By virtue of still going out of my way to read every single comment, including replies to others’ comments (which is not a part of my notifications), I was starkly aware when a friend of mine received some negative attention to their comment on one of my recent uploads. This happened to them because of the way they type/write, in which they chiefly construct their sentences from phonetic puns.
This friend happens to be autistic, very affected to where — among the boundless list of what occurs, which I really should not have to unload for MANY reasons — overstimulation strikes hard and fast, and they’ve had to discover and develop mechanisms for engaging with life comfortably enough to function. They have resoundingly discovered that this method of writing helps them function.
Now, of course, hopefully you know that I really shouldn’t have needed to go into that much detail, in the effort to “explain” it. Because I think a great deal of you, amazingly, understand why Diminish was made the way it was, and why it’s been played the way it has. It seems most of you are here because you’ve long accepted the fact that this channel, and the game it centers on, were made by people who are very, very, VERY different, in ways that OTHER people have always gone out of their way to attempt to bend into the shape they’d prefer. Or, of course, to pound into the ground so they don’t have to look at what they don’t like.
It has taken me several days to attempt this post, because I needed this much time to cool off, me being very biased and compromised because of my friendship with this user. And I could go on for hundreds of pages about all my assumptions and projections about every little thing that made this case occur, and others. But I’ll try my best to make this response simple.
I’m not making this post to tell everyone that they can’t say anything about anyone ever. In fact, my mods can act upon their discretion, but I’ve myself never deleted a YouTube comment in my life, on any account. So genuinely, as everyone knows, you’re allowed to like things, and to have disgust for things. You even have the right to voice those things directly to people. We all know the drill. This is the Internet, and that’s the way of things, right?
Just know that if I see you being a piece of shit, especially in this space, it will cause me to dislike you. That really does NOT have to matter to you on the grounds of me being some pantheon of respect. It’s just constantly clear that people think “I’m lawfully allowed to say what’s on my mind; you should be prepared” means that it’s everyone else’s fault when there are consequences, or that the consequences aren’t actually consequences. And if you've ever found any understanding of the sentiments that Teddy poured into this final scream, and you’re still here, then you should understand why the event that prompted this post is perplexing.
If you find a person who structures their writing in word puns - or my defense of them - to be a sticking point, then that is 3000% your prerogative. It is also my right to defend my friend when you directly discourage them from their personality, which has brought my life so much color and joy. It is up to you whether or not this eventuality is a consequence for either of us.
On a lighter note.
The grand majority of you really, really stun me in the best way. I never believed a group of people this large could somehow be so collectively compassionate and empathetic. God, if only Teddy could’ve seen you.
All the best, and please be good to each other.
(This was supposed to be a SCHEDULED post so I could ruminate and modify, but as it turns out, “Schedule A Post” on the mobile app means “Post It Now, Dickhead”. So here it is I guess)
(If you do happen to find a thread which looks like The One, it seems that the replies that I saw have been removed...even if that weren’t the case, PLEASE do not harass anyone involved.)
Diminish
Hi everyone.
By virtue of still going out of my way to read every single comment, including replies to others’ comments (which is not a part of my notifications), I was starkly aware when a friend of mine received some negative attention to their comment on one of my recent uploads. This happened to them because of the way they type/write, in which they chiefly construct their sentences from phonetic puns.
This friend happens to be autistic, very affected to where — among the boundless list of what occurs, which I really should not have to unload for MANY reasons — overstimulation strikes hard and fast, and they’ve had to discover and develop mechanisms for engaging with life comfortably enough to function. They have resoundingly discovered that this method of writing helps them function.
Now, of course, hopefully you know that I really shouldn’t have needed to go into that much detail, in the effort to “explain” it. Because I think a great deal of you, amazingly, understand why Diminish was made the way it was, and why it’s been played the way it has. It seems most of you are here because you’ve long accepted the fact that this channel, and the game it centers on, were made by people who are very, very, VERY different, in ways that OTHER people have always gone out of their way to attempt to bend into the shape they’d prefer. Or, of course, to pound into the ground so they don’t have to look at what they don’t like.
It has taken me several days to attempt this post, because I needed this much time to cool off, me being very biased and compromised because of my friendship with this user. And I could go on for hundreds of pages about all my assumptions and projections about every little thing that made this case occur, and others. But I’ll try my best to make this response simple.
I’m not making this post to tell everyone that they can’t say anything about anyone ever. In fact, my mods can act upon their discretion, but I’ve myself never deleted a YouTube comment in my life, on any account. So genuinely, as everyone knows, you’re allowed to like things, and to have disgust for things. You even have the right to voice those things directly to people. We all know the drill. This is the Internet, and that’s the way of things, right?
Just know that if I see you being a piece of shit, especially in this space, it will cause me to dislike you. That really does NOT have to matter to you on the grounds of me being some pantheon of respect. It’s just constantly clear that people think “I’m lawfully allowed to say what’s on my mind; you should be prepared” means that it’s everyone else’s fault when there are consequences, or that the consequences aren’t actually consequences. And if you've ever found any understanding of the sentiments that Teddy poured into this final scream, and you’re still here, then you should understand why the event that prompted this post is perplexing.
If you find a person who structures their writing in word puns - or my defense of them - to be a sticking point, then that is 3000% your prerogative. It is also my right to defend my friend when you directly discourage them from their personality, which has brought my life so much color and joy. It is up to you whether or not this eventuality is a consequence for either of us.
On a lighter note.
The grand majority of you really, really stun me in the best way. I never believed a group of people this large could somehow be so collectively compassionate and empathetic. God, if only Teddy could’ve seen you.
All the best, and please be good to each other.
(This was supposed to be a SCHEDULED post so I could ruminate and modify, but as it turns out, “Schedule A Post” on the mobile app means “Post It Now, Dickhead”. So here it is I guess)
(If you do happen to find a thread which looks like The One, it seems that the replies that I saw have been removed...even if that weren’t the case, PLEASE do not harass anyone involved.)
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