#inspiring?

[captainrina]

Rewatching SGA has taught me two things about Todd:

1. He's really good at getting imprisoned and

2. he's really bad at keeping a Hive ship in one piece.

[grandpa-spooks]

There’s always gonna be someone more domesticated than you

(a TEDtalk for malewives everywhere)

[underfell-crystal]

OK so this is gonna be kind of a nostalgic... rant? I guess? But it also has mentions of mental illnesses and stuff under the cut, so.. discretion is advised.

okay. so.. we all got people we admire, look up to, who make us happy, who encourage us to grow. People who sometimes don't even know us. Idols, singers, dancers, gamers, designers, developers, streamers, artists, bakers, youtubers, stylists, chefs, everything else. For me, YouTubers have helped me stay grounded, stay hopeful, distracted me from how terrible I've felt in the past. One particular YouTuber I have been watching for a good four or five years is a man by the name of CoryxKenshin.

He's one of the funniest people I've encountered on that platform. He's passionate. He's motivated. He's authentic. Original. Selfless. He loves what he does.

But he's been gone for three months. It's unclear when he'll return. Likely when he hits 10 million subscribers. He's at 9.99 mil currently, so here's hoping he returns soon. There are so many games I'm excited to see his take on, like Resident Evil: Village.

Recently I've been feeling down, so I decided to rewatch some of his old videos, including the last video he's uploaded to YouTube thus far: 9 Million; The Home Stretch. I watched this video the day he posted it, but I'd forgotten how down to Earth he was and how motivating he was. It's only a nine minute video, but even in those short minutes, you get a sense of what he was like.

He edits all his videos on his own because he knows his humor. He knows how to make people laugh. And I think that's part of why I love watching him. Everything he gives to us is authentic, 100% made by Cory. Even if he misses a few days of uploading, the Samurai (his subscribers) are fine with that because he's established that he will never upload a video with fake energy. If he has a bad day, he won't try to make it seem like he's having a good day. And I'm sure you guys know YouTubers who are like this as well. I'm not disputing that Cory is the only YouTuber who does this. But seeing him grow from barely one million to nearly ten million is just... so inspiring.

And I know I'm usually very positive and energetic on this site, but I used to have a lot of problems when I was.... Hell, even two years ago I was still going through some shit. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety maybe... four years ago, two years after my parents divorced. I've been on medication for maybe two of those four years, and have gone to therapy for three years. I've only recently stopped going to therapy. I'm telling you all this because I was in a bad place for a long, LONG time. I had trouble reaching out to people and asking for help. I felt like I was bothering them by admitting I wasn't okay. And.. now I see how toxic of a mindset that is. If I hadn't worked up the courage to tell my mom I didn't feel okay anymore, I would be in a much worse place than I am now.

This is where Cory comes in. I found him by random chance one day after a tiring day at school as I was scrolling through YouTube, trying to find something to lift my spirits. And Cory succeeded. He was interesting, exciting, immersed in the game he was playing. Every upload he did made me smile or laugh or at the very least distract me from the outside world. He helped me through some of the worst times I've ever had to experience. And I guess what I'm trying to say... is thank you. Thank you, Cory, for keeping me going, for encouraging me to follow my dreams. For making me smile when I didn't think I could.

His 9 mil special video is honestly the core of what he's about. I encourage everyone to at least go watch that if you're having a bad day or just need a little encouragement, but there's always his other videos like horror games, Spooky Scary Sunday, and Friday Night Funkin. He's honestly a great guy, and I'm very excited for him to come back to YouTube.

Thanks for listening to my tirade, my fellow Samurai brothers and sisters. Never stop dreaming.

Here's a link to his 9 mil special video, and here's a link to his YouTube.

[marshmeadow12]

“There is such thing as the greatest moment of your life, if you live everyday with grateful thoughts.“

—Me.

I’m grateful for having people there to support me. I am also grateful that I can share the knowledge that I’ve learned through my life to other I need of it more than I do.

Bye for now - Meow

[burnsopale]

So about that thing we all like to do where we torture innocent protagonists ...

[shayd-official]

When the world is cold and bitter,

Remember you are loved

You are special

You are the only you

And you are the best you

[shayd-official]

If everything has a purpose in life then that means there's nothing without one.

Without the sun there would be darkness, without the water there would be no life. Without the trees around us there would be no birds and wood for houses, without humans there would be no one to take care of what is here before us.

Without you... There's no hello to put a smile on my face.

The world is vast but also small, without everyone in it we wouldn't achieve what we have. We must cherish and protect what we have and we must thrive to a brighter future together. Every single one of us, because we all matter. All our differences added together make a whole. We may feel like the random puzzle in a jigsaw puzzle... But we all fit, we just need time and to cherish the time we have.

- @shayd-official 11/1/23