I'm Sorry, But You May Have Brain Worms, The "Block War" on Celebs, MrBeast vs The Emmys, Google AI
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00:00 - Social Media Users Protest Celebrities With Blockout 2024
04:26 - RUclips Makes a Case for Creator Emmy Nominations
07:03 - Google Rolls Out AI Search As Websites Brace For Impact
10:45 - Sponsored by Vessi
11:46 - RFK Jr. Had Worms in His Brains, But He’s Not Alone
17:57 - NYC/Dublin Portal Temporarily Closes Amid Inappropriate Behavior
20:12 - Sponsored by Rocket Money
21:16 - Fires Spread in Canada, Pushing Smoke into Northern U.S.
23:39 - CA Prosecutors Excluded Jewish and Black People from Jury Selection
27:39 - Comment Commentary
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Produced by: Cory Ray
Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Chris Tolve, Jared Paolino
Associate Producer on Worms: Chris Tolve
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You came up on my feed for the first time in two years!!
Her name is not Haley Bailey!! It is Haley Kalil … Haley Bailey played the Little Mermaid!!
I applaud the celebrities that don't speak out on any political issues, it is not their place to say anything because they are so far detached from the public.When celebrities talk about politics, it removes any critical thinking from their diehard fans.
Okay I gave you ish last week but this was better (re. Gaza) so thank you for doing better
What is the text line number
Why is RUclips's CEO asking why creators aren't acknowledged by the Emmys when most of them aren't even acknowledged by RUclips?
Absolute facts right here
Oof
Sure, the Emmys can start recognizing RUclips as a television platform; *OR,* YT could actually start giving a crap about its creators and giving them the props they deserve for their creative insight; instead of pandering to clickbait, drama, and content farms that use children and AI to exploit the algorithms meant to send decent content our way. Right? RIGHT?!
Wish I could double like this. RUclips just wants to push some of their big ad friendly youtubers to be in the Emmys so it can make more money. They don’t care about the creators. They just wanna advertise to the Emmys
Same reason the talking "money bags" in the music industry seem to only publicly "go to bat" for artists. Ultimately that D-bag wants the acclaim/profits for his self (RUclips).
I honestly can't possibly care any less what a celebrity thinks of the Palestine situation. They can't fix it, and forcing someone to talk about it against their will isn't going to get you a genuine response. Just the response they think you want to hear.
This
Exactly! Why the f do I care what musician thinks about this? I care what politicians think and I vote for the politicians I agree with. Tired of younger generations doing everything but voting
They want celebs to stay out of real world problems but want them to be a voice box for them. Wish they would make up their minds. Celebs are under constant damned if you do, damned if you dont situations....
Exactly this
Taylor swift is famously a Cia plant and is there to control the American perspective and even abroad. She knows what she's doing. That's why she's performed is israel for years. It's wild people legitimately think this.
I can understand why some celebrities are silent about it. Say something and you get slammed, say nothing you get slammed. It’s a no win situation.
It is understandable, but they have a powerful platform and voice that regular people don't. If anything, those who have been outspoken before all of this should be praised. And those who are vocal for it should be scrutinized. That said, I have no problem with celebrities having figurative pie thrown in their faces. They all suck and should never be worshiped.
@@seatbelts365 but it isn’t incumbent upon them to risk their careers for the NEGLIGIBLE impact that hearing a celebrity speak about Palestine has. I care about Palestinians, which is why I crawl up my local congressmen’s ass about it. If these performative activists actually gave as many fucks as they say they do they’d be devoting that righteous energy to writing letters, phone calls, organizing demonstrations outside capital buildings, etc. but they won’t. Most of the people who get so incensed by celebrities “not doing enough” will refuse to do anything that requires actual work unless they can also make themselves look good doing it. These kids are even worse than the silent crowd honestly, because they make the rest of us look like twats and actively damage the real work we’re doing and our image a cohesive political movement rather than some stupid kids on the internet. Same goes for the “pro-Hamas” crowd. We’re trying to stop a whole ass genocide, not racist tweets, cancelling and deplatforming random people who aren’t involved at fucking all isn’t gonna fix shit.
the moment they speak up over one war they will need to speak up for every damn war and every world problem. that's not possible. They don't owe us a damn thing.
People who care about some actor or singers opinion on geopolitical matters are mentally deficient. Full stop
It makes me sick that these people were told blocking celebs wasn't helping Palestinian and their clap back was about how many people they got to block the celebs.
Yes AND?! That still hasn't helped the issue you're claiming you want to help. Make a go fund me or something. Donate to the cause you're supporting. Don't act like making a big deal over celebrities will do something when it's clearly your end goal to just cancel them. Maybe talk about it but use this attention to pivot to actual support. Vragging about how well your cancelation worked is disgusting and hypocritical.
I'm an epidemiologist specializing in Neglected Tropical Diseases and that parasite story made me unreasonably excited. They're what got me into public health in the first place - I could seriously talk about them for hours. Parasitic infection is a huge underlying factor in a lot of major global health crisis - they can worsen the effects of HIV and malnutrition (schistosomiasis can even make it more likely to contract and spread HIV), and exacerbate poverty by keeping people out of school and work for extended lengths of time. The efforts in eradicating guinea worm have been a huge step forward for public health. It's so nice to see NTDs and parasites spoken about in a global health context that goes past "ew tapeworms".
Thank you for your service.
I know I was so grateful that these were covered, especially schisto
I just finished my bio final.
Really crazy how there is parasitism, mutual, not mutual, symbiosis, just all the relationships there are when it comes to all the specimens on this planet.
If you haven't heard of it, "This podcast Will Kill You" is great. It's hosted by scientists, is really well researched and written, and includes so much detail on various diseases, but especially tropical diseases.
I adopted a child that had what to me looked like ascaris worms, and I had an unrealistic expectation that once we got home American doctors would know what to do. They did not. I'm glad this is getting more attention now because it destroyed my illusions about our healthcare system back in the '90's. I must have taken her to six or more doctors before getting help.
I don’t understand why there is a social block for celebrities when they should be doing this to POLITICIANS. Calling, sending emails/letters, commenting on their socials, etc. of their representatives is way more important than canceling celebs.
People have been but politicians don’t really care about those phone calls and only have interest in who lines their pockets
Politicians are being included, but people are also focused a lot on those with noted proof of being an Israeli supporter or friends of them. People are pulling receipts and thats why there is an issue with some on unblocking any of these people, but it is each personal to each person. I am fine so long as they never signed that “Israel has the right to defend itself” letter and if they seem genuine in their apology and their addressing of the situation.
That's the mentality of the social media junkie generation.
What gets me is, Israel pretty much already said "IDGAF, we're seeing this through to the end", a bunch of people complaining in America or wherever else is going to have zero impact on what's actually happening. Also, what if their favorite celeb speaks out, but is rooting for the other side? Will they be happy they still spoke about it? Somehow, I think not.
@@logambo but get some random celeb will change the world? these are issues that have existed before we where born and will still be there after we are dead there is no simple fix. the true will always be until we all see ourselves as human being first they will always see it as an us verse them. cause humans are tribalist and we are too busy finding reasons to be different that focus on what makes us the same.
I feel like, if people put this much effort into cancelling politicians or holding them accountable as much as they did to celebrities, we would be a different United States.
Truth
Too much work. They’d rather hold celebrities who have nothing to with the worlds problems accountable.
i feel people who care what celebs think politically, shouldn't be allowed to vote.
The problem is if we block out politician voices, they will have even more of an echo chamber.
People have been writing to politicians since last year, and the fact you don't know that is more indicative of how little you know about the movement you're criticizing more than anything else. The reality though is that even though your tax dollars are being used in the billions on Israeli bombs and healthcare, politicians are not budging from emails and phone calls.
As a school librarian working with elementary age students, this story stuck out to me. It was so hard to get across to students that Google is not where you got your info, but how you got it and you need the site that is listed as the source of said info for your work cited page.
The blocklist are just your normal kind of slacktivism. Do something without any consequences to feel good and act like you did something.
The brain worms told me they also like the Philip defranco show
We are the worms. You are what you eat after all
Worms of culture
I wish my brain worms were that cool. Mine just give me anxiety, depression and the occasional psychotic episode.
@@Soma2501did a bird write this
And the graphics that go along with the story... good job editors!
"I'm Sorry, But You May Have Brain Worms" Oh shit we're in Baldur's Gate 3 now?
Brb, gonna try to mind control some goblins
Don't be trying to read my thoughts between 8 and 9, THAT'S WILLIE'S TIME!!
I want the psionic powers!
Do these brain worms give me AUTHORITY?
I'm going Paladin
it rubs me the wrong way that the celebrity list seems to be filled with female stars, and very little male stars. Female stars already get so much scrutiny over everything else in their lives, the way the look, their weight, etc, whereas male stars don't get nearly as much flack and this just seems like another example.
High people: WTF this worm story is freaking me out
Phil: You came here for a good time?
me who's high: i love worms i cant wait for them to help me rot
Can we talk about Google and how RUclips have been bastardizing ads to the point you watch a 10 minute video and you're getting 7 ads during it. And if you don't select skip. Some of those ads are an hour long?
I remember getting someone's League match as an ad. RUclips doesn't care about what ad gets approved as long it makes the money.
uBlock Origin is your friend.
@@zwerko I usually watch videos on my phone
@@W0lfscytheyoutube revanced then, might be a bit tricky to install and get it working now, been flawless past years, but think youtube did something so many recently have had issues, had the buffer issue but fixed it following people fixes. Been working great since. Not sure there's anything as easy as ublock on pc for your phone though.
Get a VPN. Eastern nation's have significantly less ad inserts. Was just speaking to my cousin over seas about this.
I've never relied on celebrities to speak up on world issues. They are entertainers not activists.
I think people project on them as being "the good people" or maybe even "the best people" they have wide spread fame and acclaim, often millions of dollars and are fit peoples ideals of strength and beauty, as well as often being funny and charismatic people.... that all being said, I agree with you, I'm entirely apathetic that celebrities are worth all the fuss and attention. They're often rather entitled and isolated from real world concerns imo..
I think people are just reacting to the disconnect of loving these people, and yet they're not always good people or at least not always doing the right thing
While I don't expect anything above and beyond for celebrities on world issues, where do you draw the line?
You're a teacher, not an activist.
You're a doctor, not an activist.
You're a checkout person, not an activist...
Like why can't entertainers be both if they want to be?
@@darwinray7394 It's just a virtue signal. It's a way to speak with vitriol towards people who don't agree with you. How these activists even think they have any power is insane. It doesn't help that the people they support currently allow their country to be run by a terrorist organization.
@@katherinemclean1448 they can if they want to be but they shouldn't be forced to be.
The entire thing just makes it forced activism and that isn't activism. And none of it really effects the overall problem either way. This is a bunch of people online not really doing much blocking celebrities who can't really do much. The most everyone can do is donate to a charity but that's about the max most direct effective outcome outside of just talking.
I think the point is not that they’re suppose to be looked up to, but that they have the ability to influence much more people than the average person. And, come on, let’s not play dumb. People will blindly follow whatever a celebrity does. Why not use that power for good?
I will never understand the conviction of these people thinking that celebrities can stop wars through the power of pretty please.
no but they have huge platforms and lots of money and could make a difference. I mean one Met Gala ticket is $75K, enough to save several innocent lives
@@1wertyuiop1wertyuiopand why isn’t the governments giving this money? Why hasn’t the UN done anything? You know who’s more powerful than the celebrities? Your president 💀
@@1wertyuiop1wertyuiop exactly!! I have no idea why everybody thinks celebrities have no power to do anything in this situation. Regular day-to-day people have power to do SOMETHING in this situation and most celebrities are doing nothing at all when they could donate to hundreds of Palestinian border crossing funds without even realizing the money left their bank accounts.
Are you doubting the absolute power of “with a cherry on top”?!?
@@cubone44 the public can influence the government, and celebrities are able to reach the public very effectively
Phil: You need shoes for a vacation!
No, Phil. I need PTO and an employer who doesn't shame me for taking what little PTO I have.
Things about this blackout thing:
1) Noticing that the majority of the people they want canceled are women celebs.
2) It doesn't seem to matter how much or how little they do, people just want to cancel them.
Seems like there's no winning for these women and they're going to catch flack no matter what they do.
I noticed. I've seen a bunch of other blocklists and it is obvious they targeting Jews.
If someone was following these celebs their motivation probably wouldn't be to cancel them? Yes if you're blocking celebs you don't follow but I'm not sure how effective that is.
It makes sense palestine supporters are misogynists. Just look at what happens to women that hamas gets their hands on. Or lesbian women for that matter.
You nailed it. There's no agreed upon way for them to "succeed" that doesn't come with an accusation of ill intent. Once you're marked, you're pretty much out regardless. People are unhinged.
Celeberties with primarily female fan bases always get way more shit because female fans tend to give their idols way more shit. For example, nobody gives a fuck what Garth Brooks thinks about anything because Garth Brook fans just don't give a shit what he thinks.
For the celebrity block story this just feels like people trying to throw the blame onto somebody else for not doing enough while they themselves don't do anything
The average person does not have the means, nor the platform, to "do anything." That's the argument for why they should, if they desired to do so.
Spot on. This is a bunch of privileged people trying to piggyback clicks/revenue off the backs of dead children by doing worse than nothing. I wonder if they are eating a burger, sitting in their house, ac blowing, t.v. on, water running for a bath and smugly grinning at themselves that they blocked Madonna for not speaking out about hunger in Gaza.
@@1wertyuiop1wertyuiopthat’s only encouraging celebrities to say “Free Palestine” for the wrong reasons. they do it for self-preservation, not because they actually care.
Or do the bare minimum social media while riding their high horse
Yes celebrities could say something but why target celebrities when you could be supporting charity organizations trying to do something for those in gaza or writing to your state reps, hell, you could even become the 'celebrity' and encourage people via tiktok and start rallies and protests in your local areas. Theres plenty of ways to be proactive about a political topic other than just blaming somebody else lol
“Fully recovered from brain worms” is exactly the thing brain worms would have you say 😤😤😤
It must be so tiring being a Celebrity and having to deal with those people who just want to vocally hate you no matter what you do. "You're not speaking up enough about world issues!" "You're not having the right opinion on world issues!" "You don't know what your taking about on that issue!" It never ends.
Well, you earn so much money as a celebrity, so I think its fine that you have to do some basic things like give your stance on certain issues. Influence is power after all.
@@Skathrex you mean, if they choose to?
@@Skathrex, why would we care what some singer or actor has to say about a delicate geopolitical issue? That’s what Political Scientists and other experts are for. People need to start understanding that it’s ok to have an opinion on something. That doesn’t mean they have to share that opinion with the world. Do you really think Taylor Swift is going to bring peace to the Middle East? Come on now. Just because they’re celebrities, doesn’t somehow make their opinions any more valid than yours or mine. Not to mention, you’re only concerned with their opinion if it coincides with yours. You’d be canceling them anyway. You realize, this is creating a no win situation. You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t. I appreciate the younger generations trying to use their voice for change. But, having a new rendition of the Salem Witch Trials, isn’t the right way to go about this.
@lordchaa1598 it has nothing to do with the younger generation, celebrities have a plattform, and that plattform/ entertainment has been used forever to make political points. You can go back to Roman times for "bread and games" or look at fundraising and image campaigns during ww2 or any other time.
Political experts are important, but not many people pay close attention to what they are saying.
@@Skathrex Most of the time they choose to not give opinions on topics because they're divisive, and at the same time they feel they don't feel well enough educated on the topic to give one that is actually authentic.
That giant New York/Dublin portal is just IRL Omegle
If omegle cost 4 million to install
@ville6211 it's not about the money, it's about the experience.
The idea that *every* celebrity has to speak out on world issues they may or may not have any idea about is absurd. These people have platforms, yes, but that doesn't mean they're knowledgeable on the topic. And then to say that it's "not enough" when they DO speak up just goes to show it's not about the cause, it's about finding any excuse to cancel someone.
this blockout thing is literally proof that pro palestinians are just hateful people who want to spill and spread hate. they just wanna argue, fight, and hate. thats it
Forcing artists to say something is stupid, if they say something they won't actually mean it.
5:26 The editor cooked with this shot. The robot on the couch? Also getting filled in? You gotta be kidding 😆
I'm glad we're pushing for celebs that know fuck all about geopolitics to talk about geopolitical issues. Blocking people on social media and bragging about it isn't activism, it's doing literally the bare minimum to pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
Yeah, it reaches out to those equally ignorant on the issues, and doesn't leave a void to be filled by more celebs pushing the right-winged propaganda.
You don't need to have a degree in something to be able to form basic opinions on genocides. Particularly when it's become such a big topic there's plenty of easy to access resources for learning. I think a key point you're missing is the people protesting this don't see this as a generic geopolitical issue or conflict but an active genocide. Nobody would've gotten a pass for having no opinion when the Nazi's were genociding people.
Blocking people on social media is a tool because it directly impacts their money and earning potential. The same way if you boycotted certain actors TV shows by the hundreds of thousands that would be a big message. Sure, you can say that blocking some celebs isn't that much. But why ignore the fact that if everyone does it it becomes a big deal. Being one of hundreds of thousands or even a million + is a big deal.
It's just a bunch of people who want to FEEL like they've done something to help Palestine, without actually doing anything to help. Slacktivism.
Seems a little dismissive. Are we just going to ignore that a large amount of people hold celebrities in more regard than most politicians? Hard to know the intent, but a call for better role models isn't crazy right?
@@bkylecannonIt kind of is though? The Lizzo video proves that celebrities don’t actually care about what’s happening, and if we force them to speak up they won’t even do any research on the topic and they will spread misinformation. A 30sec Tik Tok from a person who was forced to speak up is counterproductive.
Phil: Around thirty years ago
Me: So the 70's.
Phil: Mid 90's
My brain: *broken*
Bro, that warning before the worm segment was immensely appreciated - I was in fact actually eating dinner! haha
You lost me at the worms convo but attacked me at getting high for it... I'm doing my best here 😂😂😂
The Google SGE story makes me worried.
Half of the times I've searched for something and read the AI generated answer, that answer is completely different from what the sources actually say. It tells you the "some people believe" part and ignores the "but actually". It's like Twitter.
Misinformation is bad enough now, we don't need it to be harder to find where our information is coming from
Agree so much. Critical thinking skills are already so low for some people. So many only reading headlines. Now we have a machine learning tool generating whatever bs it wants for that headline that people will believe without thought.
I know there is an ai search engine/gpt thing that will give you it’s sources i forgot what its called
Idk I think it may depend on what your searching I’ve used it for automotive questions and they were pretty spot on with pulling the correct information
@@user-de1qp4sm9o the thing is tho as an adult we have pretty good skills already because it wasn’t as bad before.
But with kids and younger generation they’re going to be easily manipulated
@@kiwiseatpumpkinpie1709
lol
I see it the opposite way.
Kids are often more skeptical bc they are growing up in AI generated world, where as tinfoil hat adults/conspiracy nuts will take any bait and get hooked line and sinker.
CAN WE PLEASE PUT THIS MUCH EFFORT INTO FORCING POLITICIANS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE INSTEAD OF HARASSING CELEBRITIES WHO DON'T SPEAK OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST AS IGNORANT ABOUT THE SITUATION AS MOST PEOPLE ARE.
if you’re ignorant about gaza and palestine, it’s by choice. It’s been 7 months and you have the internet with all the world at ur fingertips. You stay ignorant bc you don’t care to disrupt ur worldview. And i know you’re ignorant because if you cared, you’d know we’ve been doing all you said and more, blocking arms shipments from leaving port, camping outside politicians home, and making sure they don’t have a moment of peace in congress
That would involve actual effort though!
This is dumb and performative. The blocking celebs would not solve anything. They are entertainers who are controlled by record labels and management teams. Go focus on real activists who are on the front lines of the genocide that's happening because they are the leaders you all are looking for. Make them famous for their bravery instead of giving power to celebrities. This is turning into some bs stan wars on Twitter and that's all.
The Republicans tried to take over the government when they lost the last election but no you are right they will listen to reason. Also its a genocide basic stuff to know it's bad no excuse for ignorance here.
Politicians don't listen until there's enough people chanting at them... That's why we need celebrities with huge platforms...
Thanks for talking on the worms!!
I had worms as a kid, got it off our pet cat, but my mum had no real knowledge of them or how to identify them, so I ended up having them long term, and they did a number on my digestive system and I still get issues from it.
Hopefully awareness helps prevent others going through the same!
I do like how RFK Jr claiming he had brain worms started a much needed conversation about parasitic infections and poverty.
People need to remember that these people are performers not advocates
That would go against a lot of what makes the tribal cult of personality around celebrities work. It's true but probably won't matter to the people doing whatever this is.
Exactly. We have no more use for performers. The system is finally shifting.
@@zahraabdullahi1601 My brother in Christ. You are literally commenting on a video by a public RUclips Commentator/Performer. What???
@@carcinogenetricist2993 If you don't know the difference between journalism and performance, then I guess you've been watching US MSM too long. Not your fault.
@@zahraabdullahi1601
Lets be honest, this is not journalism.
This is pop culture infotainment, if you don't know the difference, then it is your fault and you need to educate yourself what real journalism actually means.
It is only slightly above parasocial gossip, or tea/comentator channels as the kids call it these days.
Blockout is just the newest form of slacktivism, literally meaningless
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I already don't care what they have to say.
If the Emmys will consider RUclips for the award then RUclips should consider paying their creators a consistent and union-mandated wage
"... will cause death AND also seizures."
You die, then your corpse starts twisting and twerking around. Worms be f'ing crazy, man!
People need to grow up. Just because you care about something doesn't mean someone else has to have that same opinion at the same level as you.
The thing about Lizzo is that she posted a GoFundMe. Like I'm over here in Canada paying 6$ for a 1lbs bag of baby carrots that's 2$ over the boarder, and this multi millionaire is asking me for money. Lizzo could pay the 25k the gofundme was asking for and not even notice it missing.
They're so out of touch it's crazy.
The rock and oprah fcked this up w Hawaii. Aint nobody got time for that. Id rather see them donate then influence people these days who, let's face it, are paying doubler the cost of food at mcdonalds in the last 10 years.
You'd be surprised to know about the actual financial status' of many celebrities when compared to their perceived (note, perceived) net worth.
Many are not as liquid as they appear!
She also supports a bill in the US that would really hurt marginalized communities by making it legal for states to ban websites if they contain material "Harmful to children". Not defined by the law but instead left up to state attorney generals.
Some things that have been included as potentially being bannable include information on mental health, history, medical information, civil rights, etc.
But the bill is advertised as "protecting the children" so she endorses it without bothering to do research. Her being out of touch is unfortunately not new.
I think her heart is in the right place a lot of the time but there's a disconnect there.
@@watema3381 I'd rather see a celeb donate $500 of their own cash than see them post a gofundme link for thousands
Vote out traitordeau bro
I love the Futurama worm photo it made a gross bit funny because I kept thinking of 1 liners 😂
12:38 I normally watch these over breakfast. today I'm eating ramen. thank you so very much for the warning and I'll see the rest later!
Okay, even if every celebrity in America spoke out, they’re influencing the public, NOT the people in the government who can actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
u basically admit American democracy a lie then if people cant control the politics then democracy fake
I find the obsession with getting celebs to speak out very strange. It can be helpful and it’s good to make sure the conversation doesn’t end. But nobody in the government cares about Taylor swift’s Tik Tok followers, nobody funding arms deals cars about instagram likes, and Israel DEFINITELY does not give a shit about a single one of us. If we want to stop a war we have to target our representatives, not pop singers.
The logic is, the celebrities influence the masses, then the masses influence the government by bothering their state reps and whatnot. But the reality is, the only people who give a shit what celebrities have to say are not the same people who contact their state reps about anything.
@@DerpDevilDD The logic is, if you make a catchy phrase and get viral on insta/tik/X you can rake in the cash off yet another tragedy. The privilege of these people thinking bitching about celebrities is going to change a damn thing.
exactly, why harass people whose job is not foreign policy. Where is the list of all the politicians that held up the aid to Palestine, and are in Congress. There are elections coming up, remind them who hired them!
I’m a Reg Veterinary Nurse. Your parasite section was very well done and factually correct. This is so rare most people including human doctors don’t have parasites on there radar at all. I don’t think people understand how many different types live around them everyday. Thanks for spreading the word and well done.
As a cat owner, are there parasites that I have a higher risk of coming into contact with?
@@taylorbug9there are toxoplasm (but it's not really do anything to humans , can be dangerous for pregnant women)and if your cat is going outdoors roundworms and toxocariasis.
@@taylorbug9toxoplasmosis! I contracted it also being a veterinary nurse lol. Avoid scooping litter if you are pregnant as it can be devastating to developing fetuses and young babies. Otherwise, for a non pregnant person, it makes you lethargic, can give you bad muscle aches and a general malaise ( though some go with it completely unnoticed). Most humans contract it from undercooked meat, not so much from cat feces. I honestly only found out because of my exposure to a known patient we had that I cared for. It’s not something we test for in humans too often.
@@taylorbug9so ik you Said parasites but Im just gonna add this too bc it sounds like one but ringworm. Its a fungal infection that forms a ring thats itchy and red and grows. Its easily treatable but yk if you find something like it then it might be that yk. Cats Can get it too theyll loose fur in that area.
Its called ringworm bc in old days they thought it was a worm but now they know better and have found out its actually a fungus :)
This!!!!!!!!!!
Love the show! would also love full citations for more research please and thank you!
I've noticed that Google search has already been considerably worse. It feels like anything i try to look up is already buried under pages of misinformation. I never in my life thought "guess I'll try bing now" and actually get much better results. I feel like this AI rollout is going to make it so much worse.
YES THANK YOU!!!! Google is becoming literally unusable. I have also tried bing and gotten considerably better results!!
In around 2013 one of my friends said to me "I doubt Bing will ever get anywhere, what do you think?" and I assumed from the name that it was a Chinese ecommerce site because I've never even heard of it. Now I use it every day, partially because Bing Copilot is useful more than half the time, and partially because Google sucks now
Yeah it’s been like this for awhile. Duck duck go is a good one too
For years have only used bing for porn now I find my self using it for normal stuff. Thanks google...
Yes and most of these websites that worry about it all copy each other, usually badly at that
Celebrities can’t win. If they stay silent, they get called out for it. If they speak up, they get cancelled. No one _has_ to speak out about anything if they don’t want to.
yeah they can not every celeb is on that list there are winners here
I’ll take making millions/yr for strangers on the internet hating me.
You don't have to be genius to look into it. It's been almost 9 months. If you don't "know enough" then that says more about you.
Anyone bitching about celebs not speaking out has completely lost the plot. Really getting tired of these idiots and their social justice warrior syndrome.
Celebrities always win, they are rich and unaffected by literally any negative thing. Being cancelled isn't actually a real thing, it's just bullshit complaining from celebrities who don't like negative press (which is still positive for them overall). Like Phil said, they all still have millions of followers. The fact you feel bad for them is exactly part of what feeds their disconnect from reality. They don't have to speak out if they don't want to but their fans don't have to accept that if they don't want to. Celebs are not owed our attention or our permission for them to be neutral on everything.
Genuinely thrilled by the parasitic worm section, as a parasitology enthusiast. Your comment about not eating during the segment made me laugh bc my parents had to implement the "no parasite talk at the table" rule when I was a teenager lol
Boy oh boy did I choose the wrong episode to listen to AFK where I can't skip past worms! Never have I ran up a flight of stairs so fast to get back to a video, lmao
Honestly people putting these celebrities on a pedestal and then being angry that these same people won’t speak out about modern day issues seem to forget that these same celebrities are still people.
Seriously, they dont say something people get mad. They say something and its still not good enough because people want them to have the exact opinion they think they should have and talk about it the exact amount they think they should. Theres no winning. I like how in other political things people say they dont want their opinions or them to speak out because their "just celebraties" but this case apparently people think celebrates have a huge sway in a war between two countries that arent their own.
@@aussiecountry9320When Hozier spoke out about Israel Palestine, he got crucified because people said it was "too neutral" when a past song of his was in full support of Palestine. It's a constant loop of damned if you do, damned if you don't. I genuinely don't mind them choosing to remain silent, tbh. All these people screaming at others could be doing so much more with their days, like starting or funding charities themselves.
It does have that parasocial relationship ring to it.
This is dumb and performative. The blocking celebs would not solve anything. They are entertainers who are controlled by record labels and management teams. Go focus on real activists who are on the front lines of the genocide that's happening because they are the leaders you all are looking for. Make them famous for their bravery instead of giving power to celebrities. This is turning into some bs stan wars on Twitter and that's all.
They will anger both sides if they speak up, and since there are far fewer people who either A) Don't care about whats going on or B) side with Israel, it's best to just not say much about it.
The vocal minority who supports Hamas doesn't have control over much. You see the protests? they have mostly died down, there's no steam in that group, they follow social issue to social issue and forget about their last one.
I might be alone in believing celebrities should not be our path for setting world policy?
You're not
Every Celebrity President has been the worst President.
I mean celebs should have an opinion just like you and me. It's up to everyone else if they want to agree with those opinions. Wish we could vote on things as population instead of relying on old/middle aged people.
Or morals, or business advice, or financial advice, or basically anything that doesn't involve pretending to someone else on screen, or singing/making music.
It’s Gen Z conflating fame with importance. Projecting their insecurities, basically.
"I'm one of the few things you can count on in this world"
Not Phil being my sanity rock
For what it's worth, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries series on RUclips won an Emmy in 2013.
Thank you for saying this!
Hank Green qt retweeted RUclips’s CEO and everything saying that they had already won - plus Jake with vsauce also won an Emmy a while back
People: Celebrities don't matter, and I can't stand how many think they are important.
Those same people: Why aren't the celebrities doing something!!!
You'd be foolish to think that there isn't individuals who hold celebrity opinions on a pedestal.
Yea, I keep seeing people lauding this as the end of celebrity worship....but I'd argue we've hit a new low of celebrity worship when you believe celebrities voicing their opinions regarding an international political issue will give some form of credence. Like you can't argue it will bring attention when I'd dare say everyone knows about Gaza's situation, wittingly or not.
If I were a celebrity, I was legit pay these people to block me so that they don’t see my post or I see their comments on my timeline LMAO
Proven time and time again, like Selena Gomez who legit said she wasn’t studied enough to give a proper take, and she was taken down
These self-righteous individuals on the Internet who raffle off someone to cancel each week or the same ones sending death threats, stuffing the Internet with hate and arguably, terroristic acts
@@MFanForever Its not that it's to bring attention to the situation in general, but it's to advocate against the flooding of false propaganda being posed throughout American media.
I don’t think people believe that celebs speaking out will genuinely create change in most cases. I think they just want to be able to continue to believe that their favorite celebrities are “good” people. And in most cases? No, they’re not.
Philip DeFranco doing a deep dive into parasitic worms was not on my bucket list. But wow it's so refreshing to hear someone talk about it outside of an academic setting. Everyone learning a little bit more about parasites might be the best thing RFK Jr. ever gives us.
Agreed! Now I'm going to go wash my hands.
I was surprised to lean not long ago, that the whole “Cletus the slack-jawed yokel” stereotype of southerners comes from hook worm infections.
Phil, you have been my only constant for the past 8 years ❤
Coming back at 6pm to tell you I watched this at 9am this morning and so far have thought about brain worms at least 10 times today…thanks a lot Phil! 😂
Let me see if I've got this straight. They are mad that "celebs" aren't voicing their opinions on a subject that they know very little or nothing about because it is not their jobs, that's the jobs of the government who actually knows the situation and how to handle it. SINCE WHEN DID CELEBRATIES BECOME OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS! Seriously, this is stupid.
System of a Down tried to warn us about the tapeworms...
WOAH! Hey!
" _Top 10 Horror Stories from DeFranco, you missed right here on CZsWorld_ "
Conveniently though they also told us how to treat them, in the same song.
Pull the tapeworm out of your brain! (hey!)
Horror history on DeFramco 😂
It's okay Phil, I've already cried about it. I live in northeast B.C. south of Fort Nelson. Woke up on a Saturday morning and looked out the window to see the hazy grey orange of wildfire smoke. This is reality now, and while that is devastating, all I can do is carry on.
The world fucked up when they started looking to the theater/music kids for answers.
The whole internet cancelling movement feels so pointless and counter productive. Donate to aid organizations, protest, engage your friends and neighbors (respectfully… otherwise it just doesn’t work.) but just telling people to go to hell on the internet is just focusing on all of the wrong things.
This is dumb and performative. The blocking celebs would not solve anything. They are entertainers who are controlled by record labels and management teams. Go focus on real activists who are on the front lines of the genocide that's happening because they are the leaders you all are looking for. Make them famous for their bravery instead of giving power to celebrities. This is turning into some bs stan wars on Twitter and that's all.
And the whole "portal" debacle is the epitome of "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS" mixed with "PEOPLE ARE THE LITERAL WORST!"
“They are everywhere and they are many” 😂 not a truer word was spoken by PhillyD 😂
I’m kinda sad about because I like the idea of it. The only problem with it at least for Dublin the portal is in a touristy place where there is a lot of bars/pubs with drunk people and they’ll just cause trouble.
@@AdamJohnson20 yeah I was bummed to hear the shut it down, but the reason they had to shut it down is just straight infuriating!
I mean it had such great potential.....but of course there are people out there that just never matured and act like they are still children that can't control themselves no matter what age they are and just want to act like douchebag twatpotamus asshats and then cry whine complain take no responsibility when their behavior and actions cause things like the portal to be shut down. **Smdh**
I had a big old bite of my burger I was chewing on right before the worm segment :)
perfectly timed apology. i appreciate it!
"silence is violence" is such an ignorant mindset to me, god forbid someone not wish to be consistently involved in conflicts and arguments
Politics care about you. You should give a shit. You should give a shit about people dying.
💯.
I'll take silence over misinformation any day of the week
god forbid multimullionaire celebs use their social media to make a single post ab raise funds to help families flee a genocide
That's a privileged point of view for those that don't care if anything changes because they think it'll never affect them.
@trivialqed thats not what OP is saying. If they do that thats fantastic good for the celebrities.
The issue is the statement that if you DONT speak up or do anything that you're also perpetuating the violence is the absurdity here.
I’m a med student in the US and have seen many cases of “brain worms”. People often forget that global travel is super common so a lot of these tropical illnesses end up stateside
I think we should have further discussion on this, especially since there are so many dangers on traveling that aren't talked about enough. Well, besides the whole Boeing issue.
The whole *point* of Jury Selection is rigging the jury. That was one of the most eye-opening things we learned in my Forensic Psych class.
Not me sitting here bong in hand watching with a horrified look as you talk about the wormies 😂
I’m from Montana and I’ve grown up with seasonal forest fires. They’re good for the forests. But over the past few years they’ve been so much more than our environment can handle. It just keeps getting worse. When they burn hotter and bigger, nothing comes back. We loose our firefighters, homes, wildlife. The whole forest burns to a cinder, not just the underbrush. The lack of plants means when it rains there’s tons of erosion, fish kills, then run-off overwhelms rivers and streams causing spring flooding. It’s tragic. Thank you for covering this, Phil. It’s really important.
Yep, that’s what’s happening in California. I took a long drive from Susanville to Reno about a year ago and all the way down the hills were scorched so severely that the forests there were never going to come back. Godspeed Montana friend. A really good N95 that makes a good seal around your face is a lifesaver!
In Australia they do backburning ie preburn certain areas in a contained fashion to ensure the wildfires are as big during fire season. Saves many houses resources and lives
How are forest fires good for the forest?
@birdygamer5224 ,they prevent overgrowth. And some pine trees are helped in spreading by fires. Not severe ones they tend to only hurt, just gentle ones the help the environment in alot of ways.
@@birdygamer5224 in many cases, it’s the heat that’s beneficial. For some pines, their cones only open with fire, so that’s how their seeds disperse, some things like morel mushrooms are only found in burn areas, and regular clearing out of undergrowth means the big trees are healthier and happier, with less competition. The undergrowth usually bounces right back with a smaller fire, and the crowns of the big trees are untouched. But not anymore. Now it’s all toast and ash, way too hot.
The celebrity block war is the height of "OH MY GOD, TOUCH GRASS, YOU LOSERS"
Modern society has been so domesticated they have to larp a revolution. They can't do anything, it's kinda pathetic.
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@erei5659 do you actually want a real guillotine???
You know, all of these people can say whatever they want about the blocking, not working but multiple celebrities have come out since they’ve been blocked and started losing followers and have started coming out to say things about Palestine, which is actually bringing more awareness.
Hi Phil I’ve been watching you for a while and you cover a lot of depressing and angering topics but I’ve literally never had to skip a whole section before until your worms bit. Thanks for the nightmares lol love you
The whole "They haven't said enough" really stands out to me. These people online would literally never be happy, either you need to do something, haven't said enough, or you're doing it to appease fans. This is why people keep quite, because when people will be mad no matter what it's easier to just keep your head down and hope you don't get noticed.
I think it has something to do with certain celebrities being neutral on the topic. People on TikTok don't like people with massive platforms being neutral on a topic that they are very for or very against about. If I or you were neutral on this topic, no one would bat an eye. It's almost as if people forget that these celebrities who have millions of followers and billions of dollars, are actual people too, they have and deserve the right to be neutral on a topic they don't want/care to talk about. They can't do anything, I or you can't do anything, I really don't see what all the discourse is about on Tiktok and Instagram
This is dumb and performative. The blocking celebs would not solve anything. They are entertainers who are controlled by record labels and management teams. Go focus on real activists who are on the front lines of the genocide that's happening because they are the leaders you all are looking for. Make them famous for their bravery instead of giving power to celebrities. This is turning into some bs stan wars on Twitter and that's all.
I would argue it is fair to hold celebs accountable for not speaking up about critical issues, considering the people were supporting them when they were championing and speaking about feminism, metoo, immigration, sagaftra strikes, etc.
The fans were there when Tswift clapped back at KKardashian, when she was going through her sexual abuse case. The fans helped Rihanna, Selena and Kylie grow successful brands. Now when the fans are asking for help, they choose to be silent?
@@fa_rook_ak94 Where is this aggressiveness for male celebrities. Y'all are just sexist as always. And that's why nobody will ever take your garbage blocking "movement" seriously.
This is the death knell of Google. Every single person I talk to about the state of the internet agrees that Google search is damn near unusable unless you're using it to search a large secondary human curated forum. This is what they get for putting the guy who killed Yahoo in charge of things...
Unfortunately, you're forgetting just how lazy and stupid the average person can be. This will not affect google in the slightest, only people like us care enough and unfortunately Google will end up killing off the high quality information needed for the AI to work. It's literally the ouroboros.
lol
A lot of people don't realize that alphabet is a thing.
Google is not going anywhere, at worse they will wind up like yahoo, which is still a thing btw, but more likely they are right there alongside microsoft.
You should take a look at how many papers on AI have been dropped by those under the google/alphabet unbrella.
You would be surprised.
They don't bring stuff to market as often or rapidly as their competitors, but they release docs proving they know the same tech.
Remember good ol' Altavista? Those were the time.
Or OG Google that found everything.
I miss old W W W, a wild west of cool webpages and weird stuff..
I really appreciated the Alien clips during the worms item. Love how the opportunity for health education was framed with puns and memes. You legend. This was a good educational segment, phil, thanks
That last sentence hit. Yes Phil, you are one of a few constants in an otherwise crazy world right now! Keep doing what you're doing, we need you 😅
I don't normally log in to comment, but wanted to chime in about the Portal story. Interestingly enough, the creator behind the project is from Vilnuis, Lithuania where one of these portal exhibits has been up since 2021 linking Vilnuis and Lublin, Poland. I'm originally from Lithuania so I got to see the portal exhibit there when I went home to visit. I think because both cities are much smaller and because of the difference in culture compared to both the US and Ireland, there probably haven't been many, if any, incidents similar to the ones occuring with the NYC and Dublin portal. Its also possible that shifting locations to a less busy area might mitigate some risk of incidents reoccuring.
Hey wanted to comment the same thing! I don't agree with Phil's statement that "no matter the country, no matter the culture, everyone will troll", cuz this portal is working well in other countries :D unless now others will get inspired to troll because of this
The Dublin portal was placed in a notoriously rough area of the city - from day one, everyone was bemused as to why they would choose such a terrible location.
Once I thought my coworker was pregnant and I asked her about it vaguely like "oh have you been sick because you have something inside you??". She said yes and she was gonna get rid of it and i was like oh okay your body your choice but weird tone? Turned out she was talking about a tapeworm.
😭
Phil- “So if you’re eating dinner”…
Me- spoonful of dinner halfway to my mouth…
The editor(s) had fun today with the worm story
I love how these protest are towards celebrities but not politicians
@1wertyuiop1wertyuiop some people have lives outside of the internet, with no time for keyboard activism and virtue signaling.
I think people are protesting against politicians too my friend
How can you expect celebrities to “take a stance” and speak up when no matter what they do, they are crucified. It’s WarGames rules. The only winning move is not to play.
Well not playing hasnt really gone well for them
@@SaltTectonics playing hasn't either in a lot of cases
This is dumb and performative. The blocking celebs would not solve anything. They are entertainers who are controlled by record labels and management teams. Go focus on real activists who are on the front lines of the genocide that's happening because they are the leaders you all are looking for. Make them famous for their bravery instead of giving power to celebrities. This is turning into some bs stan wars on Twitter and that's all.
@SaltTectonics so what, they should just say what people want to hear regardless of what they actually think?
This is such a Performative Amarican thing to make it a celebrity issue. I never look for celebrities for political and global issues because they are just people being controlled by record labels and marketing teams. I only look for them for entertainment value because they are entertainers. I look for actual activists who are in the front lines working and political leaders of the real stuff that affects lives. Instead of blocking random celebrities and turning it into a twitter/tiktok stan wars, How about go and make activists famous for their bravery on the front lines because they are the leaders that deserve your time and power. They are the real leaders that you are looking for. I'm pretty sure they will have a lot to say if people are willing to pay attention to them instead of playing celebrity stan wars.
"Real Sorry if youre really high, it must be a trip"-He says while im stoned xD
Hey Phil I know you probably said it as a joke, but you are something I do count on and it brings a sense of normalcy to an otherwise chaotic time. I appreciate everything you do! I know it can’t be easy!
Ok so maybe im just be old but what are celebrities actually going to do? Like they can speak up on the issue but what power do they have to actually stop the violence?. Shouldnt this energy be directed at world leaders?
Sure, but why follow them anyway? Block away, forever, even if they speak out.
Was looking for this comment.
You are 100% right.
@@caitthecat Why not just, you know...literally ignore them
Taylor swift is the reason there's a case against the live Nation monopoly AND AI revenge porn. I don't like the woman but you can't deny she has serious sway
"You're forgetting who the real enemies are" Blocks Zendaya
I'm so confused by people who are begging celebrities speak out but when they do it's "too late" what was your ideal outcome
Phil going off about worms for a whole segment was not on my bingo card for today. 😅
Google's AI answer machine really is killing the golden goose. If the sites that the AI is trained on can't survive, the AI can't train on anything new to deal with novel questions.
I had my own experience with google's AI search recently. I was in a panic because my dogs ate something they shouldn't have and desperately searching to find out how dangerous it was. The top response was always the AI one and it was frequently incorrect because it was, I think, drawing from the sponsored results directly below it. Which was basically a vague answer encouraging me to purchase a solution. It wasn't until I googled, very specifically, "how much of x can a canine consume per pound" that I was finally able to get a satisfactory result for my veterinary emergency.
"You're welcome or...I'm sorry" A classic line.
Working in vet med, I often think about how I probably have worms
Canadian here, my town is currently housing people and pets from a nearby town (about 4 hours away) the smoke was so bad, you couldn't remotely see the Northern Lights on Friday and we see them all year round. I feel so bad for all the farm animals that can't go inside and shut the windows, thankfully we have lots of people that can take them in for a short while. We are supposed to get rain the next few days, so hopefully that will help, the wind did die down today, which has been very helpful. This fire was caused due to a downed tree, it is a very powerful reminder that this was not a human caused fire, and that people need to take care, don't throw smokes out your window or leave camp fires unattended, please stay safe out there, and make good decisions. Also we are sorry about the smoke that has entered the US
It seems like the fires and smoke gets worse and worse every year. Large parts of AB and BC are going to get hit so hard this year 😢
100% agreed. On top of that the way new trees are planted are causing the fires to spread even more quickly. We're not doing agriculture correctly at all. Ughhh this summer is going to be difficult.
Very Canadian of you to apologize for something you don’t need to apologize for. As a Washingtonian, I understand. And I apologize for the smoke we’ve sent to our northern neighbors too
@jessbakica5233 last year my town was on evacuation alert, I walk everywhere and it was so hard breathing in all the smoke and ash. I really hope we have a miracle and just get a good down pour. We usually get lots of snow and we hardly got any, so we don't even have the left over moisture. The joke is, it usually snows on May Long weekend, so fingers crossed we get rain or snow
In Fort McMurray here and our fire is actually burning the same area that burned in 2016. They seem optimistic that we won’t all have to evacuate but the south side of town had the most loses of homes and they’re the ones on evacuation order right now. It’s currently raining so fingers crossed with the change of winds and rain things calm down.
Phil! The worm story actually made my day!! I have type 1 diabetes and my insulin pump blocked overnight, meaning I woke up with dangerously high ketone levels. I’ve been in hospital all day so after watching this story I asked the nurse, and apparently me having such acidic blood could’ve killed off certain types of parasitic worms in my bloodstream. I mean yeah, I probably didn’t have any in the first place, but not having to worry about evil vampire worms is a positive in my book!
Now I only have to worry about the other thousand types you mentioned…
Are you planning to travel overseas, like Africa or some other tropical places?
@@kittehgo I’m going to Seoul in a little over a month, but that’s definitely not tropical haha
I was writing a paper last week and asked Google a bunch of questions looking for scholarly and credible websites and articles publishing information related to the answer. This Google AI transition is going to seriously hinder the ease with which I can search questions for academic papers and may drive me to other databases or ways to search the internet. Truly a sham and a shame and a bad direction for search engines to go in
Always happy to hear Canada mentioned in the news. How ever it's important to get the facts right. In Alberta we did not get a break from the fire season between 2023-2024 as a lot of fires burned through our incredibly dry winter. This issue has only gotten worse over the years with no clear plan to end it in sight.
"We need to cancel celebrities who don't speak up about what's going on in Gaza"
- Includes Jenna Ortega and Billie Eilish who have spoken up
"We need to cancel celebrities who don't talk about Gaza right now"
- Lizzo speaks up about Gaza
"We need to cancel Celebrities who didn't speak up about Gaza who are only talking about it now, but didn't talk about it months ago"
Like what the hell? Do y'all not realize how self destructive this thinking is? You're basically saying that Celebrities need to be cancelled regardless of what they do. Let's focus on what's actually happening in Gaza and making sure people in strip are getting the aid they need as opposed to looking for an excuse to bully celebrities. Like for example; let's talk about the fact that in the last 24 hours Isreali activists raided aid trucks and smashed boxes of food that were supposed to go to starving people in Gaza.
Billie was seen wearing the pin and then seen with a Starbies not long after the Oscars so there’s that.
I feel like people trying to "force" celebrities in to speaking out or doing more is always going to result in people screaming that they aren't doing enough. I think for some, the only way a person will have done enough is if all they do is speak out for what they view as the "right thing" and even then, it still wouldn't be enough.
That’s because they don’t actually care. If they did, then they would be going out and doing it themselves.
It's just moving the goalposts for moral standards.
Agreed! Furthermore, it feels an awful lot like people trying to bully celebrities into believing the same as they do, but they have a right to believe that either side is in the right - or to not feel a moral imperative to speak in support of either. It's an insidious way of manipulating someone to support your cause, and should be ignored by society in general to avoid giving them traction.
@@Kuchhhcrazy how people want celebs to talk on social issues when at the end of the day it doesn’t help. Kendrick Lamar talk about social issues and the culminated in him using rape and sexual abuse allegations for cash. Maybe rich people should advocate for what they believe and their fans should understand that celebs are people with opinions in a position that breads greed. Also they’re already rich so forcing them to say something probably isn’t the best way to get them on your side.
Nobody can win against the 'twitter mob'. Luckily, the 'twitter mob' doesn't matter at all in real life.
Honestly, regarding celebrities speaking out, I have to say that when you are a celebrity, you are automatically, by extension, an influencer. We've arleady seen countless times in the past where celebrities have spoken up about social and political issues and it has aided in not only the support of those issues, but the awareness as well. They actively chose to keep silent about it because of a potential "hit" to their popularity. And now, once there has been a noticeable decline in their following due to their own silence, they are putting out their words and support. But it's not because they think it's the right thing to do. If that was the case, they would have done it BEFORE they had some kind of backlash for their silence. It's being done as placation. "Here's my words so that you can THINK I'm cool again and stop blocking me." Which only goes to show that the digitine works. Celebrities nowadays prove time and time again they don't care about anything except their own wallets and, when that gets affected, they resort to placation. The point isn't "Speak up, please." The point is "You've already damned yourself with your apathy and there's no coming back from that."
yes phil i am high. and laughed so hard i forgot what you were talking about. then it was back back to the worms. so yeah that was a trip... on a damm rollercoaster.