Ray William Johnson | Fallen Titans #1

[@BuiltDownLogically]

"adults have commitments, jobs, romantic relationships" i gotta say, i feel personally attacked

[@Arkatox]

#relatable

[@itsStephJM]

one of those things is not like the other, one of those things is a tough thing to keep

[@gaywoman420]

colorfiction That's pretty emo

[@wanderingrandomer]

To be honest, I probably watch more KZbin now than I ever did as a teenager.

[@shawnfields2757]

WanderingRandomer Me too. I guess by Quinton's logic, if we spend time watching a lot of KZbin, we're kids, even if we're 25 or older? I'm not really personally offended by that, as I don't really care and I guess for me, it's a bit true except that I'm an adult with no job(because eplilesy), no romantic relationship (because I KNOW girls don't want to date a guy like me, who's stereotypically nerdy, likes things anime, and video games, I dropped out of high school, am 25 and STILL live with my mom), and nothing else to commit to. Yeah, I'm THAT pathetic. And just when I think I can't get MORE pathetic, the girl I've had a crush on for 2 years, one of my closest friends, tells me through of our normal texts, that she KNEW I had liked her, and she felt the same way, but certain things in her personal life prevented her from acting on those feelings, and she'd been regretting that for a long time. And she wanted me to expand my horizons and not wait my entire life for her or for the next 2 years. I knew this was going end this way, but it STILL hurt WORSE than i thought it would've. It felt like being sucker punched, by someone you know, not that I'm mad at her, it's my fault. I've been rejected before, but that particular one, which happened last month hurt the most. I've already lost my best friend, because he found a girlfriend, in 2012, so, now I've got WAY too much time on my hands to watch KZbin and comment on videos, blabbering about nothing... just like my real life, except most of the time, I'm not talking to myself or to the walls.

[@ghoulking7616]

Ray has the voice and personality of monster energy drink

[@taliajung1553]

Where's the lie??

[@jvnxiie2441]

Yo this too accurate

[@JyujinPlus]

No wonder I enjoy him

[@cypher838]

He is quite literally mr douchebag.

[@jango7889]

i am lucky to be untainted by the taste of a monster energy drink

[@twilftw]

ray william johnson is my favorite gorrilaz member

[@dukepy6936]

twil ftw i chocked with my sandwich while laughing dude, but i agree

[@lanceleonhart1362]

Take an L for that spelling error. 0/10

[@cusionmon6652]

The shot from 17:32 with his legs dangling over the edge is the exact fucking same as a shot from Feel good Inc.

[@setsers1]

twil ftw ayy

[@setsers1]

Dukepy xD

[@DevonPalmer98]

I remember when 100,000 subs meant you were a god among men.

[@QuintonReviews]

And it still does

[@baraness24]

Now its more like a god among peasants. Peasants like me.

[@SkullivanBones]

Quinton Reviews not really in my opinion, more like business elite among average people.

[@unclesam2boogaloo2]

I remember yourfavoritemartian. In 5th grade up to early 6th grade i would listen to that music. For some reason I never found ray's channel. Ahh 10 year old me in 2012. Good times.

[@account6555]

Sam Kneale 16 years

[@jdzratt1esnake]

"This project is retired" is my favorite band.

[@QuintonReviews]

me 2

[@yoshimasterleader]

It's actually a good name for a band.

[@ZetHololo]

That is why I love Rhett and Link. Those guys survived EVERYTHING. Nobody thought of them as big names back in the day. But while almost all the big names of youtube yesteryears have fallen into obscurity, Rhett and Link kept building a clean and respective community and have made consistent funny quality content since 2009.

[@zayzafy6969]

Yeah so sad Ray has fallen 🙏🙏

[@riddlemefish6217]

I've been a fan of GMM for over 10 years!

[@p1zzadust]

"Adults have commitments, jobs, romantic relationships" Outch.

[@Dorf274]

I feel you, bro.

[@videogamenostalgia]

*oof*

[@antipsychotic451]

don't worry about it. i personally revel in shitting in the mouth of social norms, and overall being a drain on the government and society. this society gave nothing to me, so i'm going to drain it for all it's worth

[@paintbrush3554]

@@antipsychotic451 mood.

[@mykaruest3620]

@@antipsychotic451 That is sad.

[@lolaluvv]

There was a point in time where Tobuscus was the biggest competition to Pewdiepie. It's weird seeing him just be this unstoppable giant now.

[@rollingon5566]

midbus does things it's fucking crazy looking back

[@CatCamryn]

Yeah I remember back in the day I would watch Tobuscus & his gaming channel regularly. When their “rivalry” started I didn’t even know who Pewdiepie was.

[@jamesgamble3731]

CatCamryn me too. I actually thought Tobuscus would become the more popular one because he had three channels that were all different genres while pewds was only doing let's plays lol

[@Artsificial]

Next goal is 70 million subs for Pewds. Let's make it happen.

[@swissthreese7436]

I remember Nova vs PewDiePie Happy Wheels levels, good times.

[@TheNicoleRoo]

every time quinton says 'quintessentially' i hear 'quintonssentially'

[@marcinsobota14]

One of the things I fucking love about Quinton is that he appreciates the young, diverse demographic of the Internet that is so divided, and yet he doesn't pander or subject himself to appeasing anyone or dumbing down his videos. Love you, man

[@TSFboi]

He was watchable because back then it was a lot harder to find viral videos you weren't already aware of, and it was a good way to find cool ones. If you could put up with his personality.

[@armybebe6622]

Hyuna in your pfp?? Taste🤩

[@linclokatz]

Bah his personality isn’t something you have to put up with he’s just a product of the 2010’s .

[@pankojoy9372]

"Doin ya mom, doin doin ya mom" Words to kick off a career

[@Furcas00]

Fun fact: I got banned from Your Favorite Martian because I had the audacity to critique the audio production of one of the songs. Whoever managed the comments on that account was very ban-heavy.

[@pro272727]

Holy shit, me too. I got banned from RWJ for comments I left on Doing Your Mom.

[@KinGizzard]

I left a critical comment on his Facebook page along the lines of, 'maybe you should do less music videos, and focus on =3 because that's what people actually want to watch.' I then got banned from commenting on the FB page, YFM, AND =3. I stopped watching after that.

[@halogamer41]

I got banned from RWJs facebook page for saying "Clickbait =/= funny"

[@kengally]

Unrelated but I got banned from commenting on Lily Peet's livestream because I asked why there was a frog sound playing every 10 seconds. To this day I never got my answer, and don't know if I was imagining it.

[@kittokattxx]

@@kengally Maybe her livestream chat moderators had assumed you were trying to trick her into thinking something was wrong with the audio when there wasn't? (ex: a streamer's chat saying the streamer's mic is muted when it's not) I'm assuming she has chat moderators but I've never watched any of her streams, only her videos.

[@Spalfos]

Remember how he would fill the entire screen with clear annotations so that if you clicked the video to pause it it would just redirect you to subscribe

[@RtistiqSkubie]

Lol,I never had that happen to me.

[@blackbomber72]

Oh yeah! Didnt thought of it... yikes...

[@trikitrikitriki]

Annotations were wild

[@lukamagicc]

Lmao good ol' fucking Annotation system

[@KiegKillsReality]

Hollycrap I forgot about annotations

[@funstuff81girl]

"Kids are the only ones who have enough time to watch a lot. of. KZbin." Me, 19: Ok...ok so this is a wakeup call .

[@dankduck]

stg help

[@dragon67849]

You still feel that way?

[@SeanMacadelic]

Dude. I’m 26 and have a ton of responsibilities... yet I still find myself with enough time to waste to just binge KZbin videos nonstop

[@Badsy_the_Edgecat]

@@SeanMacadelic i mean, to be fair... considering the state of the world, i think MOST people have the potential time to binge youtube

[@Kirbita22]

no joke this is one of my biggest problems right now. i'm 20 and a failure of a human being lol

[@mariam19554]

I learned to speak English while watching Ray lmao I remember being around 12 or something and watching these videos even though I had no idea what the half of the words meant. Then "Your Favorite Martian" rolled in and I loved it! It was the funniest thing to me and to this day I know all the songs by heart (cringy story: I thought the Grandma Facebook song was so good that I even showed it to my dad). I grew up and stopped watching him and then I found out he was leaving =3 and while I watched the video, I couldn't help but cry. This man sparked my love and interest for KZbin, Internet and the English language. I'm 18 now, speak English fluently and even though Ray was unfunny, I am so grateful for him. :')

[@QuintonReviews]

that's lovely

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

Maria M You must be the human personification of cancer for ever being that big of a fan. You're certainly a moral degenerate.

[@mariam19554]

AudioGardenSlave *Used to be a big fan. We all liked and did cringy things as kids, we don't need to go around calling each other cancer because of that

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

Maria M That's true BUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTT most of the things I find terrible now have always been terrible to me. My friends showed me =3 a long time ago, I hated it then, and I still hate it now. That being said... I go back and watch old emo music videos from time to time so I'm being a hypocrite. Sometimes I just need to rag on somebody. Your today's victim I guess, so cherish it.

[@mariam19554]

AudioGardenSlave Well, at least I'm glad you understand... kind of

[@yunggott1260]

I've been watching you since your old Doctor who reviews and damn, you've improved greatly. I'm waiting until you too are one of the Fallen Titans.

[@kento2771]

stef. edge Wassssssuuuuuup

[@poprostujanek1014]

I dunno i feel like shit for binge watchin/listening to his shit at work but I dunno don't ask me ,i wouldnt give meself 10 darra foe 5 minutes.

[@vicentetemes5793]

Goddamn man that hurts on the inside.

[@kellylynn88]

I agree! Also when the heck did he get 205k subs?! I was here from back when he had just a few thousand! So awesome to see a good channel get more subs

[@phoneyphil5663]

Quinton will never fall! Nowhere but up, baby! Nowhere but up!!!

[@Lovelydeck]

I know this is old but Ray has recently popped up on Tik Tok, his comedy has definitely improved. He’s not so mean spirited and his commentary is actual jokes

[@Quackervoltz]

Can't really enjoy it when (as far as I know) he never apologized for the extremely bigoted remarks and jokes.

[@BlazingnitroYT]

@@Quackervoltz bruh, he doesen't need to apologize, that was forever ago and if he stopped, than whatever

[@jeremy8746]

@@BlazingnitroYT *then

[@maximillion322]

@@BlazingnitroYT He doesn't NEED to apologize but it would certainly help him save face. Though if we're being real all the mean spirited hatefulness was mostly a product of what the internet was like at the time, especially considering the fact that he's clearly updated his style since then.

[@j.grimes4420]

Ray is not funny and never has been.

[@steliostoulis1875]

You've got the same Watchmen edition as I do. Sweet Edit: Oh no

[@Jon-Patrick-S]

Not anymore he doesn't!

[@davidbronstein2040]

Had*

[@rollingon5566]

Stelios Toulis I have that issue also, I also have about 5 different prints, I have no fucking life

[@Odinsday]

At least the pages are still there. Imagine if he had burned it....

[@jasonom8984]

This is my favorite comment

[@TheCrimsonSharpshot]

I remember I had a friend who got visibly mad when I said Ray William Johnson was unfunny and stole content. Like he got pissed off and walked away, legit passionate anger and everything. This was just 3 years ago when we were both 16. It was weird.

[@patlented3042]

TheCrimsonSharpshot May I ask what's your status with that friend now?

[@TheCrimsonSharpshot]

I don't know where he is now. I ask people about him from time to time but they don't know either. He's kinda like Ray William Johnson in that sense.

[@patlented3042]

TheCrimsonSharpshot dang. hopefully you find the person and will be in good terms by then

[@NinjapowerMS]

Maybe he's thinking right now "Man I feel stupid as a kid for disowning a friend because we have different opinions on a KZbin channel"

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

I'm 25 now, so I've been through literally every stage of KZbin and the reign of RWJ was a very odd one.

[@marcelaperez4126]

LOL same 😂😂😂

[@Donnakilluminati]

Now you’re 29, hopefully life has treated you well.

[@TheKing60210]

Ahhh RayWilliamJohnson, I would always come back home from Middleschool and watch his videos. Good times...

[@datboi8921]

Greg?

[@mothslug4387]

Greg

[@mdr48371]

I remember when badgers were badgers and mushrooms were mushrooms. Except when they were a snake.

[@BMoney8600]

mdr48371 I watched that video at least 1,000 times

[@alexdale8705]

I remember when men were men and women were women

[@fan9775]

Wut?

[@nickstadler1906]

I remember when we were kids and we wanted to go weeee, but we couldn't cos we couldn't get drugs yet, so we held on for our lives. Gonads and strife.

[@christiangasior4244]

Gonads and strife omg I forgot about that. Gonads in the Lightning.

[@sabaideebee]

The era when people used to say "epic" and "legen-wait for it... dary" everywhere.

[@Cebollas]

I still say epic a lot

[@suzerainty4192]

The Watchmen pages chosen are perfect for this topic. From left wall to right wall: Dr Manhattan starts as a celebrated figure but becomes more and more estranged from fans and the people who love him. He is no longer able to understand what they will like and cannot comprehend WHY they don't like it. After alienating those closest to him he finds himself alone because humanity doesn't find him #relatable. This fundamental separation cannot be fixed by proximity as even when occupying the same physical space and acting like other people the chasm remains. One can only reminisce (ABSENT FRIENDS). Back on the left wall has Rorschach's identity crisis. The character he created has become far more appealing than his actual self and all reality gets filtered through that persona instead. The human connection threatens his worldview by putting a whole lot of gray into his black and white moral compass. It feels far safer to alienate all others and stay in his personal world (FEARFUL SYMMETRY). Anyway, it's 3:00am and what I really came here to say was SHOW DR MANHATTAN'S DICK YOU COWARD

[@Manny444a]

Suzerainty I think you over did it but ok

[@zyker2156]

Tobuscus | Fallen Titans #2

[@colesteele8569]

Zyker I'd prefer a Fred video personally.

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

The guy who did Fred actually has a new KZbin channel.

[@sunnyapartmentroom2038]

now that's a good idea

[@Creecherfromtheblacklagoon]

Onision

[@jv9ufxcy]

Onision doesn't deserve to be remembered as a Titan.

[@katestahla]

Today, 12/5/18, a friend (adult in college) showed me (adult in college) the Stereotypes song unironically and quizzed me on what I thought was the most shocking stereotype. When I asked her who made the song she said seriously, "This project has been retired". I got flashbacks to middle school.

[@meganb2304]

I'm a year late but I just wanted to let you know that this has been heard for ever bit as wretched as it is

[@shen4385]

Shout out to babby Cr1tikal (Ashamed to admit this is how I found him all those years ago)

[@andrewsilver7048]

"Dry humor" turned out to be the entire point Haha

[@sageisnotaplant99]

That’s how I found him too!

[@FauxGemini]

Holy shit, I thought that sounded like him! Also fuck that game, I remember it was so difficult LOL

[@AshleyTogepi]

It's crazy because I remember seeing a qwop video on equals 3 a billion years ago back when I was in middle school, and now I'm 21 and happily subscribed to critikal, and had no memory until now that my first time seeing him was actually through RWJ. I thought it was the edge of glory video all this time.

[@dreww8941]

It’s all connected

[@mogan4534]

I used to watch RWJ all the time. I remember it being so hilarious. Yeah, I don’t know what was wrong with me.

[@jackmosher2918]

Bar San both are masterpieces

[@mogan4534]

Jack Mosher you’re a monster.

[@mogan4534]

Bar San I was.

[@TheInfiniteGlitch]

Joseph Cocks A lot of people liked =3, that was why it was popular. You just grew up and your tastes changed.

[@FTIBug]

Same.

[@tls3217]

"This is were careers come to DIE!" - Robin Williams, upon entering the =3 set

[@harrisonwestphall2381]

Not too soon, but damn I still miss Robin. I felt kind of bummed seeing him with RWJ.

[@TheSalts]

Since it was Rays choice to step away his story i feel ended nicer than most former Titans

[@JustinY.]

This is like the GamerfromMars but actually researched and entertaining

[@ThatReviewerGamer]

Hahahahahaha I would love to know how Quinton feels about that statement.

[@JustinY.]

Dead Witch Flying Sounds good, I'll check it out

[@QualityContentComingSoon]

Better than GFM not as good as Glink though. But looking forward to see what else is next :)

[@Ace22]

It's actually worse.

[@darthsalad6211]

I would agree that his unannoying voice does make the video a lot less funny than most of GFM's videos.

[@djparadroid]

Somebody That I Used to Know is a song by Gotye, which in its actual performance is pretty haunting. This cover is... yeah.

[@frankreads8618]

Yep. It really is one of the most realistic breakup songs ever.

[@kaydwessie296]

@@frankreads8618 I used to just love it cause it slapped. Now I've been cheated on and it was as messy as possible, so whenever the radio DOES play it I sing along loud enough to annoy the whole car.

[@DaveVaderify]

I remember watching Ray religiously and "enjoying" his content. Now I realize what a shitty taste in humor I had. But time you enjoy wasting isn't wasted time.

[@opal1438]

Probably a good hint that Ray quit the show at the right time

[@tankninja1]

Ah yes the youtube of my youth, when it usually couldn't load a video and when it did it was choppy and 144p

[@TopFurret]

And a couple minutes of video took upwards of half an hour to load. So you better enjoy the heck out of that video

[@elainaswanson4364]

The idea of “youtube from when i was a kid” tossed me into the twilight zone

[@Seeker4you2]

I’m just old enough to not have had KZbin as a kid. Grew up in the sticks on native land and had a N64 and shit till I moved into a city and got with the times around the time KZbin started to become KZbin.

[@sevensesnvelasdljkaalkjkskksk]

youtube came out before i started going to school

[@DeMiTriDreams]

I was in middle school when it first came out. Am I old yet?🤣

[@juchegang3129]

The good old days when instead of saying “leave a like” KZbinrs would say “rate this five stars”

[@virgilbarrios3174]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@williamfairfull8076]

don't forget to hit that big yellow subscribe button up thare

[@angelogirardi1226]

Like theGamerFromMars “What happened to ____” series, but entertaining

[@berke2336]

*and actually researched

[@jeltje50]

Ange FLOO and actually to the point

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

And actually funny

[@williamfairfull8076]

in order to understand this comment we need to go back to 2005 when youtube was first created

[@rolandverde8771]

@@berke2336 quinton made a parody of GFM thats how i first found quinton lol

[@JyujinPlus]

I really like how this video discussed Ray. I never knew what happened to him and I always thought that people got the impression he was a jerk, or that some controversy about him killed his career. Even if this video points out that he wasn’t very talented, it seems like he was very passionate. Hearing that he retired from the online sphere because it was no longer fulfilling is weirdly wholesome, considering how other creators fall out of favor. I hope his stand uo career picks up, and that he and my mom continue to have lonely evenings together

[@kaydwessie296]

The last sentence of this sent me

[@TRAINAlytics]

His channel was also going downhill before he stopped though. His daily subs slowed from ~18k in July 2013 to ~3.5k in February 2014, just before he quit =3.

[@Vesaint]

@@TRAINAlytics no one's prime lasts forever look at pewdiepie

[@DeeEsDubya]

when Quinton uploads, the urge to bust out the good ol' noose slips away

[@ХлояМарш-щ7ы]

I remember =3 and I remember loving it. Until I stopped watching Ray's videos. Looking back I'm not like others in the comments who are saying "What was wrong with me!?" because there wasn't anything wrong with me. I *_grew out_* of his humor. There was nothing wrong with you as a kid. You liked something that appealed to kids that doesn't appeal to you at all as an adult. One might as say "What was wrong with me!?" when you remember that you liked The Teletubbies, the Wiggles, or hell that one band you listened to in middle school (you know the one) that you're embarrassed that you listened to now. You grew up and your tastes changed.

[@freindmaker4473]

The wiggles = everything

[@GOWxSnIpRzZx]

Yeah exactly, it was funny at the time. But that humour is long gone and considered cringy now mainly because we're all grown up

[@Mariodash23]

For me, that band was A Day to Remember. I understand why I liked them but now, I prefer heavier stuff. The kind of stuff that makes me wanna cut through a horde of demons rather than cut myself.

[@Lyubimov89]

“You know the one”, let me guess, two word name, starts with an L? Either of the two?

[@JayKayEllEmm]

Ray is currently on TikTok, doing pretty well, I think, and I’d say that short form of content is benefiting him. I agree that =3 was very meh, only getting a light smile out of me every 5 videos, but on his TikTok, I consistently get up to a light chuckle. Maybe his writing has gotten better, maybe it’s just benefits of a different format.

[@sev1011]

Definitely the formatting of the platform, while also being in an environment where Young Tiktokers are doing stupid shit to call out on. So I'd say that helped Ray get an audience for this generation, along with reviving part of his old ones.

[@ellepalmer]

That’s actually pretty cool. I loved =3 as a kid. I might check out his tiktok

[@FoxGoodmanYT]

Just like with Smosh, I can't believe I used to love Equals Three.....

[@stephencardone]

Smosh license test is still funny. Rewatched it pretty recently out of curiosity, and the humor held up even if everything else didn't.

[@Mr.Marbles]

Tbh. Smosh actually had decent skits and they at least put work into it. Most people just grew out of the humor.

[@aarongutierrez7705]

Fox Goodman but RWJ is actually funny

[@DragonMaiden77]

I gotta thank RWJ for introducing me to Crit1kal though. That man is so beautiful

[@ya9ya10]

DragonMaiden77 I also found out about tonetta through him. Look him up, you'll be in for a treat ;)

[@DonutJulio]

I literally forgot about the comic back ground til you put those panels up holy shit

[@MegaRazor619]

DonutJulio I never realized it was watchmen

[@TheRegart]

I never really watched Ray William Johnson back during his prime. But from looking at these clips, I don't think I missed much

[@DeMiTriDreams]

You didn't miss anything.

[@rachel1426]

I watched him from before he got big and probably stopped at or before his peak. Looking back it is a little weird, and crazy how the internet changed.

[@lilithjade4363]

looking back it’s definitely nostalgic but not super memorable. to me it serves as like a monument of old youtube

[@Malik_Hoff]

My Wigga Quinton back at it with them Unpretentious fire ass Reviews.

[@MosesPrimm]

Yeah his jokes werent gold, but =3 was how most of us actually found content to watch. Most of the clips, if you went to the original video all the comments said "RayWilliamJohnson sent me" or some shit lol. He was more of a KZbin TV Guide situation I think.

[@wowthatbolivar4400]

"us" as opposed to skimming the front page of all those viral video websites. That's all he did.

[@soup6874]

Moses Primm You're acting like it was that hard to look for content on KZbin at the time.

[@PongoXBongo]

@@soup6874 Some of us try to avoid the plague-infested Trending page.

[@Kyle_Hubbard]

@@PongoXBongo Exactly that. The only difference is that back then the videos weren't as easy to find, the Internet was still relatively non-viral friendly. What I mean by that is the fact that it didn't spread like wild fire like they do now. They get shared everywhere with the surge of popularity for social medias. There were plenty of videos where he'd say they had 800K-1M videos and I'd never heard or had seen it. I also didn't really scour KZbin so I was less likely to see them.

No, "most of us" didn't use =3 to find KZbin content.

[@lochneassa1678]

me sitting down to watch this knowing that Ray William Johnson has risen like the phoenix from the ashes of KZbin and emerged on Tik Tok

[@lochneassa1678]

and also that I heard rumors that Your Favorite Martian was making a come back

[@UnofficialTranslator]

The exact reason in watching this video. Love your pfp

[@andeggbreaks]

I used to immeasurably love YFM. I still know the chorus to the stereotype song and I used to really like the singer that wasn't Ray. Thank you for making me relive these embarrassing memories Quinton.

[@Nakia11798]

zack snack I rediscovered YFM a few months back... and it wasn’t all that terrible, but it was pretty bad.

[@cyrodilicbrandy]

I can hear one person criticise stereotypes and my brain screams THEY’RE STEREOTYPES AND IF YOU BELIEVE EM THEN YOUR BRAIN IS SMALL LIKE A KOREAN PENIS

[@I_love_dr_stone]

Don't worry, I used to watch SkyDoesMinecraft and later LeafyIsHere.

[@nikenit]

Nah, they did have some nice songs in the beginning, like Orphan tears or Take over the World. And 7 years ago, when almost nobody did this kind of content, they were the shit

[@baffle985]

Stalkin' yo mom was a song by an artist called Wax, Doin' yo mom was a parody by Ray. The Stalkin' yo mom from YFM was a cover of the original song and also featured Wax for some reason.

[@FrameRater]

I actually liked the insane simplicity of YourFavoriteMartian. It's something that didn't transition well into their second generation of music. That's what inspired me to make a documentary about them... twice!

[@alara4006]

It feels weird Rays channel is dead, it doesn't feel that long ago when he was the most popular.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Dead? It has over 10 million subscribers, what are you talking about?

[@Maizurie]

CidGuerreiro1234 but look at the views compared to the subscribers

[@alara4006]

CidGuerreiro1234 ray was up 12% on subscribers this month, by *losing* 22,000 subs

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Well his channel doesn't even come close to what it was before, but it's far from "dead". Besides, it was his decision to walk away from KZbin to do other stuff.

[@armtc]

"DOIN YOUR MOM, DOIN, DOIN YOUR MOM" "So how did Ray get to the top as quickly as he did?"

[@Anervaria]

2013 was five years ago oh my god holy shit EDIT: seeing all the clips, it looks like RWJ went and grew up

[@michaelvessel4604]

I know. I was 12 then, I used to watch =3 and Smosh all the time back then. It’s crazy how much time has passed.

[@DammitSinged]

Fred is proof that humans ruin each other's lives.

[@fernie-fernandez]

So I guess you wish him dead...!?

[@rollingon5566]

DammitSinged I'm glad he packed up the shit character of Fred and found a different audience, also, I knew he was gay, no one believed me! But I knew it!

[@kglew2011]

I'm pretty sure that Fred was originally meant to be a few videos that just made fun of youth video-bloggers at the time. In the ultimate irony, he attracted the same audience that he was trying to lampoon and Fred became ridiculously popular. The creator milked the gimmick for maximum profit, and then dropped the routine once it got old.

[@joselorenzo5726]

i see u

[@Odinsday]

He a giant fruit.

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

You hit the nail on the head. The whole reason that I watched =3 was because I was too lazy to find viral content myself and my friend would always show Ray to me as an easy reference.

[@mickyor1107]

Great video man. I'm glad Nerd City tweeted you out.

[@alexjohnson9798]

When we were kids my friend showed me =3 and it was so shitty I thought the videos were made by someone he knew and was just showing me his friend's project

[@marshallbowdrie8562]

@Lassi Kinnunen that isnt even that long ago

[@meditatednut3336]

@Lassi Kinnunen so youre 9?

[@sikkableeat5614]

This comment is funnier than anything RWJ ever said.

[@solunaqua3475]

Marshall Bowdrie Google bought KZbin in like 2006. I think it’s safe to say that in internet terms, it was quite a while ago.

[@isaacburrows8405]

@@marshallbowdrie8562 TF you talking about that was a year after youtube was created

[@scarfacebug3663]

Man, he is pretty bad when i think about it, but he holds a large part in my heart because my best friend and i would spend nights watching him and laughing our balls off.

[@ByeByeDeadName]

I fucking shrieked when I watched you tear Watchmen apart.

[@Luka1180]

Yes, it was a CRIME.

[@DarkAngelEU]

I cried :'(

[@user-tp2mb7mo2z]

It hurt me far more than it should have.

[@owenhale8936]

I actually had a bit of a recoil before I realized what he was doing with it a few seconds later.

[@humanexperiment5644]

hurts cuz thats the exact same copy i own...

[@samee0101]

Dude, I found your channel not long ago and I must say... you're killing it. Your content is meaningful, at least to me, and you make sense. Thank you for being a genuine and funny dude.

[@seidfric]

samee0101 watch his sinister squad video

[@optimuscrime46]

11:53 It's funnier when you realize that penguinz0 is still relevant and Ray Williams isn't.

[@supersungal2]

I was wondering if that was him!

[@owowhatsthis1930]

TIL ray william johnson looks like discount billie joe armstrong

[@kobalt_ren01]

Yeah! Specifically maybe around Warning, the Waiting music video shows this well.

[@Mario_N64]

BJA Chipotle edition.

[@jacobbelyea7945]

owo what's this Discount BJA lyrics too

[@kirbhoward2125]

Holy crap, he does look like a bargain bin BJA

[@meanmistermason6308]

I actually looked over at my own copy of Watchmen on my shelf as you were ripping up your copy just to make sure mine was ok.

[@NonCompete]

"the KZbin when I was a kid" (and then I feel old as hell)

[@RB939393]

Hi noncompete

[@ironicdivinemandatestan4262]

Oi comrade

[@gypsywoman9140]

I am also old, according to much of what I watch on YT. You're not alone. Gen X/Ancient Millenial here.

[@camelopardalis84]

Because there was no KZbin when NonCompete was a kid. In fact, NonCompete has vivid memories of a time without the internet, although it technically already existed.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

How could you forget that ten years ago was the golden age of KZbin poop?

[@winlover37]

Cornelius Funk 2010-2013 was the golden age of KZbin Poop.

[@brodythecat5601]

what? how old are you?

[@nella_paulina]

I remember loving Your Favorite Martian, I remember waiting for the album and being absolutely devastated when it was cancelled 🤔

[@8honey874]

I remember being an 8 year old or maybe even 7 when I watched Ray William Johnson, and I had no clue/context of any of the things he said I just laughed whenever he did something funny. And that gives me so much nostalgia

[@hotelmario510]

Transphobic Techno has...NOT aged well...at all. It's like going back to an old Looney Tunes cartoon where they make fun of black people and you're like "Ohhh noooo...noooo...Grandad...you can't say things like that any more..."

[@ccricers]

Transphobic techno makes as much sense as homophobic house music.

[@jayjay86443]

I could go for some Xenophobic Grunge Rock myself.

[@duke86fan]

it didn't even age well back then it was disliked to hell and back even then

[@noxdecious]

I cant be offended by transphobic techno because the only lyrics are "BITCH GOT A PENIS"

[@nethernarwhal1474]

I mean for the majority of people it hasn't aged that well. Its still very common and socially acceptable to think poorly of trans people.

[@seidfric]

KZbin was still somewhat new when =3 fully developed. Ray was one of the first "reactionists" and it worked, people enjoyed it for a long time, like a modern-day AMV. It also was the sort of a catalyst for such shows as Tosh.0, ridiculousness and web soup. Although his format was sort of the same through-out and he wasn't the best comedian, I believe we all enjoyed it somewhat because it was new and it kept us in the loop on viral videos.

[@LeAnnBurnz]

This reminded me of the time when my brother and I would try to watch a KZbin video together, but we would have to pause it for over 10 minutes and let the bar load so that it wasn’t buffering every four seconds. Such a simpler time.

[@salokin3087]

Ah, Ray once bragged about being the most popular channel, how times have changed

[@ids5621]

Salokin not to defend ray, but did he not have the right to brag since he was?

[@OnionKnightRises]

[Ids5621-Retro] it being true does not mean bragging isn't obnoxious though, and he's worth being criticized over it

[@ohyaization]

He was joke bragging when it happened, not Rice Gum bragging. and when Smosh passed ray in subs, Ray passed the torch to them by having them on his show, then Smosh passed the torch to PewDiePie by having Felix on their show. I think your missing context

[@stuartkeating6508]

When did he brag about it though? The only time he 'kinda' bragged about it was when a news network reported his channel being too popular and that he was too vulgar or something like that. He never bragged about it though

[@nexus3756]

gotta give him credit though. he realized he was losing his relevancy and gracefully bowed out. he didnt start being like ricegum who has to be a little bitch to claw his way through his dying channel as all the 10-12 year old girls move on to the next big douchebag.

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

Do I hate mars bars

[@diegorodrigues2685]

Yes I does

[@diegorodrigues2685]

But does is Bruno Mars is gay?

[@Flowtail]

...is this a reference to the "what would you do for a klondike bar" guy?

[@bankyokojoe8537]

@@Flowtail it's a ihe reference.

[@washingmachine969]

You do, indeed, hate Mars Bars

[@notlucyb]

“doing your mom” directly hits your brain stem

[@illfigure9270]

I remember the google+ jokes😭. Good old times

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

Good thing that Google+ stopped leeching youtube and abandoned for life

[@daltonbedore8396]

☻/ This is bob. Copy and paste him so he can take over youtube. /▌ /\ who 'member

[@deadby2534]

Dalton Bedore BUILD IS BOBBING AN ARMY

[@mooganify]

Dalton Bedore Where the Tri-Force at lmao.

[@katefrost8500]

I totally forgot about Ray William Johnson's music, I didn't realize how horrible it sounded back then.

[@kaydwessie296]

We put up with it because the bitrate of all our MP3s was just as bad. Seriously, if one of your old MP3s pops up in your playlist of new ones or .flac files, you notice instantly now

[@ClankyOtter]

It's been just long enough that it finally has come back around to having ridiculous ironic meme potential

[@TooRudeProductions]

By the time KZbin was anything worthwhile to watch I was already 18

[@bloodycoffee9293]

I physically hurt when you trashed that Watchmen.

[@sephirothD2]

ikr?

[@TheBlueAnt]

Your profile pic is giving me PTSD

[@CadgerChristmasLightShow]

Yeeeaaahhh boooiiii new quinton video

[@Eira_99]

Man, even just seeing snip its of rays old videos took me BACK! I use to watch =3 videos on the day they would come out and I even remember how I found him on youtube one time when I was staying at home cause I was sick, found him and binged all of this stuff up to that point in time, I like fully felt like I was a kid sick at home again for a few seconds seeing his old stuff and hearing the sound effects.

[@wormswithteeth]

The songs were a guilty pleasure. It went down hill after Douchebag...

[@QuintonReviews]

That's the worst one tho

[@xeagaort]

I actually think Alien is a pretty decent song. For what it is. And the one with the devil and angel.

[@second3455]

xeagaort yeah

[@horaciosi]

I get the feeling that one was just made to be a forum weapon.

[@peytonlong2000]

That book probably cost more then this video will make

[@anguishedcarpet]

very unlikely lol. If he purchased that book from Wal Mart it was a whopping 20 dollars, if he got it from his local ship maybe 35

[@QuintonReviews]

It was $17 on amazon. The book costs nothing because DC never stopped printing it. If they had, the rights would go back to the original creators.

[@CliffhangerClub]

Quinton made millions with bitcoins.

[@anguishedcarpet]

I want to believe my man is a millionaire

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

Quinton made millions off of a bee movie knock-off that he made in 2 hours.

[@noahjohnson5359]

To my 12 year old mind, Ray was a beacon of profundity and intrigue. When he would say "doin ya mom do doin ya mom" it forced me to confront the deepest parts of my psyche and ask myself, "would my mom put out for a guy who's 5'6'?"

[@kaiyote7924]

dude? what are you talking about?

[@24FramesOfNick]

Aw that intro giggle was so cute

[@reddy4play]

gay

[@mouldyseagull887]

I see you everywhere

[@Jekkyboi]

Mouldy Seagull I know right

[@24FramesOfNick]

Jek AYE

[@ShudowWolf]

Now all I can remember is the Jacksfilms segment parodying YourFavoriteMartian "Shock words, shock words" and based on the title of said videos you mentioned...yep that's about it.

[@Calithecalico1031]

For me, my memory of RWJ was from high school as "a thing that my friends and I watched at sleepovers after 2am and had a blast with." But I could never find videos I liked of his on my own. I just always loved the ones my friends showed me, whether it be sleep deprivation or that the good ones were the ones worth sharing.

[@SingWhenTheEndComes]

RWJ, my first experience on KZbin as a young lad.

[@bordergore6574]

My first was a Lego stop-motion film.

[@durn863]

3:23 Oh there was an idubbz alright. He was busy making mediocre Overgrowth videos.

[@rollingon5566]

Durn we all forget the times where Ian wasn't known as the undefeatable titan that he is now

[@Beenman2210]

Durn he was busy making slender man gangam style

[@durn863]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@JuicéWitThaDussé]

Keemstar with F@G as well

[@studebaKer]

Durn yeah, Keemstar was around too. Halo shit.

[@vicvinegar6828]

Please don't show me Fred ever again. I've been trying to forget about it since it was a thing.

[@nicholasorich6065]

Old Penquinz0 my god the old days

[@owg1236]

This series looks like it's going to be amazing. You should do Tobuscus next!

[@dunestar29]

I am so glad I found your channel. You touch on a lot of things that I personally relate with (I’m 21) and that I feel like many others personally relate with. You seem to have a lot of variety in your content which is great too. I also remember the “golden age” of KZbin and I believe you hit the nail on the head. It wasn’t necessarily better but it was totally different.

[@kathryndodd1818]

Thank you for being the first person to explain fair use and have it click in my head! I LOVE these Fallen Titans videos, I was a dumb 10 year old when youtube came out so I experienced a lot of the cringy stuff aimed at that age group firsthand. And I've basically lived on youtube since about 2010, and youtube was even the only reason I made it through some nights without killing myself. I owe a lot to youtube and its content creators, so delving into its history is fascinating to me.

[@criticalkat3958]

Ray William Johnson saying "I'm just say'n" is my new favorite thing

[@NoPantsJohnson]

"Only kids have enough time for KZbin. Adults have commitments, they have relationships and they have jobs..." Aiight didn't expect to be attacked like that

[@readylauretti]

Quinton-sentially

[@pyr0pe413]

Fam it's Q U I N T E S S E N T I A L

[@andeggbreaks]

Quinton Sensually

[@TheLazyKey]

zack snack ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@buddstep]

Get out of my head!

[@Synist3Twist]

Admittedly 2 minutes in, but I'm always impressed whenever I come back. You're always improving your editing, camera and audio qualities, and not even just the superficial stuff! The growth of your method is interesting and impressive in and of itself.

[@Synist3Twist]

btw how hard is it not to say quinton-sentially seems pretty hard

[@MrHawkelement]

Now he's just somebody that we used to know.

[@epicjwkl]

I'm so glad you're doing a mini-series tackling this kinda topic, mainly because I love you writing and humor mixed in with it, and you have the right balance of educating and criticizing on a topic in the same video for those who don't know of the topic. I can only think of GamerfromMars who also does videos like this, but way too formal and informative and talks about it so much less interested sounding, his videos get so boring and repetitive. Shitting on a different youtuber aside I think you're the perfect one I can think of to do videos on retrospectives of older, fallen youtubers. Can't wait to see more!

[@epicjwkl]

Also side note about Your Favorite Martian, I remember watching that channel since its earlier uploads as a kid (and slowly starting to hate the videos once "Whip Yo Kids" uploaded as it declined in quality from there), and I've had yet to see anyone make a video about the history on this channel. I probably shouldn't say because I've wanted to out of curiosity, but I remember the whole year they hyped up making an album at MAKER Studios, then put out ONLY terrible (and out of character) cover songs and later having to scrap the album right before release date because Ray had a drunken fight over the phone with the head of MAKER (supposedly, feel free to fact check that its been a while).

[@epicjwkl]

ALSO Shitty G, She Looks Like Sex, Alien, Bartender (cover) were all possibly the worst ones, also if you look at the channel "THIS PROJECT IS RETIRED" That was actually the YFM channel, but in the older youtube layout where you can name the top of you channel something different than you username they wrote that when they wrapped the project. also I think a handful of songs were taken down for whatever reason. you can still find their animated series on Animonster, lol RIP MAKER.