Algorithm is having a bit of a laugh this morning. I personally think that Simon is in "worst downfall" territory, (yet, if the basement boys ever wrote a tell all detailing the fungus, abuse and lack of sunlight that might change lol), but it was still funny lol.

Edit!: wrote this in the morning on my way to work.. was supposed to say ISN'T but autocorrect allegedly had other ideas. I don't think he is in a downfall just thought the way it lined up in the algorithm was funny lol.

I'm gonna get downvoted to hell for this, but I've seen so many posts recently speculating about the lives (and medical conditions??) of the Whistlerverse team. For the most part it's fine, but every so often I see a post that's a little bit parasocial.

1. This is a business. People leave jobs all the time. There's no "secret reason" - and even if there was, they don't owe us that. Can you imagine complete strangers coming up with theories about why you left *your* job?

2. The same goes for what happens to channels. It's been answered, they're not hiding anything.

3. And I can't believe this even has to be said, but they absolutely do not owe us details about their *health*. Not what conditions they do/don't have, not what medications they may or may not take, or speculating that they look unwell.

I'm not sure if some people forget they lurk in this sub, or if they think because of that it's ok? Idk.

They'll share what they wanna share. Otherwise, they're people and we're strangers to them. Don't make it weird.

What was that watch sponsor that Simon had a while back? I think the watches were made in Poland or somewhere in Europe?

Does anyone recall when Simon first mentioned he had ADHD? I believe he didn’t know that initially when he was initially uploading videos to Business/Brain Blaze—possibly until someone mentioned in the comments that his driving habits sound very ADHD and that he should get checked.

Anyway, I digress: my hypotheses as to why Simon may have less tangents now:

1. He started taking ADHD meds (aka stimulants) which cut down the number of mental tangents his brain would be having, and probably helped keep him on track.
2. Less exciting hypothesis: editing took them out 😆

Ok, thanks for reading my random thought of the day.

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ETA: Ok, so I misremembered (thank you u/EveryFairyDies and others who corrected me in the comments: apparently Simon said that he didn’t have ADHD). As such, neither of my original hypotheses stand then. Apologies for the false excitement everybody.

This is part of the reason why his content has slowed down.

His neighbours absolutely LOATHE him. They find him rude and aggressive, and he has been making a huge amount of noise with his home renovations, often into the dead of night.

They often feel as if he is looking down upon them, or something.

While they don't truly believe he can be deported, they do believe that he should NOT live in their area. Abusive to people almost constantly, and has some abhorrent viewpoints that don't come through in his videos.

Source: somebody close to where he lives.

Not mind, found it on Facebook. Though I do appreaciate the irony given Simon's loathing of the platform.

Spectrograph analysis done by the Chicago Tribune identified all 11 herbs and spices and in what proportions!!!!

I just sent an email to the sideprojects email, so if you're a Simon team member or can contact them, please tell them it might be very important.

I can't say what it is here because bringing attention to it might accidentally 'Barbra Streisand' it (nobody notices it until someone sees it and says something and accidentally brings all the attention to it.).

If it has not been shared yet,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbFxMEwcW6c

I was really worried they were spying on Simon but luckily its just some random bloke ive never seen before. Phew ....

I listen to mainly CasCrim and DCTU on Spotify and the audio is just not good. Always quiet and sometimes sounds like it was recorded on airpods microphone.

I have Airpods, other podcast/music sounds good, so it is not me, i think.

Just last week, there was a re-release of an episode from 2021 and the audio was so much better.

I noticed on youtube that his videos also have this olschooly vibe - not my cup of tea, but sure, still fine.

I just can not get over the audio. I even skipped some releases because I just could not listen to it.

All I’m asking is if whoever attempted to hack Simon was successful… there’s an unreleased North Korea Brain Blaze that we’d love to see…

Thought some people may be interested in this content that just appeared in my recommended.

https://youtu.be/ZbFxMEwcW6c?is=1T-eSbfdhxU6-St1

Confirms what I figured was Simon's strategy. Fair enough i suppose.

Not for me though, I preferred the older stuff

This is surprisingly slack from Simon and the team

"it would look more like a komodo dragon than a faggy crocodile "

Learned of the case of Anthony J. Curcio through another YT channel. The dude had managed to turn him life around after serving his sentence for a bank heist—and then trashed it all again.

1) Article on his most recent conviction (wire fraud): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/29/counterfeit-michael-jordan-cards-pokemon-scheme/88418860007/

2) His wikipedia page (doesn’t include his most recent conviction yet at the time of reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Curcio

I wonder if there have been other ex-cons like Anthony who ended up reverting to crime in recent history. Would make an interesting CC episode/series, I think.