achika wrote:such a great gesture from them. it makes perfect sense their silhouettes are on there, not only do they have a connection to the city but their fans are more likely to buy something that alludes to them in a way. increased sales = increased donation to the cause.
The podcast that came out today on soundcloud is actually the one that came out on Fullscreen a few weeks ago. It was already talked about briefly here but with suddenly it being public for everyone to listen to it's getting a lot more exposure with the phandom.Grey wrote:Change of topic: What is Shane's deal with Dan and Phil lately? He apparently talked about if they're together or not on his podcast (I haven't listened and I'm not planning to so I don't know what they say/conclude). It makes me wonder if they had a falling out behind the scenes and he's amping up his phan mentions to spite them. Is that too conspiracy-theory-y? Lol. He's been mentioning them in almost every video lately. Unless I'm experiencing Baader-Meinhof from writing about this a few weeks ago. Hmm.
I would make sense if they didn't want to be on the psychic twins channel and he's bitter about it.Grey wrote: Change of topic: What is Shane's deal with Dan and Phil lately? He apparently talked about if they're together or not on his podcast (I haven't listened and I'm not planning to so I don't know what they say/conclude). It makes me wonder if they had a falling out behind the scenes and he's amping up his phan mentions to spite them. Is that too conspiracy-theory-y? Lol. He's been mentioning them in almost every video lately. Unless I'm experiencing Baader-Meinhof from writing about this a few weeks ago. Hmm.
alittledizzy wrote:The podcast that came out today on soundcloud is actually the one that came out on Fullscreen a few weeks ago. It was already talked about briefly here but with suddenly it being public for everyone to listen to it's getting a lot more exposure with the phandom.Grey wrote:Change of topic: What is Shane's deal with Dan and Phil lately? He apparently talked about if they're together or not on his podcast (I haven't listened and I'm not planning to so I don't know what they say/conclude). It makes me wonder if they had a falling out behind the scenes and he's amping up his phan mentions to spite them. Is that too conspiracy-theory-y? Lol. He's been mentioning them in almost every video lately. Unless I'm experiencing Baader-Meinhof from writing about this a few weeks ago. Hmm.
Shane tweeted, naturally playing innocent.
now that he's tweeted, it really bothers me. why even acknowledge it without an apology? i'd accept "my intentions were in good fun but admittedly in poor taste" or something like that. denial is childish and annoying and i'm having none of it. no more casual views from me.alittledizzy wrote:The podcast that came out today on soundcloud is actually the one that came out on Fullscreen a few weeks ago. It was already talked about briefly here but with suddenly it being public for everyone to listen to it's getting a lot more exposure with the phandom.Grey wrote:Change of topic: What is Shane's deal with Dan and Phil lately? He apparently talked about if they're together or not on his podcast (I haven't listened and I'm not planning to so I don't know what they say/conclude). It makes me wonder if they had a falling out behind the scenes and he's amping up his phan mentions to spite them. Is that too conspiracy-theory-y? Lol. He's been mentioning them in almost every video lately. Unless I'm experiencing Baader-Meinhof from writing about this a few weeks ago. Hmm.
Shane tweeted, naturally playing innocent.
You made me laugh so hard I choked on my own spit. I, too, would love for a bitch (er, Dan) to go off on Shane because Dan...I have this feeling there's this bitchy princess inside of him just waiting to come out. and I wanna watch him read Shane to filth.squishydanny wrote:I want a bitch to go off about Shane sometime soon...and by a bitch, I mean Dan... and by sometime soon, I mean the liveshow tomorrow because I mean, come on, the mentions are getting to be ridiculous at this point. I love a good Petty Dan™. Give me that aggressively polite Onision-esque drag on Shane. How about a simple "I unfollowed you for a reason lol".
Welcome!iihappydaysii wrote:(hi I'm new, been lurking for awhile.)
I saw the Shane/Psychic Twins thing a few weeks ago and have been expecting to eventually become a thing. My first thought when I heard them say that was "wow cool in the same breath that y'all said you don't out people and were complaining about them not agreeing to be on their show".
I'm assuming Shane is doing it for the views, not sure of another motivation that would make sense under the circumstances. I don't think he thinks they're actually together--which is what he has said--this isn't me excusing him at all, just saying I don't think he's coming at this from the idea that he's outing them. (Not that he's above that. I honestly don't know. I hope so).
Regardless, it's icky to do this to your peers.
new folks! 
onetruetrash wrote:iihappydaysii wrote:(hi I'm new, been lurking for awhile.)
I saw the Shane/Psychic Twins thing a few weeks ago and have been expecting to eventually become a thing. My first thought when I heard them say that was "wow cool in the same breath that y'all said you don't out people and were complaining about them not agreeing to be on their show".
I'm assuming Shane is doing it for the views, not sure of another motivation that would make sense under the circumstances. I don't think he thinks they're actually together--which is what he has said--this isn't me excusing him at all, just saying I don't think he's coming at this from the idea that he's outing them. (Not that he's above that. I honestly don't know. I hope so).
Regardless, it's icky to do this to your peers.
Welcome!
You bring up a good point about his motives. What exactly does he want from this? Views? I mean, that seems like the obvious answer, but he is doing fine in terms of views and gets just as much as deppy do. And using depot for views only works for a small amount of views. People like CrankThatFrank, LazyJamie, and RobertIDK are not extremely popular Youtubers and the extra views could be useful to them. Bus in terms of Shane's views, the amount is too small to make an impact. So why?
I would've never thought of that! I mean, let's be honest, if Dan and Phil ever decide to come out as a couple, it's not far in the future, especially in YouTube's current state. I always found that Shane's conspiracy videos don't tend to tell the whole story or try to debunk things, but if he got something right, he would gain some actual credibility.iihappydaysii wrote:onetruetrash wrote:iihappydaysii wrote:(hi I'm new, been lurking for awhile.)
I saw the Shane/Psychic Twins thing a few weeks ago and have been expecting to eventually become a thing. My first thought when I heard them say that was "wow cool in the same breath that y'all said you don't out people and were complaining about them not agreeing to be on their show".
I'm assuming Shane is doing it for the views, not sure of another motivation that would make sense under the circumstances. I don't think he thinks they're actually together--which is what he has said--this isn't me excusing him at all, just saying I don't think he's coming at this from the idea that he's outing them. (Not that he's above that. I honestly don't know. I hope so).
Regardless, it's icky to do this to your peers.
Welcome!
You bring up a good point about his motives. What exactly does he want from this? Views? I mean, that seems like the obvious answer, but he is doing fine in terms of views and gets just as much as deppy do. And using depot for views only works for a small amount of views. People like CrankThatFrank, LazyJamie, and RobertIDK are not extremely popular Youtubers and the extra views could be useful to them. Bus in terms of Shane's views, the amount is too small to make an impact. So why?
I hope I didn't mess up the quoting thing but who knows??
You're right about Shane's views. He's doing well, especially considering he posts most days. When I try to think of motivations I just end up in a spiral of my own conspiracy theories. Tbh I've seen pretty much every video of Shane's for about two years. I don't remember many or any references to phan-- and now there's been quite a bit. Could it be an unseen feud? Could Shane be legitimately curious? Does he want the drama, not the views? If they come out, does he want to be able to say it was predicted on his show? See what I mean about a spiral. I get fascinated by stuff like this. It's an issue.
if he hadn't gone on to talk about how he thinks they're just queerbaiting people i probably wouldn't be so upset about it. because i have never felt queerbaited? by them as a casual fan. i wasn't around in the early years though so idk about back them. but when i started watching them in the last 2 years i just genuinely enjoyed what i perceived as their friendship. obviously the more i watched of their stuff the more i was about what might else be going on. but at the end of the day it was still all genuine to me regardless of any label they were publicly putting on them.iihappydaysii wrote:
I'm assuming Shane is doing it for the views, not sure of another motivation that would make sense under the circumstances. I don't think he thinks they're actually together--which is what he has said--this isn't me excusing him at all, just saying I don't think he's coming at this from the idea that he's outing them. (Not that he's above that. I honestly don't know. I hope so).
yes thank you especially the bolded part. he's just trying to bring them down to his level because all shane does is do stuff for views. obviously dnp have struck gold with their friendship/relationship (whatever it may be) and it's definitely a part of their success but to just say it's all an act for views is so disingenuous. anyway im just gonna keep repeating myself here in a min so ill shut up now loliihappydaysii wrote:
Ugh, I have no idea how to quote just small portions of things. Maybe it's because I'm on mobile. I will work on figuring it all out but anyway, ArtyJim, you're totally right. The queerbaiting thing is ridiculous, certainly since they have both actually denied it before. They are allowed to be friends and live together and be close, regardless of romance or not, without their lives being called queerbaiting. They're not fictional characters. This is just a thought but I'm wondering if he actually saw that as the safe thing to say like so he could say he wasn't actually saying they're together. He probably doesn't see it as negative since before he came out he had kissed guys and done boyfriend tags with boys that weren't his boyfriend etc. so he sees it as acceptable behavior. Again, I'm not defending him at all. Just curious about motivation.
