Clickbait

I'm not quitting YouTube

Well, I didn't exactly say that I was going to quit, but you know having the words "quit" and "YouTube" in the title, It's kinda, you know, it's kinda clickbaity.

But it's not, I promise

And at the same time, it's still not completely untrue. Let me explain

The truth is guys, over the past year or so

I umm...

I... uhm

Sorry, it's just umm...heh

It's just really hard for me to gather my thoughts

When there's loud cheesy, emotional music just playing right in my ear (Very annoyed)

*Greg holding radio playing music*

*Ryan shakes head as Greg backs away*

*Ryan Sighs*

As I was saying, I already told you guys I'm not quitting

But, there are gonna be a lot of changes and

Let me just- Let me just start from the top so that I can explain

Over the past year, I really have been considering quitting Youtube

*Dramatic music starts* And-

*Ryan knocks radio out of Greg's hand*

*Greg walks away*

See this is why I can't have a serious

Heart to Heart talk with you guys because I

I keep cutting away to random things

It's my own fault... And him!

Tryna make this all sad. It's not sad

Look guys, all jokes aside. Let me just be real for a second

It's not that I don't want to do Youtube and I- trust me

I do realize how great of an opportunity it has been

For me and.. and still is

But I just wasn't having fun making Youtube videos anymore

And I know it's a first world problem, OK

I'm not "having fun at my job"

I know everybody is supposed to have fun at their job

But in order to create really good content and unique things

You have to have fun doing it, at least that's what I believe in

I'm not a machine like other Youtubers, I need inspiration

I mean that's one of the reasons why I hardly posted last year

And it took me pretty much the entire year to realize why

I found myself falling into the typical Youtuber trap of

Trying to create videos that work versus trying to create videos that

Well...You're inspired to make- things that you wanna make

Even if that means creating videos that I know for a fact that a lot of you guys probably not like

Or understand or most likely be offensive

The kind of videos I used to make when I first started Youtube

You know, when I wasn't afraid of disappointing people or being too offensive or getting less views or whatever

I just finally realized at the end of last year that I was forcing myself to create videos that I don't even feel like making

And I was holding so many different things that I really wanted to make, I just was too afraid to do it

And by the way, I'm not talking ALL the videos last year

In fact, towards the end of last year, I started posting some of the videos that I wanted to post and.. I felt the consequences

I mean I saw the views drop, the dislikes go up but honestly I felt better because I did something I've been wanting to say

I'm sure you can figure out which videos I'm talking about

But anyway, once I made the realization that I wasn't having fun anymore

Um, towards the end of last year, I knew that I had to do something about it and make a decision

Either I need to just do something and quit Youtube entirely

Or I need to make changes and make Youtube fun for me again

And just start posting you know, whatever the hell I want wanna post and do the shows

That I wanna do, despite all the negative consequences that come with it

The dislikes, and the bad comments, and the you know the losing subs or whatever it is

Just, I just have to do those things because that's the whole reason why I started Youtube in the first place.

All I have to do is stop caring. Stop caring about the things that don't matter.

Stop being afraid of failure and..and chances take chances and try new things.

Things that I would've never done you know, in the previous years

But if that's what it takes to allow me to continue to do this and have fun doing it

Then, I'm just gonna do it. That's what I've decided...

Until I realized just how much easier it would be to just quit Youtube entirely and just do something else

So I went with that

*SLAM*

*Music plays*

So over the holidays I really thought about it.

If I were to quit Youtube, I can't just do nothing.

I had to think what else could I possibly do?

And obviously my first instinct was to do something similar to what I already do...Entertainment

I always wanted to be an actor and right now, specifically for asians, it's a great time to be an actor

For the whole Asian movement going on, you know, spreading diversity and whatnot.

Yeah, asian actors are kind of a hot commodity right now.

Hmm, Trust me, I know what Hollywood's looking for.

Ryan: "Hi. I'm uhh Ryan Higa, and I'm here to the audition for the role of Glen"

Gina: "OK, whenever you're ready"

Ryan: *Breathes In* *Coughs* *Whispers "Ok"*

Glen: "Maggie...(In Asian and Country accent) I need you to promise me...

That if I don't come back from the Pharmacy, I need you to be strong, Live on and do it for the little ones...

Because if an un-" *Interrupted*

Paco: "Uhh..Excuse you, what are you doing?"

Ryan: "Acting?"

Will: "Yeah and I'm sorry, What kind of accent were you doing?"

Ryan: "Asian.. Like the race"

Paco: "I'm not sure if you got the notes but Glen is an Asian-American character who was born and raised and raised in Georgia".

Ryan: "I'm so sorry, I just assumed because this is Hollywood and I saw Asian written on the character list uh"

Gina: "That's OK, we'll just take it from the top again".

Ryan: "OK"

Paco: "And remember that he's born and raised in Georgia".

Ryan: "Georgia. Got it. OK".

Glen: "Maggie... (In accent) I am from Georgia. And I need you-" *Interrupted*

Paco: "Alright I think we're good here, right?"

Ryan: No- what, no, no, no, please I uh, I can do better.

Ryan: Just give me notes or anything.

Paco: Fine, one more time from the top but just lose the accent.

Ryan: But the character, it says he has a slight accent-

Paco: Yeah, a southern one, because he's born and raised in Gorigeia.

Ryan: Southern! oh my god... Im- I can do southern! I can do southern.

Gina: Last time, from the top.

Ryan: Okay. *Breathes in*

Glen: Maggie *In southern accent*

I need you to promise me. I don't come back from that pharmacy,

I need you...

*Music drops* To bing bong, ling long, do it for the ding dong, ya ching chong.

Ryan: Da da da da dong dong dong dong dong

Ryan: End scene. *Breathes in, breathes out* I um, improved the song at the end I'm sure you guys can get the rights...

I even thought about some other jobs that are not entertainment related.

I mean, I never been opposed to a regular 9-5 job

Or a part time job even.

I probably wont initially get the best job, because I dropped out of college.

But, like a normal job, ya know?

One that requires basic skill, I mean,

I have a ton of amazing advanced basic skills.

I could wait tables, I mean, I've done that before.

Just in case it gets, ya know a little windier out here,

Um, anything else you guys need?

And you- you know what? I didn't take your order yet huh?

Ill be back!

Ill be back! *In deep voice*

you know- whats that-? List me uh uh "I'll be back! The governor!

Ya know? Whats his name?

Ah! Dwayne Johnson! ya, I'll be back, I'll be back!

I could be a babysitter,

I mean, I've raised my dogs since they were puppies.

It's basically the same thing.

*Laughs*

*Baby cries*

*Sprays squirt bottle*

*baby stops crying*

And if no one wants to hire me,

Uber driving.

I'll be my own boss.

I actually think I'd be an amazing Uber driver.

I mean look at me, Im Asian.

You know what they say about Asian drivers right?

*Grunt*

Great.. Asian driver...

Yup! Better buckle up!

*Seatbelt click*

Cause we're going drifting!

WOOHOOO

And if none of the other things work out.

The very last thing I thought about doing,

and trust me this is the last thing I could think of.

I thought about going back to school, and getting my degree in nuclear medicine.

Which was my original plan before I dropped out

But the thing is, I'm a different person now, OK?

A whole decade has passed since I've been in college

With all the knowledge that I've gained over the years, here on Youtube,

*Scoffs* This time around, college is gonna be like NOTHING

Ryan: Hey you um, you wanted to see me?

Roberto: Yes, Ryan... This was supposed to be your final thesis essay...

And you started it off with "Hey Guys".

Ryan: Yes, I know it is um...it's a little rough in the beginning

But it builds, its a build essay and it gets better like

By the conclusion, it's pretty strong

Roberto: With that being said, thank you for reading. If you liked this thesis, please leave an A..

And be sure to subscribe for more essays coming soon

Ryan: They are.. coming soon. That's--

Roberto: Ryan, Ryan, Ryan.. You can't honestly expect me to accept this, can you? I mean..

This is ridiculous

Ryan: What?

Roberto: First off, you didn't even type it out.

And not only did you not type it out, but you didn't write it in pen, you used pencil

Ryan: Wha--No that.. I could definitely, I could convert that if you give me like 2 or 3 days

Roberto: OK, OK and, and how many times have i told you..

I do NOT want you using puns in your essays?

Ryan: I honestly do not recall writing a single one in there like if, if there IS a pun, it's probably--

Roberto: For my thesis, I would prove that a plant can survive off a flash of a camera

Guess you could call it, My Photosyn-thesis. LOL?

Ryan: Yeah, I should've took the "LOL" out

Roberto: Alright, Students at this University spend months..MONTHS working on their essays and

You spent what? Maybe an hour, tops?

Ryan: Okay, no? Okay, that is.. that part is untrue, okay?

You know what that is? That is.. just..a..

That is a soda machine that doesn't take coins.

Roberto: What?

Ryan: It's nonsense, because the ending statement alone took me over an hour

And even more than that.

Roberto: Really?

Ryan: Yeah!

Roberto: This, this took you an hour? 4 sentences, 4 sentences.. that.. that took an hour?

Ryan: The ending statement, that's the conclusion, the back of that

Roberto: The back of what?

Ryan: At the end

Ryan: TeeHee

Ryan: It's supposed to--

Roberto: GET OUT!

Ryan: Okay, um

Overall, what I'm trying to say is, there's gonna be changes on this channel

And I know that a lot of you praise me and respect me for not changing my content

Over the years, but this is something I have to do for myself

Now that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop posting the videos that you guys are used to

It just means that in between those videos, because you know, those videos take

A lot longer to make, sometimes a couple weeks to a month, sometimes 2 months,

I am gonna be posting other things as well.

The other things that I have been too afraid to post.

Like rants that don't necessarily have skits in them

Or skits that don't necessarily have vlogs.

Ridiculous songs that we've made that make me and my friends laugh.

Probably not you guys

And a podcast that I've been wanting to do

And I know it's not something completely unique, every Youtuber has one now but,

We've already done a few and I just love doing them.

I love being able to just talk about things on a deeper level with people

And not, not just comedy..Things that actually matter to the world.

I mean it's a whole other side to me that you're gonna see

You're gonna see that I am a serious person and we discuss very important issues

Ryan: Contrary to most guys, I don't like gigantic boobs

Do you guys think that um..ninja is authentic?

You don't love skirts. You just like the fats

David: There's lettuce and tomato?

Will: Fresh che- yeah it's a sandwich, just a simple sandwich