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Going to Phil's to do the Laundry

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“Have you read the comments?“

“Yeah?“

“They’re mostly about how Adam is a precious cinnamon roll, too perfect for this world… it’s an internet thing.“

Worth It: Andrew Version // Steven Version Buzzfeed Unsolved: Ryan Version // Shane Version

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So I saw this picture on Twitter from the Glasgow show where someone dressed up as The Professor and gave an impromptu Puppet History lesson:

(photo from @/lemon_nocturnal on Twitter)

And I just love how both Shane and Lizzie are so delighted by it all:

… and then there is Ryan:

*war flashbacks*

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LIZZIE JUST COVERING HER FACE😭

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Will you be able to share the video of Shane trying to carry Ryan and failing miserably? 😆

I didn't get the very first second but look upon the aftermath

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I know I already made one post about people being racist toward Ryan and especially Steven in the wake of the streamer announcement, but I thought I'd go ahead and make a little collection of commentary that shows exactly what I was talking about re: vilifying Ryan and Steven (men of color) while acting like Shane (white man) is an innocent victim.

So, on a post with screencaps showing the team talking about how they'll allow password sharing on the streamer, we have:

Reminder that this is what they actually looked like:

All smiles, including from Steven, who btw has talked on Pod Watcher about how he's had difficulty emoting his whole life and used to practice smiling growing up. So yes, his smile is small, but that doesn't make it less genuine, you assholes.

Another funny one considering Shane lives the exact same lifestyle that Ryan and Steven do. He blows money at a grocery store he doesn't like for weeks on end because he's not sure if he really likes it or not. He buys a ton of different fancy pencils to test them out because he had a whim about it. He upgrades his flights when he wants (such as for his and Sarah's wedding), he buys expensive pajamas from Ireland, he takes piano lessons. He has and uses the exact same amount of disposable cash as Ryan and Steven do, and has several podcast episodes in a row dedicated to his purchases, and yet you only focus on bashing Ryan and Steven for it because . . . ? Don't bother answering. We know the answer.

This is just a small sample of the comments that have been out there today. It's truly ugly. Even setting aside what Steven has done for Watcher (Ryan AND SHANE have made it clear Watcher would not exist without him managing the financials because they can't do it), he's a human being and he doesn't deserve the racist vitriol this fandom has spewed at him. He's already made it clear this is not his dream; if he walked after today's show of bigotry it wouldn't surprise me. I'd say the same for Ryan, but it IS his dream, so.

Regardless. Shane is a grown man and one of the founders of the company. You know damn well he agreed to this. Stop acting as if evil men of color forced your poor white fave into something he didn't want to do. It's fucking racist whether you're intending to be or not, and regardless of how stupid this decision was, Steven and Ryan are still real human beings who don't deserve racist backlash.

Be. Fucking. Better.

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This is beautiful

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STUNNING

Best photo I got tonight 😂

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Birth.

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HATE how much better going for a walk outside makes you feel. fuck this. yeah im grabbing my shoes give me a minute

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i think it's fine to have criticised their decisions and be forgiving to their response. it's what they wanted. it isn't "crawling back to them". you can still have been a dedicated fan and felt this way. they even admitted they messed up a little bit wrt saying everyone could afford it.

but if you were horrible to them, like wishing their downfall, calling them stupid names, being outright racist and disgusting about steven, or basically anything beyond criticism of watcher.tv, i don't think you should come back.

i don't know how half of these people could call themselves fans; you didn't HAVE to follow them to watcher. so many people made out like it was a chore to support their videos and they "preferred buzzfeed stuff anyway". well. you didn't ever have to be here? they had set out their intentions for their content to be different to that of buzzfeed, had show trailers so you could decide if it's for you, and it's been 4 goddamn years!!!! why the hell are you still around if you don't like their stuff????

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Im just going to say the racism and some of yall being so fucking mean wasnt needed. Some of yall really fucking suck. Like really?? Fucking twitter,tiktok,here. Mean ass fucking people. Some hoping they go bankrupt and have to go back to YouTube. People wishing they never left buzzfeed. Just such bullshit wasnt needed. Some of yall turned your backs so quickly and its like we're yall ever fans??

#watcher #watcher entertainment #ryan bergara #shane madej #steven lim

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Now that everyone is back on watchers good side are you going to acknowledge the racism thrown at Steven and Ryan, while saying Shane was innocent or nah? Are you also going to acknowledge that Shane and Ryan are adults who agreed to this bad business move or continue to just be racist towards Steven?

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Plenty of y'all fans in the Watcher fandom really gonna just gloss over the fact that you were vile to these people just a few days ago.

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I feel like we need to start really pushing for hate crimes against women to actually be treated as such. It's fucking insane that a man can beat/rape/murder a woman, call her sexist slurs during the attack, and then tell the police and press that he did it because he hates women, but somehow this isn't considered a hate crime. The only reason places don't want to do it is because there's so many that it would mean like 90% of hate crime victims would be women (literally the reason the uk gave for not doing it a few years back)

It's extra crazy because wasn't it something like 80% of mass murderers have a history of harrasment and violence against women and girls? You would think it would be a no brainer to treat these crimes seriously to prevent these men from getting out and committing even more violent and horrific crimes, but that would mean treating women as people and not shock absorbers for society I guess.

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Ok y’know what yeah I’m mad about this. I’m mad that people are being so fucking hateful towards the Watcher crew over this, like they owe you something. I’m mad that people are apparently dogpiling on Steven as if Ryan and Shane have no say in a company that the three of them made together as friends. I’m mad that people are acting like Watcher is now the same as Netflix or Spotify when password sharing is being actively encouraged and not everything is being locked behind the paywall - not to mention that watcher has a staff of less than 30 people at this point. I’m mad that there are actually people who want this to FAIL. I’m mad that you all seem to think art should be free. What is wrong with all of you? Being a little disappointed or frustrated is obviously okay, but some of the stuff some of you guys are saying is straight up wicked, racist, and unnecessary. Grow up, touch grass, and remind yourselves that the universe doesn’t revolve around you. There are more important things to be this upset about, so try to use your energy on those things instead, you fucking toddlers.