Giraffe Animoji Incident

The Giraffe Animoji Incident was an interpersonal conflict between Austin and Jacob that took place in mid-2020.

 Background 

Sometime around the time that the Cosmic Cast returned to Youtube in April 2020, events in Jacob's personal life led to him making some controversial decisions. Though it has never been revealed if this is the case, it is generally understood that these events, known collectively as the Michael Drake Schism, are what caused the Giraffe Animoji Incident.

 Incident 

Upon learning of Jacob's decisions, Austin, in a rare display of true emotion, confronted Jacob over iMessage, disagreeing with the actions that Jacob took. According to him he "poured out his heart" to his friend. However, in response, Jacob sent back a video of him speaking with the iPhone Giraffe Animoji facetracking filter. In this video, he acted very indifferent to Austin's feelings, affirming that he had made the right choice, and dismissing Austin's offer to make peace on Jacob's behalf. Even more notable, he did not even look at the camera for the majority of the video, for as he said later, he was walking while filming it.

 Aftermath 

Rather than react negatively, Austin found the video to be so humorous that he claimed to instantly feel better. Jacob, believing that he was being sarcastic, immediately followed up with several apologetic texts. However, Austin thought nothing of the incident after this, even bringing it up to his own great amusement on a later episode of the Cosmic Cast. He misquoted Jacob as saying "Sorry you feel that way, Dawg", which sparked a meme on the cast based off of the misquote, rather than the actual quote.

Jacob eventually made up with Michael Drake, ending the aforementioned schism. However, it was never confirmed whether said schism was the trigger for this incident or not.