Positive Engagement with Brazilian Audience

The country of Brazil and the Brazilian people themselves

have become a real problem this week.

A problem that I did not think

I was gonna have to deal with

and a problem that I couldn't be happier

to have been involved with.

Last weekend, I posted a video

about our new Brazilian neighbors

and how nice and how friendly they were.

Over the course of this week,

that video has done over three and a half million views,

been liked by over 531,000 people,

been shared by 32,000,

been reposted by Brazilian influencers

and over 12,000 comments.

And I gotta be honest, of the 12,000 comments,

probably 95% of them are in Portuguese.

And here's a little secret about me you might not know.

I don't speak Portuguese.

And no, there's no way to read and to respond to 12,000.

But to those that I did read

and to those that I did respond,

the nice thing about 2026

is there is no shortage of translator apps.

So if I did respond to your comment

and your comment was left in Portuguese,

I responded in Portuguese.

Why?

Because if you're gonna have enough respect to watch a video

from somebody that you've never met or seen before,

I'm going to show that same respect and respond

in the language that you left your comment in.

It's the right thing to do.

And it feels like in today's day and age,

there's not enough people doing the right thing.

There's not enough respect being shown.

The welcoming, the positivity, the acceptance,

those were all problems I did not expect

to have to deal with this week

and I couldn't have been happier dealing with them.

So from me to you,

thank you for taking the time to watch that video.

Thank you to everybody that left a comment.

I appreciate them.

I hope if you were one that I responded to,

you could feel the positivity,

the acceptance and the warmth in it

because at the end of the day,

isn't that what we need more of right now?

Acceptance, positivity and welcoming.

Have a great day, everybody.

Thank you.