The Failure of Dashcon | The world's first Tumblr convention

The story of Dashcon 2014, one of the worst conventions ever held. Deceit, gross incompetence and a piss-drenched ball pit -- it had it all.
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[@InternetHistorian]

Follow-up Q&A to answer some of your questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6fJi6R4rs5rZpo

[@the4thriderx]

did you ever get the dvd?

[@datmexican6795]

Internet Historian please liberate me from liberal Chicago

[@Nick40ghs]

Has the Dashcon DVD hunt come to an end?

[@mirandawinters9045]

Internet Historian Do a video about Google+

[@jiminycricket6791]

Did he ever get that copy?

[@woolfoma]

It failed because they forgot to take account for the fact that less than 10 tumblr users leave their house in any given year.

[@BlamoStramo]

woolfoma and that they're constantly using, life, depression, (name mentally issued here), and things they just heard about wrong

[@cinnamonflavord]

"We will all sigh together" 1...2... *Give me back my money*

[@hobbedgoblin10]

Hi maki

[@donovanfox7752]

Oh hi maki

[@heyjoji1954]

How’s it going maki

[@breadbug6101]

@@heyjoji1954 I'm probably just some uncultured swine, but who's maki?

[@iheartericcartman]

ChonkBoi perhaps their previous profile picture was maki harukawa maki from danganronpa v3

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

The irony of singing "We Are the Champions," while getting extorted is palpable.

[@JRGProjects]

It's easy to "con" at a failed CONvention

[@mcdonalds5972]

@@JRGProjects "But they raised the money, and the *CON* continues."

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

@@mcdonalds5972 it *CON* tinues

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@joeshittheragman6252]

That wasn't extortion. People were free to leave whenever they wanted

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

The “They say dress for the job you want.”-Guy was kinda cool and chill though. Witty and snappy response to having a camera shoved up his face.

[@MickeyX2M]

hes a goat

[@tylergaye5457]

Especially compared to the absolute social retard before him lol

[@ethansprague2005]

@@MickeyX2M he sacrifices goats

[@doctormisterio9612]

​@@ethansprague2005🤓

[@MackBananas]

🌭

[@PritchardCraftFTW]

It isn't called a con for nothing.

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

make this top comment

[@nyancat2221]

Bets comment. 10/10. 💯%

[@rubyross8644]

made by a group of conartist right.

[@thestandardprobloxian4118]

Yay me I got the 1000th like Nobody asked :p

[@shgh2695]

When 4chan didn’t even have to do anything to make it fail

[@Ayr-me7vb]

What do you mean? The notorious hacker know as 4chan actually snuck in and pissed in the ball pit

[@kek-senpai243]

@@Ayr-me7vb I wish that was confirmed true.

[@charlie1234500]

@@kek-senpai243 I would be forever a happy man if that were true.

[@gabeyab]

*MEET THE SPY*

[@Fordring1776]

turns out you don't need nationalist terrorism to screw up tumblr events, huh

[@wildrabbit2237]

I wanna see TwitterCon Just a room full of people calling each other racists, sexists, and child predators while also BEING racist, sexists, and child predators

[@nyteshade8125]

That's an awesome idea

[@Mr.Stizblee]

To be fair, one of the main reasons Twitter got so toxic is that most of Tumblr migrated there after Tumblr banned porn.

[@on_the_inverse_5193]

collect all of the twitter users in 1 room and throw a letter that says "hitler did nothing wrong" and watch them tear eachother to bits like rabid wolves

[@aaronlaughter6471]

I would go in a heart beat, that would be hysterical

[@mochabbunny]

Make sure no one is allowed to leave for the duration of the con and not hire any security staff. It will be like an IRL version of Twitter with life or death stakes. And put cameras on the walls to livestream the whole thing.

[@aldenfriend9625]

“They say dress for the job you want” that’s the best way to handle that situation lol

[@randomcenturion7264]

Yeah at least he was having fun with the whole thing.

[@svovy5358]

ya, that was smooth

[@TheSantaCompana]

That ball pit really tied the room together.

[@v0rt3xzstar72]

Gijs Houbregs did someone piss on it too

[@gathenhielm9977]

Dude, "chinaman" is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

[@Mekasoundwave]

Did it not?

[@gathenhielm9977]

Anime Fan. We're not talking about the guys who built the railroads, here.

[@gathenhielm9977]

Since you asked nicely: we're just bastardizing quotes from The Big Lebowski. The plot in it kicks of when an Asian-American guy pisses on the main character's rug. Check it out if you haven't, it's one of the best comedies ever filmed.

[@joelcoates9985]

When they said five to seven thousand people would come they might've meant LITERALLY 5 to 7000.

[@oshawastaken]

LMAOO THIS COMMENT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

[@thronritter6295]

How many? YES!

[@4Y0P]

lmao nice

[@jvnfkfgmvjvfmvkf]

what? i don't get it

[@jvnfkfgmvjvfmvkf]

@Gäłøxy that only works if you say something "smart" in response. you're wrong, better luck next time.

[@galleryofrogues]

“A group of tumblr users come up with a brilliant idea” That statement alone is an oxymoron

[@galleryofrogues]

@@FleshWizard69420 first pigs fly. then hell freezes over. THEN tumblr users have an actual good idea right before time and space ultimately unravel.

[@leomeodeo4787]

@@galleryofrogues goncharov's not a good idea?

[@rollcakecookie7189]

To be fair tho, most funny posts you seen on the internet come form tumblr 😬

[@ukargeo]

Your*

[@mrlime9526]

@@rollcakecookie7189 Modern Tumblr is the closest thing to hell I can find with few exceptions.

[@OopsOlliePopp]

Coming back to this video a few years later and gotta be honest. The lady screaming “what if they want more money” may be annoying but shes the only one who seemed to catch on 🗿

[@drkissinger1]

The one-eyed woman in the land of the blind.

[@Arz2003]

I would of just bounce home after paying the $65 for the admission fee if that was me and called PayPal and the Bank for a charge back

[@olivebrosnan4437]

I’d only give them a penny 😭

[@caevman3203]

“We’re all gonna sigh together” is something the annoying 9th grade teacher says after assigning a project just before a holiday

[@voodoomoss]

She probably is one. Also, is she wearing a garter belt and corset? To listen to a podcast with fellow tumblrinas?

[@MrGoatflakes]

This literally is it. SJWs never progressed socially past elementary school and absolutely require an adult to tell them not only what to do, but what and when to feel. Peter Pan syndrome but worse (Mary Poppins fixation?)

[@brendan5260]

MrGoatflakes this is exactly what i’ve been saying. we need to stop leading kids by the nose. they should be taught to think for themselves and to make their own choices. when you tell someone from birth what to do, say and think, they will either resent you for being controlling or become mindless.

[@estheay3611]

This comment game me vietnam flashbacks...

[@MrGoatflakes]

@@brendan5260 yep, if you insulate people from the consequences of bad decisions, you rob them of the opportunity to learn to do anything better. Unlimited second chances are a fantasy that evaporates when you inevitably succumb to old age, which havens sooner than everyone thinks. Trying to protect people from every bad consequence is Oedipedal and robs people of life. Not that I believe in people starving in the streets...

[@CrabbyMcCrab11]

A Gay hispanic man being called a straight white male is the most tumblr thing i have ever heard

[@daphne1065]

Apparently it's like a curse word over there...

[@F40PH-2CAT]

@@4thtime910 young progressives disproportionately so.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

@@daphne1065 its not the first time; alot don't know that "idiot", "imbecile" and "moron" genuinely used to be scientific/technical terms for the intellectually disabled too, before people thought it was offensive/slurs, and then a long time after that, they now just refer to general dumbassery without that connection.

[@r2d2fromstartrack83]

1/3 not terrible you can't always be perfect you know

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@F40PH-2CAT lol wut?

[@heckaboo]

Can't wait for Internet Historian to make a video on the failure of Twitchcon in a few years' time

[@petrox859]

it wasnt that bad, but who knows how 2023 will look like

[@YoshuaYoshoka]

@@petrox859 wasn’t that bad 💀bro the foam pit was so bad it caused multiple injures one of which is likely (99%) permanent

[@aliehsan8738]

@@YoshuaYoshoka sure but that is still not bad enough to warrant an entire video.

[@Randomdive]

I still can't believe Adriana Chechik broke her back in the foam pit

[@petrox859]

@@aliehsan8738 Yeah, I meant it this way, also its interesting to see how active is this comment section

[@FMCybear]

"we're all gonna sigh together okay? one, two, three.." "give me back my money" i cannot put into words that i laughed so hard i started vomiting

[@claranadine1086]

IKR 🤣 it's like something straight outta SpongeBob lmaoooo

[@anonymousgoat6552]

It feels like a primary school teacher telling the class to sigh at the same time because golden time had to be rescheduled or something. It's pathetic.

[@wolflplushlnoice]

i read this comment exactly as it happened lmao

[@elaineivysart9743]

" I like to dress for the job I want "

[@anonymousgoat6552]

@Masterraccoon you don’t mess with golden time

[@nemidoonam6963]

“We are first timers” Literally lies and steals money *Intentionally*

[@joshhouse6857]

First time heisters

[@MrGoatflakes]

@@joshhouse6857 next time you'll be too busy sucking down that woke koolaid and delicious anti-Semitism you won't even notice we scaming u

[@noskalborg723]

Proof the left is gullible.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Noskal Borg The left is ran by sociopaths and Cluster-B’s because plebe leftists are so easily manipulated. You just have to say the right _words._

[@noskalborg723]

@@Sorakeyblademaster37 ye, training the masses to roll over and submit (because it's such a noble cause) never asking "what about my family?" Or "is this going to hurt someone?" Or "can i actually trust you?". And then they have the gall to call conservatives "sheople". In my faith, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" they encourage us to read the doctrine ourselves, and get our own testimony of the truth. They're very clear about what is the truth and what isn't, but they want us to ask questions so we can get answers. They even put up essays online about some of the ugly truths of the early church. Granted those essays aren't nearly as damning as all the accusations surrounding those accounts, but the Church cites all of their sources (in all of their writing) so people can actually fact check it.

[@NunyaBiznes100]

This whole event was just an irl version of krusty land

[@crowbro69]

Rustem Cecunjanin “you promised these children crabby the clown, but all I saw was... *cheapy the cheapskate* “

[@NunyaBiznes100]

@FantasticFrank85 dashcon had clowns, lots of em, just none compare to krabby

[@brendan5260]

FantasticFrank85 they didn’t have any of the acts they promised. no steam giraffe and the night vale people. whoever the fuck they are

[@fallansaint]

🤣 Edit: underrated comment

[@blob5907]

you mean Kamp Krusty

[@samp.8099]

Thinking about 2014-era Tumblr is like anti-nostalgia

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Yeah. It got worse when everyone from tumblr invaded Twitter and pushed their views into every part of the internet. All because of a pron ban Still it seems things are shifting to be better now with a lot of these people being called out for the stuff they do

[@lev4175]

Please I'm begging you, cover crunchyroll expo Melbourne 2022. It's just as much of a wild ride as dashcon. We had: 8000 tickets perday sold, only 4000 were allowed in. There were people getting bitten, people fighting, an ambulance was called. Someone got kicked out after jacking it to a mlp pillow in the bathroom, there were maggots in sealed artbooks and even more fun surprises! Today people brought ballpits in honour for what was the closest we could get to dashcon 2022

[@seva7500]

people got BITTEN?!?!?!?

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

@@seva7500 Australia is just British Florida

[@lev4175]

@@seva7500 yep a volunteer got bitten by an attendee

[@MariusKennedy]

@@seva7500 yep. Someone got bitten..

[@daviddebroux4708]

in the _

[@blue_storybook3230]

This is what happens if you let social media define ur entire existence and personality.

[@warrenshepard3373]

Pretty much.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Tumblrettes don’t have souls.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit were all mistakes.

[@strange4414]

*Steel Beam* Reddit has the cumbox though so I’d say it’s the mistake that proved itself worthy of life

[@dennisalvarado5134]

@@DonVigaDeFierro took the words outa my mouth.

[@Farrowstrike]

"lets sigh together" they acting like they are in fucking elementary school

[@tankolad]

Farrowstrike Let's be honest here; they never graduated.

[@asdfasdfasdfasdfasd3534]

Because it's cool and quirky and so funny haha

[@namkha209]

And I thought nobody can be more juvenile than the POWER RANGER.

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

Give me my money back.

[@Azariachan]

That's tumblr in a nutshell, though. It's basically a bunch of children, except instead of fighting for toys and threatening to tell mommy, they send each other death threats and tell you to break your legs and piss your pants if you say anything they disagree with.

[@spaghettinoodlesoup4510]

Dashcon happened in 2014 And a certain chocolate experience happened this year, 2024. History is repeating as we speak.

[@dawngrove7053]

Makes me wonder what will happen in 2034

[@fazmade]

​@@dawngrove7053just an empty room

[@ightman712]

Your forgetting fyre festival too.

[@spaghettinoodlesoup4510]

@@ightman712 oh yeah, that too lol

[@xyangst]

What happened?

[@henrybrittons9028]

Had to come back to this after seeing Among Us add a new nameplate: a ball pit, named "Extra Hour Please"

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

Heh! I might start paying again just for that reference.

[@encycl07pedia-]

People still play that wreck of a game? Can you still type or is it still all those crummy dialog choices?

[@kimorayn1733]

GG

[@bborjon3542]

@@encycl07pedia- it’s both

[@IMTHEMOTHERFUCKINGMAILMAN]

@@encycl07pedia- it's fun when you play with your friends but hell when you play with randoms. And if you're 20 yr old with same aged friend busy with school and stuff. It'd be hard to find a schedule where everyone free time meets up.

[@whatsup3183]

Why did they call it Dashcon? Because that's what they did with your money.

[@lukemolwitz9769]

Should be called Condash. Because they gained confidence first, and then dashed.

[@rubberwoody]

or it was ran by con men

[@kasperdomagala4544]

rubberwoody dash-*con*

[@basscanon6687]

Snatch and run y'all

[@mahmoudtalat4173]

D for Dollars + C for Coins easy 🤔😎🤣

[@inactive07228]

Dashcon, rainfurrest, fyre festival, tanacon, let’s see what other events end up in ruins

[@murciadoxial8056]

3 down... one more to go

[@fusk7799]

@@murciadoxial8056 deus vult

[@murciadoxial8056]

@@fusk7799 gotta vult that deus, balls deep!

[@MustafaMustafa-by9my]

wat about the one foousy tube did

[@punbug4721]

Fifth horse (literally) of the con-pocalypse: MLP's Unicon. I won't bother linking a video or even describing it, bc if you've seen this video, you've basically seen a video on Unicon.

[@morganrosenfeld5917]

Something I feel it's vital to mention about Dashcon, even six years after this video and nine years after the actual con. The ballpit didn't belong to staff, someone just brought it along.

[@AlexGore511]

Almost 7 years later and Hbomb is still seething at you for this video. If that isn't glowing praise, I don't know what is.

[@nicholaslane8332]

Have we really reached the point were making simple levelheaded criticism is "seathing" the only people seathing are the people who still think making sjw and autism jokes are funny.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Yeah. He made fun of the forerunners of libtardacus. Can’t believe breadtube actually wants people to believe the 2016 sjws where somehow not unhinged lunatics. Glad people are seeing them for what they are again.

[@AlexGore511]

@@nicholaslane8332 Uh, counterpoint, yer gay.

[@nicholaslane8332]

@@AlexGore511 counterpoint, I know what you are but what am I.

[@MrRandomGuy13100]

"We're all going to sigh together, okay? 1 2-" "Give me back my money."

[@horsepetrol1177]

That pandering language makes me so ill! Be condescending to a butthurt crowd. We're supposed to be western.

[@shoehunter3928]

DemonlordHatty at least the hippies had a point

[@noahwright8109]

I thought people were gonna start booing.

[@twistup343]

3:37

[@macrussell78]

The fact that there wasn't more outrage towards this baffles me. They even had the gul to ask for more money.

[@colerichardson20]

"were all gonna sigh together" is some of the saddest shit ive ever heard

[@da_ocsta1452]

Fuckin' grown ass toddlers dude.

[@DuskLegend]

“Thanks for the money, suckers”

[@JBrander]

I love it. Absolute zero damage control of their events backing out. The organizers of this shitshow just expect the audience to take an apology up their asses.

[@Nantosuelta]

*feminists*

[@senatorcockstrong161]

Cole Richardson, great Gael profile pic

[@arditeider2812]

To think that the Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience happened about 10 years after this...

[@dyslexsticks3381]

Here's to another 10 years!

[@coolcliff18]

And thus, history repeats itself 10 years later.

[@Kirbo4004]

1:34 "what made you decide to dress up as the Prime Minister of Israel?" "They say dress for the job you want" This guy gets it.

[@Saidriak]

I love that guy

[@itaishemer]

I'm an Israeli. I love this so much

[@JDHGaming]

Yes most self aware guy in the room, I mean he is satan, mabye that is the actual satan

[@stockcaptain1]

@@itaishemer big true

[@HTWW]

@@itaishemer someone else had to wear a mask with Lapid's face and start a brawl, lmao.

[@woodfloor111]

"The teenage, unpaid workers, who were promised free meals, aren't given anything, and they go hungry" I laughed my ass off at that, holy shit

[@petrabanjarnahor229]

Dana Baldus they got cucked too

Dana Baldus thats pretty standard for any con really. Promise room and food. get a spot on a cold floor with 10 other nerds, they run out of food on friday, cant find the people to get paid on sunday, whoever runs it has you on block by monday.

[@Seppevh]

Only standard for shitty failed cons

[@AquaticDot]

Yeah, that's a situation where you convince the other helpers to leave as soon as they run out of food. They need you, not the other way around.

[@chipwhitley5114]

It's okay, they all probably preach communism. They should get used to going hungry.

[@jimmycumbest6877]

1:32 boy did this interaction age well

[@bybs5726]

Hbomber missed the mark here. Seems man in hole was a fair take but this video is legend

[@mattgroening8872]

What are you talking about? Bomber never personally criticized this channel, he only critiqued man in hole.

[@bybs5726]

@@mattgroening8872 he critiqued the video

[@R0bot4]

@@mattgroening8872he was butthurt in his video that Internet Historian made fun of Dashcon since the people here seem to be part of Harris… uhm… „people“. He said that this video „only“ made fun of SJWs which just aint true and made it look as if internet historian was some sort of super anti semitic nazi, unsurprisingly sparking a discussion on reddit whether IH really was. Hbomberguys video was good for 98% of the time, but this personal vendetta against IH was just dirty and unnecessary.

[@mattgroening8872]

@@R0bot4 ? Can you timestamp when this happened?

[@R0bot4]

@@mattgroening8872 im absolutely not going through his hour long video now to prove this, but I can promise you it absolutely happened. Bybs wrote the same thing. He must have done it in the beginning of the IH part since it was basically the way he introduced him.

[@murphyjack90]

"We are all going to sigh together okay?" "One..." "...two..." "GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!"

[@implorerdavis4676]

stolen comment

[@tygonmaster]

ok unoriginal comment.

[@AlainReyes]

Why did she thought that saying that would calm the people

[@Movypro23]

Basically x men dark phoenix’s opening night audience 25 minutes in

[@pillsnpiegaming]

did you see how that chick stared at the guy who wants his money back lol.

[@wavewingman5993]

"We are first-timers, but we intend to learn from our mistakes" *_YOU SCAMMED PEOPLE, EXTORTED, LIED TO THEM, AND POCKETED ALLEGED CHARITY MONEY_*

[@wavewingman5993]

@@benh8657 Oh I'm blamin'.

[@nonono4160]

You don't get it, mate. When they say mistakes, they meant the part where they got caught.

[@lastswordfighter]

*Take the money and run song intensifies*

[@screamingpotato759]

Yeah and the next time they will do better, they will extort the charity to pay for the building and pocket the money

[@user-gm3rp4fp4g]

Well they only scammed tumblr users

[@iratepirate3896]

Just remember all these people left Tumblr and ruined Twitter

[@suezuccati304]

Not really, the Tumblr user exodus was actually pretty even

[@ColdFuse96]

Looks like Tumblr is about to get a massive injection of users, thanks to daddy Elon over here 😏

[@iratepirate3896]

@@ColdFuse96 Inshallah

[@armyofuno8196]

@@ColdFuse96 finally I can go and browse Twitter without seeing some mentally ill communist furry

[@apachehelicopter9032]

Daddy Elon making ze list

[@Artceps]

1:18 this man foresaw what was supposed to happen 80 years ago, aged like fine wine

[@Quadrenaro]

It's not that crazy. I was pretty hard left leaning during the Bush administration. What drove me away was the amount of veiled antisemitism. They just used different terminology that still carries over to today. Example is around 2007, the talking points became about billionaires and CEO's. The people who were radicalized by far left ideologies were fed nearly every line of antisemitism that my grandparents faced, but with a new coat of paint. After the attack last year, the people who were fed these ideas simply connected the dots themselves, and embraced their ideological roots. This isn't to day that leftist ideologies are fundamentally flawed, or rotten to the core. This is the result of political tribalism, and both sides are susceptible to it. People so addicted to their own politics that they turn into political contrarianists if the other side does something they agree with.

[@MisterFaucker]

Guy is just a troll

[@Artceps]

@@Quadrenaro i literally have no idea what youre talking about i was just sayin free palestine

[@Quadrenaro]

@@Artceps I'm saying antisemitism is as old as time. There is nothing new under the sun.

[@Montesama314]

"Congratulations, you get another hour in the ball pit" sounds like something you'd hear a sadistic scientist say to his human test subject in a Portal-esque video game.

[@ashkitt7719]

No that would be your mother No but you could probably use the Source Engine to make it yourself. I’d love to see another game with writing and puzzle/FPS mechanics like the Portal series.

[@j.baxter4265]

Montesama314 I could imagine glados saying that, actually.

[@theeshyguy]

Naughty children lose their ball pit privileges.

[@josephstalin3586]

@No that would be your mother if they can they don't show it

[@michaelbuckley5847]

Giving sugar cubes to secco

[@ruddha2]

"By the evening, the unthinkable happens: The ball pit starts to deflate." The deadpan delivery gets me every time. Brilliant.

[@Flamingerudostalion]

I like that this implies nostalgia rewatches. Good on you, sir. :)

[@Torenovski]

*and someone pisses in it* that took me out lol

[@rinosmeetngreedthusdays]

It would be nice to get a kiss from those ladys uwu

[@user-jc1kq1qb5j]

Im surprised noone pissed in it earlier. If it was a furry festival it would be full of poop in like 3 hours

[@RatelHBadger]

You sir, just earned yourself an extra hour free in the Ballpit!!!

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

Coming back to enjoy this in a new way now that Twitch Con has officially had a worse pit.

[@kyokyo718]

lmao yikes xDDD

[@kempolar9768]

The fact that this is genuinely accurate is very disappointing.

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

@@kempolar9768 We live in Bizarro World.

[@Xumenade]

LMAO Fucking ruthless

[@ThePmcderm91]

Free Palestine lmao, I had to check the date on this video because that caught me off guard in March 2024

[@caringheart34]

Ironically, 2014 had the 2014 Israel-Gaza war which was pretty similar to the conflict today with Hamas except it was more faster and had less of an international impact.

[@erikwinner]

"Let's all sigh together"... I wish I could just call it cringe, but fuck, that might be one of the most disrespectful thing I ever heard.

[@billykaelin6358]

Well at least they did not sigh together instead they asked for refunds

[@HardStyleWillLive]

@@billykaelin6358 naw bro u can clearly see and hear sum sheep bastards doing as theyre told sighing in relation to the countdown 💀

[@GunsNRoses1123]

So incredibly ignorant and disrespectful to the people who are getting scammed, many teens who probably didn't know better.

[@NatLott420]

@Lando Calrissian you're giving too much credit to 12-15yr olds

[@NatLott420]

@Lando Calrissian shiiiiiiii, My dads an alcoholic and I'm not a furry, but I DO have trauma

[@Ben-jo8jd]

imagine how bad that room smelled

[@verynoiceroxx542]

Neckbeards and unwashed people all together in a room, possibly without A/C or adequate ventilation. Mmm, an aromatic sensation.

[@Robsidians]

Ben most furries smell better, the bad ones everyone bunches normal furries with are worse.

[@bruhsauce644]

god the hotel should've asked for $100k, it would take a thousand cleaners to get the stench out

[@Laura-Yu]

Ben Gonna bet sour mayo

[@scarletcrusade77]

Unwashed fat white girls

[@goofymode8205]

Twitter having a vendetta over this 6 year old Video is hilarious

[@noone12748]

Literal child mentality to hold a grudge for so long over something this insignificant

[@twinzzlers]

I dont support what IH has done but it's getting ridiculous, people are calling him a neo now

[@noone12748]

@@twinzzlers You're talking about him like he's done some war crime here

[@twinzzlers]

@@noone12748 I'm not? But he did do some real shady stuff

[@theonlybilge]

​@@twinzzlers Apparently the script for Man in Cave is almost a word for word plagiarism of an already existing news article, and it would seem this is true. It's very unfortunate, but the video where it was brought up also had some digging up of previous videos and looking through some random comments on IH videos to prove a point. The video was supposed to be about KZbin plagiarism.

[@user-up1yg4lr6k]

That ballpit carried the whole convention. When you realize that furries organized a better event than Tumblr users..

[@thelemmster]

Furries are usually quite rich, well not me. Most of the damage from rainfurrest was done by 4 people out of thousands.of attendees only 2 of which were furries the others being there to make furries seem really weird

[@ashdaddyactual6933]

The organizers of the Furry con weren’t the problem hahaha

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

Most furry conventions, from what I know, *are* in fact organized better than Dashcon

[@tyrantking2322]

That dude claiming to contain a riot looks like that one annoying kid in class, you know the one

[@nobodybw1962]

The one that's trying to be both the class clown and the teacher's pet, and failing at both?

[@tunasandwich8049]

Just say "class loser"

[@Omegaset]

He talks like him too

[@sammylammy996]

now I'LL GO BaCk to mY POST

[@mantrajojo4163]

You mean that kid with poor volume control that copes with social anxiety by being really obnoxious and loud?

[@Mothblossom]

“What made you choose this costume?” “Costume?...” Current objective S U R V I V E

[@sungodraw1020]

xXNightShifter Xx Replying to this so you know you got a bunch of likes

[@jjwang7597]

Snake? Snake?! S N A A A K E ! ! !

[@Mothblossom]

O damn I didn’t expect it to blow up oh Lordy

[@SmoothTurtle840]

Titanfall 2 reference? Probably not, but I’m going to pretend it is.

[@peggy_book5710]

@@SmoothTurtle840 its also in halo reach i think

[@bozuteru2160]

1:17 thinking about him today

[@judgeboony2695]

"We're all gonna sigh together." _Si-_ "Gimme back my money!"

[@budimon121]

you're telling me this shit really happened?

[@samusai]

Yep....and I know somebody who went there as an artist alley attendee. She no longer does out of state conventions because of this.

[@NalaLeaf]

budimon121 yeah, I had a few people I followed during the days I used tumblr go to this and they came back pissed but making ball pit memes that circulated for a few months

[@anonoymoususer6417]

budimon121 yes it did and it was hysterical

[@JonaOrange]

the real question is......did they enjoy the ball pit?

[@LaputanMachad]

budimon121 Truth is stranger than fiction

[@Metafalcario23]

The saddest part of this whole shit show is that the convention didn't even supply the ball pit themselves. Some poor shmuck who saw how miserable it was brought their own ball pit to try and liven up the place. And someone pissed in it.

[@highdab5181]

MetaFalcon ohman😂😂😂

[@AngHoranxx]

some poor shmuck

[@Oh-Ben]

A lesson was learned. Its all good.

[@honestlyitwassobigiwantedt4046]

Lololol

[@kalas9000]

MetaFalcon He’s the Ball Pit Hero (He’s got balls in his eyes)

[@thetitaniumtitan1183]

1:20 that aged well

[@justhere4637]

It's been going on for nearly 80 years.

[@GoergeLopez401]

@@justhere463780 years wtf!?

[@theroguecybersoldier2629]

Who's here after hearing about Dashcon for the first because of the Glasgow Wonka scam?

[@cubinel]

you a mind reader?

[@justinkianaalfredo6843]

Raldi's crackhouse predicted wonka's crackhouse

[@iamnotreal4078]

That Satan guy was, ironically, the coolest fuckin guy there.

[@saucejohnson9862]

Iam Notreal Literally the only on there who knows what he is.

[@TrianglePants]

nooo he was *on fire*

[@dani-sh3un]

Triangle_Pants gtfo

[@holdguard4624]

@@TrianglePants lmao

[@holdguard4624]

@@santoriomaker69 What do you mean?

[@voodoopls2856]

*They say dress for the job you want.* What a legend.

[@Winasaurus]

The fact he took that in stride and joked along with it makes me feel bad for him. I hope he got another hour in the pit.

[@nibelsnarf4302]

Taylor even better, I hope he got his extra hour before the pit was pissed in

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

Smoothness: 100

[@CodeBlue981]

3:24 It's so crazy seeing Moist Critical before he blew up, careful who you make fun of in middle school

[@josejalaeno73]

"they say dress for the job you want" lol guy passed the vibe check

[@KingYurtleOfTurtle]

"Congratulations. You get an extra hour in the ball pit." is something I can see as a sarcastic line by the narrator in the Stanley Parable.

[@ellyv.w.6760]

My favorite ending is the ball pit ending

[@wilfordbrimleyful]

KingYertleOfTurtle I can imagine it now: "confused at the apparent abandonment of him by his coworkers, Stanley stepped into a huge room just off the corridor from his office. a room Stanley had never been in, or heard his coworkers even mention, for it appeared totally unremarkable save for the fact that it contained nothing but a small inflatable ball pit. even more befuddled, understandably so given the circumstances, Stanley decided to waste valuable time by jumping in, perhaps as a protest against wanting to do something more meaningful with his life. but of course, given that Stanley was in what seems to be a state of shock-induced procrastination, it seems unlikely that Stanley wouldn't want to at least get moving again and go through the door at the end of the ball pit room. *cough* I SAID Stanley finally decided to get up and move the story along a bit."

[@AlbinoAxolotl1993]

I read that in Stamper's voice.

[@garnalengarnering]

someone make a mod this would be way too fitting

[@katiehesse6578]

Miss Price's Magical Playroom is amazing.

[@dogma4593]

Kind of hilarious how he was yelling "Free palestine, death to israel" at 1:17 to get the tumblr lefties mad, but he would get a standing ovation if this convention happened today

[@gryficowa]

No, Israel was already boycotted then

[@J.Skyler]

@@gryficowaSlight agree. It was not boycotted to the extent it is in current day. And anyone who spoke rhetoric that was aexplicitly pro-palestine and anti-israel was labeled anti semitic on tumblr between 2013-2018.

[@gryficowa]

@@J.Skyler It is sad that it took us so long to finally see how Israel treats the people in its country :/

[@s3c0nd1mpact]

1:34 oh man where is this guy now lmao

[@LoudWaffle]

"What made you dress up as the Prime Minister of Israel?" "They say dress for the job you want." What a hero that devil cosplayer is.

[@laceystarsimpson]

LoudWaffle 666th like. Perfect.

[@edenhoondia9932]

LoudWaffle me and my jewish, Israeli ass were laughing so hard😂

[@lahavmorris9919]

Tiffany Smith Sadly both sides hate Israel. The left hates Israel because they like the Arabs as well as for anti Semitic reasons and the right also hates Israel for anti Semitic reasons. Seems these days the right is the more friendly one to Israel.

[@metaljacket8128]

Tiffany Smith After all, it _is_ written that the nations of the world will unite against Israel. People mock the Bible while fulfilling each and every one of its prophecies by the minute.

[@klmklm16]

Metal Jacket lol good joke the nations against Israel, yeah NATO and the US are great buddies with palestine right? If Israel was not supported by the UN or the US they would have been beheaded by the arabs

[@thatsanegg4123]

“Dress for the job you want” lad was a good sport

[@skuyzy198]

Best thing in the whole fucking con

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

For me, going to a job interview dressed for the job I want is an extreme sport.

[@thatsanegg4123]

Mega Man X Powered Up dude I support u make it happen homie u got this

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@thatsanegg4123 Didn't get the job. Apparently, dressing as Batman was too intimidating for the interviewer.

[@shrekawareness2002]

Max L ok guess I’m not wearing clothes

[@kukuki5000]

1:17 Oh, it's the current year.

[@Michiganman800]

It's sad that Tumblr-tier behavoir was fringe in 2014 is now mainstream

[@TheAlienGangster]

Changing refund policy after the transaction has already been made? That sounds illegal. Also promoting venues and acts that they hadn’t paid for should be considered false advertising.

[@donaldmacisaac8479]

And even if it isn’t illegal, it’s just a shitty thing to do...

[@amineabdz]

@@donaldmacisaac8479 it is infact illegal ... all those terms were ( probably not, given the IQ of the average tumblr user) in a signed contract... a contract terms cannot be changed after agreement or signature UNLESS both parties approve of said changes ... i don't think people would approve of being ripped off and not get refunds

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@amineabdz these are all people who never read a EULA, apparently. I'm going to bet it says "no refunds."

[@donaldmacisaac8479]

Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band Well yeah, but seeing the brainpower of the organisers wasn’t exactly great, how much do you want to bet there was no EULA?

[@adenomohokoyomoh4350]

What do you expect from a bunch of Tumblr users?

[@tikkelbikkel]

"They say dress for the job you want" Honestly, such a nice way to respond to a mediocre joke at best. What a legend.

[@commanderzavala9328]

@Roy Sunshine Oy vey!

[@Max-is4qu]

that dude was annoying as hell

[@Max-is4qu]

guys lets use cocaine

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

@Maciej stay mad /pol/lack

[@narcick1018]

@Boss Baby's Dad palestine shouldnt even be considered a country its just some schmuks claiming something called "allah"existes and throws rock at the soldiers and loves pedophile mohammad ,tbh they woulde be great addition to the turkish war economy ,probably working 7/24 will be better than throwing rocks at soldiers ,wait i have a other idea lets send all arabs,syrians,kurds,palestitans to madagascar where they can fight for their survival and so the great ottoman rule can return to middle east , a arabia controlled by isreal and turkey it would be really magical

[@zephy936]

A group of tumblrs in one place is something that gives ne nightmares

[@RenKium]

You know EXACTLY why your back here

[@izzulhaziq4898]

😈😈😈

[@ethanuel444]

FREE PALESTINE

[@B-Mag]

I can only imagine how bad that place smelled

[@leeyenyao8570]

Oh no 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@IrradioMan]

Imagine a room full of chris chans.

[@bornofpixels]

@@IrradioMan who is chris chan

[@vault1230]

@@bornofpixels I looked it up, some sonic weeb fanboy

[@gorrilamode6425]

Vault no.... way, way, way way WAY worse

[@weneedmorefacemapsasprofil1593]

"world's first *tumblr* convention" Say no more.

[@cuernosbeste]

sup and last

[@ayylmao575]

JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP

[@Gonzalo-gr7ov]

sup Lock and load.

[@davidrojas9668]

sup 4 Chan Convention/ Gathering.

[@dylanburgoon2003]

sup in

[@autisticspaceman9397]

1:17 i'll let this one speak for itself

[@porygonlite]

1:17 a man ahead of his time

[@darkdoctor1915]

He knew

[@quixoticrage4190]

It's heartwarming/scary to know that people on tumblr are also cringy irl

[@matthewgilmore200]

Quasimodo calm down beyonce

[@nizizumi]

The fact that you used "Beyonce" as an insult just validates his point.

[@matthewgilmore200]

Nizizumi "calm down beyonce" is just a saying lol

[@idontknowyet8540]

...D R O P I N T H E P I T

[@gleegleek4eva]

quixotic rage Tbh a lot of it is pretty chill. But with the events they were advertising (Nightvale reading, steampunk band, the fact that they called it a 'con') its obvious they were trying to pull in the nerd crowd (no offense). I remember people sharing and making fun of the event and it's attendees on Tumblr but really didn't get a good look at the whole thing until now and I gotta say, this funniest shit I've ever seen.

[@JC21]

"Someone pisses in the ball pit" Why is this so fitting and unsurprising

[@markgrehan3726]

Honestly surprised no one did it sooner.

[@JeanMarceaux]

Vomit in the ball pit

[@iannalemme]

@@JeanMarceaux step right in and take a shiiit

[@parkerjones6603]

That and attacking the gay latino for assuming hes a straight cis male screams tumblr

[@maryarunkle7519]

It was probably an act of protest

[@PossumGodMode1337]

This was a great laugh thank you IH and team!

[@BullockDS]

what do you mean a certain side of youtube held a grudge over this video for nearly seven years, and used an already-settled plagiarism "scandal" as a pretense to try finally collecting a scalp over this

[@tommythompson6516]

Lmao he needed something to attack IH for

[@emperortgp2424]

come back in one week when this attempt also hilariously fails and that side is back to nibbling on IH's ankles again

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

Fr, that video was just brain dead. Leave IH alone

[@SARCASMlC]

Them doing the Hunger Games shit might be the worst thing i've ever watched.

[@CIubDuck]

+John Doe Good, they suck.

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

John Doe The books tho are pretty dope, well the first 2 are, the third one is kind of a dud.

[@iwonderwho]

They wouldn't last 5 minutes in a hunger games.

[@benpayne3254]

Matthew Ebeling tho it will help the loose wieght lolz. and learn the hardships of life.

[@BlamoStramo]

Ben Payne And know what depression means

[@JacF6734]

“Okay, so you’re dressed up as the Batman movie shooter. What made you choose this costume?” “... Costume?” *Pumped Up Kicks starts playing*

[@rimurutempest4945]

Honestly, would likely improve the overall con

[@bait5257]

Lmao

[@frenchguy8375]

"Better run better run outrun my bullet"

[@gram.]

Theyre all the exact same, I swear. Adult children. I have an unhealthy hatred for the organisers AND the audience that gave up thousands of their parents money AND sympathised with the organisers who clearly ripped them all off. Those types, are a type, so predictable.

[@MegaBlair007]

@@gram. lmao calm down, they'll be dead or broke in the next recession

[@armorpro573]

Well, this year officially marks the tenth anniversary of Dashcon. Jesus, how much time has passed.

[@HarmonicVector]

1:18 >meanwhile in [current year]

[@chiclelatina9702]

I cannot tell if that line aged like fine wine or aged like milk

[@Generic-Cat-Drawing]

Future predictor

[@fathirendrawan5846]

It's always been around since 75 years ago

[@acequs]

I was at home browsing tumblr the entire time this shit show went down. It was unbelievably flooded with posts asking for donations but the only post that still makes rounds is the "this is an emergency someone has peed in the ball pit" post.

[@arielreads]

Alexa please link 👀

[@acequs]

The source blog is deleted or something so I had to reblog it myself but here; moreloll.tumblr.com/post/157872226442/wingdingle-shutthedirk-attention-to-all

[@lorddedede7077]

Alexa I love how this is the most important event that took place at dashcon

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

Alexa NEW LINK NOW

[@tabruc4186]

All I remember is the post going around claiming people were masturbating at some sort of R rated panel. Some reddit users at the time claimed that was an exaggeration, but like. I do wonder what the fuck happened to this day sometimes

[@kawaiidesu8864]

It's funny how the chillest guy in the video is Satan

[@-CrimsoN-]

Satan is the chillest dude

[@reaperh2o867]

The con was WAY worse than him.

[@stardy316]

"What is your costume?" *_"Costume?"_* Halo Theme ques.

[@garrettcooper8348]

DRESS FOR THE JOB YOU WANT

[@alextellez987]

Well according to the satanic bible AND the bible itself, he technically is a pretty chill dude that makes you offers too damn good to be true and asks for a somewhat reasonable price lol

[@bataktoba4884]

I mean when you compare this to the recent Wonka event in Glasgow the Wonka thing was only a tip of the ice Berg and at least they got refund for their money not to mention they were charged £35 while these people were charge to large sums of money

[@quintonthevillain2745]

This is so painful to watch, i don`t even know how people over there walked out of it alive.

[@billwilson8267]

Allegedly, multiple people (including minors) got AIDS in a BSDM panel that turned into an orgy.

[@quintonthevillain2745]

I... what?! Wasn`t that just a rumor?

[@Thefellomens]

Thankfully it was a rumor, it originated as a joke between three users and other users who saw it thought it was serious. Also nobody actually peed in the ball pit

[@avd7288]

Nobody made it out alive. They weren't alive in the first place.

[@caesarorzell600]

Grizzly Melon I did!

[@nxbulae]

i physically recoiled when they did the thing from hunger games

[@iapr18]

I didn't see that movie, but by the look of things it was a bad thing to happen, what's the meaning of it?

[@iapr18]

I didn't see that movie, but by the look of things it was a bad thing to happen, what's the meaning of it?

[@PomegranatePomPom]

@@iapr18 it's a sign supposed to be done at a funeral. But in the movie it became the rebellion symbol.

[@Dmcc1942]

@@iapr18 it's a symbol of rebellion When the girl gets chosen to fight in the hunger games her sister takes over for her and the Capitol wants everyone to clap but they make the symbol instead

[@archiedonnelly2948]

Or they are Serbian nationalists

[@qdogbondo]

Oooooooooooooweeeeee Can't wait for him to make a Twitch con video after this years!

[@CaIastair]

The best part of this, is everyone of these people that are running this event look exactly like you would think they do lol

[@KuroshiAkuma]

That ballpit carried the whole convention

[@carbonreptile5437]

and being pissed on was the thanks it got. fucking tumblr

[@liamwhittaker8691]

Or, at least, it *tried* to; but was actively getting crushed by its weight...

[@SkyLink64]

Finally 666 liked

[@AmbizarYT]

Until someone pissed in it.

[@maneoj46]

@@AmbizarYT I think a baby was born in it too

[@bitesizedkiran]

why the fuck were they doing the hunger games thing

[@johan3612n]

Kiran because their retarded, why did I have to tell you this? Thought it was common knowledge

[@jarodspence2297]

Whoa , you used the wrong form of they're!? Time for me to point it out because I'm so fucking smart!

[@whatajoker9030]

Kiran when that came on to the screen I legit just said "this is the fucking stupidest thing I've ever seen"

[@BadlanderOutsider]

Because apparently you can't do anything without making reference to popular media properties.

[@CIubDuck]

Because they think they are special

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

when Tumblr banned NSFW content all the political extremism left with it, and now it seems to just be where millennial artists go for memes

[@animeloveer97]

yea now its just on twitter andd has infected the world big yikes

[@mundanedal49]

the 10th circle of hell, memes about student debt, harry potter, and the 80's/90's

[@YataTheFifteenth]

​@@mundanedal49 honestly, not the worst

[@mundanedal49]

@@YataTheFifteenth *loud incorrect buzzer*

[@prageruwu69]

ah yes, tumblr, well known for *checks notes* communism. not superwholock or the onceler. just the go to internet hub of political far left organizing.

[@williwnl6287]

the fact that 1:34 still holds up today is insane. man was a prophet

[@MrShenanigans28]

You're weak

[@My_name_is_I.P._Freely]

"For and By Tumblr Users" That's where you've already failed.

[@murciadoxial8056]

@Muro The funniest part is that the original name of the con was tumblrcon, but tumblr refused to let them use the name, so they had to go with dashcon because of that.

[@buddy6300]

Tumblr users as retarded but the organizers are like giga-tards

[@testaccount4191]

@@buddy6300 Well they managed to scam people out of money, got to be somewhat intelligent

[@ServetS]

Other fricking social medias is ok but Why tumblr? Why shittiest social media i ever seen

[@kyleh1806]

"They say dress for the job you want" Fuckin gold

[@phillipj.benson9497]

Chaos Goat That guy was my hero

[@callies343]

Does that mean he wants the job as the Prime Minister of Israel, or does he want the job as Satan?

[@nobodycares743]

Chaos Goat he was way too cool to be at dash con

[@ethansriaphon8787]

what's the difference?

[@MrRyan13214]

gotta give it to him too, his costume was on point. he could walk into a church on Sunday and scare the shit outta some folks with that make up.

[@net_apart7987]

Turns out dash con was a perfect con for tumbler, it included stolen artwork, shitty practices, and buzzwords galore.

[@Nasiruify]

You already got me at “tumblr users” and “idea”

[@theworddoner]

"But they raised the money, and the con continues" (2:28) If that isn't a double entendre then I don't know what is.

[@Admiralex91]

conventional con artists

[@jtommagic4516]

@@Admiralex91 ça c'est vraiment trop con....

[@coolguy02536]

concon

[@dumpsterfire5886]

A convention for cons conning money

[@bluewuppo]

Jtom Magic Translation for english speakers, con means cunt in french :)