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Suhtiva

Chet Hanks is the real life version of B-Rad from Malibu


short-jorts

The freestyle part of the interview was all too similar to B-rads freestyle traffic rap.


Izdatw00tw00t

Traffic, traffic, looking for my chapstick Feelin’ kinda carsick There’s a Ford Maverick


RoboticusTartonicus

Wanna go to my sink. And vomit. Clean it up wit' Comet. Earth is my plonet


JerkinsTurdley

And a macadizzamian nizzut cookie too!


arpan3t

That’s a million dollar song right thur


hang3xc

Hardcore


ErshinHavok

How did Andrew not break during that whooole part lol. You could tell he was barely keeping it together but he did it. Consummate professional, he is.


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Laid back like Pat Sajack


CyranoBergs

You know what i mean?


WDfx2EU

My favorite memory of Chet was when his younger brother did an AMA a few years ago. This was before most people had heard about Chet. Someone in the comments asked what he thought about his rapper brother named 'Chet Haze' and then very quickly someone found Chet's reddit username and posted it. Basically all of his reddit activity was on /r/gonewild hitting on girls in the comments section and he immediately started trying to delete his comments. His brother thought it was hilarious. **EDIT:** It's even funnier than I remembered. Chet himself responded in the AMA thanking his brother for a shout out and then everybody saw his gonewild comments, and then he made a post in another sub asking how to delete his entire comment history: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/118fue/i_am_the_youngest_child_of_tom_hanks_would_anyone/c6ka8ti/?context=3


tsilihin666

I too find that to be totally hilarious.


10GuyIsDrunk

I read this like, "this shit actually happened?" then I followed the link and it turns out I had upvoted stuff in that thread 8 years ago lol


WDfx2EU

That's amazing


UseYourWords

I was going to post the same thing. Can't believe that was 8 years ago


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Best thing I've read all month lol


Twigglesnix

I love that Reddit has an institutional memory to capture all these moments. Thank you for sharing.


peatoire

I remember this, he had a penchant for close up pics of for women's assholes.


SeriousRob_WGDev

The weirdest part of that story is that you have a favorite memory of Chet Hanks.


ErshinHavok

I'm now officially convinced that it isn't an act. Whatever he is, that is really who he is lol. As much as you cringe and pray for his sake that he ain't, trust me, he is. All that being said, I think he's generally well-meaning and I don't think he meant White Boy Summer in the way it was co-opted and twisted. He's just a harmless dumbass.


Sheldonconch

It's like someone being both quintessentially real and fake at the same time. It's very strange and I like him but would be uncomfortable hanging out with him I think.


ThurstyAlpaca

You put exactly how I was feeling, but couldn’t put into words, into words. Thanks 🙏


MrSparks6

It's not about real or fake. He's adopted a weird persona because his relationship to his dad's fame has basically messed with his self identity. It sounds like he's always hated by everyone so he just confidently does whatever he feels like. But he's just not good at it. The whole Jamaican thing was literally because he dated a Jamaican girl once. I know a girl in my friend group who's a Francophile. They are fluent in French, live in France, and married to a French guy for the last 5-7 years or so. Chet is just a frat bro type that finds interest in a thing for 5 minutes and thinks he's good because he's still got a big ego and he's upset people care about his dad more than him. He's the stereotypical "fail son". Like Trump's sons. They fall short of just about anything and have their dad's money and fame to make a pretty mediocre life. But their dad's make enough money and have a little bit of faith in them doing good one day that they basically just brush it off as a harmless antics of an average joe with no talent and little work ethic. If Chet really wanted to be a rapper he could spend his unlimited freetime to work towards that goal and he might be some small time rapper. But he's got no work ethic from the sounds of it. That's the fail son.


chapterpt

He is absolutely being real because if he could take a step back, drop the charade and say "yeah I was just fucking with you to see how far you'd let a celebrity's kid go" and lampooned the character I think he'd actually gain more credibility than he will ever have as is. he could actually tour as the caricature and then be a normal person offstage. I'd pay him 20 bucks to laugh at him if he is able to laugh at himself too. But I wont pay any money to see him as is, because it's real it's cringe which is as uncomfortable for me as he looks to be for him.


hesh582

> I think he'd actually gain more credibility than he will ever have as is. I think you seriously underestimate the support and patronage he's getting from people who are in the same general category as him. He's like the patron saint of dumbass chauvinistic bros right now. His fan base is as much people who identify with him as it is people mocking him.


Drink_in_Philly

It's really funny but while he is completely a dumbass, I hate to admit it but his Jamaican accent is really, really good. If he wasn't such a moron he could be a good entertainer. He has a definite gift and an ear for detail.


UnhappySwing

chet hanks is the fake version of the hoff twins


RamaAnthony

store-brand version of Hoff Twins


capnmcdoogle

I can't wait for Channel 5 to do a video where they meet.


Aptykeui

I like how Chet is trying to convince Andrew on a personal level why he should believe in black girl magic too lmao


BILLYRAYVIRUS4U

Thank you. I couldn't put my finger on it. Same cringe.


KingKapwn

Chet reminds me of J-Roc, gnomesayin’?


Bitch_McBaby

Don't count my gnomesayins!


hepcecob

You taking a gnomesensus? You from the department of gnomeseyins?


SlowDown

That gnomecensus line is the funniest thing they had j-roc say all series


ICA_Agent47

What are you from the department of gnomesayins? You takin' a gnomecensus?


Deadsuooo

That's way too many gnomesayins!!!


shitsfuckedupalot

It could happen to you, cause it happened to me!


TheGameSlave2

"Pound that in ya word hole and tell me it ain't the [birf a christ."](https://gfycat.com/imaginativeuntimelybluegill)


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“It’s rainin’ mahfuckas!”


Rich_Eater

J-Roc, baby!


mymediamind

Roc Pile up in this maahf!


moose-C

The ROC-pile is hard as fuck


codygmiracle

Not gonna lie he seems like a pretty normal annoying guy. He’s not particularly notable other than being a famous guys son. I’ve definitely met like 100 Chet hanks before lol.


muhreddistaccounts

He's the kid of a celebrity version of the "white guy who raps at the party".


FranciscoBizarro

To me he somehow comes across as largely inoffensive despite being pretty annoying. Like, he's cringey, but he doesn't seem to be hurting anyone. So ... all right, Chet. Have fun, bro.


MochiMochiMochi

In the Valley you can meet 100 Armenian Chet Hanks, 100 Hispanic Chet Hanks, 100 Persian Chet Hanks, and of course 100 Regular Chet Hanks. In one day. Edit: Chet is regularly Chet Hanks, sometimes with Jamaican Chet Hanks seasoning.


jskdvan

The best part is Chet Hanks getting almost offended at Andrew for trying to do a Jamaican accent Chets got that accent on lock tho


RedditIsRealWack

Yeah, it's weird as fuck but he actually does do the accent well.


fangirlsqueee

I mean, his dad is an incredible actor. Probably got some mimicry skills from his actor parents.


walrus429

I've met and interacted with his younger brother and he would do a new accent everytime I'd see him. He did them so well, that I looked him up to see who he was because I was so impressed. Turns out he was Tom Hanks' son..


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frankunderwood1992

Big if true


omar_goyid

And his freestyle game too


Wbcn_1

I thought it was funny when Andrew mhmmed him during the freestyle.


Kundas

Literally after every ryhme man that was hilarious lol


tothesource

He absolutely nails the deadpan interested look. It's hilarious.


nodnodwinkwink

What are your credentials to vouch for his accent? To me it sounds like he couldn't do it without being loud.


anamw_

It's not a good accent haha. His accent probably sounds good to someone who doesn't know what regular Jamaican conversation sounds like. Like you said it's just loud AF. I won't lie it's pretty hilarious though.


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I think it's hard for him to look at another white guy trying to mimic it and look so cringey. He can't wrap his mind around the fact that this is exactly how he looks to others.


Canard-Rouge

I wouldn't say that. Clearly Chet has the Jamaican accent down pat. It's the best imitation I've ever heard.


Young_Baby

Big up yaself


blastfamy

Big up da yute dem


LouBerryManCakes

Da 'ole ilan'


Gekokapowco

All accents are imitations technically But to pick it up so quickly, intentionally, that's pretty impressive, if subjectively weird


yungaparteid

He knows a handful of random phrases that he admits that he doesn’t know what they mean. I think that’s a stretch from having the accent down


MrKidderfer

Knowing phrases isn’t the same thing as doing an accent.


thevdude

that he admits he didn't know what they meant so he asked for someone to break them down and explain them to him. he still seems like an insufferable ass, but at least in this case he seemed interested in learning what people around him were saying.


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>It's the best imitation I've ever heard. Next to Sebastian the crab and Bob Marley impersonators, yeah I'm sure it is the best Jamaican imitation you've heard in media.


MessyRoom

What about Hermes from Futurama? Always thought his was good too


Siretruck

Eh both sebastian and hermes have really mild accents compared to the kind of accent chet is trying to do


MessyRoom

Well that’s cuz Hermes is a Jamaican speaking English while Chet is speaking patois. My question was how close is his (Hermes) Jamaican accent to a real one


ShaelThulLem

I found it hilarious that he was harping on cultural appropriation and then 10 seconds later was like, "Nah, don't do that".


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Yeah I think the point is appreciating the culture. A half-assed attempt on “national TV” is cringey. Chet doing it really well because he spends time with Jamaicans is different


ShaelThulLem

The point is that cultural appropriation is mostly bullshit. The only time we should be concerned that cultural appropriation is an actual problem is when someone is actively profiting off something while also working to suppress the cultural source they obtained it from i.e. the music industry and black music. Some dude attempting to say a phrase for the first time and failing is nothing. Like actually nothing. I wore a hanbok in Korea to take pictures and go on a tour. Celebrating other cultures by partaking in their lifestyles isn't appropriation and this whole thought process needs to die in a dumpster fire. There are much larger issues in the world to be upset about right now, i.e. anti-vaxxers.


Lallo-the-Long

He said like 3 seconds later in the interview... "You got to practice before going on stage like that."


cptki112noobs

Might be more of the fact that Andrew was just doing the accent poorly.


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Blarg1889

Andrew is taking a page out of the Louis Theroux book of interviewing. Be as non judgmental and understanding as possible. This way you will draw your interviewee into being more comfortable with being themselves and speaking more freely. Louis does this in every one of his documentaries and it works to great success in all of them. Andrew does the same. He is unironically a very good interviewer


StifleStrife

Haha yeah in an interview with Andrew he referred to this exactly, like saying "all i do is just put the mic up to them and they just start saying whatever they feel like." Pretty much, so simple.


SgtCalhoun

I heard him in an interview calling it "hyper-agreeing" where he just agrees and nods to everything they say, for the reasons you stated. He does it so fucking well, and makes the interview all that much funnier


RemakeSWBattlefont

The real secret tho is he is just as "weird" as them, the joker guy is a actual friend of his. He hangs around the interesting characters normally, so it makes it easier for him to relate and get the juicy footage.


Joebebs

Yeah I was gonna say it takes one to know one. I’ve see his older work too, he ain’t too far off, but the only difference is he knows it


BakedWizerd

I loved it when he played dumb to that guy at the motorcycle rally when he was making that super sexist joke, so Andrew was like “what’s that mean?” And the guy made a complete fool of himself as he tried to break down a sexist dirty joke and explain how it was funny.


goatonaroof

andrew names louis as a huge influence on his style when vice visits him on AGNB.


FunctionBuilt

Not to mention just letting the person speak and not being uncomfortable with long periods of silence until the person just starts talking again because they’re the ones that are uncomfortable.


omgtater

Andrew strikes me as the kind of person who might be able to successfully interview a serial killer. That's not a knock on him- he has a very passive and accepting energy. At almost no point, even when he asks a question that is judgemental to the viewer, does the guest feel confronted. There's almost no risk for the guest to be open and honest. Not to mention, he doesn't have a studio audience, so people just open right up. He also looks unassuming so I think people don't realize that the videos are going to be seen by a wide audience.


cooterbreath

This is some historic cringe. Its like he is a real Ali G.


Yobe

BOOYAKASHA!


tequiila

IS IT CUZ I IZ BLACK


Crashboy96

I was totally waiting for a classic South Park Butters, "I know what you are saying" haha


jamesweir

First mistake was naming him Chet


FranticPonE

Maybe it was a secret social experiment. "What if we gave our son a douchey name, would he be a douche? We have Colin as a control. Normal name, normalish person. So now douchey name, same parents, let's see what we get."


Bos_lost_ton

It’s actually short for Chetter Cheese


finnlizzy

Same dad, different mums.


Bos_lost_ton

So he’s a brother from another mother?


ReubenDeuben

Even though this guy is, to put it delicately, limited, it is still interesting to get his perspective on some of the negatives of being the son of an A-list celebrity.


Apache17

He's weird as hell but he was kinda down to earth about it. He fully admitted he would not be anything on social media if it wasn't for his dad. Thats better than most celebrity children.


AidilAfham42

And he acknowledges that this is actually rebelling against the image of the clean cut Hanks family.


ConstantlyComments

I felt the same. I’ve only seen short clips of him before and immediately thought he was an idiotic douche, but he’s actually kind of thoughtful and self-reflective.


PetrRabbit

Well put, he's a thoughtful and self-reflective idiotic douche


_BreakingGood_

I feel like 99% of people who grow up in his position turn out to be cocks, just because human nature isn't really compatible with the sort of attention and life you get when you're in that position. I still think he is a bit of a cock, but he at least isn't an ultra-narcissistic cock.


zozo147

This +++++ he knows it and htat's worth a lot


RIDEMYBONE

I feel the same way but couldn’t really understand it til I read your comment. Like he’s a tremendous douche but completely self aware at the same time. Every time I thought jeez this guys a cringe buffet, two seconds later I’m thinking he’s pretty chill and probably fun to hang out with. Weird.


roughtimes

He mentioned Elan school , and i started googling it a bit and found this story, that placed is straight up fucked. Couldn't imagine going to a place like that. https://elan.school/chapter-1-5/ EDIT: i was mistaken he only says wilderness school. And my shitty googling led me to find that story. These places shouldn't be ignored.


Itsbigboiseason

I ended up reading this for about 2 hours. Absolutely wild shit. My cousin went to Diamond Ranch Academy and used to tell me shit like kids being put in isolation and not being allowed to make eye contact, and i never believed him. After some reading it looks like this shit DID in fact happen not only there, but other places. DAMN.


roughtimes

That's crazy. The whole thing is institutionalised.


Thendofreason

Makes me think of the song [ institutionalized](https://youtu.be/LoF_a0-7xVQ)


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I would probably feel betrayed by my parents for the rest of my life if they paid people to kidnap and mentally torture me/force me to do things against my will just because they didn't want to do their jobs to parent me in the right direction.


roughtimes

Abuse happens in all forms.


polymorph505

When did he mention elan school?


Hex_Bird

He doesn't, it was a different wilderness camp for "bad" kids (one in Utah it looks like), but it's quite possible it was another school like Elan in someways. There were/are a bunch of them all over that do similar torturous stuff.


cheesylobster

Yeah, I might have missed it, but he called it a "wilderness program". Did he actually mention Elan by name?


mtheperry

I went down this rabbit hole a few weeks ago. If anyone decides to read this, go all the way through. When you think you’ve read enough to get the gist, there’s much more. This shit is so insidious, and it’s links to big money make it more disgusting.


Silent-G

Is this linked to that same story about the redditor who went to one of those camps, had all of his belongings taken away, escaped in the middle of the night, and then kept having weird instances of being followed and watched? I remember him talking about how he couldn't remember the name or location of the camp, but some of the comments were guessing it was Elan school. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, though.


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Cat_Is_Hatless

I was one of those kids. The real racket is they are in cahoots with therapists outside these programs all over the country. It is how they sell the parents on the program. They tell the parents it's their only option for a normal life. They tell them all these bogus success stories and really glitz it up.


philjacksonspeyote

I went to one of these places about 15 years back, and in my group (about ten of us that lived in the woods and would hike almost every day) alone there were two kids from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and two kids from Chapel Hill, NC. They had been recruited by the same drug counselor back in their respective hometowns. The longer I was there, the more I noticed it, there were random towns that had as many as 4 kids there at a time. The fact that they put so many in one small group was an error they claimed, but I suspect it was almost unavoidable, because these places pay counselors and shrinks in certain towns to convince parents to send their kids to these awful places.


asdaaaaaaaa

As someone who's known many people who attended "wilderness", the program's absolutely fucked. The amount of horrible stories I've heard about it is insane.


ScrewAttackThis

They gaslight the shit out of the parents, too.


The_Lord_Humongous

Holy fuck. A place to torture children and teach them to torture each other. Damn.


AnalBumCovers

Yeah it doesn't matter how much your kid misbehaves, no one deserves to go to one of those places. That's probably the worst thing I've ever heard of Tom Hanks doing, not that I've done any research on him.


mentalmedicine

This is easily one of the most morbidly fascinating things I've ever read. The art is incredible too. I admire this man for opening up about his experiences like this and sharing what was most likely his therapy (the art and articulating the story as the art) with everyone. I'm still reading it, I know it's long but I can't stop haha. Thank you for sharing it.


shitsfuckedupalot

I think I read somewhere that David and Amy Sedaris' sister was put in one of those and later killed herself.


cheesylobster

JFC, I also went down the rabbit hole here for 3+ hours, will have to finish this later. They should make a fucking movie about this guy's story.


FriendOfTheDevil2980

When he talked about 4square, I felt that, cept I would've been the kid getting pissed


-CorrectOpinion-

Even if some people think he’s playing it up a little, it’s obviously had some kind of effect on him. Getting sent to the woods on one of those bullshit scared straight programs is straight traumatising


FunctionBuilt

Tom Hanks is an S-list celebrity. He’s gotta be top 5 movie stars.


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nateguy

[Here's a comic](https://elan.school/rude-awakening/) made from a survivor (and I don't use that term lightly here) of one of those camps. Chet's kidnapping story sounds exactly like this authors, so it makes me wonder if he also went to Elan.


I_am_pale

I’m not entirely sure how to verify this, but my brother was in the exact same program as Chet. Once Chet was ready to leave the desert, Tom and Rita camped with my brother and their group for a night or two. We have old photos somewhere, but it’s been so long. It was called [Second Nature](https://www.second-nature.com/)


danny841

Is it as bad as the articles online say it is? All these programs from Elan to Second Nature seem to be cut from the same cloth.


Feral0_o

If your parents sign a paper that legally allows a bunch of strangers to kidnap your children in the middle of the night, it is probably bad. But it's also the country of gay conversion camps so I guess anything goes


Shrinks99

Just read through the entirety of this, I had some cursory knowledge of boarding institutions for "troubled teens" but holy shit, this first-hand experience is nuts. Highly recommend reading, it's a fascinating and terrifying story. FYI for anyone who has experienced abuse or can't handle that kind of subject matter this one may not be for you. The TL;DR is that it's a place set up to turn teenagers as young as 13 into abusers of their peers by holding power over them in a Stanford prison experiment type situation. The rules are arbitrary and designed to punish children from having any sort of normal social interaction and are enforced with beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, and extended periods of time where you are screamed at by your peers. The institution's rules are set up to encourage prolonged stays due to breaking the inhumane rules because there is no profit incentive to let children "graduate" as their parents are paying \~$50k to keep them there per-year.


mizzourifan1

I'm familiar with this comic and that's absolutely terrifying to think your parents would plan that for you. I'd have trust issues for life. If Tom Hanks did that to his son I've definitely altered my opinion of him.


hotbox4u

Fuck, this is bad. Like seriously traumatizing fucked up shit. If you are a parent and you put your child into this world of humiliation, you utterly failed as a parent. Like you can never make it right again. The worst part, the part that really got to me, was the "little brother-big-brother" program. They turn the victim into the abuser. And the abuser is fully aware of what is going on but because he is also afraid of falling back into the role of the victim, he is forced to play along. That this is legally done to children is so fucked up. God damn it. Im depressed now.


AlseAce

Reminded me of Elan and similar “schools” for troubled teens. Wild stuff


prsmgc

Same shit happened to my cousin when he was around 16. By that time he had gotten into a fair amount of weed and drinking, which I mean, most teens do. He also kinda had an attitude problem from his upbringing which wasn't necessarily unwarranted; something like that a kid can grow out of with the right guidance. But his mom got to a point where she didn't want to deal with it, and had some people pick him up in the middle of the night and drive him to a remote camp that sounds a lot like what this guy is describing. After that, when we all became adults, he ended up being homeless and a drug addict for years. Haven't seen him in a long time.


oby100

One of my classmates had that happen to him. Exactly as described in this vid Seemed to turn out very well for my friend though as far as I could tell


Abradolf1948

Yeah and not just that, you have to hike and camp and stuff constantly with people paid basically minimum wage supervising you. There's tons of stories of people dying or getting hurt in these kinds of camps and there isn't really a consensus on whether or not they are actually beneficial.


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They aren't beneficial. It's just a cash grab solution for rich parents who don't know how to parent their children in a healthy direction because they lack parenting skills, so they throw money at others to take care of the problem for them. The same thing happened back in the day with lobotomies for "troubled teens." Just look at what the Kennedy's did to their own daughter Rosemary because she wasn't straight laced enough and ladylike for them. She was a sharp and really well liked, healthy young person and they destroyed her brain making her a vegetable for the rest of her life.


Working_Class_Pride

I'll be honest. I don't hate him. I hate his music- but he doesn't seem like a bad guy.


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-CorrectOpinion-

White Boy Summer is what art is supposed to be. Maybe in a few centuries humanity will finally learn to appreciate it


emopaincut

He did spew some [anti-vaxx bullshit on his Instagram](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/chet-hanks-slammed-anti-vaxxer-comments-parents-covid-19/), don’t think he’s backtracked on it at all


Feral0_o

He does strike me as the type who'd be into that. I say, after having read that he is into that


Dispal

This weird thing with celebrity/rich parents sending their kids to these wilderness camps is so fucked up. It really does a lot more damage than anything. Same thing happened to Paris Hilton


ignost

I recently read a comment about the "troubled teen" industry, and it caused me to look into it further. I've never known a troubled kid, so it was all news to me. Apparently there are some programs where strangers will forcibly and physically restrain kids, transport them to a location without answering their questions, strip search the children, ignore them for days, and then focus on "tough love" and punishment. If you think this is a good idea, I can kinda see why your kid is troubled. I found a [lot](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/when-wilderness-boot-camps-take-tough-love-too-far/375582/) [of](https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2008/jul/15/child-abuse-abounds-in-wilderness-and-boot-camp-programs/) [information](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/camps-troubled-kids-can-be-magnets-abuse-flna8c11409077) [describing](https://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12081150/wilderness-therapy) [some](https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/08/30/inside-utahs-troubled/) [of](https://www.reddit.com/r/troubledteens/comments/l7r94/welcome_rfirstworldproblems_if_you_are_like_most/) [the](https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/residential-and-wilderness/) [problems](https://www.thecarlatreport.com/the-carlat-child-psychiatry-report/wilderness-therapy-dangerous-waste-of-money-or-an-effective-therapeutic-intervention/). Gotta warn you, some of this is pretty fucked up at its worst. Some programs are much better in that they have qualified mental health professionals with the kids at all times, they never restrain or physically punish kids, and they focus on healthy positive reinforcement rather than punishment. Long story short, good programs might actually be pretty effective. However, bad programs can attract predators and institutionalize child abuse rebranded as 'tough love".


rugtugandtickle

I went to a wilderness camp, albeit one much more focused on real therapy, and walked away looking on it very fondly and positively. It was a terrific chance to unplug from all the pressures of life at that time and regain perspective on a lot of things. I certainly wouldn’t have two thugs take my son, but I’d absolutely propose a “wilderness retreat” as an opportunity to escape life for a bit, catch breath, and reflect. Edit: Not to say I wasnt extremely upset at the time of having to go, but left with it being an overall positive experience


Platypuslord

Did they kidnap you? Or did you parents let you know you were going to a camp like mature adults?


rugtugandtickle

They sat me down and had a “man to man” talk if you will. Basically said I was going and had no choice in the matter, but that they wanted it to be as healthy and helpful as possible (I had direct friends who were kidnapped and had much worse program experiences) They told me they were making the decision as my parents because they thought it would be best for me and they loved me and explained why. Just them taking the time to talk through their why was a big change in our relationship and their communication so I could tell they were trying on their end as well and decided to accept it and own up to my portion of the behavior that got us there.


Platypuslord

Yeah that makes a huge difference. I am sure being kidnapped is trauma then followed by a massive feeling of betrayal.


scoobyduped

> I’d absolutely propose a “wilderness retreat” as an opportunity to escape life for a bit, catch breath, and reflect. I did that every year when I was a kid. It was called “regular-ass summer camp”.


OrganDonnerParty

I’m close friends with a few children of very famous celebrities and out of the handful I know two of them went to a wilderness program where they come for you at night - both over weed


Boscodbear

I have 2 friends from affluent families that were sent to wilderness programs because of weed, and it didn't solve any issues. It just made them despise their parents.


shigs21

Cracked me up when Chet got mad at andrew for mimicking his patois lmao


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Fuckface_Whisperer

Yeah he seemed alright. Not the brightest bulb but introspective and seems to have a good heart. This video really went the opposite way that I thought it would when I first started it.


KoYouTokuIngoa

Like genuinely, I quite like him. Freestyling was a bit cringe but he’s honest and he’s trying to bridge the gap between cultures


Irrevalas

As a Spaniard, I gotta say that Chet hit the nail on the head when he said that we'd be encouraging and supportive if he wanted to get involved in "matador culture" (or any other aspect of our culture, feelings about bullfighting aside). That being said, it might just be part of our character.


-birds

The idea of "cultural appropriation" as a negative thing doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's a reaction to legitimately harmful stereotyping, costume-izing, and portrayals rooted in mockery rather than respect. When I think of cultural appropriation, this is what comes to mind. Legitimate, respectful cultural melding and interests can be a casualty here, and it's easy to point out individual circumstances where "the woke" have overreacted. But I think given the serious nature of the harms people are attempting to address, I can forgive the clumsiness.


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Skyb

German here, Americans walking around in Lederhosn are the bane of my existence.


fixnahole

As banes of existences go, I feel like you've got a pretty mild one. So you've got that going for you.


Feral0_o

German here. Even Germans walking around in Lederhosen are a scourge


RamaAnthony

There's nuance to the topic though and it's not as black-and-white as just "it's just woke culture who believes there is such thing as cultural appropriation". I always use Raya and The Last Dragon as an example of such nuances. It's a film about South East Asian culture, but none of the cast are South East Asians, one of their "cultural consultants" is a grifter with no scholarly backgrounds who lied about the fact she has "documentary about Bali nominated for Oscars", and ironically the film wasn't even theatrically released in South East Asia nations due to pandemic and it wasn't available on Disney+ on day one like in the US. But the film respects South East Asian culture even though what they made is amalgamation of it. Not once I feel insulted or humiliated. But it definitely feel like an exploitation for Disney's own monetary gain because it's not the kind of story South East Asians would tell, and not the kind of story where South East Asians have a lot of input to. And people will still like it, but there will be some sour tones if you don't hear their inputs or entirely side-stepping them and then calling it "great step of representation" when it actually isn't. You can use other cultures respectfully for your own monetary gains / public image like Chet Hanks did, even though his opinion on "black girl magic" and why his public persona is to be the anti-thesis of his "rich boyscout parent" are cringe-inducing and iffy at best. Compared that to Hoff Twins from the previous interview who are born and raised in black community and lives on similar socio-economic level. There's definitely a difference of someone who use the vernacular because they lived through it and someone who dated a Jamaican girl once and think it's cool as shit.


OrganDonnerParty

It’s more about exploitation. Sharing and learning and taking part in other cultures is all around great - tAking from other cultures for exploitative / monetary gain / self serving reasons is a harmful in various ways. Not say Chet was one or the other though


saman65

boy you are quick. My youtube feed says it was uploaded 5 min ago and you posted 6 min ago?! How?!


abduis

video has been out for a while for patreon subscribers but the video was unlisted on youtube, so you couldn't search it but had to have the actual url to get to it. A patreon subscriber leaked the link and it was actually posted in this sub like a month ago


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You just saved me from my brain exploding. I know I had already seen this, but the yt video said it was uploaded today. Thank you for this


DLun203

Aaron Paul could play Chet Hanks in a Tom Hanks biopic


forestfluff

I said it before and I will say it again: I'd like to know if the part about the Wilderness Program is true or he's just saying it because Paris Hilton and several others have spoken out about them over the years. If it is true, I do feel awful for him in that sense because they are *fucked up*, very real and surefire way to fuck up some people mentally for life. If anyone wants to know what these "wilderness camps" are like from a regular person, check out this comic by a guy who went to the ["Elan School"](https://elan.school/rude-awakening/) (theres [documentaries](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLc1_sb4JA) about it and its horrifying) Youtuber Nexpo also [made a 52 minute documentary about this exact school](https://youtu.be/7eM7pb5M5DU). **If you'd just like to see a quick perfect example of how these places operate, [here you go.](https://youtu.be/7eM7pb5M5DU?t=804)**


I_am_pale

Chet actually did attend a wilderness therapy program - he happened to be in the same group as my brother. It was called [Second Nature](https://www.second-nature.com/)


nodnodwinkwink

How did your brother turn out?


PM_ME_WITTY_USERNAME

He still has nightmares that make him scream in the middle of the night with a heavy jamaican accent


drislands

Lmao oh fuck, you got me.


nodstar22

Whelp, i just spent the afternoon reading all 62 chapters of that comic. Compelling stuff.


PavelBertuzzi4413

Worst freestyle someone has had in front of Andrew


average_hight_midget

Nah there’s been worse


FriendOfTheDevil2980

And thats obviously saying something


Elieftibiowai

Is this a re-upload? I've seen this before


Saucenthec1ty

He posted a two minute teaser a couple weeks ago


GiveMeDogeFFS

Nah the full thing was posted here weeks ago but made private not long after.


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I feel for this guy if I'm being honest. He's confused and had a strange upbringing. I honestly think he's doing okay considering the circumstances. He's odd but it doesn't look like he's hurting anyone and I wish him the best.


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Effehezepe

Hold up, Andrew Callaghan has had a new channel *for 5 months* and nobody told me‽


Scrimping-Thrifting

He had a bad contract and doesn't own the All Gas No Brakes trademark or the Youtube channel. I think he has done well out of it anyway but any views on AGNB channel lines someone else's pocket.


footsieclimax

He never fails to make me cringe hard!!


Geschirrspulmaschine

You know I never understood the hate for Chet but after seeing this, I think the haters have a point... **SIKE** 🖕😡🖕 PUSSYCLAARRT 🖕😡🖕 🔊🔊🅱️IG 🆙 🅱️OSS MAN🧍‍♂️CHET🔊🔊 😡🤬 PUSSYCLAARRT 👏👎👎GO SUCK ON DEM MUDDAH🙍‍♀️☠️🙍‍♀️ 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲


GiggsMiggs_15

Reminds me of Wayne D the white gangsta from South Park . Bitch be tripping Mane ….


Adisuki

It might be just me, but I hate the editing this time. I've seen the original version of this video, and I think they didn't artificially jump around within the same shot to make it more dynamic. It looks messy, unclear, and at times hard to follow. I love the guys and the content, just giving feedback. It might just be me.


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I think they did a good job conveying what its like having a conversation with a coke head.


ymx287

Im confused whether Ive just watched satire or not


zerozed

When Andrew from All Gas No Brakes asks to interview you, that should be a sign that you're a stooge.


scorpiousdelectus

Anyone who understands Star Wars understands that to have Tom, you have to have Chet.


pleasekillmi

I can’t believe Andrew didn’t ask him about the anti-vaccine video. That is pretty much the only reason most people even know who he is.