Paranoia.com: An Internet Mystery

[@Nexpo]

Bit of a different one this time, but I hope you guys like it! I've got a laundry list of peculiar Internet oddities just like this that I've put off for a while, however if you guys liked this style, I'd love to bring them outta the vault. Let me know what you think! I'm trying to get a video out every month this year to make up for the slowdown we had last year, so any feedback helps. Love ya'll. See you next month.

[@ricefry]

NEXPPOOOOOO wsp

[@superniger4822]

First

[@patchiezero]

:3

[@NimbusAnimations]

Real

[@megane8488]

😡😡😡😡

[@phoebus86]

It is crazy how back then, every website was made by some dude, now every site is pretty much backed by a corporation

[@slavsit7600]

fr

[@CM-di1oz]

It’s sad

[@Dther99]

I miss it. Didn't have to worry about getting censored unless you did something literally illegal.

[@cjreeves2105]

I always think 20 years doesn't really sound that long but so much can change in that amount of time

[@lunarna]

Support the indie web

[@TrashComments]

The fact that the URL redirects you to Disney’s website has got to be the strangest yet funniest discovery ever

[@lunawilson9848]

It is, that’s how I’m getting to that page from now on in font of people till someone notices 😂

[@trianglechichi]

@@lunawilson9848 how often would you possibly need to open the disney website

[@ChocolateSwitchYT]

keep us updated@@lunawilson9848

[@roobeedooo]

being redirected to disney's page is what made me actually want to watch this video lolol

[@lxckyy115]

it’s genuinely probably just a redirect link that someone bought to make money as an affiliate. it’s probably nothing odd. someone just owns it and passively makes money

[@ilikechamomile4502]

Nexpo has the ability to make me feel like ima get murdered by the cia for watching his video but then the resolution is “just look it up on google “ 😭😭😭😂

[@pvic6959]

yeahh this one felt like it didnt really have a pay off lol

[@vaelxn]

he mostly goes through other people's findings and presents it like his own. not hating, it gets the word out, and this channel does put a lot of effort in the script and editing

[@pvic6959]

@@vaelxn this is true. but usually i feel like theres a satisfying answer or result. i mean we cant expect 100% bangers from creators all the time so im not upset. everyone has bad days and stuff

[@namelessking111]

Correct me if i'm wrong but from a casual's point of view like me who doesn't really dive deep into rabbit hole mysteries like this in the internet, this did not look like your average "just google it" type of question. Putting up all the pieces together to find the real answer should've required some major obsessive detective work, or else this shit really wouldn't have stayed as a mystery for literal years as was said in the video.

[@Goofhead11]

😂😂

[@sombertoboggly]

Thank you again for reaching out to me about Paranoia, it was an honor to be able to help you solve this! I love how atmospheric your videos are, they're an experience in and of themselves to watch. Wishing you a happy 2024 :)

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

Eyyyy

[@trainman05matthewb.65]

bro when I saw your name in a nexpo vid I knew you'd made it lmao

[@jordanfourtwenty9694]

heyy its Kylie! Love Ur stuff Keep Up The Great Work.

[@sombertoboggly]

@@trainman05matthewb.65 you are a real one man lol!

[@davidgv3527]

Cringe

[@gemma2296]

As someone who wears hearing aids, I just want to thank you for the time and care you put into your video captions. It means so much.

[@kirasicecream]

Despite being a fully hearing viewer, I agree. I just enjoy reading subtitles; and I think they make content more accessible to those that struggle with hearing. It's a shame that not many channels on here have proper captions, because I tend to gravitate towards ones that do, even though I don't personally need them.

[@Lionesse-z41553]

I agree. My husband is deaf, but wears cochlear implants. I always have captions turned on.

[@KimJongUn-f8k]

(nexpo sighs) 😅

[@motymurm]

It also makes such videos a great learning tool for foreign language speakers

[@dimme_c]

common nexpo W

[@GenesisTheKitty]

The real existential horror is yet again coming face to face with the reality that 5 corporations own our entire lives!

[@RudiW1510]

They only own your attention, if you give it to them.

[@henrystammen5584]

@@RudiW1510that’s becoming increasingly more difficult to avoid as the monopolies grow

[@RudiW1510]

@@henrystammen5584 in the end, why does it even matter ?

[@Dorlo91-mg2hw]

If entertainment is your life. Give that up and try something new. Stop watching tv. Go outside. Touch grass.

[@RaeIsGaee]

​@@Dorlo91-mg2hw Every position you apply for scrubs your internet footprint to find dirt on you. If you don't own any social media accounts, your loved ones do, and they do post about you. And they talk to each other about you. You will never escape social media. It's in your blood like microplastics.

[@scubasteve6175]

when the teacher wants 5000 words and you only have a page worth of research

[@MrTheFountain]

😂

[@TheGeladoo]

Yeah this video felt like that for sure, so much filler and the final answer ended up being exactly what the first thing I thought and the first "theory" that he showed and then immediately shut down (even though it *was* correct)

[@brianfordhamm2740]

@@TheGeladoo yes, but with a wrong reason (it wasn't film) and without that intermediate Fox Family channel story

[@theghost9479]

Banger music

[@TheGeladoo]

@@brianfordhamm2740 Very easy transition: Obvious first thought: "Hmm Disney owns this so maybe it's a disney property" (you don't even need to show the Reddit post. This is a very very obvious and natural conclusion.) "Hmm research came up with nothing, so maybe instead of a disney thing it's something else related to the company" then go directly to the fox family thing and the tv show reveal Boom the video is now 5 minutes

[@zacharyclownphobic2316]

Bro got too far into the production of this video to turn back when he realised it was nothing

[@DaemonJerky]

I promise you he solved this as soon as he googled it. He reverse engineered an investigation to keep everybody hooked so he could meet that sponsor deadline

[@Lonit-be]

welcome to every single deep web/spooky/mystery youtuber

[@hyrulehollowtitan9657]

@@Lonit-beI mean nick crawly is pretty nice

[@Lonit-be]

@@hyrulehollowtitan9657 agreed

[@ianlongtin2763]

And lemmino

[@DictumV]

fun fact: in 1984 the game "Paranoia" by studio West End Games was released. It was a rpg game where you and your friends would play as citizens serving the almight tyrant "Computer". It was a parody of the book "1984" by George Orwell. One of the quotes from the game is "The Computer is your friend", which is the same as shown in 4:08. I think Kevin was inspired by this game when making the website. Its also interesting coincidence that the game company went bancrupt in 1998, which is the same year when website got shut down.

[@midskater69420]

this is more interesting than the entire video

[@yowchhhh]

wait...

[@GODHATESVANDAL]

this comment should be pinned. ill have too look it all up cause it sounds really interesting. and if its true. then there cant be a coincidence

[@afreshreaction]

fun fact: the entire reddit is calling this video bs lol

[@mydnytdeath]

I remember finding an edition of this game somewhere in the 90's as a kid. It was a tabletop RPG.

[@Cypher5235]

I love how everyone who talks about Y2K ignore all the work companies went through to make sure their databases were setup to handle it.

[@tombstone7577]

get rid of your clocks and tv sets and buy the latest so it dont go extinct..i remember lol

[@Tampafan33]

It was bs and idiots like you believed it😂😂😂

[@pyr3x849]

I remember people buying Y2K ISA cards with the BIOS update and RTC. 😂 I also remember them being totally unnecessary in the majority of cases. 😂

[@thurayya8905]

I didn't know anyone who was at all upset or frightened of Y2K. I think it was totally overhyped by the media.

[@smstnitc]

My MIL doomsday pepped for it. I am a software dev. We spent more time listening to our boss stress about it, we didn't actually need to fix anything.

[@silverflight01]

What I like about mysteries like these is that it's something most people wouldn't even think about. People would probably look at it and think "That's odd, well back to whatever I was doing" and then forget about it, but then there's people whose minds forever linger on this, and they have to explore the mystery.

[@clothar23]

We call the people who can live with ignorance sheep. A human being will always choose enlightenment even if it comes with any host of negative connotations. After all Adam and Eve didn't disregard the Apple.

[@darkkit1994]

​@@clothar23I mean, we are talking about such a minor mystery that it feels like you jumped off to the moon to take it to this extreme. If we had to learn everything, we'd never get anything done. We have to draw the line somewhere.

[@youngburv]

@@clothar23 lmfao get a grip man

[@clothar23]

@@darkkit1994 Mate we statistically have what 80 to 90 years these days in our lives. We spend approximately 9 to 10 hours a day with work. We can get by with 6 to 7 hours of sleep. Hell I myself get by with 5. That leaves hours of free time each day. And decades of free time over a lifetime. What else but increasing our knowledge base and skills would you do with it ? Yes you occasionally need some relaxation but laziness is a sin.

[@mariawhite7337]

I remember going to this website all the time to get a chuckle and laugh. It had a lot of pages for humor. Like: "the cat is not trying to steal my soul when I sleep" among various other things. I've been looking for it for over a decade.

[@djpapine]

This video is a great exemple of how humans are paranoid and love creating mysteries where there's none.

[@TornMD]

Yeah, but anyone can help by opening the door. If we're just paranoid and create the mysteries ourselves, that means we may be trying to actualize our own paranoia to use as a coping mechanism. Since paranoia is a form of fear, this means we may actually need fear so we can create a mystery so we can cope. This actually isn't entirely false, some of us could be doing that, we do speak out things we may be paranoid and fearful of, therefore getting it off our chests. It also means there was never anything that existed to begin with, making this comment even more redundant than I thought possible. We created quite the useless mystery.

[@agentleeharker]

I love all the "lost media", disturbing things and unfiction stuff like petscop, but i think your internet dives are always my fave videos of yours. Worlds, Lake city quiet pills, reddit mysteries. Thats always been my jam. So it was nice to see a return to it.

[@SirPiggyy]

Real

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Sameee

[@tdogreed476]

Lol the KH user and the KH tie

[@elvastan]

My dad was a software engineer who was tasked with fixing thousands of Y2K bugs, he's the reason I always write my years in 4 digits.

[@bruceluiz]

Until the year 9999 ends, then we will have to use five digits. Ultil the year 99999 ends. then we will have to use six digits...

[@smittyjjensin558]

​@@bruceluizbold of you to assume we make it to the year 10000

[@lemon64k49]

@@smittyjjensin558 Humanity has existed for millions of years, no reason to think we can't make it there.

[@SStupendous]

​​@@lemon64k49Uhh... We had nukes, half the capability to destroy the planet or at the least ourselves 1,000, let alone 10,000 years ago? Great observation. We had the capability to split the atom or create horrific bio agents that could never occur in nature back then? No. Easy to see how we could expire before another 100, let alone 10,000 or 1,000,000 years pass.

[@jameskazd9951]

@@SStupendous humans are smart and resourceful, it would take something truly cataclysmic to cause a full extinction

[@VVen0m]

I love how this guy acts like he's uncovering a cult even when he's just learning that a website used to be asociated with a game show lol

[@SteveS-m3s]

im not the only one with brain damage from that?

[@Wes_Bluemarine]

It's the A E S T H E T I C

[@caucasoidape8838]

Yeah, it's incredibly lame.

[@Chunkypumpkinhead]

Yeah I was gonna say. This story is kind of neat, but it's about 0% scary or spooky or ominous or unsettling. Like, Disney bought ABC which bought a domain to run a gameshow from a company that got it back from some internet anarchists in the 90s. (Literally everyone in the 90s was internet anarchists. I ran like 3 anti establishment websites in the 90s. The internet was subversive and counter culture back then. Given, none of mine were pro p3d0f!l!a but still, it was the dawn of edgelords.) I dunno. at the end I was like DAMN BRO those are some LONG DRAMATIC PAUSES in service of not very much. And I fucking LOVE Nexpo.

[@Chunkypumpkinhead]

Did you know that Disney bought stuff

[@babswayne5193]

i feel like this is kind of a really melodramatic, 30+ minute song and dance for the answer to the "mystery" to be exactly what i imagine everyone expected it to be at first glance lol. like literally my first thought when i saw the initial reddit post was "disney is a massive multi-media conglomerate that owns roughly a gajillion IPs, and paranoia is a really generic name, it's probably just an unfortunate coincidence." still kind of a fun watch tho, nexpo really knows how to create atmosphere with his editing

[@eg8568]

This could have been a 2 minute video. With dramatic effect it could have been padded out to 10 minutes. 36 minutes was excessive. One of Nexpos worst videos by far.

[@birdie8006]

yeah it was disappointing the way it was presented, given his usual subject matter. it's still an interesting topic but it would have been a more interesting turn to just change up his editing for this one. i love a good video essay but by the time he revealed the fact that...disney is a monopoly...it was like...OK...cut the unnerving music pls and put the vhs effects away, there's nothing sinister here other than capitalism lol. the sound effects when he was at his computer and figured it out by being tipped off by someone else was like - really?? really??? it's likely just a filler video that needed to be done because of a contractual sponsorship, IMO.

[@GravityButterfly]

The point is the journey if you don't want the ride then skip to the end. He made chapters for a reason.

[@CocoWantsACracker]

@@GravityButterfly The journey is silly in this case. Usually, you look into the connection between two things (in this case something called Paranoia and Disney), you don't dive into history and you most certainly do not create your own conspiracy theory to uncover facts.

[@GravityButterfly]

@Co19801003 facts start as theories. And the history of something can tell you a lot about what something is. In this case it informed people of what it was in case they didn't understand why there shouldn't be a connection between the 2. The journey wasn't silly. It told the story of the struggle with figuring out what the connection was. This was interesting if you found it silly then maybe these videos just aren't for you.

[@vonneely1977]

22:35 "The computer is your friend" is the official catchphrase of an old pen & paper RPG named Paranoia by West End Games.

[@SunBear-kh2td]

West End Games probably just owned the domain for a short period of time.

[@joleenquack]

Glad someone else caught that!

[@cjlemay2869]

@@SunBear-kh2td or he liked the game and named the website after it

[@MrThedrachen]

I was certain this was the answer, that West End Games owned the site and they got rolled up into Disney's megacorp at some point.

[@Aglaesia]

it's better than dnd tbh

[@thag_simmons]

HUGE shoutout to the video's full captions. not enough people fully caption their videos, so it's always a treat to see

[@ratelimited]

dont care

[@Zyborggian]

@@ratelimited don't care

[@heythere9707]

Don’t give a flying fuck

[@Lunabyes]

THIS!!! I have poor hearing and an auditory processing disorder and having captions helps so much. I wish more creators would properly caption their videos like Nexpo does! I'd be able to follow along far better. Big ups to Nexpo for his accessibility!!

[@RaduUrsache]

i always use subtitles but the automatically generated ones are 99% perfect so.. while cool its not such a big deal

[@crabbdavid]

dude spent thirty-six minutes just to say that "fox bought a site for the name of a gameshow and then disney bought fox." christ alive.

[@swefress]

Content stretching. KZbin

[@conzmoleman]

Can’t remember the last time I watched a youtube video that actually said certain words without self-censoring. Weirdly refreshing. It’s like we’ve been going backwards for a while because of algorithms and monetization.

[@JJAB91]

If I have to hear one more youtuber or for some reason commenter say "unalive" I am going to snap.

[@isaac1670]

It bothers me, too. The words they censor are often very unpleasant, but they are also things that should be allowed to be discussed respectfully.

[@SuperRat420]

Yup, captialism sucks. If you're going to cover certain subjects, you need to respect them, even if it doesn't make you money. I hate Wendigoon using 'kiffing' from Futurama when he means rape, is talking about rape, and describing rape. It's not fucking cute

[@nddragoon]

@@SuperRat420 here before you get flooded with idiots bending over backwards to explain how this isn't incentivized specifically by shareholders wanting to see a line go up

[@SuperRat420]

@@nddragoon yeah it's just lazy softhanded bullshit so they can make a buck.

[@Cunnah101]

I would like to point out Y2K is the perfect example of "what is the difference between a non event and an event adverted? Nothing". There was a crap ton of fixes that made it a non event.

[@JackParsons2]

Thank you. I was about to reply that it was kind of flippant of him to just gloss over the part where he suggested that "nothing happened", the reason nothing happened was because of thousands of people like me who were employed during the late 90s writing fixes for all of the systems that would have failed. I'm just going to assume Mr Nexpo is too young to remember those times so he is simply unaware of our efforts that prevented what would have been some serious issues otherwise. At 49 now I remember this time well and actually owe my entire career path to it as it was my entry into the world of programming.

[@roseolivas08]

​@xXHunter_RocksXx yep, my dad is in his mid-50's and when he told me his programming years were during y2k, it made sense he had so much training in so little time.

[@ngwoo]

Reminds me of the people who claim the hole in the ozone layer was a hoax or overhyped when in reality it was a huge global effort to avert environmental damage and one we'll probably never be able to replicate, in part because idiots have convinced themselves that the last one didn't happen

[@bobSeigar]

Untrue anachronistic justification of work done. ​@@JackParsons2

[@KaoKacique]

@@ngwoo Yeah. Those who were teens in the 2000s basically saw the hole in the ozone layer closing in real time

[@neverknowsjess]

This goes to show that a lot of the internet mysteries we ponder over are often less interesting and deep as we think they are. This explanation makes so much sense in the grand scheme of things. Nothing malicious, no secret scrapped movies/shows, just an unsuccessful gameshow with a domain name that Disney inherited when they absorbed the company that produced it. Great video as always

[@jamiesprinkbob]

as soon as disney came up i knew for a fact it was going to be a tv show but... not something ;ike that

[@drygnfyre]

I'd say most mysteries in general. It's just human nature to always assume exotic, elaborate explanations for things. But in reality, most of the time, things happen for pretty simple reasons. Like when I read about mysterious disappearances, then I found out they were last seen hiking, you can pretty much wrap up the mystery as someone just getting lost.

[@christopher9727]

. .. Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@dhqm]

You ruined/gave away this video 5 seconds in for me 👍 have a good day

[@voidstrider801]

@@dhqm Considering the amount of people complaining that the video wasted 30 minutes of their time over a nothing burger it probably wasn't the worst Nexpo video to have spoiled. I'd recommend not reading comments before watching any video as someone will always spoil it in the comments every single time without fail.

[@Rgoiwnes]

Bro turned a 7 minute video into 36 minutes. Truly content brained individual.

[@evanbalikos1878]

Ty for saying this. I don’t often thumbs down videos but this one seemed particularly content-coordinated. Basically inflated the concept and put off the mundane conclusion as much as possible. “I know it wasn’t anything crazy but at least we got some closure.” Fuck off. You just wasted 36 minutes of my time.

[@009.51]

Wdym 😭

[@rexxe001]

That's good he's very entertaining and makes good content ❤

[@Em-fz5uh]

I wont lie, this sentence can summarize a few of his videos lol. Most are great tho ! I'm glad I'm not the only who thought this one was a bit off.

[@SakiMcGee]

That shot of the fantasia website is such pure distilled 2000's design, seeing it was a gut punch of nostalgia

[@caseypatterson7030]

It's giving me dELia'S vibes and I'm here for it

[@MedjayofDeath]

Lost my dad in October, he loved your stuff and so do I. I have no doubt he would've loved this one, keep on keeping on.

[@bread_bear7878]

what a cool dad, I hope you’re okay and I hope your family is too :) much love

[@joseferwin83]

RIP dad.. stay strong, i know how it feels

[@yokisullivan8647]

Looking forward to see you doing great in the coming days, youtube stranger!

[@krystalgonzales6209]

I'm sorry for your loss ❤

[@mikecee2145]

I'm sorry for your loss.🙏

[@FredLootLlama123]

It’s always a good day when Nexpo uploads

[@Mr.Griddyton]

boring ahh vid

[@FredLootLlama123]

@@Mr.Griddyton ??? If it’s not your cup of tea that’s fine but it’s not a bad or boring video

[@jerrdan100]

gawk gawk

[@RobboDrawsStuff]

This is another one of those mysteries that only remained a mystery because the "investigators" were so certain there was a sinister secret behind it instead of the usual mundane solution.

[@ConnorTheUndying]

Less than thirty seconds in, and Bonzi Buddy already jumpscared me.

[@draagon6563]

Haha I was about to say the exact same thing 😂

[@MSinistrari]

Seeing it again despite it being years since I've done tech work, still made my eye twitch.

[@ElijahRhyne]

He was trying to warn us about the future of AI computer assistants.

[@jackfishthe6th373]

Ah yes the scourge that was Bonzi Buddy.

[@flavihok]

Same, i was like 'damn bonzi what did you do now?'

[@mack.attack]

Y2K was a non-event because thousands of programmers and IT professionals worked their ASSES off around the clock throughout 1999 leading up to 12/31 and don't you ever forget it.

[@jaredchn]

how about we just dont overlook a massive flaw in computing in the first place?

[@Traegorn]

@@jaredchn The point is we didn't, and we fixed it in time. Many of the systems affected were legacy computers set up decades prior that folks assumed would be replaced long before the year 2000. It took people making noise about it to get the resources to fix them though.

[@superunknown2728]

why am I only learning about this now?!?

[@logannelson577]

Shut up nerd

[@kruksog]

​@@jaredchnbecause that's basically impossible. Like, people were given integers with only so many bits, and eventually we needed more. Im not going to take the time to write out a fucking thesis here, but people write code with the data types they have at the time the code was written. Time itself especially has a habit of overflowing the size of those data types. It's happening again with unix time soon. It's going to be a constant struggle.

[@morgan5857]

For the misspelled domains mentioned at 8:09 - that’s standard practice for a lot of big organizations these days (I say these days because idk how long it’s been a thing). They purposefully buy up those domains that look like typos of their real domain to prevent bad actors or scammers from squatting on them.

[@emexdizzy]

They also do it to save me a headache, I appreciate when Google redirects me to its website in spite of me fat-fingering a wrong letter.

[@christopher9727]

... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@fabiannoriega8543]

Dude just fed me a nothing burger

[@Olivia-nr9qp]

The Y2K fear wasn't just paranoia, though. And it wasn't just that "everything turned out fine". There was a massive effort of tons of people working non-stop to make sure that what everyone said was going to happen (and it was going to happen) didn't happen. Sure it wouldn't have been the end of the world, but it would have caused insane damage. And I guess everybody who put in all that work did that work perfectly, to the extent that nobody even believes that it was a serious concern anymore.

[@sandrafaith]

A bit like survivorship bias in that we didn't get through it for the reasons most people think we did (as another commenter said, not because it was a non-event, but because it was an event averted)

[@sendthis9480]

That’s what Peter did for Initech, on Office Space.

[@Olivia-nr9qp]

@@sendthis9480 Sorry, I don't watch anti-printer propaganda

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

​@@sandrafaith If only COVID was averted in the same way, not left to spread and cause so much damage.... Y2K got pushed aside, at least, but....

[@mxiii872]

I remember setting my computers date ahead to try and... I dont kno. Trick it. (I was pretty young and didn't really understand what was happening just didnt want to lose my creatures saves!)

[@kotozaki-p]

This isn't related to the paranoia site but that "we'll be right back" screen brought me way back like holy shit. As someone who grew up watching disney vhs tapes and early dvds, I was always so excited to see that screen and the previews. Thanks for giving me thar feeling again, Nexpo!

[@haileyjohnson6534]

aw i love that!!!

[@kotozaki-p]

@@haileyjohnson6534Yeah me too!!

[@primordialpisssoup]

i felt the exact same way :')

[@ethansloan]

same

[@sunnyk2067]

Thanks for adding subtitles, Nexpo! Your video quality just gets better and better

[@Rmiltom]

"Here's all the time I wasted before somebody else told me the answer, please check out my sponsor"

[@PeepBunnies]

I just want to share that the reason why the Y2K scare didn’t result in a disaster is because of all the people that worked to fix it ahead of time. Peter in the movie Office Space actually had one of these jobs, changing two digit years to four digit years in code. There will be a similar issue on January 19th 2038.

[@paultardspambot]

why

[@chicken4946]

@@paultardspambot ​This is because some systems that store time use a signed 32-bit integer for their timestamp; (timestamp being a counter of how many seconds have passed since 01/01/1970 00:00:00 UTC. ex: 01/01/2024 00:00:00 UTC = 1704038400 seconds) however, a signed 32-bit integer can only represent numbers from -2147483648 to 2147483647, meaning that any number bigger than 2147483647 will cause an overflow error. Unfortunately, 2147483647(the final number to be represented) is 01/19/2038 03:14:07 UTC, and the second beyond that would overflow the system and turn the number into -2147483648, which is 12/13/1901. This means the system just traveled back in time, which will cause a lot of disaster. Hopefully, this clears up why there will be a similar issue on January 19th, 2038.

[@chicken4946]

@@paultardspambot ​ This is because some systems that store time use a signed 32-bit integer for their timestamp; (timestamp being a counter of how many seconds have passed since 01/01/1970 00:00:00 UTC. ex: 01/01/2024 00:00:00 UTC = 1704038400 seconds) however, a signed 32-bit integer can only represent numbers from -2147483648 to 2147483647, meaning that any number bigger than 2147483647 will cause an overflow error. Unfortunately, 2147483647(the final number to be represented) is 01/19/2038 03:14:07 UTC, and the second beyond that would overflow the system and turn the number into -2147483648, which is 12/13/1901. This means the system just traveled back in time, which will cause a lot of disaster. Hopefully, this clears up why there will be a similar issue on January 19th, 2038.

[@chicken4946]

@@paultardspambot This is because some systems that store time use a signed 32-bit integer for their timestamp; (timestamp being a counter of how many seconds have passed since 01/01/1970 00:00:00 UTC. ex: 01/01/2024 00:00:00 UTC = 1704038400 seconds) however, a signed 32-bit integer can only represent numbers from -2147483648 to 2147483647, meaning that any number bigger than 2147483647 will cause an overflow error. Unfortunately, 2147483647(the final number to be represented) is 01/19/2038 03:14:07 UTC, and the second beyond that would overflow the system and turn the number into -2147483648, which is 12/13/1901. This means the system just traveled back in time, which will cause a lot of disaster. Hopefully, this clears up why there will be a similar issue on January 19th, 2038.

[@lithium]

@@paultardspambot Integer overflow. Dates stored as signed 32 bit epochs will overflow to zero.

[@AllStarJD]

WE'RE BACK BOYS

[@athrowaway3487]

WERE SO BACK

[@SS711STOTCH]

Yessir

[@EE-jp5ev]

WE'RE SO BACK

[@bennygerow]

You're a back boy? I'm not with this guy.

[@paul_warner]

You say that like it was Joever

[@lynnbowers4722]

Nexpo is one of the few youtubers who could lure me into a 30 minute video about a website owned by Disney and leave me not mad about it.

[@forestings]

tldr: disney bought a domain. the end. ending is anticlimactic.

[@trevork27anderson]

Transitions are bit long but can’t complain great video side theory Disney is just the shell for the government allowing them to move secretly and around the time frame the og website was up the fbi were implementing their spyware ,one of the reasons of this was to catch predators and the site was to accessible being on the clear net so had made it easier for these creeps to connect and make contact with each other I’m not sure about the government and how is Disney able to own so many different companies and not be considered a monopoly (ik technically Disney would have to own any and all domain urls) but when do we draw the line idk that’s my take on the video

[@supershasha]

I mean, you can think of it that way, yeah. You can also do that for every video tbh. Ones like these are interesting because he seemed genuinely interested in finding this out (no matter how anticlimactic it was) and making something out of it. I think that makes for a good video, in my opinion.

[@Naveandlaen]

@@supershashayou probably have schizophrenia

[@dnasar10]

​@@supershasha This video is the most worthless video on his channel, he made it sound such a bigger deal than what it actually is, even the initial website is much more interesting than the rest of the video 💀

[@Geo96584]

@@dnasar10completely agreed, and the way it’s filmed, and the thumbnail used, this video should essentially be classed as clickbait. Insanely disappointing.

[@sorrows_touch]

No amount of spooky music will make a website redirect spooky haha

[@annixity]

Yeah this isn't spooky at all. I'm not sure why he made it seem spooky. The only spooky thing about this is the actual website (which deserves a video in itself) but a website redirect? Doesn't need such atmospheric music

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

It's just his editing and narration style. He's been sticking to it for many years now and it works. I like it.

[@matthewtwitter5172]

Then nostalgia hits harder at 25:40

[@no_one2197]

I like that I found out another cool website to visit (even if is just as archives) but yes, this video was kinda boring lmao

[@annixity]

@Karlach_ it's a nice editing style but there's sooo many more interesting topics which actually suit it instead of Disney taking a url

[@vincethebanana]

That Kingdom Hearts transition got me in the feels. Grew up with that series. 1, 2, and Chain Of Memories. Good ol days.

[@Zyborggian]

1 & 2 good but Chain of Memories is an evil dogwater game.

[@prodbypriestJudah-gi6xt]

@@ZyborggianLooks like someone doesn’t have the heart of a hero 😭

[@matthewtwitter5172]

​@@ZyborggianHere use this then: Stop + Attack Card + Attack Card >> Lethal Frame

[@timothymckane6362]

KHII was my first Kingdom Hearts game that I had played. It is what got me into the KH series.

[@MarkieMark-vy7hg]

Back when live service want a thing ahhhhhhhhh fuck I miss it

[@jisf0rjosh]

Little addition/correction on Y2K and "as the year 2000 came and went, everything turned out fine" kind of ignores/minimalizes the work of countless software engineers spending MILLIONS of hours patching software so that nothing happened.

[@marten6578]

this one always grinds my gears

[@ToddHowar.d]

@@marten6578it always bashes my balls

[@UD503J]

Yep, everyone always glosses over it and said "it was fine, everyone freaked out over nothing". Yeah, it was fine because the right people freaked out, sat down, made a project plan, hired engineers, coded the plan, found the bugs, fixed the bugs, tested, then launched a fix before NYE.

[@CultellusDolorum]

bruh, a million hours would be over a century. Crazy to think those software engineers were working to prevent Y2K before flight was even invented lol.

[@UD503J]

@@CultellusDolorum millions of total hours over thousands of engineers.

[@ZippyFizzy]

I know some people didn't enjoy the length of the video or the usual editing style paired with a silly mystery, but I honestly loved it, I love hearing Nexpo put meat onto small mysteries, it creates a sense of story and journey, and fun spooky atmosphere. Ghost stories around the campfire are normally lame but at least you can say you had fun along the way

[@hendrihendri3939]

can we appreciate Nexpo's editing desk? Thats one helluva clean setup.

[@azure-mist]

I will say - Y2K wasn’t just a paranoia (ironically). It was a real bug. The reason why it never came to be was because programmers worked tirelessly to prevent it. We owe the lack of that Y2K crash to those programmers!

[@interlapsed]

My dad was a programmer back in the day. He had to work long days and nights before and during new years eve 1999 to make sure everything went well and that all issues were patched, its crazy to me how easily people forget about the programmers who were the reason why Y2K never came to fruition.

[@SourCat420]

@@interlapsedtell more this is wild

[@bounceysteve]

@@SourCat420 I agree this is wild

[@TheExigency]

@@bounceysteve I concur this is wild

[@rainebow_kitty6142]

@@TheExigency Conclusion: This is wild.

[@southernbelle187]

The “Nexpo pause” makes me chuckle every time! 😂 Great video my friend!

[@thatonedude]

Course he hearts your comment but refuses to explain why he does that. Its fucking annoying to many people, just look back at the previous video.

[@AbsoluteRagex]

Broski pls calmm down he can't like his own comments or what? ​@@thatonedude

[@ourBrainF00D]

​@@thatonedude"Refuses to explain why he does that". Everyone's speech pattern naturally has a cadence. Even if it wasn't natural, it's likely for dramatic effect. This has been done since the dawn of film as a whole. God forbid a KZbinr making a free video for your entertainment does the same and takes their own creative liberty in creative works. And, before you throw this at me, I'm not meat riding either. Never watched a video of the guy's before until now. You're just a big ol' grouchy grouch.

[@saintsage7612]

@@thatonedudebro are you good it’s not that deep 💀 calm tf down

[@w花b]

If there's the word "pride" on the internet, you gotta be on high alert for the word preceding it lol.

[@karl_ralph]

TLDW: paranoia was a show on fox and fox was bought by disney

[@Rockthemike13]

A lot of my time is spent mindlessly tuning in on youtube at work or in the down times. Nexpo is the only youtuber I make an event of watching. Highest quality and never disappoints. Amazing content, as always. Thank you!

[@koozeronenine6971]

I agree but I just want to add atrocity guide. I think they teamed up for a video one time, but ya they are both the only 2 creators in this field I get exited for

[@noobgamersland6969]

​@@koozeronenine6971yup atrocity is really good too

[@iampfaff]

hey man, honest feedback here. I prefer longer, deeper dives into things like these. i feel as if i could have found this out by spending 10 mins on google. i don’t know if it was the way you presented it, but it seems like your research on this in particular is lacking. i typically enjoy your videos. I would have much more enjoyed hearing about the odd sites on the original paranoia. also, the long pausing between groups of words in the same sentence for dramatic effect could be reduced. it’s really cheesy.

[@lpnp9477]

It's great for things like Disturbing Things From Around the Internet, but it doesn't pay off here. It's just really weird here.

[@iampfaff]

@@lpnp9477 yep, this vid was the first time it really grated on me, in the past it hasn’t been overdone but now it happens literally every sentence.

[@Gideon_the_Seraph]

agreed.

[@dreffon9213]

I feel like it is the first time that I do not share your excitement about a mistery. All along the video, I was just thinking "why should I care?"

[@King625]

Same! I only continued watching because I assumed it would be some crazy conclusion, but it was just because of an old game show?

[@EatTheory]

Because it’s closure to an internet mystery, regardless of the outcome. Not every ending is exciting, but to come out the other side to complete it.

[@Gideon_the_Seraph]

@@EatTheory yeah but a mystery like this doesnt need 36 minutes. could be cut down to like 20 if you cut out the dramatic pauses, long winded clips and slow talking

[@speedeespeedboi9527]

This probably be better as a lost media video

[@saturndotnet]

oh man, i thought i was the only one. This really ought to have been part of a compilation. I wasn't bored, but it really turned out to be so uninteresting.

[@nickg.663]

Not going to lie this video kinda sucked... Unnecessarily slow at times and never reaching any real point or conclusion. Would've been much more interesting if you focused on the website itself who cares about a domain name.

[@MrBallen]

Dude your videos are always 🔥 🔥

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

Hell yeah!

[@RedSpade37]

Hey, you're that guy! My partner looooves your content! Guess it's time to check out your channel for myself!

[@manwtf6388]

Your content is the best piece of entertainment for me during weekends

[@chabꟊ]

The king.

[@mariomerrell9397]

My fuckin guy

[@sambigelow9106]

The fact that this has an actual conclusion makes it deserve so many more likes. My original thought was that Disney saw a bunch of unsavory content related to their IPs and thought buying the whole site would be easier than suing each poster, but this makes more sense as there was less of that in the earlier days of the Internet. Thank you, Nexpo, for always entertaining us, whether it is with mysteries or explanations!

[@PoliticallyPink]

explain, please! I still don't get it. Why would Disney buy the site that used to be this game show's?

[@slavexcalledxshiver]

@@PoliticallyPink The show aired on the Fox Family channel, and Disney eventually purchased Fox Family. Disney then purchased the domain name.

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

Or perhaps to cover their tracks when taking over the operations borderline illegal website they created a game show in case people ever went looking for the true reason. The true reason being they wanted to be the number one website about The Simpsons available! That wasn't enough for them in the end though, that's why they ended up buying 20th Century Fox, they couldn't just have all web based Simpsons' domains, they needed to own The Simpsons themselves. Checkmate.

[@AstraOG]

not the offbrand meatcanyon channel cooking up a new theory

[@justhearmeout3959]

Reading this before watching the video without context 😳

[@twoforties]

blah blah blah send to publisher

[@chadschmaltz9790]

​@AstraOG agreed, their stuff seems like "whatever is popular right now" mixed with creepy/overly detailed imagery. The animations are very fluid so props to that aspect.

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

@@chadschmaltz9790 pretty accurate

[@Benjamin-lc3gx]

I really don't get why videos like this need to be a half hour long

[@krossbonnez]

$$$$$

[@idah5496]

To help me sleep

[@dear-rence]

Just because

[@yarritta]

ikr should be at least an hour

[@Gubgubgoober]

I've been watching Kylies videos for a while now and I'm so happy to see her getting the recognition she deserves!

[@TiPitSgtBuddy]

*in response to your closing lines* The reason that old internet has such a charm is because it was a time when we believed in possibilites and where people where allowed to be themselves before the algorithms began optimizing for addiction. There was a beauty and hope that has now transformed into attention content addiction. Also, nostalgia Edit: We used to make content for the art and fun of it. Now its all about growing a business and brand. But its not people's fault either because ifyou dont pander to the algorithms, your content will be invisible. For those who arn't sure about the difference between addictive and fun, mobile games are optimized for addiction. You feel the need to play but not the desire. There is no deep fulfillment or satisfaction. On the other end, you know that something is fun when you want to do it without any pressure

[@FaiaHalo]

Capitalism, as it does with everything, ruined it.

[@nateburket4344]

"optimizing for addiction" is a brilliant way to describe the current neo-tech dystopian culture we are suffering from.

[@No_Comply]

@@FaiaHaloYou have 0 idea what you're talking about. Capitalism allowed for an explosion of jobs, alternative entertainment platforms (which you happen to be reaping the benefits of at this very moment) and an infinite amount of other useful products. The digital economy accounts for more than $1 trillion alone, or 7% of America's total GDP; which provides the comfort of living that allows strangers to lay in bed and criticize capitalism with 0 substance to their claim. I don't care about aligning myself with ideologies, but I do care about stopping dumb people from making unsubstantiated claims that negatively influence others. Don't like capitalism? Get off of Alphabet Inc's product, delete your socials, and donate (not sell) your iphone/computer.

[@micaelamessinar8241]

​@@No_Comply not only is this one of THE worst cases of boot licking I've ever had the displeasure of ever seeing, but the only one making claims with ZERO evidence to back them up is you. All of what you said sounds cute but you presented zero evidence, thus it remains as your feelings on the subject only. Plus, the tired old fallacy you are using here of not critiquing obviously flawed stuff just dismisses people's freedom of speech only because you feel uncomfortable by their remarks.

[@Derek-kj9mt]

The Old Internet Lives

[@liliases]

i hate that every nexpo video i watch these days feels like... such a disappointment. the content used to be so good, and now it's just 30 minutes word vomit of a mystery that can be solved in 5 minutes, with an upbeat sponsor stuffed inside

[@Kabork]

That intro score is orgasmically good

[@DAVINACANIS]

it's WHAT?

[@anthonyvelez1569]

It makes me bust

[@Rhettroizms]

Ambutskaaaam

[@yeetrepublic9142]

@@DAVINACANISYou heard the man

[@AllofJudea]

​@@yeetrepublic9142Assuming gender in the current year?

[@DreadPirateRobertz]

This is the first time a nexpo video has been anticlimactic to say the least. Not quite what I was expecting.

[@backlogduty]

Been like that for a while:/

[@justinhamilton8647]

Take a look at how many ARGs/video game videos were before the Walton Files video. Then take a look after. Bro’s channel has turned into overproduced slop

[@AjeetSingh-xq4yb]

@@justinhamilton8647 Could it be that there aren't as many interesting topics to cover now? Or is it Nexpo running out of ideas? I haven't watched in a while and decided to check this video out.

[@victoryiamjay]

Mysteries dont have to be creepy, or dark, or unnatural. Sometimes they just have to be odd. This is one of those times, an odd mystery of the old internet from the 90's/00's.

[@CocoWantsACracker]

I feel you are using the word "mystery" as a synonym of "question". If you can ask: "Why?" and the answer is in a Google search, it is not a mystery. The fact a company bought a domain is also hardly odd. The percentage of cases where the party who is buying a domain has no idea of who the previous owner was or what their website was like, must be over 50%, there's no doubt in my mind.

[@DaemonJerky]

He pretended he's been perturbed by this for three years. I promise you he found the answer in 10 minutes then googled a bunch of shit to pad out 36 minutes of video. This was garbagw

[@BerzerkerTreko]

bro had the answer all along but decided to wait 30 minutes to give it 😭

[@RepriseYT]

white people when video essay

[@NightDocs]

Oh shit here we go

[@piss7610]

eyyy look who it is :D

[@King625]

I love Nexpo’s content but this was just not it. I understand not all mysteries are going to have some big payoff, but why stretch it out for 36 minutes and make it super dramatic for no reason? Just to add, the dramatic silence at 27:56 was hilarious. Like, you stumbled upon the Wikipedia article of a game show lmao

[@vriscoursed2470]

agree lol i refuse to believe it took them that long to find the game show paranoia

[@brandnewfan182]

Controversial opinion here but I feel like most of his content has this issue, he just usually hides it better. He's very talented at video production but when it comes to the actual investigation part he has no clue what he's doing. I mean look at any of his other videos and look how much he talks about first hand research vs just summarizing something he found on Reddit or discord. Nothing wrong with that on its own but dude needs to just own up to it and stop cosplaying as an investigator

[@1983Corolla]

He's showing his limitations as a KZbinr with this one tbh, every video of his is so formulaic and edited so similarly in the "creepy internet mystery" way but when he covers something pretty mundane and not disturbing at all he doesn't switch it up lol he does like dramatic pauses on, looking at a Wikipedia page? It's just kinda funny, like this video made it pretty obvious he doesn't know any other way.

[@AK-jm1sc]

​@brandnewfan182 Doesn't make sense for him to change his style or say he isn't an investigator when this is his whole brand and people come watch him for this brand of "creepy internet investigations with a touch of drama".

[@babswayne5193]

@@vriscoursed2470 LITERALLY like yall're just making yourselves look dumb lol

[@BIGPAPAPICKLE911]

My whole weekend is made, thanks NEXPO!

[@TheTrekkie12]

I love it when internet mysteries turn up to be completely mundane consequences of people forgetting about a thing that lasted two months 24 years ago. Really shows that life is just weird

[@TheeObscure]

I actually watched this game show when it premiered. Fox Family promoted the hell out of it but were very vague and mysterious about what it was. The first question on the show was “where does Homer Simpson work?” They spent 5 minutes dragging it out asking the other contestants their answers and then taking polls over phone and web and I got bored and changed the channel. Love these internet deep dive videos, you have such good pacing with these kind of docs.

[@johnnelly3082]

Do you remember what was playing before or after this show or what time slot? I know "Who wants to be a millionaire" started around this time but on ABC.

[@Supermariosupervideo]

Sounds like this video

[@Manigeitora]

The whole fact-finding process in this video really goes to show how a lot of people are really just hungry to make a conspiracy or a mystery out of _anything,_ even when the truth is staring you in the face. The first thing I would have done was look for other media properties called "Paranoia" once discovering that the movie had no affiliation with Disney whatsoever (and how the hell were people accepting that as an answer???). There have been a few shows called Paranoid or similar names but the only ones I see specifically called Paranoia are the game show and the Sony movie. So it really just follows logically, and then the facts of the whole Fox/Disney merger around that same time just put a nice lid on the whole thing. There's no mystery and there never really was. It was just capitalism. Also, for what it's worth, Disney does not own the names "Aladdin" or "Snow White". Both of those characters have existed since long before Walt Disney was even born; Aladdin was written in the same era as Ali-Baba and Snow White was an old Grimm tale from the 1800s. Disney owns rights to _their films and the associated depictions of these characters,_ but they thankfully cannot claim sole ownership of those names. I can also guarantee that's the case because if it wasn't, DIsney would have absolutely taken the people who own those URLs to court and claimed them for themselves - this is Disney we're talking about, after all. And knowing Disney would be the ones buying them, you bet your ass whoever bought those sites first is going to take them for everything they've got if they want to buy them.

[@samkadel8185]

Yeah I found the mention of those titles odd - if Disney bought those websites it just seems like a legal nightmare that's not worth the hassle. Everybody knows they're owned by Disney and those properties are old enough that the Internet was young or nonexistent when it would've made sense to buy those domains, anyway.

[@marxllna]

100%

[@isislee919]

can’t we have any fun?

[@pomosapiens]

I can only assume this video is some sort of psyop to see how much they dumb things down. As a time traveller from web 1.0 I am amazed at how regressive and thought-stopping the culture of current year internet is. Horrifying.

[@pd1jdw630]

Yep. The original media group has sold of many rights due to bankruptcy. So I think that’s the most likely scenario.

[@MoonlightJewel]

Your videos are always such a gem. Thank you for your work ❤

[@okamithebroken7298]

I want my 36 minutes back.

[@PlebianGorilla]

We’ve really been making mountains out of mole hills on this channel lately. Used to love it here. “Then Disney bought the domain.” Ok so they have a project. “No but it’s really spooky.” … “It was a random project.” Sorry to be harsh, I just feel… jipped. Kept waiting for the kicker. Even replayed the video to see what I’d missed. I did not miss anything.

[@JackTorse-b1g]

He can be quite deceptive in his videos, he investigates, then mysteriously glosses over major things and makes vague statements about how things are debunked, but no debunking is shown. His channel is promoted by youtube, which should be a red flag, he has over 3.5 mil subs. An operation? That is what I got.

[@glitchpenguin6371]

Bro needed a video for his sponsors

[@glitchpenguin6371]

@@TheGamerPau idk

[@cyphercracker]

@@glitchpenguin6371it is.

[@bringitallback]

I dunno man, this was a non-mystery. I understand the appeal, but this one didn’t really go anywhere.

[@sophiestanculescu2635]

for years since I've found your channel, you've never disappointed me once, each of your videos is a pleasure to watch. As a french girl in her 30s, the excite website rang a distant, vague bell I had completely forgotten about. Definitely something to look into. Thank you forever for your wonderful work, it is very much appreciated! Peace

[@jarodjohnson1605]

What a monumentally inconsequential investigation

[@hotpinkbear31]

This brought me back to the 90s for sure. Things were so different back then. Love watching your videos, my daughter brought me to your channel and now every time you upload, we watch together. Seriously thank you for this.

[@Littlelikeme92]

Hell yeah! Always exciting when Nexpo drops a new vid!

[@MrTerrorrrr]

In 2000, 20th Century Fox was developing a game show called Paranoia for the Family Fox Channel. A year later, Disney purchased the Family Fox Channel and renamed it ABC Family. The show Paranoia never actually aired, but Disney’s purchase bought them the right to show and its website.

[@MrTerrorrrr]

So in other words fox bought the url for their show, disney bought fox, disney owns url

[@babaroga1192]

It’s fucking insane how long it took you to explain such a simple chain of events and how dramatized you made it

[@helmaschine1885]

Yeah KZbinrs are more focused on entertainment than communicating information effectively..like Y2K being covered as a non-event all despite the money and effort it took to stabilise computer systems.

[@feddddddd]

For real. One of the most pathetic attempts at stretching out such a nothing story I've seen in a while.

[@omega3fatass61]

​@@helmaschine1885 you mean more focused on ad revenue lol

[@evillttlimp]

The pregnant pauses make him more money, so he's never gonna stop, sadly

[@TimeBucks]

Your videos are always fire

[@evamarkoneszilvasy9997]

Jó videó

[@emmabagamadio3348]

So nice

[@Zahidsajjad007]

Your videos are always fire 🎉

[@TSBJunkie]

This one of the dumpster variety, yes, but always fire

[@csomOnline]

@@TSBJunkie lmao

[@360Fov]

If the word was 'friendship' instead of 'paranoia', would this video have been made? I love Nexpo videos generally, but this was bordering on banal.

[@nkeneca]

I know, right? such a long drag, to so little information. like a high school essay

[@rebelmage6929]

I can appreciate it. Sometimes, you just get curious about something and have to know, and this feels like that.

[@CocoWantsACracker]

I agree with your criticism about the need for this video to be made, but I think the point was not the word in itself, but the fact the domain was used for something that at the very least enabled unsavory behavior. That said, this fact was entirely irrelevant and should have been considered irrelevant by default, so it does little to make the video less banal.

[@upg315]

You know, not every "mystery" is worth investigating, nor does every "mystery" require "closure." These things don't have to be "crazy" to be interesting. But ... well, maybe we should bump up our standards and expectations of what is, in fact, worthy of being described as interesting in the first place. This is the corporate equivalent of "what did I have for dinner on the first Thursday of last year?" These days, you could run a full-on investigation into the matter, if you really wanted to, and there is even a small chance that you'd figure it out somehow (who knows, maybe the information is out there in a tweet you made, or an old bank statement, if you ordered out or went to a restaurant), but who the heck cares? Why does it matter? Is it closure to know, finally, at long last, that you had Burger King? I don't think every topic needs to be wild and bombastic either. I just think we should be asking ourselves WHY we seem to care about certain bits of minutia and/or ephemera out there, digital or otherwise, over others. Sometimes it feels like the "internet mystery investigation" contingent is taking a shotgun approach, clinging at random to any perceived anomaly that can so easily be explained by the simple fact that time passes, everything fades away, and meaningless things of little value, like game shows owned by a subsidiary of Disney, fade away even more quickly. Are we just trying to cling to these scraps of "knowledge" out of sheer terror, the instinctive understanding that the past will inexorably rise like a tide to claim us and sweep us away, and with us everything we know, care about, or, simply, recognize? Are we fixating on these tiny little bits of cultural waste because it allows us to pretend, for just a moment, that we can fix an endlessly changeable reality in our gaze, keep it still, encapsulate it? Is it just a matter of an ebb in material ... just "content" to wrap around "a word from our sponsors?" Hell if I know ...

[@grassowl]

This video is really cool, although it probably could have been about 15-20 minutes shorter

[@harrydavey9884]

But.. the precious ad-sense from kids with too much free time. I glad I read the spoiler comments 5 minutes in.

[@combine161]

It shouldn’t exist

[@GustavoFerreira-ci8tp]

Big hug from Brazil, bro! Your channel is pure gold

[@RinLockhart]

Getting any closure at all for any internet mystery is a miracle even today. It feels nice to have questions answered.

[@lalulu697]

Not me searching for paranoia website and screamed when I saw Disney

[@humemid]

dude that sponsor is unacceptable... pay us to help u pay someone else...

[@steel8231]

I feel like this kind of thing qualifies as archeology, the internet is basically speedrunning "Entropy of Information" because all it takes to lose something forever is some corporate bean counter deciding to unplug a server to save on data and power.

[@SStupendous]

Or maybe just historical research at some point.

[@dollishsilverdreams]

This case in a way really appeals to the quote “No matter where you go, everyone's connected”; absolutely love your channel !!

[@theWUisCOMINthru]

Sooooo… It would’ve saved a whole lot of time for a whole lot of people had they just searched “paranoia” on Wikipedia??? That’s literally the first thing I do when I’m looking something up…

[@emexdizzy]

Look, they can't all have our search skills, then people would actually know things.

[@MrFirecasters]

@@emexdizzyand you can have a juicy mystery when knowing things can you now 🤔

[@davidkraft1658]

The whole time I was watching I was waiting for something interesting to be revealed, never did. Should use wiki

[@speedeespeedboi9527]

Tbf i never used the wikis search box ever

[@christopher9727]

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@gredennight]

it's amazing how a person can stretch "paranoia was a tv show site" into a 30 minute video

[@elias1761]

worst video i have watched on this website, no joke

[@eduardosantiago6948]

If you're just looking for an answer you can just google it. These types of videos are all about the whole research and history of the topic, not just the final result.

[@edeatsaslide6947]

A youtube video isn't about the destination, it's about the journey.

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

Why did you find it necessary to comment this?

[@surprise7002]

Legit. This has to be Nexpo's worst video. Like what the fuck was that.

[@timnorton1611]

Very cool investigation! It seemed like there may have been a dark side but it to me ended up being about a corporations monopoly. Just having the money to buy up everything and not even knowing what they're buying is crazy to me. Thanks for the for putting this together as it was great to watch

[@EBIKETYSON25]

You used about 2 seconds of part of the donkey kong 2 soundtrack in this and im willing to bet not 1 single person will notice it. i only no because i worked on keys in a few of those sessions way back in the early 90s. its around 19:42 and song from the ost is called forrest interlude.

[@rearedrain9722]

(No one has mentioned that you can do redirect to the site even if you don't own the domain you're redirecting to)

[@owenclinton]

He also never actually found the URL in the game show. The structure of the url from the clip is fundamentally different than the original url being investigated.

[@rearedrain9722]

@@owenclinton yeah, video is basically a huge nothing burger

[@pvic6959]

@@rearedrain9722 yeahhh usually i reallly like his videos but this one did feel like nothing lol. from the start i was lke "watch it be a quired by a company merger"

[@aeteno703]

right? i was so confused about that. and the random website that is just a list that claims to be domains owned by Disney, why would you just trust that immediately? very bizarre.

[@GeloRuse]

"Local man learns how to google" On a serious note, i'm not gonna lie, i feel conflicted about this video... On one hand i enjoyed exploring this rabbit hole with your narration and superb editing. On the other hand i feel this is just a padded nothing-burger about a site redirect and a lot of coincidences. Personally i'd prefer you to delve into the website more, but as you said, you are trying something different, so fair enough. It says alot about people who really enjoy making a deep and complex mystery out of mundane things and pursue closure, despite a potential disappointment in the end. One could draw a parralel to Y2K you mentioned, with people expecting something life changing to happen and in the end everything going smoothly (although there is a lot more nuance to that event). That point would play really well into the topic of the video. But i'm not gonna give you that narrative benefit. :P Either way, i think i like the video, but IMO you have a tendency to drag out things a lot. Nothing serious, just a preference i suppose. Still, it's clear you put in effort into making this, so good job!

[@omega3fatass61]

dude is desperate for ad revenue

[@saturndotnet]

​@@omega3fatass61who wouldn't be? I mean, those guys dole out some serious dough to these creators. Practically leaving money on the table if they dont do it yanno? doesn't make it right, just makes it understandable ig

[@brandnewfan182]

He's clearly very talented at video production but it's hard to consistently find deep and interesting mysteries to cover. Dude should offer his production services to other creators who can afford to split revenue when he's lacking in new content ideas, not make overproduced nothing burgers like this. But hey what do I know, this is somehow at 1.2mil views in 3 days apparently

[@junospite]

the quality on these videos is immaculate. every time you upload it feels like i'm watching a movie

[@Indica_Clark]

You’re a phenomenal story teller. Subbed!

[@markswan5374]

Well, they cant all be bangers, Nexpo...

[@TakoTrucker]

this hurt and im not even nexpo

[@mistuhwhite69]

“Man I sure need a nexpo video to draw to” -me, ten seconds before I got the notification