I feel like no one's mentioned this yet but Joel seems to be really good at turning himself into not the but of the joke
Like at the start of the neck kisses bit, everyone was just making fun of Joel's slip up and him insisting "I don't kiss people's necks"
But by the end of the stream everyone was groaning when he made the joke and now he's signing books with "neck kisses"
Now with the Etho's obsessed bit, somehow all the hermits are actually making fun of Etho over Joel for being obsessed, even though Joe started this two years ago by wearing Etho's face on his chest
xisuma's recent video with mumbo shows that if you've known someone since they were 17 you're far more given to accept, without question, that they are willfully doing something incredibly stupid.