Dhar Mann is Becoming Unwatchable 

shoulda done the one where the daughter hates her father because he’s in a wheelchair, but it turns out that it’s her fault because she accidentally shot him 💀

If I saw a security guard handcuff a teenage girl and demand that she come with him despite having no evidence of any wrongdoing, I would assume that he has certain fantasies that he wants to act out. You need *clear* evidence in order to detain someone. Without sufficient evidence, you have no right to send anyone anywhere or hand out any sort of punishment.

Also, why is the mom doing nothing? If she thinks her child is being treated unfairly and can see how upset she is, why doesn't she go over and defend her daughter or try to clear the situation up in some way? She goes on later about how unfair it is her daughter experiences this but when she has a moment to intervene she doesn't. Thanks Mom, so nice your empathy for my situation expands only to complaining about it rather than helping me.

Calling a goth person Wednesday Adams is actually a pretty solid roast, since you're basically telling them they aren't goth in the slightest lol.

I go into public dressed as a softcore 2000's emo, not too far gone from our "goth" and literally no one has ever treated me this way, let alone detained and handcuffed me. Most I've ever gotten was playful teasing from my friends, most of it from my actually goth friend, and none of that is even malicious. Leave goths alone, Dhar Mann. They don't even fit what you're going for.

As a dude who dresses in gothic fashion, you absolutely do get judged for dressing gothic (mostly by cranky older people and the obnoxious gossip-y crowd) but I've never had this happen to me when I've entered makeup stores or restaurants.

Dhar Mann’s lessons are more useless than the advice on the school milk cartons 💀

I think by far the funniest thing is that the "goth" is absolutely nowhere near what actual goth people look like💀

8:27 Just the thought of the security guard just walking down to this Girl to hand cuff her is the most hilarious thing that Dhar Mann has ever created. Just him waltzing down the road. "I'm a cop now. I have literally no reason to arrest you. I didn't even know I could arrest you. But I was following you for no reason and now I have the right to arrest you." Honestly comedic gold right there

What confuses me so much about this video is that… this woman is watching security harassing her daughter in the store, instead of walking up to them to stand up for her… she’s just talking to her friend on the side?

Bro dhar man went from “not be racist” to “all white people are racist”, I swear to god, all of the underpaid white actors have played a racist character at least once

Listen, when I was in high school, I looked like the quiet loner who might go ballistic at any moment. However, no one treated me as if I was actually dangerous. In fact, my friends were the ones who made jokes about not coming to school the next day.

Dhar Mann: WE TREAT OUR ACTORS WELL! Also Dhar Dhar: *barely pays his actors* Never thought I’d get 1.6K likes, thank you all

I live in LA and have identified as goth since the mid 90’s. I used to get all kinds of harassed back then. I had to throw away an expensive collar in ‘97 at an airport before they’d let me on the plane. I’ve been followed by security, kicked out of stores, searched unnecessarily… I was even kicked out of a gastroenterologist’s office after berating me about my inappropriate attire. I’ve been chastised, criticized, scrutinized, ostracized, scandalized, satirized all over the way I chose to dress and, honestly, it sucked. But that was a long time ago. The most I get these days is just the occasional stare. I don’t mind that at all.

as someone who has dressed gothic, in a pretty rural an christian place.. I get many compliments on my black clothing, exaggerated makeup, an such. People don’t really see it as taboo anymore.

Remember, We are just telling stories. We're boring lives

I watched this video and predicted the entirety of the plot, right when the girl walked out of the store without getting checked by the security guard

As a goth person people do give me weird looks in public. I've had people give me extremely nasty looks and I've even heard people talking about me. And I'm genuinely goth. Clothes and all.

I work in retail. And you were spot on when talking about the scanning the room thing. We are taught that if someone keeps scanning the room or looking around like they’re watching for something you then have to be suspicious. It’s not a matter if they’re goth or not or black or white. Suspicious activity is suspicious activity

As a former security officer in the contract and corporate sectors, I can say that you are correct. A security officer is an agent of their employer, with the same power to arrest as a private citizen (citizen's arrest). The also can be sued for damages if they are wrong (unlawful detention, kidnapping, etc.).

AugustTheDuck talking about eating chicken is so dark yet so funny.

as a black goth/wiccan myself, I get the feeling that a black man would be the last person to jump the gun like this. Feels weird.

As a goth myself, at least around where I live, people don't really care too much about it. Goth is actually a pretty mainstream style over here. So is alternative and preppy. The wonders of living in the Midwest.

CORRECTION: Dhar Mann has always been unwatchable.

Found it ironic that Winnie was being discriminated by a member of a discriminated community, let alone that he discriminated her the same way members of his community have been and I'm guessing still are.

We’re not just changing stories, we’re harming lives

As a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, I am in need to inform you that KFC is basically a religion for us. We are glad you are joining this cul- i mean culture, thank you.

Hey august I'm genuinely happy to watch your videos bc my mom's passed recently and I'm a wreck thank you so much for the most entertaining moments I've had

I’ve been screamed “emo” at and barked at for wearing alternative clothing and makeup multiple times, (so has my friends) I would say that it depends on where and what country. But from my experience, you DEFINITELY get judged.

My sister is goth. Even though I usually wear bright colors, I still think her outfits are really pretty. And it makes it even more fun to find the perfect presents for her.

At least the mother is supportive of her daughter, that's good

3:17 If I hear the term "don't judge a book by it's cover" I'm gonna lose it

I dont know if I'm too polite, but her refusing to show him the bag straight away is a good reason to be suspicious. I know her been letting everyone else go, but she'd been lurking over the make-up aisle for the first few minutes. Its pretty reasonable to be cautious of that.

Goth and metalhead here (but I'm from Germany, so I don't know how it'd be in America) ✌🏻 First of all, yes, you can consider her looks goth, because goth isn't just a clothing style, but a lifestyle. Our clothing and accessoires are wonderful to represent our taste and way of living, but it's also important to know that Goth is a subculture based on music. We don’t know whether this character lives like a Goth or just dresses like it, but either way I think the reactions in the video are a bit over the top. From what I've experienced there indeed are people who keep their distance and get suspicious, but there has never been an issue with shop employees or security anywhere. Depending on where you are people have become fairly open-minded and even compliment for certain items of clothing (especially when self-made) or makeup. Of course, there are also some dunderheads who ridicule us, but honestly, you don’t have to be a Goth to be made fun of

Oh boy August starts us off with a KFC rant this is gonna be a good one

Theory: Dhar Mann and all of his ripoffs are in a contest to see who can make the worst life lesson in history

You know it's going to be a fun night when August posts a Dhar Mann video. and as a self-proclaimed goth/emo/scene human being, i can tell you that no one with a brain will think a goth is stealing unless they look suspicious like this winnie girl.

What friend says that they think your kid is a bad kid just because of outer appearances? 💀

So as a former goth teen I can say I was stared at often and told I was going to hell but that was the worst I delt with. Most people stare and move on 🤷🏼‍♀️

It's not the makeup winnie, it's your behavior that makes you suspicious lol

August-“Dhar Man is becoming unwatchable” Always has been brother

Goths are not painted as criminals but wow the amount of attention my sister gets for dressing like that, both positive and negative, is not an afterthought

as a goth kid all i can completely deny every scenario in this dhar mann video 💀the worst thing ive experienced would be getting barked at and getting called emo at school-

Actually here in the UK, goths get treated terribly. Back when I was goth, I was followed closely around stores, followed by people who would call me names and try to hurt me physically. I was humiliated in shops and fast food places, etc etc. It causes a lot of gothic teens to SH or experience suicidal thoughts. It made me an angry person who started to intentionally lash out at people. It caused me to have a mental breakdown and do something terrible to my own face..but I got better. I've had a much softer look since, such as pastel clothes and pastel pink hair. The pink hair still makes people stare at me like I'm a freak. The UK is horrible for judgemental people and horrible, badly brought up kids who can cut you to the quick with their words.

girl mad that those 2 security guards are doing their job💀

Worst part of the video was when the goth girl’s sister acted like she was traumatized by the situation so she could get free shit.

This isn't the first "Goth discrimination" video Dhar Mann has done, and yeah, it feels like he's pulled this "goth=drug addict/criminal" stereotype out of his ass because I feel like that's not a connection most people make. For a while, there was a time when people looked at those with Goth styles as if they were weirdos or mass shooters waiting to happen, but I'd say that's cooled down by now and I don't recall there ever being a stereotype that Goth people were drug addicts. It's kind of sickly ironic how Dhar Mann creates this scenario of imagined discrimination involving a Black security guard harassing a White customer because of their appearance when you consider how in reality, the inverse has been sadly prevalent throughout the years. 10:20 And spot on, August. At least this guy doesn't have an unbelievable turnabout like most villains from Dhar Mann's BS "never judge a book by its cover" videos and actually faces some consequences (since I'm assuming he's probably gonna get fired by his boss off-screen). Another thing that I noticed is how ironic it is that the mom was all "I wanna support my daughter and let her express herself the way she wants" while at the same time wishing her non-Goth daughter would be more like her sister and complains about how people naturally assume her daughter is "some kind of angel." Like what does she want, for both her daughters to be endlessly harassed for no reason for the sake of fairness?

even the police wouldn't handcuff someone for stealing a lipstick, they'd just a warning and a slap on the wrist

Not gonna lie, I was expecting the sister to be the thief, but sometimes I wish Dhar Mann wouldn’t make it bloody obvious half the time

“Dhar Mann is Becoming Unwatchable” Wait, he was before?

This is a very good example of how to present an issue the worse way possible. A little background from my side: I have multiple tattoos (they are well done and very pretty designs with animals and flowers mostly), I wore dark / alternative clothing most of my life, I have raspberry colored hair with an undercut, I love to wear dark make up with unique accessories and I love every aspect of my look and it makes me happy when I look into the mirror. But... Unfortunately I met heavily judgemental people who had mean comments on my appearance with no previous conversation. I had security guards following me around until I finished shopping and left the store (even though i didn't look this hilariously suspicious like the girl in the video). I met sellers in shops who didn't even listen to me that I was looking. One time for example I wanted a nice dress for an event and the lady in the shop told me straight into my face that I won't find anything there and I cannot afford it anyway while looking up and down on me with her eyes with "that" disgusted look (I found my dream dress in another store a few days later where they were super helpful and very nice btw). But happened before in a pharmacy, on public transport multiple times, on the street even and many other places as well and yes I met people who assumed I was the biggest criminal on the planet or "sinner" who needs to look more "feminine" to be successful in life. I was even spitted on once on the street and one guy stopped us with my friend to ask if we are part of a cult. And unfortunately you can have these kind of negative feedbacks unprovoked from family members as well or no support at all emotionally, no "safe space" which I think is a bigger issue than a random stranger making comments on your black lipstick. Fortunately though the world is much better when it comes to alternative appearances nowadays, but you can still find people who are not affraid to be heavily judgemental and usually in the most public places possible. I think everybody has the right to look the way they like and makes them feel comfortable in their own skin, also I never understood this behaviour because beside that it's disrespectful what exactly they expect? I'm very lucky that I can live and work in a safe and accepting environment now but that was not always the case. I hope the younger generations won't go through as much as mine did and they can express themselves freely.

I love how she's not even goth

Dhar mann clearly doesn't understand subcultures that well mainly because Winnie isn't even goth she just dresses alternative.

You said becoming unwatchable. From what I've seen on here, it is unwatchable! I'm glad you sat through them to decide what is the worst. I couldn't imagine watching more than the clips you show. Thank you for your sacrifice.

Can we appreciate August putting himself through hours on hours of dhar man for our entertainment

When I was in highschool, either my freshman of sophomore year. I was walking from lunch to the gym, a middle school girl started waving at me calling me emo girl (in a friendly way). I was so confused as to why and waved back tp be polite and went on my way trying to figure out why she thought I was emo. Figured it was my clothes which consisted of a black tshirt (don't remember what was on it) black jeans, a pair of combat boots, and a black backpack with buttons pinned to it. I wasn't wearing makeup and I didn't have an "emo haircut". Again one of my most confused moments .

Fun fact, if anyone other than an ON DUTY police officer tries to falsely imprison you, you're well within your rights to physically defend yourself. That security guard would have gotten tazed. 😂

Actually the looking around thing is a lot more normal than you might think. Especially when you feel like you’re being watched. Seeing how the goth gal is constantly being watched solely based on her looks, it’s no wonder she’s always watching her surroundings. Because if you’re being watched, it makes you feel uncomfortable. When you’re uncomfortable with something you’ll want to avoid the situation. you do bring up some good points as always though. I personally don’t see goths or emos as suspicious by default but I can only speak for myself.

As a metalhead for 25 years I can confirm that 100% people judge based on looks.

these twists are so insane and so subtle, i can barely tell when they happen😭

Dhar Mann: I treat these people with respect and always use kindness Also Dhar Mann: *Barely pays his actors and actresses and just has useless meanings in his life lesson videos*

I'm goth and I can admit that, especially growing up, I would get some people side-eyeing me and what not. However, it is not nearly like this. I've never been bothered while I was out shopping or had people assume I was a criminal.

She's not even a goth. Dhaar mans just a sheltered rich kid who has no idea what the average person is like

I swear if I encountered that security guard in a store, I would roast him back after calling me Wednesday Addams or smth-

I'm not as goth as I used to be but back when I used to dress like that and had that sort of vibe people would sometimes treat me weird. Like I've been told multiple times that I come across at first sight as intimidating which I've always found so strange cuz I'm like the least threatening person unless u giv me a reason to be. I've not been accused of stealing at shops but I've had a couple weird experiences where this lady who worked at a shop was convinced I was trying to buy a vape when I wanted razors, they were next to each other behind the counter and she was foreign and I pointed to it as I said it and she got mixed up and even when I tried to tell her I don't want to buy a vape, she was trying to ID me and every time I had to go into that shop she would give me mistrustful looks. And I was warned by several people not to go to London looking like a goth cuz apparently goths get mugged. But I was a teenager and not taking shit I went anyway and had no problems, I think the older generations think it's a bigger deal than it is.

Dhar Mann in 2020: Gigachad Dhar Mann in 2023: Wojack who doesn’t pay his contractors and makes unrealistic stories to apparently “teach people a lesson”

It is a widely-accepted truth that KFC and Wendy’s tastes 1000x better outside of the US. The Caribbean has the best KFC, particularly Jamaica, but I think The Bahamas has the best Wendy’s.

You should have done the other video with the other "goth" girl where the step mom kicks her out because she is a bad influence to her daughter until she saves her from a bully💀

Can we discuss how ironic it is that a black security guard is treating a minority like a criminal? Like no freaking way that just flew over everyone’s head.

7:56 OK SO I’m goth, and yes, people bark at me, call me dumb shit so yea they think it’s a big deal when I’m in my average fit But we are not stereotyped to be criminals

dhar dhar really is a special man

when i go all out, wearing my victorian goth dresses and accessories i do get judged and looked at in a weird way but ive never had problems in makeup stores 😭

I remember when I was in middle school till now I dress emo/gothic and when I was in school people will tell my mom that I dress like I worship the devil and I’m a bad kid. Workers do treat you like that but not even all the time depends where you are at. I experience but idk if others have. People still pick on people who are goth but the ones who do are the fake gothic kids and other “normal” people. I got made fun of liking the Wednesday show even if it was popular cause people joined the band waged and “liked” it. But it’s not that common to get picked on for dressing gothic or emo anymore but people still pick on you. Sorry for the long message I just wanted to put this out

My friends and I both dress in darker clothes, and we went into a fancy store in the mall here where I live. Well, we kept getting suspicious looks from the workers, and when we went to leave the ladies at the front said she had to check our pockets. Neither of us had bags on us, so of course we turn our jacket pockets inside out and my friends mascara fell out. And they tried to pin us on stealing from their store, even though they finally realized they didn’t sell that brand of mascara. It was dollar tree brand.

so as an actual emo girl i have been stopped a few times at walmart for shit like that just because i didnt "fit in" and every time they come out looking like an ass

0:13 i never turned my head to my phone so fast

I love Dhar Mann. His videos are so well written, and I’m definitely not being sarcastic.

0:30 Bro ate his cousins 😭😭

Just because things have changed at DM Studios doesn't mean that August no longer has plenty of content to pick apart! Nice work!

Yes, this is still a problem. My aunt was going to throw away all of my black clothing because she said it would turn me into a school shooter or something, and my mom was on board with it. If it wasn't for my father stepping in and stopping them, they would have gone through with it.

I grit my teeth every time one of the characters say, "so, you see. . ."

As an American born in Kentucky *I agree with you*

Thank you August the Duck, I was really unhappy because I only got 17 in Lichess puzzle streak but now I know your Dhar Mann video will make me laugh and feel better.

as a goth person, you do get judged by some people. some woman had a trans child and then tried to blame goths and cosplayers for the existence of trans people, it was just so absurd (kind of unrelated example but i thought it was funny)

0:35 in reality there’s a reason to this, in europe the rules on food are more strictest so obviously food like meet is better than american meet

As a goth this pisses me off sm, SHE DOESNT EVEN LOOK LIKE A BABYBAT. SHES NOT EVEN TRYING

The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” is so overused on the Dhar Mann channel 😭it’s like they can’t think of anything else that’s actually original

You know tonight’s gonna be good when August uploads, specially a dhar Mann vid

Dhar mann treats goth people like an oppressed group. Sure yeah, goth people get bullied but they’re not getting arrested out of nowhere in the street😭

Yeah, there is more to goth fashion than dressing in all black and wearing black makeup. Dar Mann needs a better wardrobe department.

3:38 idk if you noticed august but there’s also eggo waffles on the counter too 😂

I won’t lie I forgot Dharr Mann existed since he’s become irrelevant in my mind but surprisingly he’s still famous 😑

This is the weirdest depiction of how some people “fear” goths 💀

I love how she lives in a city that evidently hates semi-dark make up and clothes, and yet she wears it anyway, so that she can stare at people suspiciously and say "I KNEW IT!" when they judge her based on her choice of appearance 🤣

As a former security guard in the uk im not sure how American security guards work but over here even if the EAS gate was malfunctioning we'd still ask to see a receipt in the customers bag regardless of how there dressed its policy to ask everyone for proof of purchase and explain for the inconvenience the alarm has been malfunctioning infact depending on company or shop it will be more of a reason to stop and ask people we always thank them for their cooperation and apologize for any inconvenience specially if its a shop that is targeted by shoplifters

5:27 someone should make an over the top satirical Dhar Mann parody that sounds hilarious. And they wouldn't even have to change much

As a punk person yeah there’s stigma around dressing that way. When I was in school, there was a rumor I was gonna 🔫 up the school. But literally nobody ever took it seriously like this. I had a million other stigmas put on me, so I really didn’t care. I was more concerned about being judged about being in wheelchair than judged for wearing a chain on my belt. You’re treated this way for being goth sure, but like only by immature kids usually. If you want to go for a more stigmatized style go for something like, let’s say, scene. Again, not awfully stigmatized. But more right than that.

8:02 if it's my parents then absolutely yes! 😂😂😂

as a goth, the original dhar mann video was a disgrace- but I still do get judged and stared at wherever I go.

Ex retail security here. EAS barriers don't work like that I'm not sure what laws they have in the US but in the UK we have an ASCONE rule where we can't stop anyone unless we're 100% sure and ticked all ASCONE boxes. 3:27 SUED and would lose his job... 9:18 Yep. Definitely fired and probably lose his licence.