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* ApprovalOfGod: Despite his initial opposition to them (see below), Michael is reportedly amused by YouTubePoop videos of him. He's specifically mentioned [=KatanaSoul=]'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCGuh5W_Xw Babyshitter]]".
* FanworkBan: He does know about his popularity in [=YouTube=] Poop and, while he doesn't ''mind'' it in and of itself, [[MoralGuardians he worries about kids finding them while looking for his poems]]. He backed down when it was pointed out that it's the parent's responsibility to control what their own children are exposed to on the internet -- and also when he realized [[StreisandEffect people weren't going to stop making them no matter what he did]] -- though he nevertheless disabled comments on his artificedesign videos to prevent mature comments, eventually having them re-enabled, albeit with moderators keeping watch to redact any inappropriate content. Fortunately for Rosen, his [=YouTube Pooper=] fans have on the whole been respectful towards the channel's policy. Rosen posted a disclaimer on his website disavowing any involvement with [=YouTube=] Poop videos, explaining that the site is a "free-for-all" venue and as such videos of his can be downloaded and edited by users at will.
** As a matter of fact, the YTP community has viewed him with such high regard that they have an unwritten rule '''never''' to sentence-mix the video where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TOAQa5Ieo he talks about his son's death.]] This is on the basis that doing so would be crossing DudeNotFunny territory, and also [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead would be a huge disservice]] to the man they respect, and who respects them in turn despite being the subject of so many morbidly comedic parodies.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: His career as a YTP star owes itself to this trope. His book ''The Hypnotiser'' contains some of his best stories, but is unfortunately also out of print; unable to get it reprinted, uploading himself reading his poems to [=YouTube=] was seen as the best way to keep the stories available.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Many of Rosen's poems are based on his own experiences as both a child and a parent, and so the "supporting cast" in such poems comes from his own family and friends, right down to the names. For example, his poems from a child's perspective often include his father Harry, his mother Connie, his older brother Brian, his grandparents Bubbe and Zeyde, and his childhood best friend Brian "Harrybo" Harrison,[[note]] At least one poem memorialises his brother Alan, who died of whooping cough before Michael was born.[[/note]] while his poems from a parent's perspective generally star his sons Joe and Eddie.

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