It’s kind of absurd to think but KingCobraJFS has made my life better. His antics, the communities that formed around it, the works created by talented people who see him as a muse, has given me literally thousands of hours of entertainment and even joy.
I really don’t think that can be said about any other “lolcow” which is why I’m starting think “lolcow” isn’t a good descriptor for Cobies. Being a lolcow and having a “lolcow audience” implies a certain connotation or behavior and I think a lot of the problem behavior we see is because people try to engage with Cobra, his content, his whole scene as if he’s another Chris Chan, Larson, or Cyrax etc. But he isn’t. He’s completely his own beast so there’s this disconnect of what the expectation of his “content” is or how people should engage with it when they’ve already categorized it as “lolcow”.
If’s like if somebody has a preconceived notion of what “fast food” is based on McDonald’s and Burger King and now they’re visiting a Taco Bell because they heard it’s “fast food” and find themselves terribly confused and frustrated while they try to wrestle the staff into making them a cheese burger.
Tl;dr: I think Cobes is his own unique oddity and isn’t a “lolcow” at least not in the way it’s commonly understood. Not only that but by classifying him as a lolcow it does a disservice to the “cobraverse” by setting certain expectations or preconceived notions that just aren’t accurate.
Apologies in advance for my extreme digression it’s just some food hack for thought I figure I’d throw out there
