#ned fulmer discourse

[rosies-den]

They lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship

[miraculouslymundane]

Woke up to find all my blorbos in consensual workplace relationships 😩😩😩

[sagesparrow394]

God… This is not what I was expecting to happen today

To those people saying stuff like “well you shouldn’t have formed a parasocial relationship” - I don’t have a parasocial relationship to the Try Guys, I just personally prefer to assume that most people in society have some kind of basic moral backbone and would therefore not cheat on their partner with an employee

And to find out anyone has done that is shocking. Especially someone who talked so much about his wife and loving her

I hope Ariel and Will are okay and are able to find solace in the future, and I wish Eugene, Keith and Zach luck with the channel in the future. While I don’t expect them to ‘replace’ Ned any time soon, it at least might provide an opportunity to feature fan favourite guests, such as Kwesi and Miles, more often

[i-am-the-hero-alfred-jones]

Listen, I know that the Try Guys Situation is really bad, and I hope nothing but happiness and healing for the members of the team- but humor is my coping mechanism so please someone start making ‘Floridaman’ memes about Ned Fulmer’s shitty actions

[favesblog]

so like. my thoughts on the try guys are... they're just guys. i was subscribed to them for years bc i liked their content. i unsubbed maybe 2 years ago (maybe less) bc their vibes started to get weird to me. they started mentioning mr. beast and some other nonsense that pissed me off, so i was like "whatever" and only watched their videos if it seemed like they were doing something interesting to me.

today, ned put out an announcement that he had a "consensual" (and extramarital) affair with a "coworker." that's not entirely accurate; as the founder/ceo/whatever you call it, that was his employee. not merely a coworker. the distinction is important, i think, because it puts into perspective the power imbalance at play.

everyone kind of assumes they know who the employee was based on circumstantial evidence. i really don't care who in particular it was, because it shouldn't have happened regardless. ned held all of the cards. he played his hand, and he lost the bet. his friends called his bluff and they ousted him. they put out a statement saying they "no longer see a path forward with ned."

and honestly? good for them. people keep saying how shady it was for them to edit ned out of videos before releasing their statement, but you know what? that's their choice. it's their company, they can do whatever they want. they don't even owe us an explanation. i think what they did is appropriate. these are real people with real relationships. and i'm glad they're holding ned accountable for his actions.

and of course i'm sad for Ariel and her kids, because that is tragic. ned said he wants to "focus on his marriage" in his announcement, and i'm not going to pretend like i know what the outcome of that will be. i know he's catholic, and i was raised by roman catholic parents who stayed married for years after horrific abuse had poisoned their marriage because the church forbade them to divorce. but Ariel and her children deserve to be safe and loved. i'll leave it at that. the specifics are none of my business.

and, of course, the fans feel betrayed because for years ned was "the wife guy," and the self-proclaimed "legend of love." what a joke, right? well, again, he's just a guy. and sometimes, guys are shit. the world will not stop turning. he was never infallible. no one is. stuff happens.

so, am i pissed about this? no. heartbroken? not really. it's just another day that another rich white man gets outed for using his power to do a terrible thing. it's old news. frankly, i have more important things to worry about.

why am i writing this, then? well, i just wanted to sort my own thoughts out on my own blog. i guess it's the end of an era, with Eugene going off to do his own thing most of the time now, too. i guess it's kinda sad, since i've been watching them since their buzzfeed days.

final thought: i think they should replace ned with Kwesi. i really like him.

[underestimated-heroine]

I think the worst aspect of the public's reaction to the "Ned Fulmer Scandal" is the "saw it coming/never trust a wife guy" discourse. Like people really entertained pseudo-scientific analysis of "wife guys" complete with enough logical fallacies to warrant a fucking hazmat suit for the sake of...idek, having fun being nosy, I guess. It's so noxiously obtuse. As if peoples' behavior doesn't shock us all the time and won't continue to, however many "Ned Fulmer moments that aged like milk" videos we watch. Then to put this weird ridiculous weight on the shoulders of other "wife guys" including the comparisons with Keith and Becky Habersbergers' relationship and the calls for Ryan Reynolds and McElroys not to "let us down"...have we considered shutting the fuck up actually lolol.

[tahanismoved]

amidst the discourse i wanna talk about how people say they hate mayonnaise but love aeoli and aeoli is basically mayonnaise. again this has been an ingenious try guys quote by ned fulmer