On a different note of amusement.
An acquaintance is super excited that I'm posting BookTubes again, because he feels this is an area where he can provide unsolicited feedback re: how I stage myself, mostly based on his love for a range of YT pundits.
I'm long past getting insulted by unsolicited advice, but it is amusing to hear his suggestions that I focus on performance gimmicks and his hints at makeup (absolutely not), when I'm plainly working on developing consistently thoughtful content.
@MLClark I swear, I was always suspicious of any woman who greeted me at the door with a lot of makeup and perfume.
The best way to impress me is to be yourself. I'm being me. You be you.
@WordsmithFL
Right on the nose, my friend. :)
I explain it to fellows as never wanting to scare someone with my "real" face later on: what you see is what you get. (I never have to explain this to women.)
And as you sagely note, I highly doubt that any of the scraggly haired fellows who post their bookish thoughts on YouTube are getting asked to shave before recordings. It says more about the viewer than the work.
(I *do* have things I'm working on, one recording at a time - but not those!)