Vic I was so touched by that video you put out on your uh Twitter the other day where it was just
uh like it was you know you going through you're like yeah like a lot of people have tried to
cancel me but like here's actual footage of you know these meetups and and how everyone
is so happy to be at them and and it's more about the and you and I have talked about this too that
when I first met you you were like yeah it's not it's not about just freedom of speech it's also
like it's freedom of listening and when and when trolls or haters get your events canceled it's not
just like me the performer of my ego is damaged because I can't have this event but it's like
no it's these fans that don't get the chance to you know maybe you you were there for them in a
like a pivotal point in their life or during a dark time and they really want to go and thank
you and then if these events get canceled it kind of takes that away from them exactly you
know why should why should somebody that doesn't like you why should their opinion matter anymore
than somebody who does like you I mean yeah why why does it carry any more weight when there
are 500 people that want to meet Brittany benty why should we not have her because four people
I mean it would be a lot more than that be like more like 5
000. I just I just you know I want to overestimate but you're right you're right
yeah I mean we've all faced like haters or trolls and like in one way or the other but it is it's
ultimately the most selfish thing you can do right because it's like those 20 noisy people can uh can
take down an event like this has happened without you know I did a comedy show with Josh Denny and
uh Gavin McGinnis was there and Anthony cumia and antifa actually like was able to successfully
shut down the first show which was going to be in Rutherford New Jersey and then they found out that
the mayor had actually threatened to take away about the venue that's insanity and it's always
like just a couple of people yeah and it turns out so the show was canceled and the venue didn't
get their funding anyway so it's like they they threatened them with the funding and then [ __ ]
the mayor yeah exactly Keanu Thompson is here you know we have fans but we also have like kind of
haters that will look to clip something and post it out of clip it out of context post it out of
context to and they want to make everyone involved look bad like some people really want me to look
back they hate me I feel like there's more of those people than like the other way around but
um and then you're like oh wow like these people just want to feel involved and special and feel
like they helped create chaos or they helped to burn something down so it was like a good
lesson to me to I think ignore these people a little bit harder because it's ultimately their
their feelings are you know you know Chrissy we've created we've created a real monster
in this country by elevating celebrity our culture just worships celebrities whether
they're athletes or actors they they put them on these pedestals and everybody you know what
I mean that everybody desperately wants some kind of recognition they want to feel important
in some way they want to feel relevant they want to feel noticed and you combine that
with social media where people can they don't have to do anything
they don't have to create or produce any they can just start garbage on the internet and all
they care about is hey look everybody 50 people liked my post they don't even care that their
post ruins somebody's life all they're interested in is that 50 people liked their post because the
goal is to get noticed at all costs and there is way more accessibility now than there was 10 20.
social media has given people the power from thousands of miles away to lob grenades at you
and they don't have to prove anything they don't have to demonstrate any facts they don't have to
produce any any kind of you know anything receipts as we call them and have you noticed that like if
you respond to someone in the comments for example that's just being an [ __ ] and sometimes they'll
just reply and be like oh my God you responded Yes yeah you're like what was that what we're after
here okay yeah exactly and unfortunately there are some you know emotionally troubled and uh and
people out there that are that are mentally and emotionally struggling and uh and I have sympathy
for them and I'm sure you guys do as well but that sympathy ends when you start hurting other people
when you start trying to hurt other people because you're not very happy with your life I I kind of
feel like that's where the empathy ends and in their own minds they want that recognition at
all costs they will do anything anything to get it I remember very little from college but I do
remember a a psychology class where there was a lecture in the psychology Professor
was talking about child psychology this day and he was talking about these experiments in these
studies that demonstrated that children would rather have negative attention
as opposed to no attention at all oh yeah
yeah I don't care exactly exactly they will absolutely they they want attention so badly
that they'll actually they'll actually misbehave they'll do bad things because in their mind at
least their their mom or dad's paying attention to them and you know at least they're being noticed
and unfortunately I think a lot of these people and social media has given them the perfect weapon
to uh you know to just uh get whatever attention however they possibly can yeah I think I see that
too because like if comments the same sentiments as the Washington quote Denzel Washington
um they basically are always like a non-accounts like you don't see other people who are like
attracted and successful leaving like random comments they're just straight hateful like you're
ugly you're annoying like that type of thing it's always a random type of account yeah yeah
or someone who's not doing well I'm pretty new to the streaming game too and I will say it's been
kind of an interesting case study in just human behavior how parasocial things can be a little bit
so Chrissy and I met for the first time on kind of a chaotic stream and I made a really bad joke and
got called a bad name and I'll just leave it there yeah I call the really bad name but it was kind of
interesting and it was sort of like baby's first drama you know what I mean it was the first like
drama I had ever been in and I made The Telltale mistake which everybody after was like never read
the comments but it was so crazy because I would read the comments and it was like people be like
well did you see she didn't even try to clear up that joke or she and it's like guys it's not
that deep or like she came on that stream to like pick a fight and I was like I was there to build
an audience and like make jokes you know what I mean like that was there was nothing it's nothing
crazy a few weeks after this is a person that you know from what I've heard from people that
entered under under different circumstances we all would have gotten along with but yeah because he
came into the stream drunk and triggered about something somebody said he kind of went off and
in like in uh a really negative way like he went off the whole like if you're over 30 you're you
have no eggs and you're useless and you're in your opinion doesn't matter like that kind of
like make he sounded very like mgtow I guess yeah I think the thing is is it was sort of truly The
Perfect Storm where he kind of came in and wanted to kind of be serious and talk about this but I
feel like me and Chrissy were like trying to goof around and like laugh about dating and it
just because the dating all came together even had dating advice and he's like I'd be like he'd
be like you're gonna be alone forever I'm like I'm engaged and he'd be like that's not gonna last I'd
be like yeah oh my gosh it was wild about dude and I have seen streams with him after I'm like
yeah I would totally get along with this guy I think like we just entered the Thunderdome and
things got kind of chaotic but like I said it was just so interesting to see the comments were like
people would say oh she like did something that was mean girls and stuff and it was like it
really wasn't that deep I was just trying to crack jokes everybody and then not only that
you're sitting at a table with like 12 people and everyone's talking and it's like yeah he didn't
really have a sense of humor he took himself too seriously it was yeah it was just it was
so I didn't really say he didn't really say you have no eggs you're useless paraphrase yeah uh
he might have said it but I mean regardless well he's like 65 years old like like yeah
like you probably can't get hard without pills or like you probably can't make your wife come
like I'm not throwing stereotypes at him and you know what he'll die off and then your eggs
will probably still be fine but guess what it doesn't [ __ ] matter like if that's all
A Woman's Worth is then what a ridiculous thing to say that would never offend me it's just
it was the the comments after were just so the stream itself I was over in like a day or so but
the comments were just so crazy what people would interpret from them or like what they
thought was happening in the Stream where it was like that was so clearly not what I was thinking
but I guess like your perception was that's what it was and that's something that I always find so
interesting about the internet is two people will see the same video and think completely different
things yes which is like we're kind of talk about that whole like parasocial World they'll assume
who you are based on 45 minutes of seeing you on a stream or something and not even realize
like your whole backstory is everybody has it so it's it was just kind of an interesting case study
in how the internet works and how people tend to work on these sorts of platforms you are so right
Hannah and you know you know it always seems like at least in my situation the the people
that are the loudest the people that make the most noise have never even met me I mean it's
it's it's mind-boggling they don't know me they've never met me they have no uh interaction they have
no actual stories of their own they read a couple of things on the internet and they've appropriated
this topic and now it's their you know what I mean it's their uh their mission their Vision course to
take this horrible person down like you don't even know me and I just I it's it's astounding
people which is crazy you mean Vic and you're like he's the [ __ ] best like he's so friendly
full of light and love and like literally like it's just someone who you're around like you're
you are lifted like emotionally but just by being in the same room as him like you're you're like us
I'm gonna say it like you're like a special person but when I say that sounds like you're slow but um
you're you're a real one um from oh this is ference and a couple of super chats about this
whole stream situation we were talking about uh the part that I don't get is I've always
been taught don't burn Bridges but people have no problem doing so but then turn around and are like
wait why aren't you going to be friends with me uh okay so like a double standard oh my gosh can I
tell you guys the story yes you're gonna love this you're gonna love this story it plays right into
what fair and just wrote when when this garbage happened to me friends of mine in the voice acting
industry that I've been friends with and I and I I mean I genuinely thought we were friends
I mean I'm one of those stupid naive people who assumes people are your friends unless
there's some reason for them not to be and and uh voice actors and people that I thought were
my friends that I'd done hundreds of events with and hung out with and gone to dinner and you know
had cigars and talk and and friends and I directed them in shows and they directed me in shows and
and you know they they would jump on these other bandwagons uh just because they thought it would
benefit them somehow to throw me under the bus and jump on this bandwagon and then
they would two years later would write me and like ask for my help with something oh wow the audacity
you're like you're like hashtag never forget you know yeah I love a 911 joke and I don't know what
and here I go again I hope I I don't mean to wax religious here but it's who I am so I apologize
to you guys in advance uh my first instinct was no chance you know like screw you dude you know
what I mean like I can't believe you would you know where what what is wrong with your brain
that you actually would even think that that I would do that and the immediate second thought is
that is not who I want to be that is not I believe God wants me to be that is not the kind of Grace
and mercy and demonstration of kindness that I think Christ would want
and if I am a Christian if I am if I claim that name
you know this is a perfect opportunity for me to demonstrate Grace to somebody who has thrown
me under the bus wow and so I wrote them back and said I will do that and I yeah I will help and I
and uh and I made some calls and set some things up for them because I I you know I even though
I I wanted to be like yeah well where were you when you know when this was happening to me but
nobody wins that you know what I mean nothing good ever comes from it I feel like you do win
because it's like it makes them feel like more of a piece of [ __ ] it's like I never burn a bridge
but like eventually if they're gonna be an [ __ ] to you and you're like whatever and I'll still be
good to you that like then it was like well I'm the bigger person so you're the piece of [ __ ]
and you're always gonna be the good guy you come out like looking good no matter what so that's how
I am and I think it's Bridges won't do it exactly and I think like just being even though somebody
does that like you said it's sort of the turn the other cheek type thing you end up feeling
better internally about yourself versus if you went after that like Revenge route you know what
I mean yeah you're right you're right the person that turns the other cheek always wins in the end