02:45 “I changed my YT banner, which has been the same thing for years"
-goes on for a few lifetimes about fonts and branding and backgrounds. nobody cares about this as much as he does, and okay, whatever makes him feel productive, but also stfu already. please.
8:20 doesn’t want to pay somebody for graphic design because if he did: “all of a sudden it’s a bit too professional and the whole point of YT is that it’s not professional and it’s kind of endearing that I do it myself and it’s shit"
9:40 “‘Did you have a good birthday?’ said Georgie."
-aw look at how close they’ve become
12:45 (chat) How do you feel about Trump leaving the Paris Agreement?
“I think it’s terrible. Of all the negative impacts Trump's administration might have on the world, the environment is one of the most irreparable."
14:25 “That would be so depressing, honestly. If [his bonsai tree] dies, I can’t have [this plastic replacement] in the background of my videos. That’d just be a testament to how all life has failed and we live in a soulless, plastic universe.”
15:40 “Don’t get offended [by his hatred of sunflowers]. You’re allowed to just have different tastes in things, okay? It’s not like having different opinions on politics and what the world should be like.”
18:55 Colin shirt from family, kind of the best thing ever
20:45 “But I hope people have actually seen The Babadook, because it’s a really good movie”
-hot take: it sucked and children are the most annoying things to be put on film. if you want to sit through an hour of a child shrieking, go nuts. and the symbolism Wasn’t That Deep. meme is more entertaining, fight me.
22:40 (chat) New video when?
“New danisnotonfire video. Yeah. Uh. Phil is away for a few days at a family thing, so I am alone which is a great time for me to be creative and stuff. I have an idea. I’m gonna try and make a video. And yeah. The only thing that’s distressing is that I still think my video background is ugly. Like there’s so many things… I dunno, I’m gonna tr— but either way, I can’t just not make a video for two months because I don’t think that the background of my video is pretty enough. So like maybe just get over it, who knows. Whatever.”
-I feel like this whole background thing is A Thing that we don’t understand yet? He mentioned it in the moving vid and like every liveshow since (actually even the liveshow before they moved? right?). I mean, originally, to begin with, it made sense to announce it will be Different (no longer his room), but I think we get the point by now...? Just add some shit or don’t, it feels like an intentional fixation he’s presenting for some reason. He’s going to turn it into a fucking voting thing..?
23:28 (“”””chat””””) Dan, last time you read out my name as Steven, it’s Susan
“I did. I saw that. I’m gonna- I have to apologise for this, because a couple of people have called me out on it. The chat moves very fast and sometimes I don’t manage to read the name and I kind of guess what the name was. So sometimes I’ll just see the first letter [and go with whatever]. So if that happens, I’m sorry. I have the best of intentions. It’s just because I’m truly reading what you’re trying to say and I appreciate it.”
-oh like how he truly just read that comment out from Stusan (said with love )
25:45 “I’m somebody that doesn’t like a lot of attention sometimes. [s]I’m in the best career[/s]. No, like the difference with that is: I like making things, and I like attention which is people discussing things that I’m interested in or have made. But I personally, me and my personality, my personal life, interacting with me physically, hate attention. I am happy to stand in the back of the room blending into the shadows.”
[which is why birthdays=meh. but all the art and nice bday wishes etc. made him happy]
“So, you know what, even somebody that’s as terrified and scared as me, I want to say thank you to everybody"
35:30 “But a film like Wonder Woman, that literally starts with a field full of women of colour brawling, that’s just- it’s something that has a much bigger impact on the world because simply by existing, no matter how good or bad it is, it’s representation for people. It was the first superhero movie with a female lead in 12 years, since a terrible movie called Elektra and that’s just crazy.”
-Dan coming for Jennifer Garner, rude
40:40 (chat) Future Islands, do you like them?
“Yes.”
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41:07 “Can two bros in space just have a good cry about a stressful situation and letting go of their feelings and just hugging without it being a ship? Who knows.”
-who needs context
43:30 “And I’m quite happy that the YT community, which is a community that I am part of whether I like it or not, were very encouraging of young people going out and voting."
45:28 “I had a weird night, got DM’d by [Corbyn], got retweeted by Edward Snowden, so I’m definitely on a list right now. Thanks, Ed, lad.”
47:00 “Young people need to care about politics, it’s important.”