yep you heard that right matpat and the game theorists channel are under fire
once again and let me say this the only thing worse than people getting outraged
over very trivial things are people who pretend to be outraged over very trivial
things what is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we
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we're gonna be discussing what's going on with Matt Pat and game feelers some
stuff going on on Twitter but anyways if you haven't met me yet hi my name is
Chris and I think outrage culture cancel culture all of it is absolutely
ridiculous all right if you think it's ridiculous
make sure you check out my new book cancelled inside youtube cancel culture
it's out now in both ebook and audiobook format and it's always linked down in
the description down in the pin comment below all right well let's get started
with this story so earlier I was messaged about this story I was sent a
clip from this video from game theory so first I even know what it was to be
honest with you I don't watch that much much more of a film theorist fan all
right awesome dude I love that dude right bye anyways I sent this clip and
then I was doing some research I'm like what is this where is this coming from
then I found out it was about anyways it wasn't actually Matt who made this Gaijin Goomba did
particular video but MatPat is the one everybody associates game theory and
field film theory with right so anyways I wanted to dig deep I'm like a people
really outraged because the clip actually came from a video saying you
know a theory which they do a theory that some of the characters
Minecraft's are of Jewish descent all right so I'm like okay you know and
people are just making a big deal out of it I'm like all right so I started
digging deep I'm like where did this start where did this origin come from
I'm not sure if this was the first person but the most traction I saw came
from a youtuber named Bernie txt he's done some videos he did some videos on
the projared situation I believe yes quite a few followers on Twitter as well
and he shows it so let me explain this all right like recently I did a video
about this the other day like people say that canceled culture isn't real all
right like that is a silly as saying that no forms of racism is real you know
misogyny isn't real sexism is it real although some people just throw those
labels on stuff Oh willy-nilly like these things do happen like let me make
something very clear just because something didn't happen to you doesn't
mean it doesn't exist let me explain one aspect of cancel'
culture and how absolutely silly and ridiculous it is so this is the tweet
from Bernie txt all right so like let's let's break this down for a second this
was a video that was unlisted months ago months ago it was unlisted why is it
resurfacing now but what makes it even stranger was this is a video from 2016
by do me a favor if you don't think cancel culture is real or ridiculous and
I might make a video about the dude who was just recently fired from SNL but I
want you to sit back and ask yourself who is finding these things who is
scouring the internet looking for some dirt on somebody who was digging through
years worth of game theorist content right and found this video okay but the
other thing is it was unlisted so somebody somebody part of the
organization I'm assuming was like oh man you know with all the people getting
you know the hate mob coming after them now maybe we should own this this video
alright and they elicited three months ago alright so think about how insane
that is but anyways the outrage over it is silly alright there's this thing
which is an insane misconception and pretty soon we're gonna talk about
cognitive distortions where everybody wants their feelings validated they want
their feelings validated like listen you are allowed to feel any way you want to
but that does not mean all of your feelings are justified okay for example
if somebody looks at me from across the room and I think they're giving me a
stink eye and I feel that way that doesn't necessarily mean that's true
this is what we call a cognitive distortion and this happens all the time
with canceled culture because one specific cognitive distortion is called
mind reading and this happens all the time because you are assuming somebody's
intent alright so anyways looping back to how silly this is the the game
theorist video was talking about this theory that they were of Jewish descent
now I watch this video something like five minutes long and it's unlisted I
don't know if they've fully made a profit yet or whatever but anyways it is
not problematic it is not controversial like I am NOT Jewish but there is
nothing in there like if anything it it says a bunch of good things about the
Jewish people like what the hell is happening okay like in my opinion these
are the same people who get outraged over science all right like imagine
let's let's take this exact same scenario and put it into a different
situation let's say scientists had a theory that certain ancient skeletons
came from Africa alright I'll talk about that because I'm actually half-black now
imagine me getting outraged how dare you assume that these skeletons are African
based on your science like how silly and ridiculous would that be so in my
opinion and if Bernie txt ever sees this video and if he wants to correct me
that's cool but in my opinion
there are a lot of people out there who are not really outraged or upset about
this they just like to stir the pot they like to find things that might be
controversial and bring it to the spotlight and get some things going all
right and people like Matt I think are smart enough to not even reply to this
but I don't think most of the people finding this stuff are legitimately
offended but if they're not what's their motivation
now what they'll say to you what they'll say to you the narrative they'll try to
sell you is they're trying to do this to to expose people as they're awful people
they are like you should know right you should know if there's actually a wolf
in sheep's clothing right but I don't think that's it like if these people
were these these arbiters of just moral virtues right like I would assume that
they're out there donating their time to different charity organizations and
things like that but I would almost guarantee you most of them aren't most
of them aren't they sit there on the internet and these are the people who
just like stirring stuff up and seeing if they can direct the hate mob to
different places there are a lot of angry people in the world right now and
these guys are like these these coordinators of saying hey here's
somebody you could be mad at you've got some built-up anger today here's
somebody you can direct that at right so what's their motivation I don't know
I'm gonna assume I don't know I don't want to do the cognitive distortion of
mind-reading so here's my theory but hey it's just a theory all right
my theory is it's it's for views it's for attention all right some cases if
they're monetized it might be money you know what I mean it's almost like how
the news sensationalizes everything I do you ever watch news organizations like
on on Twitter or on social media and the headlines they
have you look at him you're like why is that even news now you're watching all
of these commentary and drama channels and everything like that bring it up
hell why I'm guilty of it as well I just like coming on here and sometimes
providing my opinion on situations sometimes educating people about
different aspects of you know I've done some videos recently on psychology and
philosophy and things like that but anyways like I think one of the other
ones is like maybe they want to be known well a lot of people want attention but
a lot of people also want to be known as like these great investigators like
there's these investigative journalists like look how much time I spent digging
up this dirt and it's so silly like if I knew somebody like that in my life who
was like spending hours combing through videos just to find something
problematic I would tell my friend that they need to get a new hobby like that
their life is going down a weird path if this is what they like doing alright but
to wrap this video up about Matt pack and the game theorists and things like
that like let's just talk about cognitive distortions for those who were
actually offended by nothing that was intended to be offensive this was not I
hate video like these are people who need to check in with themselves because
no therapists or mental health professional on earth would tell them
that they are justified for being outraged about this alright a thought
experiment that I keep trying to teach people is when you see this happening
imagine what a therapist would tell you walking into your therapist and say oh
my god I'm having the worst day ever I just found out that three years ago
Matt Pat and the game theorist post a video theorizing that some of the
characters in Minecraft were Jewish all right a good therapist would ask you
to challenge those thoughts to challenge those cognitive distortions you know how
you could tell if your thoughts are a little bit screwy because a bad
therapist would say oh you're right you're right that's a great idea you
should be outrace about this this is awful this is
a travesty you need to rise up no therapist in their right mind would play
into this so if you just want to check in with yourself and see if you're
getting really angry about something ridiculous
ask yourself what a therapist would tell you all right like trust me my brain I
used to have a lot of anger issues I want to get mad over really stupid
trivial things all the time and I'm like is this really something that deserves
getting frustrated with or outraged over come on now
all right anyways like I said don't forget check out the description and
check out the pin comment down below if you want more behind the scenes of what
goes on in YouTube and how ridiculous and silly outrage culture and cancel
culture is check out my book cancelled inside YouTube cancel culture all right
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