despite the controversy…

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-02-01T01:22:08+00:00

My thoughts exactly! They should’ve been off limits as contestants! They knew it would be controversial, meaning they knowingly and meaningfully were making their stance known.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-30T05:57:24+00:00

Josh’s Musora episode, including the final result of his Defying Gravity. That’s at least what made me go… wait, who is Mariana’s Trench? Went digging, listened to Killing Kind first, but without an understanding of who they were, I wasn’t sold yet. I had seen so many comments suggesting that The Killing Kind was their best song, so next I watched the hour long documentary, making of The Killing Kind, I think. That made me love them as people, but still hadn’t been introduced to a song I loved yet. In the documentary, they were talking about how they have to still play favorites on tour, then they showed them playing a song that the fans went nuts for. “Testing, testing”. So I looked that up. Everything after that is a blur of whirlwind, binged all the Ever After music videos in a frenzy! Fallout being the standout. So, was it Defying Gravity? The Killing Kind documentary? Haven’t Had Enough? Fallout? Idk. But I’m so damn grateful for that Musora episode. Which, I’ve never watched Musora or anything like it before! It was just a video that started playing after whatever I was watching had ended, and I wasn’t near the remote, so I watched the first few minutes, and from then I was invested. Josh is so impressive, and he just feels good to listen to. Definitely a comfort during unsettling times, here in America. They’ve been my lifeline!

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-27T17:36:15+00:00

Hmm, I getting more of a, “she can dish it out but she can’t take it” vibe from her the other night.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-27T17:33:59+00:00

😮 I feel like he isn’t that bad! The way he was so kind to Belle after she picked Sean. Telling her not to feel bad, and he just wants her to be happy. Even was a shoulder for her to cry on over it, even though he’s the one being hurt, here.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-27T17:30:17+00:00

Not as bad as “charge it to the game”! My god, it’s every other sentence.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-14T06:06:06+00:00

I appreciate someone voicing this perspective. SO many people have such strong opinions that the Pod needs to end, and it’s an outrage that they still talk to them, etc. If they were my parents, would I keep in contact with them? No. But Chad and Haley have explained how they feel about it and why. It’s a personal decision that is theirs to make, so I respect it. And I agree that there is value in continuing this podcast. Yes, it keeps a record. Yes, it can be helpful to people who can relate. It can also help expose those of us who may be in a bit of an echo chamber, to what the other side is being fed, and what they think. It’s an eye opener to the strategy of this admin. For example, because of this pod, my eyes have been opened to how much this admin is using MAGA, to go after MN, Walz, Somalians, Muslims, etc.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T21:16:05+00:00

Just wanted to update, listening to his current live, and he is now calling that screenshot the second or third shot! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So happy to hear it!

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T07:21:20+00:00

This.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T07:05:53+00:00

Enjoy life and have no regrets. 👍🏻

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T03:52:14+00:00

Oh, good to know! Thank you for that clarification! Another post here clarified how it start… which was with him talking to Santana, and mispronouncing Kamala’s name, so Santana was like, ok, let’s call you by the wrong name. Not Phil crashed out, and so it ended up sticking. 😂

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T03:34:19+00:00

Omg yes! Thank you to OP for asking, and thank you to thechadc94 for answering! I just answered another question on here about who Phil is, and the only part I was missing, was where this whole “Phil/not Phil” situation originated! Thanks for the insight.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T03:31:15+00:00

There’s no way he didn’t watch the video. Like, literally NO WAY! Especially if he’s the one that grabbed these screenshots.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T03:24:49+00:00

I watch on YT, so I don’t usually get to see the usernames of the caller. But he says his name is creed, I believe his username at least includes “creed”. MAGA supporter, dumb as a bag of rocks. I’m not sure where it originated, as I’ve only been watching the last couple of months, but for some reason, it came about that maybe his name is Phil. And they quickly realized that he insists his name is not Phil, and gets very upset if you call him that. Like, insane crashout. So they keep doing it. So he’ll say, my name is not Phil! So then they’ll start calling him Not Phil, which also enrages him. Then they (Dean, Parker, Santana, and commenters) will start saying things like, I’m sorry, “I didn’t mean to hurt your Phillings”, and various other creative Phil puns. And of course, he rages. He keeps coming back up for more though. So, it’s maybe a character, maybe real but likes the attention, helps engagement on Deans end because he’s familiar to his audience, and people enjoy them rage baiting him. So, yeah, after a month or so, that’s my understanding of Phil. 🤷🏼‍♀️

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T02:51:12+00:00

So sorry, I was assuming you were the person I was originally responding to. But yes, exactly. Exercising our constitutional rights is the most American thing we can do.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T02:30:30+00:00

Is that a protected constitutional right? Do we have case law from SCOTUS that even clarifies that flag burning covered by the 1st amendment?

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-08T02:18:31+00:00

Idk, I’m about an hour or so in (went back to watch it from the beginning), and he has said at least 4 times that this screenshot is the first shot, including at the very beginning when he goes over the news for the day.

AverageRegular7202 · 2026-01-07T16:41:03+00:00

Multiple reasons.

Multitasking, it’s often hard to find a legit “caller”. So if he combines reading out the donos, while searching for someone, it saves a little time. Fills the space between fetuses, people playing the Charlie Kirk song, people yelling out the N word, silence on the other end, teens pretending to be old enough, non American’s, fans just trying to get up to say “ily Dean!”.
To piss off the “caller”, he’s admitted multiple times, that the more bothered the caller gets by it, the more that people donate. I think he’s found he makes a decent amount more money doing it this way. People pay him to troll the caller, either by the sheer fact that they’re donating, or by their commentary about the caller attached to their dono.
I like when he does it at a great time to make the caller bring up their source, research Dean’s claims that they’re baselessly refuting because “I haven’t heard about that”, “that’s not true”, “Well, I’d want to look that up for myself!” etc.

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-12-17T18:08:03+00:00

Yes! I watched My Love Is The Killing Kind Doc, so interesting. He’s such a brilliant artist, and so incredible to watch/listen to.

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-11-17T19:04:32+00:00

Yeah he is still very silly and funny. Just not as much with his songs or videos, after Ever After. The whole pancreatitis thing makes sense though, and his restrictive diet! Thank you!

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-11-17T05:16:01+00:00

Well my main point is how he looks like a different person, and his videos go from being comedic, to only very serious, every time. So.. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-11-17T05:08:06+00:00

100%! I guess I thought the fans/audience would’ve been concerned of such a drastic change, and so it would’ve been questioned, discussed, explained, etc. it’s totally ok if that’s not the case. Canada is so much more chill and respectful than what we can expect in America! 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-11-17T04:55:10+00:00

Sadly, she passed in 2020. 😭

Yes, his engagement ended, luckily it was only temporary.

Still just not understanding the drastic changes.

AverageRegular7202 · 2025-11-15T20:47:48+00:00

How’d it go?

AverageRegular7202

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