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We need to talk.

14:44768 summary words · ~4 min readEnglishBy Larpbur SootTranscribed Jul 11, 2026

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Summary

The creator addresses backlash over their L'Manburg SMP content, defending their portrayal of Wilbur Soot as a character while acknowledging the mental toll of online criticism and announcing a temporary disconnection from the community.

The video highlights the emotional consequences of conflating fictional characters with real people and the importance of distinguishing between creative expression and personal accountability.

Section summaries

Introduction and Context

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The video opens with the creator addressing widespread criticism they've received, particularly regarding their portrayal of Wilbur Soot's character in the L'Manburg SMP. They acknowledge the volume of feedback and express a need to respond publicly, setting the stage for their defense of their creative choices and personal boundaries.

The creator is responding to public criticism about their L'Manburg SMP content.
They emphasize the need to clarify their perspective on the controversy.

Establishes the video's purpose and context for the audience.

Defense of Character Portrayal

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The creator argues that their performance of Wilbur Soot's character should not be equated with the real person, using the example of actors like David Tennant playing villains. They express guilt over potential harm but maintain their commitment to the creative process, while acknowledging the sensitivity of the topic.

The creator distinguishes between character portrayal and personal identity.
They reference real-world examples (e.g., David Tennant) to support their argument.

Core argument for separating fiction from reality.

Community Response and Boundaries

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The creator addresses their community directly, urging them to avoid cyberbullying and to respect victims of abuse. They express gratitude for positive feedback while condemning those who support alleged abusers, and clarify their willingness to delete content if victims request it.

The creator calls for respectful community behavior and victim-centered accountability.
They emphasize their openness to feedback from those directly affected.

Highlights ethical considerations and community dynamics.

Creative Intent and Nostalgia

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The creator explains their motivation for continuing the L'Manburg SMP content as a way to recapture the joy of earlier creative work. They describe their admiration for Wilbur Soot's aesthetic and storytelling, while acknowledging the character's problematic associations and their own emotional connection to the content.

The creator frames their work as a nostalgic creative endeavor.
They acknowledge the character's controversial themes while defending their artistic choices.

Reveals the emotional and nostalgic motivations behind the content.

Critique of Online Behavior

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The creator critiques the tendency of online audiences to assume control over creators' content and personal lives, particularly when it involves controversial figures. They argue that such behavior mirrors the actions of the very people they condemn, and emphasize the need for accountability in online communities.

The creator challenges assumptions about creators' personal lives and content choices.
They draw parallels between online harassment and the behavior of controversial figures.

Addresses broader issues of online accountability and power dynamics.

Mental Health and Disconnection

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The creator announces their decision to disconnect from social media and community engagement due to the mental toll of online criticism. They express heartbreak over the negative reception of their content and reaffirm their goal of making people happy, while acknowledging the limitations of their control over others' opinions.

The creator prioritizes mental health by stepping back from online engagement.
They express regret over the negative impact of their content on their well-being.

Concludes with a personal and emotional resolution to the controversy.

Key points

Character vs. Creator Distinction — The speaker argues that their portrayal of Wilbur Soot's character should not be conflated with the real person, emphasizing that acting in the SMP is a creative performance, not a reflection of personal identity or values.
Mental Health Impact of Online Criticism — The creator explicitly states that the backlash has negatively affected their mental health, leading to their decision to disconnect from social media and community engagement temporarily.
Community Accountability and Boundaries — The speaker urges their community to avoid cyberbullying and to respect victims of abuse, while asserting their right to engage with content they enjoy as long as it doesn't involve harassment.
Creative Nostalgia and Artistic Intent — The creator explains their motivation for continuing the L'Manburg SMP content as a way to recapture the joy of earlier creative work and connect with their audience, while acknowledging the character's problematic associations.
Power Dynamics in Online Communities — The video critiques the tendency of online audiences to assume control over creators' content and personal lives, particularly when it involves controversial figures or themes.

“It's acting. I don't support him and I've openly said if Shubble reached out to me and said, 'I don't like this,' I'd stop.” — Creator

“I find it really bad. If you don't like it, just block and scroll. There's no need to start saying a lot of rude things.” — Creator

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a serious video. I've been seeing what

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people have been saying.

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I've been seeing like a lot of things. A

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lot of people have been showing me

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things and it's, you know,

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since it's come to my attention,

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I should probably, you know,

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talk about it.

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First things first, everything about the

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L'Manburg SMP,

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I've seen a lot of people

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like

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talk like being, I'm sorry,

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over-dramatic about it.

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I grew up with the Dream SMP, like have

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therapy. I I've had therapy. I need

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therapy. It isn't 4 years of therapy

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down the drain.

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If that is what caused you needing

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therapy,

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I'm sorry, but that's a bit

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You don't know these people.

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You don't know us.

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I you know,

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it's it's a bit sad that you're shunning

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people for having fun. If this was a TV

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show series or movie or documentary,

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it would be a completely different

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story.

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I know that for a fact.

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You know, it the way you assume that me,

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L'Manburg Dream, L'Manburg Techno

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L'Manburg,

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that we would

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L'Manburg

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the things if, you know,

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L'Manburg the abuse, L'Manburg the

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being a creep, L'Manburg you know,

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that is also pretty insensitive first.

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You don't know us.

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Second,

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you know, I think it's really

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disrespectful to say that.

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You think Techno L'Manburg would

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like L'Manburg the cancer?

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That is disgusting.

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But assuming that we would be abusers or

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bad people because we're playing a

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character that they portrayed in that

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time,

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it's really unfair.

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I could never I genuinely like I'm too

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much I have too much of a guilty

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conscience.

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I was raised well. I could never like

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hurt

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my partner.

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Because I'd feel too guilty.

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Um

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when me and my old me and my ex got in

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arguments

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I would you know, I'd feel way too

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guilty about it and I'd apologize first.

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I I couldn't I don't know how bad people

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can do bad things because

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it won't weigh on them.

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But, you know,

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it's like saying an actor it's say it's

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like saying, "Oh, David Tennant played a

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serial killer. He's going to kill that

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guy, isn't he? He's going to He's going

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to kill people."

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It's acting.

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I don't support I openly [ __ ] talk him

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and I've openly said if Shubble reached

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out to me and said, "I don't like this."

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I'd stop. I've gotten some really like

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really nice messages from people

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who are like, "Yeah, you know, this is

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just brought a smile to my face.

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This you know, made me happy because

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it's like, "Oh, I can watch this style

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of content for a little bit while you do

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it."

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You know, and not have to support an

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abuser cuz I've had a lot of people say

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they'd rather support the abuser.

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I If you guys would rather support the

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abuser, then you can go watch him.

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But,

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you know,

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also I'm not reading off a script. It

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might look like it. I'm just looking at

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myself through my second monitor.

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Uh

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like I feel like I should have wrote a

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script. It might have made me, you know,

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I'm kind of just

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talking as I go.

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But,

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it's just I find it really

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bad.

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I find everything that everyone's saying

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really bad. If you don't like it, just

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just block and scroll.

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There's no need to like just start

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saying a lot of rude things.

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It's unfair.

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It feels like an excuse to cyber bully.

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And it does affect the people. It has

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affected me.

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I want to say to my community, let's not

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harass the people who are

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openly being mean, being like [ __ ]

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talking.

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Just send just recite what I say, which

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is

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I don't support him.

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I'm playing the character he used to

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play, he put on

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you know, not prime Wilbur, not William

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Gold, the character Wilbur Soot.

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Sorry.

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I said this is going to have no edits.

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I'm just going to post this.

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Just you know, tell them, you know,

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just the basic stuff that I say. If

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Shubble wanted me to delete it, I would.

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Because I all like if any of the

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victims, if Tommy or Niki wanted me to

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delete this, I would.

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I'm just here to make people happy who

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miss this kind of style.

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Because that is all I've wanted to ever

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do. Just make people happy. And Wilbur

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used to make me happy watching his video

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and I know it he his old videos used to

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make a lot of people happy.

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I've got I've made a great community out

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of it.

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I've made I've made an amazing community

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about all of it and I'm grateful for

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each and every single one of you.

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It's just I feel like I need to set some

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stuff out, maybe set some boundaries.

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And maybe disconnect myself.

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Because it is taking a toll of my mental

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health.

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I

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I just woke up, sorry for the crotchety

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voice.

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I

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you know, it is [ __ ] with me, it's

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[ __ ] quite quite a few people. I'll

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make sure L'Manburg and L'Manburg Indie

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like

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disconnected themselves as well.

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Because it it you know,

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it is taking a genuine toll. Like I've

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had to had like both L'Manburg

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and L'Manburg L'Manburg call call me and

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they talk to me.

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Because it really is [ __ ] with my

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mental health.

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I I do this so people can

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watch something they they miss. I don't

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act like Will.

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I just steal his thumbnails, editing

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style,

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and his over there, which I love.

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One of the reasons I picked him was

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because I love the I love the aesthetic.

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I I genuinely am in love with I

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aesthetic. It is like my PC,

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you know? We have similar music taste.

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We do music. I I you know.

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So, that's why and he was my idol

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growing up. His His character was my

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idol growing up.

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The character he portrayed.

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And it's really it's it is sad that he

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turned out to be a bad guy. And I'm

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sorry he's a bad guy.

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But I I can't

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control that. And also another thing

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about Rubber Ross Stans,

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I they can they can watch. I can't

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control who people support.

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But they can watch and I just I hope it

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might change their opinion.

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I do.

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Like it's they're not harming anyone.

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Like they A lot of people will watch

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Will. A lot of people listen to Will.

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Will listen to Lovejoy.

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But like

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I as long as they don't say [ __ ] about

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Shibble,

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then I don't care.

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You know? Like let them let them enjoy

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it.

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But if it if it gets to a point then I

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might need to stop, you know?

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Like

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I you know, if they enjoy it then they

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enjoy what I do. It's just

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if they start saying [ __ ] I will open

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the like this guy joins. He was like,

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"Ah, why are you why are you laughing as

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well, but and then he proceeded to say

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he'd rather go support the abuser."

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And I sat there and I explained what the

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Wilbur soot done in chat.

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I explained if you know

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I will [ __ ] talk Wilbur.

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I [ __ ] talk to him. I talk I called him

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abuser.

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I called him many things.

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Like, "Oh, you know, I I called him out

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on everything he did. His apology shit."

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I if I don't like it then they leave,

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you know? I'm I'm not just cuz like I

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have certain people in my chat

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or like watching my videos.

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If they don't like what I say about

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Wilbur then they can leave. But if you

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know, they don't give a [ __ ] and they

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they going to be chill

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and they're not going to [ __ ] talk

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Wilbur or any of his victims,

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then why should I care?

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Again, people don't watch Wilbur.

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I'm I'm not here to stop people from

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having fun.

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I would much rather people not watch

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Wilbur. That's why the account exists.

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I wanted to have a bit of fun. This is

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acting.

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I'm acting as a character out of acting.

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It's a play for theater kids or

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whatever. This entire SMP

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is filled with voice actors.

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I wanted to I love acting.

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We're just acting.

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The love SMP

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is like

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a show.

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And I was cast as Wilbur soot.

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And

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that's what that's what that's how I see

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it. That's how all of us see it.

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And when this show dies down

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and the SMP stops or something,

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then I'll go back to being myself. It is

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just an acting. It's just me acting.

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It's just me having a bit of fun. If you

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don't like it then scroll.

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People hate.

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I can't control that. People will

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support Wilbur. I can't control that.

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You know.

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I find it hilarious that like Wobble

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Sauce fans hate on me.

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But there will be a few people that will

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sit there

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and if they can sit there and listen to

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me [ __ ] talk Wobble all the time,

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then

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maybe I can change their opinion.

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Maybe maybe I could, you know.

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And if I can't, then I can't.

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If they don't like what I say, then they

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can leave.

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Again, I love when Wobble Sauce fans

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hate on me.

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You know.

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I found that funny. I found it funny

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that someone was really upset that I was

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not Wobble Sauce Stan.

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But

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you know, I can't control people.

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So, if you're going to if you're going

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to sit there and go

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he's going to abuse someone, isn't he?

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Oh, he's going to lobby that think

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twice.

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Abuse isn't funny.

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And it feels like a lot of you guys who

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talk about it, I can take a biting joke.

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I've taken a bunch.

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It just gets to a point,

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you know.

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It's just like

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if you're going to say that the law of

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is I'm going to law of the, you know,

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then say it to about like say about

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actors who also act as shitty people.

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Um you know, I'm

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acting as a character.

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A character that I don't like, you know,

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you don't really want people to support

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because of the act of because of the guy

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acting behind it.

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I'm just bringing that character back to

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life

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in a way, kind of, cuz I'm still myself.

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It's just it it gives me excuse to

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do stuff I did when I was younger and

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act on Minecraft and do law. Law is

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something I loved.

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This video's getting long.

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This is just I just want to say this is

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for a bit of fun. This should be going

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around though.

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And people hate.

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People will talk about the abuse. People

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assume that I will be abusive

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because of my the guy who created the

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character I'm playing.

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But um

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If they're going to do that about like

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us

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then you know, I feel like they should

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do that about actors.

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Because

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at the end of the day we're just acting

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and having fun.

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I don't support Wilbur.

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I will [ __ ] talk Wilbur.

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I'm just having fun.

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Just know that we people

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as a collective of humans

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we have feelings.

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And what a lot of people are doing is

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cyberbullying.

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I I'm still young.

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I'm not even 20 yet.

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But I I have feelings.

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And

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it just feels like an excuse to

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cyberbully someone off the internet.

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Which I don't I don't endorse.

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And again as a community

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let's not engage in that.

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Because it'd make us just as bad.

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Just send a comment explaining what I

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you know, then move on. If they continue

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and answer any questions. If they just

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keep [ __ ] talking me then just move on.

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I'm I want to make sure that my

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community is great as cuz you guys are

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great.

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I've spoken to a lot of you. You guys

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are great. It's just we need to work on

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some [ __ ]

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I as a collective

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which you know, I did put in the Discord

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and

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you guys did it like go yeah, okay. They

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won't do that again.

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Because I you know

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>> [sighs]

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>> Oh, yeah. Um

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that's what I wanted to say. I

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It's just unfortunate that people can be

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like that.

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But

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from now on, I'm going to disconnect

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myself.

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Disconnect myself from, you know, as

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much as I loved seeing

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what people have made

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and like, you know, what people are

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saying and like

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I'm going to stop looking for it. I'm

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going to stop looking at it.

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Which is really unfortunate. I loved

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seeing you guys' little edits. So,

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if if an edit like comes on my FYP, like

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something positive, I'll like it. But,

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I'm not actively searching for it. It's

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not good for my mental health.

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Because

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what people say.

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I think I'm the second most hated in the

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Lavas SMP.

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Which is

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actually heartbreaking as my goal was to

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make people happy.

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And this has gone on for way too long.

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Sorry.

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I'm just rambling. Um

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But, yeah. Thank you for watching this

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and hopefully you have learned

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something.

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Probably not.

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But, yeah. Thank Thank you for watching.

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