Sakkiedekock
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I remember he once said he worked in leisure for 35 years.
Gary in 1990...
Gary in 1990...
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Millennial Pink
VIP Member
Fine in small doses. Won't be watching that channel he started with the rate my takeaway fella, I find him unwatchable.
didisaythatoutloudoops
VIP Member
Stumbled across this thread by coincidence but feel almost vindicated reading what you've all put!
I subscribed to him years ago and rarely watch now, but I did put on the recent 'abuse' video wondering what it was about. I was instantly skeptical of his stories. I have no reason to be skeptical of him and before this, was completely ambivalent to him as a YouTuber (if anything slightly positive).
But people don't just run up to strangers, even YouTubing ones, in public and begin antagonising them - particularly men (and he's not small). At a basic psychological level there is no 'win', and there's the risk of physical aggression in return. He isn't a controversial figure, he isn't known for being extravagantly rich or able to grant wishes Mr. Beast style - and he simply isn't well known enough that his face is instantly recognisable. I just don't believe these examples happened.
And seeing the comment that @SwiftieNewRomantics posted - he clearly has the tendency to over-exaggerate. 'Where is your evidence' is not something I would describe as 'the type of things he has to read and put up with' - it's a reasonable question.
I subscribed to him years ago and rarely watch now, but I did put on the recent 'abuse' video wondering what it was about. I was instantly skeptical of his stories. I have no reason to be skeptical of him and before this, was completely ambivalent to him as a YouTuber (if anything slightly positive).
But people don't just run up to strangers, even YouTubing ones, in public and begin antagonising them - particularly men (and he's not small). At a basic psychological level there is no 'win', and there's the risk of physical aggression in return. He isn't a controversial figure, he isn't known for being extravagantly rich or able to grant wishes Mr. Beast style - and he simply isn't well known enough that his face is instantly recognisable. I just don't believe these examples happened.
And seeing the comment that @SwiftieNewRomantics posted - he clearly has the tendency to over-exaggerate. 'Where is your evidence' is not something I would describe as 'the type of things he has to read and put up with' - it's a reasonable question.
LambSandwhich
New member
What a pest this man is, swanning into a business that’s been open for a long time like he’s saving the day. How did they get so far in their lives before Gary rocked up with £500?
What did bringing this bootlicker on and returning so soon to do a victory lap over a paltry sum do exactly besides feeding his ego? Random YouTube man says Gary is busy saving small businesses? Why do they all speak without any thought?
It does seem like anyone can knock about with a camera, describe food as beautiful [insert texture, flavour, smell or appearance] and you’re off to the races.
Please, please, please stop the “walking away” joke, it’s fucking dead. Also, we see you snatching all of random YouTubers food, passed off as banter or marking territory? Gary does seem to deal with the big green monster quite a lot. And I’m not talking about Greeno.
What did bringing this bootlicker on and returning so soon to do a victory lap over a paltry sum do exactly besides feeding his ego? Random YouTube man says Gary is busy saving small businesses? Why do they all speak without any thought?
It does seem like anyone can knock about with a camera, describe food as beautiful [insert texture, flavour, smell or appearance] and you’re off to the races.
Please, please, please stop the “walking away” joke, it’s fucking dead. Also, we see you snatching all of random YouTubers food, passed off as banter or marking territory? Gary does seem to deal with the big green monster quite a lot. And I’m not talking about Greeno.
SwiftieNewRomantics
Chatty Member
All these people like Gary, Danny, greeno are all becoming so similar with the tables and their reviews they all kind of meld into each other.Looks like the table is staying then
SwiftieNewRomantics
Chatty Member
Thats not a fair comparison. Del Boy was charismatic and occasionally kind.
Uncle Maniac
Active member
I don’t think that would be such a bad thing, these reviews (not just Gary’s) are becoming tedious. They’re all copying one another, going to the same places, formulaic … When every food influencer is queuing outside the same Claridge’s bakery or the same chippy in Margate, it stops being food criticism and becomes something closer to a social media trend dressed up as journalism.
mrsfeather
Active member
Same here - don't watch Gary, Greeno or Hannah anymore, they are simple boring and just using their subs purely to make money now.
PuritySpiral
Chatty Member
Whilst it's not exactly a polite comment, it is worlds away from 'abuse'. Gary's response here is symptomatic of the current trend of online hyperbole that devalues language and meaning eg impolite = abuse, disagreement = hate, right of centre = fascist etc
Sabbie
VIP Member
If this all went down in Waitrose (I haven’t watched), why didn’t he speak to management there and they would have it all on their cameras to get the police involved? That’s exactly what I would do if it happened to me.
Bet he’s having a right giggle with his foodie mates over what he’s cooked up. To use his elderly mum with dementia in all of this is tragic and disgusting.
Bet he’s having a right giggle with his foodie mates over what he’s cooked up. To use his elderly mum with dementia in all of this is tragic and disgusting.
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didisaythatoutloudoops
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More and more, I find myself genuinely believing that 99% of those who start YouTube channels are narcissists. Aside from the very, very few who genuinely possess a skill/talent that is 'teachable' or keep their identity hidden... I think it takes a certain personality to think 'I am worth watching'.
For accounts like Gary's - where the food or travel reviewing isn't actually any kind of chef-level skill - I think it is genuine narcissism that drives them to think 'I am not an expert in this area but people will want to watch me anyway'.
constancehardbroom
Well-known member
Didn’t he tell that man in the chippy not to reply to comments! Seems he needs to take his own advice. The more well known you become well .. the more attention you will get. it’s like when people are desperate to be famous and then get fame, and complain about being papped. You have to take the rough with the smooth. all this(highlighting it) Im going to put you online and am pinning this online, so I can send my flying monkeys after you vibe.. (bit Jackish)..
Rosie glow
VIP Member
I have been watching gary for a while i do like him but he's getting rather repetitive and the expecting 5 star food from take aways is a bit annoying won't watch his new channel can't stand Danny 
constancehardbroom
Well-known member
Remember the look on the Chef’s face in Harvester.. when Gary requested a special word to “commend” him on a job well done 
Then plastered the guys face on it, with an “I approached the chef” angle.
Then plastered the guys face on it, with an “I approached the chef” angle.
Sakkiedekock
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Scar2016
VIP Member
I concur 100%. So many YouTube vloggers are exactly as you describe. The interesting thing about narcs is they have an outside the home persona that doesn’t match the in the home/family one. With technology they’ve now been able to up level their outside persona to the world and not just their local community; and are being financially rewarded for said faux personas.
LambSandwhich
New member
If you’ve not checked in with him the big headedness has accelerated. There are several behaviours that range from amateurish annoyances all the way to full blown delusion on his part. Gary seems to have decided that he is to the manor born, and when I first saw him he was boring but relatable in a sense, now every time he approaches something that is anyway commercial it’s so condescending, considering he can’t even summon anything original to say ever (such as praising a pie shop for making their own pies or the near omnipresent comments on how well he’s crossing the road.)
Alternatively if the subject of the video has a high price point or sounds vaguely foodie it’s instantly much better because of it. Recent hits are him and Harrison someone or other, who you’d believe was the second coming of christ as Gary jus his pants over his middling subcount, eating a £300+ pile of sh*te in what seems to be a ‘stunning’ bricabrack shop, well the key bit of content and culinary genius on display was dipping chips in mash.
Stunning. They then rope in Gary’s pet northerner to try and add some contrast to Gary to make him look like he’s some posho, where as he gives me more the vibes of man who would eat cold beans from the can in his pants if no one was watching.
The man cannot pronounce words to save his life, at Nandos we’re treated to HOOmous and pita, thank god the chain isn’t micheLAN star rated either. He seems to know nothing, which even a single watch through of kitchen nightmares would prep you to do a more convincing impression of someone experienced with food. (That’s not to mention the Ramsey-esq twang he likes to say basic nonsense in from time to time)
Last one for this visit to the trough that is YouTube food content, Gary stop talking down to the staff at resturants. They’re not amazing or kind for bringing you food, you’re telling on yourself that you think you’re above them. You’re not a force for good, treat them like people. And he’s nice as long as they don’t talk better than him (not a hard bar to clear) then the green eyed monster comes out. Inauthentic slop pretending to be high brow.
Alternatively if the subject of the video has a high price point or sounds vaguely foodie it’s instantly much better because of it. Recent hits are him and Harrison someone or other, who you’d believe was the second coming of christ as Gary jus his pants over his middling subcount, eating a £300+ pile of sh*te in what seems to be a ‘stunning’ bricabrack shop, well the key bit of content and culinary genius on display was dipping chips in mash.
Stunning. They then rope in Gary’s pet northerner to try and add some contrast to Gary to make him look like he’s some posho, where as he gives me more the vibes of man who would eat cold beans from the can in his pants if no one was watching.
The man cannot pronounce words to save his life, at Nandos we’re treated to HOOmous and pita, thank god the chain isn’t micheLAN star rated either. He seems to know nothing, which even a single watch through of kitchen nightmares would prep you to do a more convincing impression of someone experienced with food. (That’s not to mention the Ramsey-esq twang he likes to say basic nonsense in from time to time)
Last one for this visit to the trough that is YouTube food content, Gary stop talking down to the staff at resturants. They’re not amazing or kind for bringing you food, you’re telling on yourself that you think you’re above them. You’re not a force for good, treat them like people. And he’s nice as long as they don’t talk better than him (not a hard bar to clear) then the green eyed monster comes out. Inauthentic slop pretending to be high brow.