TDW 1234 - YouTube Tips , Opinions and How Its Changed
This Is Dan Bell
http://www.youtube.com/moviedan
The Proper People
http://www.youtube.com/theproperpeople
Exploring With Josh
http://www.youtube.com/theartofrealitycrew
Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here happy
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Tuesday from this Serene beautiful
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Fountain here in the orange circle it is
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a wonderful beautiful Tuesday Morning in
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Southern California and you know this
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Vlog Channel this daily woo channel it's
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always different every day some days I
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go to theme parks some days I go to
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movie locations some days I drive around
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in my van some days I give you pressing
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issues
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that are in my mind and then sometimes
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we just like to sit on a bench and talk
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together and that is what we are going
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to do today we are going to have a
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little we're going to have a nice quiet
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tell me if you know what movie this is
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from perhaps we should have a nice
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quiet
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shat now when I say nice quiet
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that does not mean that I am using
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me profane the profane word that sounds
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like that nor am I talking about William
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Shatner was actually from a movie
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starring Jean Wilder it was not Jee
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Wilder that said that it was a guy the
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way he talked when he said chat we
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should have a nice quiet chat he said
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nice quiet nice quiet shat so let me
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know if you know what movie that is from
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so let's talk about YouTube oh by the
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way before we start talking about
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YouTube I'm drinking a coffee
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I got a different kind of coffee than I
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normally get this coffee is a like a
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Bavarian cream coffee they were out of
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the regular traditional coffee so I said
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heck it let's go with a Bavarian cream
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coffee look at this little guy he's over
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there he's over there looking at the
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squirrels and taking
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photos so cool when you see like kids
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having a good time and how children are
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very excited with the things that really
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are important they say the best things
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in life are free and little children are
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a perfect example of that I get very
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happy which is probably part of the
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reason that I have like kind of like a
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childlike disposition in my heart in my
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mind because I am that way too I get
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very excited about things that a lot of
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adults would not get excited about I can
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look at something that normally somebody
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else will walk by and be like oh that's
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pretty interesting I don't care about
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that I would get overly joyed about that
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like a child would which if you watch
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these Vlogs and the main Channel videos
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you probably know exactly where I am
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coming from and you might actually agree
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with that philosophy and that might have
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been why you started watching these
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videos and actually latched on to this
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whole circle of goodness that we have
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created together you and I this
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friendship that you and I have built up
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together and all that stemmed from
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YouTube and I am very thankful for
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YouTube being in my life because without
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YouTube my life would be completely
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different I worked retail for a very
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very long time for over two over two
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straight decades full-time retail
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working at Walmart Publix I worked at
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Office Max I worked at a feed store I
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worked at a store called wind Dixie now
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all of these are not in every state
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across the USFA or in the other
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countries where everyone is watching
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this video but I'm sure you could
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probably do a quick Google search and
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realize that those are our grocery
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stores and those are all retail type
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establishments not only grocery stores
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but also office supply stores and things
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like that so I did that for 20 years up
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until I was 37 years old I quit my job I
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moved into my van and I started
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traveling around filming weird wacky
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wonderful things across the US OFA and I
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did not think that anyone would ever
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really watch my videos I was doing it
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more of as a diary for myself it's
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sometimes I forget about that when
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people start leaving comments negative
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comments about what I should be doing
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what I should be filming they are not
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happy with this video or that video or
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the video last week or the video in the
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future they are going to be disappointed
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on the topic or the subject or the
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location that I go to and I have to
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remind myself sometimes when I read
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those comments that really they do not
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matter so much because I started this
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whole thing for me I started this whole
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YouTube thing as a way to look back at
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what I have done first with the Adam the
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woo Channel and then now with this the
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daily woo Channel both channels the Adam
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the woo channel is the adventure Channel
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where I take footage I edit it down it's
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a little bit more presentable a little
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bit more I don't want to use the word
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professional because I am not a
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professional at all the most amateur
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filmmaker that ever existed and I'm sure
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a lot of you would agree with me but I
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don't think that really matters I think
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it matters about going out getting off
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the couch going and doing things so I
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started that Adam the woo Channel and
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then I started this the daily woo
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Channel as an unedited more intrical
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part a more intimate part so you can
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actually get to know me a little bit
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better more than what is on that Adam
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the woo Channel quick pause alert I want
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to actually let you know also that you
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don't have to pause this but I'm pausing
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my brain on the Adam the woo Channel I
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actually went out to Disneyland
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yesterday and I filmed all the season of
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the four stuff go to the Adam the woo
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Channel and check out the new season of
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the force opening day Disneyland
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video and also people have also been
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saying you should do more Disney you
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should do less Disney I do not know what
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to do about the Disney conundrum if more
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Disney is good if less Disney is good
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people are very adamant in the comments
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about me not going to Disney so much and
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I understand that because life is about
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experiencing new things and doing new
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things and if you've noticed especially
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here on this daily woo Channel I have
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not done a Disneyland Vlog in quite
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quite some time so I changed it up a
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little bit yesterday and actually went
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and filmed a main Channel video because
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the season of the four stuff is super
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awesome I love Star Wars and I love
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Disney so it was a nice little
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collaboration let's talk about YouTube
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let's talk about what YouTube has become
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and what people's philosophy and mindset
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that are YouTube creators is and how it
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YouTube has changed a little bit now I
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do not want to say I am one of the
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original YouTubers because I am not most
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of the original YouTubers the guys who
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are very popular the most popular
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vloggers on YouTube started in like 2007
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2008 is I did not start doing videos
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until basically 2011 give or take I did
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do a few videos at the end of 2010 but I
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did not officially start doing YouTube
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quote unquote fulltime until the very
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last month October November and December
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of
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2011 so I guess I am the second wave of
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YouTubers there are a lot of YouTubers
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who have actually started creating
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YouTube content now if you are a YouTube
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Creator you know what I I'm talking
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about a YouTube Creator is someone who
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basically makes videos puts Vlogs out
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there puts content out there no matter
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what it is not everyone does Vlogs not
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everyone talks about their personal life
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not everyone goes to theme parks movie
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locations filming locations in fact that
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is a very small portion of what YouTube
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is is a lot of YouTubers just sit in
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their house or in their room and they
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talk about pertinent subjects or pop
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culture subject or whatever the very
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popular subject matter of today like
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they will search Google they will search
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Facebook news feeds the trending topics
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are Yahoo trending news and they will
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talk about that I don't really do that
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so much I I think I'm in the very small
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portion percentage of actually what
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certain YouTubers do there are not a lot
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of YouTubers who go go to abandoned
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places go to theme parks and go to movie
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locations now that I say that I now have
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to take a step back and actually correct
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myself because since I started doing
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YouTube a few years ago gosh it's been
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almost four to five four to five years
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now since I have started doing that all
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those things that I mentioned that no
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one was doing now more and more people
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are doing them even though they are not
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on the upper echelon and the upper
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percentile of what YouTubers are doing
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there are a lot more people doing those
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subject matters that I just mentioned
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and what is the reason for that the
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reason for that I think is because
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people see someone else doing something
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and they get inspired and I do not think
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that is a negative thing a lot of people
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when they do videos there is a lot of
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competition oh thank you someone is
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honking over there about the competition
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aspects see not all competition is
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negative in fact that guy was honking
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giving competition a thumbs up
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competition is not always a bad thing
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because competition means that you or
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someone else inspired someone else to do
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what you are doing so I encourage
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everyone if they are inclined to grab a
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video camera and put their life out
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there into the world I highly encourage
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you to do that that being said I want to
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talk a little bit
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about how YouTube Works how you can get
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subscribers how people find you and look
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for subject matters and search for
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things on the internet now this is an
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eternal question that everyone who
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creates a YouTube channel wants to know
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I started let me give you a little bit
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of backstory and input basically on how
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I started this Vlog Channel my thought
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process was I am not going to start this
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Channel The Daily Vlog Channel until
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until pardon me one
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second I am not going to start this Vlog
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Channel until my main Channel youtube/
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Adam Theo hit
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10,000 subscribers The reason I had that
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in mind was I figured
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10% of my core audience
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group circle of friends family
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acquaintances that I have not met the
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circle of goodness who support me on the
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Adam the woo Channel 10% my thought
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process was 10% would actually transfer
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over to this the daily woo Channel quick
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pause look at this car look at this
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truck anyone know what year that truck
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is pause it and leave a comment down
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below that truck right there look at
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that thing that Chevrolet what
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year anybody know what year that
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Chevrolet truck was so if you know
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please leave a comment down below what
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were we talking about oh yes this the
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daily wo Channel now this daily woo
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Channel
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content is really a different stem a
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different tier if you will of my main
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Channel videos for example the main
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Channel videos were created not only as
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a diary but they were also created for
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me to go to places that maybe someone
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possibly would actually search on
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YouTube like let's say someone was
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interested in an abandon prison in their
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Hometown they would search the name of
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that abandoned prison and who would be
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showing them that me I would be showing
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them that so my whole philosophy when
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starting videos other than having the
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diary aspect of my life was also to go
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to places that someone would be
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interested in and I want to give that
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tidbit of advice to anyone out there who
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is starting to do videos if you're going
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to start off at the ground level with no
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subscribers with zero
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subscribers and start doing Vlogs it's
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very very tough to get people to watch
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your videos so what I would suggest what
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I would encourage you today is pick a
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topic that people are going to be
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searching for for example if this was my
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very first video If right now my very
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first upload of all time was this video
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sitting on a bench talking basically
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about nothing that anyone would search
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for the only people who are going to
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watch this are people who have already
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subscribed and have a vested interest in
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what I am
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doing but if I had no subscribers then a
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nice quiet chat on this bench with a cup
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of coffee would probably not get a lot
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of views and for a new YouTuber who
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thinks that they would actually start
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doing videos and get very gain a little
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bit of mediocre popularity off of doing
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Vlogs sitting on a bench probably will
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be very discouraged so my advice I'm
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going to give you a little bit of advice
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if you start doing videos try to go to
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places that people are going to search
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try to go to events that people are
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going to search for so that that is
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basically how I kind of started how I
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started to gain a little bit of popul it
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and I hate to use the word popular
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because in the grand scheme of YouTub
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inness I am on the very bottom level of
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YouTube popularity there are people way
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bigger than I am way more popular than I
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am have way more prominent things to say
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I am just a guy who used to live in my
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van and travel around and see wonderful
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things and now I film filming locations
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and theme parks and fly places and do
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things and my life has dramatically
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dramatically changed since those days of
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working at the feed store throwing feed
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and stocking groceries and I am
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eternally completely thankful and humble
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that my life has taken a turn for the
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good for the positive and so many people
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that I have met in my life you guys who
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say hello if I'm out and about at the
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parks or if I'm out and about anywhere
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say hello shake my hand give me a pad on
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the back take a picture with me all that
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means so so much to me you have no idea
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how grateful and thankful I was now the
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topic of this Vlog was going to be about
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how YouTube has changed it kind of like
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has Twisted a little bit to basically
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how I started on YouTube and how
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thankful I am you never know where these
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Vlogs are going to go the original
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subject was going to be about how
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YouTube has changed I guess we could
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probably talk about a little bit about
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that as well when YouTube first started
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or when I first started you during you
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doing YouTube four or five years ago
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like I was saying I am not one of the
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first YouTubers but I am on that second
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wave of YouTubers there weren't a lot of
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people doing abandoned locations which I
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should bring this up as well I do not
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know if I am the first you could
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probably do some Columbo like research
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thought process or skills on your own
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and figure this out there were not a
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whole lot of heck of a lot of people who
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were actually going into abandoned
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places and filming their
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face look back on this I do not want to
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say that I started the whole showing
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your face in an abandoned location but
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there were not a whole lot of people who
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had the ignorance like I had to film
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thems in an abandoned place and I always
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felt that doing a lot of people call
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themselves herb xers or Urban explorers
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I never use that terminology but I guess
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for the sake of argument you could say
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that what I was doing was Urban
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exploring a lot of urban explorers
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around that time kept thems hidden they
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blocked their face they blurred their
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face out
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out of fear of trespass charges and
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Trust Me based on my past in the last
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year I totally understand where they are
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coming from trust me I do not talk about
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these issues out and about do not give
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specifics on it but they were probably
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very wise for not showing their face on
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film going into abandoned buildings
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because I have had some recourses in my
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life that actually stem from that but
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also you got to take the good with the
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bad the bad bad with the good there are
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bad things that happen because of that
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but trust me the good was way more
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because you guys probably never would
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have found me if it were not for those
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abandoned videos as well as the movie
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locations theme parks and the plethora
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of other types of content that I have
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done but back when I started there were
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not a whole lot of people doing that and
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people used to always I used to do like
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podcast interviews people would say why
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do you show your face aren't you scared
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something is going to happen and I
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always always use this terminology have
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you ever heard the term skateboarding is
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not a crime skateboarding years ago was
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very very frowned upon very negative if
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a skateboarder was skating right through
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here a police off this is like 10 15 20
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years ago a police officer would run
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across the road confiscate his board
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give him a hard time because he was
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skateboarding and then the whole thing
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started skateboarding is not a crime
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skateboarding is not a crime he your
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media it became like a slogan for a
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company and now skateboarding is not a
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crime skateboarding is in the mainstream
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and very very popular and when I used to
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do interviews back when I first started
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doing videos on podcast people people
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would ask me questions and I would
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always say that skateboarding the
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skateboarding mentality which is now
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sort of kind of mainstream actually it
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is not kind of mainstream it is full on
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mainstream I think that is what's going
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to happen with exploring with going into
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abandoned buildings and even even though
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I was not 100% factual and correct in
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assuming that I think it is starting to
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trickle to that descent is it I think
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it's actually starting to go that way it
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is becoming very popular very trendy
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very exciting for the general population
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and almost in the mainstream how many
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times do you actually see trending
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articles on the internet on all these
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different social media sites about top
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10 abandoned location top 10 movie
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locations that are abandoned abandoned
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abandoned abandoned abandoned and all of
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these places most of the time the person
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who is filming them or taking a picture
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in them are actually taking a selfie or
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a really cool photo of them standing in
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the spot or doing a vlog like this in an
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abandoned building but back when I
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started doing videos almost every
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comment I got on the videos was always
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you are a fool you are foolish you are
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an idiot you are a imbecile for actually
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showing your face and in some ways they
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were correct because I did get
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repercussions on some locations but few
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and far between do I have does that even
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make any sense few and far between does
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my mind actually think that that was a
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bad idea because it all worked out and
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now everyone is kind of doing that as
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well so a lot of people are going to
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abandoned places and people always say
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go to more abandoned talking to me Adam
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go to more abandoned places we need to
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see more abandoned theme parks we need
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to see more abandoned hospitals we need
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to see more abandoned abandoned
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abandoned abandoned and I'm still doing
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the abandoned videos I have just stepped
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it down a notch because of what I just
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mentioned and also there are a lot of
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friends of mine who do videos as well
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there are a lot of great explorers on
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YouTube that you can actually search
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actually a few of them this is Dan Bell
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you can look him up he is a really good
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Explorer he goes to a lot of like
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abandoned like hotels he has a whole
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hotel series I've been friends with him
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a long time a lot of people think we do
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not know each other but Dan and I
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actually went he actually went with me
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on a lot of video locations and was not
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on the camera and but as before he
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actually started doing his exploring
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videos so look up this is Dan Bell and
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also exploring with Josh is a great
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YouTube channel for urban exploring
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check that one out as well look up
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exploring with Josh and I must say he is
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doing very well he's gaining a lot of
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popularity on YouTube he does some
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really legit locations so go over there
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tell him I sent you as well as in
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Florida some friends of mine the proper
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people are actually really good at
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putting together great videos of
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exploring so those are my three
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abandoned YouTubers that I am friends
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with that I would love for you guys to
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go to check out so if you ever need a a
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fix when it comes to abandoned location
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go over to those YouTube channels and
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watch them they do it way better
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honestly they actually do exploring way
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better than I do or have ever done I do
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it with a little bit more grain of salt
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a little bit more
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comedy which is also another interesting
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thing because when I first started doing
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any videos with any humor people were
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very negative especially when it comes
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to exploring cuz back then no one was
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really doing videos so much of exploring
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there were a few people doing it but it
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was not as popular and now a lot of
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people are doing it and there's actually
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more than that than the three I just
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mentioned those are the first three that
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popped into my head so that's about it
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hope you guys are having a great day
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this video this Vlog was basically I
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don't know you know what if you made it
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to the end of this Vlog hash heckit
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underneath here hash the word heck it if
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you made it to the end of this Vlog was
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this Vlog informative did you learn
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something new what do you think about
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these vlogs versus me going to locations
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in Vlogs I try to mix it up I'm trying
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to do more insightful topical
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personal one onone or one on however
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many people are watching this
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conversations on the Vlog Channel and
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keeping more of the adventures over on
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the Adam the woo Channel what do you
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guys think about that subject hash Heck
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and I will see you guys tomorrow I'm
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going to finish my coffee sit here for a
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little
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bit oh by the
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way finger still hurts a little bit I
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don't know if it's really badly infected
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but still a little bit sore I think I
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spilled some coffee in maybe coffee is
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the solution to an infected finger I
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will keep you guys posted over the next
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series of days on how the finger is
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doing trying to get more personal in
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these Vlogs and separate the Vlogs from
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the main Channel please go watch that
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new main Channel video and please if you
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want to support me in this whole
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video conundrum that we have gotten into
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together there's also ad muu on patreon
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and of course even more importantly than
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that adamthe woo. spreadshirt.com get
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yourself an Adam the woo t-shirt and one
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of those new Adam the woo trucker hats
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and you will be part a full-fledged part
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of the circle of goodness and I
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completely am thankful for that I'm
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really glad to have you in my life I
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love you guys I'll see you guys later
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goodbye