A Blind Person - That Library Show

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Step into the world of resilience with Jugpreet Bajwa, who lost his sight to cancer at 6 months old. In our library chat, we delve into his inspiring outlook, the challenges of blindness, and his vision for love. Get ready for a page-turner of a conversation!
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[@sydt4562]

you didn't even talk to him about music!!! wtf man!!! he's an INCREDIBLE singer and I want to hear way more about his practice and career!!!!

[@ClaireEliseLumiere]

for real!! like i get the premise being "blind guy" but the idea is that we discover the person behind the disability through the interview and he really didn't pull through on that part enough and kinda stayed in the former which felt pretty belittling tbh :/

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Yeah I really found this interview in particular left a lot to be desired!

[@spook6394]

@@ClaireEliseLumiereidk that’s never really been the point of his videos.

[@yvette8664]

ooooo derek these comments are beating you tf up

[@MiaLopezdevos]

I can’t believe you didn’t ask what the dreams look/sound like!

[@transparentdragonfly728]

fully blind people wouldn’t be able to see in their dreams it would mostly be sound the same way when they close their eyes there’s nothing when ppl who can see close their eyes there’s darkness

[@1111mahima]

You need to let him talk more please. Don’t cut him off and also please let him tel us about his music journey. He’s a really amazing singer

[@bplus2932]

just look him up, thanks for the tip! he does have an incredible talent!

[@joy0278]

God bless … having cancer at 6months and now he is 29 still being positive and living his life …. He is definitely an inspiration

[@THZX-qk9fc]

Why'd you cut him off when he was getting into his story about music Derek. I wanted to hear the rest of that 😠

[@Stinky_Possum]

I know!!!

[@sofia_prado]

i was gonna say this!!!

[@Oddestsheep]

Haha you caught that

[@HaliLand]

he’s so annoying in this video

[@sportslover3103]

I like that angry emoji. It's like "no offence but I'm pissed off"

[@3000shrimp]

I feel like it's good to have questions written down for when the natural flow of the convo stops, but normally new questions are formed as you learn about the person being interviewed. He brought up his spirituality and his relationship with music and I would have loved to have heard more about that. It's cool to have silly questions like what if you had a service elephant, but not if it's to cut off a genuine discussion. It's uncomfortable watching him genuinely trying to share his life when the interveiwer is making jokes while he's trying to talk. If you want to take the silly route, that's okay! But tell the person being interviewed that, because I'm not sure he knew.

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Adaptive communication! Super important for interviewing

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Unsolicited feedback as a fan of the show - this one left a bit to be desired. Jugpreet is such a charming dude and I think there was so much potential for this episode! (Maybe an extended cut could happen?) I think it would be good to try and ask more open questions that aren’t leading, and let people finish their sentences and stories. Sometimes you have to go with the flow for these things and let go of structure, which I acknowledge can be hard when you want to ensure the content is still entertaining. Also, perhaps a bit of self-education on how to interview people (esp people who belong to minority groups) in a way that lets them share their stories and experiences in a way that’s valuable to them, not just in a way that makes sense to _you_ . Part of this process requires you to not just recognise the presumptions you have about things but to think about where the presumptions came from. The extra self-awareness can make a huge difference. Also, don’t be afraid of “wording things wrong” - you can always correct yourself. SBSK does a pretty good job at this for reference. Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy also come to mind. I’m a postgrad psych student who is personally a huge fan of NT. It’s an interviewing and counselling technique based on facilitating rich storytelling and conversation. All these examples are mostly designed for counsellors etc but they’re all generally relevant for making good conversation and learning about people ❤️

[@mvanilla77]

he has such a calming aura, and I think there really is a beauty in having the ability not to judge by appearance but by the heart only. I can see it has impacted his character in a positive way and enhanced his music skills, which is why I definitely see why he identifies more with the term "differently abled"

[@user-ji6wm8bn2e]

his voice is so soothing. i could listen to him talk every second of the day

[@fartmcqueen]

she gagged you = she left you at a loss for words

[@savannah7375]

I'm just as adhd so no hate on the flow of the conversation but I think everyone wants to hear a lot more. Can we get a round 2?

[@Jewelbugz]

Love the way the recent guests are humbling Derek’s prejudgements 🤭

[@AntiGuru498]

LET THE MAN SPEAK FFS !!!

[@birdie_.]

Music is actually incredibly important for blind people. There was a science museum that did an exhibit for blind people to touch this metal bar that did a 📈📉in the pattern of a whale diving as musicians played sounds on cellos to mimic a humpback whale diving so they could experience what it would be like to be a whale diving and it was absolutely incredible. Blew my mind

[@daynaaaaaaa]

hey derek i usually really like your videos but i think you need to do some more learning on how to properly interview people with disabilities ! a lot of this interview in particular felt like you were just asking questions you had written down and then weren’t really listening to any of his responses esp when u cut him off when he was trying to talk about music.

[@GirlfriendinaComaUK]

And don't have people living with disabilities on to just subject them to a series of party tricks. This one was just weird.

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Jugpreet is so charming omg

[@shaumyamaurya4766]

is no one gonna talk about derek's shirtless photo in 19:03????lmaoo the way he panicked😭😭😭😭

[@Michelle-ws4bx]

I thought that was planned 😭

[@chopstiik]

Didn't even notice this cuz I was cooking lmao THANK YOU

[@98bocinas]

it seemed on purpose lmao

[@hydrostats]

hes so self-centered

[@forextroll]

@@Michelle-ws4bx Of course it's planned. It's just a visual gag for the viewers since his guest wouldn't notice but we would. Why do you think it was in there? Lmao

[@arenaarena___]

his voice is so soothing

[@mchl3669]

It feels like you're interviewing a person with disability to capitalise on their disabled experience. Please give them the space, time and opportunity to share their story instead of interjecting for sound bites and shallow innuendos.

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Aw man not the betterhelp sponsorship 🙃 like secure the bag and all that but.. integrity

[@nathanhasson4587]

Our boy got sponsored by a company that supports therapy. Wtf do you mean integrity lmao

[@Asmr_Eclipse]

@@nathanhasson4587they’re shady that’s why most people frown on sponsorships

[@turningthetables]

I’d like to assume he probably didn’t know about their shady practices and controversies. I almost did a BetterHelp sponsorship like had the paperwork signed and everything and found out last minute. On paper the company sounds amazing

[@konishiwoi]

I would assume the video was recorded and edited before the news dropped, but regardless I wish a lil edit was done if he knew and/or cared

[@luckysstar777]

@@konishiwoi people have been talking about how bad betterhelp is for years :( but there are still so many youtubers sponsored by them

[@Badtastic]

Love the irony of a blind guy in a library:)

[@josephlotito9643]

Calculated

[@soggypotatoes3249]

Peak fs

[@littlefishiesinthese]

Braille :))

[@nectar9509]

libraries have audiobooks too

[@soggypotatoes3249]

@@nectar9509Ah, glad ya shared with the class Einstein.

[@jikeizu]

Jugpreet seems so nice to talk to and full of positivity in regards to being blind.. i think its so much more important to embrace the differences in perspective that come with it rather than what he "wishes" he had or wanted if he weren't blind bc he himself took the step of indulging in interests/hobbies like music that *don't* require sight. Seems as though too often people who are differently-abled, instead of being appreciated for how they adapt to their divergence from the norm, are just seen as another group of people to be fixed.. I notice this especially when cures or wishful thinking are mentioned.. why do you assume a blind person needs to be cured so bad if they are comfortable in their life as a blind person?

[@meowotter]

Loved this ep! Jugpreet is so sincere and has such a great vibe…reminds me of your first interview with Ben, another gem of a human. The part that really blew my mind was blindness = being beyond the duality of light and dark. He doesn’t see darkness, it’s just nothing 🤯

[@felixgenest2367]

Just from the beginning you can see he is a good person

[@5ebas7ian]

I hope he listen to this video with someone describing everything that happens

[@noctemheart]

This guy seems so sweet & genuine. My late aunt was blind from birth and I miss her every single day. Decided to switch career paths and work with the blind 🖤 Loved this episode & how you just ask every guest regular & fun questions. Would love to have another episode! :)

[@thebigfunnycenter]

you should release uncut versions of the interviews, id love to watch the full thing

[@1111mahima]

He’s so sweet omg

[@chindelacruz3081]

He's so insightful! I can listen to him all day

[@luckystar6871]

people don't like differently abled because it reinforces that disability is intrinsically a negative thing, period. he associates the word disability with negativity bc that is the STIGMA. that disabled people are inferior, pitiable, shameful, incompetent, etc. that they have worse lives than nondisabled people. but the reality is disabled people are multifaceted normal people and it point blank does not mean you have to be worse off due to a disability. it is the circumstances and context of one's life that affect how one experiences disability. it's totally normal for disabled people to be happy/proud about their disability and to thrive with it. and they're still disabled. like anything, there's good and bad to it.

[@kennethxu1789]

11:44 the mr. Beast video was curing people with cataracts. The procedure for curing cataracts is well understood but just costs money, which is why Mr. beast was able to help.

[@Teajonmustard]

That’s the joke

[@Hknktd]

@@Teajonmustardnot a funny one. Good humour has substance

[@Dinodree]

Dude ur jokes did not land at all in this one DO BETTER

[@ximenazuniga8436]

You should have him on the show again! He is so interesting and well spoken

[@pokehano9614]

Derek gotta quit yapping and cutting off the guests. You as an interviewer are supposed to bring out the best in your guest. The whole point of an interview is to hear novel perspectives and by cutting them off you are preventing them from actually doing what they are here for. Multiple times in the interview he gets cut off for no reason completely ruining the flow of the conversation. It's actually so annoying.

[@zoemafia7360]

Facts omg

[@MasDouc]

Or he can do what he wants on his own show

[@mikel932]

the mr beast question was insane😭

[@princessmeow4922]

If you guys want to see how a blind person sees.. Close one of your eyes, and that's what they experience! What you see through your closed eye is seeing "nothing".

[@skoigetti]

Wait what the fuck 😭 THAT'S SO WEIRD

[@spook6394]

Damnnnnnn based, i already got the idea through imagining seeing via my fingertip, but it’s interesting how this works too

[@princessmeow4922]

@@spook6394 oh wow! i never knew this

[@Hknktd]

@@princessmeow4922 Comparing a blind persons experience to a seeing person with their eyes closed is very misleading and inaccurate. Blindness varies. Some people still see some very very blurry figures or movement of light. And some people have complete blindness where they don’t see anything including light. If a seeing person has their eyes closed in a room and someone turns the lights on and off. They will notice the difference in light even with their eyes closed. A completely blind person won’t.

[@princessmeow4922]

@@Hknktd bro nobody cares. im already aware of every single point u attempted to bestow on me

[@DontReadDis]

“The dog got fired?” I lost my shit 🤣

[@nedfara9428]

He has a beautiful and charming smile tbh

[@pulula10]

The thing/problem with Derek is that he doesn’t engage in a conversation beyond his prepared questions. Like there is never a “fluid” conversation. The episodes are unbalanced too much what Derek has to say/ask too little about the Guest. Don’t get me wrong, I like he’s funny and brings something different to the interviews, and I know being an interviewer is hard af, but if he could practice and incorporate some balance these interviews would be 10x better

[@belhougoldenwind]

that's why to me the best episodes are always the ones with someone he already knew before hand, they sound like a real conversation. The fact is i thought he had that balance you are speaking about, but i feel like it changed just after the episode with Julie Vu (which was great), it's like he tried to change the formula a bit but he lost parts of what made the show interesting in the process

[@mwrkshort]

You should make 1 hour versions of these :)

[@arttledsoulfindspeace]

We need audio descriptions for our visually impaired people cuz that side-eye was deadly lmao

[@jackya6752]

Your guest is a beautiful person omg

[@s0leilblancc]

Yeah this really showed how immature the host is DAMN I love this guy ( the host) but damn this was a hard watch bc The guest was so inspirational, spitting gems and telling real stories and the host …. Idk man

[@alishbakhan7178]

WAKE UP EVERYONE DEREK HAS UPLOADED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

[@EarthlyErin]

the blind date question was wild

[@Sophhhie]

The immediate handing the can thinking he can see it😂

[@CombatWombat1212]

banger video

[@maexval1846]

saw once a man helping his blind friend through the bus, and the blind man said sth i dunno probably a joke about his blindness and the helper just smiled and teared up without him noticing. This broke my fcking heart, i cant feel positive about sbd who never saw sbd they cared for or a caring for them, cant imagine worse. wish it to noone. i also nearly cried imagining that i loved my best friend or girlfriend never seeing their caring faces or emotions. there is nothing worse for me to imagine. hope they are happier than in my imagination

[@maexval1846]

even this show breaks my heart

[@barnicoleboy]

Everyone out here roasting Derek for cutting him off but I think bro got undiagnosed ADHD high key 🤔

[@ohstupify]

10:33 The captions say "how do you wipe your butt?" 😄

[@blocksWithJofri]

dude I love that library show so much

[@danielkilmer]

Bro is a permanent audio listener 😔

[@happycactusss]

What a beautiful voice

[@ambikaramlogan329]

Awesome interview ❤We love you Juggy

[@pragyasharma2566]

Thank you Derek for having these amazing impromptu sessions, keep them uploading. I have come across your channel recently and it's really good. I just felt that you were kind of 'off' in this talk and can be a bit more sensitive , the way you ask such random questions is what caught my interest honestly. Some goof India musicians recco - AR Rahman, Indian Ocean etc The Local Train

[@redishcanvas0636]

I absolutely love this guest but I feel like Derek was kinda rude, I love the vids with Ed and famegrandpa but any videos with people with any sort of disability makes for uncomfortable watching because of how Derek interacts with them :/

[@iyaabdo7524]

He’s so sweet

[@llemonpup]

Been here since episode 1 and i have yet to get bored

[@hawaiiazn]

Is there a way to get him back on to talk about his music stuff? 🥰❤️ I’m intrigued

[@softbbyasmin]

The segue to the sponsor was so good that I actually watched the ad

[@silkshirtssalesman7405]

i felt you were disrespectfull to him, constantly making these gags while he was talking about his story, not every video has to be like that just let him speak

[@mattalexander4058]

Derek just casually sneaking that thirst trap in there 😂

[@angahcoleify]

I heard some people said, when you dont have eye balls, its like you try to see with your elbow.. its nothing, not even pitch black or something like that… dang i cant imagine that…

[@zulynieves3508]

Idk i feel like you’re making fun of him/belittling him for being blind & not understanding that this is HIS normal life. As well as just plain out rude for continuously cutting him off . This should’ve been a genuine conversation but you didn’t even listen to what he was really saying & just forced unnecessary jokes . Normally i really enjoy your videos but this one didn’t sit right with me .

[@WeekenderBlue]

Loved listening to Jagpreet :) !

[@psycoo2]

I enjoy his interviews but this one just felt rushed and u cut him off on the music part 😢 Also all the questions felt random one after another. We want a re-interview please 🙏🏼

[@stefeygarcia4224]

Did anyone have this with captions and suddenly see “how do you wipe your butt?” 10:33 😭

[@hanoGTO]

im ngl thats such an L for taking a betterhelp sponsorship

[@senorsavage8702]

no one cares jump

[@navaneethdupati7226]

"Have you ever been on blind date"🤣🤣

[@emmabillingsley4756]

I like this guy

[@adamorioncactus]

I love your videos, man! You rock!

[@roraimaochoaroa7805]

I need a part two

[@slosinky]

i wanted to know more about what he was saying about what music means to him :((

[@jss_510]

He gets caught up in being goofy and is self centered as much as I like most of these videos

[@hadas5]

omg derek, stop hitting your head he totally understands your question, and you are totally respectful to him

[@LafaEatsLeaves]

I love this show

[@ayeshathefairy8333]

i guessed the roti sound and it was soooo satisfying 😭🤣🤣 maybe i make too many rotis

[@savannabran-lee6250]

This was weird and lowkey rude. I was listening as background noise while working and you just kept interrupting him! not jabbing at your character but I think you should interview him again and let him get into his story!!!!!

[@claudia-uh2qr]

loool the comments slandering you are brutal i definitely think these episodes flatter you better when you’re interviewing somebody with a lighter more jokey character or abrasive personality and a little less integrity

[@dontcare6210]

This show is notably turning into Derek's sessions with his psychologist(s).

[@guiomardart]

Did anyone else have the gut reaction YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESHELVE THEM! at the end of the sponsor bit? lol

[@shdhjwjahanjs]

HELP THE ROTI SOUND

[@Josernesto4]

this felt a little bit condescendent, I mean, closing your eyes for a while so you can be "at his level"? wth man

[@madelineadt.1191]

Disappointed about the betterhelp sponsorship… great episode nonetheless

[@gobarber2]

Derek I love this show, but you gotta stop interrupting your guests, especially when they’re in the midst of explaining an interesting story. You get distracted wayyy too quick bro lol

[@Dgeaurhedaikn]

Better help is a bad company. I think you should learn about their controversies before taking a sponsorship from them again.

[@thedeewolf]

Is that a tgf tee?

[@__nicoleerin]

"when you were 6 months years old" 😭😂

[@deepakshiyadav7492]

do a second interview with him and redeem yourself! I love your content and you and i want more of that but with his life Story finished

[@deepakshiyadav7492]

mean I get it, so just do it again

[@turningthetables]

CANUCKS LEGEND!!!

[@ydran5783]

Didn’t expect to see you there

[@iSeeSoundsShow]

I watched a video with a woman from Lebanon sitting where you sat at 3:45 !

[@BlueCivid]

Sponsorship🗣️🙏🏽

[@whos_sha-tg1hz]

We need more uploads😭😭

[@DEMENTO01]

damn love this channel but betterhelp really do yall not make a minimal amount of research before accepting sponsors?' betterhelp is infamous for treating their customers like sh1t and selling personal info to 3rd parties (which would be bad as is but considering this is therapy we're talking about it's horrible)

[@mrbob23111]

5:13 the look after he said that ????

[@Oldjaan]

Derek please! Listen to what your guests are saying 😭 in some minutes he was too into the conversation and you just cut him off and changed the subject 😭

[@scarlettallen4063]

learn to listen to your interview-ee. stop listening to respond, start listening with the intent to understand

[@kayyomars]

His reactions and interactions with Jugpreet are so awkward. Why’s he collecting disabled people like Pokemon and then has nothing good to say 😭

[@Slurypee]

5:17 THE SIDE EYE IS SO FUNNY ESPECIALLY CAUSE HE WILL NEVER KNOW 😭

[@molly-bc6lq]

How do you come up with these guests