You didn’t need to write that, everyone already knew you were a douche.

“Am I or am I not pregnant?”

Test: “Something like that, yeah.”

Thats a really cool concept, thanks for the rec, I’ll check them out.

He wasn’t pretending to be asian, though, the book John Dies at The End makes that very clear and gives a silly in universe reason for the now dead pseudonym. It really was not problematic, even at the time of it being used.

Why did they hide them, then?

There really are no wrong answers. The JDATE books are cosmic reality bending lovecraftian horror, and the Zoey books are a Bladerunner-esque sci-fi about a future you can see from here. The first thing i read of his was John Dies At The End, and I think that is a really good place to start.

Fuck you.

Do you think they had a valid and good reason to hide 800 dead babies in a septic tank?

…But, why did you watch the whole thing?

Sure.

You could have just said no.

Do you outspokenly apply this criticism to other creators in the comments sections, as that is a very standard criticism in this genre of creators, even amongst the most celebrated of them, or just Pizzacake?

If he was still using the pseudonym and making excuses to keep using it, sure, but I’m of the opinion that once someone understands what they have done wrong and took the opportunity to learn from it and do better there is no more wrong doing. There are, of course, exceptions to this, but a pseudonym that someone came up with in their 20’s and had the wherewithal later to say, “That’s not ok, I need to stop doing that” and stopped doing that for the right reasons is pretty far from a reason to call them problematic, especially when it wasn’t a decision made under any form of duress and he has made no attempt at defending his choice to have used that pseudonym and stated it was not ok for him to have used that pseudonym.

Edit: Also, it was used in a narrative context of the main character trying to throw off his identity, if They’re looking for David Wong then they wouldn’t assume it’s the burnt out white dude.

He stopped using it for that very reason, and took accountability. People are allowed to self correct, if he understands the problem with what he did and course corrected without being called out for it what would throwing more stones accomplish?

Edit: Also, not a big enough deal to say you shouldn’t read his books. Especially considering the narrative reason as to why he was using it.

What are your specific criticisms?

Potato potato.

Fuck you.

Fuck you.

No need to apologize! Thanks for letting me know about them, they’ve got more than enough on their YouTube channel to keep me entertained and it’d be obtuse of me to ask for more, I’m more than happy to support them.

That whole series is as good as it gets for me, hands down. John, Dave, and Amy are the mother fuckin’ GOATS.

Edit: The Zoey Ashe and The Suits series is every bit as good if you’re into sci-fi, and Black Box of Doom is a fantastic stand alone story set in the modern world. Neither are connected to the reality or events of [UNDISCLOSED]. He’s also currently working on the next book in the JDATE series which will release next year.