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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
  • There was always something fishy about the CZcamsWakeUp controversy.
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  • @EmperorLemon
    @EmperorLemon  Před 4 lety +5524

    The Nerd City cameo of this video is just a small portion of the testimony he sent to me. You can watch the full video here for great insight on the controversy as it happened: czcams.com/video/xzWsp7jPTpk/video.html

    • @stickthesecond5085
      @stickthesecond5085 Před 4 lety +58

      EmpLemon just make CZcams a non child site kids shouldn’t be on the internet anyway

    • @squidboygrey2915
      @squidboygrey2915 Před 4 lety +16

      theory: mat knew what he was doing and may possibly holds a grudge (worse than most people) and my have tried to damage the site and community due to a immense amount of greed (ironic) and a crave for fame.
      oh wait

    • @mac6626
      @mac6626 Před 4 lety +20

      Thanks for exposing ledditors once again lad

    • @apatheticviewer234
      @apatheticviewer234 Před 4 lety +3

      Kik still exists dude

    • @disguyovaheere8140
      @disguyovaheere8140 Před 4 lety +2

      oh no
      i was not immune to the propaganda

  • @Designed1
    @Designed1 Před 4 lety +6264

    This guy basically nuked a bank just to kill the robber.

  • @vulpesinculta8303
    @vulpesinculta8303 Před 4 lety +2954

    As Gman once said,
    “The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.”

    • @Dogetheun
      @Dogetheun Před 4 lety +140

      Jarl Kethesda so wake up mister freeman wake up and smell the ashes.
      I bet the ashes where the misstakes

    • @4T3hM4kr0n
      @4T3hM4kr0n Před 4 lety +1

      @Zaalt Naerthe how does this not have more likes!

    • @silverus3617
      @silverus3617 Před 4 lety +16

      Dr. Freeeeeeemaaaaaan..
      I realize this might not be the most convenient time for a.. heart-to-heart. But I had to wait until your friends were otherwise.. occupied..

    • @hectorfloresrivera6431
      @hectorfloresrivera6431 Před 4 lety +13

      @@user-bn6vg8ck4t Look Gordon! Ropes!

    • @corleone7918
      @corleone7918 Před 4 lety +13

      We can use those to swing over large gaps!

  • @UnorthodoxIndividual
    @UnorthodoxIndividual Před 3 lety +1993

    Matt was secretly the CEO of Vimeo all along

    • @fork3810
      @fork3810 Před 2 lety +90

      This is my favorite theory and my personal head cannon

    • @merucrypoison296
      @merucrypoison296 Před rokem +1

      Zoomer kids don’t even know wtf Vimeo ever was

    • @elipse371
      @elipse371 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@merucrypoison296Yes, they do.

    • @merucrypoison296
      @merucrypoison296 Před 10 měsíci

      @@elipse371 TZD

    • @elipse371
      @elipse371 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@merucrypoison296 what

  • @lonefinch2127
    @lonefinch2127 Před 3 lety +1829

    It’s weird seeing Keemstar being the more rational person lol

    • @OutlawPrince45
      @OutlawPrince45 Před 3 lety +178

      You know the situation is really fucked when good old Keemstar is the level headed one. Doesn’t happen very often but when it does it’s a great metric for seeing how crazy/shitty someone is.

    • @NerdismOfficial
      @NerdismOfficial Před 2 lety +76

      Even a clock that has been stripped of all its wiring and shattered on the ground is right twice a day

    • @josephmother386
      @josephmother386 Před 2 lety +18

      You know somethings wrong when keemstars right

    • @TheKingOfNachosTM
      @TheKingOfNachosTM Před 2 lety +6

      @@NerdismOfficial you mind if I use this someday?

    • @NerdismOfficial
      @NerdismOfficial Před 2 lety +16

      @@TheKingOfNachosTM hey I won’t be there to care so whatever

  • @nerdcity
    @nerdcity Před 4 lety +11441

    Many streams have been called “The Worst Live Stream of All Time”, and it’s usually an exaggeration. But Matt’s final broadcast where he angrily grinds his teeth as he reads the chat and then periodically calls his viewers “losers” might be the actual worst meltdown I’ve ever seen.

    • @IndicatedGoodLife
      @IndicatedGoodLife Před 4 lety +108

      You my boy! What do you think about the story Nerd? Would like to hear your opinion on the motivations behind this guy.

    • @seres1
      @seres1 Před 4 lety +34

      oh look at this, the regulator is here everybody

    • @EggEnjoyer
      @EggEnjoyer Před 4 lety +118

      Nerd City Don’t know if you’ll have the chance to read.
      But I just wanted to say that you make some of my favorite content on the internet. Thank you for the all time and effort you put into your work. I genuinely appreciate it.

    • @nerdstorma8427
      @nerdstorma8427 Před 4 lety +10

      Underrated Channel, what was Matt’s true intentions?

    • @boofe7206
      @boofe7206 Před 4 lety +9

      watching your videos give me iq points daddy nerd

  • @RainbowFishcakes
    @RainbowFishcakes Před 4 lety +3185

    lesson learned: reddit is to blame

    • @kadinrogers1741
      @kadinrogers1741 Před 4 lety +228

      RainbowFishcakes they usually are

    • @klevmeister1g
      @klevmeister1g Před 4 lety +357

      kind stranger did it again

    • @angespice
      @angespice Před 4 lety +305

      @@analienmango8756 >x is the only good sub
      Wee woo wee woo found a redditor

    • @MrMisfortune
      @MrMisfortune Před 4 lety +99

      A ton more people then a website was at fault tho. Reddit was definitely a part of it but dont let that distract you from other people to blame here

    • @hoodclassicsofcalifornia
      @hoodclassicsofcalifornia Před 4 lety +5

      Time for war

  • @jackporter2251
    @jackporter2251 Před 3 lety +2679

    To me, I feel like Matt got some pretty horrific post-nut clarity and was horrified (and ashamed) when CZcams started recommending similar videos afterwards.

  • @Sonic759100
    @Sonic759100 Před 2 lety +645

    I like how one of reddits most upvoted videos in the sites history was, in fact, a scam that could be disproven within an hour or less. Never change reddit, never change.

    • @88mphDrBrown
      @88mphDrBrown Před 2 lety +5

      What video?

    • @Burns11112
      @Burns11112 Před 2 lety +73

      @@88mphDrBrown bruh

    • @cara-setun
      @cara-setun Před 2 lety +59

      @@88mphDrBrown pov: you commented before watching this video

    • @cara-setun
      @cara-setun Před 2 lety +61

      Reddit has such a superiority complex and is so stupid. Remember that interview with the Reddit mod?

    • @skeletonking2501
      @skeletonking2501 Před rokem +35

      To be fair (although it doesn’t make things better), they were simply acting in mob mentality due to children being involved. Worst yet, I bet anyone who WANTED to disprove were shot down quickly out of fear of being labeled a pedo by the angry mob

  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub Před 4 lety +6851

    My theory is he was basically sick of CZcams and frustrated he couldnt make a living on it. He knew how it worked, but his content just wasnt good enough to generate. So he started this entire debacle as sort of the last ditch molotov, then called it quits. Reddit, did what Reddit does. His video got huge from that at first, and everyone with ulterior motives began latching on. Advertisers, companies and especially online news-sites who have this constant competition / vendetta against this platform.

    • @PapaJohnsPie
      @PapaJohnsPie Před 4 lety +377

      That’s an understandable strategy but taking into account his political ideas I feel as though there must have been something else going on

    • @cultist_npc
      @cultist_npc Před 4 lety +157

      yeah he was definently used by corpos and news articles

    • @zayray4283
      @zayray4283 Před 4 lety +30

      AlternateHistoryHub everything seems politically to me about this I just can’t tell why

    • @pizzapatriot1769
      @pizzapatriot1769 Před 4 lety +54

      I agree with you AlternateHistoryHub. IMO, I think he just got tired of the drama, and just got out of there, since he knew he wasn't getting anywhere. The part I don't get is why his streams were monetized but left when people were still willing to watch him? Maybe he was just mentally ill for all we know and wanted 4 things at the sametime. Honestly, I lack the creativity to come up with a theory of my own, but his actions just don't make sense, and maybe we are looking at it from an incorrect perspective. Maybe his plan, what ever it was, turned out to be badly thought out and fell flat. I don't know, I think I'm wrong myself, I'm just throwing ideas here and there, but one thing is for sure: He was not a good summeritan.

    • @4Clubs
      @4Clubs Před 4 lety +70

      The disgruntled CZcamsr hypothesis doesn't make any sense, in my opinion. This was corporate, how the schedules all line up perfectly is way too suspicious. Watson's bizarre history on the platform doesn't disprove this hypothesis either, and in fact it helps obfuscate the agenda, anyone looking to hire someone for this kind of stunt wouldn't go for a blank slate. There is also the fact that the supposed exploitation was already being heavily discussed on several online forums prior to Watson's video, so there was a non-negligible and very loud swath of the Internet already very receptive to this message. Claiming that this was all about a disgruntled CZcamsr only makes sense superficially, and ignores a huge portion of the story. You can't Occam's Razor this one without setting aside important details.

  • @BigMantis__
    @BigMantis__ Před 4 lety +4137

    I just wanna know why miniplayer is disabled for “children’s content”

    • @enjoyyourself3129
      @enjoyyourself3129 Před 4 lety +580

      RIGHT!?

    • @Dxpress_
      @Dxpress_ Před 4 lety +762

      You also can't enable subscription notifications for "children's content" either.
      Don't get it.

    • @wessmall7957
      @wessmall7957 Před 4 lety +646

      You can't add children's content to playlists either.

    • @JulioHernandez-wy8nh
      @JulioHernandez-wy8nh Před 4 lety +369

      That's like the most annoying thing ever

    • @toadysp
      @toadysp Před 4 lety +754

      From what I've heard, I think that's moreso an issue with Coppa. CZcams restricts features on "children's content" because they want creators to lie and say that their content isn't made for children even if it is. That way they can still make ad revenue off of it. Basically: Coppa said "You guys can't make advertising revenue off of content labeled for kids because we don't want you collecting ad data on children.". So CZcams is like "Okaaay we'll just try to force our content creators to lie then, so that way if a lawsuit happens, the individual creators who lied will be held responsible and we won't, and we can still make money." Basically the only way you're able to profit off of kids content now is to put yourself at risk of a Coppa violation.

  • @OutlawPrince45
    @OutlawPrince45 Před 3 lety +759

    The most suspicious thing about Matt for me is the fact he never left an anonymous tip off to law enforcement. It’s extremely easy to do, very safe, and just common sense. His aim was not to target predators but to target a corporation that predators are leeching off of. The way he so quickly and vehemently shot down anyone who contacted him to even discuss the possibility of a different solution was kind of unsettling. It just doesn’t make sense unless he has a weird ulterior motive. That and his *extremely* inconsistent level of technological competence. That part absolutely reeks of B.S.

    • @tylerlackey1175
      @tylerlackey1175 Před 2 lety +58

      If you go to Matt's video the comment section is almost entirely redditors and 37 year olds singing his praise and unironically saying we live in a society. It didnt matter how BS everything is, because when you're appealing to the dumbest of the dumb, you can do anything and make it seem like magic

    • @stmsin
      @stmsin Před 2 lety +7

      His aim was most certainly not to target the corporation. It was to simply lie to gain a following. If he was just trying to make CZcams lose money, I would commend him for that. But its not what he did

    • @OutlawPrince45
      @OutlawPrince45 Před 2 lety +7

      @@stmsin I can’t really say I support trying to tear down CZcams either. Doing that hurts countless innocent creators just trying to earn a living while entertaining people and following their passions for video making. Not that I have any love for CZcams the company or google, but CZcams the platform is a different thing entirely.

    • @stmsin
      @stmsin Před 2 lety +4

      @@OutlawPrince45 You are correct, there are countless other corporations to target for their business practice before CZcams. Nestle and Disney come to mind

    • @OutlawPrince45
      @OutlawPrince45 Před 2 lety +2

      @@stmsin I agree

  • @RedLuigi235
    @RedLuigi235 Před 3 lety +540

    When Matt's talking about how angry and disgusted he is, his face is completely unmoving. Not even any passive signs of disgust.

    • @stmsin
      @stmsin Před 2 lety +79

      The farthest any man has gone for reddit gold

    • @LordTerias
      @LordTerias Před 2 lety +14

      @@stmsin I audibly laughed at this comment

    • @cocosiano
      @cocosiano Před rokem +3

      @@LordTerias same.

    • @anth636
      @anth636 Před rokem +4

      “I’m disgusted. ( ._ . )

    • @merucrypoison296
      @merucrypoison296 Před rokem +4

      He’s just reading the script the companies gave him

  • @batteriesfx
    @batteriesfx Před 4 lety +5171

    Plot twist: He just did this for reddit gold

    • @tolman4497
      @tolman4497 Před 4 lety +235

      edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger(s)!

    • @bah-fv2ec
      @bah-fv2ec Před 3 lety +75

      Let’s hit r/all!

    • @lucabralia5125
      @lucabralia5125 Před 3 lety +31

      i've won, but at what cost?

    • @prismancy7182
      @prismancy7182 Před 3 lety +78

      now this is wholesome keanu 100 chungus

    • @l.pietrobon3925
      @l.pietrobon3925 Před 3 lety +39

      No a plot twist. It's a pretty tame way of getting reddit gold, compared with what goes on in r/Teenagers and r/Dankmemes

  • @_monti142
    @_monti142 Před 3 lety +4020

    this is a big reminder to bully redditors alot

    • @moparty4409
      @moparty4409 Před 3 lety +353

      AHS fucking ruined the site
      It used to be like a lesser 4chan but it became a hivemind

    • @alvinyakitori8720
      @alvinyakitori8720 Před 3 lety +20

      Yes

    • @_KillerD_
      @_KillerD_ Před 3 lety +107

      We must stop pedophile netflix because we are heroes and that's what heroes do

    •  Před 3 lety +13

      No need, they exude victim stench in person and it happens naturally to them every time they leave to attend a poetry slam or get an std check despite being a virgin straight edge.

    • @ardentfire3956
      @ardentfire3956 Před 3 lety +158

      No mercy.
      No pity.
      No hope.
      Reddit delenda est.

  • @Kumaclaws
    @Kumaclaws Před 3 lety +678

    “Trust me, these companies care about us”
    Ha

    • @yarlodek5842
      @yarlodek5842 Před 3 lety +35

      “The sky is purple”

    • @equidistanthoneyjoy7600
      @equidistanthoneyjoy7600 Před 3 lety +33

      "in other news water is not wet, and stone is the best material for a pillow"

    • @okay2037
      @okay2037 Před 2 lety +3

      @@equidistanthoneyjoy7600 except water isn’t wet

    • @equidistanthoneyjoy7600
      @equidistanthoneyjoy7600 Před 2 lety +8

      @@okay2037 Touch water, mate. Feels pretty wet.

    • @okay2037
      @okay2037 Před 2 lety +2

      @@equidistanthoneyjoy7600 wetness is defined by containing, covering or soaked with water. water does not contain itself, it takes the shape of other things that contains it, therefore the thing that contains it would be wet and not water itself. water is not “soaked” with itself, and water does not cover itself.
      to put it simply, water makes things wet but is not wet itself. Wetness is characterized by how much water is on it and since water is generally a liquid water cannot be wet. Is lava burnt?

  • @timkunken4253
    @timkunken4253 Před 2 lety +115

    My theory: Matt is just an angry narcissist who wanted to present themselves as a savior of the internet, didn't expect the video to take off, and thus didn't go through any of the trouble of justifying his initial rhetoric or contacting news agencies for interviews

    • @NotRay1995
      @NotRay1995 Před rokem +1

      this is the only theory that matters

    • @Tat011
      @Tat011 Před 6 měsíci +4

      I mean this theory has the problem that he disappeared and didn't try to milk the attention he was getting as much as possible

  • @diamondcreeper28
    @diamondcreeper28 Před 4 lety +1553

    The most memorable thing about the situation a year ago was when Matt Watson from Supermega was confused as this dude so he was sent dozens of death threats

    • @CallanLoF
      @CallanLoF Před 4 lety +47

      Did Matt ever publicly react to all that? The true Matt Watson, I mean.

    • @NeoGraena
      @NeoGraena Před 4 lety +69

      After that on Twitter he literally called himself "Not that Matt Watson"
      Also hey Callan. Weird to see you here! Love your content

    • @manny752
      @manny752 Před 4 lety +42

      I was expecting him to bring him up as the real victim
      Also “Matt Watson? From Supermega?”

    • @Beeg_Boy
      @Beeg_Boy Před 4 lety +18

      He’s a sweet boy and I’m glad he will be remembered as THE Matt Watson and not this dweeb.

    • @xavierfaust9417
      @xavierfaust9417 Před 4 lety +6

      Homestuck? In my 2020?

  • @CuriousGeorgeFan
    @CuriousGeorgeFan Před 4 lety +5274

    Maybe the real wormhole were the friends we made along the way

    • @stormcloudtheory
      @stormcloudtheory Před 4 lety +121

      Maybe WE were all Matt Watson the whole time

    • @fabiodan30
      @fabiodan30 Před 3 lety +49

      Maybe Matt Watson never happened and we're really all dead having an acid trip in heaven.

    • @bubbyberry
      @bubbyberry Před 3 lety +19

      you were made to put real worms in ur friends holes? i dont understand.

    • @sireggnog890
      @sireggnog890 Před 3 lety +5

      Maybe what if this is all just a dream?

    • @roadiejames
      @roadiejames Před 3 lety +3

      @@bubbyberry just one hole, not all of the holes. Funnel provided for efficiency of course.

  • @sirpeetthelittle
    @sirpeetthelittle Před 3 lety +112

    So because the recommended algorithm is based on the videos you’ve been watching/searching... does this mean that Matt could have literally looked up and watched CP beforehand?

    • @Dark6997
      @Dark6997 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lyrawh770 Was it a blank channel was it not his original channel? You're right but I thought it was his original channel and assumed he had looked this up multiple times before

  • @t1dotaku
    @t1dotaku Před 2 lety +52

    The guy basically said "The Principal is abusing kids so shut down the entire school district! All you teachers complaining about job loss just don't care enough about child abuse!"

  • @manboy4720
    @manboy4720 Před 4 lety +1781

    this is basically like having a leak in your house, so you demolish your entire house down, demolish all the houses surrounding it, and then blame it on the government because it's their fault you have a leak.
    it's overkill and it's a complete 'scorched earth' tactic.

    • @MultiverseMediaSpace
      @MultiverseMediaSpace Před 4 lety +6

      👌🗿🤏

    • @Artman2004
      @Artman2004 Před 4 lety +5

      Perfect analogy.

    • @wassheit7563
      @wassheit7563 Před 4 lety +4

      You didn't watch the whole video before commenting, did you?

    • @four-en-tee
      @four-en-tee Před 4 lety +13

      Welcome to left-wing politics.

    • @nuclearcatpotatoe3714
      @nuclearcatpotatoe3714 Před 4 lety +4

      Remember that one scene from "if the emperor had a TTS device"? the one with a guardsman finding a lewd image? Yeah that

  • @tatertot4224
    @tatertot4224 Před 3 lety +3310

    Anyone saying "think of the children" usually has something else planned.

    • @neonfroot
      @neonfroot Před 3 lety +175

      Of course. People blame children for "ruining everything" but said people freak about kids having any sort of fun. Childhood is now a posh prison

    • @asovietreunion13
      @asovietreunion13 Před 3 lety +120

      Just like a bill called "USA Patriot" is most likely an attack on human rights.

    • @marshallgreen4227
      @marshallgreen4227 Před 3 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/hcCrpctDeGI/video.html

    • @TheLexiconDevils
      @TheLexiconDevils Před 3 lety +79

      Or they’re thinking waaaay too much about the children

    • @Speed001
      @Speed001 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheLexiconDevils yeah...

  • @andrewdotmp4
    @andrewdotmp4 Před 3 lety +115

    9:23
    That pyro comment did not age well
    Edit: my comment about that pyro comment that did not age well did not age well

    • @bruski4120
      @bruski4120 Před 3 lety +25

      At least you’re self aware enough to admit it.

    • @Predator20357
      @Predator20357 Před 3 lety +8

      @@bruski4120 most just forget about the comments they make

    • @chJohnJobs
      @chJohnJobs Před 3 lety

      @@Predator20357 Im afraid im still a little out of the loop. Mind explaining

    • @karlisulmanis3810
      @karlisulmanis3810 Před 3 lety

      @@chJohnJobs basically, not everyone can recall comments from a while ago.

    • @chJohnJobs
      @chJohnJobs Před 3 lety

      @@karlisulmanis3810 Oh no i ment the pyrosynical stuff.
      But thank you

  • @callmebomb
    @callmebomb Před 2 lety +298

    Matt is the ultimate CZcams paradox. He has quite good understanding of deeper internet minutiae, yet fundamentally misunderstands the consequences of his actions. He knows how to rile up a giant mob of people, yet has no interest in talking to the people who could actually help him and his cause. He went through the hassle of submitting anonymous emails to news sources, but had his name and face plastered all over the campaign. It's such a mixture of intelligence and incompetency that it's virtually impossible to try and figure out what the fuck he's actually trying to do. It's incredible in and of itself

    • @AbhNormal
      @AbhNormal Před rokem +10

      What you're describing is basically a Redditor lol

    • @twilso12
      @twilso12 Před 10 měsíci +4

      If someone holds to misleading counter intuitive intents, maybe it’s to cause the fallacy of “impossible to figure out.”
      It’s called corporate espionage. It’s been done so many times on this platform for various reasons.
      Can be corporate, political, or just “for the lols” some people like to “create games” which are actually giant psychological operations where they themselves are the lone gun that causes hundreds, if not thousands of people to lose their mind.
      Think I’m kidding or making it up?
      I really wish I was. This simply enough is the evolution of the internet.

    • @skivvy3565
      @skivvy3565 Před 6 měsíci +1

      It’s no different than the snowflakes who fight racism so strongly then accidentally make fundamentally purely racist comments, or those endorsing autism awareness then making movies showing how uninformed and prejudiced they are about autism. Etc etc. but Imagine googling like ‘illegal murder that I shouldn’t watch’ then making a video complaining about how google is endorsing and condoning murder that you shouldn't watch, and articles being made and millions of people slacktivism -bombing google as murderers who make them watch murders

  • @spimpsmacker6422
    @spimpsmacker6422 Před 4 lety +2327

    My boy Emp is back with the top tier internet documentaries, this quarantine was getting boring enough.

    • @DelRio1991
      @DelRio1991 Před 4 lety +3

      Heeelll yeeeaaaah

    • @TigerBreadman
      @TigerBreadman Před 4 lety +4

      ZRDR_DelRio meh

    • @mechanicalruby
      @mechanicalruby Před 4 lety +1

      And Colossal's gonna upload? Yes

    • @brotherbill919four
      @brotherbill919four Před 4 lety

      Simp smacker? Lol

    • @nevthepunk
      @nevthepunk Před 2 lety +2

      >"this quarantine was getting boring enough" bro this video was posted like 3 days after quarantine started... how tf did you handle the next like 14 months of it

  • @jacobshultz5543
    @jacobshultz5543 Před 4 lety +615

    The real wormhole were the friends we made along the way.

  • @thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755

    Matt never offered a solution after removing ads. And that right there basically tells you everything.

  • @arthurdurham
    @arthurdurham Před 2 lety +39

    Tbh this strikes me as not premeditated but impulsive. Matt probably thought he'd ride in like a hero, saving the kids and getting clout. But he wasn't prepared for any fallback and took even good faith critisism personally

  • @orkuncirak7159
    @orkuncirak7159 Před 4 lety +493

    Theory: Matt Watson works for Vimeo

  • @popcorn82b
    @popcorn82b Před 4 lety +1503

    I hate how he tries to frame it as "muh monetization"
    "They care more about money"
    If you came to my job and lit the building ablaze, I'd be very reasonably upset.
    He threatened people's JOBS doing what he did.

    • @longfang_1764
      @longfang_1764 Před 4 lety +107

      After acknowledging them as jobs then discrediting them as jobs

    • @titansparrow64
      @titansparrow64 Před 4 lety +50

      Brainlet: “Hurr durr just be an Uber Driver”

    • @doom5895
      @doom5895 Před 4 lety +2

      hes mad because the site is no longer good anymore and people make dogshit content only for money

    • @Dr.Oofers
      @Dr.Oofers Před 4 lety +32

      Doom58 Even if that is the case, it would be frustrating and selfish to harm the creators who do actually put effort into their videos, like animators and such.

    • @sandwich2473
      @sandwich2473 Před 4 lety +16

      I mean, if you want to burn down my work, I won't stop you. I get severance pay.
      CZcamsrs don't, though.

  • @abelsm6270
    @abelsm6270 Před 2 lety +100

    If there was porn in Matt's watch history I'd bet he'd say it's a glitch

    • @monkeman1369
      @monkeman1369 Před rokem +6

      ''i was just figuring out another wormhole''

    • @anth636
      @anth636 Před rokem +1

      Dude’s got worse alibi logic than most 13 year old boys

    • @NotRay1995
      @NotRay1995 Před rokem

      lol

  • @aandwdabest
    @aandwdabest Před 2 lety +36

    I’m actually really glad that you covered this controversy in this video. That flower with “you’ve got scammed sweetheart” after the patreon credit roll is honestly chef kiss material. Well done.

    • @ShrexyGuy
      @ShrexyGuy Před 5 měsíci

      Anyone who acts like child based content that is heavily sexualized isn't a problem not just here but all over social media is probably a predator themself

  • @thedogmaticdirector
    @thedogmaticdirector Před 4 lety +505

    "Some of you may die... but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make."

    • @juankgonzalez6230
      @juankgonzalez6230 Před 4 lety +21

      _Some of you_
      _Are going to dieeee_
      _Martyrs, of course, of the freedom_
      _That I shall proviiiiiideeee_

    • @NobleSpartan27
      @NobleSpartan27 Před 4 lety +1

      lol

    • @stuffedanimalwars7692
      @stuffedanimalwars7692 Před 4 lety +3

      No cost too great...

    • @freddy4603
      @freddy4603 Před 4 lety +7

      @@stuffedanimalwars7692 we shall _Hollow out_ youtube of it's problems and make it _pure_

    • @gunner6094
      @gunner6094 Před 4 lety +2

      @@stuffedanimalwars7692 SHAW!!!

  • @gododoof
    @gododoof Před 4 lety +596

    When "Think of the Children!" ends up treating everyone like children, our freedom gets compromised. But that's probably the point.

    • @spacesponge8732
      @spacesponge8732 Před 4 lety +24

      Sorry to jack this comment, but if you reading this are in the US, please look into EARN IT, a bill that Congress is trying to pass that give the government more power to monitor citizens with the argument of "Think of the Children!"

    • @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-
      @_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._- Před 4 lety +2

      +Space Sponge
      Thank you, I was unaware of this impending violation of my rights.
      Their mentality reminds me of the quote from the amazing comic Red Son: "Why don't you just put the entire world in a bottle, Superman?"

  • @zacharyvortivask9734
    @zacharyvortivask9734 Před 3 měsíci +13

    With the recent MamaMax drama, this video’s aged well

  • @dazemayhem9997
    @dazemayhem9997 Před 3 lety +66

    I feel sorry for the REAL Matt Watson, Love you SuperMega

  • @Infomaniac_Moment
    @Infomaniac_Moment Před 4 lety +556

    >Reddit
    EVERY SINGLE TIME.

    • @SangheiliSpecOp
      @SangheiliSpecOp Před 4 lety +7

      What is more scary, reddit or 4chan lol

    • @DelRio1991
      @DelRio1991 Před 4 lety +194

      @@SangheiliSpecOp reddit. 4chan is where smart people act dumb, reddit is where dumb people act smart.

    • @kylecomics101
      @kylecomics101 Před 4 lety +39

      Jupiter Fox! They tend to overlap these days so it’s hard to say

    • @comradecommissar1945
      @comradecommissar1945 Před 4 lety +31

      @@DelRio1991 t. never actually been to 4chan

    • @operationd--msday
      @operationd--msday Před 4 lety +74

      @@DelRio1991 nobody on /b/ is smart, saying this as someone stuck on /b/

  • @JamieLucaFan01
    @JamieLucaFan01 Před 4 lety +387

    Scene Selection:
    0:00: Opening
    1:52: Exhibit A: Who is Matt Watson?
    2:54: Exhibit B: Matt's Wormhole of Deception
    10:14: Exhibit C: The Strange Agenda
    16:25: Exhibit D: The Red Tide
    19:14: Exhibit E: Outspoken, yet silent...
    24:16: Exhibit F: Corporations 4 Kidz?
    26:05: Exhibit G: I miss the old Matt...
    28:47: Exhibit H: We did it, Matt! We saved the city!
    30:26: And now, a short intermission...
    32:06: The Mainstream Narrative
    33:19: Disgruntled CZcamsr Goes Rogue
    36:58: The Bernie Pipeline
    42:25: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 1
    47:17: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 2
    50:00: Conclusions.
    54:36: Credits

  • @Wnick1996
    @Wnick1996 Před 2 měsíci +5

    With the MamaMax situation, history has truly repeated itself

  • @leojuriolli
    @leojuriolli Před 2 lety +25

    the smoking gun to me is the contrast between his reaction to advertisers pulling out and youtube addressing the controversy

  • @fcoomega7734
    @fcoomega7734 Před 4 lety +589

    i love this guy is like "billionare companies are evil and greedy, so i will tell other billionare companies to solve our problems, they will know what to do" which they didnt, they just remove the adds and act like nothing happened.

    • @billymays8864
      @billymays8864 Před 4 lety +4

      "Witch"

    • @davineves8529
      @davineves8529 Před 4 lety

      so goes the last theory posited in the video.

    • @tomhill3248
      @tomhill3248 Před 4 lety +4

      @Shay Ó Laoghaire But he's not woke, Matt is a mercenary with no motivation beyond whatever he got from Disney and friends for his work.

    • @atl5033
      @atl5033 Před 4 lety +1

      Quixotes neoliberals are capitalist not left at all

    • @fcoomega7734
      @fcoomega7734 Před 4 lety +6

      @Shay Ó Laoghaire no, that is how libertarians and capitalists operate, "woke" people always call the goverment to do stuff for them, not companies (generaly speaking of course)

  • @johnnybolanos716
    @johnnybolanos716 Před 4 lety +707

    I can’t believe Matt Watson from SuperMega would do this,,,

  • @ChillPillWill
    @ChillPillWill Před 3 lety +48

    Whenever Matt gets angry, he looks like he's about to have stroke.

  • @Ivyleaf2
    @Ivyleaf2 Před 2 lety +18

    Matt: Some youtubers may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make

  • @Flyingclam
    @Flyingclam Před 4 lety +1366

    If this proves anything, is how fragile the Internet is. Honestly I'm not sure how much the Internet is going to further revolutionize society if Matt can manipulate it so easily

    • @Fishlord136
      @Fishlord136 Před 4 lety +52

      We just need to find a good person to manipulate everyone

    • @potionmaster3793
      @potionmaster3793 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Fishlord136 What do you mean?

    • @theresalwaysanotherway3996
      @theresalwaysanotherway3996 Před 4 lety +91

      ​@@Fishlord136 that would lead to a dictator of the internet. This famously does NOT go well.
      Also it's easier to rile up a crowd into an angry destructive mob than it is to calm them into a productive and good team, so I doubt that'd work anyway...

    • @coffee115
      @coffee115 Před 4 lety +13

      He wanted to kill the site. That's it. No other agenda.

    • @ligninman
      @ligninman Před 4 lety +6

      Its not going to revolutionise society again : internet is like modern society now.

  • @IfIPickedtheWinners
    @IfIPickedtheWinners Před 4 lety +1046

    *Begins with a Down the Rabbit Hole reference.*
    Oh, this is gonna be a good one.

    • @NuclearTopSpot
      @NuclearTopSpot Před 4 lety +22

      I actually opened a seperate tab to check if the
      '' Whheeeooouu whhheeeeooouuu''
      was the same.
      what am i doing with my life?
      Ah yes. Quarantine.

    • @coydog7902
      @coydog7902 Před 4 lety +2

      I read this as DOOM the rabbit hole

    • @appelsien3775
      @appelsien3775 Před 4 lety

      I actually have it looming next to this video lol

    • @paolo2763
      @paolo2763 Před 4 lety +3

      HOLY SHIT! IS THAT A *[Down the Rabbit Hole]* REFERENCE!?

    • @gplastic
      @gplastic Před 4 lety

      true

  • @Phhase
    @Phhase Před 2 lety +26

    This SEEMS to be happening again in 2022. We'll see how it pans out, though.

  • @magentapurpleyap5566
    @magentapurpleyap5566 Před rokem +15

    This made me see the whole youtube management trainwreck in a new light. It's not just the platform's problem, its also a massive people problem.

  • @MrBrimstone
    @MrBrimstone Před 4 lety +373

    So basically, don't trust controversies in early spring.

  • @WeegeeSlayer123
    @WeegeeSlayer123 Před 4 lety +344

    let's be honest, even when we demand that kids under 13 years old must not watch our videos, they're gonna do it anyway. I'm pretty certain a chunk of the people in this comment section are 13 and under.

    • @angelinebejaran2906
      @angelinebejaran2906 Před 4 lety +26

      Damn, caught my little bro I'm watching this with,It's technically his 13th birthday, but he was born later in the day.

    • @ojvejkurve
      @ojvejkurve Před 4 lety +26

      Im 13 and my dad owns youtube

    • @leonardogomez8812
      @leonardogomez8812 Před 4 lety

      WeegeeSlayer
      Hey!
      Are you the guy I always see on Mr Enter’s videos?

    • @ImmaLittlePip
      @ImmaLittlePip Před 4 lety +9

      I'm 25 but back in 2006 and 2007 I would watch stuff I wasn't supposed to
      And yeah best thing we can really do is have a "are you older than 13 years old to watch this video" button
      Because no matter what kids are always gonna get past it

    • @damianthorne2532
      @damianthorne2532 Před 4 lety

      @@ImmaLittlePip Ah yes, the classic problem with keeping kids out of places they're not supposed to be...

  • @ogedeh
    @ogedeh Před 2 lety +9

    When I was a kid there was a couple month span of time when our one and only TV was on the way out, the tint was all messed up and I remember watching a lot of Green Simpsons. Your videos often remind me of that.

  • @mrraretwinkie
    @mrraretwinkie Před 3 lety +18

    I’ve been subscribed to you since your YTP days. You’ve come a long way my friend. Keep up the good work.

  • @jane-the-mentalist
    @jane-the-mentalist Před 4 lety +264

    Dudes gonna wake up with a horse head in his bed and a note saying "Susan sends her regards"

    • @tony_5156
      @tony_5156 Před 4 lety +1

      Prof Yoshie what mob movie is that from anyway, kiddo?
      I forgot it’s some weird good shit.

    • @jane-the-mentalist
      @jane-the-mentalist Před 4 lety +8

      @@tony_5156 The god father

  • @stinkymart3173
    @stinkymart3173 Před 4 lety +2534

    "There's some kind of Glitch in the Algorithm"
    "MOM I deleted the VIRUS!!!"
    same energy

    • @captainantilles9094
      @captainantilles9094 Před 3 lety +19

      A new skirmish crate is now available.

    • @bah-fv2ec
      @bah-fv2ec Před 3 lety +53

      My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 Před 3 lety +80

      No I swear I wasn't looking for videos of little girls. It's CZcamss fault for showing them to me

    • @phyokyawkhaing2251
      @phyokyawkhaing2251 Před 3 lety +11

      What is with this comment thread

    • @techmark3665
      @techmark3665 Před 3 lety +6

      Phillip Khaing I know right

  • @jackbuchanan9085
    @jackbuchanan9085 Před rokem +18

    So Matt's motive was if he can't be successful on CZcams, no one can. And the scary part is...he almost succeeded.

  • @xtrastuff9075
    @xtrastuff9075 Před rokem +8

    Bro was the type to look at little girl videos to begin with 💀

  • @GlinkBetweenWorlds
    @GlinkBetweenWorlds Před 4 lety +3451

    Tangentially related but the section about how he got his video on reddit was particularly infuriating to me since I had a video that organically got 80k upvotes on r/videos, but it was removed by the mods because my channel had be blacklisted for supposedly posting my own content on the subreddit years prior.

  • @bluez_w
    @bluez_w Před 4 lety +4937

    Oddly enough, the CZcamsr who used to be known for “CZcams Poops” has some of the highest quality content on CZcams as a whole. Keep it up Emp.

    • @Industrial_Druidic_Society
      @Industrial_Druidic_Society Před 4 lety +18

      Thank you lorenz

    • @uranium54321
      @uranium54321 Před 4 lety +242

      YTP actually makes people into very good video editors over time and they often have little trouble switching to other types of content... Biodegradable became an editor for TRO, MoBros made anim8ball, Emp's doing this, and just look at some high-quality YTPs like Deliver Us, spingebill faces final judgement, or link: the boy: the movie: the trailer

    • @johnk6123
      @johnk6123 Před 4 lety +6

      Weird, I just made a similar comment then scrolled down the comments section and saw yours. AGREED. :)

    • @bananasinfrench
      @bananasinfrench Před 4 lety +65

      Yo for real tho, a lot of former YTP channels end up evolving into amazing analysis channels. Schaffrilas is another great example

    • @GDNachoo
      @GDNachoo Před 4 lety +5

      From youtube poops to youtube golds

  • @johanleemeyer2626
    @johanleemeyer2626 Před 2 lety +8

    These videos are so insanely well put together. The delivery and editing go together like milk and cookies mmmmmmm

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet Před 3 lety +44

    The way he vanished after getting so much attention and validation makes me wonder if this was an actual social experiment. It doesn't seem like he had any greater motive other than seeing how far he could go by using a sensitive situation to manipulate the public. Kind of makes him even more reprehensible than the usual grifter who is just pulling at the heart strings for clout and cash.

    • @Themountain6197
      @Themountain6197 Před rokem +3

      His motivation was to kill CZcams and while he failed at that goal he did damage CZcams forever and not only that he was also immortalized as a part of CZcams forever which I don't see as a good thing

  • @DeadwingDork
    @DeadwingDork Před 4 lety +346

    Yeah his videos on Totally Uncreative were definitely meant to be satire, that's clear enough by him jamming a remote up his rear and saying he's "taking his daily dose of red pill". WILDLY terrible satire though, and even the best comedy isn't really a good enough excuse for harassing people on the street like a weirdo.
    It's amazing how quickly he came and went. Really makes u thonk.

  • @jacobford3452
    @jacobford3452 Před 4 lety +3403

    This, Down the Rabbit Holes, and Internet Historian feel like detective dramas for people who like to get deep into the cheese with internet lore.

    • @jonathanvamos8636
      @jonathanvamos8636 Před 4 lety +72

      Don't forget The Right Opinion.

    • @ocass66
      @ocass66 Před 4 lety +18

      he sucks doe...

    • @scxizm7828
      @scxizm7828 Před 4 lety +97

      TRO is nowhere near the level of emp, Historian, and frederik

    • @jamesreagan8175
      @jamesreagan8175 Před 3 lety +67

      @@jonathanvamos8636 Maybe not with internet stuff. Fred Knudsen, IH, Whang and WavyWebSurf, and Emp are bigger on internet lore, with Emp's reach extending to multiple topics with Never Ever, and more YT focused content with CZcams Geographic. I feel that TRO and j aubrey are more in the same, in focusing on only YT related drama and history (although j aubrey is more of a wildcard, with essays on Eric Andre, Jon Stewart, Kanye and, most recently, John McAfee).

    • @TyphlosionGirl
      @TyphlosionGirl Před 3 lety +15

      Also Whang! He covers the obscure internet history!

  • @grantmorgan9592
    @grantmorgan9592 Před 3 lety +4

    your channel in whole, the video essay format. its all super underrated. You deadass a great writer and this video is proof.

  • @zudi8709
    @zudi8709 Před 3 lety +5

    I've just rediscovered your channel man, such engaging and well structured videos. Keep it up!

  • @Kodeb8
    @Kodeb8 Před 4 lety +821

    This is just one big reddit moment right here

    • @alexanderg6892
      @alexanderg6892 Před 4 lety +70

      the hive mind of reddit

    • @Winasaurus
      @Winasaurus Před 4 lety +95

      They are so desperate to hear "We did it Reddit!" that they don't really care about what it exactly was that they 'did', just that they did it. Same deal with when they thought they had the boston bomber. Same deal with the dead body in the Hong Kong 97 game. Jumping to conclusions because it's far more satisfying to have a conclusion, even a wrong one, than to have loose ends.

    • @cathacker13
      @cathacker13 Před 4 lety +57

      @@Winasaurus This is why I like to call Reddit the retarded uncle of 4Chan. They can literally change everything if they want to, but they have no idea what the fuck they're doing

    • @Predator20357
      @Predator20357 Před 4 lety +36

      Zdena Musil 4Chan has managed to pull off shit that was legendary while Reddit is trying to get some of that “we did something factor”

    • @cathacker13
      @cathacker13 Před 4 lety +30

      @@Predator20357 4Chan can be real scary when they have a motive. Reddit just follows whoever promises them to do "something" like a bunch of sheep. The rest of the time they're both just a toxic wasteland

  • @technicolourdreaming4851
    @technicolourdreaming4851 Před 4 lety +1510

    when pyro is responsible for sexually abusive content getting removed, but still hasn't uploaded petscop 2

  • @denmarkball7728
    @denmarkball7728 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so much for the ad placement,cabt explain how much that means and how useful and versatile it makes the video

  • @K1TT3NM1TT3N5
    @K1TT3NM1TT3N5 Před 2 lety +4

    I spend so much time watching so many different channels this series is awesome. I could go for hundreds of these videos about any old channel, really. Super dope

  • @Alzter0
    @Alzter0 Před 4 lety +575

    "Glitch" is a stupid word. The algorithm operates exactly how it should.

    • @Varangian_af_Scaniae
      @Varangian_af_Scaniae Před 4 lety +27

      That is a stupid statement. When ever have code worked perfectly? There are and will always be bugs, glitches in any code written by fallible people.

    • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
      @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 Před 4 lety +52

      @@Varangian_af_Scaniae Technically not a glitch.

    • @aitor.online
      @aitor.online Před 4 lety +26

      @@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 exactly. just because something doesnt work as intended does not make it a glitch.

    • @TheVodkaHaze
      @TheVodkaHaze Před 4 lety +22

      @@Varangian_af_Scaniae Sounds more like an exploit than a glitch. Exploits are using mechanics as intended to produce unintended consequences; glitches are unexpected mechanics with unexpected consequences.

    • @somebonehead
      @somebonehead Před 4 lety +1

      Pardon me for straying from the subject of your original comment, but this is how I feel about people upset at the Electoral College.

  • @Die-Coughman
    @Die-Coughman Před 4 lety +637

    He did this, then he left game grumps. I can't believe it.

    • @kaivitee15
      @kaivitee15 Před 4 lety +2

      What?

    • @Joker-bn1dz
      @Joker-bn1dz Před 4 lety +146

      @@kaivitee15 Matt Watson is also the name a member of the Let's Playing Comedy CZcams channel SuperMega.He also used to edit for GameGrumps then he left

    • @vyrde
      @vyrde Před 3 lety +50

      @Dutch Junk and that's the joke

    • @EBjeebies1081
      @EBjeebies1081 Před 3 lety +28

      Supermega’s editing was the last vestige of funniness on Game Grumps. Now they’re gone, and so is the humor

    • @NonisLuck
      @NonisLuck Před 3 lety +1

      @@EBjeebies1081 dude chill

  • @shae1547
    @shae1547 Před 2 lety +16

    Here after Max's video, history repeats itself

    • @georgeliquor1236
      @georgeliquor1236 Před 2 lety +8

      Seriously, Max's video has good points and makes sense, but he went at it the wrong way. Not to mention his cringe Joker Jigsaw like tone on the video, on a serious issue too.

    • @suparockr
      @suparockr Před 2 lety +1

      The parallels are obvious but I can only hope the intention is genuine this time.

    • @jdog1729
      @jdog1729 Před 2 lety

      Whos max

  • @anotherjason
    @anotherjason Před 2 lety +6

    like clockwork, as a man once said "It's like poetry, It Rhymes"

  • @MunkMan9
    @MunkMan9 Před 4 lety +539

    The real tragedy is that this man cost the real Matt Watson his twitter verification for years

    • @Dr.Oofers
      @Dr.Oofers Před 4 lety +5

      MunkMan9 Ouch.

    • @urfork1
      @urfork1 Před 4 lety +48

      Super mega matt?

    • @MunkMan9
      @MunkMan9 Před 4 lety +66

      @@urfork1 i prefer to call him the real matt watson

    • @urfork1
      @urfork1 Před 4 lety +19

      MunkMan9 a fitting name. I shall enshrine it in the history books.

    • @tony_5156
      @tony_5156 Před 4 lety

      They get chocolate in a part of Africa where children are used for labour for first world countries.
      Beware the suffering you indirectly cause

  • @JoeyJ0J0
    @JoeyJ0J0 Před 4 lety +362

    This guy used "Think of the children " as a way to crash CZcams with no survivors.
    What a madlad

  • @BloodDripss
    @BloodDripss Před 3 lety +2

    this is one of the most well researched and well put together videos ive ever seen

  • @hatred9427
    @hatred9427 Před 2 lety +6

    It's fair to say that Emp is the storyteller of youtube, picking up the pieces from the former battleground and rearranging the scene to explain how it all happened.

  • @Acsion42
    @Acsion42 Před 4 lety +718

    The REAL problem here is the total lack of parenting skills in 1st world countries.

    • @tigerfestivals5137
      @tigerfestivals5137 Před 4 lety +136

      Holy shit this. I swear half of these "internet child safety" issues could just be solved by parents not being complete idiots.

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 Před 4 lety +47

      Tiger Festivals fucking seriously
      letting children online should be considered child abuse

    • @NightMourningDove
      @NightMourningDove Před 4 lety +17

      @@tigerfestivals5137 YESSSS. Adults are just as fallible as kids are tbh

    • @vincent-ls9lz
      @vincent-ls9lz Před 4 lety +11

      it's awful. doesn't help that its the idiots that have the most children.

    • @geoffreywilson7008
      @geoffreywilson7008 Před 4 lety +22

      Workforce exploitation via long hours and multiple jobs for the numerous low wage parents of our 'first world' country feel like an easy way to explain much of the time sinks incapacitating them from doing that very task well. Bit hard to read to your children on a double shift, but a tablet will tide them over for hours, so bandaid it is.

  • @ElecWaff
    @ElecWaff Před 4 lety +495

    Time Stamps!
    EXHIBIT A: Who is Matt Watson? 1:52
    EXHIBIT B: Matt’s Wormhole of Deception 2:55
    EXHIBIT C: The Strange Agenda 10:14
    EXHIBIT D: The Red Tide 16:25
    EXHIBIT E: Outspoken, yet silent... 19:14
    EXHIBIT F: Corporations 4 Kidz? 24:17
    EXHIBIT G: I miss the old Matt... 26:05
    EXHIBIT H: We did it Matt! We saved the city! 28:48
    Disgruntled CZcamsr Goes Rogue: 33:19
    The Bernie Pipeline: 36:59
    Matt Watson is an Industry Plant 42:25
    Conclusions 49:59

  • @kungflu9388
    @kungflu9388 Před 2 lety +3

    i saw mumkey jones at like 20:05 and i instantly remembered that whole debacle, i miss him

  • @IWillBethreatheYou
    @IWillBethreatheYou Před 2 lety +6

    Fuck I literally threw my phone reading Forbes publish "Does it really matter that the President of the United States has dementia"

  • @lonkster
    @lonkster Před 4 lety +461

    I actually thought this from the start, I made a post on Reddit and got down voted instantly lol

  • @cassandroid
    @cassandroid Před 4 lety +121

    One of my favorite things about EmpLemon is the super unique editing style. It’s very appealing to people who’ve used CZcams since the early 2010s.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 Před rokem +7

    If, when I was 12 and first connected to the internet you would have told me that in 25 years trillion dollar companies would be fighting unseen wars on it I would have laughed at you…

  • @josecezar7903
    @josecezar7903 Před 3 lety +1

    The music you use as a score in here is fantastic, genius and hilarious! And then the Musak Alabama Song at the end! XD Perfecto👌 Amazing vid!

  • @MrHatoi
    @MrHatoi Před 4 lety +669

    The holes in the last theory can be filled quite easily: Matt Watson was always an alias just because he didn't want to use his real name online to begin with; he was specifically selected by advertisers because they wanted someone small and untraceable, but also with an account that had existed previously so as to not arouse suspicion.

    • @ThatGuy-ky2yf
      @ThatGuy-ky2yf Před 4 lety +41

      not a bad point, if that theory is true I wonder which company (or companies) most likely did it.

    • @alessandrolira4035
      @alessandrolira4035 Před 4 lety +62

      Idk, there a lot of small time untracable youtubers who have far less... questionable content, I.E the totally uncreative channel, any company can see that kind of liability a mile away. IDK, i guess its just the corporate plant theory seems a little too farfetched for me.

    • @brandonparnell6160
      @brandonparnell6160 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ThatGuy-ky2yf Probably the first to pull out of advertisement to gain a kind of public trust

    • @pepealasquid6005
      @pepealasquid6005 Před 4 lety +20

      MrHatoi it would make sense especially because of his previous content pandering to certain tastes that also inhabit a large chunk of Reddit, meaning it would only help him get more upvotes and support and would make people think “this weirdo is a regular guy” which has worked pretty well so far, then just pay him a lot of money and boom, a man who never really existed disappears!

    • @diegoxxxbc
      @diegoxxxbc Před 4 lety +14

      @@alessandrolira4035 You need a provocateur to cause controversy. A small uncreative, unremarkable channel would've been overlooked, whereas, this chucklefuck will probably garner enough morbid attention. E.g. Get an idiot to flail around for a bit and surely other idiots will follow.

  • @TheRoyTeal96
    @TheRoyTeal96 Před 4 lety +218

    19:56 Fact correction: Despite the articles that came out talking about Kik shutting down some months ago, Kik is still up and usable by everyone.

    • @thevideogamingchannel0
      @thevideogamingchannel0 Před 4 lety +11

      Yep, it was bought by another company

    • @beegyoshi8797
      @beegyoshi8797 Před 4 lety +17

      I had made a kik account years ago with a picture of my girlfriend at the time, we were 16 and when I finally ended up looking at it like a year later, people had sent me loads of the most horrible pictures you could imagine asking for pictures from my girlfriend. Kik is a problem

    • @XSlimSxadyX
      @XSlimSxadyX Před 4 lety +1

      Supplemented Health duh. Don’t use other people’s pictures without permission either.

    • @beegyoshi8797
      @beegyoshi8797 Před 4 lety

      Cartmanbrah where did I tell you I used pictures without people’s permission and sorry I wasn’t aware when I was a child I didn’t know what the underground of that app was

    • @TheSunshineGroup
      @TheSunshineGroup Před 4 lety +1

      Cartmanbrah ...dude...it’s the internet.

  • @lordofthecheese3582
    @lordofthecheese3582 Před 3 lety +3

    Love that both Wish You Were Here and the Hammers were briefly cameoed

  • @Smaggledagle
    @Smaggledagle Před 2 lety +13

    This is more relavent now than ever before

    • @Kaisersaurus
      @Kaisersaurus Před 2 lety +2

      indeed Smaggle, history rhymes

    • @reddeadspartan
      @reddeadspartan Před 2 lety

      As a swiss man once said "it's always relevant because nothing fucking changes"

  • @RM-56
    @RM-56 Před 4 lety +254

    "hornet nest removal videos" -Ah yes, a man of culture.

  • @FirstnameLastname-sb3hj
    @FirstnameLastname-sb3hj Před 4 lety +459

    The Corporate Plant theory NEEDS to be a movie.

    • @teratoidmaple5983
      @teratoidmaple5983 Před 4 lety +5

      tRUE

    • @Kodeb8
      @Kodeb8 Před 4 lety +6

      I think you might be interested in cyberpunk literature.

    • @superkobster
      @superkobster Před 4 lety

      it would probably be better as a documentary on netflix or something

    • @IlSharmouta
      @IlSharmouta Před 4 lety +3

      true or not it's a pretty amazing narrative

    • @TripleAlfafa
      @TripleAlfafa Před 4 lety +1

      I think he's just a useful idiot of some NYC media company. He most certainly comes off as a dime-a-dozen hack who thinks of himself as a champion of the downtrodden and the greatest woman respecter of all time.

  • @SubzeroCage
    @SubzeroCage Před 2 lety

    I hope you continue to do more videos like this, and the never will there be another hungry box video are really interesting. Great job! Subscribed

  • @MrGetownedLP
    @MrGetownedLP Před 3 lety +7

    I like that you included a viewer in the chat asking Matt to post the Reddit link before showing the clip of him saying "here's the post, upvote it." Doesn't make much of a difference over the greater narrative, but it was honest :)

  • @brysonomoto7978
    @brysonomoto7978 Před 4 lety +337

    hate him or eh hate him, he did play everyone like a damn fiddle

    • @PlastiGomi
      @PlastiGomi Před 4 lety +57

      Its because most youtuber audiences and redditors are retards who are easily manipulable by any one with fake outrage

    • @denko173
      @denko173 Před 4 lety +29

      You are giving him too much credit, he manipulated the internet equivalent of a bunch of especial ed kids.

    • @thebigshot3082
      @thebigshot3082 Před 4 lety +8

      @@PlastiGomi
      well you're in at least one of those audiences so don't go thinking you're immune or anything

    • @nickname8619
      @nickname8619 Před 4 lety +9

      @@PlastiGomi No, the fact is that most people are retards. PEOPLE. This is a human issue

    • @gheedra2708
      @gheedra2708 Před 4 lety +6

      And this is why you NEVER take the "think of the children" argument seriously.

  • @rain28980
    @rain28980 Před 4 lety +290

    anyone doing something "for the children" is likely not to be trusted

    • @MooShaka89
      @MooShaka89 Před 4 lety +7

      So Democrats 🤔

    • @rowane965
      @rowane965 Před 4 lety +41

      @@MooShaka89 Yeah, just Democrats. Only them

    • @jamstonjulian6947
      @jamstonjulian6947 Před 4 lety +22

      Will somebody please stop thinking of the children?!

    • @nightcrawler7498
      @nightcrawler7498 Před 4 lety +36

      You know, a lot of campaigns to "help starving children in Africa" never actually directly help the children in any way, so this statement makes sense. I'm not saying it's a fact, but it's sure got a lot of truth to it.

    • @TroopurHQ
      @TroopurHQ Před 4 lety +9

      @@rowane965 You missed the point. He's not saying that there aren't pedo Republicans. He's saying that "think of the children!" is one of the most commonly used Democrat excuses when they want something banned.

  • @aTypicalGabriel
    @aTypicalGabriel Před 2 lety +6

    wow what a cool thumbnail, i do wonder the creative process behind such a simplistic yet meaningful piece of art that not only is my first gateway into the content of the video it also makes me want to know more about the youtuber and possibly check out other videos

    • @orignialname4983
      @orignialname4983 Před rokem

      I mean, this comment is old, but he actually does have an entire video about thumbnails, so watch it if you want to

    • @orignialname4983
      @orignialname4983 Před rokem

      czcams.com/video/-6-i75wDIBE/video.html

  • @TheWhoost
    @TheWhoost Před rokem +5

    Don't get me STARTED on wasp removal videos

    • @ydk1k253
      @ydk1k253 Před rokem

      Uhhhh what's wrong with wasp removal videos?

    • @TheWhoost
      @TheWhoost Před rokem

      They keep me awake for hours when I should be asleep

  • @Cryros_sphere
    @Cryros_sphere Před 4 lety +318

    23:31 "I don't like Fox News"
    damn, that was subtle

    • @jolonghthong5377
      @jolonghthong5377 Před 3 lety +52

      Could maybe add to the “left wing” activist or corporate puppet idea. Although I don’t think anyone likes fox so idk

    • @Cryros_sphere
      @Cryros_sphere Před 3 lety +14

      @@jolonghthong5377 i have a liberal dad, and to him, fox news is achilles heel of the right, despite the fact that no legitimate non-neocon right winger actually watches fox news as a main source of info. I think the same applies to watson, just a hunch

    • @ernestoacosta7918
      @ernestoacosta7918 Před 3 lety +3

      Cryrosphere it is the network that some schools and teachers regard as unreliable as Wikipedia

    • @Cryros_sphere
      @Cryros_sphere Před 3 lety +29

      Ernesto Acosta any mainstream network is unreliable

    • @IchCharacter
      @IchCharacter Před 3 lety +1

      @@jolonghthong5377 Certainly adds to either/both of those. If you have a message you genuinely care about, you don't care how it gets to as many people as possible, you just care that it does. Never was about the supposed message, his reactions are quite telling.

  • @jcstides
    @jcstides Před 4 lety +772

    The fact that the background song is “Next Whisky Bar” which features the line “show me the way to the next little girl” is brilliant and slightly disturbing.

    • @Samuelon552
      @Samuelon552 Před 3 lety +15

      And strange days

    • @smolbrendan5978
      @smolbrendan5978 Před 3 lety +36

      Don't forget about _Want You Gone_ at 49:57 during the conclusion.

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 Před 3 lety +6

      At least it wasn't "Aqualung".

    • @samuelthehobo4441
      @samuelthehobo4441 Před 3 lety +2

      I recognized the melodies from the songs

    • @calebwochnick2147
      @calebwochnick2147 Před 3 lety +17

      33:30 is a remixed gary glitter song as well. Original is played in sports stadiums.

  • @movingthoughts7986
    @movingthoughts7986 Před 2 lety +3

    Man I am inspired by how much information/research and effort is displayed in 'bits' that last literally less than a second. Fucking slow clap. 10/10