read at your own risk. I'm tired and just hate this month despite being trans and pan 😑😑

hello everyone. the merriam-webster dictionary defines "game" as "a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other" [1]. notice that it's a competition with rules and participants are against each other. naturally, if one were to see a "gaming" channel, one would assume that games were played on said channel, no?

AND YET! the youtube channel "DanAndPhilGAMES" misleads and manipulates its audience with false advertising. as if the name itself isn't enough, the channel has been referred to as a "gaming channel" by its creators [2, 3]:

so, surely it is not the fault of the audience if they assume that this channel involves playing games. however, let's take a look at their previous four videos:

is reacting to so-called phan twitter a game? is forcing someone to watch tiktoks a game?? MUST I BRING UP TURNING SOMEBODY INTO A PIG??? it's plain to see that DanAndPhilGAMES hardly includes gaming at all. however, at this point, it should be no surprise that daniel howell and phil lester love lying.

untruthfulness is their drug and they've been high since 2009.

even their video titles themselves contain lies! in the video "Saying Goodbye Forever," (which, again, is not a game), DanAndPhil announce that, in fact, they are not saying goodbye, but rather bringing the channel back [4]! their deceitfulness has gone on for far too long. now more than ever, we must rise up against the youtube duo known as "phan." we must demand justice! NO MORE LIES! NO MORE LIES!

Works Cited

“Game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.

Daniel Howell [@danielhowell]. "it's official. we have a joint gaming channel - DanAndPhilGAMES! here's our first video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sVMN-BUlmx8&list=UUuhwvTYFvVZjyBVXc9T7CrA… MONKEYING AROUND 👦🎮🙇 pls RT." Twitter, 12 Sep. 2014, 9:16 p.m. https://x.com/danielhowell/status/510522413797629952.

Phil Lester [@AmazingPhil]. "So happy you guys like the gaming channel :o 💙 100,000 subscribers already?! come join us! http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DanAndPhilGAMES." Twitter, 13 Sep. 2014, 12:18 a.m. https://x.com/AmazingPhil/status/510568145808261121.

“Saying Goodbye Forever.” YouTube, uploaded by DanAndPhilGAMES, 15 Oct. 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYO30KpiVEo.

You cannot tell for sure if someone is faking it or not with a 30s TikTok video

People who probably don’t have DID, probably believe they do because they have some other kind of mental illness and need help not mockery

People who actually fake DID are coming from a place of pain and making fun of them is not helpful

Focusing on “fakers” does not help people with actual mental illness and in fact only promotes the stigma