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sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

majitzu wrote:

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phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

trashqueen wrote:I'm not gonna embed some more because phone but those tweets are hilarious

is it just me or does anyone else feel like there's a huge disconnection between part of the phandom we see online and most of the people that show up at meet ups for example? like how can the stuck in 2011 cat whiskers people exist next to the actually not cringy more self aware part of the phandom? idk, most of the fandoms i've been part of had been a lot more uuuuuuuh homogeneous? than the phandom

alittledizzy wrote:

phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

Well that took my mind to a dark, descriptive place real fast. I liked it, do it more.

phamnotof wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

I mean, would anybody really want this? I just want the last 5 minutes of my life back right now. I mean, I felt no comfort for starters - like fucking hell, TomSka looks SO uncomfortable throughout the whole thing - and mostly, like, idk, cheap? And even when D&P produce relatively easily digestable content, there's at least a level of self-awareness to it, this is just a... mess. I don't want them to be dude bros who electroshock their balls for the lols. There's an abudnace of those both on YT and IRL. I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

phamnotof wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

I mean, would anybody really want this? I just want the last 5 minutes of my life back right now. I mean, I felt no comfort for starters - like fucking hell, TomSka looks SO uncomfortable throughout the whole thing - and mostly, like, idk, cheap? And even when D&P produce relatively easily digestable content, there's at least a level of self-awareness to it, this is just a... mess. I don't want them to be dude bros who electroshock their balls for the lols. There's an abudnace of those both on YT and IRL. I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

mez29 wrote:

daphenaxa wrote:

trashqueen wrote:I'm not gonna embed some more because phone but those tweets are hilarious

is it just me or does anyone else feel like there's a huge disconnection between part of the phandom we see online and most of the people that show up at meet ups for example? like how can the stuck in 2011 cat whiskers people exist next to the actually not cringy more self aware part of the phandom? idk, most of the fandoms i've been part of had been a lot more uuuuuuuh homogeneous? than the phandom

I can think of three factors. About the heterogeneity of the phandom I think the time you have been in the phandom actually plays a huge part. Like at first I would say people are more "normal fans" they are liking the content and dying over the cuteness and stuff but through interaction with the phandom itself and immersion in the phandom culture and bants but also with getting to know Dan and Phil's whole universe and histories and you know tics and flaws etc. people become more self aware and ironic while still being stuck and becoming a bigger and bigger
so I would say the cat whiskery special snowflakes probably have more chance to be newer fans (but it doesn't mean newer fans are gonna be like that automatically).

I also think in their content, Dan and Phil actually have an incredible talent for ambiguity. Like honestly I think really young or more innocent people can watch them and think they are cute and funny and then older nose perverts or self aware teens can laugh at their dirty innuendos and analyse the moment they are more real but usually passing off as a joke. I think they have this ability to have a double entendre on their content so that two groups of widely different people can both like them.

Finally for the difference with the persons at the meet ups. I actually think all those peeps being real and ironic on twitter are exactly the same that type in capslock that they "are so tall" and post cutesy picture and text posts about Dan and Phil being angels. Because at the end of the day, I would say the majority of us all really like deppy and so when we meet them or go see the show, the full on takes over.

I find this stuff all really interesting and I think another factor is the nature of YouTube—in that videos from way back (apart from the privated ones ) are just as easy as ones from, say, last year? I think the disconnect in the phandom is mirrored by a huge disconnect in Dan—I actually find it so hard to believe that 2009 Dan and 2016 Dan are the same person. Phil on the other hand is apparently unchanging. So people can be taking 2016 as a sort of starting point, or the 2009 version or anything in between, but if it wasn't all so easily accessible on YouTube, the cat whiskers/placenta part of the phandom would surely be less numerous.

(please don't take the videos down phil)

phamnotof wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

I mean, would anybody really want this? I just want the last 5 minutes of my life back right now. I mean, I felt no comfort for starters - like fucking hell, TomSka looks SO uncomfortable throughout the whole thing - and mostly, like, idk, cheap? And even when D&P produce relatively easily digestable content, there's at least a level of self-awareness to it, this is just a... mess. I don't want them to be dude bros who electroshock their balls for the lols. There's an abudnace of those both on YT and IRL. I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

deerly wrote:

phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

I logged in only to say that this is the best thing I've read in a month, maybe. So true
Pls can it be my new signature

phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

majitzu wrote:

Trigger Warning :

Emmmn

credits

Ticia wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

It's like watching a BDSM orgy gone wrong

phamnotof wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

I mean, would anybody really want this? I just want the last 5 minutes of my life back right now. I mean, I felt no comfort for starters - like fucking hell, TomSka looks SO uncomfortable throughout the whole thing - and mostly, like, idk, cheap? And even when D&P produce relatively easily digestable content, there's at least a level of self-awareness to it, this is just a... mess. I don't want them to be dude bros who electroshock their balls for the lols. There's an abudnace of those both on YT and IRL. I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

SquishPhan wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

Dan might be into that kind of thing, but I'm not sure about Phil.

deerly wrote:

phamnotof wrote:I like my reserved, nerdy awkward weirdos who electroshock their balls in the privacy of their own bedroom with proper safe words and some bloody decorum.

I logged in only to say that this is the best thing I've read in a month, maybe. So true
Pls can it be my new signature

sweetmm wrote:Jack talk about , it is interesting what he said about not being a fan of content but has huge respect for and I think most youtubers share his thoughts

http://itsjustasacrifice.tumblr.com/pos ... l-the-saga

leisurely wrote:

SquishPhan wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

Dan might be into that kind of thing, but I'm not sure about Phil.

Dan did participate in the electric shock game last time with Felix and Anthony (only with thumbs though)

the game begins at 6:02

leisurely wrote:

SquishPhan wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

Dan might be into that kind of thing, but I'm not sure about Phil.

Dan did participate in the electric shock game last time with Felix and Anthony (only with thumbs though)

the game begins at 6:02

leisurely wrote:

SquishPhan wrote:

sweetmm wrote:I guess now we know why did not hang out too much with Pewds, Tomska, Mark & Jack in NY. It makes me sad that these guys will never be able to have this type of comfort level with

Dan might be into that kind of thing, but I'm not sure about Phil.

Dan did participate in the electric shock game last time with Felix and Anthony (only with thumbs though)

the game begins at 6:02

phamnotof wrote:Oh yeah, they've done challenges with electroshocking devices plenty of times (sorry, on mobile, can't reply properly) - it's just a different context entirely when you turn it into *that* thing. To me, that's basic bro-lemme-show-you-how-I-can-out-bro-you-bro, and they're not even being ironic about it. It's kinda like - D&P've made some good fart jokes, but this video is like, the equivallent of trying to light those farts on fire. It's not like there's anything wrong with it, or with enjoying it, I guess I feel about it the same way I feel about FIFA let's plays - I know they're out there, I know people enjoy them, but they're just not for me. Like it's just that very very "boyz will be boyz" culture that I see no allure in, I guess. I was drawn in by D&P because it makes me very happy that boys who like playing video games together can also be gentle, subtle & have these fascinating boundaries and so much depth for me to depict & overanalyze. And just generally, but that's my weird things, I like that despite being friends with most these people & having things in common with them, they don't feel the need to fit perfectly into that mold of a stereotypical dude bro broing about with his other bros.