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Prepare for whiteness
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like a growth like bubble of blood that grew on my arm and it prevented the blood from flowing
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through the rest of my body so my blood would come from my heart and go straight to that arm
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and I wasn't getting blood at all in my system. My mom said I turned completely gray and they kind
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of had to make a last minute decision. We can amputate his arm and hope it goes well or he's
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gonna die and yeah I've been that way since then and I guess the somewhat unique part of it is I
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never showed anybody my arm. So in the school locker room, I always changed in the stall. Every
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time I went to the beach and the pool, I wore a shirt. And I'm not even talking about when I was a
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kid. I'm talking about today. And I don't really know why. I think it's because I mainly don't like
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drawing unnecessary attention to myself. And I've gotten used to people staring and like kids making
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comments and stuff. That doesn't really bother me as much. But I feel like if I were shirtless at
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the pool or the beach, I would get lots of stares. I don't think I'm ready for that. So my purpose of
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doing this today is partially for myself, but partially for other people out there
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that have some sort of flaw or ailment that they're embarrassed to show in front of people
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and realize that what they think doesn't really matter. You are who you are
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So without further ado, this feels so wrong. Oh and by the way like I said I don go out and tan So I apologize in advance for my whiteness It kind of like white guilt but not the type of white guilt you thinking of Cheesy joke I know
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Yeah, I guess here goes nothing. Cue the sexy music. Actually, that would probably raise everyone's expectations, and I promise what you're gonna see under here is not worth the music
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So just letting you know now. Although that would be pretty awesome if I just took my shirt off and I'm like a ripped god now
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Like I said, this feels totally uncomfortable, but what the heck. It's the internet
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Ta-da! You know it's bad when you have to adjust your exposure when you take your shirt off
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So people always ask me why I never got a prosthetic, and I think the reason is it's so high up
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Like a lot of people who are amputees, it kind of goes down to at least here
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so they have kind of something to attach it to. But mine is really, really short
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The good thing about it being short is when I wear a short-sleeved shirt, it doesn't like poke out or anything. And I'm going to do something that I've always wanted to do but never done in public
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And that is wearing a tank top Now I realize my farmer's tan is ridiculous
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You obviously know the reason now So yeah, this was my arm reveal
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And I realize a lot of you are like, so what? I've seen other people with one arm, it's no big deal
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And fine, so have I But it's also kind of a big deal for me Now, I wanted to turn this into kind of like a Q&A thing
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Good news is I actually have an AMA set up on Reddit for this Sunday at 1pm Eastern Time
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where I'm going to answer all of your questions about having one arm, no matter how personal or weird they are
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As always, if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. As you can tell, I only have one thumb
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Believe it or not, I am not faking this. And yeah, hopefully this video encourages some of you out there
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to embrace what you consider your flaws. So I will see you guys next video
