconnected at the same time. I admire you Fran, dont let the bastards grind you down !
OMG FRAN...Your opening statement SLAPS ME IN MY FACE!!!!..I work with folks that talk to me that way & I try to defend myself with a comeback, WOW...a big ugly loop!!! UGH!!! .. Older folks seem to be wiser or have more patience than younger folks? Younger folks seem to have far more calluses on their tongue than on their hands (generally speaking). It must feel good to have a one-way podium platform that allows you now to have the last word towards those callused tongues out there, HA! THANK YOU FRAN I NEEDED THIS. ..... Fran I am much older than you. I am still dealing with this in my older age. CALLUSES, SCARS, WISDOM & PATIENCE we all acquire with time. How we handle our accumulated knowledge can only be assessed by looking back and learning ???....TM
Love your content keep up the great work. I've learned a lot from watching your videos.
I am a retired electronics engineer, I love you to banished the trolls. I have gone back to 35mm roll films, I have possibly over 100 film SLR cameras to play with and yes film and developing are expensive but even MORE fun to use. What is your favourite film camera?
I chanced onto a video with images of Ringo Starr & his Asahi Pentax 35 mm SLR (accompanying his 'Photograph' song). I briefly collected a few old 35 mm SLRs, and I do recall the Pentax with a 50 mm 1.4 SMC Takumar gave outstanding results. Gave it up, don't recall why now, maybe because I already had a Nikon set.
---------------------- where do you get film developed ..... ?
@@rsgabrys3080 I have been wondering the same thing, Walgreens used to keep 1 store in each large city that actually developed film. But that was 10 years ago so idk🤷
I'm from India and one of your biggest fans. Please be strong and keep going, we're with you
Love the talk/music over the credits at the end - Fran in the lab 😊 How many people leave the video before the credits and never hear it?
Hang in there Fran! Some of us love your videos the way they are. I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you!
We should build a platform that is too complicated for them to use. It would be like before.. when the Internet was too complicated for them to use.
YES, a "Turn Knob" user interface will frack them right up, and just to be absolutely certain, write a manual they MUST read to navigate the interface. There ain't no way these geniuses have the attention span to keep up.
I wish I was gifted with a guitar or soldering iron, but I’m not. So I watch you, and try follow along. Some are threatened by intelligence, and others are inspired.
Fran lab is Amazing you bring great energy to subjects you love and feel strongly about!
Fran, we are so on the same page, age, experience with electronics, diverse types of devices taken apart for learning, etc. I'm 55, I was given tools and old appliances and electronics to "play with" mostly worn out and no need to put back together. All this started when I was about 5, at 10 or 11 I was given a Heathkit AR-13A to finish assembling that someone else had started and gave up, so your shirt with the Heathkit/Fran Lab mashup is what caught my eye! Been watching all your vids ever since! Amazing, keep up the great work!
Fighting the armchair warriors can be taxing.
I don't understand how someone can leave a comment stating that you did something "wrong" when you clearly demonstrate successful results in your video. People forget that different isn't wrong.
I am enjoying your FRANTING this morning. Thanks for great content
I'm so sorry you have to deal with all this crap, you truly don't deserve it. You have been one of my favorite youtubers for a while now and you are such a genuine person. I really hope you keep making content despite the trolls. You make some of my favorite videos and I am just in shock that some people don't appreciate how much time and effort you put into all of your work. Thank you for making content, it is always the highlight of my day when you upload.
Yep that's is why I retired early, too many "besserwissers" with far less experience and common sense telling me what to do all the time. I was an Electronics Tech for years here in Germany. Forget it Fran, you do you.
Wiseacre, jah sehr.
Hang in there, Fran. And rant as much as you need to. I appreciate your efforts on your content. You are appreciated.
"Frant"! I love it. Maybe it'll make the Oxford dictionary. Anyway, are you still using silver? Awesome. My academic background was completed at RIT in Photo Science. I love the silver process (B&W or color). While I've been shooting digital for about 15 years, I still have my Sinar F 4x5 and want to get back into silver. I've loved the process for over years, with the hands on demand it required. I worked for a photographic darkroom manufacturing company in engineering and then management and went to schools and colleges to have them maintain their silver labs. It is such an important subject to learn and helps to make connections with the digital process.
Some think it's 'old' and that digital is the way. They miss the beauty of the silver image that isn't possible with digital.
So, keep up Franting, but don't loose sight of your passions. Dennis from Doylestown
UA-cam can be kind of rough, but I hope you keep going. I enjoy your content so much!
"What is it about men..." absolutely killed me, 10/10 take.
You rock Fran
I'm a man and Fran is FABULOUS . Love your comment.
Thanks Fran, I'm glad someone finally said it. You absolutely nailed it. I'm honestly not quite sure what possesses people to behave in such a manner, what I do know is that I certainly wasn't brought up to behave in such a fashion and it's certainly not restricted to UA-cam, these kind of people are everywhere these days and I feel like they are a symptom of what's gone wrong with the world these days.
I have a strict personal online policy which is that *I do not interact with trolls*. No if's, ands, or buts. If somebody else is being trolled I'll leave a comment to that person and say so-and-so is a troll and you should never engage with trolls because being ignored drives them crazy. Invariably, said trolls will come after me and keep poking the bear and trying to get me to respond to them, which I simply will not do, and it's quite obvious from their behavior that they desperately want and need a reply from me. I refuse to give them that satisfaction. I learned this as a teenager when my younger sister used to try and bait me, and I discovered that refusing to rise to her bait drove her nuts.
Respect for all the people like you whom share their knowledge for others to have a grasp at
Cheers from east europe.
This hit home and I enjoyed it sooo much!
This is one of the best summaries I have heard in a long time, about everything that is deeply wrong with the modern-day world. Please keep doing what you are doing and don't give in to the idiots suffering from a bad case of Dunning-Kruger and extremist political correctness.
Absolutely!
You hit the nail right on the head! UA-cam seems to be flooded with opinionated "experts" who don't know that they are afflicted with Dunning-Kruger disease. (LOL)
Haha! You’re awesome, Fran! Keep going like you are! I love everything the way it is! 💙
You do incredible work Fran. Thankyou
Sorry you are going through this. Best of luck. Apparently, I live fairly close to you. I am in Bucks County. I wish you the best and enjoy your videos,
Please Fran, do not take it to heart. Surely the positive posts way outnumber the negative. It happens to all creators on technical sites. It may be easy to say but, just ignore them. Focus on all the positivity, love and appreciation, that the majority of viewers express. keep doing what you are doing and being who you are. The support, way outnumbers the BS.
Fran! I love your videos! Don’t listen to the haters! Whatever you decide you want to share, I will watch! I’ve learned a lot from your videos! Thank you so much!
I love your Franting. It radiates wisdom and insight.
How about this: You're doing fantastic. I love your channel just as it's been going. TY for the diversity of your content.
You're entertaining, I enjoy your content, I always look forward to you showing me something that I've never seen before. You keep doing you.
Thanks for venting for me. I feel exactly the same
Fran - Thanks for your channel and all that you shared over the years.
Humility and a little circumspect self analysis is in short supply in many people these days. You are awesome mate, never doubt it.
I’ve been using a 3-D printer for a few years and I am a member of a group on Facebook for my model of printer. Myself and others have often post a question on how to fix a certain problem and 20 people will give you 20 different answers and each of them act like there’s certain about it. I never tell anybody what they need to do I just tell them what worked for me
Ha. Same with Google... A good exercise in critical thinking.
Sorry that you are going through this
Fran, PLEASE do not change a thing. You are an honest breath of fresh air.
Don't worry Fran, your doing nothing wrong. I always look forward to your videos.
Keep going Fran, the majority of the community greatly appreciate what you do
I just want to give a word of encouragement,
I really enjoyed the videos I saw, and I have memories of the
Fun of watching your fun projects ,
Thankyou for all I have seen.
I rebuild ww2 radios for a living and I never felt that the videos were anything
But fun....good luck with all this, wishing you the best,
Andrew & Sonya in Australia
Fran, I have no idea how I landed on your channel but since the moment I watched one of your videos, I was hooked. Wisdom, class, expertise, communication skills, down-to-Earth genius. I would follow you into battle. They're just jealous. “The dogs are barking Quixote. A sign we move forward Sancho, a sign we move forward.” Let them bark.
Agree 💯%
Always amazes me how people are shocked at other people's ignorance and stupidity. The only thing that's changed is recent years is that the internet has given them a voice. You'll be a lot happier if you can learn to see them for who they are, then you'll feel pity rather than bitterness and anger.
Perhaps that was a mistake. I believed in democracy and that everyone could have their voice and that internet would be amazing thing for humanity, but that was when I was 15, I was wrong.
Why feel pity? They don’t.
People are more ignorant, stupid and arrogant, because of the internet and, to Fran’s point, their phones.
Ironic that they’re called “smart phones” when they’ve “caused” so much so much stupidity and arrogance.
@@cdubya3071 They don't feel pity no. But it's an alternative (and in most cases healthy) response to feeling angry/resentful and bitter. The internet isn't to blame, people are, but nothing she says about them will change the situation or make them go away.
Love you Fran. Just the way you are. No alteration please. Bob from Australia.
Haha, first of all I love the term "Frant". Secondly, well said!
I found your channel through your B-7971 episode (I see it running in the background there), and find myself scrolling through your episodes. There are some real gems in there! Please ignore the haters and keep up the good work!
Fran as a viewer and supporter for the last 6 years all I can say is you create amazing content that everyone can learn something… Keep up on being awesome, we all love Fran, Franlab and we are there for the Frants.. and I wouldn’t change a thing.
You go ahead and frant all you want!!! You are the best! I love your channel and what you do. Keep being your wonderful self and try to tune out the noise. You know your stuff and don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise. I know you'll put them in their place.
Mi się Twój kanał podoba :) i ten zegar był bez elektroniki. Pozdrowienia z Polski!
Translated: "I like your channel, and that clock had no electronics at all. Greetings from Poland!"
Hi Fran I have never commented on UA-cam before but I just had to today after watching you today. I used to be an Electronic Technician at a British Aerospace company. I totally agree with you that some people who post comments obviously do not have a grasp of the topics but turn to their mobile phone and all of a sudden think that they are experts and just have to tell the world about their opinion. Obviously it is yours choice as to whether you continue to publish things on UA-cam but I for one would miss your contributions. When I first started in my engineering job as an apprentice engineer we worked with Thermionic valves and I really enjoy your explanation of how they work. Whatever you do in the future I wish you well.
I always go with the thought of what you say to me about what I do reveals to me so much about what you don't know about what I do.
UA-cam and the internet has simply allowed these voices to be given too much weight. Simply put don't let the turkeys get you down... Be polite and send them away. It's not your job to try to educate these people. Be totally happy that the majority of your views enjoy your work. Please don't quit UA-cam please.
turkeys
The best description so far of these... turkeys
Fran you are a wonderful person who at the very least makes me smile, just do what you've always done, because your life is yours, I'm sure this isn't anything new though, you're smart, hope you have a fran-tastic day :)
I agree. I've learned so much from her.
I have worked in the film industry, both audio and camera, for many ears and if there is one thing I have learned is it that the "simplest" problems often has the most complicated solutions. Oh, you have a blue tint on your old film... that's easy, you do just have to go through nearly all you know about films ever. Is the blue tint on the roll, glass coating, filters, electronic, the method of transfer, the gear you have transferred to, it's graphical capabilities, your screen, the lightning in your room and 1000 things more. :-)
We chased a bug we had where the video quality got worse by heighten the resolution on the recording, it turned out to be the color conversion from our camera and to our new gear, it had a maximum bandwidth usage and when we turned up for the resolution did the colors get reduced, but this was far inside some protocols that had been there from old time and the servers had to run 100% reliable when a new crew came home and connected it to automatic transfer, it was originally the idea that every recording instantaneously should be available for everybody editing the news. (But you can just add some filters, or it has to be your camera's color balance) no Mr smart, it is not that easy! :-)
Please don't quit. I'd miss you!
Fran, the world has gone insane! You keep doing what you do and Frant all you want!!
Yes! What you said is exactly so. I recently retired, after decades of both engineering and teaching. I taught topics from basic electronics to nuclear reactor protection systems. My one core takeaway from teaching was that "nobody knows nothin'." People live more on tribal knowledge and thinking they know things than on comprehension of the actual way things work. In my experience this is not new phenomenon, but as you said, it seems that nowadays the younger generations are not as willing to listen to someone who has more knowledge than them. Good Video!
Loved your Frant! You are one sharp techie. One should always learn from someone who has been there before them!
I love you. You have a much greater knowledge than the average person and grasp reality to far greater intellect than most people. I appreciate you more than words could possibly reflect. Thank You so much! I'd give an arm or something to meet YOU.
Definitely a valid frustration. We can’t control other peoples reactions or their actions. But we can control our reaction and try best not to let other people live rent free in our heads. Easier said than done. It’s taken me a lot of therapy to be able to try my best to implement that. Please try be kind to each other, we’re all human ❤️