Dan liveshow -13 June 2017 - a FIDGET SPINNER for my bday

[alittledizzy]

[alittledizzy]

:22 - Told himself he wouldn't be a part of the app trend, then did.
:53 - Birthday hashtag for the show because his birthday was Sunday; he likes Sundays, feels chilled and relaxed.
1:40 - Shows us weird little twitter video music thingie.
2:05 - Starts long segment talking about redesigning his banner and icons.
2:28 - "I spent like twenty minutes, I was very bored."
3:07 - Justifies using Comic Sans; maybe it reflects his personality best and he needs to get over that. Rant about people having expectations for him
4:33 - Hasn't made his mind up. People complained about Comic Sans so he looked at other fonts; stumbled across Baskerville.
5:36 - Twitter icon used from polling station picture; sign meme.
6:21 - "A lot of people joke, a lot of people make these memes and they put them on twitter or tumblr or whatever...there are certain things that are literally illegal."
6:46 - "It's me, squatting next to a d. Because my name is Dan."
7:07 - Politely thanks someone for saying his graphic design skills are terrible.
7:19 - Sticker on the webcam because GCHQ is always watching.
7:30 - "New phase of my life, busy for a while. Need to update the outside so it reflects the inside."
7:50 - "the d is too small" cracks up
8:05 - Explains he has little to no photoshop skills.
8:25 - Can't pay someone because he doesn't know what it would say, and on youtube it's endearing that it's kind of shit. Doesn't want it to be too professional.
8:51 - "I'm not saying this is permanent, but for now this'll do." Will keep changing it every two days. He spent all weekend doing this.
9:28 - "It might be permanent. Probably not."
9:42 - Birthday; complained on twitter that what he wants the most/doesn't get enough of is time alone to be creative and fully relax. Considers this unhelpful; needs to not feel stressed and fully decompress and relax.
10:13 - Your birthday isn't really about you, it's about everybody else. Went outside, had sushi, it was fun.
10:37 - Shows the fidget spinner that Phil got him. Pearlescent not black; on one hand funny, on other hand "you had one job." Hasn't let him touch it since. Phil bought Dan a fidget spinner ironically and then spent two days playing with it and didn't let him have it.
11:31 - "Maybe you're feeling anxious and you need something to take you out of your head and physically ground you, and it's just quite nice to hold it."
11:51 - "thicc" fidget spinner
12:12 - Says "what's the appeal" forty seconds after explaining the appeal for people with anxiety
12:28 - "Clearly I'm just not relating to the average six year old boy in the universe."
12:45 - Opinions on Trump leaving Paris agreement.
13:01 - Other thing Phil got him. "This is so Phil, honestly." Glass filled with crystals that change depending on the weather; predicts weather. Think it's dumb.
13:30 - Science is non-existent, but "it's a pretty cool... thing."
13:45 - Recap half-dead bonsai situation; friends didn't water it, it's on verge of death now. That friends (Bryony? Bryony.) got him a plastic bonsai. "Not funny. Too soon."
14:50 - Was five minutes late because "another pal" (Wirrow?) got him sunflowers and he knocked over vase.
15:37 - "But. I hate sunflowers." Thinks that people are gonna come for him because he doesn't like sunflowers. "They're too big. They're a bit scary. They're way too bright. And they're just like - huge, look at that. That's not like a delicate rose. That's a thick stem right there. These are like bushes. They're so big, and they're like obnoxious, and they scare me." relates it to Madonna getting flowers
16:50 - Appreciates it, will display them. Personally, he loathes sunflowers.
17:33 - Birthday was lovely.
18:00 - Terrarium
18:37 - Adds something to liveshow notes.
18:47 - Mum got him a t-shirt with the family dog on it.
19:12 - "friends got me" this glass skull filled with vodka
19:55 - Family dog is Colin.
20:40 - Babadook is an icon of equality; he loves the meme but hopes people have seen the movie.
21:44 - Exam talk.
22:02 - Doesn't feel better with fidget spinner in his life.
22:42 - New video when?
22:49 - Phil is away for a few days at a family thing. He is alone, great time for him to be creative and stuff. He has an idea.
23:07 - Distressed because his video background is ugly. "I can't just not make a video for two months because I don't think the background of my video is pretty enough. Maybe just get over it. Who knows."
23:32 - Apologizes because "a couple of people" called him out on it; sometimes he doesn't read the name and guesses what the name was. Sometimes just sees first letter and will be like "Your name was.... Katie. When it could have been anything with a K and an A."
24:18 - I Am Bread
25:08 - Liked Arms, pimps Sims video coming up.
25:45 - Doesn't want attention for himself/personal life/interacting physically, wants attention for things he's made. Likes attention that is people discussing things he's interested in or has made. "Me and my personality, my personal life, interacting with me physically, hate attention. I am happy to stand in the back of the room blending into the shadows."
26:27 - But when he went on twitter it was kind people saying nice things, and insane amount of art that made him feel really nice and happy.
26:48 - Describes himself as "terrified and scared."
27:09 - So much horrifyingly incredibly art.
28:14 - Rant about comparing himself to people of the same age.
29:04 - Won't give someone a grad quote.
29:30 - Advice for law students.
29:59 - Switch talk; hyped for it.
30:54 - He loves Pokemon. He is a Pokemon fan. He is a Pokemon nerd. He really cares about Pokemon.
32:01 - Younow retweeted his tweet.
32:17 - Angrily stating Phil isn't here.
32:37 - Wonder Woman
34:05 - "A lot of people are pro social justice Wonder Woman, but if it crosses lines with their Steve and Bucky OTP they'll not agree with that." Stop indirecting Bryony.
36:58 - Chris Pine, looks perfect. Liam Hemsworth is boy next door good looking; Chris Pine upsets Dan to look at too long.
38:25 - Not gonna be a dick to people who have addictions, but smoking is unhealthy. You don't want lung cancer. His Grandma definitely died ten years before she should have because she smoked.
39:02 - He didn't have friends for ages, it'll work out. Make internet friends.
39:17 - Plays with camera settings.
40:13 - Music.
40:49 - Steven Universe. SU shipping; Lars and Steven appropriate? Lot of shitstorm on tumblr. Can two bros in space just have a good cry about a stressful situations and letting go of their feelings and hugging, without it being a ship.
41:21 - "I'm gonna back the hell up and just enjoy watching it."
41:42 - Line of Duty, he recommends it.
42:37 - Undertale coming to PS4, heart locket that plays Azriel's theme.
43:24 - Politics. Happy that youtube community (which he's part of whether he likes it or not) were encouraging young people to vote. If young people voted we'd live in a kinder/better/more open society.
44:27 - Stayed up all night for the election; had Desperados (beer?) and pretzels and "beasted the whole thing."
45:04 - Explains the hung parliament. DM from Jezza, retweeted by Snowden.
49:40 - Phil's video "reading old emails he wrote to people when he was roleplaying-"; defending how none of us can judge Phil because it's not that weird. "It's not that weird, honestly." He was laughing a bit but really in pain.
50:38 - Someone asks if he's going to do one - "I'm not going to do one... like that." So yes, he's going to do one.
50:50 - "We'll see. Ideas, maybe." Right like it fully depends on ideas and not contracts and an exchange of cash.
51:06 - Phil texted Dan to say he's not doing a liveshow Thursday; "Phil's PR agent."
51:27 - Tinder has good memes. That's what he respects. Babadook. Memes. Ditties. He's just saying words now. Really not comfortable discussing the Tinder thing.
53:30 - Recap of the last week; nice birthday, there was an election, he's gonna make a video, Sims.
53:47 - Needs to unlist the shit out of the old channel trailer.

[alittledizzy]

Phil and Misc Watch 2017
a FIDGET SPINNER for my birthday (June 13, 2017)

Prompted Phil Mention

17:35 (chat) Did Phil give you the fidget spinner?
“Yes"

32:15 (chat) Where is Phil?
"Not here"
-I took that as more jokey than snarky since he’s already said that Phil’s away, so if there IS snarkiness there, it’s just because Phil’s with family (so no more details for us obvs, why ask), not because he’s actually annoyed that somebody asked about Phil

49:40 (chat) Did you survive Phil’s [try not to cringe] challenge?
“Yes, Phil uploaded a video. No, I didn’t.”
“If you don’t know, Phil made a video reading out old emails that he wrote to people when he was roleplaying”
“None of us can judge Phil, [we’ve all been there]”
(chat) Are you going to do one too?
"[noncommittal maybe (after a non-spon vid first? to believe or not to believe..)]”

Unprompted Phil Mention

51:00 “Oh, Phil texted me. I forgot this when I mentioned he was away. He’s not doing a liveshow on Thursday, there you go. Here I am, I’m just Phil’s PR agent.”
-Phil could just tweet that himself…. To veer away from sad theorizing, I’ll propose that he’s actually snuck off to the US with PJ because he’s got a secret project/is involved in PJ’s secret project and everybody in the world is healthy and well

Neutral Phil Mention

10:35 “First off, from your boy Phil Lester, Dan Howell, for his birthday, got: a fidget spinner. That’s right, Phil got me a fidget spinner.”
“So Phil basically bought me a fidget spinner ironically, as a joke, and then spent two days playing with it and didn’t let me have it. So that’s Phil Lester as a friend for you."
11:45 “This is like made out of metal, I don’t know what Phil got- this is like you could bludgeon someone to death with that.”
“Phil injured himself [with it]"
22:18 “I don’t feel better with this in my hand. It’s just something that’s there, and it’s like a big thing. I don’t like it. Phil- Phil can keep it."

12:58 “Also Phil got me this [glass filled with crystals that change depending on the weather..?]” “This is so Phil, honestly”

24:30 “If you want to just watch me internally screaming for 10 minutes whilst Phil is just providing the most insane, inappropriate commentary to possibly anything ever, [then watch their Bread vid]”

Miscellaneous

02:45 “I changed my YT banner, which has been the same thing for years"
-goes on for a few lifetimes about fonts and branding and backgrounds. nobody cares about this as much as he does, and okay, whatever makes him feel productive, but also stfu already. please.
8:20 doesn’t want to pay somebody for graphic design because if he did: “all of a sudden it’s a bit too professional and the whole point of YT is that it’s not professional and it’s kind of endearing that I do it myself and it’s shit"

9:40 “‘Did you have a good birthday?’ said Georgie."
-aw look at how close they’ve become

12:45 (chat) How do you feel about Trump leaving the Paris Agreement?
“I think it’s terrible. Of all the negative impacts Trump's administration might have on the world, the environment is one of the most irreparable."

14:25 “That would be so depressing, honestly. If [his bonsai tree] dies, I can’t have [this plastic replacement] in the background of my videos. That’d just be a testament to how all life has failed and we live in a soulless, plastic universe.”

15:40 “Don’t get offended [by his hatred of sunflowers]. You’re allowed to just have different tastes in things, okay? It’s not like having different opinions on politics and what the world should be like.”

18:55 Colin shirt from family, kind of the best thing ever

20:45 “But I hope people have actually seen The Babadook, because it’s a really good movie”
-hot take: it sucked and children are the most annoying things to be put on film. if you want to sit through an hour of a child shrieking, go nuts. and the symbolism Wasn’t That Deep. meme is more entertaining, fight me.

22:40 (chat) New video when?
“New danisnotonfire video. Yeah. Uh. Phil is away for a few days at a family thing, so I am alone which is a great time for me to be creative and stuff. I have an idea. I’m gonna try and make a video. And yeah. The only thing that’s distressing is that I still think my video background is ugly. Like there’s so many things… I dunno, I’m gonna tr— but either way, I can’t just not make a video for two months because I don’t think that the background of my video is pretty enough. So like maybe just get over it, who knows. Whatever.”
-I feel like this whole background thing is A Thing that we don’t understand yet? He mentioned it in the moving vid and like every liveshow since (actually even the liveshow before they moved? right?). I mean, originally, to begin with, it made sense to announce it will be Different (no longer his room), but I think we get the point by now...? Just add some shit or don’t, it feels like an intentional fixation he’s presenting for some reason. He’s going to turn it into a fucking voting thing..?

23:28 (“”””chat””””) Dan, last time you read out my name as Steven, it’s Susan
“I did. I saw that. I’m gonna- I have to apologise for this, because a couple of people have called me out on it. The chat moves very fast and sometimes I don’t manage to read the name and I kind of guess what the name was. So sometimes I’ll just see the first letter [and go with whatever]. So if that happens, I’m sorry. I have the best of intentions. It’s just because I’m truly reading what you’re trying to say and I appreciate it.”
-oh like how he truly just read that comment out from Stusan (said with love )

25:45 “I’m somebody that doesn’t like a lot of attention sometimes. [s]I’m in the best career[/s]. No, like the difference with that is: I like making things, and I like attention which is people discussing things that I’m interested in or have made. But I personally, me and my personality, my personal life, interacting with me physically, hate attention. I am happy to stand in the back of the room blending into the shadows.”
[which is why birthdays=meh. but all the art and nice bday wishes etc. made him happy]
“So, you know what, even somebody that’s as terrified and scared as me, I want to say thank you to everybody"

35:30 “But a film like Wonder Woman, that literally starts with a field full of women of colour brawling, that’s just- it’s something that has a much bigger impact on the world because simply by existing, no matter how good or bad it is, it’s representation for people. It was the first superhero movie with a female lead in 12 years, since a terrible movie called Elektra and that’s just crazy.”
-Dan coming for Jennifer Garner, rude

40:40 (chat) Future Islands, do you like them?
“Yes.”
-

41:07 “Can two bros in space just have a good cry about a stressful situation and letting go of their feelings and just hugging without it being a ship? Who knows.”
-who needs context

43:30 “And I’m quite happy that the YT community, which is a community that I am part of whether I like it or not, were very encouraging of young people going out and voting."
45:28 “I had a weird night, got DM’d by [Corbyn], got retweeted by Edward Snowden, so I’m definitely on a list right now. Thanks, Ed, lad.”
47:00 “Young people need to care about politics, it’s important.”

Phinal Tally: said ‘Phil’ 19 times
~19/55mins = 0.34 per min
Well I actually really liked that show? I didn’t find it/him stressful/stressed at all. I mean he’s really going hard with the 'obsessing over minute details’ thing with his branding and whatever which is kind of getting very grating, but apart from that he seemed pretty chill and lovely all around. It must be the terrariums, they've got auras enabled.