Honestly it is so wild to consider what YouTubers do, especially ones like Shane Dawson, Gabbie Hanna, Safiya Nygaard, Liza Koshy, Lele Pons, Thomas Sanders, the ones that often go out in public and do weird shit or wear weird shit or they just do weird shit in their homes, because what they do/wear would most likely be considered socially unacceptable in the days before YouTube.
Shane Dawson microwaves a bunch of shit, blowtorches a bunch of shit, plays a bunch of scary-ass shit games, does a bunch of conspiracy shit.
Gabbie Hanna wears her great-grandmotherâs clothes for a week, which tbh she doesnât look too bad in, out in public.
Safiya Nygaard wears things like an eight foot long scarf/sock/thneed, clear knee mom jeans, hairy chest swimsuit, etc,. all out in public.
Liza Koshy literally goes into places like Target, the grocery store, Ikea, etc,. makes a bunch of puns, dances in public, plays other characters in public, does dares in public.Â
Lele Pons, what is there to say about Lele Motherfucking Pons? Sheâs got crazy high energy, runs around, dresses in costumes and goes out in public, even in her vining days she had crazy-high energy. She snuck onto a pickup truck just before the light at the stop turned green.Â
Thomas Sanders; he goes up to random people and starts narrating a story about them, does impressions in public, sings in public.
And guess what? People love them for it.Â
Also guess what? What they do? Thatâs all shit us autistics were trained to NOT do in public. Yes, trained. Because thatâs what social skills classes and ABA Therapy essentially do.
Itâs a pretty wild fucking thing to think about, and if they were all autistic, I guarantee it would be a special ed teacherâs worst nightmare.Â
And itâs not just them. Twerking, planking, dabbing, owling, the floor is lava. All those trends would be considered socially unacceptable in the days before YouTube and Snapchat.Â
If we did that in public, weâd be considered socially inept. But they do it and people love them for it.
Who wants to start doing similar shit? Because I think thatâs kinda hypocritical.