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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
  • Today we're talking about the wild and whacky takes of Ephemeral Rift on Twitter. From making light-heart of current atrocities to provoking controversy, many people have been asking my input and take on the situation.
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  • @superkamivegito5499
    @superkamivegito5499 9 месяцев назад +4189

    The saddest part for me is if you go through the comment section on the most recent video of his. There are people pouring their heart out in concern for his well being and he's just responding with laughing emojis. His responses seem so out of character and odd.

    • @zzeroara9511
      @zzeroara9511 9 месяцев назад +476

      i truly believe he's snapped, there's some pretty shitty stuff on his twitter that goes years back but this feels like another guy

    • @jeremymontasser6182
      @jeremymontasser6182 9 месяцев назад +453

      Yeah to all the ppl saying he’s always been edgy, that’s one thing.
      Him completely disregarding and acting condescendingly towards his fans is something he’s never done before.

    • @radioactive_baby0706
      @radioactive_baby0706 9 месяцев назад +94

      ​@@jeremymontasser6182Like, yeah. We know he's always been edgy, that's why so many people like him. But this feels a lot different than just being written off as "edgy"

    • @lou2288
      @lou2288 9 месяцев назад +159

      The way he says LOL to anyone calling it a mental break is really really concerning. I have never seen this man act like this with his comments.
      I am so very worried

    • @PicksVR
      @PicksVR 9 месяцев назад +8

      This really reminds me of the Ribs situation…

  • @FumeRunner
    @FumeRunner 9 месяцев назад +6653

    This 100% seems like a mental break. If you traveled back in time 5 years and showed him these tweets I would be willing to bet he wouldnt believe he said these things

    • @mnc4980
      @mnc4980 9 месяцев назад +502

      He’s made misogynistic tweets against female asmr creators a couple of years ago as well if I’m not mistaken so it’s safe to say he was always like this.

    • @igotcat2692
      @igotcat2692 9 месяцев назад +265

      ​@mnc4980 as bad as misogyny is, it's not comparable to the stuff he's been doing recently, I'd definitely point to something majorly wrong

    • @FumeRunner
      @FumeRunner 9 месяцев назад +66

      @mnc4980 if that's the case also, why did I never hear about it? I mean hell maybe I was living under a rock but I saw no videos against him, no one talking about that etc. If there really was something like that back then I'd feel like it would have to be some sorta satire

    • @mnc4980
      @mnc4980 9 месяцев назад +53

      @@FumeRunner I’m pretty sure it was at a time where not a lot of people knew about him but like I said I could be mistaken and it was probably satire but still

    • @mnc4980
      @mnc4980 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@igotcat2692 true I should’ve worded my comment better what I should’ve said is those tweets that I mentioned that I heard about could’ve been a indication that he has something wrong with. His mental health

  • @ClovisPictures
    @ClovisPictures 2 месяца назад +120

    Seven months later, I think the current state of his channel is honestly really telling.
    I'm pretty sure for the past year or so, Paul has been going through a sort of crisis. Maybe a mid-life crisis, or something. He has pretty much completely quit making ASMR content and has shifted towards doing "relaxing outdoor videos" that his viewerbase just doesn't click with. He does seem to be doing a lot better, and has actually voiced his rather strong distaste for making ASMR content as a whole a little over a month ago. He's seemingly completely abandoned the Rift Universe for content that he can make in a "less controlling environment".
    He said in a vlog of his that he quit making his traditional ASMR videos because of how much of a controlled environment you have to be in when filming, and how he often felt he had little "control" over how his videos were created. I don't mean to psychoanalyze the dude or anything, but I genuinely think that he had a mental breakdown last year and has now decided to pin the root cause of it on creating ASMR content, because of how much of a controlled environment you have to film the video in.
    He's still one of my favorite ASMRtists out there and I really hope he'll go back to making his Rift Universe videos soon. So do many others, I feel.

    • @fruitsalad5036
      @fruitsalad5036 2 месяца назад +13

      Just looking through everything, i agree. Hadn't realized he had switched up his content, personally i hope he just keeps going with whatever is helping his mental state

    • @gnarwhal7562
      @gnarwhal7562 Месяц назад +15

      Honestly, I would rather he make his "outdoor videos" if it makes him happy, than continue to film regular ASMR content when he clearly has no passion for it anymore.
      Kanye West, for example, still releases music, but there's been a sharp drop off in quality compared to his previous albums since 2016. He's even admitted in interviews that he doesn't take it seriously anymore and pretty much just does it solely for the money now...and it shows; (not to mention, the antisemitism controversy has permanently tainted his discography for a lot of people).
      I fear ER would be flirting with a similar downward spiral, making content that he not only doesn't care about anymore, but actively dislikes. If you ask me though, I think he would be better off taking a break from RUclips altogether. Just based on some of the replies I've read from him on recent videos, he's still harbouring a lot of anti-social energy that needs sorted out

    • @fishebola
      @fishebola 14 дней назад +2

      9 months now.. it's still just, kinda sad. Just.. sad yknow? I miss the good times

  • @Gaath.Gazmatum
    @Gaath.Gazmatum 8 месяцев назад +735

    He does this sometimes. Back in the day he bullied a creator named Hayley for having cleavage. That's all she did. Not overt clickbaity stuff, just literally having an anatomy. He spent a lot of time and energy ranting his inappropriate misogynistic opinions, and she released one video on it and stopped making videos soon after, fully deleting her channel. Everyone quickly forgot about how he bullied someone out of a creative space and he went on to be very successful. It left an awful taste in my mouth and I've avoided him ever since, but dude has a persona he puts on, and is just not a great guy outside of that.

    • @yomama2376
      @yomama2376 8 месяцев назад +83

      Seriously?? Thats seriously crazy, this is why we need people like jojo blowing the whistle. For how wholesome the asmr community generally is, the crazy stuff seems to get pushed aside in favor of preserving the peace.

    • @Zee_Kay_Jay
      @Zee_Kay_Jay 8 месяцев назад +4

      Back in the day? What year did that happen

    • @Gaath.Gazmatum
      @Gaath.Gazmatum 8 месяцев назад +47

      @@Zee_Kay_Jay I want to say 2015ish, but I can't be certain.

    • @ChaosAndAnarchy
      @ChaosAndAnarchy 8 месяцев назад +57

      WhisperingRose?

    • @Gaath.Gazmatum
      @Gaath.Gazmatum 8 месяцев назад +18

      @@ChaosAndAnarchy Yes.

  • @ghostface490
    @ghostface490 9 месяцев назад +3162

    Usually, suicidal people will do one of two things before they kill themselves. They'll either give all of their stuff away to someone they know that they can trust to take good care of their stuff or they'll assassinate their own character and push everyone and anything away that way it's "easier" for them to go through with it. And this is especially concerning considering the fact that he's talking about there being a "surprise" on 10/22.

    • @itsnotme8216
      @itsnotme8216 9 месяцев назад +48

      Can you give me the link to the "surprise" post?

    • @JuniperF
      @JuniperF 9 месяцев назад +371

      That extra detail about 10/22 makes it that much more concerning. He's helped me, and tons of others get through tough times, to think that he couldn't take it even with all his work (art, really) is scary to say the least. All we can do is hope that he gets the help he needs before it's too late.

    • @a.bunny.
      @a.bunny. 9 месяцев назад +42

      This, 100%.

    • @alphaseries7251
      @alphaseries7251 9 месяцев назад +176

      I hundred percent agree. I personally believe it’s easier to be seen in a really “bad light” than in a “good light”. The former is a more “no turning back” though.

    • @ghostface490
      @ghostface490 9 месяцев назад

      @@itsnotme8216 he said it on his Twitter account and CamNugget made a video mentioning this detail. I can't link anything on RUclips because RUclips either doesn't have support for links which is bullshit because every platform has support for links or RUclips doesn't allow links in the comments; in other words RUclips has this whole thing fucked up.

  • @ellis9505
    @ellis9505 9 месяцев назад +313

    He's always been like this. Clearly his mental health isn't good right now but he's had this reputation for years and years

    • @StormierNik
      @StormierNik 9 месяцев назад +36

      Yeah it just seems like people are only now discovering this. People who first knew about em years ago when Asmr was still under the radar should know about this. This is completely in line with him.

    • @chriswillis4153
      @chriswillis4153 9 месяцев назад

      Yep! Used to love his videos years ago, then I began to see who he really was. He's always been an asshole.

    • @thecolorjune
      @thecolorjune 9 месяцев назад +2

      Really? That’s crazy. What did he do? (I have only casually watched some of his content)

    • @Komnenos83
      @Komnenos83 9 месяцев назад +2

      yours also isnt too good it seems

    • @yomama2376
      @yomama2376 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@thecolorjuneapparently he bullied some small creator off youtube for showing her cleavage… which every modern western woman including me has done lmao. Seriously crazy

  • @TheUncannyDani
    @TheUncannyDani 8 месяцев назад +39

    Him drawing comparison to the greatest human tragedies and the meat industry, but saying he's not a vegan is definitely not a misjudged concern for the meat industry and definitely is apathetic view of hunan tragedy.

    • @achairstudios8730
      @achairstudios8730 8 месяцев назад +9

      Yeah, it clicked with me that him saying that "I'm not a Vegan" is him essentially either A). Making him a hypocrite to his own beliefs or B). Showing that he see people as nothing more than animals to him.

    • @dearmadeline
      @dearmadeline Месяц назад

      @@achairstudios8730umm no it's very hard to be vegan especially if you don't have the money for it. i tried for years but it was too hard. couldn't eat anything anywhere, had to constantly take supplements, felt ill no matter what. his comparison is quite accurate. all living beings are equally as important and animals do suffer greatly for our convenience.

    • @davidinawe791
      @davidinawe791 7 дней назад

      ​@@dearmadeline it is more expensive and it's harder to eat out but thats pretty much it. "Consantly" had to take supplements? I take b12 every 3 days and thats pretty much it. Just eat healthy and you should be fine

  • @limaoccsal
    @limaoccsal 9 месяцев назад +3128

    I feel like ER has been going through an immense mental breakdown lately to end up like this. It's all so heartbreaking, just feels like we're watching that man we all loved and respected so much die in front of us.

    • @JuniperF
      @JuniperF 9 месяцев назад +225

      From what i've seen, he's just making his opinions openly known, whereas he was a bit subtler in the past. He's already made his preference for anarchism known in his past videos, as well as his disdain for authoritarianism and organized religion (he's an ex-catholic). I agree with a lot of his views, but to brush off the holocaust and two currently waged wars as insignificant in comparison to factory farms was a blantly insensitive choice, to say the least. I'm hoping he starts putting a higher price on human life, that's all I can say.

    • @UnprofessionalGriefer
      @UnprofessionalGriefer 9 месяцев назад +33

      This isn't anything new, he has acted edgy in Twitter more or less for 7 years now

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd 9 месяцев назад +60

      ​@@UnprofessionalGriefer being edgy doesn't work if you're simulatenously being blunt. This just sounds like a sudden change in attitude.

    • @GatchaUser130
      @GatchaUser130 9 месяцев назад

      Shut up JoJo you have done bad stuff so don’t act perfect and lots of people are vegan you are not special

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 9 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@JuniperFlad he said the n word 😭 we just gonna let this slide

  • @absurdjellyfish8738
    @absurdjellyfish8738 9 месяцев назад +2777

    This feels a bit like a mental break. I know someone who went on a lot of incomprehensible moralistic rants before they completely lost touch with reality. If this is the case, I hope he gets the help he needs. If these are his legit opinions I really hope this is a big wakeup call for him and he can learn from this. As far as his platform goes, idk if theres any coming back from this

    • @beanman9936
      @beanman9936 9 месяцев назад +116

      guess we got another Angelica case :(

    • @johnny32
      @johnny32 9 месяцев назад +48

      @@beanman9936 angelica, the asmrtist ? i havent watched her content in a while, what did she get involved in, if you dont mind explaining ?

    • @vegetableoil4391
      @vegetableoil4391 9 месяцев назад +164

      It makes sense for it to be a mental break because he's been silent about stuff like this for his entire career, then all of a sudden he says a lot of controversial things all at once

    • @yayeet3724
      @yayeet3724 9 месяцев назад

      @@johnny32 She basically became a right wing, anti-feminist christian and has been spreading a bunch of propaganda about the left grooming children.

    • @absurdjellyfish8738
      @absurdjellyfish8738 9 месяцев назад +121

      @@vegetableoil4391 thats what im thinking, he's had a long career of not touching these subjects, and now hes taking such a controversial stand. I'd like to think this isnt what he wanted his image to be

  • @xanderdouglas8912
    @xanderdouglas8912 8 месяцев назад +43

    As a black dude, I respect his question, but not in the fashion

  • @roonster1324
    @roonster1324 8 месяцев назад +237

    I’ve been subbed to him for years and years at this point, this is all news to me and I’m super shocked about it but I have noticed a somewhat drop in his quality over the years. Hope his wife and kid are doing alright

    • @Christian___
      @Christian___ 7 месяцев назад +21

      He's always been like this, he got cancelled before for his 4chan style 'humour'. Jojo was also recently defending himself for making light of child molestation. They're both hypocrites.

    • @heart3330
      @heart3330 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@Christian___ Woah you got proof on that there?

    • @yorkkroll4887
      @yorkkroll4887 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Christian___ source?

    • @Christian___
      @Christian___ 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@yorkkroll4887 He explains it in the video he uploaded before this one.

    • @zarrowthehorse
      @zarrowthehorse 6 месяцев назад +1

      What about him?

  • @N_COutdoors
    @N_COutdoors 9 месяцев назад +3201

    Look, I’m no doctor, but a personality swing this extreme might be indicative of a stroke and Ephemeral might not have known he had one. Because he was such a chill and inclusive dude, I think something is genuinely wrong and he just doesn’t know it.

    • @Qtae_
      @Qtae_ 9 месяцев назад +362

      not to spread his business, but he also has a tumor in his ear if i remember correctly. this entire thing made me worry something happened with that, but i think I'm just trying to find any excuse for him to not be doing this ☹️

    • @Wabbajock_Dugatti
      @Wabbajock_Dugatti 9 месяцев назад +2

      We can conclude that all ASMR creators & fans are mentally ill in general

    • @YoungHeuva
      @YoungHeuva 9 месяцев назад +194

      He’s been, let’s say, erratic for years. This is not an isolated incident, rather a pattern of behaviors that have been going on for almost 10 years in the ASMR community at this point.

    • @ChefGrip
      @ChefGrip 9 месяцев назад +60

      This isn't a mood swing at all hes been like this forever 😂

    • @dox.K
      @dox.K 9 месяцев назад +91

      @@YoungHeuvait’s certainly a peak though, or people wouldn’t be going batshit crazy

  • @tillRain
    @tillRain 9 месяцев назад +1042

    My heart sank once more when I saw Ephemeral Rift in the title again, man, shit. This literally was the man who got me into ASMR, and I've always enjoyed the positive and wholesome community around his channel. This is just really unfortunate to see. I'd really like to cope, and think this is just a case of hacked account, but it does not seem so.

    • @vegetableoil4391
      @vegetableoil4391 9 месяцев назад +38

      I mean for copium it's possible the hacker got into his Twitter and RUclips account. But it's been five days and I assume RUclips at the least would've sorted him out by now, because when LTT got hacked RUclips solved it within a few days

    • @luciisawhore
      @luciisawhore 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@vegetableoil4391I highly doubt he's been hacked seeing as he's posted, fuckin' sucks man

    • @daidokoroxd
      @daidokoroxd 9 месяцев назад +9

      he was one of the people who got me out of depression, its so over

    • @thebrightlight8088
      @thebrightlight8088 9 месяцев назад +1

      Honestly...I would still watch his videos, I don't care about what he's doing, I just want his ASMR, and that's all (The buyer is interested only in the product, not the producer).

    • @Iliekmudkipzlol
      @Iliekmudkipzlol 9 месяцев назад +29

      It's like finding out if Bob Ross was a cannibal or secret Nazi supporter...

  • @WhatsanEngler
    @WhatsanEngler 9 месяцев назад +20

    My uncle had a depressive psychotic break a few years ago that lasted for months before he went back on his medication and got additional help. He said some things in person and on social media he will never be able to take back. It may be the same situation here.

    • @vanessaashford9203
      @vanessaashford9203 5 месяцев назад +2

      yeah I struggled with bipolarity and opioid addiction (the latter basically came about in large part because of a reckless drug binge during an extended manic episode) for years, and am convinced that social media is one of the worst things for mentally ill people that has ever existed, like I destroyed countless relationships, burned so many bridges, and while thankfully most of it is either not public anymore or not attached to my real world identity (I mean, I don't even use my real name on here), I still had an irreparable negative effect on a lot of people's lives, and have kind of just had to accept that there's a lot of people out there who will never trust me again because of it, and who I probably can't even truly apologize to, the best I can really do now is just to try to be a better person and not repeat those same patterns of behavior in the future.
      Ngl, though, seeing people in their 50s like ER *still* having episodes where they engage in this type of behavior scares me, as it makes me feel like I'll never *truly* recover, and will probably always be one spell of bad mental health (or drug relapse) away from being a complete piece of shit again. Some days I kind of feel like I'm doomed to eventually either destroy every relationship I have, or end my own life, or possibly both.
      Honestly, Kanye West is another person I look at and am just like "Jesus, not even wealth, fame, and tons of resources can save people with these tendencies from themselves, what chance do I have???"

  • @Jah2x.
    @Jah2x. 9 месяцев назад +53

    I’m fully aware that these content creators have lives outside of their channels but man it’s just sad to watch channels I basically grew up watching completely shit on the viewers so abruptly. I come to the Asmr community to escape all the problems of the world and get a good nights rest. To top it off I was hoping that he could somewhat salvage a decent apology but the video couldn’t be more far from it. Nearly half an hour of him basically saying I’m not sorry for what I said, your all just to sensitive. He even hit us with the cliché “I have black friends” response and not once mentioned anything about the disgusting comment he made about the holocaust.

    • @JohnDoe-ligma
      @JohnDoe-ligma 9 месяцев назад +2

      I'd say get over it and separate the content from the person. I honestly never gave a fuck about the guys views. I just liked his videos. They were cool. So he can say whatever he wants. Doesn't bother me none

    • @Jah2x.
      @Jah2x. 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@JohnDoe-ligma To each is own, hard pass for me though 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @JohnDoe-ligma
      @JohnDoe-ligma 9 месяцев назад +2

      @Jah2x. that's you bro.

    • @stevenclark5173
      @stevenclark5173 9 месяцев назад +1

      That's me too. I will not support a living artist who is doing or saying reprehensible things. Sad to say that I might consider going back to his channel if he dies but that's where we're at. @@JohnDoe-ligma

    • @Mechanomics
      @Mechanomics 26 дней назад

      @@JohnDoe-ligma Yeah? They never said otherwise. You're the one doling out unsolicited advice.

  • @grapiii
    @grapiii 9 месяцев назад +2102

    This is genuinely upsetting. Jojo, have you reached out to him to at least ask if anything is wrong? I could never have believed that this guy would ever so much as think to do this..
    Edit: I've just seen a comment by @ghostface490 which actually gave me chills. More reason for Jojo to speak to him personally.

    • @PomadaGaming
      @PomadaGaming 9 месяцев назад +13

      please

    • @JiffaTube
      @JiffaTube 9 месяцев назад +162

      Some people have bad views, that's it. There doesn't always have to be an excuse unfortunately, they just hide it well. They deserve criticism and deplatforming.

    • @HoneyDog
      @HoneyDog 9 месяцев назад +110

      ​@@JiffaTubeThere doesn't always have to be an "excuse", but there also doesn't always not have to be some reason behind things. Honestly dude could be fucked up mentally. I have no way of know, just doesn't seem in character for him. Of course I can't make judgements based off how someone presents themselves online, but I see no reason why he would choose *now* of all times to basically self-detonate.
      I don't think ER is stupid, I think he probably understands that people are not going to receive his tweets in a positive manner, and that this will fuck up what he has going. So I don't really understand why it went from 0 to 100. But idk. We'll just have to see I suppose. It's a shitty situation for sure.

    • @thanosthemadtitan1788
      @thanosthemadtitan1788 9 месяцев назад +15

      @@JiffaTubeMost of the time I don’t believe that people should be cancelled for what they say. There’s a lot of obvious exceptions. Now I haven’t seen fully what he’s said, but based on what I’ve heard about the comments he made, it does sound pretty bad. I’m hoping we do get an explanation from him if that is the case. And yeah, sometimes there isn’t an explanation for peoples shitty beliefs, but knowing this dude on RUclips for years now, and knowing that he is a good person, definitely leaves me hopeful that something strange just happened.

    • @tannerwarner753
      @tannerwarner753 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@JiffaTubelike you

  • @joshuakram
    @joshuakram 9 месяцев назад +1545

    I've always suspected that ER has some kind of Manic disorder just based on the way he has acted in a few non roleplay videos. I was kind of hoping that those were just him playing another kind of character. If he does indeed suffer from a mental disorder then we should all try and be compassionate towards this man.
    That being said, mental illness is not a hall pass to do or say anything you want and if he indeed needs help then he is responsible for seeking it.

    • @dchez821
      @dchez821 9 месяцев назад +112

      Yehhhh idk, it kind of also seems like he is just a terrible human. He has made extremely controversial claims in the past wayyy before this ‘snap’
      He has been saying racist things for years honestly, even some of his older videos from literally 11 years ago would talk about disturbing things like sex trafficking and slaughtering animals and how the world ‘refuses to pay attention’ which is true, but he would bring it up in a very aggressive way
      He has had these opinions for a long time and people need to actually realise he might not be a good person at all.

    • @Cam-rp5sw
      @Cam-rp5sw 9 месяцев назад +36

      @@dchez821 somebody said something racist in 2011? wow so unusual

    • @GriffithFromBerk
      @GriffithFromBerk 9 месяцев назад +83

      @@Cam-rp5swokay I get not understanding what is and isn’t okay through the times, but you worded that like it makes it okay that he said it that year 💀
      If someone says something racist, that doesn’t make it okay no matter when

    • @44SCB
      @44SCB 9 месяцев назад +14

      @@dchez821 I saw a video where he straight up embraced communism.

    • @secondbreakfastpip540
      @secondbreakfastpip540 9 месяцев назад +92

      ​@@44SCBthat's literally not even related to this.

  • @ThexSpiral
    @ThexSpiral 9 месяцев назад +677

    This seems like a psychotic break to me. I've been psychotic before and when I was I said a bunch of unhinged shit. He's always been a little out there, but this behavior seems new from what I can tell. Honestly, considering the "dead and gone" video, I think that unless he gets help he's in serious danger. I hope whoever is in his life can get him the help he needs.

    • @SubTonic
      @SubTonic 9 месяцев назад +153

      Yeah, this is almost certainly mental illness. Something happened to him recently and now he's gone full self-sabotage mode. This is depressing.

    • @tentententententententententen
      @tentententententententententen 9 месяцев назад +4

      welp too bad I guess

    • @ghostface490
      @ghostface490 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@tentententententententententen bot detected.

    • @user-yq6hg1rh7b
      @user-yq6hg1rh7b 9 месяцев назад

      You underestimate environmentalist twitter. Deep ecology types say some crazy shit

    • @bravdoe
      @bravdoe 9 месяцев назад +25

      I also thought after those vids he seemed off and now I know for sure that he almost 100% is having some sort of mental breakdown

  • @donnie-ix8om
    @donnie-ix8om 9 месяцев назад +39

    both n-words, the f-slur, and the r-slur. bro’s going for a quadruple kill 😭😭

    • @fivepebbles876
      @fivepebbles876 9 месяцев назад +11

      finally someone talking about the r slur! when i tried to bring this up i was told it's not a slur and i'm too sensitive

    • @Wad797
      @Wad797 Месяц назад

      What is f and r slur?

    • @donnie-ix8om
      @donnie-ix8om Месяц назад

      @@Wad797 f-slur is f*ggot and i can’t say the r-slur; look it up

    • @pineapplesodah
      @pineapplesodah Месяц назад

      @@fivepebbles876Yeah and it’s not

    • @ElementtSMB
      @ElementtSMB Месяц назад

      ​@@Wad797fah gott, and rea tard

  • @freshntoasted
    @freshntoasted 9 месяцев назад +351

    I don't know how to feel. This man has been the one person to help me sleep for almost 5-6 years. He made me feel loved and accepted during pride and his characters have always been important to me. I really hope this is just some kind of mistake related to mental health. Very sad :(

    • @aidanmurphy8069
      @aidanmurphy8069 9 месяцев назад +1

      Stop personally relating to strangers because they give you dopamine

    • @hugosenet
      @hugosenet 9 месяцев назад +18

      For real, this is all so.... Shocking... I don't know how to feel but I know I don't feel good about it, at all

    • @cj_mrgoldenfox15
      @cj_mrgoldenfox15 8 месяцев назад +1

      Same here. If any updates happen, keep us notified

    • @deepcrab
      @deepcrab 7 месяцев назад +2

      You shouldn't have ever become attached in the first time

    • @whereisdonnie
      @whereisdonnie 2 месяца назад

      @@deepcrabyeep

  • @absurdjellyfish8738
    @absurdjellyfish8738 9 месяцев назад +1495

    This makes me so sad, he seemed so down-to-earth. You really never know someone huh

    • @pyrothekidd
      @pyrothekidd 9 месяцев назад +191

      Literally the last person you'd ever expect, too. Absolutely insane

    • @GrimDoesMineCraft
      @GrimDoesMineCraft 9 месяцев назад +89

      @@pyrothekiddoh I don’t know about last person I’d expect, he’s been well known for going against the grain with his content, now he’s done the same with his Twitter opinions

    • @PredatorH2O
      @PredatorH2O 9 месяцев назад +39

      Ig it's a thin line between down to earth and off to space.

    • @jarofpickles4057
      @jarofpickles4057 9 месяцев назад +43

      He seemed so down to earth because he talked about one aspect of his life in videos online? You need to stop idolizing people and expecting them to be infallible.

    • @absurdjellyfish8738
      @absurdjellyfish8738 9 месяцев назад +95

      @@jarofpickles4057 never needed him to be an idol 🤷‍♂️ just thought he was a reasonable guy and sad to see otherwise

  • @galethsaldor8293
    @galethsaldor8293 9 месяцев назад +1682

    This isn't his first rodeo. He has a history of some insane rants. He also did alot to drive other Asmrtists away from working with him.

    • @BradsPitts.
      @BradsPitts. 9 месяцев назад +158

      Makes me wonder if this is why Phoenician stopped working with him

    • @fishypirhana246
      @fishypirhana246 9 месяцев назад +385

      I was gonna say, he would make awful comments about Maria from Gentle whispering and other female ASMRtists directly in their comment section. This happened nearly a decade ago now, but surprised at the community amnesia to this.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 9 месяцев назад +137

      ​@@fishypirhana246Yeah everyone is acting like this is new. But ER has done it before and WILL do it again.

    • @abyssoflore3211
      @abyssoflore3211 9 месяцев назад +53

      ​@@fishypirhana246what kind of comments? I had no idea

    • @kaykaybee
      @kaykaybee 9 месяцев назад +28

      @@abyssoflore3211I second this, what did he say in their comments sections ?!

  • @frankthatfunks2428
    @frankthatfunks2428 9 месяцев назад +12

    Bro his tweet saying the Holocaust is nothing compared to livestock killed over the years was crazy as fuck 💀 everything else was like not as bad imo

  • @dankim7831
    @dankim7831 9 месяцев назад +114

    My partner had a grandma who passed but they said she would make out of character things like this when her memory started to fail due to age... she was a devout christian who was quite liberal... she was the marva andor of her community. Then she rambled on about things in a negative way. Things she actively took part in, like women's suffrage, helping single mothers, etc. She slut shamed women and called single mothers "whores". It was very not like her. This all ended up being the result of her Alzheimer's
    I'm worried something similar is happening to ER

    • @Saffron-sugar
      @Saffron-sugar 9 месяцев назад +3

      Whaaa?! Someday you will understand that 50 is just not that old. Alzheimer’s, aged dementia, senility….Not a 50-year-old thing.😂
      You may be of an age we are 50 and etc and the same to you. But it’s 30 years. If your young then 30 years must have some sort of impact on you

    • @dankim7831
      @dankim7831 9 месяцев назад +31

      @@Saffron-sugar never said 50 was old...? Where did that even come from?
      Early onset Alzheimer's is a thing too

    • @atheon596
      @atheon596 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@Saffron-sugar Bro people can get Alzheimer's very early on in their life. And where did OP say that 50 is old, tf?

    • @anviil1417
      @anviil1417 9 месяцев назад +8

      If this were his only break like this I would agree...
      But it isn't in the slightest. He has always been like this to an extent; maybe some personal events pushed him over the edge? I have no idea and it isn't our right to know I suppose.
      Regardless, it truly is heartbreaking

  • @ky7501
    @ky7501 9 месяцев назад +141

    This feels like an alternate reality, I would not have expected this in my entire life

  • @petitplushproductions
    @petitplushproductions 9 месяцев назад +1182

    Wait.. Uncle ER has drama?!

  • @ExTeeBee
    @ExTeeBee 5 месяцев назад +47

    He has a history of doing this. Every couple of years he has another controversy incident where he starts bullying people, making wildly anti-social, anti-society, takes. The guy has also been blatantly misogynist in the past. I stopped following him years ago as a result.

  • @HerrSchrodinger
    @HerrSchrodinger 9 месяцев назад +200

    People just finding out what a piece of work he is.
    Was one of the first asmr youtubers i watched back in the day and i appreciated some of the Lovecraft inspired bits he did but after a few years in started to show what a piece of work he can be.

    • @TimTime10
      @TimTime10 9 месяцев назад +32

      Okay, I'm not going to disagree with you.
      I just think it's genuinely funny that you use "piece of work" to describe him. I want to make it clear that I'm not trying to be insulting in any way, I think it's actually kind of brilliant.

    • @toyanaydin8248
      @toyanaydin8248 9 месяцев назад +35

      @@TimTime10 it’s quite a common way to refer to a prick in England, definitely relevant for ER

    • @Gabdobee
      @Gabdobee 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@toyanaydin8248The things he has said are outrageous and outright ridiculous however taking into account old videos displaying his mental health and looking at it from that viewpoint there are so many other things at okay here. One of which I’ve seen and has fucked with me is that he’s burning bridges so he is not dearly missed if he ends his life. This is genuinely awful to me as he has helped me through my own suicidal mindset and to see him like this hurts. As a fellow brit to call him a prick seems wrong but to say he’s acting like a prick is suiting. Deep down I know he really cares for others and has to be struggling I just hope he can admit his mistakes and tell the truth about why he did this. We can only hope it was him having a break down and him promise to be better 🙁

    • @derpy_bass1600
      @derpy_bass1600 8 месяцев назад

      Funniest if all is that in one video this dude (ephimeral rift) said himself that he was an anarchist and a bunch of other stuff

    • @steamtasticvagabond474
      @steamtasticvagabond474 8 месяцев назад +3

      It’s interesting see this after his string of Lovecraft themed videos. He may be reading Lovecraft for more than one reason

  • @nickdotjpg
    @nickdotjpg 9 месяцев назад +2381

    this is gut wrenching. this man (no disrespect to you at all here jojo, you're tied at 1st with him so do not fret) is my favorite asmrtist of all time. i love his sense of humor and dry and to the point takes on things, but this is disturbing and frankly disgusting.
    i'm ashamed of this behavior especially from him, someone who seemed well educated and vocal about ensuring others were well educated as well.
    such a shame.

    • @Oxijinn_
      @Oxijinn_ 9 месяцев назад +97

      It is really a shame. He was one of my favourite ASMRtists but I really don't think I can listen to any of his content anymore, or if I do it won't be the same "fun and quirky" Uncle E I knew.

    • @Rimmy_
      @Rimmy_ 9 месяцев назад +51

      man why does shit like this always happen :/

    • @scamon4u
      @scamon4u 9 месяцев назад

      A man go sac, You Unitedstateans are soft af. Any little thing someone says hurts y'all. What disgusts me the most is seeing white people crying for this

    • @Tubeytime
      @Tubeytime 9 месяцев назад +100

      His political takes have always been uneducated and his ideas about society have always been edgy as fuck. He was never someone to look to for political wisdom. These are the shower thoughts of someone who has a verified track record of despising modern society. There is absolutely no shock here for anyone with knowledge of his formative years. Is it disappointing to hear him say this out loud? Yes. Is it shocking? No.

    • @tjdw5251
      @tjdw5251 9 месяцев назад +50

      something is so not right with him. i mean he must be having some kind of mental crisis because this is so out of left field

  • @Moon_Child_Mari
    @Moon_Child_Mari 9 месяцев назад +154

    When I was really depressed, I also had a similar, INCREDIBLY cynical and nihilistic view on living life. Really glad I moved past that, but it’s still unfortunate to see people you used to look up to still caught in these thought patterns.

    • @lukeschofield574
      @lukeschofield574 9 месяцев назад +10

      Thank you for sharing

    • @salvadarius4739
      @salvadarius4739 9 месяцев назад +37

      Yeah, the genuine disdain he’s showing for fellow humans is… off. His nihilism has been escalating for sometime, but this is just so extreme. I don’t think the beliefs he’s shown here are ones you genuinely stand by without something being incredibly wrong in your personal life. Hope he gets the help he needs and glad to hear you’ve found yourself in a better place.

    • @JackWiliams
      @JackWiliams 9 месяцев назад

      @@salvadarius4739 Couldn't have said it better myself..

  • @lstairvideos1330
    @lstairvideos1330 9 месяцев назад +10

    11:01 covers the worst tweet imo. Literally don’t know what ER was thinking. Tweet isn’t even funny

    • @cyberz3467
      @cyberz3467 9 месяцев назад +3

      Ya it’s unacceptable and you can’t defend it. It’s just him mocking the deaths of children because his old man brain can’t apparently comprehend that you can care about human and animal lives

  • @chocolatecat64
    @chocolatecat64 9 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for bringing this to light. Im not the sort of person to engage on twitter much (like you said, its usually never something good), so hearing about this was vaulable to me.
    Its very concerning that whatever is happening in his life right now is affecting him like this. I pray that he can trun around from whatever is affecting him.

  • @TroubledGremlin
    @TroubledGremlin 9 месяцев назад +524

    Damn I started watching him in middle school. I'm 25 now and have been watching him consistently the whole time. This is just inconceivable and sad to me.

    • @AJvsTheInternet
      @AJvsTheInternet 9 месяцев назад +18

      Dude, we’re the same age. Did you start watching him in 2011/2012 as well? It felt like stumbling onto something new and weird. Like some brand new type of art form.

    • @TroubledGremlin
      @TroubledGremlin 9 месяцев назад +16

      @@AJvsTheInternet yeah man never even heard of ASMR before I was just looking up how to play blackjack 😆

    • @AJvsTheInternet
      @AJvsTheInternet 9 месяцев назад +16

      @@TroubledGremlin Dude, I looked through his Tweets and he said something big is coming on 10/22. I honest to god think he’s planning on committing suicide. Why would he make that one video, be gone a month, then come back just to torch his reputation?
      I think he’s trying to sever any meaningful connection he has before ending it.

    • @TroubledGremlin
      @TroubledGremlin 9 месяцев назад +12

      @@AJvsTheInternet Wow good point I never even considered it, but it makes alot of sense. Let's hope that's not the case despite all the nonsense he's tweeting. That would just be too sad.

    • @ceooflonelinessinc.267
      @ceooflonelinessinc.267 9 месяцев назад

      Hi i am 33

  • @maxbrown8044
    @maxbrown8044 9 месяцев назад +623

    Ephemeral Rift suffered from drug addiction throughout much of his life, and he had a variety of mental health issues when he was younger. I would not be surprised if this was a relapse or some major mental health event. It could even be related to his home life. It seems like he wants to sacrifice his whole career.

    • @Yungknown
      @Yungknown 9 месяцев назад +7

      What is your source for this? The worst thing I’ve ever heard him talk about was smoking cigarettes or something.

    • @angelduran3236
      @angelduran3236 9 месяцев назад +44

      @@Yungknownidk bout the drugs but some of his earlier videos from years ago have titles that include suicide, depression, mental health

    • @smugle629
      @smugle629 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@YungknownNot cigarettes, Marijuana.

    • @Gabdobee
      @Gabdobee 9 месяцев назад

      @@Yungknownmany of his old videos from 7 odd year ago 👍🏼

    • @Marisa_enjoyer
      @Marisa_enjoyer 9 месяцев назад +2

      Odd that you are blaming it on "mental health" and one sentence later you are berating him for "sacrificing his career". Have some consistency

  • @danielking3090
    @danielking3090 8 месяцев назад +19

    Been following him for 10+ years. I enjoyed his early content - then things got weird. It’s not the content per se, it’s that he started seeing himself as a genius and got reinforced by an audience. He used to be a humble family man, and it’s snowballed into this weird anarchist holier than thou character. Yes, he’s always had these types of takes, but they were more philosophical. But, as usually happens with these people, he got money. All of a sudden it’s hard to fight against money and society when you have money and a huge audience. Like Bernie sanders with 3 lake houses. You lose credibility. He has made videos in the past that we’re bizarre rants of aggression - like a bullied kid about to shoot up a school or something. He’s talked about his experiences and it wasn’t in a self reflective way - rather if he saw those bullies from the 80s today he’d blow their brains out. He’s got a lot of demons. He calls people “low IQ” out of insecurity. He isn’t smart. Creative, sure. But when you give someone like this a platform and reinforce their ideas as “genius” and give them some money and success - next thing you know they think they’re untouchable and every thought they have is gospel. And that brings us to today. The same “be sensitive to trans kids” guy is staying the N word and it’s okay cus he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with it. Just backwards tunnel vision and narcissism. Think Kanye west. And no I don’t think it’s all mental issues I think it’s true narcissism. Haven’t watched him in a while but I hope he loses platform for this. The guy showed his true colors.

    • @evilnepobaby
      @evilnepobaby 8 месяцев назад +2

      Had this same experience with a friend of mine I had to cut out of my life. Turned into someone totally different, but really, just showed their true colors in the end. Your comment sort of healed me in a way. I feel seen. Thank you

  • @TheHolyGopnikCrusader
    @TheHolyGopnikCrusader 9 месяцев назад +4

    This absolutely breaks my heart. Took a look at his Twitter just now to see what he’s like on Twitter in general, and it’s so different to how he is on YT, like almost the polar opposite.

  • @curtisvenom32
    @curtisvenom32 9 месяцев назад +400

    He’s definitely going through a lot, this honestly seems like a cry for help.

    • @pieguy6992
      @pieguy6992 9 месяцев назад +15

      He adamantly holds that he’s all fine and nothing’s wrong, but I don’t believe him.
      I’ve said it on Twitter and on RUclips, I’ve said it to him directly, and I’ll say it here again: it’s not what he’s saying that’s putting me off, it’s how out of character it is.

    • @curtisvenom32
      @curtisvenom32 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@pieguy6992 For me it’s both… because that sort of approach and viewpoint isn’t healthy…(it’s also not very logical)
      We are animals as well, we use other animals for energy and consumption. Belittling and treating war and people dying in these wars is nothing to joke or laugh about, which is pretty what he did.
      It’s disgusting behavior, and he seems very much out of touch…

    • @aliyusufsarsaltkoglu
      @aliyusufsarsaltkoglu 9 месяцев назад

      For some reason this reminds of the ribs

  • @babelvaunt6102
    @babelvaunt6102 9 месяцев назад +414

    The pain is immesurable and my day is ruined. But this was a good truth to know, thank you Jojo

  • @CasperSE7
    @CasperSE7 6 месяцев назад +20

    All the H.P Lovecraft influence is rlly shining in these those tweets

  • @asmr_nostalgia
    @asmr_nostalgia 9 месяцев назад +3

    Nailed it JoJo. I’ve really been enjoying your second channel. Your messages are very well researched and articulated. You have a knack for this! (On top of ASMR!) keep it up!

  • @BowieIsBored
    @BowieIsBored 9 месяцев назад +186

    I feel weird for hoping he’s having a mental health episode, but Uncle E has been such a big comfort for me the past few years that I really just don’t want to except that this is the kind of guy I’ve been taking comfort in.

    • @zzeroara9511
      @zzeroara9511 9 месяцев назад +20

      honesty, going through his twitter....i think this side of him has always existed, just not on RUclips and not as bad. just recently he went on a huge tirade....defending the use of 'retard'?? and he's said some very rude, fucked up shit to female ASMRtists years ago

    • @lilpajsandpeary9259
      @lilpajsandpeary9259 9 месяцев назад +3

      True…Its just what twitter does to people

  • @zombiegrls
    @zombiegrls 9 месяцев назад +142

    Honestly, I can’t even say I’m surprised something like this happened because of the “things I’ll miss when I’m gone” video. It’s just so disappointing.

  • @TheDankCat127
    @TheDankCat127 9 месяцев назад +12

    From someone who’s been a fan of his content since 2013 (though I haven’t kept up with his content for quite some time now), he’s always struck me as a bit eccentric and antisocial. I think this is just genuinely how his mind works and not a cry for help.

    • @RM-el3gw
      @RM-el3gw 3 месяца назад

      yeah. He's also said/done some pretty controversial stuff in the past. This is not unprecedented for him.

  • @quin2300
    @quin2300 3 месяца назад +4

    whats the update on this? i love his asmr but i cant help but get an icky feeling whenever i see his videos now and i hope that everythings gotten better idk man

  • @RaichuWasCancelled
    @RaichuWasCancelled 9 месяцев назад +292

    he literally got possessed by an edgy 14 year old wtf

    • @virg0_lem0nade
      @virg0_lem0nade 8 месяцев назад +18

      His personality has always been like that. He's known for making creepy comments at women, and even extremely hateful comments towards women who are more successful in the ASMR community than he is.

    • @DragoEpyon
      @DragoEpyon 7 месяцев назад

      Has he ever been anything but? Little twit couldn't take two steps without proclaiming how much of a fedora tipping atheist he is.

    • @tbprodutions
      @tbprodutions 5 месяцев назад +1

      All men in their 50s go through that

    • @autozone5695
      @autozone5695 5 месяцев назад +3

      Hes always been like this, just look at his political takes lmao.

    • @adrianaslund8605
      @adrianaslund8605 3 месяца назад +4

      The guy is eccentric. He doesn't have a family. He doesn't have those things that make you develop into what people imagine a middle age person to be like. He's just an old H.P. Lovecraft loving Gen X metalhead.
      With Gen X metalhead opinions.
      It's not that far from like something Morrissey or Kurt Cobain would say or something. All those cynical rockstars were basically the basis of the "edgy 14 year old" archetype. And this guy is a living survivor of that era.

  • @daxballinger1830
    @daxballinger1830 9 месяцев назад +1429

    The fact he can say the things he’s said and still have people care for him and hope he’s ok just speaks volumes to his impact in the asmr community. I seriously hope he gets better or the situation itself at least does.

    • @MrSen4lifE
      @MrSen4lifE 8 месяцев назад +6

      You might start thinking ASMR and mental illness have some overlap

    • @nikolaigoven9575
      @nikolaigoven9575 8 месяцев назад +1

      I mean...he has a point..

    • @Yasha277
      @Yasha277 8 месяцев назад

      If you check his videos a bunch have actually been actively promoting his fucked up ideals. He's been making it into a crusade, which is further compounded by him skimming through comments of all the people who said he convinced them and he gives them his approval.

    • @maniac9046
      @maniac9046 8 месяцев назад

      If this guy was my dad I’d be so disappointed

    • @UnitedSolesofAmerica
      @UnitedSolesofAmerica 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@MrSen4lifE it's starting to seem that way. Where it has all gone, from most women sexualizing with mentally ill things like ear licking and depressing girlfriend role plays, to obese and grotesque mukbang videos, the content creators have gone in a very mentally unstable and satanic route. Unfortunately, the ASMR Community does not seem to have a problem with this, so I'd say both the performers and the audience are very downhill. Reason why I decided not to start an ASMR channel.

  • @Frame_Late
    @Frame_Late 4 месяца назад +8

    I stopped watching ER entirely after this not because of what he said specifically (i dont care and ots none of my business, I don't even have Twitter,) he became so weird, ideological, and political in his videos, and every video that wasn't any if those things became so low effort, as if to push people away fromnhis non-activist topics. It went from almost a shit post parody of political concepts to him just going full manic.
    I will never watch his newer videos because they're just not worth watching. I watch ASMR to relax, not to hear shitty activism.

  • @ravi01i314
    @ravi01i314 9 месяцев назад +7

    I think he's just gone full on nihilist at this point 🤷

  • @zardthedragon1896
    @zardthedragon1896 9 месяцев назад +336

    I guess this would be a good example of parasocial relationships. What we see in ER's videos is a well situated, wholesome guy just wanting to help people relax in his videos, but we never see what people like these do when they aren't behind a camera. I do genuinely hope this is some misunderstanding or hacked situation but I'm not sure if i can hold out hope...

    • @fabian268
      @fabian268 9 месяцев назад +41

      To be fair this isn’t like a discover on how he acts behind closed doors or something. This is stuff we can publicly see. Though looking at his twitter, it seems like it is him because he went on for a few days about needing stuff like a blouse and makeup for his next video. And today we see him in fact wearing makeup and a blouse.
      I will also say, looking through his twitter, it seems like yeah maybe he was always sort of like this (he made a poll asking if he should do “how to be a r-word ASMR”) which a lot of people would definitely say is offensive. This just got more traction because of course the n word is a more sensitive topic for most people and i assume most viewers didn’t know of his twitter

    • @LuisLupina
      @LuisLupina 9 месяцев назад

      @@fabian268 Can confirm, I didn't know of his Twitter at all

    • @onezerozeroonethree2369
      @onezerozeroonethree2369 9 месяцев назад +13

      Yep, sounds like rift. I remember a video where he said the only reason he didn't make a video where he says slurs the whole time is because his wife argued against it.

    • @Floaty8008
      @Floaty8008 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@onezerozeroonethree2369oh damn actually? I thought he has dementia now or something

    • @syrehn7684
      @syrehn7684 9 месяцев назад

      @@onezerozeroonethree2369his wife is clearly smarter than him then, considering he just destroyed the career hes been building for so many years.

  • @lauraherregodts6076
    @lauraherregodts6076 9 месяцев назад +72

    We just can't have good things, can we

    • @sleeplessstudios7626
      @sleeplessstudios7626 9 месяцев назад +5

      Ikr? I just.. I just want one good guy. Just ONE good person to stay good and stay funny.

    • @samuelk842
      @samuelk842 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@sleeplessstudios7626 I feel the exact same way. Never knew the person who helped me through my darkest moments could say such despicable shit. I admired the guy, fuck it hurts

    • @aidenbuchholz3257
      @aidenbuchholz3257 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@samuelk842hate typing this out but in some ways he rubbed off on me as sort of a father figure. im feeling it with you man :((

    • @Sativasoldier666v2
      @Sativasoldier666v2 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@sleeplessstudios7626 You're naive, soft, and selfish. there will never be anyone in recorded human history who can authentically stay good and stay funny throughout their entire life, because the good can't exist without the bad, human existence is a constant dilemma, a battle between your own good and evil. You can either accept that people are flawed, or you can cry out that life's unfair, but it doesn't change the very state of nature itself.
      Stop setting high standards if you don't want to be disappointed, all humans are idiots, but you can still care about them despite their flawed views or opinions.

  • @eddiedaniels5034
    @eddiedaniels5034 9 месяцев назад +7

    I just unsubscribed to his channel. Thanks for the heads-up.

  • @PandaMan-rc3uc
    @PandaMan-rc3uc 9 месяцев назад +18

    Comparing killing cows to eat them and a mass murdering lunatic killing people just because he didn't like them is possibly the most unhinged thing I've ever seen.

    • @aaroo9554
      @aaroo9554 9 месяцев назад

      explain why

    • @unusualusername8847
      @unusualusername8847 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@aaroo9554A cows life will never matter more than a human life.
      Not in a million fucking year.
      Push come to shove, fuck that cow.

    • @pixlluv
      @pixlluv 7 месяцев назад +4

      ⁠@@aaroo9554if you don't understand why then explaining it to you would genuinely be a waste of time. you will never understand.

  • @peaceful6571
    @peaceful6571 9 месяцев назад +814

    He just posted an ‘apology’ video, and it was in no way a true apology. He essentially said “I’m sorry you were sensitive”, and then seemed to take more issue about people calling him racist rather than his use of the n word. He never even mentioned his Holocaust comments. I never would’ve thought Rift would be like this, I’m just so disappointed

    • @peaceful6571
      @peaceful6571 9 месяцев назад +10

      @@gkrein unfortunately.

    • @infinitymixyt
      @infinitymixyt 9 месяцев назад +55

      ⁠@@gkreinits a strange pattern recently with asmrtists saying/doing wild stuff. im so disappointed with Angelica, she was one of my favs.

    • @forceuser609
      @forceuser609 9 месяцев назад +25

      You don’t even know him get over it

    • @DBTHEPLUG
      @DBTHEPLUG 9 месяцев назад +15

      ​@gkrein Angelica didn't do anything tho. If you have a problem with her being religious, that's your problem.

    • @IdiotBoxProductionsTV
      @IdiotBoxProductionsTV 9 месяцев назад

      @@infinitymixytprolly cause they’re people just like keemstar or anyone else and have skeletons and dirt. Just doesn’t fit the asmr vibe but we’re content creators too

  • @MadBrax
    @MadBrax 9 месяцев назад +711

    This is the saddest fall from grace I've bare witness to personally. Genuinely one of my favorite ASMRtists of all time. Crazy how fast it's all gone down hill too.

    • @hughwilliam4039
      @hughwilliam4039 9 месяцев назад +66

      I ignored the horrible stuff he said on twitter initially but the way hes responded is so disappointing. Was on his yt and twitter replies earlier and was gutted with his behaviour, its so pathetic, childish and arrogant. Whole situation is nasty.

    • @kingstogodshm3251
      @kingstogodshm3251 9 месяцев назад +5

      His human terrorism thing against animals is crazy

    • @CinnaBunBear
      @CinnaBunBear 9 месяцев назад +15

      he like did a 360 and fell out of nowhere

    • @siniminm1336
      @siniminm1336 9 месяцев назад +10

      ​@hughwilliam4039 genuine question why do you care? How does this actually effect his content or your life in the slightest

    • @dox.K
      @dox.K 9 месяцев назад

      @@kingstogodshm3251is it really?

  • @KiteMoonwall
    @KiteMoonwall 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'm pretty new to the ASMR community, still trying to find community but this videos been a really good primer on the situation. I very much appreciate your take on this, it sounds very level headed and informed.
    10:20 "If you're wanting people to recognize their own moral incongruousness and cognitive dissonance, there are far more effective ways of doing so than spewing provocative rhetoric in some sad edgy way."
    well said. thank you.

  • @fossilbox1991
    @fossilbox1991 8 месяцев назад +8

    This dude has always been an overgrown edgelord, no mental break required. Always got weird feelings from his content.

  • @potato1674
    @potato1674 9 месяцев назад +1395

    As a German seeing ER downplaying the Holocaust and Hitlers regime
    Made my stomach twist upside down
    I cannot believe someone would be that insensitive to such a devestating part of history
    This is so disgusting and repulsive of him
    Spreading awareness for the well being of animals is a good thing
    This isn't what he's doing
    It comes across like he just wants to provoke and hurt others who disagree with him

    • @CasualCat64
      @CasualCat64 9 месяцев назад +8

      🐵

    • @MunchieOverlord
      @MunchieOverlord 9 месяцев назад

      @@CasualCat64 you are screwed in the head my dude

    • @Sunset2073
      @Sunset2073 9 месяцев назад +1

      xDD

    • @joelyole3431
      @joelyole3431 9 месяцев назад +3

      entspannen

    • @jonathanchandler6235
      @jonathanchandler6235 9 месяцев назад +29

      I don’t understand how a cow has the same amount of importance as a human. Crazy to me

  • @Kaleestraza
    @Kaleestraza 9 месяцев назад +570

    This has happened before tbh. Some years ago on Facebook he went nuts with misogyny. He even creeped on female asmrtists. It’s why his content is banned on /r/asmr.

    • @Sikanda.
      @Sikanda. 9 месяцев назад +101

      Exactly! This kind of behavior isn't new. It's time people see how creepy he is online.

    • @loveinthematrix
      @loveinthematrix 9 месяцев назад +28

      Oh wow. Where is that info

    • @gogglespisano24
      @gogglespisano24 9 месяцев назад +3

      Bingo!

    • @Dumpsterborne
      @Dumpsterborne 9 месяцев назад +27

      Dude, thank you. I thought I was going crazy. He's been like this.

    • @Setsunaii
      @Setsunaii 9 месяцев назад +21

      I’ve seen these screenshots that you’re on about and tbh I don’t think they’re bad. The amount of female asmrtists that are only popular because they sexualise themselves is silly. They don’t work anywhere near as hard as some of the smaller channels yet make so much more money because they have boobs. Also the Facebook account is clearly meant as a parody of his character. Not of Paul himself.

  • @avonbelle
    @avonbelle 9 месяцев назад +10

    I have a mate who went from cheery to gloomy like this, and he was diagnosed with BPD and is now in prison for breach of a restraining order. I don't think this is a personality shift, this seems more like self-sabotage to me, from major depression. His focus on the wars would also suggest to me that he may be feeling afraid. I hope he gets better soon xx

  • @Fyrijou
    @Fyrijou 9 месяцев назад +3

    I remember watching ER *waaaay* back when ASMR was just about starting off with Massage ASMR, HeatherFeather and Baba head massage videos and he was amongst the founding members of ASMR and it’s such a Twilight Zone Moment seeing him post all that out of nowhere

  • @47tuc
    @47tuc 9 месяцев назад +162

    I stopped following him years ago because of his weird and aggressive misogynist posts on facebook towards other (women) ASMR artists... I was heartbroken after that. I thought he could have changed after all this time, but it has gotten worse.

    • @Girlygirlemc
      @Girlygirlemc 9 месяцев назад +42

      Yes!!! Most people seem to not remember this but to OG asmr-ers it’s not too surprising

    • @nzephier
      @nzephier 9 месяцев назад +8

      Came here to say this!

    • @ManciasTorres
      @ManciasTorres 9 месяцев назад +28

      I've been saying it for a while but I'm kinda glad people are realizing now. It sucks because a lot of people take a liking to him.

    • @rivetsquid8887
      @rivetsquid8887 9 месяцев назад +5

      Thanks you! Watching that seemingly disappear from consciousness as other asmrtists got a ton of heat for way less was incredibly surreal.
      Like those were not small names for the most part either.

    • @dchez821
      @dchez821 9 месяцев назад +15

      This has been going on for 11 years with no spotlight on it.
      He made so many creepy ASMR videos when he started 11 years ago, and shared a lot of his controversial points on Animal rights, prostitution, child pornography and child sex trafficking which were delivered in a very aggressive way,
      On twitter over the last 5 years he has slowly lost his filter and it seems that December 2020 was the point he started this decline into negativity, slowly removing his filter and since Jan2023 has become more and more himself , and its a bad person who is emerging and he shouldnt be getting any support at all for this
      This is just a classic case of bad person pretending to be good until they cant hold up the disguise anymore.

  • @intense7536
    @intense7536 9 месяцев назад +16

    One of his newer tweets replied to someone saying he was lucky that his fanbase doesnt check his twitter with "that's all going to change on 10/22", wonder what hes planning

    • @intense7536
      @intense7536 9 месяцев назад

      Just hope it doesn't have anything to do with a ruger

  • @hunterlarose9511
    @hunterlarose9511 9 месяцев назад +1

    The drama is insane, but may I add this this is the first time I've heard your real voice. It's amazing.

  • @JoanCooperSnark
    @JoanCooperSnark 7 месяцев назад +5

    Haven’t liked him since I saw his weird, sexist interactions with GentleWhispering years and years ago.
    He's got incel energy, albeit Alan Moore Old man incel energy. These radical offensive takes aren’t surprising.

    • @kristineb681
      @kristineb681 6 месяцев назад +5

      Literally, he has been creepy and sexist to multiple female artists. I stopped watching his content years ago

    • @raindysa556
      @raindysa556 6 месяцев назад +1

      Link? Source?

  • @nubbon
    @nubbon 9 месяцев назад +262

    This is the craziest and weirdest timeline. It just feels incredibly wrong that ER has gone this route…

    • @gogglespisano24
      @gogglespisano24 9 месяцев назад +18

      He's done this before. He caused drama unnecessarily years ago. This is not new

    • @rplenkers9240
      @rplenkers9240 9 месяцев назад +8

      ​@Steve1989MRElnfoive been watching his videos for abt 7 years and while he said and done some wild things in he past this is extremely out of character. Idk what the hell is going on but im hoping its sone kind of mental break or stroke or smth cause this is honestly not the kind of person i thought he was

    • @Tuck93093
      @Tuck93093 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@gogglespisano24glad others remember lol. Dude used to be an absolute tool. Not shocked it’s come back out.

    • @Tuck93093
      @Tuck93093 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@rplenkers9240he used to be an absolute tool on Reddit and in his comments. Not to this level but it doesn’t shock me.

    • @rplenkers9240
      @rplenkers9240 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@Tuck93093 yeah I've since learned that. I've completely stopped watching his videos simply not supporting a racist asshole that would downplay literal genocide for a weird veganism movement when he himself isn't even VEGAN. he's straight up gone off the rails and I'm pretty much done at this point

  • @plum_scum
    @plum_scum 9 месяцев назад +122

    Thank you for talking about this Jojo. I really can't believe it. Paul has been such a comfort creator to me for years, it's heartbreaking seeing what's become of him honestly. I feel like he's going through something and really shouldn't be on the internet:(

    • @JuniperF
      @JuniperF 9 месяцев назад +12

      It's a shame to see him go from a well-spoken, well-read reader of philosophy and leftist theory to just another reactionary nihilist posting on the internet to vent. I'm also hoping he gets the help he needs, its hard to break out of that headspace on your own.

  • @lisamariebasile2685
    @lisamariebasile2685 9 месяцев назад +5

    Sounds like he and Angelica ASMR fell down the same rabbit hole. Sad.

  • @UnprofessionalGriefer
    @UnprofessionalGriefer 9 месяцев назад +37

    He really dropped the ball with this one. He has a history of weird and aggressive rants, but this was something new. He made an apology video where he basicly apologized that people are sensitive and he didn't even address the worst things he has said

  • @Carl.J.Sampson
    @Carl.J.Sampson 9 месяцев назад +35

    Man does this suck. I saw somebody posted on his Twitter telling him how lucky he was that most who watch him don't check his Twitter, to which he replied "That all changes on 10/22".

    • @Timmony
      @Timmony 9 месяцев назад +2

      Wait is he going to post these sort of things on his channel??? 😢

    • @Carl.J.Sampson
      @Carl.J.Sampson 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@Timmony I hope not but it looks that way...

    • @Timmony
      @Timmony 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@Carl.J.Sampson we can only wait and see, sadly this may be the end of Uncle ER.

    • @Rhovanion85
      @Rhovanion85 9 месяцев назад +1

      He will post a video about this I’m sure.

    • @zuto96
      @zuto96 9 месяцев назад +5

      Hopefully he’s not gona blow his head off on stream

  • @104the
    @104the 9 месяцев назад +19

    He’s gotta be having a mid life crisis this ain’t him

  • @Donnydoescrap13
    @Donnydoescrap13 9 месяцев назад +31

    I’ve watched that dude for 3 years and I’m shocked that he’s said all of that I thought he was just a nice wholesome old guy but I guess I was wrong

    • @orangiat3619
      @orangiat3619 9 месяцев назад +1

      your fault

    • @Donnydoescrap13
      @Donnydoescrap13 8 месяцев назад

      @@orangiat3619I’m laughing my ass off in the tree stand 😂!

  • @NerdStuffing
    @NerdStuffing 9 месяцев назад +874

    He was always rocking back and forth mental health wise and from my understanding i think hes finally fallen. Which is so fucking horrific to see as ive suffered something very similar but managed to barely not get into this sort of thing.
    Just sad to see anyone like this.

    • @jahdhdoflkdkwja
      @jahdhdoflkdkwja 9 месяцев назад +34

      I agree. Good to hear youre doing better! Im also sad to see him acting this way doe..

    • @LittleGlockLittle
      @LittleGlockLittle 7 месяцев назад

      Same here, he's definitely in a rough spot mentally and hopefully will be able to get past it. I'm glad you're doing better now though

  • @dropdoejenna8542
    @dropdoejenna8542 9 месяцев назад +59

    Are we sure like he’s okay? He has talked about having mental issues in the past so maybe this is a break? Like over seventy tweets in a day is concerning. Obviously he should still take accountability no matter what happens. Like keeping a facade of caring about people for over ten years and being clearly educated to abruptly being like this? Like this is very idk. Something more to this, at least I hope there is.

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 9 месяцев назад +10

      Its very unbelievable isn't it? The tweets don't really read like him either. Idk what it is exactly but i cant help but feel something fishy is going on

    • @dropdoejenna8542
      @dropdoejenna8542 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@thehermit8618 Yeah like it’s clearly him posting it because of the videos and pictures being posted are him but it’s not how he talks or acts. Well in a sense yes, but things he would never have said before and to the extreme.

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 9 месяцев назад

      @@dropdoejenna8542 if it turns out it really is how he feels and it isnt someone hacking him or some kind of dark joke in poor taste its really saddening to see these events unfold the way they seem to be doing. I expected this from anyone....but never him. Perhaps its true what some of the edgelords say that we got too attached and idolized him and at some point forgot he was a real person with all that entails and thar just like us, he has his unsavory traits which we never really saw until now

    • @neckbackcripplinganxietyattack
      @neckbackcripplinganxietyattack 9 месяцев назад +2

      Sounds like Angelica all over again

    • @LiamMcBride
      @LiamMcBride 9 месяцев назад

      The only accounts that Tweet that much are massive news organizations

  • @ChuckNorrizHIM
    @ChuckNorrizHIM 5 месяцев назад +5

    I hope his wife is okay 😟

    • @bigdaddydiesel5520
      @bigdaddydiesel5520 5 месяцев назад +1

      This made me think about her as well. I always worried about her, but especially now.

    • @JAYYBLAZINN
      @JAYYBLAZINN 2 месяца назад

      Yeah like wtf that’s so wild bro having a mental breakdown

  • @exploringtheisle3475
    @exploringtheisle3475 9 месяцев назад +4

    As a Ukranian that lived under occupation and bombings, there is no EF for me anymore.

  • @Max19_08
    @Max19_08 9 месяцев назад +16

    5 Hours ago he tweeted:
    " Thats all going to change on 10/22 *schoolgirl giggling intensifies* " as an answer to this tweet
    "you are unbelievably lucky that most people who watch your content never check your twitter".
    I really dont know how the hell he will justify it. But it does seem to have a reason.

  • @frosnen
    @frosnen 9 месяцев назад +287

    Watching this as a both ER viewer and Ukrainian, with my father actually fighting on a battlefield for my sake, was... something.

    • @liampascoe6865
      @liampascoe6865 9 месяцев назад +45

      may god bless you father

    • @yvonnelee4385
      @yvonnelee4385 9 месяцев назад +9

      I’d like to think he doesn’t actually believe in what he’s saying. He’s just doing it to participate in the drama without taking a “side.” Maybe he thought everyone would be like “yeah humans suck” or something and is now doubling down.

    • @yvonnelee4385
      @yvonnelee4385 9 месяцев назад +3

      Not that it’s an excuse

    • @categories5066
      @categories5066 9 месяцев назад

      Your dad is fighting for America's military industrial complex. Tell him to return home its not worth throwing his life away to make warmongers rich

    • @loverinart
      @loverinart 9 месяцев назад +3

      💙💛

  • @freggy53
    @freggy53 6 месяцев назад +8

    Why is “Fortnite Thicc” in your You Might Like tab?

  • @bigendered
    @bigendered 9 месяцев назад +8

    This is such a crazy coincidence. The other day I rediscovered ER, as I used to watch him when I was first settling into ASMR. I had no clue this was happening, as all his shorts have positive, regular comments.

  • @dedsheeran7456
    @dedsheeran7456 9 месяцев назад +176

    I really don't think he's been hacked. Have you seen his most recent video? All the comments are asking if he's ok, and he just responds with "LOL" or "yep i'm good!". He's either going through a mental crisis or showing his true colors. Regardless, it's heartbreaking. I've been a fan for years and have always felt so welcomed. I hope he apologizes or offers an explanation.

    • @jasminewynne
      @jasminewynne 9 месяцев назад

      i can’t imagine he’s been hacked - his twitter, website and youtube have been affected. i haven’t seen the bigoted things on insta, but the same covid video got posted there and on twitter.

    • @ii_dreamy_ii1836
      @ii_dreamy_ii1836 9 месяцев назад +5

      Can confirm this is true he did this to my comment

    • @sketchthespirit
      @sketchthespirit 9 месяцев назад +6

      it really is heartbreaking, to see him just act like this really shocks me

    • @callmecalamity
      @callmecalamity 9 месяцев назад +5

      Nah who just up and “shows their true colors” like this one day its most likely a mental break

    • @gamemeister2905
      @gamemeister2905 9 месяцев назад

      Well, I definitely don't think he's been hacked. I also don't think it's a mental break either. I think this is some kind of social commentary he's doing, a social experiment if you will. He's always been a little weird, but never THIS weird and he's quite often disavowed the very views he's spouting right now, so, yeah there's more to this that we're just not seeing yet.

  • @blu3_j189
    @blu3_j189 9 месяцев назад +826

    How terrible for such a seemingly good person to say such disgusting, incorrect things. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Jojo.

    • @Tubeytime
      @Tubeytime 9 месяцев назад +61

      Having wrong ideas doesn't make you a bad person, and your age doesn't matter either. How you treat people matters more than your ideas.

    • @blu3_j189
      @blu3_j189 9 месяцев назад +3

      That’s a good point.

    • @nickc6570
      @nickc6570 9 месяцев назад +21

      ​@@Tubeytimebad people spread their bad ideas and hateful ideology

    • @thijsjong
      @thijsjong 9 месяцев назад +29

      ​@@nickc6570I dont think he is bad. he is losing it. getting lost in the absurd and the grotesque.

    • @nickc6570
      @nickc6570 9 месяцев назад +16

      @@thijsjong hope he can work his problems out, but I'm not gonna stick around. This is just like the Kanye West bullshit but more condescending and from a 50 year old man

  • @user-wm1oo4os7e
    @user-wm1oo4os7e 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hey Jojo, this is just a small thing, but I just wanna mention that Israel has said that the 40 beheaded babies story was unconfirmed and I think it was just some misinformation that came out in the early days of the conflict. Very sad what's going on but I'm glad this one turned out to be untrue at least

  • @Lym1n0s
    @Lym1n0s 2 месяца назад +3

    Ive been watching him for almost 7 or 8 yrs now. It actually breaks my heart

  • @thomasmacdonough288
    @thomasmacdonough288 9 месяцев назад +269

    Many years ago, in an ASMR lets play, ER talked about a time when he considered offing himself, but decided against it. I hope he isn't burning bridges in preparation of trying again. I can't really be sad or mad at him, at this point I'm mostly just worried.

    • @mushroomdamush
      @mushroomdamush 9 месяцев назад +27

      I recall him saying it in a Minecraft let's play as well, as i remember

    • @JGT-yd2wx
      @JGT-yd2wx 5 месяцев назад

      Holy shit that might be it.

    • @vanessaashford9203
      @vanessaashford9203 5 месяцев назад

      yeah he's talked about ideating a fair amount in the past, and has actually made multiple anti-s--cide videos, so this recent spiraling is definitely worrying. I don't know if burning bridges to end himself if necessarily my first assumption here, I'm leaning more toward some kind of manic episode or possibly something substance-related (or both), but I certainly wouldn't rule it out, either, like really just no matter how you look at this whole thing, *something* bad is going on with him it seems like

  • @ViperRulerlm
    @ViperRulerlm 9 месяцев назад +257

    I'm very scared about this whole situation. This clearly does not seem like the Uncle E that we all know and he's openly talked about his battles with depression and suicidal thoughts. Now he goes and starts posting these weird videos and tweets all of a sudden, and in a reply on Twitter to someone saying that if only his RUclips community knew about what was happening on his Twitter, he responded saying they will on Oct. 22. This is all genuinely frightening.

    • @polk-e-dot8177
      @polk-e-dot8177 9 месяцев назад +37

      Yeah. I'm also genuinely worried about the Oct 22 tweet.

    • @brots3
      @brots3 9 месяцев назад +17

      Is there not a way to get a wellness check on him

    • @TransNobody
      @TransNobody 9 месяцев назад +4

      4 MORE DAYS 😰

    • @wonkywaterpipe123
      @wonkywaterpipe123 9 месяцев назад +5

      You're an NPC

    • @atimetraveler4910
      @atimetraveler4910 9 месяцев назад +23

      Also 10/22 is the name of a GUN. I'm very scared. Someone send him help asap, welfare check. Im sure someone watching knows him to send police at his house

  • @CJB333
    @CJB333 8 месяцев назад +3

    What I will say foremost is that over this type of subject matter in the social environment we are in, your way of approaching and discussing the etiquette of it is very refreshing and needed more.
    About him, I've noticed certain under currents of his views. I disagree with most of them but he always didn't let that get in the way if you watched is content. I think he fell into the hole we all can with the online world. It pushes us to rash and crazy actions by stressing us out to the point of insanity. That's probably mostly it.

  • @Fyrijou
    @Fyrijou 9 месяцев назад +1

    It feels like he got struck by lightning during his break and his brain is currently fried

  • @aliceb6248
    @aliceb6248 9 месяцев назад +136

    Yikes , that's incredibly disappointing. What's even worse is that I can't bring myself to be surprised anymore. 😕

    • @pyrothekidd
      @pyrothekidd 9 месяцев назад +27

      That's how I felt at first. We see it so damn often nowadays, my initial reaction was "Damn, you too, huh?"
      It's mainly just disappointing. Not anger, not sadness, or anything like that.

    • @iansantiago6526
      @iansantiago6526 9 месяцев назад

      @@pyrothekidd To you guy's everything is disappointing, at this point you'd have to be a fucking NPC to not be disappointed. All it takes is one take, ONE fucking take and you crazies are all over it like it's the second coming of the holocaust. God forbid anyone uses the holocaust for anything else other than a historical documentary...

    • @grizs_
      @grizs_ 9 месяцев назад

      @@pyrothekidd Yes, exactly this! Everyone seems to go crazy. This is the year of shitty decisions i guess....

    • @kamenkalchev3477
      @kamenkalchev3477 9 месяцев назад

      yikes, golly gee, that wasnt very big chungus of ER!

  • @cheetoberry
    @cheetoberry 9 месяцев назад +134

    I started watching ASMR like 4 years ago, and started with Uncle E's Corvus videos. I've looked at the Twitter, and it's just fucking gut-wrenching. It doesn't make sense to me considering how I've always seen him. It bloody hurts.
    Edit: Surely something fucking happened in the four weeks he disappeared. It's incredibly disappointing to see him turn to this.

    • @paigebernard583
      @paigebernard583 9 месяцев назад +28

      him saying crazy shit outta nowhere seems like a mental breakdown

    • @tigrex3622
      @tigrex3622 9 месяцев назад +10

      Ive also been watching his videos for 7 years and this defo feels like some sort of mental breakdown or as if the internal thoughts had broken out which is...a lass

    • @ragnard0967
      @ragnard0967 9 месяцев назад

      Probably got hacked, nothing new.

    • @enthiegavoir5955
      @enthiegavoir5955 9 месяцев назад +4

      He had anarchist views tht society is bad, this feels like he's decided to throw his hands up and let his anger at the world out.

    • @JuniperF
      @JuniperF 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@enthiegavoir5955It's too easy to just give in to nihilism with the world as it is right now. Hopefully he can work through it and put a higher value on human life. Although there's more than just anarchists that disagree with how western society is run, that's for sure.

  • @Jurassic.Fan17
    @Jurassic.Fan17 9 месяцев назад +16

    I used to listen to his Corvus videos every night for two years. I stopped when I realized he was going insane.. I figured I should protect my own mental health.

  • @not__chad
    @not__chad 7 дней назад +4

    Why do my favorite asmrtists always do shit like this?? First Angelica now him?

  • @prestyy
    @prestyy 9 месяцев назад +84

    I know asmr is your main thing but this channel is a gem. Its genuinely a refresher in the genre of commentary channels. Its nice to actually hear analysis and not just summary all the time.

  • @Gummonster1
    @Gummonster1 9 месяцев назад +3

    Comparing Hitler to Benjamin Netanyahu is not really a bad take considering both have committed genocide... I think people who get on ER's case about petty controversy just need to get off his case. Clearly the man is going through it and needs some time. Also, I hope you realize that your vegan lifestyle is merely a product of the industrialization of food and the subsequent over-abundance of food which can then facilitate this lifestyle you chose.

  • @kittywhiskers996
    @kittywhiskers996 9 месяцев назад +278

    Thank you for making this JoJo. Could not have been easy to make. You were tactful, respectful and honest.

    • @hotdog1175
      @hotdog1175 9 месяцев назад +12

      I bet the feeling of moral superiority he gets from this almost rivals the financial gain.

  • @andromedead
    @andromedead 9 месяцев назад +258

    This is genuinely shocking. It flips all of our perceptions about him being a wholesome down to earth kind man into an absolute delusional monster. It just feels unreal that someone like him would start saying such ill, gross, vile and upsetting things. I have no idea what the hell is going on in his head but he needs to be checked on, it feels like there is something terribly wrong with him. This doesn't feel like him at all and I'm sure everyone else feels the same.

    • @veryepic-vl4ng
      @veryepic-vl4ng 9 месяцев назад +12

      nah he just seems really emotional about his opinions so he expresses them in controversial ways

    • @treborngoochdelamarxvi9775
      @treborngoochdelamarxvi9775 9 месяцев назад +2

      HE SAID THE NIGGA WORD!!!

    • @tigrex3622
      @tigrex3622 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@treborngoochdelamarxvi9775tbh nowadays everyone still says it be it music,podcasts,etc but still the whole situation is super weird

    • @ragnard0967
      @ragnard0967 9 месяцев назад +4

      Probably got hacked

    • @wingsoficarus1139
      @wingsoficarus1139 9 месяцев назад +23

      Something bad must've happened to him cus nobody does a 180 like this abruptly

  • @WillWright77
    @WillWright77 3 месяца назад +2

    This comments section: tell me you know nothing about mental health without telling me you know nothing about mental health.

  • @reduXstereo
    @reduXstereo 9 месяцев назад +3

    I was convinced years ago that Rift was a self righteous edgelord using ASMR as a platform to inflate his egotistical ideals. I knew a lot of arrogant dudes like him especially the ones who are well off financially. Dude needs to humble himself before his loss of income does.

  • @JessDoesArts123
    @JessDoesArts123 9 месяцев назад +119

    This is crazy, i always thought he was so down to earth, peaceful, and welcoming to everyone. I cant look at him the same anymore

    • @JuniperF
      @JuniperF 9 месяцев назад +30

      He's always made his problems with capitalism, religion, and authoritarianism known in his "philosophy/life experience" videos, where he was well-spoken throughout. Shame he decided to minimize two wars and the actual holocaust to "prove" his point. I just hope he starts putting a higher price on human life. Its too easy to get desensitized to it all nowadays.

    • @lou2288
      @lou2288 9 месяцев назад +4

      This is probably what he is trying to do.
      To completely blow his character and make people detached from him. I'm very worried as to why he is doing this since he has admitted to bad mental health in the past.

  • @mrcurlywurly9338
    @mrcurlywurly9338 9 месяцев назад +218

    He was such a creative and funny person, someone i thought was an amazing guy, and with what he's said is disgusting. This is just heartbreaking. Horrible stuff.

    • @ratboygirl
      @ratboygirl 9 месяцев назад +13

      @@thefallenangel69not based jojo profile pic take, do better

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 9 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@ratboygirl Not the hivemind reasonse you hoped for?

    • @ratboygirl
      @ratboygirl 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar womp womp

    • @bluecheeta1153
      @bluecheeta1153 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@ratboygirlhivemind

    • @wyitzyk
      @wyitzyk 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ratboygirl that's what i'm sayin!

  • @mr.goggles6699
    @mr.goggles6699 7 месяцев назад +6

    Start whispering tingle boy