The simultaneity of these emotions and experiences can be confusing, even as it expresses something earnestly thoughtful and reflective. And finally, youвЂ™re brought back to reality, usually by a ridiculous joke or VR-related mishap, and faced with some profound tonal whiplash. (In the latter case, the interviewee uses a very tall bird as an avatar and sings under the pseudonym вЂњKevin Costner.вЂќ Syrmor later met up with him in real life.) Then you become so enveloped in the conversation that you start to understand it as making a certain kind of humanistic sense. At first thereвЂ™s humor in seeing these silly characters talking about serious, often dark subject matter, from the death of a girlfriend to homelessness. Watching each of these videos comes with a similar process of adjusting your viewing logic. The pastor talks about how he has performed virtual baptisms before, including for folks who have difficulty leaving their houses due to disability or other challenges. In another video, a real-life pastor baptizes a player named Drumsy, whoвЂ™s using a pink-haired anime girl avatar with librarian glasses and generous cleavage. ThereвЂ™s a hilarious tangent when everyone gets a laugh out of what his avatar looks like when he takes off his VR headset. In one (SyrmorвЂ™s most-watched, with just under six million views at the time of writing), a young boy using a Kermit the Frog avatar discusses being bullied frankly and heart-rendingly, all while his Kermit arms wag about. He uploads his VRChat encounters with random strangers, who open up about themselves and share intimate details of their lives while hidden behind their avatars of Disney characters or busty anime girls.

SyrmorвЂ™s channel has become one of the most consistently compelling on YouTube.

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