Behind the Curtain

"*Normally I don't like pulling that curtain back too far because you lose some of the magic if you know how the sausage is made. Well now that I'm out of analogies for this, let me just say that I'm going to let you guys ask whatever question you want about my process.*"
―Erik
Behind the Curtain is the 25th Tweets From the Class. It was released on September 30, 2021.

## Summary

Erik plays a montage of all his favorite Tweets From the Class moments. He has his students ask questions about his writing process. Someone asks what his blood alcohol content is, but it's zero so he pours himself a drink. The next question asks about his morning routine. Then he describes the process in which he decides what to talk about by running ideas through an AI that tells him how people will respond to content. The AI correctly predicted that people would watch Dr. DeWormer for 30 seconds and then go to the comments and question his journalistic integrity. He looks at some of the comments on that video upset at him for how he talked about ivermectin. He checks his blood alcohol content again and it's up to 0.50, and then he demonstrates how to handle these comments.

Erik gives an example of a lesson that would have been too much for the class, explaining that the AI told him not to make a lesson about pigs. He answers a tweet about sponsored ads and then announces that it's time for another tweet. He refuses to let a tweet segue into an ad and he thinks about some day making a lesson on the Mandela Effect. He answers a few more questions, and when someone announces that they're fat and gay, it's time for the NordVPN sponsored ad segment.

Erik thanks NordVPN for sponsoring the video and says that his favorite part was when the guy killed himself to confuse people that used SponsorBlock. The next tweet wants Erik to talk to Quarantine Erik, so they talk about Bitcoin and Patreon. Someone asks how Erik made the list of celebrities that the haircut ghosts talk about, so Erik replays old footage of Lady Hair Erik saying that you don't have to cut to him. Another tweet asks how much gets cut from lessons, so Erik explains that most Reddit content gets cut and he talks about how stupid Reddit is.

Someone asks if Erik has fucked a student, but Erik explains that his students are already fucked. Erik decides to pass on a question regarding bias. Then he sees a tweet asking about how he writes citations for his shirtless old man photos, but he notices that a bot replied to the question with an ad. He decides that everything was asked, but then someone asks if everything had been asked, at which point everything really had been asked.

## Comments

*What’s your morning routine?*
- Xtrmn8tr27

*My morning routine is when the sun comes up, I'm still awake from the night before surrounded by empty bottles and stale bong smoke while playing video games and ignoring my responsibilities. And then I go to bed and sleep until 5pm.*
- Erik

*Is no one going to say anything about the fact that Ivermectin comes in a chemical composition for horses, but the one that was actually being references was the drug for humans?*
- TOUGHEYES

*I said it as 00:14, 2:50, and then at 3:15 I play about a minute and a half of a doctor describing how it works against viruses in humans but I can see why it's easy to miss when all you want to hear are things you have hip-pocket arguments against. Or you're just a bot in which case please thank your creator for the engagement and ad revenue.*
- Erik

*How often should I have a sponsor break in my classroom? Like you I have some amazing sponsors but I have received calls that it is "unprofessional" and that "we pay you to teach not to sponsor your class".*
- Oofpost

*Its all about timing my dear oofpost. The segue is an art to be mastered. You must pick the absolute perfect moment like extending a melody by changing the key. Reveal your sponsor too soon and they'll skip through; Too late and they'll abandon the class. Now go get yourself paid*
- Erik

*Who's paying you now that you've been booted off the Society?*
- TealPage413

*Angry ivermectin fans who let all my preroll ads play while they type asinine comments about things they're just assuming are not in my video about ivermectin.*
- Erik

*Hey Teach, genuine question. What is your criteria for picking our questions? Is it whatever makes you laugh or think, or is it just a whim as you read them?*
- PhatCrab

*There is a strict protocol that goes into tying all of these unpredictable tweets together to form a cohesive story and, hopefully, a lesson. I make sure every tweet I answer is important to that central theme of a greater story.*
- Erik

*What do you do to break up a moment of writers block, if you have any?*
- Surge4tw

*I film a tweets from the class!*
- Erik

*Hi, I am a researcher and can help you with your essay. I follow the rubric, meet the required word count, format (APA, MLA, HAVARD, or Chicago), and utilize Grammarly for editing and proofreading. DM or Email: mypenservices@outlook.com*
- Grade\_Miner

*Don't listen to this piece of shit, I'm a better researcher and I always go beyond the required word count. I don't use any format and if I ever meet who's behind this account in real life I'm gonna forcibly 69 them until a bunch of wild pigs show up and shoot me to death*
- Erik

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