Dan & Phil Part 93: Fomosexual

[rizzo]

It's gonna take me roughly 4 months to get over that first photo of what is essentially 3 couples. 3 pairs that are all one big, happy family. Like... Dan's a part of that. He's right there by Phil's side, naturally a part of this family outing and Phil wants to share that with us.

And I know this isn't new. I know we've seen Dan hang with the Lesters (+ Cornelia) many a time at this point, but like.... idk, it makes me emotional every time. Like, nobody should ever question Dan's place in Phil's life.

It's fine. I'm FINE.

[Amiaw]

I always wish for more content but this is god tier. I also want to know what dnp’s thoughts are - does this mean anything? Is this just a one off? Are we ever going to get a photo of Phil and Karen? Too many thoughts

[alittledizzy]

How is Phil, King of No Coordination, so good at darts? Are his arms simply long enough to reach halfway across the floorspace provided? That must be it.

[rizzo]

How is Phil, King of No Coordination, so good at darts? Are his arms simply long enough to reach halfway across the floorspace provided? That must be it.

Bold of you to assume those videos aren't just his editing skills~*

[Megancita75]

It seems like birthday festivities are continuing. I do wonder if this insta story happened before the bowling incident. Like, maybe this was a games room that had darts, bowling, etc., and the darts were before Phil tripped on his own feet.

I do also respect that Phil's dad's face is obscured in Phil's story and his name is obscured on the score chart in Cornelia's story.

[knq]

Cornelia’s IG shows Phil finishing second to last though. Can’t even let a guy win on his own birthday... week(s).

It seems like birthday festivities are continuing. I do wonder if this insta story happened before the bowling incident. Like, maybe this was a games room that had darts, bowling, etc., and the darts were before Phil tripped on his own feet.

I was wondering that too. It makes a lot more sense for Phil to be walking around a museum before he heroically hurt his leg.

[alittledizzy]

How is Phil, King of No Coordination, so good at darts? Are his arms simply long enough to reach halfway across the floorspace provided? That must be it.

Bold of you to assume those videos aren't just his editing skills~*

Oh wait yeah Phil came in next to last, I stand corrected.

[Phantasy]

They are side-by-side AND TOUCHING that counts as a couples pic right.... RIGHT?!

(so.thirsty.for.content.)

[obsessivelymoody]

Those stories absolutely made my morning :') So nice to see!!!!

[Birdie]

Those were beautiful and I love the group picture, looks like so much fun!

[Susanisnotafish]

I love their shaved sides! I hope Phil tells more about this day in his live show. I was watching some old Dan liveshows and I really miss hearing his accounts of the birthday adventures.

[alittledizzy]

I got this from an anon on tumblr (hi anon!) who is much better at deciphering darts scores than I am, apparently.

I don’t have an Idb account, but I want to point out that Phil did actually win one game if darts. They played 4 games. Martyn, Dan, Phil and Nigel each won won. M won overall because he also had a 2nd and 3rd. C had 3 2nd place finishes. D had 4 overall points with the 1st and a 3rd. P and N tied with one win a piece and Kath had one 2nd and 1 3rd. It looks like there was a tie for 2nd at some point.

[lefthandedism]

I often call my cat "Cushion" because of obvious physical similariies, so I guess I have to agree it sounds nice!

[knq]

I think it's cute that all the Lesters apparently shorten their name to 4 letters except Kath, whose name I also cannot help shortening to 4 letters.

Yeah I'll just be over here being irrelevant about the Lester clan

[autumnhearth]

^ That was my main takeaway yesterday

[Susanisnotafish]

Can anyone tell me if that “I Dated AmazingPhil” video by Onision on 2/7/12 was an actual collab? If not, what was the Phil footage from? I know he started hating on Phil in 2016, so I don’t understand the context of that video.

[knq]

Can anyone tell me if that “I Dated AmazingPhil” video by on 2/7/12 was an actual collab? If not, what was the Phil footage from? I know he started hating on Phil in 2016, so I don’t understand the context of that video.

I’ve read that it was a collab in the sense that Phil sent over some recorded video to be used. I don’t want to look into it too much because, you know, abuser. I imagine he just seemed like another youtuber at the time.

[rizzo]

found myself wondering if dan would acknowledge this today. he did and he's right:

[Amiaw]

Idk how to feel. Obviously this is a big moment however saying that schofe’s endorsement for Boris Johnson was a clown moment reeks of privilege. I wish he could have phrased that answer better

[Megancita75]

I'm not in the UK, so I don't know anything about this guy or any of the potentially problematic political positions he has, but boy does my heart go out to him and his family. I can only imagine how difficult and confusing it must be for him, or anyone is a similar position, to have built a family and life around such a secret. I'm guessing he likely deeply loves his wife and children, and there were probably so many reasons (given his generation) to keep the secret and so many trade-offs he made in order to commit to his family and likely as well, a media career. Regardless, big sympathy to him, his wife, and daughters and I'm surprised people are giving him flak for lying when it's such a complicated issue. I'm sure Dan is relating hard to some of this today.

[Megancita75]

On a personal note, this tweet makes me think about a secret I once kept -- about someone else -- that I thought at the time was the right thing to do, and I was floored and still am floored by how absolutely corrosive keeping that secret was to my mental health and my relationships with my family. It was incredibly isolating and created a lot of cognitive dissonance. I have sworn never again to keep a secret; it was utterly exhausting.

[Amiaw]

I’m not in the UK either and I definitely don’t expect dan to address politics so that’s why I’m surprised he replied to that tweet at all. It’s good that dan’s using his voice to tweet about important things and I don’t want to take away from that or from Philip coming out. I just have very strong opinions and feelings about media personalities humanizing politicians that infringe on human rights. I don’t want to prolong the conversation because I’m not trying to start discourse I just wanted to express how I felt

[knq]

biiiiiitch

I don’t actually agree with how Dan defines the term boomer, but ‘are you an ally?’ is the best thing he’s tweeted

[yellowsubmarine]

biiiiiitch

I don’t actually agree with how Dan defines the term boomer, but ‘are you an ally?’ is the best thing he’s tweeted

I don't like the "ok boomer" thing bc i do feel young people will use it to dismiss any discussion, and i think it's a bit childish sometimes, but it's so ignorant to compare it to a homophobic slur or any other for that matter. So I'm glad he clarified.

Damn I had no idea about that tv presenter. I'm sure dan related a lot today, despite his political background.

[lefthandedism]

biiiiiitch

I don’t actually agree with how Dan defines the term boomer, but ‘are you an ally?’ is the best thing he’s tweeted

The term "boomer", with all its definitions (including the current insulting one), has plagued us for a very long time, and should be retired.

I like what Dan says in this tweet: maybe he'll remember this attitude next time he's about to make one of his ageist comments.