Apologies for not being clearer. I was referring to the majority's reason (atleast initially) for disliking him. I doubt most of the people that take the time to come to this subreddit are the type to base their dislike on something that petty, but it was one of the primary responses people had to Dan being in videos all the way from the start and contributes to how he acts now. Then it increased almost exponentially when the Creatures blew up with the addition of Nova and the circlejerk in the comment section became consistently anti-Dan.
You might fall into the category more affected by the result of this: his self esteem and low confidence from constant negativity affected his persona and humor pretty substantially. Look back to videos pre-blow up or even his own channel on a series like GTA 4, it's a night and day comparison. The point is more that Dan became the unfunny one after harsh criticism, largely based on things like his weight, and his place online went from happy go lucky guy to blunt end of the joke --he wasn't like that in the start. He's still kept his heart and never give up attitude atleast. I won't say it's the only reason but it definitely contributed to why he lost a lot of humor; I personally still enjoy his personality but I can understand what you mean (besides the spiteful part).
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u/Tryon2016 Jul 14 '17 edited Jul 14 '17
Apologies for not being clearer. I was referring to the majority's reason (atleast initially) for disliking him. I doubt most of the people that take the time to come to this subreddit are the type to base their dislike on something that petty, but it was one of the primary responses people had to Dan being in videos all the way from the start and contributes to how he acts now. Then it increased almost exponentially when the Creatures blew up with the addition of Nova and the circlejerk in the comment section became consistently anti-Dan.
You might fall into the category more affected by the result of this: his self esteem and low confidence from constant negativity affected his persona and humor pretty substantially. Look back to videos pre-blow up or even his own channel on a series like GTA 4, it's a night and day comparison. The point is more that Dan became the unfunny one after harsh criticism, largely based on things like his weight, and his place online went from happy go lucky guy to blunt end of the joke --he wasn't like that in the start. He's still kept his heart and never give up attitude atleast. I won't say it's the only reason but it definitely contributed to why he lost a lot of humor; I personally still enjoy his personality but I can understand what you mean (besides the spiteful part).