One Description to Rule Them All: How I Blast One YouTube Video Across Five Platforms
Every creator knows that moment.
You finally wrestle your YouTube title, thumbnail, tags, and description into shape. You hit save, lean back, and think, “Great, I’m done.”
And then the internet taps you on the shoulder:
- “Hey, are you going to post that on Facebook?”
- “What about a Vimeo backup?”
- “Short cut for TikTok?”
- “And that mystery fifth platform your audience swears you ‘have’ to be on?”
Suddenly, you’re not a storyteller anymore—you’re a one-person export department, copying and pasting the same description into four, five, sometimes six different places, each with slightly different boxes and rules.
That’s the joke—and the truth—behind this editorial cartoon and the AI prompt that inspired it: “One Description to Rule Them All.”
The Cartoon: One Giant Button, Five Chaotic Belts
In the cartoon, I’m sitting at a cluttered editing desk, typing a single YouTube description on a glowing monitor stamped with the most honest label I could think of: “ONE DESCRIPTION TO RULE THEM ALL.”
My other hand is slamming an oversized red EXPORT button mounted in an “Adobe Premiere Pro – Export Control” station. The second that button fires, conveyor belts shoot out like a factory gone slightly unhinged:
- YOUTUBE (original) – the mothership.
- FACEBOOK UPLOAD – where your aunt, your high school friend, and your neighbor’s dog all see it.
- VIMEO MIRROR – the quiet backup archive.
- TIKTOK CUT-DOWN – the hyperactive little cousin who only wants 30–60 seconds.
- “AND ANOTHER…” PLATFORM – hiding under a red tarp with a giant question mark, because let’s be honest… there’s always “one more place” people say you have to post.
Film reels, thumbnails, and metadata sheets fly through the air like confetti. Papers swirl, red accents scream for attention, and the entire scene feels exactly like a real export day: a little heroic, a little ridiculous.
That’s the emotional reality of modern content creation: one idea, many formats, endless platforms.
Why “One Description to Rule Them All” Matters
If you’re a small or solo creator, you don’t have time to write five different descriptions for the same video. Realistically, you’ll either:
- Copy/paste the same block everywhere and hope each platform forgives you, or
- Burn an extra hour “tuning” every line until your editing session turns into a paperwork session.
The cartoon exaggerates this pain on purpose. Underneath the humor is a simple goal for my own workflow:
Write one really strong description, then let tools handle the rest.
That’s where tools like Adobe Premiere Pro, my MX Creative Console, and a growing stack of automations come in.
The MX Creative Console: My “Launch Panel” for Publishing
On the right side of the cartoon desk sits the MX Creative Console, drawn like an overpowered sci-fi control panel. The little labels on the glowing knobs say things like:
- “AUTO-POST”
- “COPY METADATA”
- “SCHEDULE EVERYTHING”
- “GOOD LUCK”
That’s basically how this device feels in real life. I map buttons and dials to small but constant annoyances:
- Duplicate the YouTube title + description into my notes.
- Trigger an export preset for TikTok versions.
- Open the upload pages I use most often.
None of these automations are fancy by themselves—but chained together, they shave minutes (or honestly, hours) off a launch day. The cartoon leans into that “too many knobs, not enough brain cells” feeling we all get when we add a new gadget to an already chaotic desk.
The True Boss: Our Russian Blue Cat
No Deep Dive AI cartoon is complete without the real supervisor of the studio: our chunky Russian Blue cat.
In this scene, the cat is perched on the Premiere Pro control panel wearing tiny editor headphones, lazily batting at a floating “Publish Everywhere” icon like it’s just another toy. Under one paw is a sticky note that says:
“I run the workflow now.”
That’s the energy I want this whole series to have: yes, we’re talking about automation, metadata, export settings, and multi-platform strategy—but we’re allowed to laugh at it. We’re still people with messy desks, half-finished coffees, and a cat who doesn’t care how the algorithm works as long as the treats arrive on time.
From Cartoon to Workflow: What This Looks Like in Real Life
Behind the jokes, I’m slowly building the thing this cartoon teases: a workflow where I draft one “master” description and then let tools help me reshape it for:
- YouTube – full description, links, show notes.
- Facebook – shorter hook, same core links.
- Vimeo – archive copy with cleaner formatting.
- TikTok – tight top line plus one or two key links.
- The mystery fifth slot – whatever comes next: Threads, LinkedIn, newsletter, you name it.
The long-term goal is simple:
Spend more time crafting the idea and less time wrestling with upload fields.
If you’re a creator juggling family, work, or chronic energy levels, this matters. A good automation pipeline isn’t just about reach; it’s about not burning out before the fun part even starts.
Copy & Paste Corner: The AI Editorial Cartoon Prompt
If you’d like to generate your own version of this cartoon in your favorite AI image model, here’s the full prompt I used. Feel free to adapt it, remix it, or use it as a starting point for your own “many platforms, one brain” story.
AI Editorial Cartoon Prompt (9:16) – “One Description, Five Destinations” A 9:16 vertical editorial cartoon in the satirical spirit of Pat Oliphant, Herblock, Ann Telnaes, Thomas Nast, Clay Bennett, and Michael Ramirez. Use bold expressive ink linework, dense vintage cross-hatching, and selective red accents for key UI elements and chaotic motion. Central Scene: Show a digital creator resembling the individual in the reference photo (short dark hair, glasses, trimmed beard, friendly expression) sitting at a wildly cluttered editing desk. He’s typing a single YouTube video description on a glowing monitor labeled in sarcastic red hand-drawn text: “ONE DESCRIPTION TO RULE THEM ALL.” In his left hand, he’s pushing the giant red “EXPORT” button inside Adobe Premiere Pro, which sits on the desk like an old industrial control panel. From this button, four branching conveyor belts shoot outward—each exaggerated and chaotic—labeled: YOUTUBE (original), FACEBOOK UPLOAD, VIMEO MIRROR, TIKTOK CUT-DOWN, and “AND ANOTHER…” PLATFORM (mysteriously covered by a red question-mark tarp). Each conveyor belt flings miniature film reels, thumbnails, and metadata sheets into the distance like a frantic distribution factory. On the right side of the desk, show the MX Creative Console as an overpowered sci-fi launch controller with tiny labels: “AUTO-POST,” “COPY METADATA,” “SCHEDULE EVERYTHING,” and “GOOD LUCK,” with glowing knobs and small puffs of cartoon smoke. A chunky Russian Blue cat lounges atop the Premiere Pro control panel wearing tiny editor headphones, batting at a floating “Publish Everywhere” icon. A sticky note under its paw reads: “I run the workflow now.” Background: a minimalist newsroom-style war room with sarcastic posters: “Content Avalanche Forecast: DAILY,” “Metadata = Magic,” and “Premiere Pro Auto-Pilot — Someday?” Muted tones with bright reds emphasizing tension and motion. Whimsical, overworked, tech-chaotic satire capturing the absurdity and brilliance of one YouTube description being blasted across multiple platforms through automation.
Creator Desk Essentials I Actually Use
These are the practical helpers that do organize me—without scheduling a performance review.
Logitech MX Keys S
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Even illumination without glare, so the cross-hatching (and spreadsheets) stay crisp into the late hours.
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If you enjoyed this cartoon and breakdown, you’ll see more like it across the blog and the Deep Dive AI channel—little visual jokes that sit on top of very real creator workflows. One description, five destinations… and a cat who, apparently, runs the whole operation.
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