#smosh question

[smosh-fessions]

I haven't been keeping up with Smosh over the past few months like I used to, what's going on with Angela and the cpap machine?

They did a DREAD: Smosh versus zombies game.

Let me grab the good post I saw on reddit about it when it happened if it's still up.

I copied and pasted it since it means I don't have to type all this in my ask and I've got permission to put it here:

I love the Dread videos. They're fantastic and George is an *incredible* story teller and everyone's characters are great.

However, this last game disappointed me pretty badly on account of the fact that apparently *no one* checked what a CPAP is or how they work, and because of that, basically 0% of the jokes make any sense and using a disability aid as a punchline for two hours is just really not something that leaves a great taste in my mouth. The only one that really landed was the mask being really stuck on her head and face in the tractor beam, because the velcro on those babies is *strong.*

CPAP and APAP machines are most often used for sleep apnea or apnea adjacent conditions where your airway closes while you're unconscious. They're for keeping you breathing WHILE asleep, and they need to be plugged in. You do not walk around using one. (My add in is that they literally have a water tank on them that is not air tight. You would have water absolutely everywhere)

Normally this kinda thing would be like, yeah, okay, people get things wrong, but it's such an easy thing to look up and as a major plot point of a character, it definitely needed researched.

The one I had was also small enough for the machine and hoses to fit in a lunchbox. They haven't been massive in years. They're not the size of a radio flyer.

It would have been nice to have a character with a disability where the disability wasn't only there to be a problem or a punchline.

I'm sure no one intended for it to come off that way, especially as CPAP/APAP aren't often seen by most people as disability aids because there's just not a lot of great, general info about them floating around. It's not something the average person looks into like they would how to wrap a sprained ankle, for example.

I just hope that in the future they both do their due diligence in research and making sure something makes sense, and also just not using disabilities or medical issues as only a joke device.

Disabled people make jokes about themselves all the time. A lot of people use humor to cope, but when it's the *only* thing its being used for, it's not cool. If they were trying to go about it in the same way Eddie's asthma was discussed and approached in IT (his mother gave him water vapor. he does not have asthma and his reluctance to accept that he was lied to was very important!) that would be one thing, but they didn't.

So, they did what basically every abled person does—they made the disability aid the "problem gag". And me and maybe three other people I saw had a problem with it, which was just an extra bit of salt in the wound.

[hipsternumbertwo]

Favorite Angela Moments 18/∞: It starts with a little flame that's going really fast.

[awifemadeofbutterandchives]

this was genuinely so sweet of Chanse Amber

[okiankeno]

I need her to end me

[winterxgardener]

Ian: Did you think that through?

Apparently, not. 🤣

[angelwiththeblue-box]

taking 18d20 psychic damage seeing this on my screen

[jakgasoul]

smosh fans will go absolutely ballistic like they've just seen jesus perform a miracle and it's just Spencer they're freaking out about

[babychosen]

y'all mind if i string my cheese?

[your-fav-is-autistic]

the chosen from smosh (not the guy who plays him, the character himself)

The Chosen (aka Spencer Agnew?) from Smosh is autistic.

[cuecrynsleep]

I'm screeching over the recent 'What would Amanda do' video. Like PLEASE, first of all Angela won, but it's the fact she legit stressed herself over it. Like she's so serious and competitive over knowing her best friend, it's so sweet. But it's also the mini things, like Angela really thinking on each answer or saying something along the lines of "we talk about (blank) a lot." Or Amanda calling Angela whenever shit goes down. Or Amanda calling Angela her sleepover buddy/best friend whatever. Or Angela-

Also this video was very funny. We got a good mid-week with this video and the recent games video.

[smosh-fessions]

wait are erica and spencer dating?

Yes. Have been for a while now. It was forcibly outed, unfortunately, before they felt ready.

[hipsternumbertwo]

Favorite Angela Moments 6/∞: The ultimate Finishing Move

[totallynotmeems]

works: (for future reference)

posted:

best day of my life trevrasha time loop, rated t, 2/?, no archive warnings apply

no love like your love shourtney coffee shop/bookstore x tattoo parlor, rated t, 1/?, no archive warnings apply

everybody talks spommy truth serum, rated t, 1/?, no archive warnings apply

perfect soul (previously ???? mystery fic ????) trans!spencer, rated t, 1/1, no archive warnings apply

writing:

??? sapphics ???

drafts:

body swap ianthony

accidental child acquisition ianthony

[sage-lights]

the cut

[classicsmosh]

[X]

[hoohoobeanie]

pretty like the sun - a spommy college au

as a little birthday gift to the rest of you, here's a sneak peak into the plts universe!! (the fic will be dropping later, probably february due to exam season) but here's an edit with the song that inspired some of it!!

spencer agnew is a struggling college student, pushing to make his way through his junior year of his film program. when he gets an assignment worth a big part of his final grade, he looks to tommy bowe, star theatre student, for help.