I’ve always thought Linus, from LinusTechTips, often came off as an incredibly conceited, annoying, and rude person. I don’t know what it is about him exactly, but I’ve just always thought he acts in a very strange and off-putting way, which is a real shame, being that I love tech content on YT, and he’s one of the biggest out there. I simply could never get into his stuff, because he just gave me such terrible vibes.
Now, I’m saying this, but so what? Right? I mean, getting bad vibes from someone doesn’t mean they’re actually bad, for one, and for two, I find it rather distasteful to just announce that you dislike someone for seemingly no reason. I did it because it relates to the rest of this post.
Today, I watched a video from Louis Rossman wherein he basically tore Linus a new hole. It’s over an hour long, and while saying bad things about Linus isn’t the only thing he does, it’s what stuck with me. Watching that video, I was reminded of another video—a TikTok, actually—that I watched the other day, about Neil Gaiman. The TikTok was saying how, after Neil Gaiman was outed as a terrible person (apparently, while I have heard about this I didn’t actually look anything up about him), tons of people came out of the woodwork talking about how they’ve always had an inkling about him, how they never really liked him, he just gave off bad vibes, and so on. The thesis was that, those people should STFU; if you knew he was shit, why didn’t you say so before?
Upon watching Louis’ video, I felt that same way. That weird vindication that my gut feeling was right about someone. Then, I felt incredibly silly.
Should I have warned people? I don’t know, that seems so wrong. And for the record, I’m still withholding judgement on this particular situation, as I don’t have nearly enough context—nor do I care enough to look it up—to actually judge anyone involved.
Then, I watched another TikTok, talking about Trump supporters being faced with facts. That’s how it was framed, but the general idea was that, upon having their deep beliefs shattered, people tend to be in a very fragile emotional state, one that, if pressed, will often result in them lashing out. So, if you shatter someone’s understanding of the world, and then keep pushing it with more and more evidence, they might just get angry at you. Basically, that was the TikTok. Now, I wonder if that other TikTok was just that. People are upset when others say this whole “I felt they were terrible way before” because they didn’t see it, so it’s like a deep belief that they held was shattered, and now you’re just rubbing salt in the wound, so they lash out and get angry.
I don’t know.
I’ll just keep on not watching LTT.
The funny thing is, I feel the same way about Louis Rossman. Never liked the guy, he always had something on him that didn’t click with me.
I guess you can’t like everyone. Just watch what you enjoy, in these days there is so much media to consume that you never run out of stuff to watch.
I’m also very weary about Internet drama. Somewhere during the last 10 years I came to the conclusion that it’s just a huge waste of time.
I’m also very weary about Internet drama.
Yup, I’m with you on that. I do think it’s a little funny, sometimes. I don’t actively keep up with anything, but the YTrs I like occasionally make videos about that stuff, so I end up being in the loop.
You know, at first I also didn’t like Louis very much, but I ended up sticking around and he grew on me.
I’ve had this experience with a few different people. Ellen DeGeneres was one. Sometimes you can look at the way someone’s face is, the way they interact with the people around them, and the interplay between the emotions they’re deliberately trying to imitate versus what seems to be their sincere intent, and you can just know that they’re up to no good.
Drew Carey? Fine. Steve Harvey? Dude’s a piece of shit. How do I know? Just look, man. Open your eyes.
Ah see, I don’t know about this… I feel like there’s plenty of people out there that seem very disingenuous, but they’re just weird or awkward or just in showbiz, and that’s just what they do.
I don’t know…
I would have no way to check my assertion, so you might be right. I’m pretty confident of it though.
- Aubrey Plaza is awkward, and I have no read whatsoever about whether or not she’s a good person.
- Jennifer Lawrence is somewhat awkward, and my read is that she is a perfectly nice person.
- Sarah Silverman is awkward, and my read is that she is also evil on some level.
I have no idea. Maybe I shouldn’t share with the world these bizarre personal theories about my ability to detect evil in celebrities. I’m confident in them for whatever reason, though.
I’m confident in them for whatever reason, though.
Most likely, delusion. Then again, maybe you are some sort of aura wiz.
I hope Aubrey Plaza isn’t a POS… I think she’s very funny.
Most likely, delusion.
Most likely. I’m completely not joking when I say that not that long ago someone I know was trying to get me to see a neurologist. Team brain damage unite.
Oh yikes… Hope everything’s alright with you and your brain!
If it’s free, might as well check out the neurologist. If there’s genuine concern, definitely should check it out.
