of course the disabled person is able to talk after being severely injured by being pushed down a flight of stairs. what kind of fucked up message does this give? to "fix" a disabled person just almost kill them? and this isn't the only portrayal of this message, which just makes it worse. it's even worse to think about the people who actually watch this and agree with the message of it.
I fucking know right? My nephew watches Dhar Man, and I know Samir might show up as recommended for him too because RU-vid doesn't actually protect kids. I am going to watch Nick's vid with him maybe to help me explain the issue
As a disabled person I'm so sick and tired of people calling me inspirational cuz I know it more likely comes from a place of “if you can do it I can do anything” and it's about making others feel good about themselves or telling other disabled people that they have “no excuses” even if they have more barriers. Someone who I saw talk on this really well is the disabled and LGBTQIA+ advocate Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
oh god, that reminds me of when ppl tell me to "be grateful for your disability." the only way to explain it is toxic positivity．when you tell them that you are tired of falling ill repeatedly or that you aren't happy that youre constantly bedridden they go like "but..... but its a good thing ..... ur #blessed.... so #strong...." like..??
The only people worthy of not being bullied are rich people. Makes sense, when you consider who stands to gain (especially monetarily) from people watching that kind of video
(CW for discussion of murder due to ableism) For those who might not know much about ableism, I’d like to point out that the last video feels especially disgusting due to the fact that disabled people being murdered by their loved ones is common enough for there to be a day dedicated to remembering them (Disability Day of Mourning). I often see these murderers sympathized with because of “just how hard it is” to take care of a disabled person. The idea that the mindset that leads to these deaths actually leads to him speaking in the video feels so disgusting. Especially since he’s making a profit off of these horribly ableist ideas.
Yeah. Compassion fatigue is real and deserves to be taken seriously, but it’s not an excuse for abuse, especially when the abuse is happening to someone who might be incapable of fighting back or reporting it.
As a disabled person, I understand how difficult it is/can be for my mother to help me with certain things, but she never makes me feel like a burden and she's always really kind to me. When people sympathise with people who've murdered disabled people because of "how difficult it is", it almost feels like they don't see the disabled person as an actual person, and don't see the person who murdered them as a murderer. It's always disappointing when people who's partner is disabled are always portrayed as if they're trapped in a relationship, where they don't love eachother anymore, and like it's not what the non-disabled person wants. It does happen, obviously, but it's not all situations and I wish it was portrayed differently sometimes.
@@xeoney The Part Where You Mentioned The Way People View Those In A Relationship W/ Someone Who Is Disabled Made Me Immediately Think Of All Of The Horrible Comments On The Squirmy & Grubs Channel.
As someone with Asian heritage, the "Yingmas" spoiled food bit made me so mad. Ugh! Like, no, we really don't eat spoiled food, at least in Hong Kong/Guangdong area cuisine, as far as I know. I really can't speak for asian cultures beyond the one I was exposed to growing up. Things like stinky tofu, duck eggs, etc., are fermented and/or aged, not spoiled!
Yeah….that one hit home for me bc I used to get made fun of in school when I brought Japanese dishes….I hate when people say Asian people eat “spoiled” food when it’s fermented, you’re totally right on that one, I think in the video they were trying to make fun of kimchi?? Idk but it’s usually people’s go-to when making fun of Asian food as a whole…
@@bobanoda That sucks, no one should be made fun of for celebrating their culture. Yeah, it's irritating, like, no one says that sauerkraut or blue cheese is spoiled. It's usually only with Asian food, and it plays into the stereotype that Asian people are "exotic" or "weird", as opposed to normal human beings like everyone else. Yeah, Kimchi makes sense, now that I think about it. I really don't know what food that was trying to be. Like, what are the lettuce and ice cube-looking things supposed to be?
And it proves it’s coming from a completely disrespectful place because you don’t see these same people say that American cuisine is gross when they eat a piece of cheese (from aged milk) or have a glass of wine (from aged grapes).
As a Chinese person it honestly made me so mad. Not only was the persons name literally the most stupid asian stereotype that doesn’t even sound like a Chinese name, and the food doesn’t even exist??? Portraying non western cultures food as spoilt or disgusting is just playing into stereotypes that harm the east asian and asian community so much.
it's funny cuz u don't see white americans calling blue cheese, meatloaf or any of the shit they eat nasty but as soon as it's something related to POC it's suddenly "gross" and " disgusting"
As a disabled person, the fact that Sameer Bhavani is abled body and playing a disabled character is ableist in itself. Thank you for bringing attention to this, it really isn't okay to see stereotypes portrayed AT ALL.
That video was so disgusting. I am not disabled and it still made me livid for how gross and disrespectful it was. Sorry you guys have to deal with this garbage.
@@samuel9skinner what do you mean? i'm very aware of the terrible antics of Sia considering the extremely dangerous movie she brought out about autism, but what is the other person/thing/hashtag you mentioned?
@@princessmanitari4993 Cripface is when an able-bodied person portrays a disabled character in media. it is a caricature of disabled people and a mockery of their experiences...
Nick, thank you so much for talking about this. As someone with a disabled relative watching Sameer lean heavily into ableist stereotypes is incredibly anger-inducing. A lot of RU-vidrs who talked about him just made fun of the fact that he's a Dhar Mann clone and didn't talk at all about how hurtful his content can be. In the one video alone we see Sameer making the disabled character a cartoon. He has Looney Tunes-esque gadgets on his wheelchair, gets covered by the sheet, has a "hilarious" text to speech voice, and Sameer inserted clips from a video game to make his injury seem funny. It's disgusting. Thanks for bringing this to more people's attention.
@@FimsMeister is it trying to reference BTS? like the Yoongi: Butter - i mean its a sex bot but what in the hell are all of these trying to say Edit: i think i figured it out? It’s taking names/phrases from popular videos, probably from BTS’s “butter” featuring megan thee stallion. im not a BTS stan but I believe its like this Megan: this ones obvious Hopi: J-Hope Joonie: Namjoon Yoongi: Yoongi/Suga Whoever is running the scam is probably just out of touch with a flawed algorithm
It's going to be so abusive, I dread what he plans to do as soon as she's old enough for him to push into making videos. There NEEDS to be some sort of fucking child labor laws involving child video-makers and their parents. Popular kids on youtube should be considered some form of "child actors" and the law really needs to reflect that. Their parents should be held to rules and standards about how much they can put their kid online and how much profit they can make off of it.
@@godisdead6611 yea it’s really weird and disgusting, especially since the internet is really not for kids unless a parent makes sure they don’t find horrifying content, which Sameer probably isn’t doing so she might get attacked relentlessly by assholes and creepy people online
Just because people say that the content is kids friendly doesn't mean that kids should actually watch it. Whatever Sameer is doing is Dhar Mann's questionable antics leveled up to the max, it's disgusting and spreading a harmful message. What really impressed me was how he blatantly insulted Steve Hawking, not even the worst of the worst people would do that kind of stuff. Can't wait for part 2, keep it up!
Can someone explain how using fake guns is child friendly??? I'm genuinely asking this so I'd appreciate if someone actually comes up with a logical response. Guns are guns! Doesn't matter if it's fake or not. Most of the people won't care about it being fake..most probably because it doesn't really matter. If someone put a glass of water in front of me without mentioning if it's filtered water or not..I won't even notice it isn't filter as long as I don't taste it. Tf did Sameer thought when he mentioned the video was 'Child Friendly'???
I’m a teenager with two disabilities and it’s so common to be called inspiring for just existing… it’s so condescending to disabled people to act like us living our lives is some crazy task when so many of us have traits or accomplishments to ACTUALLY be praised for. Ableism is veryyy normalized so I’m glad to see creators like Nick calling it out when some other channel fail to do so or even participate in spreading ableist mindsets.
i went to hs with a kid who had some kind of severe deformity of the legs. they were super tiny and had no muscles so he was basically a torso in a motorized wheelchair. idk if i'd call him inspiring for existing, though he was very smart, but i WOULD call him inspiring for the time another friend of ours was laying down in the hallway and he screamed "SPEED BUMP" and ran him over. im sure you'll find people who see past whatever issue you may have and treat you like just another person.
oh god, that scene where the guy drinks bleach and plunges his mouth after eating the food is not only incredibly racist but reminds me WAY too much of the transphobic vomit cliché, and I kinda doubt that's a coincidence (for people unaware, it's an uncomfortably common cliché, especially in older movies, where a male character finds out a woman he was attracted to or had sex with is trans and immediately vomits, aggressively brushes his teeth, or does something else to display obvious disgust at the idea that he was attracted to someone with certain genitals)
It takes a special kind of stupid to relate throwing up over spoiled food to being transphobic lmao but either way washing your mouth out/ throwing up is a reasonable response when you found out you were with a confused freak the whole time…
@@samjones4097 are you sure we read the same comment? they very concisely explain what the cliche is, i dont know where you got "throwing up over spoiled food = transphobic" from, no one ever claimed that.
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm taking a psychology of disability class right now, and it's crazy how much ableism there is in this video. It also rubbed me the wrong way when Cody Ko reacted to this video and called the man a "vegetable". I've truly learned how universally accepted and harmful ableism is. It's really refreshing to see someone calling this out.
I was disappointed by Cody's reaction too 😔 It's nice to see Nick pick apart many of the things wrong with that video. Is your psychology of disability class interesting?
@@noelthenightowl7589 I went into the comments expecting somebody to say something about it and nobody did, it was really disappointing. It's a super interesting class. My professor has a disability so it's an awesome experience to understand her perspective and everything wrong with society. If you go to a school that offers that class, I highly recommend it!
@@mitchellburton20 I feel like I saw some comments questioning his use of "vegetable", but yeah I wish more people pointed his ignorance out. That does sound interesting! I am disabled so I'm not sure if I'd learn much from the class, but I'll look to see if my college has anything similar!
@@noelthenightowl7589 I probably didn't look thoroughly enough. I'm glad some people actually said something. You should definitely take a look! I still think you'd learn a thing or two. There's a lot of interesting models and theories that are pretty interesting. I hope your school has something like it!
This is a huge assumption on my end, but both Sameer and Dhar Mann are Indian and the videos they make are eerily similar to the soaps my parents watch: "inspirational" content while being full of racism, misogymy, ableism. These are just content desi boomers would eat up.
As a desi, I do not claim them, and can also say that unfortunately this behaviour can be seen in a lot of desis, not just the boomers. I hope to see a day where people (not just desis) don’t support this anymore and even give it views. It’s absolutely disgusting
@@dhwnfilms9581 I tutor kids, and I was horrified when I saw Dhar Mann on my student's recommendations (thankfully they don't watch it). I've tried to have civil conversations with my parents where I tell them of the active harm their daily soaps and "inspirational" youtube channels are doing to them. I've been put down as a rebellious kid and have been told I won't be allowed to watch anything if they can't watch anything. I'm a whole adult.
I've been disabled for more than half my life and it still tires me in a way I can't explain to see stuff like this. Every day, people w/ disabilities are told we're not capable enough to care for ourselves, not "normal" enough for relationships, not mature enough for parenting and we're constantly infantalised and treated as less-than-human. This is a perfect example of this. It looks completely exaggerated, but you wouldn't believe me if I told you how often I hear people who believe wild stuff about disabled people. Even doctors don't take you seriously about your own health and body, if you go with a partner or family member, they'll talk directly to them instead of you. In many countries, including the UK, the US and France to just name a few, we can't even get married if we want to still be considered adults by the government. When you get married, the gvt essentially places you under your partner's care w/ a status similar to what you'd be if you were your partner's child. You loose all financial support and become entirely dependent on your partner in the eye of the state. This is what being disabled looks like every day in supposedly "advanced" countries. So unfortunately, the videos this bigot makes aren't so far from the way a lot of people already view people like me. I really appreciate what Nick is doing by pointing this video out in particular, because of course the racism needs to be discussed, but it's talked about in every commentary made on this guy, whereas the ableism is a lot more looked over.
@@fortysevensfortysevens1744 I think it's odd to try and document a baby's life too though, lol. It must feel so invasive and violating for the kid once it grows up.
People don’t give kids enough credit. Kids are smart too, they can understand the same storylines as adults can. Yea sometimes you have to make it simpler to understand when it’s something complex and new but that’s the same for adults for a lot of topics as well. So many stories get dumbed down that it’s really insulting. It’s like the whole baby talk thing. Your just supposed to speak to kids like normal people, and just explain things they haven’t learned yet.
I Completely Agree. I Even Speak To Babies In The Same Way I Speak To Adults! I Remember How Insulting It Felt To Me As A Toddler When Adults Would Speak To Me & Other Toddlers/Babies In A "Baby Voice" Only To Notice They Spoke Normally Around Those Older Than I Was. It Made Me Feel Like They Thought I Was Slow/Mentally Handicapped Or Something. I Feel Like It Actually Stunts Babies/Toddlers Emotional/Psychological Development When You Speak To Them Like That IMO.
I think it makes sense to do the summaries at the end that state the intended message of the video, but the video itself doesn’t need to be “dumbed down”. I personally don’t object to baby talk if to babies/toddlers, unless we’re talking about body parts and things like that. Like, saying “fishies” instead of “fish” when talking to young children seems pretty harmless to me, and even adults will use that sort of language when emphasising the cuteness, playfulness, or innocence of something. It’s important to use proper terminology for things like their bodies so they’ll understand what things are called and be able to effectively communicate about their bodies if necessary, but baby talk with young kids imo isn’t necessarily such an issue in general. If anything learning about how the way people use different language in some contexts (when talking to different audiences, using different tones, and/or adding extra connotations to the words) is something potentially beneficial for children to learn. I think exclusively speaking to a young child like that can cause issues maybe, but the idea that baby talk is inherently bad is an idea I see people spreading and just completely disagree with. The other reply you received seems bizarre to me. They imply they had an understanding of developmental disabilities as a toddler, that there was a consistency with how they were treated compared to same-age peers vs older people and yet they still felt like it meant that they were “slow” or “mentally handicapped”. If they truly remember feeling that way when they were two then I would suggest there would’ve been much more harmful things going on than just speaking to a baby/toddler the same way you spoke with others their age. If someone is recognising they’re being treated the same as their peers but assuming that means there’s something wrong with them developmentally, then first of all that’s extremely atypical for a toddler to be feeling but it also reflects some much more harmful messaging has been given to them beyond simply being spoken to via baby talk. I think there’s an issue where children start thinking there’s something wrong with being children, like they’re lesser, so being spoken to in a way appropriate for their age feels like an insult because they want to be seen as older than they are. Children shouldn’t be made to feel inferior for being children, they are at a very valuable stage of their life. However, you can encourage children to feel happy being children without also talking to them as if they are just like adults. Young children are far from adults, even though they are just as valuable as adults. You can speak to children like they’re children without being condescending toward them or anything like that too. I think there’s a time and a place for baby talk and similar simplified or playful language though. Sometimes speaking to a young child in the same tone you’d use speaking to an adult does make more sense.
@@septimaserpent "I Feel Like It Actually Stunts Babies/Toddlers Emotional/Psychological Development When You Speak To Them Like That IMO." i feel the same.
@@genericname8727 I Would Consider A Toddler Being Ages 2-4 & I Can Certainly Remember Being Able To Diffrenciate Between How Adults Would Speak Amongst Themselves Vs. Those My Age & Younger. Articulating It In A Way That Really Emphasized My Discomfort With The Proper Impact May Have Taken A Bit Longer; But My Mom Even When I Was In High School Had Relayed To My Ex Boyfriend & My Homegirl That I Grew Up With That I Would Often Get Really Angry & Uncooperative & Would Say To Stop Talking To Me Like That...It Wasn't Until A Bit Older Until I Could Really Explain What I Meant By "Like That", Though.
The thing with simplifying your videos for ESL audiences is that they’re doing it wrong. You can absolutely simplify your dialogue to make it understandable to new English speakers. But you don’t need to be heavy handed about metaphors and themes. Just make the literal words basic enough to understand, not the whole plot.
Exactly! My mom works with a lot of English language learners so I knew they needed more simplistic English but I was like “just cause they’re from somewhere else doesn’t mean they don’t understand basic concepts like racism, ableism, abuse, etc
I'm so sad to say that I put a proverbial finger down for the farting one... I know a married couple wherein the wife has never burped or farted in front of her husband- she literally leaves the room if she feels it coming. Unfortunately this doesn't surprise me as I'm from a pretty strict religious community and a lot of women hide the "gross" or "unseemly" parts of themselves from their husbands... Sad life
I was super close to the gluten nanny, thankfully thwarted so I didn't. A friend and her husband were vetting a babysitter for their child with multiple health problems. She seemed super solid until they mentioned gluten, and she told them that gluten allergies aren't real. O.o
@@esl4287 that's honestly terrifying... I don't know how people can be so willfully ignorant of stuff like that 😬 it's a good thing they brought that up!
That clip first clip from the "abused dad forces kid to eat food" where the dad was forcing the kid to eat genuinely hit so close to home for me as an autistic person who has a lot of trouble with food texture and taste, and had their dad do that exact thing. obviously there was SO much more horribly wrong with that video and all his content in general, I just find it interesting how even with a small clip like that he manages to have a character do something horrible that has caused me to have an absolute terrible relationship with food to their point where I won't eat something because everything sounds so bad and the thought of trying something new sends me into a panic attack because of what my dad did when I was younger. My dad would shame me, not let me eat till I ate what I "didn't want to" and would force me to try new foods despite every single time it happened me having a meltdown over it. Even too this day I can't try new foods, I can't eat certian foods(all fruit, mushrooms and avocado as examples) because of what my dad did. It's just baffles me that even with small clips like that which aren't meant to be the main focus he still manages to put a character in a horrible situation because of the way they were born. Obviously we don't know if the kid is autistic but the fact that it was a situation at all still caused me to think back to all the horrible things that happened to me. Also please don't console me, pity me, say sorry for what happened, anything like that in the replys I just wanted to point this out.
I... Just now realized how fucking abusive that shit is, holy fuck. My stepdad/family in general have either forced me to eat foods I was unsure of or shamed me for not wanting to eat certain things because of taste or texture. I feel especially bad for my brother because if I had this experience, I can't imagine how awful it was for him with him most definitely having sensory issues with a lot of foods.
As an autistic person, I can relate to this, but luckily my mother wouldn't force me to eat anything I didn't want to. I still do get made fun of for being "fussy" or a "picky eater", but I'd rather that over being forced to eat certain foods.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had that experience (though it's awful)! I thought I was crazy... ugh my father was fucking awful and I didn't realize until last year I'm autistic. My heart goes out to you :(
The ableist video was awful but I want to talk about the Asian one. It's absolutely DISGUSTING, what in hell is that man thinking when he writes, films and uploads those videos????? I am happy that Nick made this video and will continue to make videos about this mans actions to hopefully spread how terrible he is and get him to stop doing it as well as apologizing
As an Asian person myself, I think it’s fucking gross that Sameer can profit off of racist content. Plus, the “spoiled delicacy” thing is completely incorrect. We don’t eat raw fungus and we don’t eat “disgusting food”. Also, as a person who’s dealt with racism, it’s also disgusting that he has supporters for his content.
I really appreciate Nick covering the video about the disabled guy and his cheating wife with the care needed. I was disappointed in Cody's reaction to it because it didn't feel like he had our (disabled people's) backs. It was apparent that he is ignorant when it comes to the subject of ableism. But Nick did a great job of explaining how problematic it is.
The thing that BAFFLES me about the Yingmas story is that with the set up. they could have very easily had a message about respecting children's sensory needs but then it goes into this weird racist area for no reason.
This dude makes Dhar Mann look coherent. And that first "To Catch a Cheater" clip you showed with the job offer.... that's not catfishing. That's not a cheating trap. That's just creeping on and coercing a woman just looking for a job. Of course, it's fake, but man is that messed up. This dude is also so robotic and uncanny valley. And IDK why these people can't think to actually work with people of the races and other demographics they cover. They can get the actors, so it's not like they don't have any way to do so. Besides.... the internet can solve that issue even if they don't know anyone. It's not hard at all. Hell, there's plenty of channels devoted to sharing the experiences and perspectives of different demographics. Want some insight into life as a black man? Jarvis Johnson, D'Angelo Wallace, MacDoesIt, etc. Want some insight into life as a trans person? Jammidodger, Samantha Lux, Contrapoints, Kat Blaque, Luxeria, Sam Collins, etc. You can get it straight from the actual people! And if you really aren't equipped to handle a topic, better to not do it than to botch it. C'mon guys..... And the way he talks about his baby is.... unnerving.... WTF?!
Thanks for treating these videos with the serious disgust that they deserve. I was really upset when I saw the Cody Ko video that just playfully laughed at the ableism in the “disabled husband” video, and even more upset when he contributed to that ableism himself by joking that disabled people are vegetables, can’t be independent, etc. People treat these “inspirational” videos like they’re just cringe and can do no real harm but I’m glad you point out just how wrong that is
The plunging face, throwing up into toilet, and crying in the shower bit is taken straight from the first Ace Ventura movie. Which is transphobic trash, so I'm not surprised. At least Jim Carrey actually committed to the face plunging.
as a disabled person we aren't inspiring for doing regular things! thanks for calling it out. we often have actual inspiring traits and work ignored by people who call us inspiring for leaving the house or getting groceries [actual things I've had happen to me]
ty for talking about how the "this content is for people who don't speak English as a first language" is a cop out for terrible writing!! it annoys me that even their critics let them slide on this one, when that is not at all the actual reason. content can still be compelling and tell a competent story even to someone whose native language isnt English (duh). not to mention dhar mann called his own content visually compelling... yeah im compelled to give your project for media class a B-...
alright is no one gonna call out how ableist cody ko's video about this guy was?? nick didn't do this in his video but creators will make fun of someone faking a disability and then make fun of the disability themselves. cody literally called the disabled character a vegetable in his video. it's not just sameer's videos but the reaction videos made by people about him that are becoming a problem too. CODY LITERALLY SAID A SLUR AND EVERYONE JUST LAUGHED AND MOVED ON. i feel like im going crazy. thought i'd add other examples of ableism in the video: (yikes it's gonna make this comment really long) - laughing at the text to speech voice which some disabled people use - when the character came back home and the wife said she wasn't expecting him they made a joke about wondering where he was going 'unsupervised" as if disabled people don't have lives and the entire point of having a wheelchair and a text to speech accommodation is so disabled people can be more independent - also sameer said the character left his wife cuz she cheated as if mans wasn't literally being abused AND GOT PUSHED DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. intimate partner violence is mega common in disabled relationships. if you thought the jokes were funny, cool, now think critically about what the jokes are about and who they hurt because them being funny doesn't take that away.
I was super disappointed by Cody's video. Nick had left a comment on it but I don't remember what it was but I'm glad he made this video. Hopefully more people will see it and comments like yours because clearly more people need to be educated.
@@SM-yz4hi yea that's the slur. calling someone that is dehumanizing and disrespectful. it comes from the medical term vegetative state which is "a chronic state of brain dysfunction in which a person shows no signs of awareness" according to google. the character wasn't even in a vegetative state as he was literally a college professor lol.
As A black disabled person the racist video made me angry and the ablest video made me angry and sad. I am so disgusted I can’t even put my revulsion into words honestly. Like there could be possibly disabled kids watching this and they don’t know better and then they might internalize it. And as a person who is consciously fighting against my internalized ableism it is a uphill battle and one that could be avoided if people like this man did not share their insane ideals. Or just speak at all. Hearing him say that he couldn’t see and then having him be pushed down the stairs literally terrified/horrified me. Bringing back memories of really mean kids that would intentionally guide me into walls or told me to go to opposite direction from everyone which would result in me getting lost. Don’t even get me started on the whole inspiration thing. and having him put all of these things as jokes or portray them as funny is infuriating and scary because I’ve been on the brunt of the so-called drokes and they really f**k with my head to this day, making me feel as if I’m over reacting, because ha ha ha funny right? No. Not at all. Anyway, I am so glad to be blind and not be able to see this stupidity. Actually living through some of this is enough, thanks.😒😞
That clip where Sameer is promoting his daughter’s RU-vid channel is horrifying. My mans never fully blinks his eyelids will come down halfway at most like jfc no wonder his eyes are so red
OK BASICALLY my mom is a paralegal and she writes papers for lawyers and one of her clients asked her to write a divorce for her and her husband bc he kept FARTING in front of her kids and she couldn’t handle it 😭 the court was like “wth” and they pushed the hearing to later this year bc it’s DEFINITELY NOT URGENT but she was INSISTENT so they had a quick hearing and obviously ruled against her 😭 😭 what is this world coming to
as a disabled person boy does that leave a gross taste in my mouth,,, seriously as someone who needs and cant afford a wheelchair seeing this guy having one to give a grossly ableist portrayal of disabled people rubs me the wrong way
Thank you for talking about this. I am in a wheelchair myself, and I really have to say how hurtful this guy's video is to me. Those stereotypes he perpetuates are not only not true, but they actually lead to real life issues many disabled people have to endure (not being believed, being considered unworthy or unfit for relationships, being undesirable, being taken advantage of and many more). Being white (in central Europe) I can only imagine how painful the racist videos are to people who had to actually (and still do on a daily basis) hear those insults all through their lives.
the disabled one is...so beyond gross?? How could someone's brain even conceptualize that let alone actually CREATE and CAST himself in? I thought he was just another weird or cheesy motivational videos (like the farting divorce one) but he's SO much worse. As terrible as these are I'm looking forward to the next 2 parts to shed more light on these horrendous videos that Sameer makes and seems to be getting away with unscathed.
I am so glad inspiration porn and ableism is being covered more widely. I am disabled and I appreciate this so much. Just talking about disability rn gets so tiring bc people don’t understand real disabled culture. Its so nice to see a big RU-vid channel bring attention to it!
Thank you!! Those sort of relaxed "this is just funny" reactions to his content never sat right with me. Yeah it's ridiculous and very easy to make fun of, but I agree that this content is genuinely harmful especially because of his massive audience.
How the fuck does this dude think pretending to be disabled is even a bit ok? It’s not even a good portrayal, if you’re going to make fun of us, at least be accurate
Im so glad someone is finally talking abt how racist and sexist these 'inspirational' vids r. Usually people just clown on the stupid storylines and bad acting. All of dhar manns vids just rub me the wrong way, especially that vid he made abt sexism. As someone who faces sexism everyday it just triggered me
thank you for the content warnings I appreciate it and you. 💛 i wish more folks did this when covering this stuff, especially if it’s covering things that aren’t a part of their lived experience.
Thank you for censoring. : , ) A lot of people don't bother with stuff like that even though there's lots of people like me who get uncomfortable with food stuff like that. Feels nice to be thought of!
these kinds of videos have such an awful impact on the disabled community i'm so glad someone is finally bringing it up instead of just laughing at how poorly scripted they are. for the record: disabled people aren't inspirational just for living our lives we're human beings glamorising the murder of disabled people when theres a whole ass day dedicated to mourning the loss of disabled people at the hands of their family/friends is fucking disgusting. i'm just tired of being treated like a sick puppy who people only pretend to care about because it makes them look good.
I agree that the over the top, cheesy dialog is patronizing to non-english speakers from a storytelling perspective, but as an english speaker, I wonder if it IS helpful with learning the basics of speaking the language. I watched a lot of childrens' content when learning Chinese in school, and while the stories were often simple, it was a good way to learn some basic language skills and occasionally some cultural things like Chinese coloquializms. Aside from Dhar Mann's ability to execute on it, I can see where he is coming from in that one specific case.
This reminded me of the educational "cultural situation" videos we'd watch in my Spanish classes. They were just little 10-15 min videos of a recurring group of characters going through everyday situations in a Spanish-speaking country. There would be 1 min breaks to catch up less fluent viewers on the plot and less common/new vocabulary. That's a pretty dry description bc those vids were the highlight of our week! It was essentially soap opera-style acting done by what looked like 2-5 background actors and it was always hilarious. Stuff like Maritza going to the tailor to get her pants hemmed and on the way gets a taxi and teaches us how to give an address. But the jump cuts! The scene swipes! The camera shots lasting 5 seconds longer than needed! The wind blowing in the actors' mics! It was the most unintentionally entertaining educational material I have ever beared witness to.
I can't speak to the ESL experience, but when I was learning Spanish or French, I could still grasp more complicated themes, as long as they used simpler words. On the online reading sites we used in school, you could usually pick your reading level, and the language would adjust so it was easier to grasp. It was still the same story and themes, but put into simpler sentences.
as a native english speaker and someone learning a foreign language, i still would say that actual real dialogue (or at least actual shows) would be better input than this stuff. they also use the excuse of targetting ESL learners to excuse really awkward and poorly written dialogue, which i probably wouldn't want to learn from. the basic idea of comprehensible input IS good, but this stuff is not it. any amount of input will probably be helpful if you listen to enough of it tho.
Nick said “speaking of Valentine’s Day, do you know what I love the most in this world?” Just as my cat tried to steal a fry from my plate and I yelled “ *NO!* ” at the most perfect time lololol
thank you for helping me understand what it is about all of these videos that is obviously super fucked up - it is not necessary for your young audience to literally hear hate speech to learn that people can be racist. It's basically subjecting them to that violence in the guise of helping them and it's really fucking gross. and they make SO much money. it feels like you make the most money on content if you throw your morals out the window and target children. Mr. Rogers must be rolling in his grave. :(
I'm an elementary school teacher, and I know for a fact that kids watch things like this including dhar mann etc. and that's what concerns me the most because they perceive it as reality when it's very surface level and it is wildly misleading for kids.
In Memeulous' video there was also a dude that drank bleach, plunged his face and cried naked in a shower.....like why does he make this a reoccurring thing in his videos?? It's not the funny hyperbole he believes it to be :/
I’ve always thought this guy’s channel was strange. It’s a poor attempt at life lesson videos that are usually geared towards children, but this features sexual, racist, and ableist content. I do not like Sameer’s videos and I have yet to see negative comments on the couple videos I saw. Maybe he has a team deleting negative comments?
The bit about foreigners not understanding American content is true, I'm from Europe and I have no idea as to what's happening in Nick's videos, I've been lost for a year now and slowly losing my sanity
i think dhar manns point about audiences who don't speak english isn't that they're dumber or that american storytelling is too complex; i always thought he meant that lots of people used his videos as tools to help learn and practice english? so you want the content to be as easy to understand as possible so you can focus on trying to learn the language. but that's me giving him the benefit of the doubt bc he def didn't say that lmao
I love your videos. I love your sense of humour and wisdom. I love how fearless you are when you're defending what's right. But I worry that all this negative stuff might wear you down. Please take care of yourself little mate.
I honestly think that type of content would just make kids less able to recognise racism because it reinforces the idea that racists are these obvious and overtly hateful caricatures, when racism is often more subtle and difficult to properly adress because of that subtlety.
I really appreciate you speaking out on this, because (i really enjoy his content) Cody for example only make fun of them and don't really address the issues and what harm these videos could do and so few people criticize them for what they are and do and stand for and only make fun of them
“Husband divorces wife because she farted” Bruh, one time me and my girlfriend were just chilling out but all of a sudden she farted. She laughed so fucking hard and I couldn’t hold it so I did too. One of my memories I’ll remember.
I appreciate that you blurred his child’s face, the child has no ability to consent to their face being on the internet and he decided it was great idea to just put it out there without thinking about how his child may feel later. This always bothers me, parents who use their children as a way of profit on youtube, especially young ones.
“In five years of marriage, I’ve NEVER heard you fart!” i farted on my bf when we were play fighting the first time i went over to his house and he had to tap out bc he was laughing so hard. it’s one of my most cherished memories
10:50 nick but you do know in dharr man’s case the dialogue isn’t the way it is to dumb down the storytelling for foreigners. It only simplifies dialogue since the viewers aren’t all native English speakers.
At this point, I should just ask people consuming disabled inspiration porn to start paying for my medical bills. I would be even more inspiring if I wasn’t paying thousands of dollars a year to not die ❤️
15:16 It's really disgusting how they don't just portray "Yingmas" as the Other, they also portray him as a threat with that type of background music and that type of camera angle, like he is a dangerous wild person
Thank you for making this. My 8 year old nephew watches stuff like this. I might watch your video with him to help me explain to him why these "moral stories" are gross and bad. I'd also love a similar relatively-family-friendly breakdown of why Dhar Man is bad too from you, like this! It'd really help me explain to him what these channels are doing.
I genuinely want to thank you for making this video. I've watched other people's videos on him and just thought, 'Oh, those are such weird videos with really bad scrip and acting', and never thought too much on it. Also, this was a great video :)
Heads up commenters, something can be "post ironic" and still be shitty in subject and in quality. Especially where it pertains to racism, transphobia, ableism etc, no matter how absurd of a level it may take it to. The exact same jokes, told the exact same way, would be leaps and bounds better if approached with tact and if anyone with a shred of actual knowledge on the subjects were involved in the writing. Believe it or not, marginalised and minority groups can be funny too. Its a free market baby, and we're not buying.
Tim Renkows "Jerk", though still definitely subjective in its humour, is an example of the same type of absurdist "non PC" comedy as say, this guys disability jokes, but this time through the actual lived lens of someone with a disability and who isn't purely using cheap laughs and outdated stereotypes to push the dopamine buttons of people who still think family guy is the funniest sh*t to ever be written.
Is kinda sad that the person who made the idea of making fun of this type of videos(Cody Ko) Is now buddies with the main one and defends his videos now.
