Why I hate 48% of my Youtube Audience

So it seems as though a lot of people

don't like me. I made a community post

poll asking people if they liked me or

not, and 52% of people said

they liked me, but 48% said

they didn't like me. Now, I knew a lot of

people didn't like me. I'm not stupid.

But I didn't think that so many people

didn't like me. I thought at least 65% of

the people would like me. I was just

really surprised and kind of shocked that

so many people clicked on the dislike me

button. The main reason why I decided to

make that poll in the first place was

because people always say in the comments,

Daniel, nobody likes you, and I wanted to

prove them wrong by making a poll. And

technically I did prove them wrong because

52% is still a lot of people. It's more

than 48%. So the statement that no one

likes me is completely false. 48% of

people do not like me. 52% is not no

one. So first of all, I want to say thank

you to the 52% of the people who do like

me. I like you too. You're very nice. But

to the 48% who clicked on the do not like

me, I don't really like you either. I

think you smell and you're probably

irritating, and if I ever met you in real

life, I would probably find you to be very

annoying. Now ideally, I would like to be

able to tell the 48% of people who do not

like me to just, you know, fuck off, but

unfortunately, um,

basically I can't tell people to fuck off

because I need them to carry on watching

so I can, you know, buy food and stuff

like that.

Unfortunately, I've chosen a career path

where I kind of need people to like me if

I want to be successful, and I don't think

I've been doing a very good job at getting

people to like me. So I've been reading

this guide called How to Get People to

Like You on wikiHow, And I'm going to try

out a few of the steps, and then after

I've finished all the steps, you can tell

me if you change your mind, if you now

like me instead of dislike me. Okay,

so step number 1 says smile.

The absolute simplest way to get people to

like you is to smile genuinely.

And the reason why I don't smile very much

is because people always tell me that I

look creepy. And I don't know why I look

creepy when I smile. This is just

what I look like when I smile. It says,

if you act like you are happy, you'll

probably feel happier. Don't force a fake

smile, others will be able to detect it.

Number 2 says, use a comfortable level of

eye contact.

Like this? One of the major complaints

people have made against me is that I

never look into the camera and I'm always

looking around like this. Maybe if I

looked straight into the camera lens like

this, people will like me more?

Um, so step number 3 says tilt your head

towards the other person. I don't know

what that means because there is no other

person. Step number 4 says give a quick

eyebrow flash.

A common sign to show friendliness and

that you're non-threatening is to do a

quick eyebrow flash, just moving them up

and down slightly and quickly.

I'm not making this up, it actually says

that somewhere there. Combine this with a

smile and you have the basic setup for any

likable, approachable human. So all I

have to do is smile and then flash my

eyebrows.

This is so stupid. Who wrote this article?

It makes absolutely no sense. Since when

does flashing your eyebrows, moving them

up and down, make you likable?

Moving swiftly on, step number 5 says

mirror the positioning. Can't really do

that because I can't see you. I can't see

you, so I can't really mirror what you're

doing. Step number 6 says don't

assert your dominance. Well, that should

be easy because I'm not a very dominant

person in the first place. I think I'm a

very passive person. There's a few extra

steps here that say ask people about

themselves. Um, okay,

so tell me about yourself.

It's always better to mean what you're

saying. People know when you have a false

humility. Setting out to show interest in

people about whom you really don't— it's

boring. It's just so frustrating. Why

can't people just like me for me? Why do I

have to pretend or act like someone else

or be fake to get people to like me? Why

can't I just be myself and then people

like me for my personality and for

who I am. I don't want to have to pretend

to be this smiley smiley super happy

person when I'm not really a smiley smiley

happy person. Number 2,

it says, ask for a favor. This one may

sound kind of funny if you're not familiar

with it It's a technique known as the

Benjamin Franklin effect. If you ask for a

favour, the other person does it for you,

you thank them, and they end up liking you

more. So if I ask people for favours,

they'll like me? Please press the like

button and the subscribe button, and I

will thank you, and you will like me. The

idea here is that everyone likes being

useful, and everyone prefers to have

someone indebted to them instead of having

debts to others. They gain a sense of

power and purpose from you, causing them

to like you more. So if I give you a sense

of power over me, that means you'll like

me. Number 3: talk about what interests

the other person. Well, that's kind of

difficult because I don't know what

interests all of you. If I knew what all

of you were interested in, then I'll just

make videos about that and it'll make my

life a lot easier. So you could write a

comment telling me what you're interested

in, and then I can make a video talking

about it, and then you'll like me.

Step number 4, be empathetic. Pretty

straightforward and logical, huh? But

oddly enough, even though humans know

this, it's so much easier not to do it.

That's so true. A simple phrase can do the

trick. Let's say someone is explaining to

you a recent problem of theirs. Your

automatic response is, I understand how

you feel. I understand how you feel.

Just reiterating what they're saying will

make them feel paid attention to and good.

Flatter them. Make sure your flattery is

purposeful and appropriate. You are really

just the best subscriber, the best viewer.

On all of YouTube, you are what every

YouTuber would love to have as a viewer on

their channel. I think you're great

and you're doing a really great job.

Compliments need to be genuine in order to

be appreciated and taken seriously. I'm

being 100% genuine when I say that

you are fantastic. I love you. Step number

6: Embarrass yourself. Well, I think I've

already done that. I embarrassed myself

five times last night on my wife.

Step number seven: touch them.

Touch them. Really? Step number seven:

touch them.

Step number 8 says, make them feel good.

Well, I don't really know how to make you

feel good, and I can't really touch you

unless you want to come here and you're

willing to let me touch you. But you have

to be a girl, and you have to be able to

keep secrets. So those were a few

steps on how to make people like you.

Hopefully they will be effective, and I'll

be giving them a try. And hopefully people

will like me now. And if you like me

instead of disliking me, please press the

like button. Maybe in a few days I'll ask

another community poll asking people if

they like me or not, and we'll see if, if

this video has had any effect. We'll see

if the tips on wikiHow actually worked.

And if you still don't like me even after

all of those wikiHow tips and even after

all of this fake smiling, then I really

don't know what to say. If there's nothing

I can do to make you like me, well, what

am I supposed to do? Maybe you should just

fuck off.

Hello and welcome back to another exciting

episode of Unboxing with Daniel. I've got

a lovely box here full of goodies from

Amazon, and I'm going to be showing you

what I purchased. Oh,

look what I have in my box! What's this?

CO2? How exciting!

Why is it warm? And we also have

some initial sticks for growing plants

underwater, and we've got a bag of fish

gravel to put into a fish tank,

and we've got a little yellow thing.

Flora Pride. It's kind of like fertilizer

for plants. And I've got a big bag of

Platinum Soil. Give me that Platinum

Soil! Look at that, 8 liters. That's some

good soil. But the most exciting thing is

this brand new S-size fish

tank. Now you might be wondering Daniel,

why have you bought a fish tank and CO2

and soil? Well, that is a top secret,

and if you want to find out, well, you'll

just have to watch the next video.

Okay, fine, you've twisted my arm. I'll

tell you now. The new fish tank and the

new fish stuff is not for the current

fish. The current fish are here, but I've

decided to get my own fish tank because I

want to get some other fish and I want to

do my own thing. And my wife won't let me

do what I want to do with the goldfish.

Even though I paid for it, she won't let

me decorate the inside of the goldfish

tank how I want to decorate it. So I've

had to resort to buying a new tank and

getting new stuff and making it my own

fish tank, and then she can have that one

and then I'll have this one. So I might

just clear a space here and put the fish

tank here. My plan is to grow lots of

plants inside of it so it's like a green

underwater jungle and then put some tiny,

tiny fish inside of it and maybe some

shrimp and, you know, create a little

ecosystem. I think it'll be fun. Okay, so

my new fish tank is gonna go here. It's

actually just the perfect size to fit next

to my computer. I have to wait a few more

days for my plant seeds to arrive and then

we can start putting the soil down and

then start planting the seeds and getting

it prepared. And then we can get some