My mom bought me a nice ring and I wear it on my ring finger. She doesn't get that I wear it that way, but I do so since I'm demiromantic. I can also punch any creep with it.
@@ClownHoundII This reminded me of a time a guy was hitting on me at a festival. I even made a point to show off my engagement ring (legit engagement ring, too) to him, and he still didn't get the hint.
@@AndaraBledin That man is the walking embodiment of living on two braincells. If he doesn't get that type of hint I'm surprised he figures out anything.
@@ClownHoundII Might not have been a case of "not getting the hint." For some guys that's a challenge rather than a signal to leave you alone. Because some guys are so conceited they think they have any right to try to swipe someone's partner from them.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact that OT hasn't changed the intro to be more Christmas themed or even just the regular intro? He is living in perpetual Spooky Month And I'm here for it
@dr.elemeentalist omg we're talking about THURL RAVENSCROFT heck yeah my boi, did you know he also voiced a singing bust on the haunted mansion at Disney Land
I think the book is Alien's Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville! It's the start of a whole series that I love and reread recently. The lizard looking scientist and the alien that was neither male or female were actually two different characters. I would highly recommend reading the series if you have a chance; it's written for probably middle school age kids but I still enjoyed it on my reread as an adult.
Weirdly enough, my That Book was another by that SAME AUTHOR. It was called Spirits and Spells. The typical "D&D game becomes real" plot, and it had a tentacle monster in the basement who had a name. I found it 20 years later. Author is an absolute legend.
I love Bruce Coville! His unicorn series is awesome! Incidentally, you just helped me find one of my mystery books: Unicorns in the Rain. I thought it was by Coville, but in googling it I found it was by Barbara Cohen. My other mystery book is called something like "The Eyes in the Wall," about a girl who is so neglected by her mom that she starts living in the walls of their house and her family like, moves out without her!
I can sit at the grown ups table and have everyone complain how I focus on pop culture too much or I can sit at the kids table and talk about how cool Thor is
Kids table ftw! Like, who wants to sit around while your in-laws ask snide questions about the job you hate. Now, who wants to teach the next generation all the Christmas parodies you know? 😎
Isn't it funny how Gen-X and Millennials ,who were banshed to "the kid's table" growing up, now don't want anything to do with their Boomer elders and would prefer to sit with their younger cousins, nieces, and nephews.
It's so confusing when people say "you can't put this in a kids cartoon it'll confuse them" cus at the age of 7 when i had no understanding of the state of the world, seeing lgbt characters in media when i had no idea those types of people existed didnt phase me at all. More than anything it opened my eyes to more things and eventually helped me realise my true self.
Honestly adults complain about a kid seeing two woman kiss yet I watched Avatar at age 8 and thought nothing of the….. well very clearly implied *** scene. Then again the amount of Disney films I watched when I was two always included make out scenes between the token white woman and white man. They only complain when the characters making out don’t represent themselves 😭
Hearing a dirty joke come out of OT's mouth is probably more shocking - and, admittedly, more satisfying - than the possibility of him ever uttering an F-bomb on the channel.
After that intro, I definitely want to see an R-rated Grinch adaptation where he just loses it completely. EDIT: To future replies, there's already a ton of people telling me about "The Mean One". Yes, I've heard of it, lol.
A psychologist got an elf on the shelf for their kid, thinking it was some harmless thing. Her kids anxiety went through the roof. Those things, might seem like fun, but they can cause a lot of damage. There's a difference between "oh santa can see what you're doing" vs having a physical manifestation of that in your house. Elf on a shelf might seem like fun, but it's psychologically damaging.
@@foxinabox5103 It is an observer for Santa. Watching everything you do and reporting it to the fat man for naughty/nice ranking. Only one thing to do if there is one in your house. Show it that Snitches don't get stitches until after the autopsy is complete.
@@foxinabox5103 It's like a little doll that's an elf. According to the rules, you are not to touch it or no christmas presents from Santa for you. Also, you how Santa Claus is coming to town say "He know when you've been bad or good..." The elf on a shelf basically tell him if you've been bad or good. (You'll try to hide from it seeing you so you don't get put on the Naughty list.)
I refuse to have that bastard in my house. If it was just a doll, maybe. But making it a “tradition” to sell books, elves, accessories, movies on netflix. Eww
I had Christmas dinner with my family today and at some point they started talking about non traditional gender identities and how they seemed to be trendy nowadays, and I told them about that one graph that shows the increase of lefthandedness after it started being accepted and how that showed people didn't suddenly all become left handed because it got trendy but they just stopped hiding it, and they said it was a good point and the conversation didn't get heated 😊
Well done! You can also use the "rise" in the number of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals since Stonewall as another example. Because in that case, the Stonewall Uprising was the point where all non-heteros got _Fed Up_ with the constant active repression they were experiencing and not only refused to hide anymore, but started _aggressively_ being out in the open.
The tweet about finding The Book is legitimately too relatable. I've been searching, for going on two decades now, for a book I first read in my elementary school library, and then again in my local library's children section as a teen, and have not been able to find even the slightest hint of it since. The only part I'm positive that I even remember correctly is that the dragon character had his eyes stolen by witches and the human character went and got them back. I remember nothing else, not the title, nor the author, nor most of the story details, but that scene, that single scene has stayed embedded in my brain ever since I was six. I swear if I ever find it again I'm never letting go ever again.
@@OneTopic So I maybe wrong since I too haven't read these since childhood, but you description vaguely sounds like a possible Bruce Coville book... I'd have to go back and look through them to remember which one... Edit: So I was able to confirm Aliens Ate my Homework by Bruce Coville did indeed have a non-binary character, but I think the shrinking was in later books. And holy *@#$ my memory since I read this when I was like 6.....29 years ago....
@@JimmyJacksonDapperPinkAlpacaHell yeah! I was late in life to discover Trent but i' m making up for it. Play it everyday but i think my eardrums and vocal cords are starting to wear.
Dude, they were told not to do that, and they respected it. The Irwins told the public to stop killing stingrays over his mistake, and they did. It was an accident. In fact, it was such a fluke that probably in alternate universes, even without the antidote, he would have lived. He usually refused to bring extra equipment to most of his excursions, and when the accident happened, he didn't have an antidote, yes, but the dart also struck him in the heart. It was essentially a biological bullet to the chest, so not only was he dealing with poison, but even if he did have an antidote on him, there was a strong chance he would have died anyway due to where it struck. The stingray involved, if I remember correctly, wasn't attacking on purpose, it was an accidental fire on its part as well (it got startled, it wasn't trying to kill him. We don't even think it was Irwin that startled it, we think it might have been one of the film crew or something else nearby.) AND EVEN THEN, he still wanted to continue filming, and did so I believe for a considerable amount of time before the crew dragged him back for EMS assistance because he refused to let that stop him. So when people were killing stingrays over how awful they were for killing Steve Irwin, the family came out and said "it wasn't their fault, don't make Steve's work mean nothing." And thus, the beach skinnings and stingray deaths stopped.
@@greenpiersystem Actually never knew the full story of all that tbh, I was kinda a toddler back then. Twas mainly making a joke about Aussie's (since I am one) but my dude you literally just taught me something new. Thanks mate.
I have been looking for this book for years and and I could never remember the name and every time I described to someone they never knew what I was talking about. Thank you. My years long quest to find this book is nearly complete thanks to your help.
Yeah I was about to say it was likely one of the Bruce Coville books, either from the Aliens ate my homework series or the "My teacher was an alien" series.. Possibly both.
Elf on the shelf is most definitely a "the author made a deal with the fae" type situation. that shit came out of nowhere and people act like it's a long tradition and the author said she based him on an elf she saw as a kid.. defo made a pact to become a famous person in exchange for getting that elfed into people's homes and have it gain power through being worshipped..
I might be one of a rare few, but my family actually had an elf when I and my brother were little, and in December every morning we'd run around the house to see where he moved to (none of the crazy things that are apparently now expected). It was just a fun thing in December, and I thought it was just my family for a really long time, and then someone figured out how to make a whole bunch of money haha and now there's shelves of elves at the store and kids books and stuff. It really just exploded overnight haha
Those two "Hallmark Christmas" TikToks had me in fits. Pretty much every Christmas movie and Rom Com ever made and you don't have to waste an hour and a half each.
Just before Christmas dinner, my dad said my "dress is kinda out there" because "there are three 80 yo women in the house". I still have no idea what this means. I wasn't even wearing a dress, just a skirt with stalkings, a shirt, underwear, and a festive hat died red with the blood of my enemies.
Ah, a Redcap. Protip from one fae to another, after you tell them it's blood, laugh like it's a ridiculous joke, and they will think it is just dye, and then you will be in the clear. Also, lying by omission doesn't count for fae rules, so you can just forget to mention it is dyed with the blood of your enemies, the humans will assume it is dye. And I am sure your outfit was lovely and perfectly appropriate (please don't stab me with iron, thx).
Vixen originally came from the old English "fyxen" which meant "of a fox" or "foxlike" which IS weird to name a reindeer but it did absolutely refer to animals 😭
Ot, you don’t have the ability to be “mean” all you do is protect us. And I love it. Who ville would probably vote you for mayor rather than exclude you. Your just so ✨amazing ✨
One time, during a family function, there was this middle-aged guy who was probably somehow related to me, but I'm also bad with faces, so I don't know if I've seen him before or since. And he came over to the kid's table, sat down, and just chatted with us. It was amazing.
I read a book where the main charecter was adopted and I remember her saying "people say my mom and I look alike, we don't they just say that because we act alike." And she would faint whenever she saw blood and it was some sort of mystery and I was like "how can she be afraid of blood doesn't she get her period?" Anyway it's the only book that I've EVER read that I can't remember the plot it drives me insane.
I have periods and I still get very dizzy whenever I see blood lol Period blood is ok but whenever I see blood that is there because of some kind of injury or unknown cause I feel like passing out I feel like it probably depends on the person though
@@violetsanddragons that doesnt change there point. Even if someone as an uterus and as periods, they can still be afraid of blood. Period blood is fine because its not associated with injurie. But any other time you will mostly associate blood with injurie, so you can have periods and still feel uncomfortable at the sight of blood.
Anything else you remember about the plot? I work in a bookstore and have a decent knack for finding titles for people. The description you gave brings to kind about a dozen books with similar themes, so if you have any other details, maybe I can take a crack at finding the title for you.
@@madalice5134 she moved to a new town at the beginning, there was something weird at her house, she had a live interest who was helping her investigate some sort of mystery.
22:06 - that last one sounds like the answer to the question, "so, what made you decide to abandon society and live alone on top of a mountain, O guru?"
Interestingly enough, my family gatherings never had a "kid table". Food was always served buffet style when visiting extended family, and everyone just scattered to sit next to their favorite rarely seen relative around the house, and if we stayed home we were also playing games together because just talking is boring and we were generally up to date on things that were happening to each other. The closest we had to age segregation was when my dad had poker night in the garage with his friends, presumably to avoid my siblings and I hearing them swear, we couldn't go in the garage unless we needed Dad for something.
Just have to say this, on the subject of your stingray and general soft flat things. When I was a baby I had a little teddy who was also a blanket and my dad gave him the name ‘flat mate’ (flat mate is like the british(?) version of roommate) and that’s still one of my favourite puns I’ve ever heard.
8:05 You forgot the minority assistant who brings them coffee and gives advice to follow their -hormones- heart. OCCASIONALLY! The protagonist ignores the advice and buys the next cups of coffee while apologizing for ignoring said advice.
18:50 _Aliens Ate My Homework,_ by Bruce Coville. First book in the "Rod Allbright Alien Adventures" series. And it wasn't Snout who was completely outside of human notions of gender; it was Tar Gibbons (the first part is not a name, but a title meaning roughly Enlightened Badass Who Will Wreck Your Shit), who made it clear that they felt less disrespected and misgendered by being referred to as "it" than by binary pronouns.
That intro unironically reminded me of the quote “the child who is scorned by the village will burn it down to feel it’s warmth” and I realized That Is The Entire Point Of The Plot Of The Grinch. It’s literally the Grinch lashing out and dealing with the trauma of being ostracized by the village for being different, which only comes to end when someone comes along and says “hey no you’re worthy of love too.” This movie just got so much deeper for me and oh my gay I love it even more now. Officially my comfort Christmas movie and I’m watching it tomorrow.
19:22 Hey OT happy holidays!! Also I've never read the book so I'm not sure, but maybe the book you talk about is "Aliens ate my homework" by Bruce Coville. I read in a forum that the alien used "it" pronouns instead of "he" or "she", so maybe it's that one.
Good Lord yes! I hate those things; it's even worse around Christmas time bc it's essentially the same got-dang plot every time just tweaked just enough to make you question whether or not it is the same movie up until the start of the second act. Hallmark, stop 😭
For the Reindeer one Vixen also means female fox, which is the definition I think of by default so saying "also" feels weird lol I imagine Vixen is probably more fox-like in appearance? Like maybe she just has dark legs and maybe her fur is almost a reddish or orangish brown? Or maybe she's a bit mischievous. I don't know, I'm overthinking, but I never read Vixen and thought of that DX
for me the book was "X: A Fabulous Child's Story, written by Lois Gould" as a young kid who had questions about gender, this was an eye opener. My Teachers had our class read it in 1980. Note this was in Northern California.
19:11 i remember this book that i suprisingly loved as a kid and it was in my school library. The book was about a farmer who for a living caught stray/wild cattle out in the outback (yes this is normal in australia) and one time he was catching a texas longhorn bull and his dog got the bull's horn shoved through their lil doggy stomach. I was 6 and this book had pictures. Pretty sure the book traumatised me bc i still see that picture of the dog hanging from the bulls horn to this day when ever i think of it. I wonder if they got rid of that book yet.... 🧍
The reindeer being named vixen is in reference to the fox. All of the original 8 were named after things to do with speed. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer = self explanatory. Vixen = foxes are fast. Comet= self explanatory. Cupid = people fall in love fast. Donner and Blitzen = German for thunder and lightning.
*Butchered German. "Blitzen" is not a noun, it's the basic verb form for flashing. "Blitz" (pl. Blitze) is the word for lightning (or a flash of light)
I love elves on the shelves, my friend gave me hers because her family kept damaging her, Bailey it's been years but if you want Violet back I still have her
It's 2am and I'm currently putting out cookies for Santa and can't watch this yet bc my kids will wake up. Thank you, OT, for everything. You help me and others more than you'll ever know. Much love 💕
It's just going on 3:00AM ,I've laughed so hard I've woken my husband....he smiled, said "I love it when you laugh", kissed me ,rolled over and went back to sleep.
I honestly don't care if you get out videos daily, every other day, every week, etc. The fact that you are even trying to make more during the holidays means a lot. Especially for those of use who are doing our yearly visits with less-than-kind-or-accepting family members. I know I turned to your videos when I first came out and my parents were awful. Now, I get to watch them to cheer up when my grandfather is awful and my parents half-heartedly try to correct him. Your videos really do mean a lot to many of us (I hope, I can only speak for myself). Hope you are staying warm and having fun OT!!!!
I'm currently making my little sister a bracelet loaded with an ungodly amount of Claire's charms and it seems appropriate to watch this while doing so lmao
This video made me remember that in seventh grade we were making Christmas cards and one of my classmates forgot how to spell Christmas, so instead he wrote Mary Santa. just thought that was a fun memory to share with everyone
Hey OT, thank you for doing what you do. Because of your videos I was able to realize that I’m Ace and have since come out to my partner and my mom (they’re both super supportive)
6:16 was so bizarre lol. I recently watched a video about how mediocre the original avatar film was from a writing standpoint, and how the host wasn’t convinced that it was anyone’s favorite movie. And then you have this clip from OT 😂 sudden mood change, it’s so ominous that this friend loves this movie so much.
I used to work in a bookstore, and the time I found someone's The Book was definitely a highlight of it. It was heartwarming how happy they were to see it again
19:00 reminds me of the 'my teacher is an alien" series- don't remember that much about it but it had aliens!!! and maybe lizard man/men? it was a neat series though hehe, might be the one you're thinking of ^~^
Same universe, I believe, and same author. The book he's describing was "Aliens Ate My Homework". It was made into what looked like a terrible movie by Netflix. There were a few series in that same universe, by the same author.
Fight the Algorithm!!! Stop Fake Pockets!!! I was late watching. Last night I was hanging with family. Though it was extra awesome. My daughter came out as Ace to our family and I couldn’t be prouder of her. Last night was Christmas with my in-laws. My mother in law got us matching pride blankets to show her support. It was great. So today this is my second watch of your video since I missed the live. Also, Pancake is supper cute!!! I’m late with my Die Hard marathon this year, but I’ll get it in this week. Candy making tonight too. Some stuff done on my day off. Yeah. Usually I get dishes and laundry done on my days off. Tonight I’m making toffee and cookies will be mixed to be baked another day. You did a good job summing up the sappy Christmas movies. That’s why I prefer Die Hard. I don’t like the sappy. I never did Elf on the Shelf, but Doll in the Hall is a thing in my house. I have a porcelain doll collection with outfits from different decades in history. It was my Granny’s and now it’s mine. One might look a little like Annabell. So yeah, I use them to freak out my family, which is fun. I might be a grinch. I love the one video a day until the New Year. I’m looking forward to watching as many as I can.
The guy who made the tweet at 19:50 is named Ryan North, he wrote a book called "How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller". It's a super cool book, and I highly reccomend checking it out. It's also very funny!
This clip around like 10:45 is literally just two neurodivergent people who haven't been made aware that the other is neurodivergent trying to engage in Correct Small Talk 😂
14:20 Fun history fact! Michelangelo was **pissed** that he had to paint that ceilin, it was the last thing he wanted to do and it took forever; but he literally cudnt deny a request of the literal pope himself. Michelangelo just wanted to be sculptin that whole time, but instd he had to paint that so he made it as risque as he wanted as a giant eff you to everyone who made him do it. His response was more "Fine! Ill do it, but everyone is gonna have their 🍆 out since youre makin me do this". And i mean, he nvr once made his resentment about havin to paint it not known to those around him; so he cudve literally said that even xD
I think pancake is an amazing name. I love them… Them? Him? Her? It? Zem? Are we going to decide on a canon gender for Pancake? I personally vote for genderfluid, and Pancake accepts any and every pronoun. That way everybody can identify with pancake and see them as whatever gender they want to. Anyways, thank you for the every day videos this Winter-Solstice-Adjacent-Holiday-Celebration, it will be a constant source of joy and relief for me as so come out as a Trans Woman to the rest of my conservative and religious family.
2:24 The worst part about a reindeer named Vixen for me as a German is that the name sounds exactly like the German word "wichsen" which means "to jerk off"
20:03 - If you compare the eye of an octopus with that of a human, you will see that the octopus's eye is far superior to ours. Now, evolution explains how two different eyes can evolve independently and end up structurally quite different and us getting stuck with crappy things like blind spots and blood vessels on the surface of the retinas is "just how it goes" because there's no "plan" or "design" it's just "what does the job well enough to confer an advantage" - but if you're a creationist, you've got to believe that your infallible, omni-everything god decided to give us "badly designed" eyes and give the octopus "better designed" eyes. And somehow _also_ believe that we - not octopuses - are that god's "favourite creation." If creationism is true, then Christianity is wrong, octopuses are the favourite creature and it's 50/50 odds as to whether "god" is the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Cthulhu.
17:56 I was a very stubborn child in anything I did or persued, so in an effort to get me in line using some christmas magic since I was EXTREMELY into supernatural holiday things, my parents bought an elf on the shelf and put him behind the stockings at our fireplace. My mom showed me him, and as she was explaining the whole "If you touch him he looses his magic", I climbed on the loveseat, leaned over the mantle, and grabbed the elf. When she asked why I had just done that, also stopping short of explaining the loosing the magic, I said "He wanted to be my friend" and I walked off with him. That was my new doll until I became a teenager, plan thwarted
Aw I love his little story about reading the book with the nonbinary character. I'm a trans man but I don't identify fully as one, just semi-nonbinary and spent some time identifying that way as well, and just moments like these always strike me as wonderful to hear about.
at 20:54 thanks for censoring that ive had a bad time with being called that and having someone "shield" me from that made me very happy, thank you friend!
This video was released while I was in the middle of watching the last one! I just got back from a long day-trip to visit grandparents and watching these while painting has been a great way to unwind 👍✨
18:35 There was a book like that for me. My fifth grade teacher would like a chapter or two of a book to us a day. One of those books was called Ship's Boy with Magellan. I could never find that book anywhere so I was beginning to wonder if I was imagining it being read to us.
14:31 oh. Oh god. It’s so accurate it hurts. I got a gift from my aunt who gave me a Vera Bradley laptop bag. If you aren’t familiar with the brand, think bag made out of a very flowery quilt. *I am a trans man, who specifically requested that gifts be cash or gift cards or even cookware to avoid things like this* because while my disdain for feminine things is known my gender identity is not. But I saw the price tag was $120 so I feigned excitement. She got it for me because I used to like that stuff when I was 14. I am 23. I always tell my family what I want for Christmas. Also, I know from experience that this brand is the least durable most expensive thing on the planet, as to be expected from bags made out of _quilts._
Last year, people were passing around the "get ready for goose on a moose" version of the shelf elf meme, and I was running a TTRPG where one of my friends was playing a weremoose, so I introduced a weregoose during our holiday special. It was delightfully chaotic.
19:06 I have this memory of being around 7ish and I was playing with crayons (not coloring with them, but actually playing with them), and I remember having the red and blue crayon in my hand and saying "The red one is the women. The blue one is the man." And then I grabbed the green and orange (or yellow) crayons, and I sat there for around 5 minutes just staring at those two crayons trying to think of the names of the other genders because I just KNEW there were more than 2, but I didn't know the names, so I finally settled on "Green is boy and Orange (or yellow) is girl." And was satisfied, but kids know and are far more understanding and accepting and smarter than adults give them credit for.
I've been sitting here waiting for you to upload all morning. Finally just before 7 AM, there you are. Yay, being sick on a morning like this just got a little bit better with One Topic.
OT's character arc from wooshing every dirty joke to making puns about Santa f*cking the reindeer is morbidly fascinating
We've ruined his innocence, haha. His soul is stained now 😂
We can thank the click
@@VampireQueenAmy I love me an enemies to lovers corruption storyline
Thanks, I came here just for this comment 🙂
@@remember_this1336 and they lived, naughtily ever after…😂😂😂
My dad got me an ace pride ring to wear on my ring finger so that people can leave me alone. I love it so much!!!
Your dad is amazing!
My mom bought me a nice ring and I wear it on my ring finger. She doesn't get that I wear it that way, but I do so since I'm demiromantic. I can also punch any creep with it.
@@ClownHoundII This reminded me of a time a guy was hitting on me at a festival.
I even made a point to show off my engagement ring (legit engagement ring, too) to him, and he still didn't get the hint.
@@AndaraBledin That man is the walking embodiment of living on two braincells. If he doesn't get that type of hint I'm surprised he figures out anything.
@@ClownHoundII Might not have been a case of "not getting the hint." For some guys that's a challenge rather than a signal to leave you alone. Because some guys are so conceited they think they have any right to try to swipe someone's partner from them.
second day of advent calendar!
also, this video belongs to Pancake 💜
Epic
Nice
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But, can I have a video? Or a pancake?
HI IM HERE I LOVE YOUR VIDS!!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY:))
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact that OT hasn't changed the intro to be more Christmas themed or even just the regular intro? He is living in perpetual Spooky Month And I'm here for it
Also, Fun Fact: The singer for You're a mean one is the same voice for the early version of Tony the Tiger
@dr.elemeentalist omg we're talking about THURL RAVENSCROFT heck yeah my boi, did you know he also voiced a singing bust on the haunted mansion at Disney Land
@@actualbiscuit8676 I did not, no!
@@dr.elementalist don't remind me
YESSSSS
I think the book is Alien's Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville! It's the start of a whole series that I love and reread recently. The lizard looking scientist and the alien that was neither male or female were actually two different characters. I would highly recommend reading the series if you have a chance; it's written for probably middle school age kids but I still enjoyed it on my reread as an adult.
Weirdly enough, my That Book was another by that SAME AUTHOR. It was called Spirits and Spells. The typical "D&D game becomes real" plot, and it had a tentacle monster in the basement who had a name. I found it 20 years later. Author is an absolute legend.
Wasn't the non-binary one the pilot and he looked like a flower and he had a little guy named plink that would run and fetch him tools?
*bookmarks*
I love Bruce Coville! His unicorn series is awesome!
Incidentally, you just helped me find one of my mystery books: Unicorns in the Rain. I thought it was by Coville, but in googling it I found it was by Barbara Cohen.
My other mystery book is called something like "The Eyes in the Wall," about a girl who is so neglected by her mom that she starts living in the walls of their house and her family like, moves out without her!
I knew someone would answer this one! They made a movie of it in 2018 too. Never heard of it at all. Lol!
With the last one: Even if it was the right sister, don't just rub pregnant people's bellies without consent.
Yes, this!
I mean just don't rub peoples bellies in general without consent
Yup. Don't touch people, especially in intimate ways, without getting consent first. This should be basic peopling 101.
I mean he probably understood that but he wasn’t drunk when he understood that
@@weakamna I go around rubbing everyone's belly.
I can sit at the grown ups table and have everyone complain how I focus on pop culture too much or I can sit at the kids table and talk about how cool Thor is
Kids table ftw! Like, who wants to sit around while your in-laws ask snide questions about the job you hate.
Now, who wants to teach the next generation all the Christmas parodies you know? 😎
Any adult not talking about how cool the gods are isn't any adult I wanna be around.
Isn't it funny how Gen-X and Millennials ,who were banshed to "the kid's table" growing up, now don't want anything to do with their Boomer elders and would prefer to sit with their younger cousins, nieces, and nephews.
@@John_Weiss yeah its ironic but I still live for it
I'm 24 and I still sit with my baby cousins
Lil kids are cute, politics isn't
It's so confusing when people say "you can't put this in a kids cartoon it'll confuse them" cus at the age of 7 when i had no understanding of the state of the world, seeing lgbt characters in media when i had no idea those types of people existed didnt phase me at all. More than anything it opened my eyes to more things and eventually helped me realise my true self.
The amount of adult jokes (either naughty or just very obscure references) there are in kids movies that took me 15 years to understand.
Shezow being an mtf icon in kids media made me realise I could be ftm/ftnb and only semi-relate with a gender identity or have a fluid identity
ah but you see the realising your true self bit is what the folks who say that don't want
they also put like. a whole lotta words. and storylines. kids probly don't fully understand those either xD
Honestly adults complain about a kid seeing two woman kiss yet I watched Avatar at age 8 and thought nothing of the….. well very clearly implied *** scene. Then again the amount of Disney films I watched when I was two always included make out scenes between the token white woman and white man. They only complain when the characters making out don’t represent themselves 😭
21:57 that wouldn't have happened if people didn't feel entitled touching pregnant women. Smh
Seriously, no one has the right to do that without permission
Hearing a dirty joke come out of OT's mouth is probably more shocking - and, admittedly, more satisfying - than the possibility of him ever uttering an F-bomb on the channel.
After that intro, I definitely want to see an R-rated Grinch adaptation where he just loses it completely.
EDIT: To future replies, there's already a ton of people telling me about "The Mean One". Yes, I've heard of it, lol.
I believe Jim Carrey already has that covered.
@@LokiSinsALot Personal hot take: Jim Carrey's Grinch is overrated.
(Flame me for my opinion all you guys want, it just proves my point.)
There’s actually a new horror movie about the grinch being a murderer called “The Mean One”
have you heard of "The Mean One"?
@@Briannarh05 Haven't heard of it before, but that sounds like an awesome watch!
A psychologist got an elf on the shelf for their kid, thinking it was some harmless thing. Her kids anxiety went through the roof. Those things, might seem like fun, but they can cause a lot of damage. There's a difference between "oh santa can see what you're doing" vs having a physical manifestation of that in your house. Elf on a shelf might seem like fun, but it's psychologically damaging.
Elf on a shelf is one of the creepiest things ever! And I'm 51 years old!
Whats an elf of the shelf represented? Im not familiar with it and only knew its name from memes
@@foxinabox5103 It is an observer for Santa. Watching everything you do and reporting it to the fat man for naughty/nice ranking.
Only one thing to do if there is one in your house. Show it that Snitches don't get stitches until after the autopsy is complete.
@@foxinabox5103 It's like a little doll that's an elf. According to the rules, you are not to touch it or no christmas presents from Santa for you. Also, you how Santa Claus is coming to town say "He know when you've been bad or good..." The elf on a shelf basically tell him if you've been bad or good. (You'll try to hide from it seeing you so you don't get put on the Naughty list.)
I refuse to have that bastard in my house. If it was just a doll, maybe. But making it a “tradition” to sell books, elves, accessories, movies on netflix. Eww
I had Christmas dinner with my family today and at some point they started talking about non traditional gender identities and how they seemed to be trendy nowadays, and I told them about that one graph that shows the increase of lefthandedness after it started being accepted and how that showed people didn't suddenly all become left handed because it got trendy but they just stopped hiding it, and they said it was a good point and the conversation didn't get heated 😊
that's sounds like a great meal ! glad it didn't go poorly !
Wow, that's awesome. ☺️ Lol somehow just reading this lowered my blood pressure
My anxiety while reading this: 📈📈📈📉
Well done!
You can also use the "rise" in the number of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals since Stonewall as another example. Because in that case, the Stonewall Uprising was the point where all non-heteros got _Fed Up_ with the constant active repression they were experiencing and not only refused to hide anymore, but started _aggressively_ being out in the open.
Now I want Martian Pudding for afters...
The tweet about finding The Book is legitimately too relatable.
I've been searching, for going on two decades now, for a book I first read in my elementary school library, and then again in my local library's children section as a teen, and have not been able to find even the slightest hint of it since.
The only part I'm positive that I even remember correctly is that the dragon character had his eyes stolen by witches and the human character went and got them back. I remember nothing else, not the title, nor the author, nor most of the story details, but that scene, that single scene has stayed embedded in my brain ever since I was six.
I swear if I ever find it again I'm never letting go ever again.
Damn I didn't expect Johnny to re-gift the present NIN gave him
LOL
@@OneTopic So I maybe wrong since I too haven't read these since childhood, but you description vaguely sounds like a possible Bruce Coville book... I'd have to go back and look through them to remember which one...
Edit: So I was able to confirm Aliens Ate my Homework by Bruce Coville did indeed have a non-binary character, but I think the shrinking was in later books. And holy *@#$ my memory since I read this when I was like 6.....29 years ago....
@@ookamiblade6318 yeah memory is weird - i can recall an article i read at a dentist office at 9.
Can't recall dinner last night.
Annoys the flunk out of me when people think it's a Cash original. NIN rocks!
@@JimmyJacksonDapperPinkAlpacaHell yeah! I was late in life to discover Trent but i' m making up for it. Play it everyday but i think my eardrums and vocal cords are starting to wear.
Can we take a minute to just appreciate how adorable OT’s laugh is? It just makes me smile every time I hear it.
My parents find it sooooo annoying, but I ADORE his goofy chuckle!
OT's laugh is adorable!! I love it!! No matter how horrible I'm feeling, it makes me smile. 💜
His laugh and the way he says "Silly" warms my Grinchy heart.
I feel the need to apologize because I read your name as Night Furry, help
Same I love it so so so much
Generica already looks like an irl Who, perfect for a hallmark Christmas movie 😂
I love that the name Generica could also be Jenn-Erica!
The first person to call a hot lady a vixen has had very dirty thoughts about foxes so it goes deeper than the reindeer
Or they just commented on her hair color being red like a fox' fur.
@@Kartoffelkamm could be.
What about cougars?
@@ruchick6155 I think that one can be explained by "they're on the prowl" but don't quote me on that
Still better than the book series (the magicians) sooo much fox sex... only the third one didn't have it
"How can you not love Stingrays"
Australians: *Steve Irwin flashbacks*
Yes
Dude, they were told not to do that, and they respected it.
The Irwins told the public to stop killing stingrays over his mistake, and they did. It was an accident. In fact, it was such a fluke that probably in alternate universes, even without the antidote, he would have lived.
He usually refused to bring extra equipment to most of his excursions, and when the accident happened, he didn't have an antidote, yes, but the dart also struck him in the heart. It was essentially a biological bullet to the chest, so not only was he dealing with poison, but even if he did have an antidote on him, there was a strong chance he would have died anyway due to where it struck. The stingray involved, if I remember correctly, wasn't attacking on purpose, it was an accidental fire on its part as well (it got startled, it wasn't trying to kill him. We don't even think it was Irwin that startled it, we think it might have been one of the film crew or something else nearby.)
AND EVEN THEN, he still wanted to continue filming, and did so I believe for a considerable amount of time before the crew dragged him back for EMS assistance because he refused to let that stop him.
So when people were killing stingrays over how awful they were for killing Steve Irwin, the family came out and said "it wasn't their fault, don't make Steve's work mean nothing."
And thus, the beach skinnings and stingray deaths stopped.
@@greenpiersystem Actually never knew the full story of all that tbh, I was kinda a toddler back then. Twas mainly making a joke about Aussie's (since I am one) but my dude you literally just taught me something new. Thanks mate.
He loved that stingray regardless.
I own that book. It's called "Aliens ate my Homework".
I have been looking for this book for years and and I could never remember the name and every time I described to someone they never knew what I was talking about. Thank you. My years long quest to find this book is nearly complete thanks to your help.
Yeah I was about to say it was likely one of the Bruce Coville books, either from the Aliens ate my homework series or the "My teacher was an alien" series.. Possibly both.
@OneTopic just in case you didn't see it ^^
Elf on the shelf is most definitely a "the author made a deal with the fae" type situation. that shit came out of nowhere and people act like it's a long tradition and the author said she based him on an elf she saw as a kid.. defo made a pact to become a famous person in exchange for getting that elfed into people's homes and have it gain power through being worshipped..
I might be one of a rare few, but my family actually had an elf when I and my brother were little, and in December every morning we'd run around the house to see where he moved to (none of the crazy things that are apparently now expected). It was just a fun thing in December, and I thought it was just my family for a really long time, and then someone figured out how to make a whole bunch of money haha and now there's shelves of elves at the store and kids books and stuff. It really just exploded overnight haha
It's like the starkids musical called blackfriday
Those two "Hallmark Christmas" TikToks had me in fits. Pretty much every Christmas movie and Rom Com ever made and you don't have to waste an hour and a half each.
Just before Christmas dinner, my dad said my "dress is kinda out there" because "there are three 80 yo women in the house". I still have no idea what this means. I wasn't even wearing a dress, just a skirt with stalkings, a shirt, underwear, and a festive hat died red with the blood of my enemies.
Ah, a Redcap. Protip from one fae to another, after you tell them it's blood, laugh like it's a ridiculous joke, and they will think it is just dye, and then you will be in the clear.
Also, lying by omission doesn't count for fae rules, so you can just forget to mention it is dyed with the blood of your enemies, the humans will assume it is dye.
And I am sure your outfit was lovely and perfectly appropriate (please don't stab me with iron, thx).
Vixen originally came from the old English "fyxen" which meant "of a fox" or "foxlike" which IS weird to name a reindeer but it did absolutely refer to animals 😭
Fox like just meant mischievous/clever so I kinda get it??
Ot, you don’t have the ability to be “mean” all you do is protect us. And I love it. Who ville would probably vote you for mayor rather than exclude you. Your just so ✨amazing ✨
His whole election speech would b a single chuckle from him and that would probably bring world peace
how did you post this comment 53 mins ago when the video itself was posted 44 mins ago lmao
Pffft, you haven't seen him bullying Human1.
I think OT is an angel that got bored and wanted go get down here.
Wasn't Whoville's mayor a corrupt dick tho.
21:17 This is super wholesome though. I bet the kids really appreciate having an adult genuinely listen and eat with them.
i act just like those kids
One time, during a family function, there was this middle-aged guy who was probably somehow related to me, but I'm also bad with faces, so I don't know if I've seen him before or since.
And he came over to the kid's table, sat down, and just chatted with us.
It was amazing.
The first thing that came to mind after you told us the stingrays name was “why not falafel”. Pancake is super fitting and adorable though!
17:42 I recognize this person because they got banned on twitter for calling elon musk stinky and had to delete the tweet to come back
21:51 That’s what you get for rubbing people’s bellies without consent.
I know that's tacky, never would do that
I read a book where the main charecter was adopted and I remember her saying "people say my mom and I look alike, we don't they just say that because we act alike." And she would faint whenever she saw blood and it was some sort of mystery and I was like "how can she be afraid of blood doesn't she get her period?" Anyway it's the only book that I've EVER read that I can't remember the plot it drives me insane.
I have periods and I still get very dizzy whenever I see blood lol
Period blood is ok but whenever I see blood that is there because of some kind of injury or unknown cause I feel like passing out
I feel like it probably depends on the person though
@@naosei6021 yeah but dizzy and passing out are two different things
@@violetsanddragons that doesnt change there point.
Even if someone as an uterus and as periods, they can still be afraid of blood.
Period blood is fine because its not associated with injurie.
But any other time you will mostly associate blood with injurie, so you can have periods and still feel uncomfortable at the sight of blood.
Anything else you remember about the plot? I work in a bookstore and have a decent knack for finding titles for people. The description you gave brings to kind about a dozen books with similar themes, so if you have any other details, maybe I can take a crack at finding the title for you.
@@madalice5134 she moved to a new town at the beginning, there was something weird at her house, she had a live interest who was helping her investigate some sort of mystery.
16:00 The Click: "Thank you SATAN Claus for giving me what I wanted for Christmas: a corrupted Topiccy-Wopiccy!"
22:06 - that last one sounds like the answer to the question, "so, what made you decide to abandon society and live alone on top of a mountain, O guru?"
Interestingly enough, my family gatherings never had a "kid table". Food was always served buffet style when visiting extended family, and everyone just scattered to sit next to their favorite rarely seen relative around the house, and if we stayed home we were also playing games together because just talking is boring and we were generally up to date on things that were happening to each other. The closest we had to age segregation was when my dad had poker night in the garage with his friends, presumably to avoid my siblings and I hearing them swear, we couldn't go in the garage unless we needed Dad for something.
My house did the same
With the food arrangement
Just have to say this, on the subject of your stingray and general soft flat things. When I was a baby I had a little teddy who was also a blanket and my dad gave him the name ‘flat mate’ (flat mate is like the british(?) version of roommate) and that’s still one of my favourite puns I’ve ever heard.
Seeing OT cuddle a giant stingray like The Click does with his own plushies is so wholesome!
16:09 Oh no, OT is turning into Click. He's been exposed to too much of the internet's impurities! Turn back now OT, it's not too late!
7:41 Netflix came out with a couple of Hallmark-style movies based in Australia and New Zealand.
I thoroughly enjoyed their sappy predictability.
8:05
You forgot the minority assistant who brings them coffee and gives advice to follow their -hormones- heart.
OCCASIONALLY! The protagonist ignores the advice and buys the next cups of coffee while apologizing for ignoring said advice.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ YES! The one person of color in the entire movie
18:50 _Aliens Ate My Homework,_ by Bruce Coville. First book in the "Rod Allbright Alien Adventures" series. And it wasn't Snout who was completely outside of human notions of gender; it was Tar Gibbons (the first part is not a name, but a title meaning roughly Enlightened Badass Who Will Wreck Your Shit), who made it clear that they felt less disrespected and misgendered by being referred to as "it" than by binary pronouns.
That intro unironically reminded me of the quote “the child who is scorned by the village will burn it down to feel it’s warmth” and I realized That Is The Entire Point Of The Plot Of The Grinch.
It’s literally the Grinch lashing out and dealing with the trauma of being ostracized by the village for being different, which only comes to end when someone comes along and says “hey no you’re worthy of love too.”
This movie just got so much deeper for me and oh my gay I love it even more now. Officially my comfort Christmas movie and I’m watching it tomorrow.
19:22 Hey OT happy holidays!! Also I've never read the book so I'm not sure, but maybe the book you talk about is "Aliens ate my homework" by Bruce Coville. I read in a forum that the alien used "it" pronouns instead of "he" or "she", so maybe it's that one.
OT's true representation of Hallmark movies had my dying, thank you for making my christmas day. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!
I had to find that and forward it!
Good Lord yes! I hate those things; it's even worse around Christmas time bc it's essentially the same got-dang plot every time just tweaked just enough to make you question whether or not it is the same movie up until the start of the second act. Hallmark, stop 😭
For the Reindeer one
Vixen also means female fox, which is the definition I think of by default so saying "also" feels weird lol
I imagine Vixen is probably more fox-like in appearance? Like maybe she just has dark legs and maybe her fur is almost a reddish or orangish brown? Or maybe she's a bit mischievous.
I don't know, I'm overthinking, but I never read Vixen and thought of that DX
I've been having a tough day but you just ended my day on a high note.
Thanks a million
for me the book was "X: A Fabulous Child's Story, written by Lois Gould" as a young kid who had questions about gender, this was an eye opener. My Teachers had our class read it in 1980. Note this was in Northern California.
19:11 i remember this book that i suprisingly loved as a kid and it was in my school library. The book was about a farmer who for a living caught stray/wild cattle out in the outback (yes this is normal in australia) and one time he was catching a texas longhorn bull and his dog got the bull's horn shoved through their lil doggy stomach. I was 6 and this book had pictures. Pretty sure the book traumatised me bc i still see that picture of the dog hanging from the bulls horn to this day when ever i think of it. I wonder if they got rid of that book yet.... 🧍
11:30 OMG THANK YOU!!!
I always say that too!
How can you trust someone who already cheated to be with you? They're a cheater! They CAN'T BE TRUSTED!
The reindeer being named vixen is in reference to the fox. All of the original 8 were named after things to do with speed. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer = self explanatory. Vixen = foxes are fast. Comet= self explanatory. Cupid = people fall in love fast. Donner and Blitzen = German for thunder and lightning.
that's so cool, i had no idea!
*Butchered German.
"Blitzen" is not a noun, it's the basic verb form for flashing.
"Blitz" (pl. Blitze) is the word for lightning (or a flash of light)
6:24 seeing the joy from OT's face just DRAIN at the mere THOUGHT of someone liking avatar SENT ME.
and it's Salty of all people i'm-
You would probably appreciate the video from Hello Future Me about how Avatar is the most film ever made.
I was like "Hey! I like Avatar!"
17:31 I’m glad I’m not the only one that had never heard of elf on the shelf until a few years ago!!! I felt like I was going crazy!
Ay, same here. I still have absolutely no idea what that's supposed to be about :P
I love elves on the shelves, my friend gave me hers because her family kept damaging her, Bailey it's been years but if you want Violet back I still have her
8:24 I love how the music and dialogue is sometimes cut off.
12:55 I truly feel like romance movies go exactly like this
It's 2am and I'm currently putting out cookies for Santa and can't watch this yet bc my kids will wake up. Thank you, OT, for everything. You help me and others more than you'll ever know. Much love 💕
It's just going on 3:00AM ,I've laughed so hard I've woken my husband....he smiled, said "I love it when you laugh", kissed me ,rolled over and went back to sleep.
Partner goals!
14:55 omg they made alcoholic Tide pods......
21:46 when the dm _really_ doesnt want you to do something
I honestly don't care if you get out videos daily, every other day, every week, etc. The fact that you are even trying to make more during the holidays means a lot. Especially for those of use who are doing our yearly visits with less-than-kind-or-accepting family members. I know I turned to your videos when I first came out and my parents were awful. Now, I get to watch them to cheer up when my grandfather is awful and my parents half-heartedly try to correct him. Your videos really do mean a lot to many of us (I hope, I can only speak for myself). Hope you are staying warm and having fun OT!!!!
5:25
OT... it's 5 rings. 9 is ladies dancing.
I'm currently making my little sister a bracelet loaded with an ungodly amount of Claire's charms and it seems appropriate to watch this while doing so lmao
I hope the bracelet turned outside. What charms did you put, if you don't mind my asking?
19:58 Sharks in the Era of Noah: BRO, there’s so much swim space now… I CAN SENSE SO MUCH *FOOD*!
20:35
that ube mochi pancake mix slaps tho, i'd be the same
This video made me remember that in seventh grade we were making Christmas cards and one of my classmates forgot how to spell Christmas, so instead he wrote Mary Santa.
just thought that was a fun memory to share with everyone
i love how the inro is still halloween themed
6:10 The best part of that movie was when he said "It's Avatarin' Time" and then Avatared all over those guys
Hey OT, thank you for doing what you do. Because of your videos I was able to realize that I’m Ace and have since come out to my partner and my mom (they’re both super supportive)
Hey me too!! And I'm on older ace. His videos helped me sort of confirm it, I had been wondering if I was ace since my early twenties.
good for you! he helped me realize I was trans!
@@TheShinySylveon1 oh that’s awesome! I hope your journey is going well!
@@simransimran9339 that’s amazing! Hello fellow ace!
6:16 was so bizarre lol. I recently watched a video about how mediocre the original avatar film was from a writing standpoint, and how the host wasn’t convinced that it was anyone’s favorite movie. And then you have this clip from OT 😂 sudden mood change, it’s so ominous that this friend loves this movie so much.
I used to work in a bookstore, and the time I found someone's The Book was definitely a highlight of it. It was heartwarming how happy they were to see it again
"Vixen" is a female fox. That's not a far cry from naming a reindeer "Dog" or "Cat".
Someone told me that Reindeer crack bones or something. I refuse to look it up and instead I wonder if it's the first thing she ate.
5:02 at least you didn’t say BREEDABLE
XD
It has happened with another.
19:00
reminds me of the 'my teacher is an alien" series- don't remember that much about it but it had aliens!!! and maybe lizard man/men? it was a neat series though hehe, might be the one you're thinking of ^~^
Same universe, I believe, and same author. The book he's describing was "Aliens Ate My Homework". It was made into what looked like a terrible movie by Netflix.
There were a few series in that same universe, by the same author.
I can’t explain it but I get the vibe “crepe potato” for the stingray.
Fight the Algorithm!!!
Stop Fake Pockets!!!
I was late watching.
Last night I was hanging with family.
Though it was extra awesome.
My daughter came out as Ace to our family and I couldn’t be prouder of her.
Last night was Christmas with my in-laws. My mother in law got us matching pride blankets to show her support.
It was great. So today this is my second watch of your video since I missed the live.
Also, Pancake is supper cute!!!
I’m late with my Die Hard marathon this year, but I’ll get it in this week.
Candy making tonight too.
Some stuff done on my day off. Yeah.
Usually I get dishes and laundry done on my days off.
Tonight I’m making toffee and cookies will be mixed to be baked another day.
You did a good job summing up the sappy Christmas movies. That’s why I prefer Die Hard. I don’t like the sappy.
I never did Elf on the Shelf, but Doll in the Hall is a thing in my house. I have a porcelain doll collection with outfits from different decades in history. It was my Granny’s and now it’s mine. One might look a little like Annabell. So yeah, I use them to freak out my family, which is fun. I might be a grinch.
I love the one video a day until the New Year.
I’m looking forward to watching as many as I can.
I will support this but I refuse to read that much
The guy who made the tweet at 19:50 is named Ryan North, he wrote a book called "How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller". It's a super cool book, and I highly reccomend checking it out. It's also very funny!
This clip around like 10:45 is literally just two neurodivergent people who haven't been made aware that the other is neurodivergent trying to engage in Correct Small Talk 😂
We need a Click/OneTopic crossover - The Adventures of Pancake and Mango, featuring the Emotional Support Demon
YESSS🤩
Yes, PLEASE!
14:20 Fun history fact! Michelangelo was **pissed** that he had to paint that ceilin, it was the last thing he wanted to do and it took forever; but he literally cudnt deny a request of the literal pope himself.
Michelangelo just wanted to be sculptin that whole time, but instd he had to paint that so he made it as risque as he wanted as a giant eff you to everyone who made him do it.
His response was more "Fine! Ill do it, but everyone is gonna have their 🍆 out since youre makin me do this". And i mean, he nvr once made his resentment about havin to paint it not known to those around him; so he cudve literally said that even xD
13:53 me when I see my gay cousin walk in, then 4 seconds later is followed by my homophobic grabdpa
3:15 - Pancake is a good name, but
"Flapjack"
is a synonym
1:22 - That's why he suddenly wanted to give the factory away to a kid. The movie takes place around the time that OSHA was first formed.
I think pancake is an amazing name. I love them… Them? Him? Her? It? Zem? Are we going to decide on a canon gender for Pancake?
I personally vote for genderfluid, and Pancake accepts any and every pronoun. That way everybody can identify with pancake and see them as whatever gender they want to.
Anyways, thank you for the every day videos this Winter-Solstice-Adjacent-Holiday-Celebration, it will be a constant source of joy and relief for me as so come out as a Trans Woman to the rest of my conservative and religious family.
Also: COMMENT FOR THE ALGORITHM GODS!!!! ALGORITHM GO BRRRT
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Good luck, dear lady! Please accept some mama hugs, for encouragement! I hope your family is more supportive than you anticipate. 🙏
💙💗🤍💗💙
good luck! you have support here
2:24 The worst part about a reindeer named Vixen for me as a German is that the name sounds exactly like the German word "wichsen" which means "to jerk off"
ruh roh raggie
20:03 - If you compare the eye of an octopus with that of a human, you will see that the octopus's eye is far superior to ours. Now, evolution explains how two different eyes can evolve independently and end up structurally quite different and us getting stuck with crappy things like blind spots and blood vessels on the surface of the retinas is "just how it goes" because there's no "plan" or "design" it's just "what does the job well enough to confer an advantage" - but if you're a creationist, you've got to believe that your infallible, omni-everything god decided to give us "badly designed" eyes and give the octopus "better designed" eyes. And somehow _also_ believe that we - not octopuses - are that god's "favourite creation." If creationism is true, then Christianity is wrong, octopuses are the favourite creature and it's 50/50 odds as to whether "god" is the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Cthulhu.
THAT GRINCH INTRO?? make it into a MOVIE
5:10 that smirk though
17:56 I was a very stubborn child in anything I did or persued, so in an effort to get me in line using some christmas magic since I was EXTREMELY into supernatural holiday things, my parents bought an elf on the shelf and put him behind the stockings at our fireplace. My mom showed me him, and as she was explaining the whole "If you touch him he looses his magic", I climbed on the loveseat, leaned over the mantle, and grabbed the elf. When she asked why I had just done that, also stopping short of explaining the loosing the magic, I said "He wanted to be my friend" and I walked off with him. That was my new doll until I became a teenager, plan thwarted
Aw I love his little story about reading the book with the nonbinary character. I'm a trans man but I don't identify fully as one, just semi-nonbinary and spent some time identifying that way as well, and just moments like these always strike me as wonderful to hear about.
at 20:54 thanks for censoring that ive had a bad time with being called that and having someone "shield" me from that made me very happy, thank you friend!
This video was released while I was in the middle of watching the last one! I just got back from a long day-trip to visit grandparents and watching these while painting has been a great way to unwind 👍✨
6:35 .... shit, I watch avatar like every year... I've also watched Lost like 20 times... All seasons!!
20:56 Octoputhanesia
18:35 There was a book like that for me. My fifth grade teacher would like a chapter or two of a book to us a day. One of those books was called Ship's Boy with Magellan. I could never find that book anywhere so I was beginning to wonder if I was imagining it being read to us.
11:36 But you don't understand OT, the other one is a Business Girlfriend!!!
14:31 oh. Oh god. It’s so accurate it hurts.
I got a gift from my aunt who gave me a Vera Bradley laptop bag. If you aren’t familiar with the brand, think bag made out of a very flowery quilt. *I am a trans man, who specifically requested that gifts be cash or gift cards or even cookware to avoid things like this* because while my disdain for feminine things is known my gender identity is not. But I saw the price tag was $120 so I feigned excitement.
She got it for me because I used to like that stuff when I was 14. I am 23. I always tell my family what I want for Christmas. Also, I know from experience that this brand is the least durable most expensive thing on the planet, as to be expected from bags made out of _quilts._
Last year, people were passing around the "get ready for goose on a moose" version of the shelf elf meme, and I was running a TTRPG where one of my friends was playing a weremoose, so I introduced a weregoose during our holiday special. It was delightfully chaotic.
Imagine having a fear of being in a sinking ship and then discover your floor has that LED "beach" feature.
You're the best, OT 💙💜 Please don't burn yourself out with the videos please. I love seeing them, I also want to make sure you are doing well too
18:52 That alien book is called "Aliens ate my Homework". Great book!
19:06 I have this memory of being around 7ish and I was playing with crayons (not coloring with them, but actually playing with them), and I remember having the red and blue crayon in my hand and saying "The red one is the women. The blue one is the man." And then I grabbed the green and orange (or yellow) crayons, and I sat there for around 5 minutes just staring at those two crayons trying to think of the names of the other genders because I just KNEW there were more than 2, but I didn't know the names, so I finally settled on "Green is boy and Orange (or yellow) is girl." And was satisfied, but kids know and are far more understanding and accepting and smarter than adults give them credit for.
My name's Sylvia and it feels weird hearing it said so many times in a row but at the same time I feel like OT acknowledged my existence lol
I've been sitting here waiting for you to upload all morning. Finally just before 7 AM, there you are. Yay, being sick on a morning like this just got a little bit better with One Topic.
Wait I forgot about timezones for a second lol. It's like 10:30 pm (ish) for me
@ Sorry_I_MissClicked For me it’s 12:56 am and this video was released a few minutes after midnight.
@@Atlas_Quin it's 2 am right now and I should go to sleep