Solving The Internet's Oldest Mystery

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  • Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
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    Ever since 1996, the rumor regarding the Markovian Parallax Denigrate event has caused various media coverage on the topic yet no conclusive answers as to what actually happened to create this mystery. In today's video, we'll take a look at what may have actually happened to form this narrative we know today.
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Комментарии • 2 тыс.

  • @danchoen3847
    @danchoen3847 3 года назад +2959

    This isn't the oldest internet mystery, not even close!
    The real oldest mystery is where are the hot singles in my area.

    • @PostAttraction
      @PostAttraction 3 года назад +58

      Prisoners looking for pen pals

    • @FreeWorldKash
      @FreeWorldKash 3 года назад +7

      Facts!!

    • @charliewegner
      @charliewegner 3 года назад +65

      i wanna know why at the age of 10 i would get ads for those things AND the “doctors hate him!” ads on coolmathgames

    • @danchoen3847
      @danchoen3847 3 года назад +6

      @@charliewegner that's how they make fat cash

    • @adamdalgleish8769
      @adamdalgleish8769 3 года назад +45

      Married women HATE him See how this man found hot singles in his area using this one simple life hack! Tip: it's not what you think!

  • @ChaoticNeutralGoth
    @ChaoticNeutralGoth 4 года назад +1333

    Internet's oldest mystery is actually people's inability to read through entire article on a topic they are researching

  • @anneke7182
    @anneke7182 3 года назад +358

    this is how my professors must feel when i pick a convenient quote from an article i didn’t read and shove it into my essay with little to no context

  • @AzenHawke
    @AzenHawke 3 года назад +614

    I'm just imagining you staying up for days, downing energy drinks and coffee, as you desperately search for *anyone* that read the article

    • @dicti0nary_
      @dicti0nary_ 3 года назад +20

      Read the WHOLE article, you mean 😂

    • @glorydazeskate5064
      @glorydazeskate5064 2 года назад +2

      I’m getting Pepe Silvia Charlie Kelly vibes

  • @easybelll
    @easybelll 4 года назад +5472

    I'm in tears with your distress why won't people READ the ARTICLE

    • @xildu4830
      @xildu4830 4 года назад +9

      beepo lol

    • @illogicalclover
      @illogicalclover 4 года назад +80

      The music made it that much better as well 😂

    • @raymundlogo3521
      @raymundlogo3521 4 года назад +49

      They won't because that would kill the thrill for conspiracy theorists.

    • @kyliewynne638
      @kyliewynne638 4 года назад +38

      @@raymundlogo3521 It's shit like this that makes me want our extinction.

    • @dietdad69
      @dietdad69 4 года назад +9

      i hate when my humancentipad wont read the terms and conditions

  • @superdudeman666
    @superdudeman666 4 года назад +5119

    I hope whoever was behind this spam is aware of the mystery and laughing over how people are discussing his trolling over 2 decades later.

    • @neron0va
      @neron0va 4 года назад +44

      supermanboy or her trolling

    • @ninja011
      @ninja011 4 года назад +69

      Oh, he is surely laughing, laughing like mad.

    • @HandOfThemis
      @HandOfThemis 4 года назад +318

      @@neron0va who cares if he said his or her? This is coming from a woman, it's really just fucking annoying seeing people chime in "it could have been a woman!" WE FUCKING KNOW. Most people use He/His is a semi neutral way, and most people use guys/dude in a neutral way.
      Women are cool, and we're half the population, but goddamn do we not need petty stands like this shit lol.

    • @bobbobs4851
      @bobbobs4851 4 года назад +71

      Lol. Definitely was a man and it would take a lot of mental gymnastics to think otherwise. Women didn't care about computers/programming/hacking/gaming and mocked the men who did until their social engineering told them to embrace and subvert it.

    • @HandOfThemis
      @HandOfThemis 4 года назад +125

      @@bobbobs4851 Totally true, and not the thoughts of a MGTOW

  • @uirusux
    @uirusux 4 года назад +1137

    man realizes he is a genius purely because he actually consumes all information present

    • @dicti0nary_
      @dicti0nary_ 3 года назад +29

      As Evy once said “no harm ever comes from reading a book.”

    • @theautisticartist9370
      @theautisticartist9370 3 года назад +16

      As a wise one once said, “google is your friend.”

    • @jacobmarley8350
      @jacobmarley8350 2 года назад +4

      Fart

    • @S0M3THING
      @S0M3THING 2 года назад +5

      @@jacobmarley8350 true

    • @joshuakerger2897
      @joshuakerger2897 2 года назад

      @@dicti0nary_ I would have to reply with the ol' "never say never"
      In order to keep this lighthearted, I won't list them but I instantly thought up a few scenarios in which both mental and physical harm could/can/does.

  • @Buckettoli
    @Buckettoli 4 года назад +272

    The hilarity of 9:45 to 12:30 was worth it alone. The amount of character we got from Barely Sociable is something I REALLY want more of.

  • @Smokecall
    @Smokecall 4 года назад +2043

    It's this level of research that makes watching your angle on a topic worth it

    • @thevo-matoranchronicler588
      @thevo-matoranchronicler588 4 года назад +37

      Beware of the abyss at the bottom of articles... Some who reach it never return.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 4 года назад +19

      That and guys obvious frustration at everybody's sheer stupidity 😂

    • @Splatterbrain7
      @Splatterbrain7 4 года назад +12

      Smokecall I’m not surprised how fast he blew up, he’s easily the best of the RUclipsrs in this niche

    • @lemonade4854
      @lemonade4854 4 года назад +6

      yes, reading the entire article

    • @declaniii6324
      @declaniii6324 4 года назад +1

      Gobibuh articles end at some point?

  • @Choatemister
    @Choatemister 4 года назад +1612

    The internet: “SHES A COUNTER 911 SPY WHISTLE THISTLE!”
    Barely Sociable: “bruh, just use your eyeballs.”

  • @patio8044
    @patio8044 3 года назад +195

    I'm gonna start saying "You needn't be a conspiracy nut to connect the dots."
    It's such a good line.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 2 года назад +8

      Ironically actual conspiracy nuts usually fail to connect the dots that would debunk their theories.

  • @AdamSilverbu
    @AdamSilverbu 3 года назад +98

    I’m gonna tell everyone I’m studying the Markovian Parallax Denigrate so they think I’m a scientist or something

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 2 года назад +3

      The thing that throws me off is the word "Denigrate". We could carve canyons unto the ground running in circles trying to theorize what "Markovian Parallax" means, but the word "Denigrate" just doesn't seem to fit at all.
      So a probability chain that appears to change based on your position, but also fuck that shit...?
      Anyways, /rant

  • @taste_is_sweet
    @taste_is_sweet 4 года назад +7141

    This is worth it just to hear Barely Sociable get annoyed.

    • @expendableindigo9639
      @expendableindigo9639 4 года назад +157

      Reminds me of Night Mind when he goes off the rails.

    • @VirtuRam
      @VirtuRam 4 года назад +95

      You are 100% right. Most entertaining thing I've ever heard.

    • @theone2-three438
      @theone2-three438 4 года назад +16

      Expendable Indigo when was this I need to hear this

    • @expendableindigo9639
      @expendableindigo9639 4 года назад +9

      Explosion tnt 7 a lot of his videos. Justacquaintences is definitely the most recent example, also Always Watching.

    • @brineshrimp1128
      @brineshrimp1128 4 года назад +8

      Explosion tnt 7 also in his dhmis video i believe

  • @jackcrow9736
    @jackcrow9736 4 года назад +772

    It reminds me of a kind of test my chemistry teacher gave the class in high school. She passed out the sheet of instructions and said read the entire page before starting your work. The first sentence on the page said read the entire thing before starting the work. The instructions involved folding up a piece of notebook paper in various ways and just about all of us students were quickly getting after it. Of course the very last line of instruction was "after reading the entire page don't do anything at all" or something similar to that. So if you just read the whole thing you'd have known to just sit there.

    • @JMnyJohns
      @JMnyJohns 3 года назад +82

      If i remember correctly this actually comes from Robert Heinlein's youth novel, 'Space Cadet.' Seriously - in it, the candidates for the school are given exactly the same test - among many others. It came out in 1948.

    • @TimeBunny
      @TimeBunny 3 года назад +55

      Funnily enough I’m pretty sure I did something similar at school at least once. I was one of only a handful of people who actually read the whole thing before doing anything, so just sat there laughing at the ones who fell for it.

    • @extremesheepherder9
      @extremesheepherder9 3 года назад +27

      LOL I've watched in amusement as my classmates did this, while sitting there grinning at the teacher.

    • @househosted
      @househosted 3 года назад +31

      I did this one time. I got to the point where you were supposed to poke holes into the paper with a pencil. I wasn't provided with a pencil, so I asked for one. Asked for one, she replied "No." When I asked why, she replied "Because it'll embarrass you." It was at that moment, I knew I hadn't followed all the instructions.

    • @xxhayziexx
      @xxhayziexx 3 года назад +34

      Bro when i did that test i thought it wanted me to sit and do nothing AFTER i did all of the stuff on the page. So i started doing everything with like 4 other people in the class not realizing the whole class was just watching me and like 4 other students do everything. Embarrassing af. Its not that i didnt read the whole thing, it was just that i was dumb :c

  • @TheKeeperofChaos
    @TheKeeperofChaos 4 года назад +105

    I had an unreasonable amount of fun pretending I was the piano player in the background as ya boi lost his patience.

  • @grimmscuriosities9411
    @grimmscuriosities9411 3 года назад +38

    I feel your pain on the ‘why don’t they read the article’ bit. The amount of times I’ve seen something on one of those creepy list channels being completely misrepresented even though it would’ve taken two seconds of actual research is infuriating. I’m all for a good spooky mystery, but there’s plenty of stuff out there to talk about without dredging up decades old stuff that’s already been explained or debunked.

  • @MurdockCakeLie
    @MurdockCakeLie 4 года назад +3823

    Barely Sociable is now a roast channel. Dude roasted every channel that doesn’t even do research on the topic they’re making videos about. You can only trust BS.

    • @diggydude5229
      @diggydude5229 4 года назад +215

      Yeah, I completely trust BS whenever I see it. ;)

    • @lilymaria0214
      @lilymaria0214 4 года назад +98

      Great wordplay!

    • @Kaledrone
      @Kaledrone 4 года назад +79

      BS isn't a very accurate nickname for this channel, it's an accurate acronym, but not an accurate name.

    • @legendaryhumper
      @legendaryhumper 4 года назад +72

      Dude, that's completely BS

    • @andimbritish6933
      @andimbritish6933 4 года назад +39

      We should trust bull shit! Good Idea!

  • @swampdweller
    @swampdweller 4 года назад +3690

    I was ready for some crazy plot twist but ended up saving 15% or more on my car insurance.

  • @sabyasachichoudhury2920
    @sabyasachichoudhury2920 3 года назад +56

    I came here looking for a disturbing mystery, but I got something better. An angry Barely Sociable.
    Also, 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' playing in the background is perfect.

  • @octopusgoodness1909
    @octopusgoodness1909 3 года назад +17

    Internet mysteries: 90+% scams, weird named companies that never ended up going anywhere, or attention seeking trolls.

  • @Corentinbes
    @Corentinbes 4 года назад +1705

    Never thought I'd hear barely sociable get angry

    • @SamanthaPortUkulele
      @SamanthaPortUkulele 4 года назад +51

      You should join in on his live streams some time ;)

    • @Username-1939t9
      @Username-1939t9 4 года назад +90

      he maybe barely sociable but that does not mean he is barely aggravatable

    • @ayeyefookinw0tm859
      @ayeyefookinw0tm859 4 года назад +18

      first looking at your useer name i thought it said onion

    • @SamanthaPortUkulele
      @SamanthaPortUkulele 4 года назад +2

      @Whyyy Idk Twitch :)

    • @bluevanga30
      @bluevanga30 4 года назад +4

      Barely aggressive

  • @raptecclawtooth9046
    @raptecclawtooth9046 4 года назад +1778

    TL;DR: The Movie

    • @extrapathos
      @extrapathos 4 года назад +4

      Ikr XD

    • @wxrren1406
      @wxrren1406 3 года назад +12

      Only if RUclips had comment awards

    • @ad6442
      @ad6442 3 года назад +3

      @@wxrren1406 thats a good idea, but imagine what would happen if yt added that. we have people who made cringe edits just for getting some likes, and if they were to get something like an award, it would be 10x worse than the type of edits we see on reddit posts when they get awarded. imo adding that is a big yikes for me

    • @sirsnausages2164
      @sirsnausages2164 3 года назад +5

      Too Long; Didn't Watch
      The novelization of the famous movie

  • @robo_y2k
    @robo_y2k 3 года назад +24

    There's a good possibility that several people read the entire article and willfully omitted the important parts. They need to sell the story after all. You approached this very optimistically.

  • @GraverGames
    @GraverGames 3 года назад +22

    I immediately feel so at peace every single time Gymnopedie No. 1 starts playing on this channel.

  • @mnspstudioful
    @mnspstudioful 4 года назад +1988

    Hi, Gen X internet user and still breathing here. I believe that's a flood/text DDoS attack from the 90's. Floodbots were the first "script kiddie" process that didn't require any real coding ability so they proliferated throughout IRC (Discord/Instant messaging circa 1996-2000) and Usenet. The fact that it hits almost exclusively Christian channels instantly made me think of my edgy peers from my teens. Trolling Christians and suicide/mental health channels on Usenet or IRC was as popular then as drama channels and rage bait is now.

    • @svinjamaria
      @svinjamaria 4 года назад +76

      Jay Pride commenting on this in the hopes that barely sociable will see it lmao

    • @N3ONLUV
      @N3ONLUV 4 года назад +37

      Thanks, this was informative

    • @loljustice31
      @loljustice31 4 года назад +33

      Oh gosh I used to go on IRC all the time in the mid-late '90s!

    • @butsukete1806
      @butsukete1806 4 года назад +49

      Wicca was another group that got crosspost trolled quite a bit as I remember. And yeah it was pretty easy to automate posts with Perl in only a couple lines, did it a bit myself for uploading stuff on binary groups.

    • @sweetyft
      @sweetyft 4 года назад +11

      Jay Pride I remember the good old days of IRC

  • @fakajuu9519
    @fakajuu9519 4 года назад +130

    That's the irony of Wikipedia, a published article full of speculation counts as a reliable source while the subject matter itself does not.

    • @Tazzie1312
      @Tazzie1312 3 года назад +29

      The wikipedia talk page is hilarious now. They're so mad at him

    • @BlackGateofMordor
      @BlackGateofMordor 2 года назад +3

      Wikipedia's policies are garbage. You aren't allowed to use primary sources to get accurate information, but the bias of a secondary source is perfectly fine?

    • @cjc872
      @cjc872 2 года назад +1

      @@BlackGateofMordor It's by design. Can't do idea washing or smear campaigns if primary sources had precedence over secondary sources. Want to fabricate something have it written on a blog "the blog Buttmad360 says Phil likes to put pencils up his nose", the somebody from a friendly paper use the blog as a source in a hit piece "Joe Rentagob from the New York Bugle writes that according to the influential blog 'Buttmad360' Phil likes to put pencils up his nose. We also have on good authority from an anonymous source he shouts 'Gabbagoo' at the same time". Now the wikipedia article for Phil will state that he likes to put pencils up his nose while shouting Gabbagoo.

    • @dj-murlock
      @dj-murlock Год назад

      @@Tazzie1312 Who, exactly? The guy who made the edit, the guy who deleted the edit, or BS?

    • @Tazzie1312
      @Tazzie1312 Год назад +1

      @@dj-murlock The wiki talk page. As stated.

  • @jez6208
    @jez6208 Год назад +4

    Discovered this channel a few days ago. It really is my cup of tea.

  • @lavii3355
    @lavii3355 4 года назад +21

    What did we learn today?
    _Read the whole article._

  • @jacobdanz2492
    @jacobdanz2492 4 года назад +453

    You should’ve just titled this video: “Read the freaking article!”

  • @brainiac123
    @brainiac123 4 года назад +1427

    “I should say with something like this, it highlights how many of the internet mysteries you see today are brought into existence. This entire subject was basically nothing until someone revived it with a sensational twist on things. What starts off as a simple coincidence from one person over the years spirals into a spooky narrative that’s meant to entertain.” - This very channel's own model. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

    • @ruffles886
      @ruffles886 3 года назад +2

      Can 3 people unlike this post so it has 666 likes again? I'd appreciate it thank you.

    • @slipperys0ap817
      @slipperys0ap817 3 года назад +3

      right when i read this he started saying this part

  • @dicti0nary_
    @dicti0nary_ 3 года назад +7

    This video has some of the most savage roasting I’ve seen.
    Hope he sent some ice for the burns.

  • @hyper6354
    @hyper6354 4 года назад +12

    i love how the music changes as he gets more angry

  • @Dkibble101
    @Dkibble101 4 года назад +282

    Maybe the real Markovian Parallax Denegrite are the friends we made along the way. Lol I love that you acknowledged it in this video 😋

    • @christallh24
      @christallh24 4 года назад +2

      What's "the friends we made along the way" thing about?

    • @Dkibble101
      @Dkibble101 4 года назад +27

      @@christallh24 it's based on a cliché used mostly in film. The idea that there's a big journey to find some "treasure," only to discover that the treasure isn't there or isn't what you thought it was, and that the real "treasure" was the friends that you made along the way. The internet has started using this sentence, replacing the word treasure with whatever they'd like. In this channel's case, for whatever reason, we've started commenting on each of his videos, replacing the word treasure with whatever he's talking about. It's just a running gag

    • @nicktrice4921
      @nicktrice4921 4 года назад +1

      😆 Lol!
      You're funny af!

  • @dotkrawl
    @dotkrawl 4 года назад +362

    The downwards spiral into madness because people simply cannot read a single article until the end was absolutely amazing. If only all mysteries were that easily solvable :D

    • @edvfya9922
      @edvfya9922 3 года назад +11

      The funny thing is that if people actually did that they would realize that the majority of internet mysteries in general have very obvious, mundane answers.

    • @Defectum138
      @Defectum138 3 года назад +2

      DOWNWARD SPIRAL?!?!

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 года назад +3

      @@edvfya9922 well, except for the Toynbee tiles. likely, that guy rode around in a car with the floor cut out and placed those tiles when he stopped. mad lad

  • @lbuss2033
    @lbuss2033 3 года назад +23

    when you forget the words to “we didn’t start the fire” and decide to wing it.

  • @lucasglowacki4683
    @lucasglowacki4683 3 года назад +3

    I am now convinced that all misunderstandings and misinformation in the world comes from people not reading the whole thing or just reading the headline....it’s an absolute pandemic.😑

  • @weirdboo
    @weirdboo 4 года назад +464

    I think it’s hilarious they said all the posts were lost to time, and then you just casually find them. Everything on the Internet is forever, never forget that people

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa 4 года назад +7

      naa, you are forgetting about ELE, or something comparable like a total global societal collapse due to some colossal catastrophic event.

    • @fourplayerarcade
      @fourplayerarcade 4 года назад +27

      weirdboo your last sentence just isn’t true.

    • @magiclikemike2610
      @magiclikemike2610 3 года назад +8

      Late but there does exist lost media, look up the wiki on it

    • @ERPP8
      @ERPP8 3 года назад +58

      You've clearly never tried to find that one porn video. Things can totally disappear.

    • @eradict
      @eradict 3 года назад +6

      @@ERPP8 My heart still breaks for those. Also, PH has gotten stricter with their content 😢

  • @thedeadnotsleeping
    @thedeadnotsleeping 4 года назад +207

    Maybe the real friends we made along the way were actually the Markovian Parallax Denigrate. Really makes you think.

    • @nshadex72
      @nshadex72 4 года назад +9

      life is not about the destination, it's about the journey

    • @112048112048
      @112048112048 4 года назад +11

      This says a lot about our society, bottom text.

    • @fauux3872
      @fauux3872 4 года назад +12

      Sometimes you just got to [redacted]

    • @hallmarket
      @hallmarket 4 года назад +3

      powerful stuff

  • @meteormedia7021
    @meteormedia7021 2 года назад +16

    Imagine the whole truth about everyone and everything is out there, the very key to understanding out existence is placed somewhere on the bottom of a magazine article, website, book or other form of publication. But no one ever finds it because everyone is just too damn lazy to read the whole piece.

  • @thomasmoser7382
    @thomasmoser7382 2 года назад +21

    it always makes me laugh when the internet detectives come out to play, they really think everything on the internet is a secret code. i could probably spam a picture of a random childs drawing on 4chan or reddit with some sort of weird story and they would go crazy ^^ (in fact i really thought about doing something like this since i watch a lot of explanations to arg's lately just for fun)

  • @jeffreyfalcon243
    @jeffreyfalcon243 4 года назад +438

    Wikipedia Edit Source: "Barely Sociable"

    • @thenew4559
      @thenew4559 4 года назад +42

      I'm pretty sure they don't consider youtube videos to be reliable sources, even if they are more factual than the sources they already have on the subject.

    • @jeffreyfalcon243
      @jeffreyfalcon243 4 года назад +19

      @@thenew4559 Ironic isn't it? Many consider Wikipedia as an unreliable source.

    • @maxluong2
      @maxluong2 4 года назад +54

      @@jeffreyfalcon243 its relative. Wikipedia is fine to use l. Just cite the sources theyre citing, otherwise it actually is unreliable

    • @jeffreyfalcon243
      @jeffreyfalcon243 4 года назад +8

      @@maxluong2 How is it unreliable if it is made up of reliable sources? Although I understand what you are saying from a scholar standpoint.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 года назад +44

      @@jeffreyfalcon243 Wikipedia is weird about what it wants to include, what it doesn't, and what their justifications are. For one, they don't allow first party sources, meaning most scientific data is out the window but the news articles that might misinterpret the reports are perfectly fine. And while they try to be objective in what they consider noteworthy and relevant, there is a lot of internal politics that bias what is and isn't allowed. Heck, at one point, a celebrity (forget who) tried to correct some incorrect information on his own page and was told he wasn't allowed to, because he "can't be unbiased" about himself. He was fixing his _birth date._ A secondary source gave an incorrect date, so that had to be the correct one even if it wasn't.
      Back around 2012 there was an edit war on the F-15 Eagle article because the team in charge of monitoring aviation articles didn't think Transformers was relevant enough to include in the "In Pop Culture" section, but thought a video made for and shown at a single museum in Arizona was. Setting aside what the "Pop" in "Pop Culture" means, it turned out that the people who didn't want the mention of Transformers was dismissing the show because "It's a dumb cartoon only kids watch" even though the majority of fans are in their 30's and 40's. The ultimate solution was to remove the section entirely when someone higher up intervened.
      So I can see why that might be the case; Wikipedia CAN be an unreliable source.

  • @Drakojana
    @Drakojana 4 года назад +71

    When the In The Hall of Mountain King started playing in the background I knew it was time to get hysterical lmao

  • @Levittchen4G
    @Levittchen4G 3 года назад +4

    That's why I like your channel. You actually read the material you use to research a topic! Being a universtiy student it drives me nuts that people seem to be incapable of doing so.

  • @DJStompZone
    @DJStompZone 3 года назад +5

    I really liked the usage of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" there in the middle. It fit perfectly and I actually quite enjoyed that particular rendition of the song. Loving these videos, great channel Mr. Sociable! 👍

  • @therealscarhomie
    @therealscarhomie 4 года назад +200

    Internets oldest mystery uncovered: its ... spam

    • @adamant7794
      @adamant7794 3 года назад

      yes

    • @adamant7794
      @adamant7794 3 года назад

      or isit

    • @sidv192
      @sidv192 3 года назад +4

      I translated it to "This is how you can make $2000/mth from home once we invent the clickable link"

  • @wolfvanderbijl
    @wolfvanderbijl 4 года назад +114

    your mental breakdown over people not actually reading the articles they source was hilarious. great work man

    • @BWPT.
      @BWPT. 4 года назад +1

      TLDR

  • @Sagardeep_Das
    @Sagardeep_Das Год назад +4

    This should have been renamed to "most successful meme on the internet" because it trolled everyone into thinking it was something they should solve to get its real meaning. 😂😂🤣

  • @Cramblit
    @Cramblit 3 года назад +15

    11:21 had me in tears...

  • @grizcuz
    @grizcuz 4 года назад +155

    That 'Hall of the Mountain King' tune still gives me flashbacks. Had a crazy teacher when I was about 12, he'd put on classical pieces of music on the record player that the whole class had to listen to and attempt to follow the printed the score with our fingers (we had no idea). Whilst he stood at the front of the class with a baton, 'conducting' the orchestra. He used to get properly carried away and I sat next to a kid who'd get the giggles and that would set me off. If the teacher caught us he'd smack us over the hand with his baton. That piece was one of his favourites, I can still see him giving it beans as it reaches its crescendo. With me and my class mate having to bite our tongues to stop us from LOL and getting a smack on the back of the hand.

    • @awesomelyshorticles
      @awesomelyshorticles 4 года назад +8

      My music teacher gave everyone a cutout of a troll and had us all go on the board and stick it to the surface at the end of each musical phrase and we would have to increasingly rush to get there. It was supposed to be like cave troll guards were chasing an intruder out

    • @theGagarianplanet
      @theGagarianplanet 4 года назад +7

      Playing a song without knowing what's really ahead, whether you listen to it beforehand or not, is called "sight reading." It's like the basic method to learn a new song

    • @confuzedpenguin9974
      @confuzedpenguin9974 3 года назад

      @@theGagarianplanet I did vocal graded exams and omg I hated that part of it. The examiner plays a vocal line on a piano then plays the backing while you follow the music...then you have to sing it just like that.

    • @Brendan-Black
      @Brendan-Black 3 года назад

      I much prefer the Erik Satie tune BarelySociable uses in most of his videos. @12:58

    • @grizcuz
      @grizcuz 3 года назад +1

      @@theGagarianplanet Yes, I realise that now and what that teacher was trying to do was laudable. But as kids that hadn't even been taught the rudiments of music theory, it was a pointless and disheartening exercise in futility. We had no idea how the dots on the page related to the music we were hearing. Or even how different instruments were playing different notes.

  • @ninjapupftw
    @ninjapupftw 4 года назад +143

    You freaking out at people not reading the article made me cackle silently at work holy shit

    • @ninjapupftw
      @ninjapupftw 4 года назад +3

      @Jake Cremer get out of my comment replies, you could have easily scrolled past my comment like the people in the video who didn't bother to scroll to read the rest of the article

    • @insaniicandee8836
      @insaniicandee8836 4 года назад

      What happened?

    • @ninjapupftw
      @ninjapupftw 4 года назад +2

      @@insaniicandee8836 Mans really deleted his comments lmao
      basically he said "wah how do u silently cackle wah" and I wasn't gonna take the bait and argue so I told him to fuck off and he did

    • @sidv192
      @sidv192 3 года назад

      Actually read an article? What is this the 20th century?

  • @McGeemtlsafe
    @McGeemtlsafe 4 года назад +6

    Always read the articles till the end ;)
    Love the video :)

  • @DaniAlchemilla
    @DaniAlchemilla 4 года назад +1

    Thankyou for being so honest about your topics and actually putting in the effort to research them. I'm a new subscriber to you, I'm so tired of watching these types of mysteries and getting no conclusion or satisfying result in the end!! Keep up the good work 😊

  • @BrandonNevermind
    @BrandonNevermind 4 года назад +173

    I love how your voice gets less and less deep the more exasperated you get. Another great video!

    • @frogdoin
      @frogdoin 4 года назад +19

      The illusion slowly breaks and the insanity comes in to fill the void.

  • @ardist2758
    @ardist2758 4 года назад +91

    Im genuinely happy you got a sponsor. Your content is way too good.

  • @dingdingding4033
    @dingdingding4033 3 года назад +1

    Please keep making these intriguing videos! This is my new favorite channel, by far.

  • @futurestar2999
    @futurestar2999 4 года назад +3

    While I love your more serious, documentary style videos, this has got to be my favourite video on the channel. It was so fun to hear you drop the narrator and laugh with you about something so strange and stupid. Wonderful video, Barely Sociable!

  • @toryizquierdo35
    @toryizquierdo35 4 года назад +113

    I've never laughed so hard as I have while listening to a man spiral into existential exasperation in time to the soundtrack of what I can only assume is the music that plays while your call to hell has been placed on hold

    • @rzeka
      @rzeka 4 года назад +7

      It's In the Hall of the Mountain King

    • @CitizenX138
      @CitizenX138 4 года назад +5

      rzeka yeah! It’s only like third on the compilation album, “Songs to Listen to While You’re Waiting for Your Personal Demon”. It’s right after that one Depeche Mode track.

    • @user-wq2uq9hj1d
      @user-wq2uq9hj1d 4 года назад +2

      You'd love exurb1a then

  • @587180
    @587180 4 года назад +110

    This is the only channel I genuinely get excited to watch. Your channel is super well thought out and articulated. Good job bro keep up the amazing work.

  • @UsefullPig
    @UsefullPig 3 года назад +9

    Reminds me of those weird videos that ended up being RUclips quality assurance tests

  • @casta61
    @casta61 3 года назад +1

    This is the best mysterys channel i've come across so far. Great resarch, grate narrative, nice voice, funny at times, awesome

  • @strangebrontides8251
    @strangebrontides8251 4 года назад +83

    Jesus, I don't think I've ever laughed so hard watching an 'internet mystery' vid before. That was brilliant.

    • @SamanthaPortUkulele
      @SamanthaPortUkulele 4 года назад +1

      You should see the NightDocs video about Eroda... 😂

  • @CyhAnide
    @CyhAnide 4 года назад +653

    Spooky spam: "Purple monkey dishwasher."
    Translation: READ THE ARTICLE.
    I see that Barely's editing skills have improved YET AGAIN. Loving the light comedic elements in this one, too! Looks like we got another LEMMiNO on the rise, folks. (I'll never complain about quality over quantity.)

    • @deatheternal720
      @deatheternal720 4 года назад +17

      Stop comparing him to Lemmino lol. Hes his own content creator.

    • @deatheternal720
      @deatheternal720 4 года назад +11

      I always hear people compare him to lemmino

    • @deatheternal720
      @deatheternal720 4 года назад +1

      @Ryan Rafter no

    • @CyhAnide
      @CyhAnide 4 года назад +1

      @Ryan Rafter Rooster Teeth says it in a podcast, I think? They were joking about how maybe secret phrases will trigger instant death or whatever in people, but we just don't know what the phrases are until someone says them.

    • @Zyvox
      @Zyvox 4 года назад +2

      @@CyhAnide nah man that's "orange monkey eagle"

  • @resevoirdog
    @resevoirdog 3 года назад +1

    Really really great work . Great video. Great channel. I loved your research and editing skills

  • @SuperLouielover
    @SuperLouielover 4 года назад +2

    Its been years since ive felt the need to comment on a youtube video, so here goes. The silk road video was recommended to me and it was phenomenal.. I binged all your videos in a day and am sad i finished all your content. Keep up the good work you've got yourself a new subscriber :)

  • @SamanthaPortUkulele
    @SamanthaPortUkulele 4 года назад +154

    That transition to the ad read though.

  • @rileywagner
    @rileywagner 4 года назад +82

    I laughed for a full minute when you were playing the music having a breakdown. Humans aren't perfect, but holy hell this is unbelievable hahahahaha

    • @sirsnausages2164
      @sirsnausages2164 3 года назад

      Hall of the mountain king is great breakdown music.

  • @sxlarsystem
    @sxlarsystem 3 года назад +16

    Everyone is in the comment sections talking about how this dude got pissed off im just listening to his voice its relaxing af.

  • @sterlok2283
    @sterlok2283 4 года назад +1

    Barely Sociable is one of the best channel out there to cover mysteries. His videos are so documented and well explained. I love this channel. Keep up the good work!

  • @user-mp7wk9xb8v
    @user-mp7wk9xb8v 4 года назад +91

    I’d like Barely Sociable to have a separate channel just to critic dEbUnKiNg vIdEoS hahahah

  • @debunkingcars2359
    @debunkingcars2359 4 года назад +78

    I used to see these messages on Craigslist posts. They were written in white text below an obviously fake post.

  • @evanwolfee
    @evanwolfee 4 года назад +3

    you and nexpo are great 2nd monitor content to listen to while gaming
    love it

  • @stevefarnsworth6347
    @stevefarnsworth6347 3 года назад +1

    Love your work. Great research, and enjoy hearing your discovery and research process. Thank you for making superior original content.

  • @sunstone1957
    @sunstone1957 4 года назад +5

    I cannot handle the persona break in the middle; it's incredibly impressive that you can not only inspire curiosity and perhaps some chills in your audience but genuine laughter. Thank you for that smile today.

  • @janemiettinen5176
    @janemiettinen5176 4 года назад +92

    Thanks for putting this “mystery” out of its misery, lets throw some sand and flowers on it, sing somber songs and bury it deep, may it rest in peace now. I was quite enthusiastic usenet user back in the day, so this case intrigued me, just not enough to research it on my own. You rock, hard :)

  • @dillonlupp3087
    @dillonlupp3087 4 года назад

    keep the videos coming man, these are outstanding

  • @Chris-jf4xe
    @Chris-jf4xe Год назад +2

    Keep up the good work. You are amazing.

  • @SopraninoBravado
    @SopraninoBravado 4 года назад +16

    I'm saddened by the obvious solution to this mystery but the presentation for this video was sick as hell and I respect you immensely

  • @MrThedrachen
    @MrThedrachen 4 года назад +93

    You should have titled this video "Listen as I loose my mind."

    • @sjohno98
      @sjohno98 4 года назад +16

      Maybe he should tighten his mind up if its a bit "loose".

    • @nicktrice4921
      @nicktrice4921 4 года назад

      "Loosing" (up) one's mind is always gonna be better than "losing" one's mind.
      Assuming the person in question has a mind to lose in the first place, that is.

  • @Slamandorf
    @Slamandorf 4 года назад

    I'm glad I got recommended this channel. loving your content

  • @devilsadvokid7656
    @devilsadvokid7656 2 года назад +3

    Oh my god did Barely Sociable just roast The Infographic Show
    Also I love the long segment of Barely Sociable crying about people being stupid

  • @DerekPennycuff
    @DerekPennycuff 4 года назад +37

    i enjoyed this video so much i willingly sat through your dashlane pitch

  • @corrie6744
    @corrie6744 4 года назад +64

    Laughing because I think I got a glimpse of the insanity you go through to make these by the 12 min mark. Very good video yet again 👌🙏

  • @inflatable_friends
    @inflatable_friends 4 года назад +1

    Never seen comedy in your vids before, but I laughed pretty hard. Love the vid man

  • @MR2car
    @MR2car 4 года назад +1

    Excellent video. It is both frightening and amazing to see misinformation in action, how it spreads and how it can transform a mundane event into a full-blown urban legend. This must be the process of how myths and legends are created.
    I just hope that articles and RUclips videos featured in this video will be edited and changed to reflect the things covered here.

  • @kjuuur
    @kjuuur 4 года назад +40

    "The answer lies in people's inability to read past the headline."
    This line made me chuckle
    Great vid as always!

  • @leeter1676
    @leeter1676 4 года назад +71

    *18 minutes of Barely Sociable having a mid-life crisis*

  • @NobodyCaresALot
    @NobodyCaresALot 3 года назад

    Well done. Great video, man!

  • @cervixcrusader85
    @cervixcrusader85 4 года назад +2

    I love this channel so much, content is damn good

  • @MrNuts70
    @MrNuts70 4 года назад +10

    Its really amazing how people will make a video but not really bother doing more than just simple/casual research on the topic in that video.
    It happens so often that its just incredible.

    • @Jrasta111
      @Jrasta111 2 года назад +2

      'Incredible' that people who write 'articles' and video 'documentaries' with 'research' are more interested in 'clicks' and 'attention' leading to instant 'profit' than 'accuracy' or basic 'competency'? Yes. Incredibly 'common'.

  • @cherimerideth8601
    @cherimerideth8601 4 года назад +32

    One of my favorite videos yet. Just read the whole article. Love it.

  • @lasarousi
    @lasarousi 3 года назад +6

    I started watching this to get some insight on this "mystery" and I get a reminder and confirmation bias that almost no source is trustworthy, ever.

  • @1990Truthseeker
    @1990Truthseeker 4 года назад

    love your videos man ! keep up the amazing investigations.

  • @hubguy
    @hubguy 4 года назад +74

    So basically it’s cause not the best headline and a world of people with low attention spans

  • @HamsterHamsterton
    @HamsterHamsterton 4 года назад +24

    Maybe the articles we read to completion are the true friends we made along the parallax.

  • @zyakhuzaima4640
    @zyakhuzaima4640 4 года назад +1

    sick opening. your videos are well made, and a thorough research to back it up. calling it now! here before 1M subs

  • @sycadelic666
    @sycadelic666 4 года назад

    Great work as always. Brilliant.

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 4 года назад +5

    Barely's voice and the way he narrates could make anything seem interesting and mysterious. He legit could read someone's grocery list and I would be totally enthralled by it lol.
    Great job as always. I found your channel about a year ago and it easily has became one of my favorite of all time. Thanks for the hard work and great content man!

  • @Posit_Zero_Blue
    @Posit_Zero_Blue 4 года назад +63

    I think it was just a prototype spam bot someone was experimenting with using copy pasta.
    edit: May have used the wrong term "copy pasta". What I was referring to was a bunch of random words strung together to appear as text. If you've ever seen a comic book where someone is reading a newspaper, and if you look closely, none of the words make sense... that is what I'm writing about. Like lorem ipsum, but with randomly generated words. There is a terminology for this but unfortunately I don't remember what it was lol.

    • @TheRealAtello
      @TheRealAtello 4 года назад +8

      Occam's Razor says that is 100% the answer.

    • @stuartd9741
      @stuartd9741 4 года назад +1

      I concur.
      I was thinking early AI which if you think about it is the same thing?

    • @Posit_Zero_Blue
      @Posit_Zero_Blue 4 года назад +1

      @@stuartd9741 I'm not sure I'd even go that far. Machine learning requires algorithmic loops which there definitely wasn't enough processing power back then. We're talking the days before 56K modems. I think it's something more akin of mass email bot but for BBS's.

    • @JadeZaslavsky
      @JadeZaslavsky 4 года назад +1

      Are you thinking of Markov Chains?

    • @Posit_Zero_Blue
      @Posit_Zero_Blue 4 года назад +1

      @@JadeZaslavsky In terms of the ranom word generation Markov chains could be the how. But i was referring to the actual term for random copy that I can't remember lol. It may be a term that someone who works in graphic design or editorial may know.

  • @ryanatkinson2978
    @ryanatkinson2978 2 года назад +2

    I very much appreciate that you're not just a clickbait "mystery youtube channel". You take so much time to research things properly and not be sensationalist