Daniel Larson
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Daniel Robert Larson (born November 15, 1998),[1] also known as Danderson, is an autistic, schizophrenic, self-proclaimed professional singer/songwriter, fashion model, actor, and internet celebrity. He has gained a large following due to his intriguing and controversial content, including his multiple bans for nudity on live streams, him running for President of the United States, allegations of pedophilia, and his obsession with various celebrities, most notably Grace VanderWaal.
Daniel would consider himself a celebrity, but he hasn't sold a multi-platinum album, nor has he been awarded with an Oscar.
Early Life
Daniel Robert Larson was born on November 15th, 1998, in Lancaster, California, to his parents Elisabeth Lee Shimer and James Travis Larson. Tragically, he had two younger twin sisters who passed away shortly after birth for unknown reasons, and had a half-sister named Aurora.
Not much is known about his young childhood, but it is known he spent a lot of time with his grandmother Nancy Shimer. She was known to be enabling of Daniel's bad habits, Daniel's father telling of a story when Daniel painted on his grandmother's walls, and instead of punishing him, she instead chose to give him M&M's.
At about age 11, he was forced to no longer live with his parents after being taken away from his neglectful and possibly abusive parents. The next person to serve as Daniel's legal guardian would be his previously mentioned and enabling grandmother, Nancy Shimer, whom would enroll him in the Tennyson Center for Children, a center for rehabilitating and assisting children with intellectual disabilities. Here, she allowed his dreams of going to college for film school and music production flourish.
A 2012 news report on KWGN regarding his time at the Tennyson Center for Children states that he grew up in an extremely neglectful home.
In the center, Daniel was diagnosed with ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, and an intellectual disorder. It's possible and constantly speculated that he has more disorders as, in the words of his father, Daniel has a "laundry list" of mental issues. It is also presumed that his neglectful parents have left him with a great deal of childhood trauma, which may exacerbate his already chaotic behavior. There are also signs of Fetal alcohol syndrome, meaning his mother likely consumed alcohol during her pregnancy.
In July of 2019, when Daniel was 20, Nancy passed away from cancer. Before her death, she sent Daniel into a state-run group home program for the disabled, where he remained for about two years before alternating between living with other individuals and living on the streets. Daniel, being on the streets, having most of his close family in another state, experiencing great hardship, and having little access to mental healthcare, started taking a turn for the worse in terms of mental health.
Early Internet Career/Trolling
It would be sometime in March of 2020 that Daniel would start using social media, launching the account @daniellars20 on TikTok, him first posing a video of him doing various things. He would then make the @daniellarsonfans account, where Daniel would start to gain a following rather quickly due to his odd looks and behavior, his first video to gain attention being a video named "Good night everyone," where he stiltedly wishes his fans good luck while his phone buzzes on in the background.
Daniel would begin posting increasingly popular videos on his various Tiktok pages in May of 2020, notably during the George Floyd protests/riots which Daniel believed were led by his fans. This would attract the attention of trolls, who would start by doing relatively harmless pranks on him, such as them spamming his comments section, calling him, baiting him into reactions, and claiming to be Grace VanderWaal whom he said was a role model for him. This would escalate into him becoming under the influence of manipulators called "managers" by followers of Daniel and even Danderson himself, whom would "troll" Daniel by manipulating him into recording/livestreaming him saying and doing stupid things. In early 2020, he first began to show signs of having managers very early on in his Tiktok videos, with him posting a video of him claiming to be a model for "Southwest Models and Talent Agency."[2]
Flexburger, a manager that would enter the scene in early-2021, would become the first well-known manager of his. Flexburger contacted Daniel claiming to be a record label and would begin to impression him.
Daniel would start to post some his most well-known videos around this time, him posting the infamous "Jumping Jacks for George Floyd" video and his announcement for his Presidential Campaign. This would eventually gain him a million followers on Tiktok, which would prompt the creation of r/Daniellarson in October of 2020. Daniel would also start live-streaming on Tiktok live, him hosting zoom meetings with his current management,[3] who would get him to post a music video called "Fake News."
Daniel would ramp up the amount of videos he posts, him posting multiple videos daily of him doing incredibly monotonous things like eating food, as well as various videos of his zoom meetings.
Pinterest Leak
Then, on Novermber 20, 2020, Daniel would have his first Pinterest account leaked by Flexburger, which was a huge bombshell on the community as it was the first of many indications of his pedophilia. He would have albums of images of children, maps of the age of consent, and photos of his various underage celebrity crushes. Daniel posted his first apology/confession hours later, where he says he used "pictures of girls and masturbate[d] to them... a long time ago," claiming to have changed. He would then delete the Pinterest account and immediately go back on his apology, claiming the account wasn't his and that "the media blew up the Pinterest situation out of proportion."
This would cause Daniel to start locking down his accounts. He would private multiple videos of his, would disables comments and likes on his videos, and would delete videos of his, especially ones about Grace VanderWaal. He would then completely disable his account before putting it back up.
Daniel would continue posting various videos, most notably one duetting a little girl,[4] and would enter a feud with "The Diligent Broadcast" and Roach Records, where he threatened to sue them for ganging up on him and faking the Pinterest account. After a little more schizo-posting, he would enter a short break from December 20, 2020 to March of 2021.
2021
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Daniel Larson, after returning to social media in March of 2021, would kick of May by declaring war on Flexburger after discovering that Flexburger was the one who leaked his Pinterest account. Flexburger, in revenge, would manipulate Daniel into flashing his penis on Tiktok live in front of 500 people and would get banned immediately after. Daniel would then repeatedly make new accounts that would get banned off Tiktok, which would severely limit his posting. He would skidaddle off to Youtube and Likee for the time being, but wouldn't give up on his Tiktok career.
Flexburger was already an enemy of r/Daniellarson, and following this declaration, was doxxed and stopped communicating with Daniel.
Daniel, afterwards, would mostly continue posting about Grace VanderWaal. Notably, he would release Roaring Thunder on July 15, which would be his most notable and best song.
The Fog
Daniel would start his first "Arc," the Fog arc. Daniel would put a piece of tape over his camera as per the instructions of his managers, causing his videos to to have a blurry, fog-like effect for a couple months. He would post various videos with the fog present, one of the most notable being a video to TikTok in which he says, "Rest in Peace George Floyd, the police should be terminated."[5]
California Sidetrack
Daniel would take the midnight train to California on August 20th, 2021 in a failed attempt to meet his father, Travis Larson, who was impersonated by a troll who said he'd meet Daniel in the golden state.
He would be dropped by his disability services as a result of him going to a completely different state without warning, and would kick off his new life in California by comparing himself to Michael Jackson, threatening Grace VanderWaal's boyfriend, and accidentally ending up in Emeryville instead of Los Angeles.
He would almost instantly be relocated back to Colorado Springs by his case manager, Samantha.
Back in Black
Daniel would go silent for a week after his TikTok account @daniellarsoninsocial, made in preparation of him going to California, was nuked. He would return by declaring his hatred for the police and making a video of him twerking while mouthing off about how bad the police are.
November would start off with the introduction of the infamous fictional Jew Goldberg Shacklestein, who is actually named Goldberg Shekelstein but was mispronounced because of Daniel's speech impediment. Shacklestein was, according to Daniel, threatening him and the leader of the New York mafia.
Jonas would return with a video of Daniel, Jonas, and Gavin having a verbal altercation. This theme of meltdowns would continue as Daniel's current Grace VanderWaal and Jojo Siwa troll would, presumably, get bored and break up with him, which would lead to him threatening Jojo Siwa and have a full-on meltdown over grace.
(video asking for young women to date him)
2022
(daniel threatens to break down his walls in a hotel because his neighbors were loud)
(long absence in posting until March)
(he posts a video humping the camera for grace)
(bisexual arc)
(orange shirt???)
(crying in bathroom stall)
(video of him punching himself in the dick in a parking lot)
(Daniel says the reason why he is not dating grace at the moment is because she lost her virginity and that he is still a virgin)
(denver colfax marathon)
Daniel Larson Golden Age
(Massive meltdown because of Andrew)
(Briiiink enters the situation)
(Daniel is fined $1000 for something involving andrew)
Overview of Daniel's Life
The entire Daniel Larson story takes place in three sections, it is the “prelude”, the “golden age”, and the “modern era”.
“Prelude” covers the time Daniel got any sort of organized trolling and documentation, it being his childhood and early internet career. His early childhood is rife with neglect and improper care for his various mental issues, which probably led to what we have today, and his early internet career contains mostly benign, but troll-enticing content showing off his naivety, unintentional comedy, and exploitability.
“Golden Age” covers the period when Daniel was being trolled but had not been ruined by the internet. Many things, like the Flexburger war, the exposing of his Grace VanderWaal stalking, and many meltdowns and traveling.
“Modern Age” vaguely covers from when Daniel left California the second time to New York to now. This era, while still entertaining, is much more tragic and you can visibly see Daniel both physically age and very partially gain some of the wiseness from aging, him finally being able to momentarily see how much he is being manipulated.
Personal life and family
Daniel’s personal life and thoughts, despite his incessant posting, have large blind spots either due to both the vague and complex topics not being able to be fleshed out because of Daniel’s lack of cohesive and consistent thought, and Daniel typically not caring about things that don’t affect or instantly gratify him.
His family life is tumultuous. His dad was never there for him in the first place and his mom whom he was taken away from was neglectful, partly impacted by her being paralyzed from lupus and mostly her lacking foresight. His grandmother definitely did not know how to properly care for a child as troubled as Daniel, her consistently enabling his activity and unintentionally feeding his delusions. His two step-sisters are unknown (and should stay that way), and his two potential siblings passed away almost immediately after birth. He’s had numerous caretakers, either voluntarily or assigned by the state. He had Bob Proctor, who left him after he was beaten by Daniel.
Mental and Physical Illness
[see Daniel Larson's health]
Daniel, as previously mentioned and extremely obviously, is mentally ill and is afflicted with, quoting from Daniel’s father, “a laundry list of mental illnesses”. His physical health isn’t much better either, him basically falling apart at the seams.
He has scabies, trench foot, hypodontia, autism, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenia, and probably more issues we do not know about.
Finances
Due to Daniel's mental issues, Daniel has a huge lack of ability to handle money.
Daniel lives in homelessness and off of the charity of others, and despite that, he has gone to Disneyland, paid thousands of dollars of legal fees (either through fines or court/bond fees), and destroyed over 1 thousand dollars of electronics in one short fanatical spree.
Not only that, but he has a huge gambling issue due to him not understanding statistics, probably because of his autism. He hasn’t been a huge gambler, but often spends small amounts of money at casinos which compounds into a large amount of spending over a long course of time.
Infamy and social media
Many people, including Daniel, would refer to him “famous”, and possibly even a celebrity. But “famous” is a really, really bad word to describe his internet popularity, and infamy would be a better, but not entirely accurate, word to describe his popularity. Daniel wasn’t always infamous, however, and could be described as famous in his early days, before the many controversies (listed below) happened or were exposed to the general public, or the public at all really.
Daniel’s fame comes entirely from social media, although it is precipitously crossing into the real world due to his travels to NYC. He’s had a countless amount of social media accounts on TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, Reddit, Pinterest, Quora, Likee, and many, many more.
Presidential Campaign
[see Political Activism and Presidential Campaign]
Daniel, in early 2020, ran for president of the United States for unknown reasons, probably a mix of manipulation, mental illness, and overinflated ego. Weens and followers of Daniel often refer to him as "Mr. President", which has currently unknown effects on him.
Controversies
Despite Daniel being mentally ill and losing a lot of his culpability, he is still an awful person whose actions reflect his actual thoughts, despite the manipulation and insanity. Daniel has a long history of violent and repulsive actions, so many in fact that it’d be difficult to not write it down in a condensed form. Here is a short list of horrible things he has done/does:
Is a pedophile | Talked in more detail below |
Stalks and harrasses Grace VanderWaal | Started following Grace from childhood due to unintentional influence from his grandmother, still talks about her over a decade later |
Beat up Bob Proctor | Had a meltdown over a hotel supposedly having a gun |
Stole thousands of dollars worth of food | From small businesses in the form of dining and dashing |
Spread scabies around Disneyland | Self explanatory |
Tormented Miss P | Destroyed her house after being confronted over damaging a window, encouraged weens and trolls to show up to her house and ship packages to her |
Punched a random Bodega Worker | Punched a random bodega worker for kicking him out after he made a bunch of noise in his store |
Is incredibly racist | Repeatedly uses the N-word, hates jews and talks about Goldberg Shacklestein and the New World Order. |
Tried to sexually assault a random homeless man | A man he dubbed "Sleepy Joe" was at a movie theater, peacefully resting when Daniel walked up to him, started messing with him, and talked about filming porn with Joe |
Pedophilia
[see Pedophilia]
Daniel Larson is, transparently, a pedophile. Even if you wave away the admissions and stalking of child celebrities and sting operations, there is still irrefutable evidence he is a pedophile because of things like his Quora account and Pinterest.
Rage and Meltdowns
[see Meltdowns]
Daniel proven on multiple occasions to be very volatile and vulnerable to sudden fits of rage (probably due to his autism), them almost always being captured from the perspective of Daniel’s phone. Daniel acts out in multiple ways for a sleuth of reasons, most of his rages being mostly verbal, but sometimes physical, sometimes involving him hitting people, like Jonas and Bob Proctor, and himself.[6][7]
A rare external video of Daniel was uploaded to Reddit on September 30, 2022 of Daniel hitting himself and kicking store windows. The video was supposedly filmed by Brink.
Trolls and Manipulation
Trolling. Trolling never changes. The end of the troll happened exactly as we predicted. Too many trolls, not enough lolcows or bandwidth.
Trolling is a staple of the internet and will happen in some way to almost anyone that uses the internet. Be it ragebait, clever pranks, or constant harassment, trolls have a plethora of ways
Trolls, either directly or indirectly, are the main driving force behind events in the Daniel Larson story. Trolls have many different motivations behind associating with Daniel, whether it being positive like Ox, or negative like Flexburger, or it being extremely negative like Quacko, there is one commonality between them in that they all harm Daniel in some way, intentional or not.
Manipulation Tactics
Here’s a short list of ways trolls and other Daniel Larson followers are able to get Daniel to do various things, good or bad.
- Catfishing
- Trolls will usually imitate celebrities, such as Darci Lynne or Grace VanderWaal, and catfish Danderson. They will occasionally branch out and riskily imitate little girls to catfish Daniel.
- This usually works, even when Daniel is already dating as Daniel is just as manipulative as the manipulators and constantly cheats on his catfishes with other catfishes.
- Managing
- Trolls will approach Daniel claiming to be various important figures for record labels and celebrity managers and will draft Daniel onto their fake labels.
- These people can also directly manage Daniel, instead of being assigned to him by a company, which usually tends to have a greater grasp of control over Daniel.
- Saviors
- Various people with a hero complex will approach Daniel, under the naive presumption they will “fix” him because short conversations over the phone can solve extreme psychological issues and years of manipulation.
- These people, if not immediately rejected by Daniel, will usually very quickly become frustrated and abandon Daniel the only exception really being Ox.
- Ween-ing
- Weens will write him in the comments section or gain a short period of contact with Daniel and will either scold him or feed him some random piece of information. These usually fail, but sometimes succeed as in the case of Goldberg Shacklestein and Cryaxx
- White Knighting
- White Knights are often found in comment sections of Daniels videos giving him praise or telling Daniel they love them.
Trolling Tactics
Trolls, much like the manipulators, have their own tactics and strategies to get what they want out of Daniel, this being him raging. There is some crossover between the manipulator tactics, but there are some unique ways that trolls mess with Daniel, mostly in ween-ish ways.
Calling
Daniel's number is leaked with ease, and with no accessible way to change it, he is subject to constant calls from trolls, which can be seen during his live streams where his ringtone is constantly cutting off the audio to his streams.
The trolls who call and text him usually just harass him, but in some of the more notable and infamous examples where they impersonate others, much like the manipulators, and get him to do harmful things.
References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/umeqsa/what_is_dandersons_birthday/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@larsonater/video/7036213811392679174
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grmNl0cTaDw
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@moe_lesterrecords/video/6905066197822360838
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpy-ee9F-AA&list=PLru94IaNy8vbgMzjtIiLFnyQ2FwBPCtQL&index=22
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/wf91p6/daniel_just_broke_the_tv_in_his_hotel_room/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/x3n78y/hole_in_wall_already/