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genuinely hope he's not a child predator because I used to watch him a lot when I was younger and he was always entertaining but you really cant be so sure edit: Im not referencing ohm's shitty pissy self just hoping something new doesnt come to light or something
Tbf, when you have suicidal thoughts that usually means that you have nothing to lose, which leads to not thinking straight. I’m not saying what he did was justified, but that I see why he did it.
I have never seen a creator try so hard to be like Markiplier without having any genuine charisma or genuine niceness. Small man really is something else
He was actually really entertaining back when he could bounce off of the group in the 2014 era. But when he left the Vanoss crew his content went so far downhill and his career suicide culminated with him being outed as a manipulative groomer p*do. It’s honestly really depressing if you look back at those 2014 videos now
@@zenwave1051 I found his channel through his Cards Against Humanity videos and those were holarious because it was a group of friends just fucking around. But I never subbed because by himself he was always kinda boring.
I can't believe this guy actually tried to convince a teenager that if she told anyone, she'd cause thousands of death. That's... deranged shit, not just manipulative. That's scary.
100%. That really is next level. It would be bad and disgusting if he threatened to kill himself if she told anyone, but he tried to say that other people would kill themselves- practically putting their death on her conscience. Sickening.
what's funny is, if you ever watched "To Catch a Predator" with Chris Hansen. Like literally 95% of the predators say things similar to Mini. "I was depressed, my mental health hasn't been good, I was lonely, I was in a dark place, I wanted to just talk to someone, etc."
@@bb8buddygaming1103 I can't be a pred hunter because tbh I'd just be like 'you finding the strongest beam in your house would've been a better choice. Do. It.'
I'm sure those predators really honestly are depressed and lonely. What the pedos don't seem to understand is that being depressed and lonely doesn't give you a free pass to be disgusting.
@@coinwater8511 Yea true true, though real talk that's where we do always say there is a mental illness wrong with them. Though you do have some who have bad intentions...
@@daredevil48 I think the main difference between those with & without bad intent is that the ones with bad intent usually act on their desires. It's not hard to willfully be a virgin or just stick to consenting adults & mental illness doesn't change that.
I'm honestly stunned that a significant number of people were willing to entertain "I sexually pursued teenage girls because I was depressed, sorry but I'm in therapy now", that's not something you just start doing impulsively to this extent.
I think for some people they put their enjoyment of the content he provides over the pain of a victim and will latch on to any excuse he'd offer so that they can use it too. Or they're also manipulators in their own lives that use the same excuses.
@Death Omen As a sixteen year old who was diagnosed with Atypical Depression, the fact that so many people were willing to entertain that fucked up "Depression" excuse for predatory actions sickens me. Edit: There are many different types of Depression. I have Atypical Depression, so I can safely say that whatever type someone has, is absolutely no excuse and should never be a gateway to be a predator. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Pursuing underage people is not a symptom at all of *any* type of Depression. And even *if* it is, it's still no excuse. Explanation, but *never* an excuse. No matter your mental illness, you deserve to be locked up for pulling the shit he pulled.
@@DelilahDarling17 if anything him actually having depression would mean even if someone came into HIM he wouldn't even care about the flirting.i have major depressive disorder and when you're in a down time you are apathetic if anything, you feel nothing emotional.
Think about the fact that Jenna Marbles made a longer, better and WAY more sincere apology over getting the wrong tank for a fish, than Mini Ladd’s apology over literally being a kiddie fiddler. That’s sad.
"Kiddie fiddler" 16 and 17y olds that are able do professional job being discord admins and depending on country and state able drive, have sex legally and be prosecuted in court as adults. Given already mentioned wide range of age of consent where that age range is on upper end and having seen how youth acts amongst them selfs acting often more mature than 25y olds, i dont think this get anywhere near pedo territory. How about treating people and checking how developed they are as individuals, instead of grouping them and going with lowest common denominator? Same with perp in question, lookin into context. In minis case sure i agree his manipulative sociopath, but his arguments are rather solid and i dont see issue with the relationship on it self, other than famous vs fan dynamic.
This could of been avoided by not constantly trying to lie out of his ass. A twenty year old even talking to a sixteen year old is only illegal on Twitter. If that’s all this was about it would just be another dumbass callmecarson situation. But this was very different than the callmecarson situation
I will remember Mini, but the name "Craig Thompson" should forever be buried under our foot, heck the ground didn't do anything wrong to deserve being associated with that name
My heart broke when I heard terroriser's point of view. You can really tell he cares about his friends and was genuinely taken aback by his disgusting behaviour. Even though his friends wouldn't value him as much as they really should, he would stand up for them. You can really tell he felt betrayed by the behaviour from a person he thought was his friend. I really love terroriser and I hope that his friends are there for him as much as he is for them.
I found the crew recently, during the among us wave. I found nogla, wild cat, terrorizer, etc. I loved their dynamic and loved watching their content. Then I found out about how mini ladd was connected to them, which was wild to me because I knew of the drama before I knew of the backstory. Then I heard about how mini tried to make Brian look bad by shitting on him and excluding him from the group during one of the few times Brian was in the US. And you could tell Brian was hurt because he wanted to have a nice dinner with friends he had known for years but were separated by distance, and Craig took that away from him because Craig was petty. And Brian even approached him at like an after party and was like "talk to me directly if you have a problem with me, not behind my back to OUR friends". I gained so much respect for Brian after hearing his side of the story. And just seeing him handle the drama in general, like saying Craig left the group of his own accord and talked shit about his friends unprovoked so thats why he doesn't get invited to game sessions. Despite Craigs manipulation, Brian always stuck to the simple truth that wasn't destructive or harsh to Craig and his character. Craigs response showed us who he really is, and Brian let that happened because he knew shitty people will reveal their own shitty behavior in time. I have mad respect for Brian, and he seems like a true friend. I hope his current friends keep him around, because he is a rare one
@@reiniamajiki4179 your response is much more articulated than mine lmao and you said what I was wanting to. I love how Brian's not taking any of his shìt and how you can tell he is very disappointed by how shitty he is being.
as someone with clinical depression who’s attempted to commit, i’m so tired of people using that as an excuse to do terrible things, it’s bs and helps further stigmas around mental health.
I've struggled with suicidal thoughts off and on for years. It's been a "two steps forward, one step back" type deal, as I've made slow progress but i regress sometimes. There was a time when the only thing stopping me was the pain I would cause my little brother and my parents when they found me. I can't imagine actively weaponizing my mental health struggle against them to get what I want. Not in a million years.
@Sleeping Quest Ah yes, it's not mature to say raping kids isn't a cry for help. The self hatred must be strong if you hate when people agree with you. Or you're just fine with kids being hurt and you're only virtue signaling.
Ironic, Craig wanted to remove himself from Vanoss’s shadow. He wanted to carve out his own identity, his own legacy, and for that, he got exactly what he wanted. As the old saying goes, the devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for.
I find it oddly similar to a monkey's paw type logic, He did carve out his own identity, and he did separate himself from Vanoss and company But only to be identified and labelled as a pathological liar, manipulator and narcissist. He achieved what he originally wanted. But the way in which he did it, or the repercussions of such an identity were not what he wanted at all.
@@John-Stark The worst part is none of them ever were in Vanoss shadow. Everyone who actually became fans of the group saw each of them as unique people. I guess that's just narcissism for you.
Mental health isn’t an excuse for being a shitty person. There are many people with mental health problems who don’t try to manipulate or take advantage of minors.
It's one thing to be suffering from mental health and not knowing how to deal with it, it's another thing to actively try to hurt someone else and blame it on your mental health.
It's also the most illogical excuse to, it's like saying "I'm just born to break people's fingers", idk about you, but I want to put a person like that behind jail for eternity, more so then if he said "I did it for vengeance and I'm normal", because at least the second option makes you sound redeemable, why DAFUQ do people keep choosing the first?
Exactly. As someone who grew up having to navigate the world being neurodivergent and having poor mental health, it became clear to me from a very young age that the mere mention of any mental or emotional issues would always be interpreted as lies, excuses, whining, etc. It was drilled into me to just let people ignorantly brand me with judgments about my character rather than attempt to explain why I was struggling. Certainly not ideal, but as a result I have zero patience for those who really do invoke mental illness as an excuse for a shitty personality, lack of integrity, lecherous behavior, etc.
@@jfm14 idk about that, I generally met with IRREDEEMABLE mentally ill folks I CANNOT trust, if they commit some atrocity under some cause or ideology that I can see people can change from and "redeem" themselves if normal, but society has the right to FEAR mentally ill people, it's not discrimination, it's a RATIONAL fear. Normal people lie, evil people manipulate, some are born evil and must be put behind bars and throw away the keys. Folks like that don't change ... They never change
I've just watched a 2 hour documentary about a content creator I've never heard of and you kept me engaged and entertained with an eloquent and detailed summary, great video
That's how TRO works. I genuinely could barely care any less than I do about the drama and stories that he covers, yet I love hearing him break everything down. Some people are talented in that way, they can take even the most boring of topics, both those boring to you personally and boring in general, and then make them incredibly interesting and engaging, such that you're happy to sit down and watch a 2 hour video essay on it
@@icequeen52I agree, save for finding the topics boring when it comes to predatory people online. That, I find to be important to understand and know. It definitely makes for good background noise.
one of my biggest pet-peeves about die hard fans is when they’re like “b-but they donated to charity🥺” PSA: you can be a bad person/do bad things and donate to charity or perform “good” actions
hey, I hate him with such a big amount, but you have to admit, he HAS done some good. not enough to justify THAT, but still. *not defending the Pablo in any way.*
God, I can't just help but feel so bad for Terrorizer. He sounds so defeated in that stream where he's talking about Mini lying about them patching things up.
Terrorizer has always got the shit end of everything. Even in his friend group, when I was younger and absolutely idolised Vanoss, I felt bad for him. Nobody ever gives him any respect or treats him fairly. It’s really saddening to look back now and focus on it more now that I’ve seen so many bad things go his way in real time.
@@grayolsen8769 don't judge too harshly about how his friends treat him especially in videos, they're still friends for a reason. Brian, Nogla and Delirious were always targets because their friends knew they can take the heat. They knew these three aren't egoistical (like Mini), besides most of the time they themselves resigned themselves to ridicule and mockery, showing that they have great sense of humor and they don't take it personally. Like in the recent Gartic Phone, when the prompt "Pathetic RU-vidr" was presented, Brian without much prodding from the others, just drew himself and be done with it lmao.
funfact brian totally out of nowhere after what mini did was revaled said in the beging of a death run "YES WERE STILL PLAYING GMOD" with a laugh aka a direct poke in miniladds eye for that quote
not to mention his stupid try not to laugh videos. whenever he claimed he didn't laugh it didn't feel like every youtuber's "haha look me funny", but a defense of his ego
Mini Ladd is a perfect example of a king or queen that had it all. Friends, fortune, fame, and notoriety. He even had a stadium in his hometown named after him. But he flew too close to the sun and let his ego take control and as a result pissed away everything.
People forget that having it all, doesn't mean you were a good person who fell from grace; rather, a potential predatory person who chose to put themselves in a position to get what they wanted. It's common with many industries, sadly.
@@goodbye3384 like "Oops. I burnt dinner. I'm only human." Or "Oops. I forgot what I was supposed to get at the store. I'm only human." Not "I abused you as a child and it's all your fault cause I'm only human."
Mini ladd's most recent and more "sincere" apology has now been deleted from his channel. I think it contributes to the narrative that he's just waiting for the naysayers to back away so he can avoid shining a light on his actions
and hes returned the moment youtueb removed the dislikes and has been rebuilding a new potential audience of viks ever sense never even taking a break for even a YEAR after what he did when carsons til hasnt come back even after the whole internet admitted he did nothing wrong out of guilt.
He did the exact same thing during the drama with Terroriser, as soon as he took it to the DMs, his next video came out where he just straight up lied "Oh yeah, Brian and I are talking and fixing things up and it's really nice to be friends with him again!" Only for the next Terroriser stream for him to go is just "Yeah, no. We aren't talking whatsoever, I think he just says things to get his audience off his back." Which is really damn accurate to what he has been known to do, I mean clearly he was pissed about being known as part of the Vanoss crew but kept walking it back each and every time. Even nowadays, I'm certain he actively moderates his comment section to remove any mention of what he did. Only thing that remains are people saying he did something or sociopaths not caring a pedophile is cultivating a group of children to idolize him.
how many apologies has he done so far jesus… every few months he comes back with a new apology and when it doesn’t work he slithers away and tries again another time
Lol not gonna happen, the vanoss crew just keeps making jokes about him, bringing back what happened. And i sure as hell won't let people forget either
It was such a surprise that terrorriser is actually super respectful to mini ladd who wronged him a lot, while on other hand blasting Daniel in the Irish lad collabs XD
As sick as this made me, it is nice to see that people didn't just forget like he wanted. Pretending like nothing happened didn't get him what he wanted, and as flawed as RU-vid is, this was at least a hopeful sign.
The worst thing about it is that more often than not, he's right; people do often forget about these controversies and move on to the next one. Miniladd is the special exception because, even though this was in a mod chat, he said it out loud. And he did, as TRO called it, option C, which made things so much worse for him.
It's good that people went out of their way to spread the facts. I don't follow him on Twitter, and from watching only his RU-vid and not caring to read comments I would never know.
@@shaunlevin5081 and then there is Carson situation , where everybody already knows that he was nowhere near as bad as Mini , but want to paint him as a serial killer and cancel him more than Keemstar ? People on the internet always respond with inaccurate intensity
@@Dan_Kanerva I don't think the idea of cancel culture is a bad thing, but they need to aim it at people like Mini and not people that don't change their profile picture to a rainbow in June. Cancel culture right now is so bad that I rarely even go on Twitter.
Y'know, it's not until I took off the childhood nostalgia goggles that I realized Mini almost never added to the jokes, he just kinda laughed about them and said something that threw off the jokes entirely. The only time I can think of him adding something was a really major coincidence that aged poorly, him saying he was Pablo the Pedophile...
Craig has actually deleted his "apology". He's trying to bury everything about this situation, hoping what's left of his fanbase don't know what he's done
I have a lot of respect for Terroriser. He's ended up right in the middle of these shit storms and had to defend himself from uninformed fans taking accusations from the people who turn out to be the ones in the wrong and treating them as fact. He's been mature about it and handled it well, so props to him.
My only problem was he kept going after he already said his piece multiple times in a public space. I don't have the respect for him I once had, but it's not hate or loathing. I'm just tired of him. Unlike Craig, who I feel deserves every ounce of animosity he's received over the past year or so. Brian's definitely the better person, I just don't hold him in high regard as I used to. I still have questions of my own, but I'd rather wait and see if anything comes up in the near future...
@@shelbyherring92 that's probably because ohmwrecker was provoking him to do so at that time. have you their chats with ohmwrecker? ohm forces his "friends" to say what they need to say or else he'll call them out as people hiding pedophiles. you cant blame terrorizer for completely pouring all the information and all his feelings in a single go AND THEN shutting up because he's tired, proof of it is how he immediately stops the moment he halted his interactions with ohmwrecker
@@shelbyherring92 i respect your opinion, but i also understand even just a little of Brian's action. It kept brough up by fans and he really was done with the drama that kept pulling him into one.
If you were there during that “Vanoss Crew” era, you know this hurts more. I remember just waiting either Vanoss, H20, Mini, Brock, Nogla, Terroriser, or Lui to upload their videos. Watching them for years, they were there, playing games and having fun with it. One by one, they were gone, but still they kept up. But then Mini happened which initially i thought it was kinda “fun” to have a villain against them and i thought they were gonna keeper gooinnn. Then i realised, this is serious and they kept fighting against each other. Then, the dm came and let’s just say it took a huge turn which none of us expected. This just hurts
Grew up watching them and loved mini ladd but when he branched off I didn't like his content especially after he was taking shit about them it's just sad man
@@redluca56 the super duper irony is that I stopped watching miniladd when he wouldn't stop complaining about people joking about cars even though he's the one acknowledging the jokes
@@ravenanne1734 I remember him laughing at a Paul Walker joke before he himself got ran over. After the accident he went on a tirade, in one of his videos, about how horrible and sick it is to make jokes about someone being in a car accident.
I've loved the Irish Lads for a while now, so seeing Brian and Daithi in a TRO vid was a shock. I'm glad they were on the mature and collected side of things.
Hey, fellow Irish Lads fan lol! I've followed Brian and Daithi's channels (and now their joint channel) for years, so I already knew about their involvement in this, but I was happy to see TRO be as fair and unbiased as possible when presenting the issue. Personally, I felt kinda bad for Brian during that time, it was obvious how much the whole thing was getting him down. Even now he looks so uncomfortable and irritated when Daithi and the others talk about Mini Ladd.
@@ethanwest420He understandably gets uncomfortable about it because-unlike the other crew members-Moo is a Dad (so are H20 and Lui if I recall) and I’m betting he’s just trying to keep himself from becoming pissed off because he rightfully wants to just go back to having fun and move on from that. It feels almost involuntary, but as a Dad, you get into a mean and cold state where you just want to step away from everything or go punch something repeatedly when you hear stuff like that. Especially if one of them happened to once be a friend who could’ve gotten away with this their whole life. MiniLadd probably held Moo’s newborn kid back when they didn’t know about his evil schemes. Imagine the rage.
@@IIiiiLiiOiiIii It's for convenience and plenty of people ask for timestamps for points even shorter into videos. Besides, I wanted for others and myself to be able to loop this. Guess I'll have to do it myself then: 3:47
Wow. Just kind of taking in all this. Was a hard watch especially since I considered this dude a real/down to earth person when we were growing on YT in the early days. (2012-2013) I hope he sees this video and gets a better perspective on all the situations, than the psychologists he was working with who aren't clearly helping him. If he can't truly acknowledge his mistakes how can the future be an brighter? Just upsetting.
I remember seeing you in those old Black Ops 2 Vanoss videos, can’t imagine how weird this video must’ve been for you to watch considering how short your collaborative era with them was
@@ric8806 No it definitely seems like this is more than just cancel culture. If he tries to come back on the internet I swear no one will let him. He definitely won't be able to get in quietly.
I have a hard time believing a licensed psychologist or therapist endorsed his behavior in any way. He is lying / being manipulative. We can’t ask his therapist questions to confirm, and he knows that. My ex did the same thing to me; he started going to a therapist and said the therapist was calling me abusive. There’s no way a therapist is siding with him on anything.
I remember reading that a large portion of people who are convicted of sexual crimes against minors aren't "pedophiles", as in people who are primarily or solely attracted to children, but are people who take advantage of the inherent power dynamic between an adult and minor for their own gratification. Given his other accusations of abuse and manipulation, that's definitely Craig's category. He isn't a creep who stalks playgrounds offering candy, but a narcissist who views women of any age as fuel for his own indulgence and ego. To me, that is even more sinister, as even an outright, clinically diagnosed pedophile can know that acting on their attraction is wrong and abusive and can stop themselves from harming others. But Craig can and will not, as he views his actions as passable. I do want him to _actually_ seek help so that others aren't harmed, but I also want him to never be able to sweep this under the rug.
funny. i’ve always read that pedophilia, like rape, is a paraphilia which relies upon power. every pedophile takes sexual gratification out of the power they have over a child. I was groomed, and the pedo took gratification over the power he had as an adult. i would argue it is craig’s category given that’s the entire basis on which pedophilia lies upon.
He will never get better, quite fucking frankly he should find a rope and beam before he rapes MORE children that you don't care about. Those CHILDREN weren't women, they're vulnerable young girls who were sexually and mentally abused. Classifying them as women provides outs for him.
Glad to see someone say that. I'm sick of seeing people give child predators the "mental illness" excuse. Being attracted to someone isn't a mental illness, mental illness doesn't force you to be a predator, & claiming otherwise helps predators get away with it.
Every time TRO talks about keem you can hear the anticipation in his voice, one day keem is gonna mess up, one day he's gonna go too far, one day... one day he's gonna be the star of a TRO video. He walks a fine line and TRO knows it.
He's been around so long that he knows what he can and can't do in order to continue better than most, I'd imagine. This is the dude that said the n word on a stream, and yet he's still kicking. I feel like if something was going to topple his ambition and have him fade into obscurity, it would have happened by now. The exception being Cosby level allegations or thereabouts. The drama and negativity has managed to sustain him for all this time
Mini Ladd is a child. A child who cries when he doesn't get what he wants, who manipulates others into giving him what he wants. He can't stand being vulnerable. What he did was not small, he abused his power with intent. It wasn't him acting out, or a lapse in his judgement. He is a child who will do anything to get what he wants, use whoever to get what he wants. There is no excuse for what he did.
Actually, I think he may have used a program to do that. You provide several mouth assets corresponding to each sound and an algorithm can match them to the speech. There’s a good video about it on here I can dig up
When Craig had about 20 subscribers, he asked to play minecraft with me, I let him on my server and made videos with him and gave him a shoutout to get him a couple hundred subscribers, I had 1k subs at the time. I went to uni and stopped making videos, when I started up again, and contacted Craig, he blocked me and never spoke to me again. Good guy
The actor in the movies? I'm not sure if there's any other actor that played as him other than the movies, hell I barely even remember the movies in the first place lmao
This is unrelated but I don’t think I’ll ever understand how parents have a new baby, marvel at the new life they’ve created, and then name it Craig EDIT: When I made this comment the last thing I expected was like 30 replies?? No hate to Irish names or anyone else named Craig. I just personally do not like the name. I’m sure plenty of people don’t like my name too. Just how life works sometimes man
Personally I'm a forgiving person who tends to try to see the best in everyone to a fault- I often rewatch this video as a lesson to remind myself that not everyone has good in them, not everyone can care for others and not everyone deserves another chance. The story of Mini Ladd is one that makes me sad, because I want to believe that we as a species are better than this and yet this story is the evidence to contradict that belief, for better or for worse.
I think pretty much everyone does have good in them. The question is whether the bad outweighs the good. I think our species definitely is better than this guy, on the whole - people tend to be quite kind and generous to those around them. We can't let the worst of our fellow people taint our view of people overall!
Man, this really hurt to watch. I used to watch Mini and the Vanoss crew religiously when I was younger. When all this started to come out, I tried my hardest to tell myself it wasn't true, but after his "Clearing the air" video, I couldn't put it off anymore. I watched his apology video, and haven't thought much about him since. This whole thing is just absolutely terrible
@@matthewfiedler4739 its for a malcious reason hes deleting everything he can that could link back to his second channel which he has disconnected from his main one and is trying to return onto the second channel
I never really watched Terroriser in the past but when all for this when down, he quickly became one of my most respected RU-vidrs out there, it’s honestly commendable to have been in the situation he was in and still act with composure after being hurt by someone you considered your friend and by being targeted for something that wasn’t your fault.
@@gamma00crucis yea i had been subbed to him, but i unsubed when he started to make less videos at the end of the century, in woulch i assumed "assumed" he had probably did something with a minor, even through i was actually completely oblivious to what was going in the news. And bucause i had unsubed at the time i did, i had no fucking idea he literally lost his mind, and when i heard that my mind literally blanked in diss belief.
@@gamma00crucis it's sad cuz he literally had EVERY opportunity to get his shit together and change his ways, and he squandered every single one, while there definitely is a SHRED of hope for redemption for him, it's unlikely that it will happen, it's possible, but unlikely...as he's permanently destroyed any value his word could ever have, as his promises mean nothing now...how can you trust a man who has a history of perpetually lying? that's right, you can't. until he shows CONCRETE PROOF of ACTUAL attempts at improvement, it's unlikely anyone will ever be willing to give him another chance, and rightly so.
The fact that Mini has 4million subs but only gets 100k views now shows how his fans feel about him now. Its shameful that hes deleted all his apologies like he can just erase the allegations
I hate it, I have clinical depression, PTSD (specific traumatic events) & cPTSD (abuse over a long period of time through entire childhood as a whole). It is literal HELL living with all 3 of those, it’s fucking exhausting. I’m also being seen by Autism Adults in my city, to help better understand myself etc... if I ever upset someone with my words or actions, I’d want to know and I’d want to know how it made them feel, if they’re able to talk about it. So I can learn from it, so I don’t repeat that behaviour, so I can be a better person. I NEVER want to use my mental health as a shitty shield that magically protects me from all criticism, it’s just part of who I am and happens to be disabilities I live with, they certainly aren’t a free pass in life to literally abuse people, especially minors FFS
@@ZombieSazza I know the feeling... was depressed from chemical imbalances in my head from a child, then on top of that got Leukemia at 18. On a cocktail of painkillers and sertraline that puts me on a daily emotional rollercoaster of crying, wanting to eat a bullet, loving myself, wanting to eat a bullet, wanting to confide in someone, then curling up and crying again. I know your pain. Believe me... you're not alone out there.
@@ZombieSazza yes! I also have severe depression, anxiety and paranoia. I have never groomed anyone. It’s disgusting for people to use “mental health” as an excuse to abuse children
Anytime someone uses the “I’m suicidal to make me feel bad for them” that’s a red flag to me… the dangerous part of someone actually being suicidal is the fact they don’t usually tell people about it especially to get pity for it… at that point that’s a pity party and you’re no longer suicidal and you’re using your potential suicidal thoughts as a way to get what you want.
Fun fact: if you look at Mini's channel today, all those videos he made between the two apology videos have been deleted/removed/unlisted. His Craig Thompson channel no longer links to either his gaming or music channel, and his Twitter has been mostly deleted, save for one retweet. Ladd boi seems to be trying to rebrand himself in a sense it seems, and sadly it seems a lot of people are falling for it if you see the like/dislike ratio on his latest Craig Thompson video.
People can fall for it, but his predatory acts are in history, especially in youtube. The videos made on his ‘apologies’ have been made and probably won’t be deleted. People can still know what he did. This is why it’s as bad as it got; he kept running from it, avoiding it. Can’t do that when something is documented in history.
To every teenager out there who has someone older they look up to: Adults should not rely on you for emotional support. It's not okay to use the excuse of friendship and someone's genuine care to unload a bunch of mental health stuff that should be taken care of by a therapist. Someone unloading their mental health struggles onto you when you don't know how to handle that and making you feel 'special' for only sharing it with you is unfair and unhealthy at best and straight up predatory at worst. Especially with creators who interact with their fanbase a lot, creating an inner circle of fans can only work if the creator is very aware of how there's a power imbalance between them and their fans. This sounds very abstract, but 'power' in this case means: The creator is the popular 'kid' who everyone wants to be around. on a social level, their attention, their friendship, has a lot of value to fans- much more than the fans' friendship has to them. So a fan will be much more vulnerable to being coerced into doing something like providing excessive emotional support they're not comfortable or equipped to deal with. Because they want to please the creator and want to keep being close to them, they might not even realize they're being used for someone else's emotional or sexual gratification until they're adults themselves. If you dabble in modding a discord or twitch chat for a creator or you know someone, keep an eye out for yourself and others. Good, responsible creators keep respectful boundaries with fans and are careful not to take advantage, especially in their treatment of young fans. It can be incredibly draining and scary, to the point of straight up traumatizing, to feel like you're responsible of taking care of someone's mental health and constantly have to give them emotional support just to be deserving of their attention and friendship. It's an incredibly toxic and unhealthy dynamic and is sadly something that happens way too often.
Some people don’t have or can’t afford therapists. Some people have friends that say they’re perfectly okay with just sitting and listening. Friends talk about shit that’s going on in their lives (good or bad) and people with mental health issues tend to have problems relating to those issues. It’s a different story if the only time you’re contacting people is when you want to talk about your mental health struggles but just venting to a friend every now and then is a completely natural and normal thing to do. (I agree with the rest of your comment, just not the first paragraph)
@@ellieosteen I agree with your point if it's regarding regular friendships, but in my comment am *specifically* talking about adults going to teenagers and *kids* and making their mental health struggles someone else's responsibility to take care of. I'm not advocating against being open about mental health to friends. But an adult should not rely on emotional and mental health support specifically from minors. They should seek that support from friends their own age or older than them, because another *adult* will have more emotional maturity and experience to talk about these issues.
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 That still doesn't make it okay for people to use their friends as a substitute therapist. There's a difference between two people who are of similar age talking about struggling with mental health while not making it the sole basis of their friendship versus someone constantly relying on someone else for emotional support they're not equipped to provide. It's not the friend's fault if the adult can't afford a therapist and they are not a viable alternative for actual mental health care.
Especially since he's more of a documentary than commentary type of youtuber, meaning if your career's in a TRO video, you're pretty much already past tense in the general view
When these “content creators” get busted abusing their position they always shout “mental health!!” Or “find myself…” or “journey.” It gives me that Lois Griffin “nine eleven” feeling.
YES!! Just say that you're not mature enough to have fame and responsibilities. Blaming it on their "mental health" is just an easy way to push the blame on something else but still look like they're not. Those acts just insult people that truly try to do self mental-care
@@someasshole2097 It like the insanity plea for power tripping youtubers. “I wasn’t in a good place” or “I lost myself” is another way of saying “ya it was me and I did do it but I wasn’t in the drivers seat!!” It’s just a way to feign a remorseful look while not completely taking responsibility. I get there needs to be some PR speak in the “apology” but I’m willing to bet people would be more receptive if someone just told the truth, admitted wrongdoing, and made a visible effort to change their behavior. Not that this ass should be forgiven.
You know what's even more sadder about this situation? He removed the videos even involving this situation showing he never learned at all. I really wish he would learn, and not just keep spiraling down, but seeing that made me realize he's not gonna change ever.
It’s ironic Craig made up a joke character that turned out to be himself If you want to read another similar case of Irony look up Bendy and how the studio that made that has now fallen from grace and ironically has become somewhat similar to the fake game company it created
@T teg Egg true, but their character can change, they may never be able to change what they’ve done but they can take that horrible mistake and learn from it to become a better person
I feel like if your main concern is how others percieve you, you might want to reevaluate your actions (and morals) because typically they are probably unacceptable if your ego superceeds your desire to right your wrongs. What do I know tho? Like if you're that worried about being "found-out"... maybe just stop doing what ever that is. Just a thought-
Actual bad stuff aside, who has the *audacity* to criticize someone playing playing gmod too much when they’re making Reddit meme reactions. I have nothing against either kinds of content but it’s a little kettle-pot
Very true. This is why "cringe culture" is so pointless. People can like what they like, just as long as you stay decent and make sure to keep your fellow fans in check whenever gross, degenerate shit is going on in your favorite fandom(s). That's all there is to it.
Not the same thought, i think its more about the fact that they've been doing it for years and keep playing the same game, not that they're playing it because its popular the way he jumped on that reddit bandwagon. Unless his channel was built on reddit reactions and hes been doing them for the last 10 years, then yes, its a great example lmao idk these shite channels, the only gaming channel I genuinely love is CallMeKevin and that's it really
@carl carlson Dude, could you please not use autism in the same breath as pedophilia as if being autistic is on the same level as being a pedophile? There is nothing wrong with people (such as myself) living with autism. Pedophilia is the only thing wrong here. 😑
I absolutely love TRO's voice, it's quite relaxing and days to fall asleep too. I struggle greatly with insomnia and these videos are so helpful, thank you.
It’s so disappointing now that dislikes are down, now new viewers are gonna see his videos and instead of seeing all of the major dislikes they are gonna see the likes and subs thinking he’s a good RU-vidr, which will draw in even more new victims for mini to pry on
What it really is like is "I'm depressed, I don't want anyone to help me, I hate myself, I want to die that's all I want" it's how it is for me and not "I'm depressed so I want money and kids" no!
Same dude. I saw one of his vids show in my recommended(the fact that youtube had the nerve to even have that scumbag in my recommended -__-) and I was like 'Ew, WHY IS HE BACK ??! D-Did we forget what he done like ??" It really sucks that these god awful ppl are getting away with this..
@@lowhp_comic not only that when I made a comment people are telling me to let it go like what?! This man is a pedophile what the fuck you mean let it go?!
It’s insane how mini Ladd went from part of a group of friends making black ops 2 and gmod videos to being shunned by all your friends and most of RU-vid
All because he thought he was "too cool" for all that now and publicly shamed his old friend group for still making videos on gmod/gta/etc. Even though that's what they had fun doing I love karma :)
It endlessly cracks me up hard that Mini getting paranoid his ex was referring to him ended up causing him to get exposed for being a creep. Like, wow.
He knew there was shit out there on him and typically victims feel safer in groups. One person coming forward often has a domino effect and he wanted to stop that, happens a lot with sexual abuse accusations hence the whole metoo movement. Theres strength in numbers.
You see the thing is up there HE thought he had a chance. Way up in the f**king sky’s he thought he had his hands finger on the pu**y trigger. But hermano down here. Down here… he hit the ground.
I HATE that manipulative bs, anyone that's actually been hospitalized for mental health knows that's not a route for sympathy it's a route for self improvement, so to try and be like "I'm suicidal feel bad for me and overlook all my bad deeds" is so scummy
@@Coyotebriggs heavily agree with that as someone who knows people with mental health they don’t fake it for sympathy or to manipulate people. it’s merely seen as a cry for help and support
It’s nasty because he was seeing some of these children in real life. That’s terrifying. If there was a chance he could be alone with them, I shudder to think what would have happened. Just via phone he is manipulating, guilt tripping, extremely toxic and bullying. He presses hard to break boundaries and force girls into doing what he wants them to do. He’s a monster
At the time all of this happened, if my memory serves right, I was either a year younger or a year older than miniladd and going through my own set of mental health struggles. I felt so comforted and inspired by what he and a lot of his old group did with their platforms, and I admired mini in particular for his perceived openness about mental health. When this all came to the surface, it just...broke my heart. Like many others, having a history with sexual exploitation and abuse made it hit a particularly sensitive spot, and it made me sick. I couldn't watch any of the old group anymore because anytime his voice would come up in videos, it just hurt. I hope someday he can take full accountability for what he's done, and offer a genuine and full apology, but sadly I don't expect that to happen and won't be holding my breath.
When people bring up charity as somehow a means to absolve someone of their wrongdoing, I think of a random quote from someone on the internet - “If a sinner donates $100 to the church tithe, does it buy him sainthood?” Charity is a way to help others who are less fortunate and can be a way to know someone has a good side to their character, but it’s not the ultimate excuse for wrongdoing.
I think only doing good because of your fear of scrutiny in the public image doesn't actually prove you've changed or that you're a good person. Yes people who make mistakes can try to retify their situations by helping others, yet RU-vidrs seem to use 'charity' as their way of clensing their slate before their next scandal.
i just think of jimmy savile . he was known for charity work but once he died it came out how Vile ue really was. he had powerful connections like the queen and the prime minister's
There is also the element of moral licensing, which is an actual psychological thing that happens. When someone does something they think is good, they feel justified to do something bad as well. They see it as an scale, were they allow themselves to be bad people, because they think they are overall a good person. Imagine like a superhero, robbing a bank, because they feel they have done so much good, they are allowed to have something in return. But a right doesn't make a wrong right. You cannot erase wrongs, you can only strive to do better, but a wrongdoing can't ever be absolved. The best one can do, is say that was my past self, and I will strive to never again be like that.Because if you think, wrongs can be absolved, then you might think that you can do wrong, after doing something right.
