March Madness

So a few things have happened lately in the "vlogosphere" that bear mention.

First and foremost, Charles Trippy had a brain tumor. How 'bout that. I admit to resubscribing to CTFxC just to watch the events unfold. I don't know how much longer I'll stay subscribed now that the core issue is resolved, but I suppose that as long as I remain at least semi-entertained, I'll leave it. I just honestly had zero interest in watching Charles on tour with his band or any of that. But it's kind of fun to watch again lately when they were all together again.

Second, it was around that time that I realized Shay Carl has lost a ton of weight. I only stopped watching him less than a year ago, so that seems to be a bit fast based on what I've heard about safe weight loss. His face even looks a bit gaunt to me. Though he does seem to be in good physical shape. So good on him for losing it though, I suppose. But, I have to say, part of the charm is lost. Him being a big guy was part of what made him funny. It's kind of like with Wayne Knight; Dennis Nedry and Newman would not have been funny characters if he'd been his eventual thinner self. There's simply a comedic value to someone being overweight. So I'm sorry to say, but now Shay just seems like some kind of over-enthusiastic gym trainer or something.

Thirdly is Katers' little run-in with the law. There seems to be debate in the comments over whether Kate may have actually intended to steal the sunglasses. Either way, I think she exaggerated a little on what happened. She made it sound like she got taken downtown, arrested, fingerprinted, and the whole nine yards, and is "in the system" now for sure. But in reality, it sounds like she actually just got a summons to appear in court, and has a chance to contest the whole thing. That's a big difference.

Meanwhile, there's no video evidence to prove or disprove her story, so all of the rabid fanboys showing their loyalty by talking bad about the security guard and police, and claiming Kate "has proof" to sue, is all a bit unnecessary and unreasonable. Claiming you forgot you had the item in your hand is one of the most common excuses a shoplifter gives, so why should the security guard have thought Kate was any different? And no, she didn't legally have to submit to any search, but you better believe that security guards are going to let you think you have to if you don't know any better. As for the handcuffs, who knows. For all we know, maybe Kate was freaking out and arguing with them or something.

And, again, for all we know, maybe she was in fact trying to steal them. You just don't know. Kate comes from a low-income background, with no father figure present, and has shown that she was friends with a rougher crowd. It's not unreasonable to assume anything in this case. I mean, she said she joked with them about how she didn't even take sauce packets or whatever from restaurants, even though that's an obvious fib. Remember when she was visiting her dad, and scooped up every one of those little jelly jars that she could find? Yeah. And it's no secret that she's very very tight with money, to the point where she would freeze in her own house before turning the heat up a few degrees.

So yeah. I won't go as far as to say she intended to steal the things, cause it's certainly a plausible story she gave. But I will still stay open-minded enough to accept that maybe she did do it, too. We'll never know the truth either way. And I'm not boycotting Pennies over it like Cory is insisting everyone do, because if I boycotted every store where someone has had a negative experience with security, I might as well not even go out of the house. I've even had a couple of experiences myself, and while they weren't anything like Kate's, it was enough for me to stop visiting one particular store for years. But I wouldn't have gone around telling others not to shop there just because one douchebag employee ruined it for me.

I guess that's it for this vlogger blogger. I'm sure there's other topics I could talk about, but it seems Youtube ends up filling up posts plenty on its own!