10 thoughts on why i quit youtube:
1. *insert phangirl squealing here*
2. he has a whole fucking creative team now and people are not talking enough about it. genuinely looking forward to what the whole team brings to the table and creates.
3. i am so proud of him. we all, as a phandom, are collectively proud of him. i hope he feels it.
4. people who say they expected this video to be funny and were shocked by its seriousness are severely under selling the comedy genius of all 75 minutes. this video was fucking hilarious. i laughed out loud more than in any other yt video i’ve watched all month
5. the commentary on danandphil, as a brand, as joint content, being both genuine and at least partially in the past was beautiful and healing to me personally. dan’s always held such a firm grasp on who his core audience is and what our relationship is like and i never tire of listening to him wax poetic about the entity that is us
6. this video was not about phil, it was hardly about dan and phil, but i still listened to my phanisreal playlist and cried after watching the video. the existence of one just validates the other and brings me so much joy
7. the ability to actively not completely hate people who run a corporation for participating in the lure of greater, uncontrollable, society even though it so greatly harmed him personally because it also helped make him who he is, but still not letting them get away with their shit is the exact kind of energy humanity needs more of and it inspired me in ways i’ve not yet fully processed. (i do not apologize for that monstrosity of a sentence)
8. *more phangirling noises about the world tour*
9. can we stop with the “what year is it?” “who remembers their dan and phil phase?” “can’t believe i’m still watching this man make jokes” ? please. i mean, live your truth, but live it fully. dan is an artist. dan and phil are artists. they aren’t a phase. they are still making content and its fucking good content. he’s back from the dead now so just love him unabashedly. or don’t. but don’t pretend like you don’t love his content and its just nostalgia when its actually really fucking good.
10. i cannot explain how excited i am for more content. thank you god for more content. (well, actually, thank you dan) this is all i need in life. thank you thank you thank you
