Jonathan Morrison Lost Everything. We Respond.

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**A Personal Appeal for Help**

I've been scared to make this video. I've been scared to ask for help, but this is me asking for help. Jonathan Morrison needs our help. You can watch Jon's full video for all the details.

**A Personal Connection**

I got to be real with you. I knew that he was going through some stuff, and I did not understand the level of what he had to work through. Back in 2014, when my house burned down, Jon and Lew from Unbox Therapy really kind of put together an amazing surprise for me.

**A Debt of Gratitude**

Beyond the gear, more than anything else, it mentally got me back on my feet. I don't know the full plan right now, but I know that it's time for me to pay back the kindness that he showed to me, him and Lew, and the whole rest of the community 10 years ago. It feels like a full circle moment.

**A Plan to Help**

So let's do this thing, shall we? (laughs) All right, so I have spent the day coming up with a game plan. So here's how it goes. I feel like Jon needs two things, or at least I expect he needs two things based on my experience.

**Supporting Jonathan Morrison**

First of all, it's a simple thing. I want to make sure that he's got gear. A few things that I think he needs. So looking at his video, it looks like he's shooting on his iPhone based on the very, very deep depth of field. When they came out and surprised me after the fire, the thing that mattered the most was the messages.

**A Message from the Community**

Like, that meant so much to me. Not only the fact that Jon and Lew made it all the way out to middle-of-nowhere Missouri to come and surprise me. But also the messages that they had brought from the rest of the community. I would love to be able to knock on his door and say...

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- I've been scared to make this video.I've been scared to ask for help,but this is me asking for help.- Jonathan Morrison needs our help.You can watch Jon's fullvideo for all the details.I got to be real with you.I knew that he was goingthrough some stuff,I did not understandthe level of what he hadto work through.Back in 2014, when my house burned down,Jon and Lew from Unbox Therapy,they really kind of put togetherthis amazing surprise for me.And beyond the gear,more than anything else,it mentally got me back on my feet.I don't know the full plan right now,but I know that it's time for me to,to pay back the kindnessthat he showed to me,him and Lew, and the wholerest of the community10 years ago.It feels like a full circle moment.So let's do this thing, shall we? (laughs)All right, so I have spent the daycoming up with a game plan.So here's how it goes.I feel like Jon needs two things,or at least I expect he needs two thingsbased on my experience.First of all, it's a simple thing.I want to make sure that he's got gear.So a few things that I think he needs.So looking at his video,it looks like he's shooting on his iPhonebased on the very, verydeep depth of field.When they came out andsurprised me after the fire,the thing that matteredthe most was the messages.Like, that meant so much to me.Not only the fact that like Jon and Lewmade it all the way out tomiddle of nowhere Missourito come and surprise me.But also the messagesthat they had broughtfrom the rest of the community.I would love to be able toknock on his door and say,"Yo, what's up, dude?"Have some gear for himand have some messages from everybody.Like it feels like a fullcircle kind of thing.At this point,things started moving quickly.Gear started rolling through the studio.The tech community absolutelyshowed up with their messages.And less than a week afterJon's initial video went live,it was time to surprise him.Pretty amped right now.I don't think he has any ideathat this is what we're coming with.- A lot of peopleprobably don't know this,but if it wasn't for Jon Morrison,I probably wouldn't be working for Austin.In my senior year, I saw thathe had a job listing out,and this is when I was in New York.And he had flown me outafter sending him a DMto try out for a positionunder his company.And I didn't know this at the time,but Austin was actuallyworking in Claremontin the same spot.Because he wanted to help a bro out,he straight up was like,"Hey, why don't you make a few videosfor Austin and help him out?"And the rest is really history.I've been working with Austin nowfor about seven or eightyears at this point,and none of that would be athing if it wasn't for Jon.- Well I think that's the thing, right?Jon is one of the most nice,genuine dude you'll ever meet.And I think everyonehas a story like that.And then like for me, whenI first moved to California,I moved to California, Iwas neighbors with Jon.I literally was in thesame apartment building.We used to commute to work.I used to work out of his officebefore Overclock was foundedand I had my own spot and everything.And even when I had my own spot,our spot was across thestreet from Jon, right?Like just the whole purpose of this videois to support Jon, not only with gear,not only with support,but hopefully with your support as well.Hopefully, you watching this videowill find it in yourself to goand check out Jon's channel,check out his Patreon as wellbecause he's relaunching this thing.If you know anythingabout the roots of YouTubeand specifically when itcomes to the tech space,you know that Jon is one ofthe godfathers of the space,and it just feels likethe least we can all dois help him in his time of need,and help support him as he'sbeginning his next thing.- As far as he knows, we aregoing out to shoot a video.- We're shooting a video. Yeah.- As a collab.- Exactly.He doesn't know that we'vegot the messages from people.He doesn't know that we've got the gear.I just told him I wantedto go and hang out,and "Let's shoot a video like the old daysand we'll, you know,reminisce and everything,"which is true, I didn't lie.We are going to reminiscetalk about the old days.But we have more nefariouspurposes in mind.- Not nefarious. (laughs)- No, it's nefarious, it's nefarious.We're up to no good over here.Oh, don't get me doing my nervous thing.We had to get it, man. What's good?Bring it, bring it in.- Awkward.- No, I'm just going to go for the full.- I know.Here.Loosen up your hand.- Loosen, loosen, loose,loose, loose. Okay.- So like come in for it.- Yep.- Right here.- And then you bring it in.- Yeah.- Ken Bolido, how you doing?- Hello, hello.- How does Ken know how to do it?- Because he just sawyou give the tutorial.How are we doing this though?You just want to just putthe plate in the middle,do you want to try tolike eat our vegetablesand put it in here?- Well, I got the bigthing for that reason.- Oh 'cause you're smart.Okay, that's fair.I know that you're workingon videos for the channel.- Yeah.- Do you have any, like, plan?Are you just rolling with like,kinda what's the strategy?- It's impossible totalk about the strategywithout everything.- Yeah.- I'm very excited for tech.I think there was probably,I mean you could probably attest to thisif you want to go deep for a second,but I feel like there was a view on methat I didn't like tech or I was burnt outor like I wanted to do other stuff or-- You've always hadgrander ambitions, right?Like you've always had music,and you had so many otherthings that are passions.But I feel like once you start tech,it's a very like,you can get pigeonholed in.- I think that's whereit was pretty devastatingto kind of crash like I did,you know, through a floorthat I didn't know existed.Like a video I'm excited foris Vision Pro sucks for me right now.- Oh that's a good point. Yeah.- Because it doesn't workwith hard contact lenses.- Right.- And I actually thinkit could be a really,really beautiful toolfor like brain rehab.- Yeah.- And vision therapy,and like so many of the exercisesand things I have to do.- So a good way to describe it,that your eyes, if they're like lenses,you've got like-- Scratches on my glass.- Scratches on the glass. Yeah, yeah.So you're going to get weird sort of,light's going to hitit and do weird things.You're going to get ghosts,you're going to get sort ofhalos or whatever the case is.- Yeah, now-- So is that whatthe hard contacts are thereto help kind of correcta little bit?- The hard contacts,which is a scleral lens,so it sits on the sclera.I think what will be a fun video is likeyou trying scleral lenses, both of you.- I don't want to do that actually.- Look, I know it's been a while,but when we hang out, you know,crazy (censored) is bound to happen.- I'm not putting anything in my eyes.- Where it gets fun isthen there is nerves and muscles.- Right.- So like I had partial paralysisin my sixth cranial nerve,so like moving my eye to the right sucks.- We should eat.- Okay.- I'm like staring at my food.I know we got like somegreat A-roll to get,but also, let's be fair, it'snot getting colder out here.- It is.- It's the exact sametemperature as it was.- It might be hotter actually.- Like what does it meanto see like the supportfrom the audience, and you know,people haven't seen you in a while.Like looking at the comments,like kind of what does that mean to you?- I mean, it makes me motivated, you know?I think-- You are a modest guy.I know that you,look if I could put wordsin your mouth for a second.- No, let me see if youknow me or don't know me.- Okay.I feel like if we could bereally real for a second,- I'll give you as real as it gets.- You're someone who has helpeda lot of people over the years.Like a lot of people.You've helped the audiencewith decade plus of videos,and you never asked for help for anything.And I've got to imagineit was kind of hard to ask for help.- Sure.- Right?- Yeah, yeah, of course.I mean, I think even theidea of this help was like,"Hey, I'll figure out the rest.Just help me get to frompoint A to point B."All options I think were exhausted, right?Because it was the compounded effect of,yes, there are medical bills,and there are, you know,different scans and visitsand blood work, but then parallel,like the double end of notworking for 12 months, right?Like just imagine if yourchannel was shut down.- I can't even imagine.I mean, I don't remember the last timewe took a week offcontent, much less a year.- And then finally I thinkthe thing I'm most excited about isthe tech but human thing.- Tech but human.- Yeah.- Is that the way,is that like the newcatchphrase for the channel?- I just think it'sjust where I want to beand it covers everything.Everything I've shot is on the iPhone,and I think as stupid as it sounds,and I might get roasted,but it's very keynote for mewhere like this is the first iPhonethat changed things for me.It brings back a littlebit of that feelingto where it's justlike, just make a video.- Yeah.Well, speaking of, let's make a video.We actually didn't come empty handed.Actually, I got a littlesomething for you here.- Uh-oh. I dunno what's happening.- Have I ever done anything-- Yes.- To make you nervous?- Yes.- Okay.- Plenty.- Don't worry, don't worry.I got just a little something.- Hold on, I seeQuickTime is nine minutes.I don't know if I have nine.(Austin laughs)- Just hit play, just hit play.- Jesus Christ.(Austin laughs)I'm not going to makeit through it, you know?- Hey Jon, what's up, man?So I feel like I have a tonof memories over the yearsof hanging out with you,hanging out with friends.- I'm not going to seeanything. (Austin laughs)- You know where this is going, right?- No, I know.- You know where this is going.You came out, you surprised meat one of my darkesttimes in my whole life.You and Lew rolled up, surprised me.I remember how much it meant to me.I remember how much the factthat you guys would even come out,like that was just such a surprise to me.So I wanted to make a couplecalls, shoot a couple DM,couple texts, do a littlesomething for you, man.- The problem is that I havehard contacts in my eyes.(everyone laughs)- And basically all of those memorieshave at least one instance ofextreme generosity from you,whether it's giving your timeor giving some space to someoneor helping someone out with something.I remember, I think Austin was there,just like some people asking for foodand then you'd like leftthe group for a whileand like bought food forsomebody and then came back.And I just remember that whole time,everyone was like, "Yeah, that's Jon."This with everything you're going through,is the perfect time to justlet karma do its thing.I feel like I want tolike wrestle you downand let us help you asmuch as we possibly can.- So, surprise!When Austin reached out,asked if I wanted tobe kind of a small partof what he was doing,it was like the mostimmediate yes I've ever given.You've always been there forme, for the tech community,and it's our turn to be there for you.- Jonathan, my man, you gotme so worried about you.I had to come back to widescreen.(Austin laughs)Do you know how seriousit has to be for me tocome back to widescreen?We've been friends for well over a decade,and I had no idea youwere going through this.You've always been there for all of uswhen we've needed stuff.I remember when you cameover to my house, 2013,and hooked me up with oneof your brand sponsors.You didn't have to do that, you know?So like, I rememberlittle things like that.So we're going to help you, man.Anything that you need, consider it done.- Hey Jon, Sara here.I've kind of been livingin a hole this past year.Austin sent me your most recent videoand I just like cannot believethat that is happening to you.It seems so complex and frustrating,but just know that I'm thinking about you,me and John are thinking about youand the entire tech communityjust has you on our hearts.- Hey, what's up, Jon?So look man, we've had someconversations over the yearsand I know you have beengoing through a lot,but we all know that you'regoing to get through it.You always are going to come out on topand you're one of the best or if notthe best storytellerswhen it comes to tech.And in your videos we've been able to seethe heart that you have inside of you,with you helping outviewers and other people.But also I know the work that you've donewith helping out other creators,especially behind the sceneswith equipment and things like that,so we always have your back, brother.And now I do know thatyou're also a wrestling fanand that John Cena is oneof your favorite wrestlers.But I think you're taking this"You can't see me" thinga little too far, brother.(Austin laughs)So anyway,laugh people, he'll get it.He knows I'm just joking with him.- Jonathan, my man, it's sogood to see you back onlineand great to hear that you'reon the road to recovery.You know I've always beeninspired by your content,but after seeing what you've been throughover the past couple of years,I am now genuinely inspiredby your strength and determination.And please do rememberthat your friends are herefor whatever you need.Also, I'm filming thisin 24 frames a second.I thought you'd be pleased to know that.- Hey Jon, this car is 115 degrees,so I'm going to make this fast.We owe a lot to you as a community.I mean, I've been doingYouTube videos for 15 yearsand much of what techYouTube looks like todayis in direct responseand consequence to you.You just elevated the bar from day one.It's never been about you, youwere never arrogant about it.You were always willing toshare what you've learnedand so willing to help,not just with your timebut financially in any way you could.And so anything that we can dois still not going to repaywhat you've done for usand we hope that yourecognize how much we love youand how much you're going tobe able to pull through this.- Hey Jon, I hope you're doing well,and I just wanted to say how muchyou have meant to me overthese past few years.You were one of the firstpeople in the tech communitythat told me that you liked my stuff,and it really, really meant a lot to me.You're someone that I've looked up tofor a really long time.Before I even startedmaking tech YouTube videos,I watched your videos all the timeand I know how generousand supporting you aretowards people in the community,so I just wanted to say thank you so muchfor always being there for us.And now, I hope that wecan return the favor.- Yeah, okay.Dude, I shot like 20 secondsof a video in vertical,and then as I was shooting it I was like,"Wait a minute, this video's going to Jon.No way we're sending him a vertical video.He's not going to like that."- How does Dave never age, huh?- I watched your update,and I mean, you've been keepingme up to date over the past,you know, few years.But then seeing it all in one storylinefrom like beginning towhere you are now is like,holy hell, dude.That hits on a different level.Austin reached out, he's like,"We got to send a message for Jon."Absolutely. You know this.You're the brother,you're my YouTube brother,and I hope that this videocollaboration message thingis awesome, and I hopeyou got something awesomeout of this whole thing thatAustin has planned for you.Alright, see you soon.- What do I say to that, man?(Austin laughs)- I don't know, dude.Everyone was so excited.Like I started sending messages,literally I saw the video on Monday,and immediately started hitting people up.You got a lot of love, man.I know you know this, but I think,I think you can see it, right?Get over here.- Yeah, it's just hard, man.- We love you, dude. We love you.That's what I'm saying,like everyone has a story.Like everyone.Like I remember that storywith Marques and the dudeand you went in to go getthe sandwich and stuff.Like, I remember these stories.Everyone has a story abouthow you have been generousand so it's like,everyone has been so excited to go,"Hey, you know what, it's our turn."Because it is.- Yeah.Like I know I'm blessed and I have people,but I think I was justin a place where like,I couldn't look at aphone, I couldn't watch TV,I couldn't do anything.And you know, I'm thankful for everybody.- We can go to the next part.- I don't know.(Austin laughs)That's enough, that's fine.Like that is just-- Well, there's just one small other part.- We can end the video here.- No, no, no, no. You'regoing to have to see.Come on, let's go, let's go.We got to go, we got to go.- Where are we going?- I think you rememberthere was a certain timea number of years ago,where you and Lew rolled up to my houseand had little surprise.- Yeah.- So we wanted to bringyou just a little surprise.And by little, I meanwe got you a few things.- It is hopefully enoughgear and then someto keep you ready for a long time.So, new MacBook.- God, man.- There's a Studio Displayunderneath all of that.I want to give a special shoutout, Amaran heard about this.They sent you the entire lighting setupand a whole kit of Deity mics.- Sick. Why?- Because man, everyone-- The video was good enough.- Everyone loves you. No, no.- The video was good enough.- I'll just keep bringing more stuff out.Don't worry about it.- Oh man.Why?(Austin laughs)Why?- Dude.- I know, man. The video was good enough.- No, it's not.So we got you an FX3 and the 24-70.This is actually thanks to Sony.Sony gave us a huge discounton buying this stuff.We also got you a Sumo soyou can actually record,and importantly, you'vegot a nice big monitorto be able to see everything with.This is just a small thingwe all wanted to do tomake sure you're good.- How is this small?- Because dude, think aboutall the things you've donefor everybody over the years.This is a small token ofwhat we wanted to do for youto make sure that you'reready, not only mentally,but also you've got the actual gear.Because look, I know youlove shooting on iPhone.- I do.- And that's great.But you invented Team Crispy.Sometimes you need alittle extra firepower.- Man, like, I don't know.- Get over here.We love you, man.- I know, I know.Can we give these to some people too?- No, no, no, no, no. This is for you.This is for you.- No, no, no. I know.But I feel like-- Let us help you.- Well, I know,but like there are like, I'm so grateful.I just feel so weird.- You should not feel weird at all.Use this stuff to makegreat content for everyone.- No, I know. I can do it with my iPhone.- No, no, no.- I swear.- No, no, no. This is for you.We all got this stuff for youso that you would have the gearto not only shoot on yourphone when you need to,but you actually have thegear to bring your vision.That's what this whole thing is about.Let us help you. Did younot see all the messages?Let us help you.- Okay, fine.- Just go with it, okay?- I'm trying very hard.It's just beyond like, it's not small.Like, you guys didn't need to do this.But we did.- I don't know what to say, man.- You don't have to sayanything, man. We love you.- I'm so grateful for like,truly the video I thinkwould've been enough.That's just my only thing is justif you watched that videoand you know someone who'sgoing through any or all of it,just use it as a resource.- I love you, man.- Love you too. Sick.- You just ruined the whole thing.- I have to Austin Evans it, you know?Did we learn the handshake yet?