Because other people are still posting about it, why not, and I found it quite interesting as that was the video I laughed most at of all of Deppy's videos, I think. I can't really figure out why, I agree that they were distracted, they didn't seem to have any plan for it, contrary to the most Sims videos of theirs, it was plain silly, but the whole thing being so unscripted, even as heavily edited as it was, did feel for me like hanging out with friends and having fun. So, yay
The bubble bath thing and Phil's (kinda uncomfortable) reaction to Dan saying his parents never bought it got me thinking, though, you know how Phil's family is better off and his story from the Confession roulette about a friend who could'nt afford the trip to Portugal? And we know that Phil himself is "stingy", still buys clothes at Topman, has brougth up the price of the firework effect countless times, "Magnum" is still an expensive ice cream, yet he's never said anything about the price of clothes Dan's known to buy. He does talk about Dan's fashion sense sometimes, but I think, for Dan, buying expensive clothes is something of an over-compensation for the sentiment (not saying anything about the validity of it) he's got from his chilhood of not being able to afford things, and Phil is very aware of this sentiment of his and maybe doesn't always know how to handle it. idk, ignore it, I've been watching a lot of oqua's compilations - you're doing god's work, btw, thank you! - and especially after the latest ISG (more on this further down) I have a lot of thoughts, but most of them not even half-formed, sorry
Re: Phil's ls
It was really great - and what everyone else's said: he seemed very happy, I liked the uni talk, especially as someone who did linguistics as my first degree, and the insight to what he gets now from doing his Master's was really great, too, and the shutting down the "missing glasses" talk with "I'ts my life"
Re: ISG 9
Now, for the ISG. I should start by saying that this is my favourite series and I always have the urge to defend it when people express their hate of it. I've rewatched it many, many times, the same amount, I think, as festive DITL and the likes. When you think of the last 2 years, why there was so many of these videos, I see it as completely justified because of TATINOF, it needed a segment and it needed the segment to stay relevant for the channel (and yeah, it's easier to do than other videos when your time is taken by other things). Now, it depends on what you think of TATINOF, was it a worthy project (for me, it 100% was, even if I still hate the fanfiction section and will never be tired of mentioning it).
All that said, I didn't like the ISG 9. For me, it was clear he did it as a back-up, he was in a weird mood, and the parenting rant didn't help. I know, Dan's saying it's a joke, all his life is a joke, whatever. He was in a good mood during his last ls, though. When you look at DINOF for the past year, apart from all the tour/movies/book spon, there are 3 ISGs, 3 stories about being awkward based on real life experience (the collab with Louise about their dinner, the deodorant incident, and the piano teacher one), a seasonal video about exams that everybody hates, a tag video (the diss track) and a baking video. Not very, what's his word of choice lately, original, you would think he's having a bit of a crisis. Dan, however, is always talking about his video ideas and how important it is for him there being a right time. Ok, maybe he's lying? But if you watch the joint ls from November 24th, you see Dan and Phil both discuss Dan's ideas around 43 minutes in, when they are looking at his notes, it seems like too much work to be an elaborate ruse just to make the phandom believe Dan has ideas for future videos.
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