JoeAverage wrote:alittledizzy wrote:
And oh man, seven years. I definitely will enjoy and celebrate it, because I know what I think happened seven years ago today and it makes me all tingly inside and also just generally very happy for them that the first day/date went well enough that we're all here so many years later.
Same,
mio wrote:The banana comment was stupid an makes me a bit angry too. But I don't think he had any bad intentions by saying it. Still something people should call him out for, like anybody else, so that he can learn.
Do we have any comments on this topic from Phil btw?
The thing with Phil, is that he doesnt actively say stuff like dan does, they just pop up when he is chatting, and thats why we dont scrutinize them as much as dans, because
they blend in with the conversation. (Example: him saying that he "doesnt know the gender pronoun alberta would want to be called" or him saying "i dont have to be a girl to wear makeup" to a person saying he would make a pretty girl, also the "clothes dont have gender thing" etc. All of these are just things that pop up and people dismiss because he dismisses them too.)
Dan doesnt do this, he
actively puts his opinions out there because -even if he is indeed liberal and wants to teach his fans which i am truly grateful, we need nicer people in this world-,
I think that sometimes part of him is still seeking validation (maybe even praise or attention), those type of things -childhood traumas- are really hard to get away from, meanwhile phil knows that no strong direct opinion means less drama even if that means he cant vocally say a lot of stuff, the people that matter know his opinions and thats whats important -this happens when a child is listened to in their household instead of being instantly dismissed, they dont need the world to know what they think-, and so thats why we dont get to see that side of him, it doesnt mean he doesnt have a deep side, (Example: when he was talking about the universe, existence designed by computers, death, in his last live show), because i doubt living with a person as "existentialist" as dan doesnt come with deep chats at 3 am eating cereal on the stairs, because we forget that as much as phil has changed dan, dan has also changed phil, so they most likely share several opinions on this aspect, the thing is how they both decide to deal and express it.
At the end of the day i just feel dan wants to be listened and included, meanwhile phil must likely feel like he already has.