Stranger Things and the Dangers of Conformity

In this video, Frostbyte Freeman discusses the finale of Stranger Things, #ConformityGate, the way the commodification of "content" in the streaming age is poisoning the way we interact with art, and the ways in which the real Secret Good Episode was the friends we made along the way.
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Chapters:
0:00— Introduction
2:42— What's a Conformity Gate, Anyhow?
6:10— History of the "Secret Good Version" Theory
11:30— Why the Conformity Gate Won't Open (Ever)
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Music:
Re-Animate my Beautiful Robot— Brett Weir
Darkside of TR (FTR Theme)
Attack of the Killer Queen— Deltarune OST
Home Safe · Louis Ridgway · Sam Clunie, Daniel Marantz
Cloud Traveller · Jean-Sébastien Nouveau, Martin Duru
Dark Ambition— Nicolo Bardoni · Stephen Warr
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This is a video about Stranger Things Season 5, Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2. More specifically, this is a video about Stranger Things Theory Conformity Gate, Conformity Gate Edit, Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things Ending Bad. Unfortunately Byler is Not Canon, Eleven Dies, but at least Lumax Lives and Steve Survives. Stranger Things Ending needs to be Explained and I am the guy to explain it, I guess. The Stranger Things One Last Adventure Documentary was Not Conformity Gate After All, wow big shocker there. Okay real talk I have nothing against the Conformity Gate people and I hope I got that across strenuously enough in the text of the video proper— I think for the most part they're kids coping with a story they find deeply thematically dissatisfying. The problem is they've been systematically deprived of the tools they need to articulate those feelings, and that's why I tried to redirect this video towards the subject I did. What, are you surprised to see the Minecraft man talking about the 80's monster show? Hey, it's Big 2026. I gotta get my money AND my funny up so I'm gonna throw rocks at trains and see if I can bag a hit or two. Probably not though. Oh well! We ball regardless.