TDW 1351 - When Supporters Become Haters

0:02 Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here.

0:02 Yes, I did buy the Arnold t-shirt

0:05 yesterday. Not in gray, but in a darker

0:09 black color cuz they say darker colors

0:13 are slimming. And I could use all the

0:17 slimmingness I can get. It's my second

0:20 channel, daily vlog channel. It's the

0:28 daily. I dropped my friend Jason off at

0:28 the airport last night. He has now

0:30 successfully returned to my former

0:32 hometown that I lived in for 23 years,

0:36 give or take, of St. Cloud, Florida.

0:38 I've known him since

0:40 1991. It's always good to catch up with

0:43 old friends and get visits from old

0:45 friends. I have been having a lot of

0:48 company at the homestead here in Orange

0:51 County, California lately. In fact, I

0:53 have been having a lot of people staying

0:55 in the guest bedroom. Some people call

0:58 it the Wuio. A lot of people have been

1:02 utilizing the pull out couch. It's very

1:05 cool to have people stay over. In fact,

1:07 I have another friend coming in in a

1:09 couple of days on Tuesday and there has

1:12 been like five or six either sets of

1:16 people, couples or people by themselves

1:20 staying at my place. So, it's kind of

1:22 cool to have people staying over. I'm

1:24 sure they will probably reach a point

1:25 when I'm going to just say, "I don't

1:27 need anybody over at the house. I need

1:29 some me time." But now, it's kind of

1:31 nice to to talk to people, catch up with

1:35 people, have friends over, and that will

1:38 continue this week. But today, I am

1:40 alone today and I'm driving around here

1:43 on this Sunday. Hopefully, hopefully,

1:45 not hopefully, hopefully, you're having

1:48 a good weekend so far. thus far. Happy

1:51 Sunday. I want to talk to you guys a

1:54 little bit about something that's been

1:55 weighing on my mind for a while. I don't

1:58 really know what to topic the name of

2:00 this vlog or the subject matter, but

2:02 basically I want to talk about people,

2:05 not

2:07 haters, not people who stumble, not not

2:10 trolls, not people who stumble on a

2:14 YouTube video and are instantly annoyed

2:17 by the persona that they are

2:20 experiencing from the other end. But you

2:22 know sometimes people will stumble on a

2:25 video whether it's a suggested video or

2:27 maybe it's a topic that they are

2:28 interested in and the way I present

2:30 something might not be their cup of tea

2:33 and I understand that. In fact when

2:35 someone hates on me through the beauty

2:39 of a YouTube comment depending on the

2:42 comment most of the time it does not

2:44 really offend me. What that means is if

2:47 someone's like, "You're unattractive.

2:49 You're un you're unslim, you're a little

2:53 bit overweight, your glasses are

2:57 stupid." Those are the kind of comments

2:59 that kind of make me chuckle because

3:01 everyone has their flaws. Everyone does

3:04 not have the best fashion sense. Those

3:07 are kind of pointless comments. The

3:08 comments I want to talk about today are

3:12 those people who have been watching for

3:16 a long time and over

3:20 time they have become unhappy with what

3:24 I do. Whether it is the fact that I do

3:27 not live in the back of my van anymore

3:29 and travel around 365 days a year. The

3:34 fact that I don't sleep in Walmart

3:36 parking lots anymore in 20° weather with

3:39 security wrapping on the door. Not like

3:42 Snoop Dog wrapping, but wrapping like

3:43 knocking on the door saying, "Get out of

3:46 here, kid." A lot of people do not like

3:49 the fact that there is progress, that

3:52 there is change. And then also that goes

3:55 and applies to the

3:58 videos. And it always makes me think the

4:01 people who are leaving the comments,

4:03 these people who used to be super

4:05 supportive, used to be very very in tune

4:10 with the way things work. Over time, you

4:13 build a relationship either from their

4:16 end, mostly from their end, not really

4:19 from my end, because most of the people

4:22 who are leaving these comments, I have

4:23 actually never met or I've never even

4:25 really talked to at great length. We

4:27 have never had a kinship in person. So,

4:30 I can't really say that they are close

4:33 personal friends of mine because I've

4:35 really never met them. But

4:38 when it from the other angle, when

4:40 you're watching me, you start to realize

4:43 I know a heck of a lot there is to know

4:45 about Adam. I have

4:47 developed an interest in what Adam does.

4:50 I'm talking about myself, talking first

4:52 person or third person or second person.

4:54 I know it's weird when I'm talking in to

4:56 all these persons, especially when the

4:58 person is me. A very confusing

5:02 subject this topic today because what

5:05 happens is the more you watch someone

5:08 the more you're interested this goes

5:10 with TV shows I am guilty of it old TV

5:13 shows movies that I am interested in I

5:16 start in bands let's take this for ad

5:18 let's take this as an example also you

5:20 like a band a band puts out an album

5:22 that you like and another album that you

5:24 like and another album that you like and

5:27 then they put out an album that you

5:30 might not really like, might differ just

5:32 a little bit and the immediate thought

5:35 process in your mind is oh man I don't

5:39 like this album I am going to be very

5:41 negative about this my opinion is going

5:44 to be very negative about this cuz they

5:46 are not doing the same thing over and

5:48 over and over and over and over and over

5:51 and over and over and over to make me

5:54 happy and that kind of applies for the

5:57 videos too. I've always tried to put out

6:00 a mixed bag, if you will, of video

6:06 content. Some people don't like the

6:07 Disney videos. Some people do not like

6:09 the abandoned videos. Some people do not

6:10 like the filming location videos. But I

6:13 hate to break it to you, I have always

6:16 done a mixed

6:19 array of adventures.

6:23 Even way back in the day, if you go back

6:25 to my old videos, they were pretty

6:27 ridiculous. They were comedy videos.

6:28 They were kind of all over the place.

6:31 I've never really catered to one

6:33 particular genre of video. And some

6:36 people do not understand that because

6:37 someone is a fan of one certain type of

6:40 video. They get offended and downright

6:44 mean when I don't do what the person

6:48 wants me to do. And it is really

6:51 disappointing as you progress as a

6:54 person, as your thoughts change, as your

6:57 mind changes. And the purpose of these

7:00 vlogs is to document my life every day

7:04 almost like a diary, a video blog, a

7:08 video diary. Not so much on this

7:11 channel, the Daily Woo channel, of an

7:15 exciting place of where I'm going so

7:17 much or a history of where I'm going. I

7:20 try to save that for the Adam the Woo

7:22 edited channel, but the vlog channel is

7:25 more of a detailed dayto-day personal

7:28 view. Like, I'm bringing you into my

7:30 world. And we as human beings, hopefully

7:34 you just like me, progress. You move on.

7:39 You continue with things, things

7:42 hopefully start here and move upward.

7:45 Your passions change, your interest

7:48 change, and that is what these vlogs are

7:51 all about. And that actually transcends

7:53 over

7:54 into the Adam the Woo channel. By the

7:57 way, a lot of people always say, "You

7:58 say actually way too much. Actually,

8:00 actually, actually." And I really do say

8:02 it way too much. I'm trying to break

8:03 that habit. That is something I'm going

8:06 to really try to do when I speak. is not

8:09 to say the a word so much the actually

8:13 word so incredibly much but what I

8:16 wanted to bring what I want to focus on

8:18 is if you have been watching me a long

8:21 period of time if you have watched me

8:23 from the beginning let's say 5 years ago

8:25 6 years ago four years ago 3 years ago

8:27 two years ago if you've been watching me

8:29 a while and you have seen the videos

8:32 either progress to your liking or to

8:35 your negative aspect if you don't like

8:37 something about But I'm not asking you,

8:40 well actually I can't I am asking you to

8:43 stay with me to stay on board with this.

8:46 But I'm also asking you to remember how

8:50 when you phrase something, when you have

8:54 an opinion, think to yourself, should I

8:57 say this to the person that I supposedly

9:00 quote support in this way that I've been

9:04 quote supporting through watching a

9:07 video. And when I say that I am meaning

9:09 through viewing a video, giving a thumbs

9:12 up or maybe even a thumbs down or liking

9:14 the video or leaving positive comments.

9:17 If you have been supportive of

9:20 someone, is it right to be negative to

9:23 flip on them? And I have talked about

9:27 this with a a few other YouTube creators

9:30 and vloggers. I have a lot of vlogger

9:32 friends and it's very good. Here's

9:35 here's another interesting point. It's

9:37 very good if you do YouTube videos and

9:40 you reach a certain point of, you know,

9:43 subscribers and interest in what you do.

9:46 It is good to have a few other people

9:49 who are on the same level as you, the

9:52 same level of like subscriber base, the

9:55 same, you know, issues and problems and

9:57 conundrums that you have. And it's good

9:59 to just sit down over dinner and talk

10:01 about things that I really can't talk

10:03 about in the vlog because most people

10:05 that are watching the vlog are not doing

10:08 that exact thing there. You know, there

10:10 are people who are content creators.

10:11 There are people that are viewers and

10:14 some content creators are on like, you

10:16 know, a little they've just started.

10:17 They only have a few subscribers.

10:19 They're they're still trying to get

10:20 their bearings and things like issues

10:24 that other content creators at a certain

10:26 level have. smaller content creators

10:29 might not really comprehend that. So, it

10:30 is good to have friends to talk about.

10:32 And I have lately I have been hanging

10:35 out with a lot of other YouTubers that

10:38 are kind of on the same level, kind of

10:40 having the same issues. And it seems

10:42 like we all have the same mindset and

10:46 the same sadness, the same sadness in

10:49 here when someone who used to be

10:52 supportive of you flips. Does a little

10:55 flip on you. Little little

10:58 flip on you. And I am going to tell you

11:00 my opinion on why that

11:02 happens. You start watching my videos.

11:05 You start gaining interest in what I am

11:07 doing. First on a wow, this is a cool

11:10 edited video. I didn't know all these

11:12 facts and figures about this place. And

11:14 then you start to say, who is this atom

11:17 guy? I kind of like or I kind of dislike

11:20 this atom guy. And you start start maybe

11:24 having me start to grow on you a little

11:26 bit. You start to think, yeah, wow, this

11:28 guy's not as irritating as I thought he

11:31 was. And then you feel like what I am

11:35 doing is something you would be

11:36 interested in. And you subscribe, you

11:39 start watching, you start to get to know

11:41 me. And as you get to know me from your

11:44 side of the computer screen, as this

11:47 happens, you become friends with me. You

11:51 become you have a relationship with me.

11:54 And this over time is developed day by

11:58 day by day by day by day. And this is a

12:00 beautiful thing. This is what makes this

12:02 YouTube such a wonderful circle of

12:05 goodness. I've used that word many

12:07 times. But the negative, the one small

12:11 negative of that is people that I have

12:14 never

12:15 met assuming that they are close

12:20 personal bffs of mine and that they can

12:25 say anything to me through comments

12:29 obviously. But okay, you know, when you

12:33 are your family members or your best

12:35 friends, you are going to be almost a

12:39 little bit meaner and a little bit more

12:41 honest and a little bit more open to

12:44 people that you care about, the people

12:47 that you have a relationship with, than

12:49 you would be to a total stranger. If I

12:52 met a man walking over here and he told

12:55 me in his opinion, I would just say,

12:57 "Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good. I

12:59 I respect your opinion. Have a good day,

13:01 sir. But when it's someone either in

13:04 your family, someone you are dating,

13:06 someone you are married to, someone you

13:09 have been friends with for a long time,

13:11 when they give you their opinion, you

13:13 don't agree with it, you are quick to

13:15 kind of snap on them and tell them, "No,

13:17 no, no, no, no. This is how it needs to

13:20 be." And that is what is happening with

13:23 the comments with people who have been

13:25 watching since day one. And it's very

13:28 bothersome because it is very

13:30 disheartening and heartbreaking to hear

13:33 that. And then when people say you're

13:36 not who you used to be, your content is

13:38 not what it used to be. Especially on

13:41 this vlog channel, people still cannot

13:45 comprehend and understand that this vlog

13:48 channel is what I do every single day.

13:51 It is what I'm doing today. I'm driving

13:52 around. I'm going to go to this Goodwill

13:55 soon as it opens. I'm going to go in

13:56 that Goodwill and I'm going to shop

13:58 around, buy some stuff. Who knows what

14:01 I'm going to get and then I'm going to

14:03 go back and I'm going to continue

14:04 editing a new main channel video for the

14:06 Adam the Woo

14:08 channel. And the difference between

14:10 these two channels is this is an

14:11 unedited more heartfelt open whatever is

14:14 on my mind or whatever I want to show

14:16 you. That is what I am showing you

14:18 talking about on a daily basis. Now

14:20 there's someone sitting standing beside

14:22 me that's pulled up here in this white

14:24 van that is kind of kind of weird that

14:26 this person just kind of pulled up. I'm

14:29 feeling very awkward now. Feeling very

14:31 I'm feeling very Maybe that's someone

14:34 Maybe that's someone that has left a

14:36 comment that they heard me talking about

14:39 how I was not happy with their com. I'm

14:42 not talking about trolls. I'm not

14:44 talking about haters. I'm not talking

14:46 about have people who have complete

14:49 disdain for what I do yet they cannot

14:52 undraw themsel from my tractor beam.

14:56 That is hilarious too. Those who are

14:59 watching these videos that clearly

15:01 dislike me but they keep commenting.

15:04 That is not what I am talking about.

15:06 They keep watching. That is not what I

15:08 am talking about. I am specifically

15:11 talking about those who have been

15:13 supportive and I have done something

15:17 something think about this 1300 plus

15:21 1300 days far past three and a half

15:25 years of these daily vlogs and I'll do

15:28 something in one vlog. I'll say one

15:31 thing that someone who used to be 100%

15:36 supportive does not either agree with or

15:39 does not like and from then on out they

15:44 start becoming negative in the comments

15:46 and I understand if you are not happy

15:49 with what I am doing you should be

15:51 sharing that but if it's something super

15:55 minute if it's something super minute is

15:58 it really try is it really worth? If you

16:01 are quote unquote supportive, is it

16:04 really worth drilling it into my head

16:07 constantly? If I do something, if I film

16:10 a vlog and you are not happy with it, do

16:13 you really need, is it necessary for you

16:16 to put that out there for me to read,

16:19 which is basically just going to bum me

16:21 out, make me very sad, and that's what

16:23 it does. I don't really know if any of

16:25 this made any sense. I've just been

16:28 thinking about this a lot

16:29 lately about what people say. I don't

16:32 always reply to comments, but I always

16:35 do read the comments. Usually the way

16:37 the comment section works is I'll put a

16:39 vlog up. Thank goodness the comments are

16:41 working again on YouTube, by the way.

16:43 I'll put a vlog up and I'll read the

16:46 comments for a day or two and then I

16:49 don't really read the comments anymore.

16:50 So, if you want me to see stuff, you put

16:52 it in the daily the daily comments

16:55 because I always read them. I try to

16:56 reply to a few, but after a couple days,

16:59 I have moved on to other videos, other

17:01 projects. You know, so many different

17:02 vlogs. It's hard to go back and read all

17:05 the comments. And most of the comments

17:07 are positive. 99%, well, 94 95% of the

17:10 comments are positive. I definitely have

17:13 a

17:15 very core group of supportive people and

17:18 for that I am very, very thankful for.

17:22 But it's just there because there's a

17:23 couple people that just I it just really

17:25 makes me sad. It makes me really sad

17:28 because you know I always want to please

17:31 everyone to please everyone who has been

17:33 there especially from the beginning and

17:36 it just seems I can't do

17:37 that. But think about this if you're

17:40 watching this and you feel this is not

17:42 going out to any one person or two

17:43 people or three people. This is a

17:45 conglomerate group of about a dozen or

17:49 so people that I could probably pinpoint

17:51 if I was to say you you you. If you are

17:54 one of this baker's dozen people in your

17:56 mind that is thinking Adam is talking

17:59 directly to me, I am going to ask I'm

18:02 going to ask a favor of you. Think about

18:05 your life. Think about what you have

18:07 done over the last three and a half

18:10 years. the same amount of time that I

18:12 have been doing these

18:14 vlogs, what have you done anything that

18:17 maybe I would disagree with or maybe I

18:20 would say I don't really agree with him

18:22 on this and would you get upset if I was

18:26 to call you up or text you or email you

18:30 or see you on the street and say you,

18:33 hey, you did one little thing that I did

18:35 not like. You're not the same as you

18:38 once were. Would that offend you? Would

18:41 that hurt your feelings? So, if you feel

18:44 like this vlog is specifically for you,

18:48 please take that into

18:51 consideration. I think there's a Bible

18:53 verse that says, "Do unto others as you

18:56 would have them do unto you." I do not

18:59 know what the Bible scripture is. If you

19:03 guys know, you can leave a comment down

19:04 below. I may even be incorrect. that

19:06 that actually might not even be a Bible

19:07 verse, but that is a saying that I

19:10 remember from my youth. So, just think

19:12 about that with words as well. Something

19:14 my dad used to always tell me. My dad

19:16 was a preacher for a long time, and he

19:18 would say this in some of his sermons.

19:20 Sticks and stones may break my bones,

19:23 but words will never hurt me. And my

19:28 father used to always say this, that

19:31 phrase is completely untrue. Sticks and

19:34 stones will break your bones. and words

19:36 definitely will hurt you and hurt me.

19:39 So, let's very be very cautious in what

19:43 we say to each other, to our people we

19:46 support, our friends, our vicarious

19:48 friends. Let's let's keep this whole

19:51 thing happy and this circle of goodness

19:53 going. I'm trying to put good out there

19:55 into the world. I'm trying to put

19:57 happiness out there into the world.

20:00 Please do me a favor and if you are

20:03 supportive, I'm not talking about the

20:05 haters. I'm not talking about the

20:06 negative people who are going to leave

20:08 12,000 comments down below about like,

20:11 you know what, Adam, I don't agree with

20:12 you. I don't like your videos anyway. Go

20:14 away. Go away. I hate you. I hate you. I

20:17 don't care what you say. You are

20:18 completely unimportant to me. The people

20:21 that are important to me are those who

20:23 have been watching a long time and I

20:25 have done something, whatever it is,

20:28 said one word. Maybe it's the word

20:29 actually. Maybe because I say actually

20:32 so much that bothers you so much. Trying

20:34 to work on that. I'm trying to work on

20:36 my faults when presenting videos for my

20:40 main channel, the Adam Woo channel, and

20:42 this channel, the vlog channel. Bear

20:44 with me,

20:46 please. Kindness in the comments is all

20:51 I ask. I'm trying to put good out there.

20:54 I really would appreciate good brought

20:56 back to me. I love all you guys, even

21:00 those that I have been talking about. I

21:02 love you too as well. I'm going to go

21:03 get some some thrift store stuff and I

21:06 cannot communicate very well because I

21:08 have not been caffeinated. I have a lot

21:10 going on today. I have to do some

21:11 editing after some thrift shopping. Have

21:13 a new main channel video that I'm going

21:14 to try to get up probably tomorrow

21:16 night, tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow

21:18 night. And then I have more company

21:20 coming in. A lot of company. And I want

21:23 you to be my company, my threes company,

21:25 if you will. Come and knock on my door.

21:28 I'll be waiting for you. If you made it

21:31 to the end of this vlog, # heckit

21:35 2. 21 minutes and 40 seconds. Goodbye.

TDW 1351 - When Supporters Become Haters

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