u/Swag_Paladin21

There's about three things that I've had cemented in me:

1. One of the worst things that you could be online is someone who is seen as "cringe" (seriously, people have had their lives nearly ruined just because they acted in a way that other folks online saw as silly & embarrassing)

2. A good majority (if I had to guess, I'd say 40-60%) of past dramas are either nothingburgers / problematic shit that have been highly dramatized by those who should've either ignored it or settled it privately.

3. It is way too easy for someone to be demonized for making something that's entirely FICTIONAL and is not hurting anyone (as long as it doesn't involve real people).

The third point is something that I brought up in my last post, but to say it again, it is way too easy to be labeled as either a pedophile or someone "who needs their USB drives checked" just for making a graphic horror fiction.

Yes, he really did say this.

I don't think I could truly describe just how much of a shitshow this was back when it happened 2 years ago.

This was HUGE at the time, with it even occupying the trending tab on Twitter for weeks. With several people, both big and small, talking about the google doc.

(With the other topics that were also occupying the tab being Stonetoss when he got doxxed, and that "Not like us" song)

Oddly enough, the callout post nearly coincidences with the one-year anniversary that Squimpus McGrimpus, who was another popular analog horror creator, had a callout post made about him.

As said in the title, the callout was backed by many folks within the online horror community, such as Martin Walls, Kyle DeNigris (a VA in TWF, and Mandela Catalog), Night Mind, and Chezzkids Archive (hypocritical online prick).

It should also be noted that there was another google doc that came out that accused Alex Kister of engaging inappropriately with minors (not grooming, but dressing inappropriately in front of them, IIRC)

Alex eventually responded to these accusations with his own document debunking some of these claims but left some unanswered or outright admitted to doing some of what was mentioned in the callout posts.

Following the response, the main person who made this expose tweet (STIRRINGJUICE) made an update saying that they're leaving the internet & completely took down everything, including the google document.

Like I said, it was a massive shitshow that I still do not think I'm fully capable of condensing within this Reddit post.

You don't need to be a white knight for said YouTuber, but it is mostly you not instantly jumping on the hate bandwagon whenever this said "slightly controversial." YouTuber is brought up.

I'm choosing to defend Urbanspook and TwelveMan.

For Urbanspook's case, I get that many people classify his analog horror series as the "WORST THING" to ever come out of the analog horror genre, but honestly, I think most of the hate that Urbanspook received was way too over-the-top for someone whose worst SIN was making an edgy series and calling Pastra (another horror creator) a "cunt" & is now seen as a child predator (alongside his fans) due to his previous controversy.

(Even though Pastra threw the first punch by shit-talking a smaller creator in the field)

His series isn't exactly perfect, with most of the writing relying on shock value, but to classify his series as the worst in the analog horror genre is so odd to me when there's other analog horror examples that are far more egregious when you compare it to Urbanspook's series.

(Like that 06/06/06 Spongebob hijacking video that told Stephen Hillenburg to burn in hell)

For TwelveMan's case, he's more on the FNAF VHS side of things, and most fans consider his work to be just as edgy as Urbanspook's work (with the whole cooking kids inside deep fryers thing).

Regardless of their edgy content, I'm of the strong belief that the internet shouldn't police the FICTIONAL content that someone makes, no matter how egregious it is.

(Provided it doesn't involve real people)

Also, making posts that label these creators as "creeps who need to have their hard drives checked" do nothing but harm actual victims of CSA by conflating FICTIONAL work with REAL trauma inflicting onto these people.

(Speaking as a CSA victim myself)

That's my choice and defensive explanation.

What's yours?

And when I say "dipped," I'm not talking about people like Jenna Marbles or MatPat, who've announced that they're either retiring or quitting from YouTube.

Or YouTubers who used to go on VERY LONG HIATUSES like Coryxkenshin. Or YouTubers who are not on the site anymore because they're either banned or in prison.

No, when I say "dipped," I mean they straight up DIPPED off the face of the site, either taking their whole catalog of videos down with them or left their channel to collect dust for the many years to come.

Back when I was in high school during the late 2010s, there was this art commentary channel that I used to watch called Chaos55t. I remember watching some of their videos detailing them dealing with spiteful players on Minecraft, being threatened by some kid on DA, or receiving hate mail by some angry religious dad.

Over time, that channel has been on-and-off my mind a few times, until just recently, when I decided to check up on her videos again, only to see that the entire channel was gone. Literally, everything was gone.

I tried to do some research, and all I could find was one video that said that she apparently got into some drama with J.A.R and LioConvoy, but said video came out a few years before her disappearance, so I think that was the answer that I was looking for.

Another YouTuber that I remember watching who also dipped was Squizzy, although I think her departure was more warranted.

To give a quick summary, Squizzy was another one of those storytime/meme animators who announced that they were taking a break from the internet after she was exposed to being physically abusive towards PunkDunk, her now-ex.

(Squizzy was also involved in past controversies, but this was the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.)

While her channel is still up and her stating that she is taking a "long break," it's clear to many that she is not coming back onto YouTube anytime soon.

With all this said, are there any YouTubers that you used to watch who just up and dipped from YouTube for one odd reason or another?

The man pictured here is Patrick Purdy, a 24-year-old man who, on January 17th, 1989, killed 5 children at an elementary school in Stockton, California, before taking his own life.

While a VERY obscure case, one thing that made this case stand out so much to me was the fact that the perpetrator of this shooting was a gay man.

And, to clarify myself, I'm not saying that one's sexuality or their preference in who they identify as plays a role as one of the factors in them becoming a mass killer.

But, as with female mass shooters (that are not family annihilators), I find queer killers to be a rather intriguing anomaly within the vast category of mass killers.

So, with that said, I ask you all what your thoughts are on mass killers who are queer?

This is an EXTREMELY late "On This Day" post, but I felt very disappointed that I forgot to commemorate the 5th anniversary of this shooting, and I think it was because I, alongside several others, were too busy with that Turkey school shooting that occurred on the same day as this.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Turner - (Fairly Odd Parents)

2. Buck Cluck - (Chicken Little)

3. Linda Ann-Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Basically, guns / ranged weapons that are so powerful, they pretty much obliterate EVERYTHING within vicinity.

1. Fat Man - (Fallout)

2. BFG - (Doom)

3. The Ultimate Admin Gun - (Gmod)