so h3h3 productions just released some video talking about Instagram verse
reality and he touches on some points which we definitely need to discuss
especially because Instagram just announced they're playing around with
removing the likes feature but some people are really upset at this video
and are already making response videos like Trisha Paytas so in my video we're gonna kind of look
at both sides and see what we can learn from this experience what is up
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make sure you subscribe and bring that notification about so in this video
we're going to be talking about body image issues we're gonna be talking
about body shaming we're gonna be talking about anxiety depression some
other mental health issues and it is mental health awareness month so full
disclaimer I am NOT a licensed therapist or a psychologist I am somebody who has
had my own struggles with mental health issues and I'm very passionate about it
but if you're struggling with self-love body image bullying whatever it is
please please please talk to somebody get help whether it's a friend a family
member or talk to your doctor see if they can recommend a therapist or your
insurance company or whoever it is and seek help all right so let's jump into
this story alright so h3h3 productions like I'm super proud of Ethan like he's
had his own struggles with depression last year was kind of rough for him and
he seems to be getting back to old Ethan right and Ethan is one of like the og
like commentary channels on this platform so he just released a video I
believe it was yesterday about Instagram versus reality alright so the overall
message of that video which I'll dive into more throughout this video was that
Instagram what you're seeing on Instagram is not
surely reality but in his video he compared a bunch of like you know
Instagram photos to real photos there's like a whole subcategory of this on
Instagram and he was talking about how you know this isn't what people really
look like and there's for a pretty important reason all right but this
upsets some people and like I said some response videos came out and things like
that now and I in my opinion some people who are reacting to this video and
there's definitely some issues with Ethan's video which I'll talk about
later on but some people reacting to this video or making response videos on
it they're missing what he was saying like so Ethan didn't make a video
discussing you know makeup verse no makeup right he was talking about you
know face tuning Photoshop things like that this is something that nerd city
has talked about many many times alright so it's not an issue of makeup
verse no makeup well it's like in the context of Ethan's videos I won't say
that like there's nobody out there who would say look you know there are those
kind of dumb people out there who say things like that
right and here's a thing like it is a big issue it is a big issue of what is
happening on Instagram like who was it like James Charles and I think Nikita
Dragan they did a video like a month ago with something they're like face tuning
battle you know what I mean it's kind of like this fun thing and like that's cool
like if you want to you know take pictures that make you look better if
you want to record videos that make you look better whatever it is like do your
angles do your makeup get your hair did men or women whatever it is I do yo
thang boo all right but I believe I believe Ethan
making this video was to talk about the subject as to why Instagram is even
addressing you know the like feature on Instagram in the first place like it is
it is known it is widely known through plenty of research and studies if I can
find someone we come down in the description below but one of the issues
that we we have today which is feeling it's one of the many many reasons
people's mental health is screwed up well one of the issues that we're
dealing with today people scrolling through Instagram feeds
or Twitter or whatever it is and they're comparing their insides to other
people's outsides alright so there are some people who are saying that Ethan is
being damaging to young women but there is also like evidence like actual
research on the fact that all of these like facetune photos all these photo
shop shop photos these are damaging young women as well because here's
here's the issue especially because younger people like a younger audience
they don't know the difference all right like you and me we know we know all
right most of us know most of us know not
everybody knows but we know what we're looking at Mike okay there's anything
done to this there's there's issues it's like you think even did bring up the
topic of Justin Bieber and how they change that this is something that's
been going on forever I like the way they airbrush like you know magazines
you know things like that for models and getting rid of all these little things
like so it's important like that any of us struggling with body image issues or
whatever it is when we look at those things we have to realize like oh okay
there's something else going on but one of the other issues that I don't think
it was addressed in the h3h3 video but which is commonly known as well is that
there are influencers out there and there are celebrities like the
Kardashians and everything like that who promote they promote these like
unhealthy diet teas like what is it a flat tummy tea and things like that and
what what the issue with that is is that they're promoting a product like this
weight-loss product and they're saying like listen use this product and you can
look like me like that's the whole idea behind that marketing right but the
reality is is that there are many people who have the money to get plastic
surgery or they have money for like a personal trainer or the images of
facetune or Photoshop right so like I want to make it very clear to
I'm not I'm not against cosmetic surgery if you want to get cosmetic surgery do
your thing though but I don't think that Ethan is necessarily doing something
extremely harmful because he's bringing awareness to the fact that when you're
seeing these things on Instagram it is not fair to yourself to compare yourself
to these other people because they they are doing things that maybe you don't
know right whether it's editing photos or you know
the cosmetic surgery you see what I mean but one argument that's come up many
many times is the promotion of these unhealthy like dieting products right
like there are have been celebrities who have spoken out about this I believe
Philip DeFranco that's covered it a few times as well and that's something where
like you know if we're gonna get into an argument about like morals and ethics
like who's doing more harm who's doing more harm like Ethan what he's doing or
the people promoting these products that could be harmful or dangerous like I did
a pull a long time ago when I was focusing more on mental health I asked
my audience I was like how many of you are either currently struggling with an
eating disorder or are in recovery from an eating disorder and I got like like I
think over a thousand like people who submitted on that poll just showing how
many people are struggling with eating disorders out there like it is a major
issue like I I was absolutely blown away like if somebody who is so passionate
about mental health and like looking at the latest research and reading books
and everything like that like I did not realize how big of an
issue eating disorders are alright so that is something that definitely needs
to be addressed so I do commend Ethan for talking about that alright now the
other side of this thing all right we gotta cover both sides okay so in in
some of the response videos and things like that about Ethan it is that he's
bullied okay now trust me like I am somebody who loves to trash talk me and
my friends we joke around with each other
and everything like that I love a good burn in my personal opinion and I loved
Ethan to death in his content I do feel he went a little hard nvidia
like there were there were certain times where like i feel it went just a little
too far and i think that's why some people are upset because his overall
message was diluted by like his harsh attacks right like if he would have if
he would have stuck to just hey this isn't reality hey this is what you look
like because i think Ethan did a good job like what he was trying to do in
this video was use like self-deprecating humor right like Ethan as somebody who
makes fun of himself he makes fun of this body constantly okay so if you if
you like look at it he was trying to just tell people like yo be cool with
who you are I'd be happy with who you are like in my opinion like I am always
like struggling with my own personal weight loss journey or like they're not
happy with who you are like you had the opportunity to do something about it
right like when I when I start beating myself up it's like okay well Chris is
always diet there's exercises this and you know all these other things but
Ethan was using self-deprecating humor to kind of say like look it's okay to
just be you but there was a few answers as well a little bit hard now the last
thing I want to talk about is the use of self-deprecating humor and using that as
a pass to kind of bully or make fun of other people like trust me I am NOT a
fan of outraged culture I'm not a fan of you know people being overly sensitive
about things but at the same time I try to practice empathy I know that there
are certain people out there who are not who don't have the UH the thick skin
that I do so I try to be careful about that
and there's something I was taught in 12-step programs those of you who don't
know me I've been clean and sober for almost seven years will be seven years
next month something that we're taught is you know because we laugh at
ourselves in in recovery right we make fun of ourselves we make fun of our old
stories of the dumb stuff we've done all sorts of things like that right but what
we're talking is that you know it's okay to make fun
of ourselves but other people might not be okay with us making fun of them so
say for example I'm making fun of myself and then somebody else jumps in on that
I might get really sensitive because a lot of us we are sensitive people so
that's something that I would just suggest like if Ethan ever sees this or
if you or somebody like Ethan to kind of look at it and say like okay right like
not everybody is going to take things the same way I do it and all that kind
of stuff but you know at the end of the day it does kind of bother me it does
kind of bother me that some of the angry responses that Ethan are like you know
young women are depressed and some women you know or even men to kill themselves
over these types of things right because obviously like there's there's evidence
that people seeing all this fake stuff on Instagram and on Twitter and you know
on YouTube and all these other things that is making people depressed as well
you know so this is a larger issue that has many many many many different angles
to it and again like I mentioned at the beginning of this video like if you're
somebody who is struggling with your body image issues with self-love self
compassion if you know the steps you need to take to maybe lose weight or
whatever it is but you can't do it like just reach reach out and get help you
know or take the first steps forward take that first step forward like a step
that I took forward a couple years ago was becoming vegetarian and a lot of
them was for health reasons because when I got sober I had congestive heart
failure and I was dying right and some of those heart issues lingered even
though my heart is like 95% better but a vegetarian diet has helped my heart even
more you know what I mean and something that I'm still struggling with even
seven years later you know if being sober is just the consistency of just
eating right I guess trust me I'm I'm proof that you could be affected by
eating right going to the gym on a regular basis and all those types of
things but any reach out get help talk to friends talk
to family members take that first step but if you feel like you need extra help
talk to your doctor see if they can recommend a therapist talk to funds of
family members see if they can recommend a therapist for you or a psychologist if
you have insurance call your insurance company see if they can recommend
somebody in your network if you're somebody who is looking for another
option I personally use better help online therapy it's all available on an
app and a computer and you can talk to them face time with them you know
whatever it is so if you would like to use that there will be an affiliate link
down in the description and in the pin comment below alright but there is help
out there anyways let me know your thoughts on this subject
you think Ethan went too hard what do you think is more damaging I mean like
asking that what is more damaging I think both sides are damaged like you
know like you know unrealistic expectations of body you know image like
those are a little damaging and then obviously bullying damaging as well
anyways let's have a conversation down in the comments below
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