'CHINA SHILL!'

A FEW DAYS AGO I STARTED TO NOTICE A LOT OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS UNDER MY CHINA VIDEO. THEY WERE ALL ALONG THE LINES OF CALLING ME A ‘CHINA SHILL’ AND ACCUSING ME OF HAVING BEEN PAID BY CHINA TO MAKE A FLATTERING VIDEO ABOUT THE COUNTRY. EVENTUALLY SOMEONE SENT ME A LINK TO A CHANNEL THAT MAKES ANTI-CHINA CONTENT. THE HOSTS OF THE VIDEO STATED THAT BECAUSE I HAD FILMED IN CHONGQING AND SHOWN THE MULTI-STORIED PLATFORM AND THE METRO TRAIN GOING INTO THE BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN SHOWN IN OTHER YOUTUBER’S VIDEOS BEFORE, I MUST BE PART OF A PRO-CHINA CONSPIRACY TO MAKE THE COUNTRY LOOK GOOD IN RETURN FOR CASH. FUCK ME, I THOUGHT, THEY DIDN'T GET MUCH RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT IF THEY DID PAY ME. A FUCKING METRO AND A CONCRETE SQUARE!

PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE A THUMBNAIL WHERE MY MOUTH IS OPEN FFS

FIRST LET ME SAY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A DEFENCE OF WHETHER I WAS PAID BY CHINA OR NOT. ANYONE WITH AN IQ ABOVE 80 CAN WATCH THE VIDEO AND SEE I OBVIOUSLY WASN’T. BUT I WISH I WAS.

IF CHINA OR ANY OTHER NATION WANTS TO OFFER ME MONEY TO MAKE A VIDEO IN THEIR COUNTRY THEN REACH OUT! I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE; TALIBAN AFGHANISTAN, AFRICAN DICTATOR, CENTRAL ASIAN NUT CASE AUTOCRAT. IF YOU WANT ME, COME GET ME. HOWEVER I CHARGE $250K AND I WILL SAY WHATEVER I WANT IN THE VIDEO AND HAVE FULL EDITORIAL CONTROL. THE ONLY PERSON I WON’T WORK FOR IS KEIR STARMER.

LOW IQ COMMENTER

THE REAL REASON YOUTUBERS WERE ALL GOING TO CHINA LAST YEAR IS ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE. BECAUSE IT SUDDENLY OPENED UP TO TOURISM AGAIN AFTER COVID. NOT BECAUSE CHINA INVITED ANYONE. ALSO BECAUSE IT IS BLOODY GOOD CONTENT THERE AND THE CPM IS VERY HIGH ON CHINA VIDEOS. YOU MAKE GOOD MONEY ON CHINA CONTENT. A MILLION VIEWS ON A CHINA VIDEO IS WORTH DOUBLE WHAT YOU GET ON AN AFRICAN TRIBE VIDEO ( OK LET'S NEVER MENTION THE TRIBE VIDEO AGAIN ).

'SHOW ME THE YUAN!'

AND THE REASON EVERYONE GOES TO THE CITY OF CHONGQING IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE IT IS A WEIRD PLACE WITH FUTURISTIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT REPRESENTS THE NEW CHINA. HENCE DREW BINSKY WENT THERE. BACKPACKER BEN WENT THERE. I WENT THERE. EVERYBODY GOES THERE. I WISH THERE WAS A MORE INTERESTING CONSPIRATORIAL REASON BEHIND IT BECAUSE I COULD THEN BE THE PERSON TO REVEAL IT. I COULD BE YOUTUBE’S DEEP THROAT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES NOT EXIST. THE FACTS ARE ALWAYS MORE MUNDANE THAN THE CONSPIRACY.

CHONGQING. IT'S MENTAL

WHAT YOU SOON REALISE WHEN YOU BECOME A YOUTUBER IS THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH LOW IQ’S WHOM CHANNELS SUCH AS THE ONE SAYING I AM A CHINA SHILL JUST LOVE TO PLAY WITH AND MANIPULATE. THEY LOVE THAT DAFT PART OF THE YOUTUBE AUDIENCE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY ARE TOLD AND LAP UP GOSSIP AND RUMOURS. THE LOW IQ ARMY WILL WATCH A CONSPIRACY VIDEO AND IMMEDIATELY BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY READ AND COMMENT AND SHARE IT. ZERO QUESTIONING. ZERO CRITICAL THINKING. TRUMP IS GOING TO BE A DICTATOR! BITCOIN WILL GO TO ZERO TOMORROW! PUTIN WILL NUKE LONDON! MACRON’S WIFE IS A MAN! OK THE LAST ONE MIGHT BE TRUE. 

MR AND MR MACRON ( ALLEGEDLY )

THE HOSTS OF THE CHANNEL ACCUSING ME AND OTHERS OF SHILLING DON’T REALLY BELIEVE THAT MY VIDEO WAS SPONSORED BY CHINA. THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE I PUT A BLOODY VPN ADVERT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ( VPNS ARE ILLEGAL TO USE IN CHINA ). BUT THEY KNOW THAT THE LOW IQ ARMY IS OUT THERE WAITING TO LAP UP ANY VIDEO WITH A CONTROVERSIAL TITLE. SO THEY PRODUCE THIS LOW BROW CONTENT KNOWING THEY AERE MONETISING THE CRETINS WHO BELIEVE THEM. THAT IS WHY I NEVER TAKE IT PERSONALLY. I KNOW THE GAME. PEOPLE HAVE BILLS TO PAY AND WHEN YOUR VIEWS ARE LOW YOU WILL SAY ANYTHING.

'YOU'RE A SHILL BRO! I WOULD NEVER SELL OUT!'

BUT LET US ADRESS SHILLING IN GENERAL. THE TRUTH IS IN 7 YEARS OF HAVING A CHANNEL I HAVE ONLY EVER HAD ONE SEMI-SERIOUS OFFER TO MAKE A VIDEO FOR A COUNTRY. IT WAS A MIDDLE EASTERN NATION WHO WANTED TO IMPROVE THEIR IMAGE REGARDING FOREIGN WORKERS. I TOLD THEM MY PRICE AND I NEVER HEARD BACK. APART FROM THAT NOTHING! NOT EVEN FUCKING ABKHAZIA HAS REACHED OUT! COME AND GET ME!

I'M YOURS ABKHAZIA!

AND BECAUSE I AM NEVER OFFERED ANY GOOD SHILLING OPPORTUNITIES I VERY MUCH DOUBT ANYONE ELSE IS EITHER. DREW BINSKY FILMED IN CHONGQING NOT BECAUSE CHINA PAID HIM BUT BECASUSE HE THOUGHT HE COULD GET VIEWS THERE. NO OTHER REASON. OCCAM’S RAZOR. 

YOU SEE THE PROBLEM ALL TRAVEL YOUTUBERS FACE NOWADAYS UNLIKE IN THE BEGINNING, IS FINDING NEW LOCATIONS. EVERYWHERE HAS BEEN FUCKING FILMED! MAURITANIA TRAINS HAVE BEEN DONE TO DEATH. BRAZILIAN FAVELAS. ENGLISH SHIT HOLE TOWNS. INDIA. AND SO EVERY TRAVEL VLOGGER IS BASICALLY FOLLOWING ALL THE OTHERS IN A CHASE THE TAIL SCENARIO. YES THEORY HAVE A BIG HIT IN TIMBUKTU AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT EVERYONE IS GOING THERE. NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE PAID BY A GOVERNMENT TO DO SO BUT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN REPLICATE THE VIEWS AND MAKE SOME MONEY.

WE'VE HEARD OF IT DREW. EVERYONE HAS BEEN

THAT IS WHY I WENT TO CHONGQING. AND I LOVED IT THERE BY THE WAY, AS I DID CHINA IN GENERAL. BUT IF CHINA WANTS TO PAY ME TO RETURN, THEN THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME. AND MY PRICE. AND  DON'T WORRY, IF THAT EVER HAPPENS I WILL BE SURE TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS FOR YOU TO READ.

BTW. I APOLOGISE FOR THE CAPITAL LETTERS. FOR SOME REASON IT CAME OUT LIKE THAT AND I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO RE-WRITE IT ALL IN LOWER CASE.