(I Think) I Was a Pyromaniac | True Stories #3 | ASMR

[@videoraptortutorial]

Rift as someone who has listened to you almost 3 times a week for the last 6 years through thick or thin.. I think I can speak on behalf of us that we would 100% read any books you wrote, short or long, fiction or non fiction. Keep doing you, much love from the U.K

[@aedaed7238]

He's a trumper. You spent the last 6 years listening to a domestic terrorist.

[@averagejoe8358]

“Dad, are we pyromaniacs?” “We arson.”

[@cheezy5588]

Your dad joke game is on fire

[@zeinon2555]

I love how rift has slowly become more and more confident through this series, in the first two or three episodes he seemed sort of uncomfortable with the new format, but as time has gone on with it he's been more confident and started speaking up more and I absolutely love that so much

[@solidskullz5736]

Wow sounds like papa rift was a pretty FIRE dude back then

[@CameraGuyJoel]

Ayeeeeeeeeee!

[@thefelon8027]

Ba bum DING

[@Baked_Potato369]

That joke was pretty HEAT

[@pashatageneral348]

🤓

[@zuckbuck5022]

Horrible joke

[@sneakymoestuintyethekiller5220]

I actually really appreciate the time and effort you put into making these ASMR videos I've been sleeping way better lately👍

[@lordpyronowtubby6141]

AH THE BUTTHOLE TICKLING BANDIT!

[@axouru]

Very wholesome butthole tickling Bandit 😊😊😊🥰🥰🥰

[@gantster5896]

My father had a very similar experience during his early teen years. He was obsessed with burning small things and one time burnt a hole in his parent's carpet and got a stern lecture and his ass whooped. Luckily I didn't have his pyromanic tendencies during my teen years. Nice to hear your story, Uncle E!

[@zenskofa]

Серьезно

[@sting1ng]

​@@zenskofa да серьёзно, че не веришь что-ли)

[@dangerouseducation40]

I was fire OBSESSED as a kid but it totally went away as an adult, same as my depression. I guess I burned the depression and the roaring depression even smoldered out. If you're like I was, hang in there. It gets better. And ironically I had the police called to my house for a welfare check after 10 years sober today. Lmao.

[@pinkleWeenkies]

im proud of you. keep growing

[@FizzyK-45]

Always love it when Uncle E tells us his wild stories. 😁

[@MoonberryJam93]

I also had a phase of pseudo-pyromania when I was younger. Honestly I'm still a little too interested in fire to this day lol, I'm just glad that I was never able to successfully create any explosives because I definitely would have lost some fingers

[@tysmosisjones]

Paul, through multiple years I have followed your channel and I look forward to you dressed as an alien, making a pb&j, sitting by a fire, talking about your life or whatever the hell you’re doing. You have helped me through working in a factory (when you did the podcast) working in a dish pit and now working as a restaurant manager. I will never get sick of your voice, your videos or your presence. You will always be recommended, watched and enjoyed splentasticly through my eyes and ears. (And yes, when people ask me how I’m doing, I legit tell them Splentastic now).

[@AlienDuckie]

Thanks so much for making this video. It's very encouraging to hear about your impulse struggles. I would love if you did a video featuring your thoughts on impulse explosive disorder and your own history in that area.

[@FouITarnished]

Uncle E took a bed time story to a whole new level! Love it

[@arattux]

I love these "true stories" videos! Great work again!

[@mcbros3257]

Don’t worry about specifics papa rift! We will love you and your content no matter what!

[@fishebola]

I know that sometimes comments about how good your content is might start to blend together, but seriously, THANK YOU. Thank you for making these things to comfort us, things to make us feel less alone in this little world, just thank you for putting in the effort for all the strangers who love you. It's so absolutely splentasticly appreciated, and if I could, I would pay it all back to you in thanks for the comfort you give.

[@cosmowhispers]

Super relaxing and honestly super interesting to listen to! I enjoy hearing life stories so this is great! Thanks for sharing ER! 😁

[@bignoot1696]

You should write some short stories! Whether fictional or joking or whatever I WOULD PAY FOR IT I love the way ur brain works

[@toomanysymbols]

bro, it's one thing to light a fire, it's another to just run off and let it get out of hand potentially. that's when it turns from pyromania to some sort of unintentional arson i feel like. having said that, i was also constantly looking for ways of disrupting the order within my environment, and also lit quite a few fires. i never remember just letting it burn though. one time i didn't anticipate it well enough, and set fire to some plastic tarp draped over someone's fence, thinking only the bottom would burn. it started climbing pretty quickly, and dripping burning droplets of plastic. pulled the tarp down, stomped on it until it went out. that's the only close call i can remember. i've done probably hundreds of those little experiments, just seeing what happens. always made sure to do it in a non flammable environment, so never got in any serious trouble. related to that i was also pretty much addicted to explosions, fireworks etc. for quite a while. made lots of little bombs and stuff, shooting arrows through cans of deodorant next to an open flame, potato cannons and whatnot. once had a thing blow up in my hand, only had a few first degree burns and ringing in my ears, so nothing serious again. i think i've just been careful and also kinda lucky to have never had anything go seriously wrong

[@flatteredd991]

I once shoplifted a lighter bc I really enjoyed setting things on fire, the feeling was unique, the joy, the sounds of it, how diffrent objects reacted to fire, and I kinda miss it sometimes, not something you really stop to think but, some of that urge to just burn things remains inside

[@4Myer]

Love the podcasts pls keep making more, also please bring back another asylum video with all the characters

[@dontityourself]

I hate podcasts but I love this. It's also awesome to hear his regular voice after like 10 years of listening to ER. I've pretty much mined ASMR for all the tingles I can get, so I'm just happy to hear his voice and story.

[@DumbFishDante]

Wow I'm early that's crazy hey unc ER I just wanted to tell you I've been watching your videos since the pandemic and I love your content keep it up :)

[@almostzentv]

True stories! I know what video I’m relaxing with tonight

[@parsleyara758]

i loved listening to this, your videos are amazing

[@Dr.HannibalLecterVIII]

One time in middle school I wanted to set off the fire alarm, but instead of doing the easier thing and just simply pull the alarm itself, I had the bright idea to light some toilet paper on fire. I got caught, got accused of doing drugs (I literally just balled up the toilet paper and lit it [unsuccessfully]), and got yelled at back home.

[@niklaskirchler759]

When I was was young I loved playing with candels. I would hammer nails into the top of a candle and put a piece of metal on top and grilled different things on it.

[@ScoffMathews]

I accidentally set a friend's house on fire, luckily firefighters were like 2 blocks away and nobody got hurt. Years latter I understood why that friend stopped hanging out with me.

[@hauldeendabomb]

I’m really loving the story videos

[@CJ-ge5jm]

There was times when I was younger that I would destroy things. Like cutting curtains, setting stuff on fire, breaking windows (got hell for that one) dissembling things like toys, either mine or my siblings. I don’t know why I did it. I didn’t want to see other people without those things, I just want to see what was inside of these things or see them in different form from what i found them in. Things like silly putty and kinetic sand definitely helped sate these desires but I don’t know if they disappeared as an adult.

[@sedwards474]

I love these videos !! Keep it coming uncle!!

[@strayash232]

I didnt know you were chill like that

[@colbymoore1992]

Listen uncle E, after years of enveloping my self in your asmr universe, I can assure you you are an amazing author. If you ever chose to fully pursue writing me and many other people would fully support that.

[@gudkush420]

With the way you handle lit matches, learning you were (possibly) a pyromaniac in the past is not that surprising.

[@Noah-pr2or]

Awesome video! If you're seeing this, please do another macrophone video!! Those are amazingggg

[@itslunch_8189]

Youre my favorite youtuber

[@Rosalies_]

Perfect timing ER-home from work with that East Coast stomach bug. No sugar since the ban to replenish my electrolytes, so I’ll see you soon anyways.

[@jonf5620]

I’d like to see him start a band. The Ballad of ER.

[@forskinshredr]

Day 2 of asking for another "art of quiet" video 🙏

[@mastrtonberry2]

I was waiting for this video

[@spec5385]

Day 57 of asking ER to make a video where he tells inanimate objects just how truly he appreciates them.

[@hampter4804]

This was the best after a long day of testing.

[@opeth7021]

im sorry for my comments on your first video. i now know the difference between arson and pyromania. keep the fires coming live your truth

[@MrBenjiii]

I think I need to sleep soon because I read "I (think I) was a pyramid"

[@Taylor.]

Started my first fire 4 or so months ago at age 17. Burned an envelope I was gonna give to somebody, but plans changed. Thrill is real.

[@cnicoj]

The fire has risen Mr. Rift !

[@vermillionreaper]

i had some some minor experiences like those you told, in my case i never had an accident fortunately, but yeah, i would take paper and burnt it, light alcohol on the floor to see how it would react, or try to make experiment and see if i could make fire of different colors, once i almost set the house on fire when i light a container with alcohol, and a giant jet of flame came out of it with a huge bang, lol. That was more than a decade ago so, i don´t feel that urge anymore.

[@thomashorvath7026]

Me and my best friend started a fire in the woods in Euclid Ohio and we got spooked and stomped it out. We ran home and had planned a sleepover. While we were eating dinner an hour later we heard the fire department going by and looked at each other and spoke with our minds, omg bro what if it didn't go out.. yep it didn't and the woods were blazing thank God they put it out quick and not much damage but I've never done that again since.

[@bigasskutta795]

Whats good ER. Your probably never going to see this, I've been around since the beginning. You've helped me through a lot. I'm talking real cases I fought and in jail I went crazy and lost a lot of sleep cause I couldn't hear your content and it killed my soul. You've been a thinker and really brushed the intellectual side of ASMR, almost makes me feel like you invented it lol, I'm just commenting to you showing my true support with a candy in mouth request. My name is kutta.

[@CirclesandSounds]

As the great philosopher Paris Hilton once said, “that’s hot.” 🔥🔥🔥

[@nathannunes427]

Would it be possible to turn on Cc for these talk videos or podcasts. Sometimes I can’t listen so being able to read to sleep would be nice

[@joeporter5971]

Great video man

[@Joshs_entertainment]

Love your Chanel

[@TreeFrogOnATree]

Used to start fires in my room with isopropyl alcohol and a lighter with a friend. Luckily bragging about it put an end to that before any house fires.

[@ladygravenly]

Firestarter...twisted firestarter 🔥

[@nellyc1066]

This is such a good video

[@ch1cken642]

He's the guy people talk about when they say "I know a guy"

[@AdamMerlin]

You n me both. Burning paper. Ants, chilling with people who started fires. It aint pyromania, its being a bored child xD

[@aznmarry]

Hello from Romania y'all !

[@BARK910]

Hello from South Africa!!

[@Gglegeek-pv4mp]

You should do Shegorath!

[@mrhouse6206]

"Fire!" -Beavis

[@mrtankcartoonsabouttanks]

Yo man are you gonna play outlast again

[@isaacg2008]

I can for some reason really relate to this

[@shadownite9091]

tbh all you'd have to do is transcribe your videos, cut out some of the fluff from you rambling, and then make your book a collection of short stories. I don't read much anymore, but I do listen to audiobooks. I'd just listen to all of your videos (I already do that anyways) and buy the book to support the channel and also because I live in constant fear that one day youtube might shut down and I'll lose some of my favorite things forever

[@tigrex3622]

Average Rift lit moment😂

[@unchz]

Bruh 1.5k views after nearly an hour. Only the diehard ER fans remain

[@espresseaux]

Well yeah we do

[@unchz]

@@espresseaux ofc

[@HighlightReelFactory]

West Philadelphia, born and raised. Instead of playgrounds he was setting some leaves ablaze...

[@olgakoukouftopoulou3544]

When i was young i was thoughting that i was a phychopath or that i was possessed. It started in middle school that i started having those really disturbing thoughts about god like blashemous thoughts but not only thouse thoughts i had thoughts about beating someone or molest someone so i was thoughting that i was crazy even if i didn't like thouse thoughts thay didn't go away. When i get little older i made a research about thouse thoughts and came out that it was ocd

[@clg68]

Sir Rift, as a guy approximately your age, I can tell you with metaphysical certitude that many of us- back in the day- 'experimented' with fire. In fact, we 'experimented' with pipe bombs set off deep in the woods (no one was harmed - we were the only possible victims). So, by my calculations, I'd say your experiences were rather average.

[@baranbozdogan5232]

You sound like a chad pyromancer enjoyer in dark souls

[@DelfinuNegru]

All we've ever burned was trash, not living things. It was about the thrill, how big the fire was going to be and how we were going to put it off.

[@adderon]

Instead of a novel, how about comic books? Maybe have some of your Riftverse cast as characters in your true stories

[@flamesofhellstudio]

You can always get a ghost writer to write your story for you.

[@doa_3]

That feeling when the pyromaniac wathing that someone think he is pyromaniac.

[@DichoDichev]

Mr Rift, are you doing something about your hair? How does it look this well at your age? I'm 25, we have the same hair type but Im balding already...

[@nadiasvens]

I got as far as lighting a napkin on fire at the restaurant when I was a kid.

[@codymueller7733]

I would love to see a video about you talking about your thoughts on todays generation

[@justinAclark2075]

Everybody knows that all good writers have crippling self doubt

[@The_Raydinator_2008]

Me:**still is one** hehe (my lawer has advised me to state that this is a joke)

[@CameraGuyJoel]

Fire does look cool tbh.

[@JePaKy66]

Next time with uncle E, "i was jack the ripper"

[@dawsonh420]

Rift woulda been a great caveman

[@Shadowcorp89]

And lit shit on fire 🔥 I think we was all pyros at that age

[@TheSlowDancer13]

I used to burn my fingers with lit candles just for the sake of feeling pain and trying to surpass it by endurance. I was like 7 years old hahahaha

[@culex2513]

Trust me, you do not have anti-social personality disorder. A psychopath/sociopath wouldn't feel bad about almost burning his/her house down.

[@wifflewaffel]

I wonder if he has a script he reads for videos or if he just goes with it cuz 1 hour videos would be hard to write a script for would assume

[@LiamIsCool77]

You sound like Christian Bale doing an American accent 😮

[@jlau317]

He should just do a video reading weird ads as one of his characters

[@espresseaux]

It's called a blood blister

[@Sorin96]

Love being early

[@madeby_zay]

I don’t mean to be a backseat driver or whatever but “(I think) I Was a Pyromaniac” might be a better way to position the parentheses

[@EphemeralRift]

Yeah you’re probably right

[@exiletheexile9856]

You could write a book of ASMR's for parents or couples, don't discount people's appreciation of your work. Find someone on Fivver or in your community to work on an ASMR storybook with you, then work on a memoir. Most kids books or books for Adult children who also like looking at the pictures only take about a page of writing.

[@superspiderdum]

Nothin wrong having a bonfire with friends (unironic)

[@MCGR]

intresting that someone could get turned on by fire, like damn fire you lookin thicc

[@adderon]

Korina Kova heat

[@Logan-dz6sm]

ER, you’d do a really good hairdresser video

[@Kachikooko]

we have all had those psychotic urges it’s ok uncle rift

[@Chrimillo]

Was the West Philly Pryomaniac

[@braveheart_entertainment]

See that's the thing I believe if basements have Windows than one of them should be to where you can escape just in case there's like a fire and you can't get upstairs but then again maybe that's why there isn't is because you know burglars and stuff like that so they can't watch the window get inside but I don't know that's not my job to know I'm just concerned people safety like shouldn't there be at least one fire escape window in the basement if that basement has Windows anyways I'm going to stop talking about this and just enjoy the story

[@toastyPredicament]

I live in a city

[@belugacoult]

Im from german 🇩🇪

[@WOLFM0THER]

I just ate the smallest hot dog ever

[@andrewmueller9986]

Vienna sausage?