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anathema wrote:

cryptic_phan wrote:ok so unpopular opinion or just something, i was thinking about

so is it just me or does phil give off a vibe that his hiding something somtimes or that just (idk the word like sneaky) . Like dan his kind of obvious with his opions and stuff and in vlogs you can tell if he does enjoying being there or not and just generally stuff like with dan you can tell when his being generally but with phil its like his more reserved and idk were im going with this but like phil is lowkey sneaky and stuff idk maybe its just me

Just because Phil doesn't share his opinions doesn't mean that he's hiding anything? I think he's just one of those people who prefers not to say anything so he doesn't accidentally offend someone. And as for acting about enjoying being somewhere or not, again I think it's just a case of Phil not wanting to be rude. I just don't get any suspicious vibes off of him. What would he be hiding anyway? Lol.

He's hiding that he's actually American and the reservedness is just him trying not to slip with his accent, is this not common knowledge? I thought everyone was aware of The Video... you know the one... where he full on admitted to being American and a liar?

But seriously what vlogs? You can see Phil being so genuinely excited at being in Japan and Aus in those DITLs. Do you mean other people's vlogs? In which case, they're usually both a bit more guarded since it's other people in control of the edit, but even then I don't see anything shifty (like thinking of Louise's vlogs in particular he's always so friendly and seems perfectly happy to be there?). But yeah I agree with anathema, he's just generally a more private person.
And also American.

anathema wrote:

cryptic_phan wrote:ok so unpopular opinion or just something, i was thinking about

so is it just me or does phil give off a vibe that his hiding something somtimes or that just (idk the word like sneaky) . Like dan his kind of obvious with his opions and stuff and in vlogs you can tell if he does enjoying being there or not and just generally stuff like with dan you can tell when his being generally but with phil its like his more reserved and idk were im going with this but like phil is lowkey sneaky and stuff idk maybe its just me

Just because Phil doesn't share his opinions doesn't mean that he's hiding anything? I think he's just one of those people who prefers not to say anything so he doesn't accidentally offend someone. And as for acting about enjoying being somewhere or not, again I think it's just a case of Phil not wanting to be rude. I just don't get any suspicious vibes off of him. What would he be hiding anyway? Lol.

hi it me again um i was tired when i wrote this orignal so my logic is kind of flawed (by kind of i mean very) and i did not fully explain what i was trying to say . so let me elaborate i feel like phil is a bit out of touch in a way .

question what was the drama between kalel and dan ?

Was there really any drama? She tried to get in touch with him and people think she might have had a crush on him but I don't think there was anything more to it. I wouldn't call that drama.

Anyways, I loved the new video. It genuinely made me laugh and even though I think the game in itself is super boring (as in I wouldn't want to play it myself), I would like to see more videos of them playing it because I love how they play it. Also the hats need to come back. I liked the bants, I didn't think they were too one sided. It was a great video and I didn't want it to end even though it was 30 minutes long. Felt like five, really.

Oscar talk:

[offtopic]Casey Affleck turning out to be a sexual predator broke my heart really, I always loved his acting. But I agree, he doesn’t deserve to win shit, no matter how good his acting is. I also don’t really want La La Land to win. It’s a pretty movie, really well made but as someone else has pointed out, it’s so disappointing how it’s yet another big Hollywood movie erasing black history and black peoples’ achievements. A white guy set out to save Jazz from a black guy trying to commercialise it? Sure, Jan. Pretty sure it would have been more realistic the other way around since that’s basically what happened to Jazz…. (Also I hate this kind of storyline anyway, making a genre of music suitable for the masses is not the end of the world. All this pretentious “I’m a real musician, I would never do that” bull, oh my god.) The film is pretty and Emma Stone is lovely but I don’t want it to win over films that actually highlight black history and black peoples’ stories. I think it might though, that’s Hollywood. It loves its white heroes.[/offtopic]

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I also loved the golf video. I loved the competition, it was exciting to me as it was so close the whole way through, and there were cute little anecdotes about being on holiday together, not to mention the closeness and the cute smiles and forgetting about the competition to help each other and ahhh. My face hurt from smiling.

thephandommenace wrote:
Thanks for explaining your thoughts to me! I could talk about SJ for ages but I guess in short the reasons you love it might also be the reasons I don't - I have lots of opinions on death and the meaning of life and how the promise of infinity in paradise could demean your one shot at existence, how would they know when to quit, etc etc. Couldn't see the episode ending any other way, though. I really want to know Phil's thoughts on this. Has he already talked about SJ? I know he's talked before about wanting to avoid death and that he'd rather live forever, inplanting his brain in a robot or something, so the technology in SJ sounds like it'd be right up his street.

That's okay! I find it super interesting how different people get different things out of media, I love talking about this sort of thing. As for Phil and San Junipero, he talked about it briefly in his October 30th liveshow around 19.40.
"I really loved episode 4 [San Junipero] as well. If you are a bit scared of scary, depressing things I'd go for episode 4 [...] number 4's feel good but still a bit 'what's happening???'" Not very in depth, but it does seem like he interpreted it positively judging by the fact he called it 'feel-good', idk

captainspacecoat wrote: That's okay! I find it super interesting how different people get different things out of media, I love talking about this sort of thing. As for Phil and San Junipero, he talked about it briefly in his October 30th liveshow around 19.40.
"I really loved episode 4 [San Junipero] as well. If you are a bit scared of scary, depressing things I'd go for episode 4 [...] number 4's feel good but still a bit 'what's happening???'" Not very in depth, but it does seem like he interpreted it positively judging by the fact he called it 'feel-good', idk

Thanks for finding that! (I looked for it just now and couldn't find it, instead I found their Oct 19th 2015 show where at around 19:40ish Phil talks about stopping the tour bus for this amazing fish and chip shop in Sunderland.) This has just made me think about how complex(? or not) Phil's tastes are... or how they can be really reflective of his personality. He's not into scary stuff about how depressing real life is but he loves horror and scaring himself in that regard, maybe for the adrenaline rush, maybe because it's not real. I'm the opposite - I love watching serious political thought-provoking dramas that can be pretty upsetting, but I'm terrible with horror movies because I hate being scared. I tend to need a friend with me.

Also, just from talking about it, the appeal of San Junipero has gone up for me, because there's so much to discuss and pick apart. I love that shit

thephandommenace wrote: This has just made me think about how complex(? or not) Phil's tastes are... or how they can be really reflective of his personality. He's not into scary stuff about how depressing real life is but he loves horror and scaring himself in that regard, maybe for the adrenaline rush, maybe because it's not real. I'm the opposite - I love watching serious political thought-provoking dramas that can be pretty upsetting, but I'm terrible with horror movies because I hate being scared. I tend to need a friend with me.

Also, just from talking about it, the appeal of San Junipero has gone up for me, because there's so much to discuss and pick apart. I love that shit

I thought the exact same thing! It's interesting how there've been a few instances to suggest Phil copes well with hardcore horror (that tweet from Martyn a few months ago about watching horror movies with Phil in Florida comes to mind) yet doesn't cope with/has no interest in political or emotionally intense films (so much so that Dan avoids watching them until Phil is away). And I'm completely with you, while I do have a morbid fascination with horror movies/creepy things, I can't watch them (Buzzfeed Unsolved is my one exception, I'm obsessed) as I don't really cope with being terrified. But I love politics and despite the fact that that sort of thing is generally pretty depressing it's something I'm super passionate about so I usually enjoy political dramas, and I also find sad films therapeutic in a way as they allow me to have a good cry for reasons unrelated to my own issues.

I feel like horror films and political/sad films are both upsetting for different reasons though, and it's understandable to me that not everyone can cope with them. Maybe Phil prefers horror as it's often kind of detached from reality in a way, it's dark and terrifying but ultimately it's often rooted in fantasy and is easier to distance yourself from than movies that reflect the current political climate or realistic emotional scenarios.

captainspacecoat wrote:I thought the exact same thing! It's interesting how there've been a few instances to suggest Phil copes well with hardcore horror (that tweet from Martyn a few months ago about watching horror movies with Phil in Florida comes to mind) yet doesn't cope with/has no interest in political or emotionally intense films (so much so that Dan avoids watching them until Phil is away). And I'm completely with you, while I do have a morbid fascination with horror movies/creepy things, I can't watch them (Buzzfeed Unsolved is my one exception, I'm obsessed) as I don't really cope with being terrified. But I love politics and despite the fact that that sort of thing is generally pretty depressing it's something I'm super passionate about so I usually enjoy political dramas, and I also find sad films therapeutic in a way as they allow me to have a good cry for reasons unrelated to my own issues.

I feel like horror films and political/sad films are both upsetting for different reasons though, and it's understandable to me that not everyone can cope with them. Maybe Phil prefers horror as it's often kind of detached from reality in a way, it's dark and terrifying but ultimately it's often rooted in fantasy and is easier to distance yourself from than movies that reflect the current political climate or realistic emotional scenarios.

^I agree with all of this, except perhaps the Buzzfeed Unsolved and other stories/hearsay like that, because it feels like the laws of physics are betraying us and there is suddenly potential for a horror movie plot to happen in real life nope nope nopety nope

I feel like through Phil's influence I'm actually getting more into the idea of watching horror movies. It's probably good and healthy to be scared once in a while. I went to see Train to Busan in the cinema and it was actually pretty fun being immersed and tense all the way through with no way of pausing the movie - I had to face my fears. "Try new things" and all that.

Being in the phandom is great because I feel like there are so many like-minded people with common interests who can recommend stuff to each other that I may otherwise not have heard of or be motivated to see. I gave La La Land a try because D&P both recommended it and now I'm on a critically-acclaimed film streak thanks to the discussion here on IDB. I'm also interested in watching Riverdale and Santa Clarita Diet thanks to Dan, when I'd probably normally skim over them while browsing Netflix. I wish they'd both watch The Crown though, I've seen it twice now and I can't get enough of it.

ok last one because ive been making pretty flawwed statement but last question:

whats the thing about angry phil dms? (sorry im ignorant)

cryptic_phan wrote:ok last one because ive been making pretty flawwed statement but last question:

whats the thing about angry phil dms? (sorry im ignorant)

No worries. From what I can tell it is do with Phil sending DMs to people on Twitter who received TABINOF early asking them not to share spoilers or one particular person was sharing pictures before the official release and received some angry DMs. It's kind of an inside joke now that whenever someone does something Phil wouldn't like they get an angry Phil DM.

Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

Sorry, but no one would shame anybody for not knowing what you call "the basics"? Not everybody has to be a Dan and Phil data hoarder -hell, I've been "in da phandom" for like a year and I still don't know everything!

So yeah, although In Depth Bants has a very useful "Search" option for this kind of questions, thou shalt not be afraid to ask and initiate debates of any kind, no matter how many messages your post count indicates

SexyTrashCan wrote:

cryptic_phan wrote:ok last one because ive been making pretty flawwed statement but last question:

whats the thing about angry phil dms? (sorry im ignorant)

No worries. From what I can tell it is do with Phil sending DMs to people on Twitter who received TABINOF early asking them not to share spoilers or one particular person was sharing pictures before the official release and received some angry DMs. It's kind of an inside joke now that whenever someone does something Phil wouldn't like they get an angry Phil DM.

If you have any questions, there's an FAQ that some members of IDB put together: http://indepthbants.com/forum32.html. They did a really great job making it and a lot of your questions might be answered there

thephandommenace wrote:

I thought the exact same thing! It's interesting how there've been a few instances to suggest Phil copes well with hardcore horror (that tweet from Martyn a few months ago about watching horror movies with Phil in Florida comes to mind) yet doesn't cope with/has no interest in political or emotionally intense films (so much so that Dan avoids watching them until Phil is away). And I'm completely with you, while I do have a morbid fascination with horror movies/creepy things, I can't watch them (Buzzfeed Unsolved is my one exception, I'm obsessed) as I don't really cope with being terrified. But I love politics and despite the fact that that sort of thing is generally pretty depressing it's something I'm super passionate about so I usually enjoy political dramas, and I also find sad films therapeutic in a way as they allow me to have a good cry for reasons unrelated to my own issues.

I feel like horror films and political/sad films are both upsetting for different reasons though, and it's understandable to me that not everyone can cope with them. Maybe Phil prefers horror as it's often kind of detached from reality in a way, it's dark and terrifying but ultimately it's often rooted in fantasy and is easier to distance yourself from than movies that reflect the current political climate or realistic emotional scenarios.

I find this very interesting!
Personally, I love horror, true crime (Buzzfeed Unsolved is so funny and interesting, the only Buzzfeed series I still watch) , and supernatural stuff, but I don't like to watch political dramas, emotionally intense films and the like. I find them boring and/or way too overdramatic, which sounds horrible because they are important but that's just how I feel. Phil did say he got bored watching "Moonlight", so maybe that's his general opinion on films like that?

It would be interesting to find out whether or not Phil likes true crime because if he does, I don't think he likes creepy stuff because it's not real. Did he ever say anything about that? Maybe he likes to get a look into the human psyche or what makes humans do bad stuff. It's pretty interestin and horror films put their characters through extreme situations. And some "horror" films are just so bad they are funny

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

im not new to the phandom in just not the far up the phandoms ass like other people(not that that is bad or anything) but some stuff i just wasn't aware of until now . besides some of this stuff you cant really google . also gg doesnt alway explain things that well as most people that are disscussing something would most likely know what they would talking about (if that makes sense)

sorry if this came off a little aggressive

is phil actually american or was that sarcasm

sorry if this is a stupid question

[quote="Skylar"]is phil actually american or was that sarcasm

sorry if this is a stupid question[/quote

no his not american it was just sarcasm
(p.s no question is stupid )

nephilimcat wrote:

SexyTrashCan wrote:

cryptic_phan wrote:ok last one because ive been making pretty flawwed statement but last question:

whats the thing about angry phil dms? (sorry im ignorant)

No worries. From what I can tell it is do with Phil sending DMs to people on Twitter who received TABINOF early asking them not to share spoilers or one particular person was sharing pictures before the official release and received some angry DMs. It's kind of an inside joke now that whenever someone does something Phil wouldn't like they get an angry Phil DM.

If you have any questions, there's an FAQ that some members of IDB put together: http://indepthbants.com/forum32.html. They did a really great job making it and a lot of your questions might be answered there

thanks

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

Fuck the fuck off, that was rude.

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

That was uncalled for. Not everyone is aware of everything about the phandom even "common knowledge". It would be natural to ask here. The google search results concerning the angry DMs don't have a clear answer either. Also, they are new to this site so are unlikely to know of threads like the White Whale thread or FAQ anyway.

I tend to love horror that is both surrealist but somehow realistic at the same time. My all time favorite movie is Blue Velvet and I think it's a fantastic horror movie. I'd love to know if Phil's seen it and his take on it, since he seems knowledgeable about horror films. It's a very morbid movie though so I wonder who would be more likely to like it, Dan or Phil (or neither lol). Also I find question shaming mean. I don't know everything about Deppy but if anyone has questions I have no problem trying to answer them.

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jesuisunèléve wrote:

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

Fuck the fuck off, that was rude.

The post you responded to was a little rude, but you managed to crank up the rudeness.

It is fine to disagree, and it is fine to explain why you disagree, and it is fine to use firmer language when you disagree, but language like this isn't appropriate here. Disagree with the post, not the poster. This goes for everyone.

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jesuisunèléve wrote:

zvezdochka wrote:Do your research, noobs

As much as everyone hates GG, that place at least had some quality threshold for learners. You'd be shamed into oblivion for not knowing the basics. It's not just you, cryptic_phan, there were a couple (more like a dozen) other posts like that in the past few weeks. If you want to discuss something - please do, it's always encouraged. But stop asking questions you can easily google, that's just lazy.

Fuck the fuck off, that was rude.

The post you responded to was a little rude, but you managed to crank up the rudeness.

It is fine to disagree, and it is fine to explain why you disagree, and it is fine to use firmer language when you disagree, but language like this isn't appropriate here. Disagree with the post, not the poster. This goes for everyone.

There is nothing to agree or disagree with: it was blatant rudeness to someone who is new and for some reason a learning period is not acceptable? And as for cranking up the rudeness I didn't shame anyone.

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jesuisunèléve wrote:There is nothing to agree or disagree with: it was blatant rudeness to someone who is new and for some reason a learning period is not acceptable? And as for cranking up the rudeness I didn't shame anyone.

Telling people to fuck off is inappropriate, and goes against the first five words of the very first rule on this site. You'll note that I didn't tell you to not have an opinion, but that I told you to not use language like "fuck off" when directed at another poster.

I have to be honest and say that people asking questions on here that are easily to find can get annoying, especially since we have a search function and a FAQ section now.

As for me I don't really watch or read a lot of horror, but I do always find it interesting that Phil is so into it. I do hope he does something with his love for horror sometime.