 So I was literally sitting down because I wanted to do a lyrical breakdown of some of the tracks on Logic's new album and then the James Charles subscriber count feed versus Tati Westbrook subscriber count popped up and I opened it up and I'm like oh my god and I had so many questions that I want to bring up as a topic of conversation. So today we're going to be talking about something called Shot Infrauda. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I like to do is take a look at the YouTube community and try to turn this mess into a message because what point is watching things like that subscriber count behind us if we're not trying to learn from them and apply it to our everyday life. So if you're into that kind of stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. So yeah like I said this right here popped up on my screen I'm like what is what is this and I clicked on it right obviously I've heard about how many subscribers James Charles is losing how many Tati is gaining she's she just passed seven million right but that's not what was fascinating to me what was fascinating to me is that right here right here in this in this live stream there are over 20 000 people okay that is one third of a football stadium sitting in a live stream right now watching these numbers and I'm like oh my god like I remember when the drama get in happened last year with like Manny MUA and Laura Lee and seeing things like this but there was maybe like hundreds or maybe a couple thousand this has 20 000 people and just when I imagine that many people I just have so many questions some of you who have been long-term like rewired soldiers you know that I I kind of just take a look at at human behavior and our thought processes and I'm just like what's going on so when I saw this I was just like confused and interested and I I started like looking on the internet to try to see like is there something that makes sense so we are going to be talking about Schadenfreude all right and I hope I'm saying that right I actually did like the google like thing a few times to try to see if I can hear it Schadenfreude Schadenfreude but anyways I I it it kind of reminds me of just like people who would go to the viewing of somebody like getting the electric chair right like this this kind of feeling of justice being served now what is Schadenfreude Schadenfreude just the the loose definition of it is getting getting pleasure out of somebody else's pain right and I was trying to look for something a little bit more fitting for this situation because there are some people who just get natural pleasure out of seeing other people's pain but this is a different case because it's when like like karmic justice is being served and we're going to talk more about karmic justice in a second so it's a little bit different with the James Charles and Tati Westbrook situation and yeah I ended up stumbling across this psychology today article that kind of breaks down why why we get pleasure from this all right so this article from psychology today I'll link it down in the description below but here's an excerpt from it the brain will choose pleasure over fear every time have you ever put someone down at work or at home just as it is beneficial to include someone in the group make them a member and access their resources it is also rewarding to exclude someone from the group deny them access to resources and thereby save more for yourself at that other person's expense we are conditioned to avoid what we fear and seek what gives us pleasure if alienating someone is pleasurable perhaps it is also addictive on some level we know that to put someone down to lie or to cheat is not a good thing to do yet in little ways we may do it with some frequency a research team out of the University of Brazil I think I said that right in Switzerland gave study subjects extra dopamine the chemical of pleasure that all drugs and alcohol force the brain to release people who got more dopamine were more likely to cheat if they knew they were not going to get caught or suffer any consequences so yeah what what that's saying is is shot in Florida can be somewhat addictive too pleasure comes from the dope dopamine right I'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic you get addicted to that right and I'm wondering I'm wondering if like people are like like getting off on this like watching this like every tick of James subscriber going down people like yeah yeah right like this this live stream not only does it have 20,000 people watching it but there's like super chats in there and I'm like why why like no hate to whoever's hosting this live stream like make your money baby girl but it's just interesting to me the human behavior behind this so when it comes to cancel culture in general I feel that we have this this this thirst for like comic justice right where something happens or we find out somebody did something wrong we want something bad to happen to them we want that person to get what we feel like they deserve but one of the things that just comes up in my mind is in this day and age with social media and all of the public shaming and cancel culture and everything like that like it's I feel I this is my opinion I feel like we've kind of gone two extremes right like don't get me wrong James Charles did some awful things not cool things but I don't know it just feels like there's not a spectrum what else is very interesting about this whole situation is not only seeing James Charles numbers go down but Tati Westbrook her numbers going up so it almost feels like in these situations you know we're looking for a hero like the one who who leaked this information the one who exposed the other person I remember last year during the drama get-in situation um and more things have changed since then because Gabriel Zamora he exposed Manny MUA and people had a similar sub feed count going same thing with James Charles and you saw Laura Lee and Manny going down Gabriel Zamora and and Jeffrey Starr going up right so one thing that's interesting to me is how I think as part of our tribal instincts is that people are always looking to pick sides right like this is something that like goes back to like when I was younger not too young but in my early 20s but like when twilight was around right like team team vampire guy or team wolf guy I forgot what their names were Edward and wolf guy right or or oh oh how about this going back to friends right when that whole thing like they were on a break you know what I mean there was like team Ross and team Rachel and I feel like people try to align themselves when these things happen and why else why else like when you look on Twitter and there's so much talk and chatter going around this and whenever these situations happen with anybody you see people picking sides and I feel like I feel like people when like part of their just like evolutionary psychology it's like they're they're vocalizing on social media like on Twitter like here's whose side I'm on right I'm on this side I'm on this side look at me I'm part of the tribe I'm not part of that tribe I am part of this tribe accept me right and I would love to hear from all of you like if you're somebody watching this live stream tell me down in the comments like I'm trying to understand I'm trying to figure this out like dang there's there could be some great psychological studies on this thing like why are you watching this right why do you why why are you so fascinated by this why are you intrigued by this why are you getting pleasure out of this why have you vocalized um whose side you're on if you're somebody who switched from James Charles to Tati like that's really interesting like why were you not subscribed to Tati Westbrook before why are you now right if because it almost feels like subscribing to a channel in this day and age it's not even about you like that creator or you like their content sometimes it just it's a sign of who you support right and nobody can really see who you support like it's not like when you walk around on the streets people see who you're subscribed to so nobody else knows who you're subscribed to unless you tell them so why is that like why were these people not subscribed to Tati Westbrook before but they are now because I'm sure I'm sure if you were subscribed to James Charles you you knew who Tati Westbrook was so I don't know and this this place this platform for me I get to kind of like toss around ideas I'm actually starting a podcast this coming week as well and it's just like where I just want to throw out ideas and have conversations like I like working through these things in my head and have an audience where I can converse with you and just try to understand this because life is this crazy complex thing us humans we act so strangely it seems to defy logic and there's just so many questions out there so I would love to hear what you guys's thoughts are on this subject down in the comments below all right but anyways that's all I got for this video if you liked this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon you are all amazing and if you would like to get your name in the credits get access to our monthly Q&A and some other perks and benefits and help support what I'm doing here click or tap right there all right thanks again so so much for watching I'll see you next time