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Nicole Arbour In Hot Water After Attacking Depression

"If her experience were at all relevant to the strong social opinions she so eagerly publishes on a weekly basis, perhaps more people would take her seriously if she approached the matter from a professional angle."

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Nicole Arbour In Hot Water After Attacking Depression
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Nicole Arbour, 32, may be arguably best known for her controversial claims in "Dear Fat People", a video the Canadian YouTube personality published in early September of 2015.

Unsurprisingly, the post attracted widespread attention leading to the inevitable glorification of Arbour's wrongdoing when she was invited to be interviewed regarding the nation's response by the hosts of The View. During the course of her seven minutes of televised fame, Arbour did not take the opportunity to admit guilt nor apologize for her blatant disrespect. Rather, she answered the host's questions as indirectly as possible claiming that the video was a joke and that she is a self-proclaimed comedian. Although, not a single host appeared to be remotely amused.

Three years later, Arbour has recently found herself at the reigns of yet another controversial video, "Why Depression Is All In Your Head." The YouTuber not only denies medically diagnosed depression but goes so far as to poke fun at those who claim to have it. "Maybe you enjoy being a victim, or maybe you want to get better. I don't know..." she jokes a minute into the video. The last six minutes of the video goes on to show Arbour ranting about the reasons people claim to have depression, their defenses, and why they should avoid antidepressants. In her defense, the message appears to become slightly more positive toward the end if one is able to withstand the cringeworthy introduction. The last several minutes of the video goes on to discuss helpful strategies one can use to identify and overcome depression on their own without the help of a doctor or prescribed medicine.

In all, however, Arbour's sense of humor shown throughout nearly all of her videos appear to be estranged and humorless in the way she is essentially unable to grasp humor without it being at the expense of others. If her experience were at all relevant to the strong social opinions she so eagerly publishes on a weekly basis, perhaps more people would take her seriously if she approached the matter from a professional angle. In response to Arbour's steady climb as a YouTube "sensation", Chrissy Teigen could not have phrased it any better, "We have given her this platform to feel like her opinion does matter. So no matter if we're talking negatively or positively, she's winning and that's the worst part about it."

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