Bryan Johnson may not have conquered his fear of death, but he has conquered a fear many internet celebrities struggle with: alienating their audience. As I wrote last Friday, Johnson underwent his first trial of magic mushrooms over the weekend, and thousands of his fans watched on X as his assistant live-blogged the experience.

In one post, Johnson lay on a makeshift bed in the middle of his living room, a shade drawn over his eyes, smiling from ear to ear. His assistant captioned the post that he was “giggling” and “having a fantastic time.” Over the next few hours, posts came in showing him staring at a jar of water, walking around his house and spitting into vials.

Also much love to all of you. It weirdly feels like my consciousness is deeply intertwined with yours. Feels like family. You’re assholes and terrible. You’re also…nah, just mostly assholes and terrible. Still love you all anyways.

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— Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) November 10, 2025

Roughly nine hours after his trip began, his assistant finally returned his phone, and he posted an update for all his loyal followers, calling them terrible. The post read: “Also much love to all of you. It weirdly feels like my consciousness is deeply intertwined with yours. Feels like family. You’re ***holes and terrible. You’re also…nah, just mostly assholes and terrible. Still love you all anyways.”

Yes, this trip changed me.

Probably not as you’d expect.

People assume I am fearful of death. I’m not. In my darkest days of depression, I reconciled with death.

Need a few days to collect my thoughts. Will share more soon.

— Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) November 10, 2025

Only time will tell if Johnson relinquishes his fear of death, but after his first heroic dose, it seems he’s already learning valuable lessons – most people online suck.