So I'll be needing a series of Phil reacting to the other 247 privated videos now. Wearing that shirt for all of them.
He was so funny in this. I like seeing him make himself laugh, it made me laugh. Appreciating the commentary on what YouTube was like back when he posted the videos, too. It seems like there was more of a community when Phil (and probably Dan as well) started YouTube. Enough of one that Phil just included two people's pets and one guy's face in his video because they asked.
It makes me wonder if anything like the community of queer folks who got together for the Halloween Youtuber meetup back in 2009 exists anymore. Obviously the mainstreaming and monetization of YouTube has changed things since then, but I'd like to think creative teenagers still have their ways of finding each other. YouTube of the past reminds me more of AO3 or... DeviantArt or something of the now.
I signed into Rize because Phil is the #spon master and I bow before him. Then I accidentally video-called someone by tapping a handprint on the screen because I didn't know handprint meant CALL A STRANGER AND SHOW THEM YOUR UNWASHED FACE. Cool cool thanks app.
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@Amiaw I too felt the vday video like the elephant in the room through most of explanation of "The Truth." I don't doubt that Phil can see it too. It apparently doesn't bother him enough to keep him from talking about it, which is probably a good thing.
eta2: I just had to add: Phil calling himself out for using his bellybutton to spon his old video and then using that exact clip in 2018 on Instagram to spon his current video has me