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From KDRC channel subscriber, Blue Knight:
I caught the Ken Domik website (presumably) you put up and you said everything I've been saying out loud for a good while. I know you asked others to type in what they think and I will do it, I keep putting it off, mostly because I've not only gone on rants about Ken but argued with Ken (on his obvious sock account), hilariously, while he embarrasses himself further, but I'll get to it for sure wording a new way to say what I've roasted about him before. You get this guy, you call him out, you expose the hard truths about him, and I have zero doubt he's gone to your page and went on an angry denial about it. Every week I wonder if this will be it for him, his accepting his channel is obviously dead if you go by the numbers (430k views for maybe ~30k views per video average makes zero sense), and he's hopped on every trend of late to get traction - up to inviting himself over to leech off HJF. Lord, I probably should be typing these rants on your page but I love how this guy thinks he's the most interesting and magnetic human being on the planet. He talks about nothing of value to a camera, mostly about himself, while he probably does believe he's a local celebrity among is barren hick town because the fast-food employees he sees all the time for years recognize him. This Patreon livestream is a perfect example of "this is me talking about myself when I'm entirely uninteresting" as if he's giving the people what they want per his generous whim. I'm surprised he wasn't drinking again. Anyway, more to come, I'll go on the Ken Domik domain and type out something 100x more hilarious and comedic with the hard truths you've already elaborated and do it much better than my usual "rants" so to speak - although I wouldn't call them rants as much as having fun exposing this cringebucket who would whore himself to any restaurant or chain in a millisecond. Dead channel, Ken, sorry buddy but you should really check that ooooat. Already told you before, know you're reading this, you have nothing else to do, and keep repeating the same schtick of YouTube fast-food reviews enjoying your maybe 30k views on a video of you're lucky. God bless. PS: You know why Ken hasn't latched onto the other trend of "eating at the worst/best __ place in my city"...? Because he will never go out of his way to trash a local restaurant. Ever. He will never risk being the guy who will give negative impact on any place, even if he likes it in the video, by labeling it "the worst" and naming the place. You know how you know your existence is completely stupid? When you're a prostitute to fast-food restaurants in your small redneck town.
–Nick Montana
This guy is 53 years old, and he's an immature and ignorant 21 year old at heart. A 53 year old guy if he was responsible and smart through his years has enough money and assets to start enjoying the finer things in life, even if he wasn't a hotshot or had a kick ass career making six figures. And here we have Ken eating garbage "food" if you can call it that, and running around to gas stations to review the food because this is the only thing that will make him more than $100 a video. Not like he has a 401K (not sure if there is a Canadian equivalent), stocks, investments, or financial portfolios. People like Ken live in the moment, and have no regard for their future in six months, a year, or five years, and beyond that. They just want instant gratification and relive what they think as their "glory days" through acting like they were 25-30 years younger. The more you watch this guy the sadder this reality becomes; he has never matured beyond his teens and that's why he has to resort to such sad standards for money. He has no hard skills to offer, the entrepreneurial drive to start a MEANINGFUL business (his youtube channel is a ongoing fraud), and is only getting older, weaker, and his health appears to be deteriorating fast. It wouldn't be SO BAD if the guy was being genuine and kind to people, but he isn't. He's a delusional, no-nothing nincompoop, who has no shame, no greater purpose in life, or dignity to be a REAL man. That, ladies and gentleman, is why this channel exists and has a relevant purpose.
–Nutritional Chemistry
I can tell you what it is: back a few years ago, he convinced himself that he was really going to hit it big and become a true crossover celebrity. He saw the rising numbers, and his ego concluded that he was on the Logan Paul/Casey Niestat/ PewDiePie path. Because of that, he treated every video he produced like it was an audition for a network or a production company— in his mind, it was. Fast forward to 2020, and it’s finally beginning to sink in that maybe he’s not as likable, talented, or interesting as he’s always believed he is. He still holds out hope for it, but that hope is offset some by low-key bitterness and resentment that fame has passed him by. That’s why he’s so passive-aggressive, stubborn, and generally disagreeable. You don’t see it in his produced videos as much as you do in his livestreams, where he can’t hide that bitterness and disappointment behind editing. Rather than humble himself, though, he’s chosen to double down on his bad habits and unattractive traits, because his ego is big enough that he thinks stardom might still be in the works for him. It’s ugly and pathetic, but it’s also hilarious to observe.
–Sam Pendleton
Domik, in a nutshell, is a Fisher-Price food critic. Do you remember the Fisher-Price playsets we had as kids? They were designed to replicate the adult world—kitchens, airports, doctors’ tools, and so on. It must have been amusing for adults to watch us put on a simplistic, childish re-creation of adults doing adult things. It’s always humorous when children try to sound like something that’s beyond their capacity. Go watch Domik’s newest upload; you can tell he’s trying harder than ever to sound like the food critics he wants to be compared with-- the pros on the Food Network, big-time YTers such as Mike Chen, Mark Wiens— even his Hellthy Junk Food pals. But like a child with a playset, he lacks the fundamental, basic skills to sound like anything more than an infantile imitation. After all these years, it’s dead obvious that he still spends no time studying, preparing, or investing himself into what he claims as his profession. Listen to the copy he wrote at the beginning of that video. It’s poorly written, it’s clear that he’s trying to imitate the eloquence of talented personalities who can improvise (Domik is dead air when he can’t hide behind editing— he isn’t funny, quick-witted, or articulate), and it tries to emulate the style without importing any of the substance. For god’s sake, he pronounces New Braunfels ‘New BRAWNS-fels’ (twice). Look at the spelling! The correct pronunciation doesn’t even require any research–-all it requires is basic reading skills. Now, Domik and his sycophants will defend all of this under the guise that he’s supposed to be a folksy, everyman-type. But his own efforts to produce his content the way he does expose his true agenda plainly. He wants to be regarded in the same vein as real media personalities, ala Food Network/Nat Geo/Travel Channel, etc., and his more successful YouTube betters. He can’t have it both ways — he can’t try to be that, then pretend he WASN’T trying to be that when he fails. It won’t work because we can all see through it. He thinks he can over-produce his shortcomings as a food critic away. But channels like Report of the Week prove that people value personality, likability, and (most importantly for a FOOD REVIEW CHANNEL) honest analysis over slick editing. So what are we left with? His production values are fair, but they’ll never be in the same league as YT’s titans; he lacks both the talent (he’s a competent producer, but that’s neither rare nor particularly valuable in an age when everyone has a video production studio in his pocket) and the resources to produce anything top-tier. His only shot was to learn to be a real food critic, but he pissed that away because he assumed that it’s him people are coming to see. The lethargic public response to his vlog channel should have made it clear to him that’s not the case, but his ego wouldn’t let the message get through. Thus: Ken Domik, the Fisher-Price food critic.
–Sam Pendleton
So here is something I've been thinking about when it comes to Kenny and Carol and how Carol is an enabler and a lot more tolerant than she should be. Kenny had a decent paying job with the school district prior to quitting to do YouTube full time. A job that his mother-in-law got for him no less. I know based on Kenny's vlogs that Ben was born October 2, 1999. I am assuming Eli is about 2 years older than Ben. According to the about section on Kenny's main channel he made it on Feb 4, 2009.
Now I am not sure when Kenny decided to quit his decent paying respected job at the school district but assuming it was shortly after he made his channel this means that Ben was 9 and Eli was about 11 give or take. What kind of wife in their right mind would tolerate their husband leaving a decent paying job to do YouTube full time with two young children? This is clear evidence that Kenny controls Carol as just about every woman I know my wife included would leave their husband if they did this. A marriage is a team effort and a man should be able to help provide for his family. Not be lazy and quit a well paying job to chase dreams of stardom. It is evident that because Kenny did this his family has struggled financially hence why he gives Carol magic erasers for Christmas and she gives him sharpies.
Now I know that in today's world it is very hard to have a single earner income as in most places at least in the states salaries have not kept up with inflation. However YouTube is not a steady source of income and your income will vary month to month. Carol should have grabbed the bull by horns when Kenny first got the bright idea to quit his respectable job and told him that he could do it but only as a hobby and to help supplement their income. But no Carol enabled Kenny to be lazy like he has been his whole life. Kenny once admitted that his parents had to give him a job at their courier company because he didn't want to get up early in the morning and go to work and as the owners kid he could come when he wanted.
Since Kenny allows us into his life by recording himself out and about and in the home we can all see that his house is trashed. Once again this shows how weak Carol is and enables Kenny. Kenny is in the house more than he is out of the house at times. Now I will admit I am not adept at editing videos but I'd be willing to bet that since Kenny does not post videos every day he is not sitting at his computer editing videos all day like Carol is sitting at a desk or in a classroom. Since Kenny is essentially a house husband Carol should be on him to be cleaning the house instead of running around taking trips every other week.
In one of Kenny's vlogs one time he said how they were going to move to a bigger house but couldn't because the financing fell through. Maybe if Kenny still had his school district job he could have helped Carol get the financing needed to secure a bigger house. Shortly before Kenny got the Tiguan He was saying how he needed to take out a HELOC to get a new vehicle.
Kenny is the epitome of a manchild and I know I've said it before its no wonder his own family appears to be distancing themselves from him. When he was younger once again based on past videos it appeared that Ben somewhat worshiped and idolized Kenny. Now he wants nothing to do with Ken most likely because he realizes what a deadbeat his father was while he was growing up. Kenny will continue to act like a college kid for as long as he can and it will only get more pathetic the older he gets.
–Cubbieblu2310