Don't Hex the Water

[@kabluey4142]

I'd feel better if this was a NordVPN sponsor

[@linen8231]

When the video ended it just felt like a slap to the face

[@Sofia-T]

I needed this comment for a laugh after that ending, thanks mate

[@nbnerd2283]

only 2 replies on an exurb1a pinned comment??!

[@Skund79]

The biggest irony about VPNs is that you sell your date instead to your ISPN to a VPN provider with the headquarter in Panama City

[@9nikola]

@@Skund79 The difference between not using a VPN and using a VPN is that with the former you don't know who takes your data, and with the latter you pay them for taking it.

[@XxjeffersonDkidxX]

“Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” ― Edward Snowden

[@SmileyEmoji42]

This is a bad analogy. It is actually more like saying that you don't care about free speech when all you have to say is stuff that the powers that be are happy for you to say.

[@maxliggins8448]

Nah I think this is a sick quote

[@influx5821]

@@SmileyEmoji42 no, the powers would rather you say absolutely nothing, because if you say absolutely nothing you are absolutely harmless

[@clicky5494]

@@SmileyEmoji42 damn

[@kateapple1]

Even after the way he explained it though I still feel that way 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@pavelmedbery3055]

"Knowledge is power, but spying from ivory towers is rude." God tier quote right rhere.

[@jimhalpert9898]

dont search up exurb1a allegations

[@lucidnode]

@@jimhalpert9898 That sucks if it's true. I'm going to keep watching his content no matter what though. Even terrible people can give good advice. And a ton of people could benefit from these videos. (I feel like I need to say this because I think people have forgotten the world is complicated like that.)

[@EternalFinity]

@@lucidnode its not, its all hearsay from an abusive ex of his

[@Jaydee8652]

@@EternalFinity, If it was hearsay he would address it, not hide it.

[@waytooaesthetic]

@@Jaydee8652 alot of people dont talk about allegations for, you know, PRIVACY

[@sofiahamby9453]

It's really a whole new scary vibe when he doesn't do the rant about why this isn't so bad at the end

[@AstroSalamander]

Freaked me out man

[@hunterhobday6363]

Indeed, I'm kinda bummed now

[@nonenothingnull]

Oh boo hoo whatever shall we dooo >crotch shot uploaded to social media Oh boo hooooooooooo >live feed of cameras without conscious knowledge Wahhhhhhh!!! >using data harvester services Little hypocritical, yes, but just seek free software, as this will go away soon.

[@p.t.557]

@@nonenothingnull What did we say about tiktok? and look where we are now? DO YOU REALLY STILL THINK HUMANS ARE THAT SMART?

[@SeventhSolar]

Well he already did the "why this isn't so bad". It's half the metaphor. We just have to take the better road.

[@louvonkra4691]

bro... I clicked on this video because it looked fun, why do I need to see a psychologist now?

[@vizthex]

average exurb1a experience.

[@a_hell_spawn3657]

Idk why but the fact that you said psychologist insted of therapist just makes me respect you in some way

[@webtomas]

i hope you are doing tip top...bboi

[@louvonkra4691]

@@webtomas yeah, I'm still doing fine, life doesn't wait, there is no time to stay broken, hope you are doing okay too 😘

[@weeddeeweedeeweed420]

@@a_hell_spawn3657 love that bro 😂😂

[@bellas486]

The transition from storytelling to explaining is beyond genius

[@LolLol-gd7ly]

Remember that time he groomed an autistic girl

[@Bugy64]

I guess it's clever but I think it was executed rather poorly.

[@ryanfarrelly4647]

@@Bugy64 it could of been a lovely short story

[@CGJero]

@@Bugy64 no, the sudden cut is kind of like his signature

[@Bugy64]

@@ryanfarrelly4647 It seems only to be incomplete, although I suppose leaving some things up for interpretation creates a more interesting narrative.

[@aenorist2431]

"Fuck no it is not" The sheer satisfaction in this line is amazing.

[@pencarbo5387]

I was so afraid it was gonna turn into add for a moment

[@XDRosenheim]

I did have a good laugh at that one. The tone and delivery of that line was just spot on.

[@syntheticpolymer620]

I had a little faith in humanity restored ngl

[@Tophuh]

Had my finger ready on the 'skip 5 sec' button

[@wolf2403]

I love this way too much it's probably not healthy lol

[@yephobochi4384]

we watched the video and agreed that it was a serious problem. And then we all clicked on the next video, and the bright colours and happy feelings came back, and we continued to do absolutely nothing about what was coming

[@LeanAndMean44]

Yes, that is the majority of people.

[@piergiorgiosauli4981]

@@LeanAndMean44 I also gave a like

[@alronthunderdrummer]

it's election month here and there is a party running on a platform of addressing this problem, among other things. it's core to their ideology. I can do something about it if I prioritise it over other societal change.

[@Dr_Wrong]

What's coming?

[@verdurite]

This feels like dogwhistling

[@zachh.9855]

This may sound backwards, but Exurb1a is one of the very few channels in which I choose to not watch the new video right away because of how much I cherish them. Algorithmic human desire? Manufactured fate? Is this truly our path or the path of the machine?

[@karenseveson]

I'll usually wait until I have the time to fully appreciate it (however that may not be possible with this mans talent)

[@alexanderadkins2391]

Same, I gatta plan out the existential dread or reality shattering for a day im in the headpace for it

[@Scapestoat]

I do the same. I watch them when I am ready for them. :)

[@martinweiss2955]

It's the path to the choice. We can choose our way in our epoch, like we chose world wars or the dark ages, or church schisms

[@infinitestare]

plot twist: exurb1a is the AI shepherding us towards this dreadful future by summarizing and normalizing these concepts under a guise of reasonable warnings it packages this brave new world for us so that it gets easier to swallow.

[@2k7u]

What seemed like a brilliant segway to a sponsor was even more brilliant when revealed not to be

[@thesenamesaretaken]

Are segways still a thing?

[@overdosingontomatoes8619]

@Tripping Warbler research a bit into exurb1a

[@gablo1089]

@@thesenamesaretaken he means segue

[@evertjanssen]

Please inform yourself about the rape charges against this man.

[@thesenamesaretaken]

@@evertjanssen it's good practice to tell people this, if only so they can find how little merit there is in the random witch hunts they are invited to join

[@vincnt0169]

"Knowledge is Power - but spying from Ivory Towers is rude." I love it.

[@handlemonium]

The Yang to that Yin would be....... *"Power is Responsibility - so building those Ivory Towers out of pure sapphire glass would be very considerate of our collective societal consciousness."*

[@JamEast]

Want more knowledge then look up experiment a

[@evertjanssen]

Please inform yourself about the rape charges against this man.

[@flask223]

Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug.

[@ryein542-zx1jp]

😂

[@dust1077]

"What the fuck is chungus?!" By far my favorite exurb1a quote

[@jimhalpert9898]

dont search up exurb1a allegations

[@theempire8461]

It big

[@d3vitron779]

@@jimhalpert9898 they’re a tad bit unhinged to be believable, but it did kinda sour how i watch his videos ngl

[@hemidactylusfrenatus173]

@@jimhalpert9898 we all know, let us watch the goddamn video without thinking about them

[@GrimHeaperThe]

@@theempire8461 a big chunky boi

[@jehffvredition2026]

this is probably the most adhd yet thoughtful and cohesive channels out there

[@Nephalen]

what does adhd have to do with it?

[@jesusv5169]

@@Nephalenoverthinking/ looking too deeply into things

[@randomcrusader5632]

@@jesusv5169also from what I know the jumpiness makes it easier for people with adhd to watch, their attention span isn’t on one thing thing too long

[@FreeSpeechXtremist]

Exurb1a is my favourite thing on KZbin and I'm as ADHD as they come so maybe he's onto something lol

[@davidlawler8707]

That's not exclusive to adhd.​@@jesusv5169

[@olam4642]

The VPN joke at 3:43 was perfect, the idea of this whole dramatic artistic intro about privacy being there only to transition into a VPN ad is honestly so funny

[@GraveyardTricks]

Then you go check out the VPN he's advertised and it asks for your email address to sign up

[@santecrutcher9780]

It was so good 😂

[@davidegaruti2582]

Because it's subverting expectations : The first diagetic ad i saw was kinda cool imo , i was used to ad breaks and all and seeing an ad that was introduced by the script was genuinely intresting , However right now 3-4 years since , it became really tired as a thing , And honestly ads are possibly the most pathetic form of art , And it's deeply sad it's also the most seen form of art , An art aimed at taking desire and carrying it whenever

[@aless5207]

He got me, I was like no, it can't be...

[@hycix705]

If this entire video ended in a VPN sponsor it would have been the greatest VPN ad in existence of VPN ads

[@VoxAD15VT]

“Unless the powerful had invisibility cloaks or lived in faraday cages…” I mean that’s definitely what would happen.

[@incognitoman3656]

Well, you’d know they lived there if you couldnt see them

[@vylbird8014]

I'm sure there would be exclusive hotels built to keep information from escaping. Possibly including faraday cages.

[@trime1015]

@@incognitoman3656 Still doesn't tell you what they're doing. They get to keep their secrets.

[@richardward6747]

Let's face it though, powerful people can buy social engineering that warps the minds of the population into being ineffective at rebellion an effective at counter rebellion.. they already do.. all depends on the flavour of the tech involved.. if it comes with psychologically fortifying ingenuity that little exploit won't work either.

[@ThePlaguebringer172]

By wearing a cloak of secrets in a secretless world, you place yourself as the enemy

[@cometual]

God I love Exurb1a’s videos, his storytelling truly makes you feel emotions you can’t explain.

[@zeese426]

Depression and feeling insignificant lol

[@Lulink013]

Yeah it almost makes you forget what he's done. almost.

[@brosisjk3993]

@@Lulink013 fr more people need to know

[@oliverkat]

He's a r4pper

[@alphatoomega7949]

You should read his books Ive recently read the fith science and his storytelling works really well in textform

[@drnojtm2598]

you are an insanely good story teller, usually i get goosebumps when i listen to songs that blow me away but from the first few minutes i was awaiting your next sentence. When i get my next paycheck i will get your books - i haven't read in years but if those are anything like this then I will be blown away. you probably wont see this but thank you. thank you so much

[@bighillraft]

maybe you should read books, they are the best way to expand your mind and gain new ideas

[@floatingblaze8405]

"What have we done to ourselves? We've broken epistemology itself, sacrificing truth in favor of mediated hyperreality, and for what, _for what_ , *what the fuck is chungus* " - depression turtle 2022

[@isapu1948]

It has "God is dead and we killed him" vibes

[@lil_herb2518]

@@isapu1948 whats the time stamp??

[@lil_herb2518]

what time does it say that

[@floatingblaze8405]

@@lil_herb2518 11:06

[@mathewward6229]

Chunga is DMT, tobacco and passion flower.

[@tophatgeo]

"The road to hell is paved with good inventions" What a perfect subversion of a typical quote

[@ghost_of_jah5210]

That is the typical quote? As far as I’ve heard at least

[@unrested7294]

@@ghost_of_jah5210 it's "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" not inventions.

[@ghost_of_jah5210]

@@unrested7294 bruh I’m stupid

[@vincnt0169]

I like "Knowledge is Power - but spying from Ivory Towers is rude."

[@jewishmafia9801]

@@ghost_of_jah5210 Don't worry Mang, my buddy says pacific rather than specific. He also says Cadillac converter as opposed to catalytic converter but he means well and is far more successful than me. He doesn't say them sarcastically but he's a very honest and well intentioned individual so it doesn't bother me juan bit...

[@The_Maze_Is_Not_Meant_For_You]

It's a testament to the genius of exurb1a that I once I watched everything he's done, I found myself getting pissed off that he doesn't release content daily...as though he's responsible for delivering hilarious, perspicuous, brilliant material to me on a daily basis.

[@The_Maze_Is_Not_Meant_For_You]

I hope this inspires another Timothy McVeigh the park is truck somewhere in Silicon Valley

[@Bruhecc]

I would argue that the true genius is being able to watch a video of his every day for years and still be struck by its novelty every day as if it was the first time

[@homosapienfactory6291]

Excuse me, I looked away for a moment and we went from the kraken to how the internet works? I love this channel.

[@CozySER]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieke_Roelofs He is also a ra*ist

[@normanclatcher]

It's a metaphor. The Kraken _-is-_ how the internet works. Tendrils everywhere.

[@davidholder7449]

Quick hi hi hi there

[@davidholder7449]

I’m

[@deethwarrior]

#healingforpie pls unsub

[@nomallife]

I watched this, promptly fell asleep and had a nightmare. 10/10

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Being awake is a nightmare, too...

[@advaith_31]

@@EmeraldLavigne bro u good?

[@minecraftermad]

@@advaith_31 he causes cancer.

[@voidling2632]

@@advaith_31 Can't say for Johnny but I'm not good at all.

[@aless5207]

@@voidling2632 I hear 95% deck chair vodka is useful?

[@liveen]

Exurb1a is THE master of the art of going full circle and closing the loop with a magnificent breathtaking conclusion

[@deethwarrior]

No no he is not #healingforpie

[@liveen]

@@deethwarrior #imaboomer

[@okayest_pianist]

@@deethwarrior seperate the art from the artist

[@kelleh711]

@@okayest_pianist stop monetarily supporting sexual abusers by watching their content

[@-Pexy]

@@deethwarrior Love how much attention a case with so little evidence gets... The only youtuber that covered it at more than a minute of length promised a full documentary and, indeed, did not give. When will it be seen that the case is false?

[@lostbutfreesoul]

The wormhold story is one I love! The first time I encountered that thought, of what being able to look outside of time would really be used for, I couldn't help but want a 'hyperspace window.' To now have a piece of terminology, sousveillance, that can be attached to that concept and a book I can just give other people... so thank you. It isn't something that I fear at all after a decade of thought, for a lot of the pain we do to ourselves and each other comes from a fear that we need secrets. That we can't be trusted to behave with social grace after we learn what all other humans are like....

[@flask223]

Exurb1a lies to CERN Scientist going by "Pie" about being a fellow CERN Scientist. He uses her as a psychological test subject without full consent in "experiment A" which is about "organic synchronicity", similar to baader meinhoff/frequency illusion. He artificially induces it to her and drives her to deep depression, then near suicide. In the psych ward she was unable to contribute to police investigation and things got buried. CERN confirmed Exurb1a "Alex" was never an employee, also his reddit fan club also banned him over these events

[@att6844]

What a brilliant way to combine your creative writing with your essay-like analysis, all under a bow of impending dread and despair. Well done sir.

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

its weird to compliment someone whos been proven to be a rapist this much but maybe you didnt know so ill give you the benefit of the doubt

[@clickpause8732]

A great video from a sadly terrible man. Look up Pieke Roelofs.

[@hemidactylusfrenatus173]

@@clickpause8732 we all know, let us watch the goddamn video without thinking about them

[@Joelsonfarrn]

@@clickpause8732 While I respect your desire to not prop up bad actors. If an allegation as terrible as the one levied here is not proven, then it does no one a service to suggest that it is fact. Innocent until PROVEN guilty is a serious social and legal principle. Try and put yourself into the shoes of someone accused and charged of something they actually didn't do. This would be bad in the same way that the action allegedly done by the creator here would be. Encouragement, not criticism. May the truth always win

[@clickpause8732]

@@Joelsonfarrn I have to agree with you there, but also in this case it's clear that the due process has failed the people involved. A cursory glance over Pieke's Wikipedia article shows that the systems put into place to protect people like her or to determine guilt or innocence have actively resisted and rebutted her case at every turn, especially when compounded with the Netherlands' suspiciously low rape conviction rate. By putting myself into exurb1a's shoes, I can't find a reason myself why he chose to go against her allegations in such a roundabout way other than to avoid having to make a public statement against her. His actions, personally, reek to high heaven, and I can't in good conscience support a man who skirts around accusations in this manner. That said, I think your stance is a perfectly fair one to hold.

[@TheThirdPrice]

"The road to hell is paved with good inventions" What a fucking play on the idiom. Brilliant

[@BgMapping]

@✧ Shroomi ✧ The road to hell is paved with good intensions

[@aless5207]

@✧ Shroomi ✧ The idiom means that often positive intent causes harm. The modification carries that idea through to technology (which really is just a subset of "intent" hence the smart word play). The issue is the underlying truth that intent is heavily influenced by subjectivity so what I think is best (for me) generally ends up not the best (for everyone else).

[@TheThirdPrice]

@@aless5207 couldn't have put it better myself, thanks!

[@tomc.5704]

"You can't watch pornography on a robot." Yeah, but...you could....you know....

[@WingMaster562]

You cant, you must

[@WeebJail]

way ahead of you

[@thatoneguywithhorns3774]

ah great minds surely think alike

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

If it can run DOOM, it can certainly run pr0n. And everything can run DOOM.

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

You could DO it on the robot instead There I completed it for anyone who wonders

[@callumjean5455]

the visuals for this are amazing!! I especially love the projected zooms at 0:15 and 1:11

[@baycoazonline]

Its actually insane how easily a cosmic turtle can override my impulse control

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

Its actually insane how its been proven this youtuber raped someone and then told them to kill themselves yet apparently thats ok if u can make a somewhat decent youtube video

[@clickpause8732]

It's a shame that said turtle has no impulse control of his own. Please look up Pieke Roelofs.

[@abhaytyagi6179]

@@clickpause8732 don't you have a life?

[@---jj9lf]

@@clickpause8732 innocent until proven guilty

[@bigbazza1206]

As always, when I have a particularly bad day, he returns. Existential crisis turtle. Here to make my day with a new upload

[@toz_dumann]

make your day even worse lol

[@NeonPhlox]

we shouldn't be supporting exurb1a, he emotionally abused and sexually assaulted a girl

[@altideasfortomorrow]

Im gonna need you to have bad days more often then

[@togrulhuseynli7600]

@@toz_dumann paradoxically, it makes the day better

[@dominicsmith8698]

How tf this make your day

[@5volt793]

14:15 "contemplating turning your life around? Would some deck-chair vodka help?" is a beautifully simple and effective expression of the how the incentives of online algorithms DO NOT ALIGN with creating good outcomes for members of society.

[@isaacjones8461]

That’s very true, they only exist to make money, there is no thought behind the algorithm, it just is. And it only exists to extract and insert information, without regard for the human receiving it

[@Dr_Wrong]

@@isaacjones8461 _"there is no thought behind the algorithm, [...] without regard for the human receiving it"_ Ineffective then. Knowing what car I bought doesn't help them know what car to sell me.. 1. If I just bought a car, I'm no longer looking to buy.. 2. I may come to hate the car, and never want another like it.. 3. Doesn't tell them my intentions, so 'target marketing' accessories is still their crap-shoot.. What if I buy dry dog food to feed rabbits.. Will I buy heart-guard for dogs? ..no What if the rabbits hate it? Will I buy more or similar? ..no What if they love it? Does the data showing I bought it help them to fraudulently convince me to buy it again? ..no, I want it, regardless of their secret data that I bought it. Data-miners are scamming corporations, not individuals. If there was profit to be made from data, they'd make it, not sell it. Exactly like 'Store-Brand' products are done.

[@KWifler]

I'm invisible to the system. I'm a disabled shut-in in poverty who wants a real life relationship. No online system can sell me anything.

[@paracame8162]

@@KWifler you just watched a video, read a comment, and left a reply on a platform run by Google. Where's your invisibility now?

[@KWifler]

@@paracame8162 I'm like polluted air to the algorithm. It chokes on me, clears its throat, and moves on. Nothing to see here.

[@mittens2015]

Big leaps of mankind: - Hot wood - weird mushroom? - string - triangles - defacating in exactly the right place - word + other word = funny! Wait a second that sounds like a good idea

[@CIWS-Goalkeeper]

What does 5 mean, I don’t get it, like fertilizer?

[@levil2869]

Making it so the food we found produces more food later (farming/cattle)

[@levil2869]

​ sanitation, not shitting in the same river we drink and bathe from

[@levil2869]

​@@CIWS-Goalkeeper sanitation, not shitting in the same river we drink and bathe from

[@CIWS-Goalkeeper]

@@levil2869 k so like human toilets, got it

[@t111ran3]

"Tinagrad" is such a good name. I almost certain it holds meaning, and the author put thought into it. Because, in Russian, and I assume in some other languages, the word "TAINA" means secret, or mystery. And the suffix "GRAD" literally means town. So, it is literally becomes "The Town of Secrets".

[@goodhumor9454]

It would mean something along the lines of Mysteryshire

[@Ann-nz3lr]

Taina and grad mean secret and town in Bulgarian. The author has put other Bulgarian words or references in his videos. Also at one point in the video he said "обичам те България" which means, I love you, Bulgaria. So I think he has either lived there as a child, his parents or one of his parents are Bulgarian or he has visited or lived there at some point in his life.

[@t111ran3]

@@Ann-nz3lr this makes so much sense

[@goodhumor9454]

@@Ann-nz3lr I remember a year or so back he had made a video where he was biking and he talked and mentioned he was at that point living in Bulgaria

[@morrismutunga7622]

I've realised something Ironic while reading your comment: "Siri"' is the Swahili word for "Secret" in east Africa where I'm from. Siri is only going to get better at knowing our secrets as technology improves.

[@colbyandbrennen3543]

The thought of someone being able to see me rot in my bedroom for 20 hours a day is horrifying

[@jacewhite8540]

Poor watcher

[@stoneytheclown]

How are you so busy that you get to go out for 4 hours a day?

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

well thats literally what this youtuber tried to do... he fucking admited to raping a girl and then trying to convince her to kill herself. look it up

[@enthurian100]

@@stoneytheclown Well he's got to sleep some time.

[@sumkindacheeto]

The mythical guy that asked

[@6675636boff]

“Points for execution” thank you for the pause so I didn’t have to miss anything lol

[@Nemaris68]

I like this idea of everyone knowing everything about everyone else, the idea of shame and fear will disappear. If everyone could watch, everyone else’s embarrassing moments as well. Like the story you told at the start of the video that first city honestly would be a dream for someone like me. The idea that everyone is watching everyone, eliminates embarrassment

[@berlehessellundshelligedis6823]

This channel is a perfect example that quality>quantity

[@topdog5252]

There’s a few. SoUncivilised is a Star Wars channel that does that. Dream, the Minecraft KZbinr also does that. Barely Sociable sort of also. Some of the best channels are quality over quantity. It’s very rare you get both quality and quantity. Solving the Money Problem might be one (I’m a fan). The guy does daily videos that are all great.

[@alnaskabeer1361]

Kurzgesagt (or whatever it's spelt)

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

ok but the guy also raped someone and then tried to convince the girl to kill herself so no wonder he has so much time on his hands... look it up

[@the1necromancer]

​@@alnaskabeer1361 Kurzgesagt is pretty good, but they have their biases. It makes some of their videos a chore to watch.

[@AreiaMercurius]

@@the1necromancer what do you mean

[@jordanrobinson823]

This is the first video I've watched in a long time that has legitimately scared me. I didn't learn anything I wasn't aware of already but the way exurb1a explained it all has me shook for the future

[@pimpofallsimps8413]

don't worry, its all a simulation anyway

[@aidanallen1976]

Whenever I discover fringe ideas that have merit, the ones seldom discussed on mainstream channels, I always see a gorgeous video about it a few months or years later from this brilliant man

[@herenow8047]

its getting good. I like the KZbin krakens mouthpiece to the psuedo intellectual

[@clickpause8732]

Beautiful videos, I agree. I just wish the man who made them lived up to them. Look up Pieke Roelofs.

[@el-ml-am9511]

@@clickpause8732 Thank you for that; I wasn’t aware.

[@tomc.5704]

​@@clickpause8732 Well damn, that's a shame. I don't want to defend the guy. It's not okay. People should be called out, and there should be consequences. I understand there's a court case --as there should be. But...this isn't new, and this isn't just one instance. How many footballers, how many politicians, how many in the past generations who got away with it? People are shitty. They always have been. In a just would, every single one of them would be taken to court. And I suppose in a sousveillance world (if that is the proper term) -- they would. And the court cases would be brief. At the end of the day - get taken to court, pay the price for being a shitty person, and stop being a shitty person. It's not a perfect answer, but it's the answer we've got.

[@clickpause8732]

@@tomc.5704 I agree with you. Ideally, people should be able to serve the sentence for their crimes and then move on from there. The sad thing, however, is that Exurb1a hasn’t faced legal consequence for his actions against Pieke. The Dutch government is notorious for its low rape conviction rate, and Pieke’s case was held back at every turn. “In December 2020, Roelofs and her lawyers sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights after the Dutch prosecution office recognised she was indeed sexually abused by the suspect, but the prosecutor intended not to prosecute him.” A quote from her Wikipedia article. And so I post these comments, because exurb1a hasn’t yet been held accountable, and this is the only means I have of ensuring an unrepentant criminal doesn’t walk away completely scot free.

[@tristans623]

bravo, the writing, the spoken presentation, the video collection and editing, very well done. I like to think this is the work of a team, because it seems more incredible to think that this is the work of a single individual. If you are that individual, wow!

[@appellsauce]

This feels like an assault of information, and I'm totally okay with it

[@danklegosi6084]

I too enjoy being assaulted. Sexually, might I add.

[@k4kerem]

assault is sth he is quite professional about

[@fabianojeda3078]

Hehehe

[@mishtox3833]

Just like exurb1a's assault on a mentally ill woman!

[@1v966]

1:31 Taynograd [Тайноград] literally translates as the City of Secrets. Or just Secretville - [тайна] being "secret"/"mystery" and [град] being "city". Like it's a legit way of how some russian/slavic citis are named (Volgograd, Kaliningrad etc). Genius attention to worldbuilding for a youtube video lmao

[@k4kerem]

did you also know exurb1a is a manipulative rapist who experimented on a person living with autism? oh yeah it's her, whom he raped. that we know of. Bulgaria is his Argentina. Just look it up.

[@muenstercheese]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@oqui7009]

As a Russian person, I declare that I felt something was wrong, but did not understand what (if it were not for the comment, I would not have understood). The stress should be on the third syllable

[@Halo_Legend]

In Polish, the better slavic language than this shit ruSSian, it could have been Tajnice. Or Tajemnice, but that's just "secrets" along with a proper village name.

[@Halo_Legend]

@@oqui7009 Wait, as a ruSSian what? I'm kidding. But seriously, may these videos motivate you to change something in that shithole.

[@ravenwarjoy]

By the very virtue of the fact that I watched this, the Kraken knows that I have seen it. But instead of lashing out at me, it will simply lead me to places where it can learn more secret thoughts I have about it.

[@jocylinfrancis930]

That’s true. And terrifying.

[@flask223]

Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug.

[@Vienic2]

@@flask223 yeah, ok, but can i still watch Exurb1a? lol

[@BlockyBookworm]

@@flask223 these allegations have happened a lot they are not always true Is there a court process or something or is this just a rumour that will swirl around until it is forgotten

[@dionysus3774]

@@flask223What in the hell, where’d you get that information?

[@iankeddie9620]

Can't believe he doesn't mention the author of The Light of Other Days - Stephen Baxter. One of the greatest Science Fiction authors of his generation.

[@kellybraille]

Oooooo thanks for the tip!

[@sv8765]

damn, i've worked in tech for over a decade now, 12 years to be exact, and i've felt this way for years now and i want to just leave and opt out completely. i've grown so tired of being a part of it and i feel stuck. this video summed up everything i've felt but couldn't put into words because i find it hard to gather my thoughts and put them on paper, so thanks for this. this really made me want to leave tech altogether and move somewhere free, but i depend on it at this point, i have no other skills and i'm 32 already. maybe one day i'll get the courage to just leave, maybe.

[@thelaurens1996]

Or maybe to help create an alternative that isn't so garish. An alternative that is made with the humans in mind instead of pure profit. A system based on what people are willing to give for the value they perceive to get and in turn giving that value back to it's creators at least partially. If you're up for this, hit me up. I have been starting to learn coding (python) but don't have this as my core value to give to the world, ethics, morality, science, the willingness to decrease unnecessary suffering and to make people's perceived reality as positive as can be or have a positive impact either way. A way to satisfy the needs of the soul to care for other souls. The dream that maybe one day this will be how civilization operates. Giving to eachother selflessly in order to raise the overal experience of living.

[@minimooster7258]

I know a load of people who retrained for entirely different jobs at like 40-50 years old, if you need to quit and get a new job in a different field, it's definitely not too late

[@delinquenz46]

​@@minimooster7258 Working in tech is like having on golden handcuffs.. if you have the right employer it's working on interesting problems in a chill environment for a lot of money

[@pascalvansteen]

Now that you're in this clusterfuck of a situation already, better make the most of it. We're all in this together, only few make it out in time. There's only two ways of freeing yourself from a capitalist society: you either learn to want nothing and be happy (become a bum or a buddhist) or you learn a set of skills that you allow to be exploited by a company or you learn a slightly broader skill set so you can start exploiting the system yourself. Now that you've chosen the employee-path: make sure you get paid (counter-exploit by learning a high-demand skill and negotiation), maybe even threaten switching jobs and leverage your labour value to increase personal income, do this every 2 years. You hate this job already so don't feel bad pressuring a company, they try to exploit you and society just as much by underpaying and harvesting data. Preferably negotiate equity in the company and try to stick around for long enough to participate in a liquidation event (a company making a successful exit). If participating in a liquidation event is not an option, start a business yourself (benefit: you can work on solving a problem you actually care about) and work until you have solid cashflow to sustain your lifestyle or raise venture capital and work towards a liquidation event (ironically, by raising investment, you'll fall back into exploitative behavior again, stress will rise as you have to satisfy investor demands, meet KPIs and achieve unrealistic growth targets through blitzscaling). Until the liquidation event, invest a significant portion of your personal income into index funds (which, ironically, perpetuates the system, but hey) and privacy oriented crypto-currencies. Consistent monthly investing in the markets is the only guaranteed way of financial freedom if done long enough (like 30 years), given you don't manage to participate in a liquidation event AND the world economy doesn't completely collapse (small chance on the short term). I think we still have a solid century to go with our current exploitative capitalist system before we reach a point of societal and economic collapse, so there's time to wrestle yourself out of this system. After liquidation event of said company, liquidate all your stock options, buy an earth ship on high fertile ground, have some farmland, grow some crops, get some cows and sheep and preferably a dog. Make sure you're somewhere remote, far away from the big world powers. Make sure to diversify your assets in gold and privacy-cryptocurrencies. We need to have physical gold to safeguard our value in case our digital systems fail. Cryptocurrencies are useful if we still have operating internet and we need to transfer money across borders without going through a centralized institutions (so guaranteeing privacy) and will still allow us to trade. Settle down, buckle up, and watch the civilized world's great implosion from a safe distance. Food systems will collapse, extreme weather events will increase, climate refugee crises will cause tensions to increase, and a great war will be fought, but you will not have to give two shits about it and just live your life with your farm animals sipping tequila sunrise and reading silly comments on obscure youtube videos.

[@sumkindacheeto]

At the end of the day nobody truly leaves the internet.

[@skakried7673]

As a Writer myself I give a round of applause sir. This is exceptional storytelling and the drunk person I am right now was drawn into your poetry and held captive. Phenomenal dude, Fucking phenomenal.

[@ziziroberts8041]

Couldn't have said it better myself 👍✌️

[@Evelina5089]

Absolutely the essence of Exurb1a

[@hlobet_]

we all are stuck here now mate

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

It's truly stunning to write like this AND deliver the narration so well

[@everythingisbeingcool]

always love these. good to see you’re still here

[@AggressiveGoose]

It is so surreal to see the lecturehall one was in just days ago in a video of one's favorite youtuber! Havent hit pause that fast in a long time. Great video, love your stuff! ( 15:35 )

[@griffin_valkyrie]

The part he said about how the next generation was fine with the wormholes because that's all they knew, as a gen Z, that hit pretty hard

[@thomase8850]

same, i am notably less concerned about the loss of privacy than many other catastrophic possibilities. not sure how to feel about that

[@whothefrickareyou8106]

Im one of em and Im fine with being spied on by companies if that means I can look at videos like this one

[@somebody2468]

@@whothefrickareyou8106 You can look videos like this one without being spied.

[@whothefrickareyou8106]

@@somebody2468 I wonder what KZbin runs on..... And yes other sites exist but who has the time to find them and figure out if theyre doing the same thing.

[@ispep8882]

If you only knew what it was like in the before times.

[@patrickmchargue7122]

"You can't watch pornography on a robot." Give it time.

[@fossforever512]

You won’t need to when you can participate with the robot

[@memele4991]

@@fossforever512 so ur telling me... robot tits?

[@cameronestrada1430]

@@fossforever512 😏😏😏

[@ProtogenPilled]

see this is what I'm saying! Who needs porn when the robot _is the porn_

[@Piflle]

The robots will be your pornography

[@gareth7016]

I love the subtle style of images in storytelling, it's simplistic yet beautiful.

[@ZaxxaZ]

Wow. The more output of yours I experience the happier I am that I'm not alone with these thoughts, but the sadder I become knowing I can't just pass them off as the ravings of my unsound mind. I'm so glad that there's someone out there with the wit, passion, creativity and tenacity to create such stimulating works; gladder still to have discovered your work somehow floating like a life raft in the ever expanding sea of advertising dross and AI forged claptrap. Thank you.

[@lucillewashington7576]

He truly is such a talented storyteller. An important art to keep alive

[@colehammill9117]

It’s a shame he did such horrible things like assaulting his girlfriend physically and sexually

[@nicholasboyd-gibbins9763]

He’s also an abuser. Why is no one calling him out for his abusive behaviour? And why don’t people unfollow him. Everyone is supporting the position of power that he is abusing

[@calvinwill1663]

@@nicholasboyd-gibbins9763 Explain?

[@ewok-]

@@calvinwill1663 Normally don't bother with leaving KZbin comments but figured I could shed some light on what this person is probably talking about. Exurbia has had allegations brought up against him about his sexual and emotional abuse to his ex-gf. Pretty sure he's wanted in a few countries because of this open-investigation. Really sucks because I genuinely enjoy the creative side of Exurbia but, in all likelihood, he's probably a huge piece of shit in real life. If you're just a confused fan browsing about I encourage you to NOT take my word for it and look up "Exurbia abuse" or something like that and decide for yourself what you believe. There's multiple articles, videos, and threads talking about it out there that I'm confident you can find for yourself.

[@ratsarehighinfats3132]

@@nicholasboyd-gibbins9763 Did you click on this video just to comment this?

[@galloe8933]

I never expect a video from this channel, so it's always like getting surprise time with my neighbor's dog! Usually pretty good.

[@nuggyfresh6430]

phrasing

[@benjaminbeard3736]

@@nuggyfresh6430 are we still doing that?

[@Povilas69]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/imHVhGiCq8l5l5Y

[@AspienPadda]

My neighbours dog also sometimes comes to visit me. It's the best

[@0utpatient]

I agree. You neighbor's dog is awesome!

[@yat6811]

This is why I subscribe to these types of channels. Usually it’s just some nice exploration of thought or history. And then you get the videos where they’re like “maybe we should use what we’ve learned to not make living here an actual hell.”

[@FriendlyKitten]

"Freedom without limits, is just a word" - Feet of clay, Sir Terry Pratchett.

[@qualia765]

Ive thought a lot about these exact things through out the years, but video really solidified it and made me realize that this they are not just some hypothetical situations, but instead two different futures that we need to choose which happens.

[@missfollyfallen]

considering only these two outcomes is a false binary though, there are countless futures to choose from collectively. but we need to think deeply about what we want and why, and then figure out which way best to act on these convictions to generate meaningful change.

[@Flowwkage]

@@missfollyfallen any ideas?

[@Primatenate88]

@@Flowwkage Heres one... the high traffic delivery paradox: The US mail system is inefficient in some facets because its TOO prosperous. Ill try to keep it simple but essentially mail is like a river (amazon) and because damn near everyone is constantly ordering shit, government regulations never had a chance to keep pace. What we have now is an everflowing evergrowing super-river of cheap products thats much too vast to be monitored. The best privacy cloak isn't a cloak at all, its a mount Everest pile of shirts, hoodies, socks, blankets, sheets, underwear, swaddles, ties, towels, rags... you get the idea.

[@trime1015]

"A kraken so saturated in secrets that it considers the currents of the human heart and mind no less manipulable that the diverting of a stream or tilling of a field". I mean that is basically what Skinner and behavioral psychology in general opened the door to and it is already being enforced by most of our countries' leaders.

[@Jonny11299]

I'm reading this book called The Cybernetic Hypothesis by Tiqqun which expounds on this idea exactly. It's really interesting, though I have to take time with it cuz it's tough hahaha.

[@djordjezivic2481]

i think in this case kraken is a metaphor for an algorithm for automatic manipulation of emotions or thought patterns (trough targeted content recommendations is my theory)

[@drakehammack6213]

@@Jonny11299 to

[@flask223]

Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug.

[@thhristov]

You must know I'm following your work for quite a while and I can see through your videos literally your cycles of thinking and evolving. This video is a masterpiece with valid points. The hard truth is, you shared it on a platform owned by Google and will likely monetize it through CPMs. This in return helps you sustain yourself, your family, and more videos like this. It's a vicious cycle but also thr most apprehensive one we've thought of. As a digital marketer now, i never dreamt to be one. While I apply certain morals to how I do my work, and recently finished writing about 120 pages thesis I can't deny love it or hate it we benefit from this infrastructure. I think the deepest question we get to is are people going to have corrupt thoughts by nature if we lived without walls, or not. That's whole nature versus nurture topic. Having grown in a small place, I felt quite out of place when moving to bigger cities. Would be keen to hear your thoughts on this, especially with sharing a city right now (if you're still here).

[@CrazyPenguin-cf3tg]

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[@cultivatorman7520]

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[@mikethegoo]

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[@flask223]

KZbinr Exurb1a has been hiding in the shadows of the truth for too long now. He has lied to his own fans, been financially supported by other KZbinrs without knowing what he's done, or has blatantly ignored what others have said. Would you watch video's made by a RAPIST? Would you want your children to watch videos by a PREDATOR? You wouldn't would you? Sign this petition, and get this monster off KZbin.

[@HecmarJayam]

From hiding a surprise from a beloved to just experimenting without being judged, from the peaceful solace to the secrets of passage rites. From exposing yourself to unpopular ideas to having sexy time - even if its by myself. Privacy is a core human need.

[@akalichamp7030]

Interesting to think of the possible results a secret-less society could provide, though. If all information was accessible by everyone, equally - It's easy to imagine as a hell for us, but maybe that's a result of our own flaws. I think that secrets could very well be a necessary sacrifice to utopia. A world where lying, adultery, and hypocrisy are nigh impossible, if not outright illogical and contradictory? I feel that if the possibility of "getting away with it" was cast away completely, we would be better people. Of course, there are downsides, as well, as privacy is necessary for the moralities of many, like modesty, for instance.

[@HecmarJayam]

@@akalichamp7030 Yes indeed. Although I don't think humans are mentally equiped to live in that idealistic fantasy state.

[@ninorac6264]

I never cease to be amazed by the things this man is capable of making me feel

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

you know what else he is capable of? raping a girl and then trying to convince her to kill herself. look it up

[@lil_herb2518]

im smiling ear to ear and shi

[@tryingmybest206]

Yeah no don't support him. Look up Experiment A. This guy should be in prison

[@samuelkland6029]

@@tryingmybest206 looking it upp

[@tryingmybest206]

@Obama doESn’t care In this case, he is.

[@HeyImSpats]

This video feels like it has ended 12 times in as many minutes, and it just KEEPS GOING. It's almost hypnotic.

[@aryanbaniardalan8613]

Great video as always. At 17:40, you mentioned that since our privacy is our property, it can be sold as a commodity; but if privacy is a human right, like free association and oxygen, it can only be neglected or respected, not sold or bought.

[@bigbazza1206]

"We've broken epistemology itself" made my day 😭😭

[@micah3807]

I think the weirdest thing about all this data collection is that. no human actually knows how it works. Sure, all the tech giants wrote neural network algorithms to maximize profits, but no human assigns variables. No human can pull up some source code and understand how to fix it. We've made many digital krakens, and at this point they're fighting between themselves. If we end up with a winner, one algorithm analyzing all types of user data, then the water will certianly be cursed.

[@plebisMaximus]

That's by far the scariest part, even if they were forced to make these things open source to balance out the information inequality, they simply couldn't. These krakens are entirely dependent on the waters they reside in.

[@jackharper5642]

Coughs* Meta (Facebook Inc.) & Google coughs*

[@certifiedpossum1638]

It's also messed up that people who set up the algorithm knew that it will affect them as well

[@Laszer271]

@@certifiedpossum1638 It's affecting them in a positive way. The browser now works way better than 20 years ago.

[@Marius89100]

There is the secret to the success and renewal of complete privacy to an effect. Most of the tech giants will fight each other so hard that governments who know that their members are being spies upon will shut them down. Conflict defeats stagnation, the strong do not remain strong forever. Think about this a moment.

[@Maker0824]

The exurb video I watched before this: "The slippery slope fallacy" This video: " 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' ok, sounds great, now get rid of your bathroom door"

[@nexinex6049]

the slippery slope is when you assume the justification will go beyond reason. It's not the slippery slope fallacy when the exact same reasons still apply. Secondly that's not even the point of it, it's to point out that you still want privacy.

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

There is a house in my city featured in a major magazine that has toilet and glass-walled shower in the living room that was recently purchased. Remarkable thing, and it was noted- was that the toilet is about six feet away from the shower

[@the1necromancer]

If we've learned anything these past few decades, it's that the slippery slope fallacy is rarely a fallacy.

[@All4Tanuki]

I feel like the notion of the "slippery slope fallacy" is the perfect way to make idiots out themselves. If you're incapable of using logic to predict an outcome then all logical thinking seems like crazy talk.

[@nexinex6049]

@@All4Tanuki the slippery slope is a fallacy. It's just that many things are often misidentified as a slippery slope. The fallacy is when you assume one single chain of events each of which take it a bit/alot further and require new reasons to be jutistifed or do not have sufficient historical backing. It'd be a fallacy if, for example, I said "They're trying to get Christianity out of schools. Next they'll get it out of politics, out of our homes, they'll come after your bibles, they'll make it a crime to believe the truth God is real. We can all see it. We must defend our school's right to be Christian or they'll be coming for us directly next.

[@Samuel-jn4lg]

One of your best video yet, and the most impactful. Thank you.

[@biggyblunts5788]

Im still waiting for the day I click one of your videos, and don't leave with an unexplainable feeling in my stomach. Please don't stop making these.

[@ogwarfthedawf]

Okay I want to be part of Exurb1a's D&D campaign. God he'd be a great Dungeon Master.

[@Devdelta101]

Absolutely

[@evertjanssen]

Please inform yourself about the rape charges against this man.

[@flask223]

Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug.

[@ogwarfthedawf]

@@flask223 What's your source there pal?

[@seecresy]

@@flask223 he was not guilty ;›

[@GreatBigPillock]

3:45 Real talk, this bit was some masterful comedic timing, given what we heard for the first three minutes. Tremendous. XD

[@Bruhecc]

Absolutely BRILLIANT, and perfectly executed in every way… heh

[@influx5821]

This video has stuck in my mind since you uploaded it. I couldn't believe how good of a metaphor it was for the 2 possible futures we have ahead of us. I remember thinking it was almost biblical. Stories in the bible are cautionary tales, tales with a meaning. Metaphors. And I remember thinking, this is like a modern day bible story. You're my favourite niche youtuber and you're a great philosopher

[@maddie_d13]

"If you can live your life without an audience, you should do it" - Bo Burnham

[@LilGeegee]

Your writing is extremely good man, it’s so cool how you can tell a whole story while still portraying your message while also throwing in comedy to keep people listening. I really respect that man, we need more people like you in the world

[@latizia5274]

Sorry to break it to you, but he's actually a rapist and abuser

[@flask223]

Following a collaboration with Exurb1a, a British youtuber, Roelofs was hospitalised in November 2016 for acute stress disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal ideation. During her 7-month hospitalisation, Roelofs began speaking out against her former work partner who she stated used Reddit to smear her name. Roelofs said the KZbinr had assaulted and raped her in October 2016, had started threatening her between November-December 2016, and subsequently "blackmailed" her to leave the hospital to talk to him while she was drugged with prescribed medication, and that he raped her while she was unable to fight him. One of the prescribed medications she had been taking was Xanax, a benzodiazepine and well-known date rape drug.

[@thebettafish3239]

@@flask223 Wth

[@KepTrefler]

I don’t know what inspires you to create these but I’m very glad you do. I’m an illustrator, so, as one kind of artist to another, thank you.

[@Maxwell_FromTheLand]

Watched one interesting video and this channel kept popping up. I can’t really tell what a video will be about, so for awhile I resisted. Now I have realized that is part of the fun. They are all amazing. Great channel!

[@mistxfusion]

This is very important I’m glad you’re bringing attention to it. It’s an open secret but nobody seems to care, or they just think it doesn’t matter. It does matter.

[@idkusername2981]

does should be all caps

[@angrydoodle8919]

@@idkusername2981 no it shouldn’t. Accenting words with capital letters is fucking annoying

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

you know what else is important that should be brought to attention? this youtuber literally admitted to raping a girl and then tried to convince her to kill herself yet everyone still treats this guy like hes a fucking philosopher. fucking disgusting

[@toso7050]

@@angrydoodle8919 LIKE THIS?

[@41-Haiku]

@@toso7050 STOP.

[@kjelltoffe9035]

I have followed you for years now and want you to know that i genuinely adore all of your content

[@harperisntcool8031]

i love this channel so much, but my therapist knows about it. it causes me to have existential crises every time i watch one 😭😭 KEEP DOING WHAT YOURE DOING BRO IT WORKS

[@theimperfektman]

Laughing so hard, HERRUMPH!!!

[@joshga-fv3iu]

Yo, what if Therapists were hired by the state, to control your emotions, so you wouldnt think too much about stuff like the total disintegration of your own dignity?

[@theimperfektman]

@@joshga-fv3iu if everyone stopped at the first truth, Entropy, no one would need a therapist. And no one would persist in creating those who would exist. Alas, that will never happen voluntarily. Cuz. Hormones. We exist. And ignorance. To your theory *sips java* i perceive that.

[@harperisntcool8031]

@@joshga-fv3iu oh my god??

[@mayhemdiscordchaosohmy573]

God I will say, I love your stories! And all they represent! I've followed you for a very long time and it's funny whenever there's something Im working on, if something is bothering me or if Im attempting to work out some solutions I always find inspiration after listening to a story or 2 that you've posted! Thanx and keep up the good work!

[@heiloloheimir]

You know it’s gonna be a seriously good night when you get a notification from Exurb1a

[@BananaWasTaken]

Or a night full of existential dread

[@xXxMovesLikeJagger]

you know who would disagree with you? the girl he raped and then tried to convince to kill herself. look it up

[@taborturtle]

I freaking LOVE your work! You can masterfully twist a web together and deliver it in a way that I haven't seen before. Your videos make me think and that is rare these days. There is so much mindless stuff out there that it is refreshing to watch something that has a deeper meaning. Thank you for making these videos!

[@shlak]

its a shame tho. google pieke roelofs. he's a criminal in the netherlands

[@taborturtle]

@@shlak I looked it up and he hasn't been charged with anything. Sure there is a story about something that may or may not have happened. But until he is brought to justice if he did do something wrong, it is all speculation and hearsay. I enjoy his videos and message about where society is and could be headed. I stay away from drama and politics on purpose. Because nothing is as it seems. And one can very easily find themselves down a rabbit hole of untruths and not be able to claw themselves back to reality. I'm absolutely not against a victim of any crime speaking out, but it needs to be backed up with an investigation of the truth. And until that happens it is just drama and speculation.

[@shlak]

@@taborturtle He wrote about what he has done, and in the netherlands the only reason he has not been arrested is because of police misconduct. There is also an exurb1a confession video that is hard to find and I am sure the link would get this post deleted, but if you can find it, it is very informative.

[@colehaney8836]

Even without the dose of hopium at the end, this video was still amazing. Amazing work as always, existential dread turtle!

[@deethwarrior]

Bad existential dread turtle #healingforpie

[@TheMurphyMonologues]

WHAT. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON ME. BUT ALL CAPS HELP

[@JAMESmmmmmm]

I'd really like to know if anyone else thinks to themselves "oh it's existential space turtle man" every time he uploads? 😂

[@fsmith45]

I do

[@mtt3w587]

what the fuck is an existential space turtle man

[@hexagod1313]

I do

[@Raphael-qc9tx]

@@mtt3w587 exurb1a

[@theeldenbeast]

Yea

[@user-bp3gg7hu3s]

Always a good day when exurb1a uploads

[@cooperwood4487]

Thank you Exurb1a! I’ve been excited for your next video for a while!

[@ross2k220]

Finally, a call to action that is apolitical yet so intrinsically important to the nature of my way of life I was engaged the whole way through. Bravo.

[@fortheemperor9775]

I don’t think there is a single person that has influenced my thinking as much as this man Edit: thanks to some people In the comments I’ve learned that he may not be the best of people (possible understatement, only did 5 min of research) if what people say is true it terrifies that someone who’s thought about human suffering so much could commit an act like that

[@rodriguezelfeliz4623]

Be careful

[@GraveyardTricks]

In that case, you should look up the criminal case he's got against him

[@F_Du_Sea]

Scary, ngl

[@arbbr9397]

Oh dear 😞

[@jackjohnson424]

Thomas Sowell, did it for me, in the political matter.

[@kirjian]

How utterly cosmic is it that the first message ever sent over the internet was a TYPO

[@WingMaster562]

And how the first unveiling of the telephone had a first instance of wiretapping

[@feudist]

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face...forever."

[@matthewrobinson6091]

What I expect from humanity in the future is an incomprehensible stream of chaotic contradictory nonsense. In other words what I mean is I doubt any specific way of thought or doing things will last very long on cosmic time scales.

[@CBRN-115]

O'Brien.....

[@lepthymo]

I always wondered what kind of people actually made up the oppressors in 1984. That's the question Orwell never really answered. He just answered how they were conceived of. Truth seeing is not necessary seeing what needs to be changed, what needs to be stoped or what needs to be prevented. It's just seeing. It's hard to be scared of something you truly understand, and it's hard to hate something you truly see for what it is. That's what makes man in the high castle so good.

[@feudist]

@@lepthymo Read "Ordinary Men" about the Nazi Final Solution in Poland. Also read about the Holodomor mass starvation that Stalin ordered. More recently you have Rwanda and the Serbs. There are lots of Fellow Travelers in every race and country. We are the "Demon Ape".

[@CristiNeagu]

@@lepthymo If you want to see who made up the oppressors in 1984, just look around you. Every year we seem to be getting closer and closer to the dystopia that is 1984. We have people policing others against wrongthink. Say the wrong thing online and people will go out of their way to find out who you are, where you work, and get you fired and destroy your social life. We have people who modify the definitions of words, to mean something different. We have people focused on memory-holing news articles and books and information. We have people teaching others, especially kids, to believe in concepts that are contradictory to reality as if they are real. We even had the Ministry of Truth making an appearance. Just look at the people doing these things and you will see the kind of people who start it all. But, really, we all are to blame as well. We all who comply with this madness.

[@pauline.denise]

Imagine if the humans died out, and this guys videos were the only thing that was left of our existence. Truly is a work of art.

[@panqueque445]

"What is a chungus?" You might wanna ask the Greeks, it's always the Greeks.

[@silverstrike8187]

exurb1a: so theres a scifi novel Me: Oh, i might check it out, it sounds cool exurb1a: and im going to spoil it for you Me: oh, ok-

[@christophersimms9128]

This video just gave me a sort of transcendent experience, because these are the ideas that have been swirling around in my head for the past 3 years. This video just caused a crystallization of many of these ideas, thank you.

[@sumkindacheeto]

Not gonna lie, the premise sort of derailed at the point about behavioral surplus for me. Seems far fetched to think that information is going to be compiled and used maliciously or even meaningfully, ever. Too many resources needed and for what exactly?

[@aless5207]

@@sumkindacheeto It is already being used. Banks use it to set loan/saving rates, retailers use it to direct sales and stock ordering and governments (probably) use it to enhance incumbency. Many large retail conglomerates have been installing webcams on registers and using these and CCTV to build profiles on customers similar to the CCP social credit system. As explained in the video, there are businesses who exist only to collate and provide modeled predictions to such customers. They are usually called "Media Intelligence" or "Data Technology" companies, you can find many advertising services online. I think the business model is usually acquiring data from customer databases, scraping the web or buying data from Alphabet then organising proprietary databases and applying pattern recognition algorithms to make predictions.

[@Rogerthat2k4]

"And is this video sponsored by an easy to use and reliable VPN.... Fuck no IT IS not" will be my favorite bait of the year ngl

[@UpsideDownSmore]

Just earlier today I was going through some old baby photos of myself and I had this strange feeling about it, like semi-nostalgia was there but there was something else. After watching this video I think it was the feeling that this is some crazy shit we're living in. These old paper squares in a book gave me a view of a time I do not remember, a view humans would never see until modern history. And those were old physical photos, as time goes on the convenience of recording every step of one's life becomes greater and greater. I guess it's sort of the same thing with surveillance, it's just getting more and more and more prevalent to the point where my generation sees it as the default. I don't even know if I'm scared or outraged or anything, I think I'm just awestruck. What a house we have made for ourselves.

[@angrydoodle8919]

Realizing people have memories of me that I don’t have is scary

[@guynamedtoast]

This articulated the exact anxiety I’ve been feeling so well

[@deethwarrior]

No it isn't #healingforpie

[@shanetaylor5403]

"Epistemologically naked" is a term I could see getting batted around on the public consciousness and lexicon a decade from now In other news Hi KZbin!

[@thesystemera]

Man. This is so close to home. Talked at length about your later hypothiss. Very cool. Agree in entirely.

[@buckup1012]

I love the scripting of your videos. You make me feel scared and happy in such short periods I am not sure how to feel at the end...