Welcome message for new subscribers + Thanks George

Hey, and welcome to a slightly less

depressing video than usual. I just wanted

to make this video to say hi and welcome

to all the new subscribers I got last

night. I must have gained over 100 new

subscribers overnight, and that was thanks

to George, George Trombly. You know, the

guy I was talking about when— in that

video called How I Learned Japanese. He

made a video talking about me, saying that

he's interested in meeting me because he's

in London. If you watch that video I made

where I was talking about how I learned

Japanese, then you'll remember that I said

10 years ago I used to watch the George

and Keiko Show, and I used to use his

website called Yes Japan all the time.

And it's just so surreal that 10 years

later he's watching my videos. So I just

wanted to make this video also to say

thanks to George. It really meant a lot to

me that you made a video specifically for

me. Um, I know you tried messaging me

trying to arrange a meetup, and I did

reply to you. I'm not sure if you Maybe

you missed the notification, or maybe you

didn't get a notification that I replied

to your messages. So it was really a big

relief that we managed to sort things out.

I was kind of worried that you read my

message and you decided not to reply, and

I didn't know if I, if I wanted to keep

sending you more messages, even though

it's not something I usually do. I don't

usually travel long distances to meet

guys. If it's a girl, then it's a

different matter. So yeah, I'd definitely

be interested in meeting up, even though

it's kind of out of my comfort zone, not

usually something I do, but I'd be really

gutted if you came all the way to England

and I decided not to meet you. It would

have felt like I wasted an opportunity, I

missed the chance to do something. I'd

feel like I'd really regret it. So if

you're new here and you subscribed last

night or over the last few days, I just

wanted to say, uh, hi and welcome. I think

I already said that. I also want to do

like a self-introduction, I guess. I'm

Daniel. I'm 28 this month. I live in

England. I used to be a huge anime nerd

and Japan nerd when I was in my teenage

years and early 20s. I've kind of grown

out of all that anime stuff and things

like that, but I'm still really interested

in learning Japanese or speaking Japanese.

And I'm still, in general, I'm still

interested in Japan as a country. I like

to make videos talking about embarrassing

things that happened to me in the past. I

like to talk about relationships and

social anxiety issues and things to do

with introvertedness. I guess you could

kind of say I'm a little weird as a

person, but I don't think— I'm not like

some kind of people-hating person. I don't

have like a deep-seated hatred of people.

I'm not like a future mass murderer. I'm

not Elliot Rodger version 2. I'm just

really socially awkward. What really

surprised me was there's so many comments

on my videos of people saying things like,

I can totally relate to your story. You

sound just like me. The same things have

happened to me. It just, it feels like,

wow, there are people in the world who are

very similar to me. Sometimes it feels

like I'm the only weird one. It feels like

everyone else is different to me. It feels

like it's just me who has all these

problems and issues when That's not the

case at all. There's so many people out

there who share the same issues as me. It

feels like, it feels like I'm reaching out

to people who are like me, and it

feels really nice and rewarding to get

those kind of comments where people have

found my videos relatable. I feel like

maybe this channel can have a kind of,

kind of like a direction for raising

awareness about these issues like social

anxiety or introvertedness, I still feel

like a lot of people don't really

understand extroverted and introverted

personalities and things like social

anxiety. Like, why are some people really

quiet? Why don't some people talk much?

Why are some people so shy? It feels like

a lot of extroverted people, they don't

really understand things like

introvertedness, and they think that

really quiet people And introverted people

are weird because we don't speak much or

we're very quiet. I used to get picked on

at school so much because I was so quiet

and I never spoke. Even when I went to

Japan, there'd be like these super

extroverted alpha male type American guys

and they'd be like, Daniel, why are you so

quiet? It's weird. It's really creepy.

You should talk more. It feels like a lot

of people see being introverted as a

negative thing and something that needs to

be corrected or fixed if you're

introverted. You have to become

extroverted. You need to talk more,

even if you're not interested in talking.

And that's— I don't agree with that at

all. I don't feel like— I don't associate

negativity with introverted people. It's

just a different kind of person. There's

loads of rabbits in the garden. It's just

a different kind of personality. It's just

that extroverted people hugely outnumber

introverted people, so we're in the

minority. Minorities usually get

misunderstood. It would just be great if

people would understand that it's, it's

not weird or wrong if some people are less

talkative or kind of quiet. Not everyone's

a really chatty, talkative person.

There's just different kinds of people in

the world, and there's nothing wrong with

that. For me personally, I do enjoy

talking to people when I find the right

kind of person. I'm not the kind of person

who can just have a conversation with

anyone. I need to feel like we are

compatible. I need to feel like we have

things in common, or I feel comfortable

with talking to you.

Bloody phone. Also, I really feel like

there's kind of like a community that's

forming around this channel, and it feels

really nice. I lead a really isolated and

shut off from society kind of lifestyle,

and because of this, I've never really

felt like I've belonged to a group of

people or to a community. I guess thanks

to this YouTube channel, I feel like I'm

less alone. I don't feel so lonely

anymore. It's really nice hearing,

reading comments from people who

understand the issues that I have in life

and find my stories relatable. So yeah, I

just wanted to say thanks to all of you

who continue to show interest in my videos

and support me and leave nice comments. I

just feel so emotionally satisfied right

now. Yesterday I was really depressed

after what happened at work, and I had a

really shitty night, to be honest. And

then the next day, I— it's just like my

mood has completely reversed and I feel

great. I'm so glad I decided to make this

YouTube channel. It was so difficult 2

years ago when I first picked up the

camera and tried making a video of myself

talking. I hated the way I sounded. I

hated the way I looked. It was such a

difficult hurdle to overcome, but I feel

really proud of myself, and I feel proud

of the channel and how far it's come

along, and I just hope it continues

growing. Yeah. I think the first time I

attempted to make a video, like a

vlog-style video, was back in 2014. I was

in South Korea in my ex-girlfriend's

apartment. She had left to go somewhere,

to the hospital or something, and I was

alone, so I tried making a video of

myself, and it was horrible. I absolutely

hated it. It was a terrible experience.

And then about a year later, I decided to

give it another go, and I started making

videos on this channel. I actually used to

have a YouTube channel before this one,

and I used to upload like 1-minute-long

animations, and they were really sexually

graphic. They were like these hentai

cartoon things I used to upload, and they

used to get thousands and thousands of

views, but then they started to get

striked, and I got 3 community strikes,

and YouTube suspended the account, and I

lost all my videos on that channel. Which

was kind of disappointing because I also

had some vlog-style videos from 2008

or 2007, which I kind of regret

losing now. If you go and find the very

first video on this channel, it's an

animation called Lonely Guy or something.

All my animations were that kind of style,

but the characters were like having sex

with each other or doing really weird

things like squeezing their breasts and

creating like an ocean of milk. It was

really messed up. And I'll leave a link

for that animation somewhere here, down

here. You can click it. The thing

is, I have to keep the video rolling,

otherwise the link, the clickable box

disappears. So let's just wait for a few

seconds.