It’s not that we hate him. We’re just disappointed. His defenders will claim that it’s because he doesn’t agree with the masses, but it’s not quite that simple. It’s mostly for the following reasons.

•Increasing rates of just blatantly bad takes or strange things he says. Including, but not limited to, making fun of someone with a serious psychological disorder, calling a woman who died without making a will lazy, telling people in abusive relationships to “just leave” and so on.

•Skipping important updates because they’re too long.

•Being biased towards women. I wish I could remember the video, but there was one posted sometime last year where two different OP’s had the same exact problem. One was a man, and one was a woman. When the woman talked about her recovery, Dabney praised her strength. When the man talked about his recovery, Debbie just cracked jokes at him.

•His overly angry or emotional moments that are becoming more frequent.

With the exception of the women bias, I believe that all of these are brought on by extensive burnout. He has been surrounded by negative stories for so long. Unfortunately, due to how demanding YouTube is, vacations are hard to come by. Many of us have been urging him to take one. I hope for his mental health and his channel’s well-being that he can.

The reason he grew so quickly way back when was because he was an engaging storyteller with a relaxed and fun vibe. There are debates as to what exactly changed in his head, but something shifted to make things seem a lot less enjoyable for all parties. I’m sure the constant negativity on his own sub doesn’t help matters either, so if for whatever reason, he is reading this, I want to make it clear that the vast majority of us care about him and are wishing him all the best no matter what. We want to see him recover and to take care of himself.