Ah, Vernon, my oldest brother. For the longest time, he's always been this cool guy with a great sense of humor and morale. He has a tremendous ability to apply logic to situations. When I was little, I used to be afraid to talk to him, but that has long since changed.
At least 3 months after Diane and co. got a new house in October of 2022, Vernon started to change... drastically, for the absolute worst. Some term that must have originated from the Matrix movie, called colored "pills" or what have you, caught the attention of many people across the internet. Often times you'll have to hear about such a term.
By far one of the most annoying traits Vernon has gained, are the constant click sounds on whatever phone he uses. Combine that with almost always having some yapping (usually from YouTube videos/streams) playing on a video game console, both night and day. After doing a little bit of research, yes, there are people who have to sleep to sound. And unfortunately, Vernon seemingly became one of those people. Like, you can't leave a console on without an apparent reason and expect others not to moderate you. Vernon also seems to fake his sleep sometimes, as there are times when I could clearly hear him snoring, I would turn off the TV, causing Vernon to react to it and wonder what happened.
The yapping playing at midnight especially bothers me, as it seems like I am not allowed to concentrate on creating content. I also dislike hearing constant donations or yelling/screaming from the streams he's listening to, or when he has his phone playing audio at midnight on speaker. Another thing I dislike is when he's playing a console in one room, while listening to the TV in another room, but I believe he's done this before 2023. The light on his phone is also very distracting. I swear, no other content creator has to deal with such things. Whenever the console is off at midnight, I can't help but feel a sigh of relief.
As an anime fan, I also especially hate it when Vernon starts playing a video/stream of some obnoxious lady. Another thing that annoys me are his weird sleep intervals. Often times, he can't sleep for a solid length of time. Plus, it's hard to correctly judge if he's genuinely fast asleep. There's even been times when he would turn the Xbox One back on, shortly before falling back to sleep. Things like those completely shut down my enthusiasm, and it hurts me deep inside that I have to put up with them for many years to come. There was even a time when the Xbox One's power supply was dying, so Vernon had to buy a new one from Gamestop for $50.
On an extra note, Vernon tends to have sound playing on his phone at midnight. Starting in late April 2025, Vernon has been increasingly growing a tendency where after the Xbox One turns off by itself due to inactivity, he proceeds to turn the Xbox One back on and waste even more electricity.
August 2, 2025 update: The situation with Vernon's activities keeps getting worse and worse as time goes by. His heavy emphasis on running the Xbox console and playing audio on his phone on speaker, both night and day amplifies further and further.
Vernon seriously needs to rely less on sound coming from the devices that he uses when it comes to sleeping. There are even times when less than an hour or few after the Xbox One turns off by itself due to inactivity, Vernon would proceed to turn it back on and waste even more electricity. It's extremely relentless. I want nighttime (especially midnight) and the early morning to be time for me to concentrate on content that I want to create, not to be distracted by sound that goes completely against what I enjoy about media.
I firmly believe that a part of Vernon has been flanderized. I'd be hard pressed to see him do anything besides consume media whenever he's not going out, or working. I've also started to notice that starting around August of 2025, he has been waking up as soon as either I wake up, or whenever I turn on my PC(s).
Sometimes, I would track how long Vernon keeps the Xbox console on with a stopwatch app. Vernon's session times with the Xbox console can go upwards of 6+ hours straight, I kid you not. It seems as if Vernon absolutely does not know when to stop or let up. My biggest fear is that Vernon's heavy reliance on media sound (to sleep) could be chronic, but I seriously hope that I'm proven wrong about that. Vernon saying "brutal", especially repeatedly is also extremely annoying.
In late December of 2025, Vernon has been continuously using an Xbox
console, having it off in short intervals (as in a few hours or less), then turning an Xbox
console back on. This really goes to show Vernon's hyper fixation on binging yap ad nauseam while seemingly wasting electricity. The same annoying voices that Vernon listens to on practically a daily basis are forever implanted on my head now.
Early in 2026, Vernon's post-2023 self has intensified even further, believe it or not. There's even been times when the Xbox One turns off by itself due to player inactivity, within a few hours he proceeds to turn the Xbox One back on shortly after waking up. Vernon has become extremely hardwired to have yap play on speaker nonstop, regardless of whether or not it's greatly contributing to electric bills. It's gotten to the point that he seemingly doesn't know when to take a break from having yap play on speaker. As of 2026, he usually has yap playing on his phone at both daytime and nighttime. I also greatly dislike hearing that poor man's coin block sound on his phone, if anyone catches my drift. I very much I wish I could dissuade him from his post-2023 self.
As of June 2026, it has become even more increasingly common for Vernon to have Kino Casino or any other yap playing on speaker on his phone at midnight.
I seriously do not like the heavy emphasis on having yap playing on speaker, either on his phone and especially on a console, both night and day. Could you imagine what it's like to devolve into a massive couch potato? It has become increasingly common for him to turn the Xbox console back on within a few hours of it turning off by itself due to inactivity.
Vernon is my kryptonite nowadays, and I'm not even trying to be funny. The dream is dead.
I hope this rant ages poorly, but I heavily doubt that it will.
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