I really liked the video, and thought it was potentially his best video this year so far! Having spent five hours today in my uni library I can confirm Dan is correct, uni libraries are strange places indeed
gohomohowell wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:37 am
I can't wait for the official blue prints of Dan and Phil's house to be passed around, good work guys
No real comment on Dan's video. It was funny and genuine but I wasn't overly thrilled with it.
Maybe because it felt like a low-effort video, maybe because I'm not part of the audience going to uni yet.
Totally fair enough if you didn't enjoy the video, everyone is entitled to their own opinion etc, but I'm curious as to what about the video seemed low-effort to you/what specifically would you have liked him to do that you would consider more effort? The number of sketches he included, as well as a witty script etc indicate relatively high-effort in comparison to many other youtubers, or even just in comparison to his most recent video which simply required him to sit down and react to the results of his DNA test. I just feel like it's not fair to accuse him of making a low-effort video when just objectively I think he probably did put a lot of effort into this.
blackdenim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:33 am
I thought 9 floors was a bit of an exaggeration on his part! It seems to be across 3 from what I can tell (downstairs: slounge/gaming room/phils room?
middle floor: moon room/main living room/kitchen? top floor: Dan's live show area/???/portal to another dimension where the second kitchen is) although I haven't done as much analysis as others... a 3/4 bed house/apartment in London (I'm assuming the slounge and/or gaming room are sold as bedrooms) doesn't seem like it should be big enough to have two kitchens but obviously, that doesn't mean there isn't an extra fridge in e.g. a storage room. I just think it would be amazing if my joke theory turned out to be true is all!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the main living room/kitchen (where Dan did his most recent liveshow from) are on the same level as Dan's usual liveshow spot (beside the piano), and I'm fairly certain all those rooms are on the top floor
(edit: malday got there first). Their apartment is so confusing, I honestly can not get my head around it. I definitely don't believe they're living separately just based on things they've said that would suggest they're living together (e.g. Phil's pigeon text asking Dan to come upstairs presumably because Dan was downstairs in his room at the time) as well as the co-owned possessions in the upstairs area, but
smol beans you're so right when you say that their apartment doesn't appear to match at all.
Like, where is the room with the disco ball-esque mirror above the wooden ledge (where they film Phil stealing Dan's textbook)?
Also, in the scene on the balcony when Dan pulls apart the slat-like curtains we can see tiled floor, which would suggest the balcony is not off the upstairs lounge. Maybe it's off the kitchen? Does that have the same tiles as Phil's bedroom and the gaming room?
Regarding the kitchen, it seems unlikely to me that a flat would have two kitchens, but maybe that is common in England? Or maybe the kitchen just has two fridges on opposite ends? The fact that it was empty does suggest to me they don't use that particular fridge, so maybe there is a kitchenette in the slounge which is largely unused. Perplexing tbh..
whelpkeeper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:57 pm
Still a great video with lots of re-watch potential, just something I think about sometimes- is implying he has some sort of mental health struggle honestly enough anymore? I think he should set the record straight instead of hinting and alluding all the time, it'd make me fee; better at least
Personally, I don't think Dan has any obligation whatsoever to 'set the record straight' about his potential struggle with mental health. That's his personal business, and he does not owe us an explanation. I totally understand the fear surrounding mentally healthy people taking symptoms of mental illness, removing them from context, and capitalising on them by making them a relatable part of their branding. However, I also think it's dangerous to think of mental illness in terms of identity politics. There's this idea I see a lot on tumblr (not accusing you of thinking this way, btw) where symptoms become directly linked with diagnosed mental illness, e.g. unless you have publicly stated that you have X mental illness you're not allowed to talk about Y symptom. Never mind that maybe you do have that illness just don't feel the need to share that with strangers, or perhaps you've simply never been officially diagnosed because you lack the means, or maybe you just experience that particular symptom but don't have the illness.
I said in a post a few days ago (hi Dan, btw, if you read that lmao) that Dan
has talked about mental illness in a fairly upfront way this past year, stating "I have social anxiety" and mentioning "mild agoraphobia" multiple times now. It makes sense to me that his depressing, self-deprecating 'jokes' may very well stem from reality, and I think it's easy to forget that Dan is actually a real human being who experiences real human emotions, and is not immune from the same mental health struggles many of us are dealing with. This has turned into a messy rant, but I guess I'm trying to say that experience with mental illness is so incredibly varied and subjective, and I think it's time to take Dan at his word. Some of the discourse surrounding Dan's mentions of mental health remind me of the discourse surrounding his sexuality - until he explicitly comes out as not-straight, people will presume he is straight. Similarly, until he explicitly informs us that he has a mental illness, people will believe he is faking it/playing it up for views.
(Having said that though, it's another thing entirely to diagnose him with something he may not have - I don't condone that at all!)