4:15 “I have decided to unlist some of my old YT videos. Now don’t freak out, okay? I’m talking about literally about 9, not like 30, so don’t worry, don’t worry.”
4:47 “I’ve always said I’ll keep [my old videos] up because it’s funny, firstly, to look at how bad I used to be at making videos, but also it’s also […] I think it’s good to show people the small humble beginnings of something that could literally have been so bad so long ago. But the problem with this is that some people were watching my old videos and they were liking what they saw—not ironically, not like ‘wow this is so bad I’m cringeing’ they were like ‘this is cool I like this guy I like what he’s about’—and they subscribed and then they went around on the internet saying I’m a big fan of [old llama Dan]”
[reads fake ass email that he probably wrote but even if he didn’t these kinds of people do exist but who fucking cares deleting things won’t make people stop loving what they love and probably being cringey as fuck about it. what ever happened to block and ignore a la #nicer(orjustlesscringe)ternet, no need to shame dumb children who are being embarrassing even if that specific one probably doesn’t exist, but anyway. I also hate cringe children but I just ignore them when possible, they’ll feel bad on their own when they’re older lol, it's a rite of passage]
7:50 “I kept, obviously, iconic ones [like Hello Internet etc] and several ones throughout the years up because as I said, I only removed about 6”
-you know what’s really cringey? pretending you can’t count
9:05 (showing square hair pic) “That was my hair. And this was a time in life where I looked like that. And the thing is, at the time, I thought that was okay.”
10:00 “So me looking terrible combining with humour being at its lowest point ever meant that there were just a few videos that I went back and was like ‘This is horrendous, if anyone I respect watched this, they would be like ‘this is a disgusting human being’ and I think that’s what Sandra watched”
10:42 “What I cannot handle is the thought of anyone stumbling across my existence on the internet and instead of going ‘I like this Dan guy for what what he’s tweetin and postin now’ going ‘oh yeah gimme that xD, gimme that llama and the placenta and the game, that’s that good shit’— I’m sorry I’m just objectively saying that’s terrible.”
-well the internet is not linear and them’s the facts BUT you do you because googledrive is forever
Furry Corner
12:30 “I have officially decided—until I maybe find one that’s even more appropriate, but I just don’t think that’s gonna be true—that my fursona is a slothbear. You can blame all the people on twitter that did this.”
14:15 “It’s meant to be people: I’m a slothbear. Now two things that’s all I’m gonna say on the matter is: ‘Dan you talk about this a lot, are you joking?’ and I’m saying, you know, you just don’t want me to say any more than that. And the other thing is that sometimes I do feel bad—it is funny to talk about furries, mainly in the context- the fact that it makes people uncomfortable and anything that does that is kind of funny, but the fur fandom are just a wholesome group of people that enjoy dressing up, art, comics, and a cheeky yiff every now and then. And I just wanna confirm that I have no hard feelings towards the furry community, and I don’t want to be seen to be making fun of anybody. It’s more that people that follow me, some of them think it’s funny, and some of them seem genuinely upset by it, and that’s just what makes it entertaining. But as I said, you just don’t want me to talk about this any more than I already have, but there we go, character progression, we all like it.”
40:42
(chat) What are you naming your fursona?
“See, this is a whole thing. Do I have to name the fursona as well? Oh god. And it’s like, is it a separate character, you know, like if someone has a drag act it’s a completely different character with a personality— is a fursona a character or is it just an extension of myself? Can it just be me, but then it still needs a different name? Honestly. I’m one of those shallow fans that looks at the pictures and doesn’t absorb the culture. I’m what’s wrong with the world.”
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Furry Corner
19:35
(chat) dinof when?
“So videos on my YT channel. There was a video that I was gonna post, because after my meme video, I did that trying to live my truth video, I was heading forward with a lot of intent and then I was gonna make another video. But I thought about it a lot—I probably spent a bit too much time thinking about it. And I’ve now decided ‘cause there’s a lot of other stuff to do, a lot of tour stuff, I wanna start talking about some other cool things. I might upload this video in a couple months, say June sometime around my birthday or after, nothing to do with my birthday, just a good time, so look forward to whatever that is. But don’t worry, lots of content hitting you right in the face when you least expect it.”
-it will finally be The Time to tell us he’s a secret lizard person once and for all (real talk though: expect nothing more than an ISG for the sake of your own sanity, always)
20:53 “I’d like spring to alive—arrive. I got a couple cherry blossom trees in little pots outside, and I’m like waiting for them to bloom. If they don’t bloom into little small cherry blossom trees before I’ve left the freaking country, I’ll be mad.”
-side.channel.video.or.death. like how much merch do I have to buy for a simple little plant tour
22:24 (about his merch) “A lot of people were saying ‘Dan I thought you abandoned the old branding, what’s up with the eclipse?’ and it’s funny because we reached out to the people that did the original graphic design to do a collab, and I was like ‘actually let’s look at this for a second: a black sweater/t-shirt with a silhouette of a solar eclipse in monochrome, a literal metaphor for light and hope briefly disappearing between an immeasurable black surface, it just- it’s so 2018 Dan, isn’t it? But I thought, why not.”
23:43
(chat) Dan don’t you think you could be an ambivert?
“No. I’m literally a complete introvert. Introverts can thrive in social settings, it’s just that they don’t get energy from them, and often they need to recover. I’m a high-functioning introvert. I’m a high-functioning many things, but yeah.”
27:54
(chat) Can you please explain the kinky rabbit that you liked on tumblr?
“I will like anything that makes me laugh or smile. There’s some talented artists in the world.”
37:12
(chat) What are you watching at the moment
“I’m watching a show called Billions, which is good, it’s got Damian Lewis in it”
-OMG a show I finally care about. it’s so stupid and I love it and there’s a nonbinary vegan character and I don’t understand anything financial they are EVER talking about but it’s so weirdly compelling?? Paul Giamatti chews scenery like nobody’s business and Damian Lewis’s tiny mouth is just endlessly entertaining, ahhh good times. I now desperately require Phil’s Opinions™
39:03
(chat) What’s the deal with the new earring?
“I have a couple new earrings, but I’ve just worn this, yeah, I dunno”
(chat) Why only one?
“I like asymmetry, I don’t know why, it’s just kinda cool”
“A bit of asymmetry in your clothing or your accessorizing, I like it”
43:35 “I am now officially, according to the USA, an Alien of Extraordinary Talent. So I’m just gonna carve that into my headstone when I die.”
-he should probably do it
before he dies /dadjoke
44:20
(chat) How was taking the trash out after you lost the bet
“It was cold
it was wet
I lost the bet
and I regret.”
45:30
(chat) Do you believe in soulmates?
“I don’t believe in souls, but I believe in like general compatibility, which is two people that, if you just get on with someone really well, someone that you can spend time with— is that a soulmate? Maybe.”
46:05
(chat) I’m upset about what you said about apple crisps [in Google Feud vid]
“Look, fuck apple crisps, I’m sorry. You don’t want me to get opinionated, I want to get opinionated, don’t know what you want from me. The truth is people can’t handle the truth. You say an opinion and it’s just hard to know how many people agree, because I could express an opinion and 90% of the people watching could agree with the opinion, but I wouldn’t see that. What would happen is that 10% of the people watching that disagree would then suddenly appear in all caps and would make it seem so controversial that you go ‘wow that’s wrong, I shouldn’t have expressed that opinion’ but how would you know, because the silent majority is always silent. I don’t know man. It’s just a dilemma, truly.”
-apple crisps, not even once
48:30 “I hope that you’ve all been good, I hope that you’re enjoying the content, there’s lots to come, of all the kinds that all the different people with all the different opinions will probably enjoy.”