Paranoia.com - A Redditor's Sinister Find

[@HannahTheHorrible]

lol I totally forgot about this reddit thread and commenting in it ngl, but what a great video! thanks for looking into this :)

[@sombertoboggly]

hey you finally showed up haha! thank you so much, it was a fun journey :)

[@drakes601]

Omg hannah I love your content!!!!!!!!!

[@Crackpot_Astronaut]

My ears perked up when I heard your name pop up as a commenter 😆🤘

[@gutsFunnyman]

What a crossover!

[@chikoritafan5830]

The two of you should collab

[@underworldrat]

there is something so indredibly ironic about the fact that a website made for anti censorship ended up being bought by disney of all things.

[@broken_clock_right_twice]

Why is that odd? It's actually the trend. In last 60 years we watch 4-8 corporations buy up thousands of IPs, websites, magazines, newspapers, and media channels... All in the name of information control!

[@broken_clock_right_twice]

And guess what 2-3 hedge funds own and control those 4-8 corporations

[@fuck_it]

goes to show you that if you think you’re fighting against the machine but you have companies like Amazon, or Disney backing you… you’re not on the side you think you are

[@l0lan00b3]

@@fuck_it it's goes deeper than being backed by the mega corps and back to the original creators of reddit and a dispute between them.

[@wizardofwinter7696]

This comment's a bit late, but there's a concrete connection between Disney and Paranoia that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Fox Family channel aired a game show called Paranoia in April 2000. It didn't do well, and was quickly cancelled. Fox Family was bought by Disney in July 2001. If they were looking to explore using that IP, or ensure searches for it would direct to Disney instead of its original contents, it makes sense they'd want that domain name.

[@beIIabeIIa]

This needs more likes

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

So, I used to go on this site when I was in high school. The reason it's not very well known today is simple, it went out right around when Google was going online. It's hard to express how much of a game changer Google's search methodology was. The vast majority of pre Google internet is forgotten because it largely relied on word of mouth to get traffic. If some company, like Microsoft, didn't buy it up, like with so many use net group archives, it was left to the periphery of the public memory. The most likely reason Disney bought this is simple, it's a single, common, word url. Many corporate giants buy as many of these as can be had for the purpose of domain squatting. They might use it, someone with a lot of money may want to use it in the future, etc. So they just buy up all they can.

[@legorockstar2000]

This is what I was thinking as well. Either it was a project idea that they eventually made into a redirect site, buying up unique and OG url addresses, or a mix of the two. The same thing happens with OG usernames in many different online profiles/games. People are literally hacking these profiles just because they're worth so much, I have no doubt if normal everyday people go to such lengths for these names, what would a corporation do?

[@LeonTichy]

Love your @, Gulag Archipelago changed my life

[@LeonTichy]

Do you remember any other cool site?

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

@@LeonTichy oh man, you are asking me to reach like over 20 years into my past. Hmm... Well in 1999 there was a streaming service, that, starting in 2000, also was on TV, owned by the Sci Fi Channel (yes pre Syfy) called exposure. It was a lot like a proto Vimeo. Independent film makers could post their stuff there. For 1999-2002 it did amazingly well at streaming full screen video, with decent picture, and little delay. Lots of great stuff on there back then. Cool site of the day was a staple back then. It was just a daily recommended site and you could look back through the archive of recommendations. In a sort of similar vein there was links from the underground. It was more of a blog, but it discussed new and interesting websites, things happening online, and a bunch of stuff. The Church of the Subgenius was a staple of the early web. Though it did pre-date it. In the early to mid 90s there was a site called youngmonkey that was mostly focused on electronic instruments, synths, etc. and the production for them, the hobbiest culture around electronic synth music, etc. Spent a lot of time on their as I was big into Industrial music at the time. There was a very old, like within months of the WWW being debuted, web comic called Dr. Fun. I remember liking it, but I can't remember if it was actually any good. It was ground breaking and created a new media genre, though. art.net was important. IIRC it was mostly stuff being shown in California, but it was the first major source to view art online. Hell.com was a private online community for artists interested in using the WWW as a medium for art. They had a cryptic public facing site that caused a lot of talk. They, occasionally, had public displays. Very interesting, cutting edge stuff, some of which is still talked about today ala the amz in site or 973-eht-namuh-973.com/. There is more, I might update as I think about it.

[@J.Carstens]

Regarding your point about why Disney owns the domain, if that was the case wouldn't there be far more listed domains attributed to being owned by Disney on HackerOne as was mentioned in the video?

[@littledreamerrem7021]

I cracked up every time you said "young in Asia." That's one way to get around the draconian censorship here!

[@sombertoboggly]

i tried haha! i got hit by it in my last video and so was being extra careful this time around lmao

[@littledreamerrem7021]

@@sombertoboggly We do what we can! Keep up the good work. :)

[@zanderwhitcroft]

Man I thought I was hearing things when I heard Younginasia!

[@patrickmarsh2538]

Wait what does it mean?

[@littledreamerrem7021]

@@patrickmarsh2538 It's a play on how the word "euthanasia" sounds, especially in certain accents. Say it slowly. Euthanasia. "Euth...an...asia" -> "Youth in Asia." Replacing the "euth/youth" part with "young" gets around KZbin autodetection of a big "no-no word."

[@ItsSpecialHands]

Disney likely bought it to serve as the domain for a film/game/property called 'Paranoia' that they may have had planned at some point but never did anything with

[@legendaryra3590]

I think it's more likely they ended up with the website as part of a company acquisition, I agree they were probably keeping it for a potential project

[@racist2708]

I think disney bomb people

[@aelahn]

it was said in the video they don't usually make sites for projects/titles ...

[@oopsallbugs]

@@aelahn maybe they did in the past 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@aelahn]

@@oopsallbugs maybe they didnt...

[@humblemestizo5442]

My theory is it might've been like another "super hornio brothers" sitch, i.e. disney mightve felt they didnt want anyone to see it, so they just bought the domain out to prevent any further attempts to reopen it.

[@littledreamerrem7021]

I still can't believe Nintendo owns a Mario porno. No way around it, that thing is true Mario lore!

[@humblemestizo5442]

@@littledreamerrem7021 You think that's wild, wait till you hear about the Disney vault of porn. TL;DR Anything an Animator makes while under Disney's pay role is officially Disney property. And since Disney has a propensity towards being horny and bored, they make a lot of NSFW artwork of their characters. What that effectively means is Disney basically has a vault full of officially licensed smut of every character they have ever featured in a movie - a statement I'd rather not have an opinion on, regarding what THAT entails.

[@littledreamerrem7021]

@@humblemestizo5442 oh, i know! I would kill for a peek into that vault. Though, considering the age of some of Disney's protagonists...nevermind, I'm out. Someone else can have that one.

[@AngerMaker413]

@@humblemestizo5442 it’s not while under their payroll it’s if it includes their copyright characters. If Anyone makes a porn for example with their characters, they have the rights to it, not the creator

[@humblemestizo5442]

@@AngerMaker413 I didnt know it was just with their copyrighted characters, the impression i got was that anything created while WORKING at Disney was Disney's property. Guess that makes a bit more sense, but still. Hard to see through the "legalese" of it all.

[@rollnaway7809]

The fact that disney owns this site is incredibly strange, the only rational explanation I could think of is that perhaps disney had the idea for some project that'd be called paranoia, as many companies do that with their creations. As like most people, I'm shocked how little coverage there is on this site though. It seems like something nexpo or slightly sociable would cover in a quick video, but as far as I can tell you're the largest outreach this has gotten so far. I hope some fresh eyes could figure something out about it.

[@theyalwayscomeinfall]

Yeah. This is almost certainly the answer. Like almost 100%. I wish the answer were more fun.

[@WereScrib]

More likely it was part of a mass big-name site acquisition thing. It could have been associated with a project and that's why it linked directly, but I think it was more likely that it just was getting some traffic still so someone redirected it to disney's website.

[@theyalwayscomeinfall]

@@WereScrib You could definitely be right. Either way, I wish the answer was a little more fun, haha

[@luxarion]

Or they bought it knowing that many people looking for the site would be redirected to them instead.

[@Matter-Dark]

They probably bought it to use rename it and use it for some project of theirs.

[@HappyFunNorm]

The closest I could think of was there was a RPG called Paranoia years ago that was published by a company that also published a Star Wars RPG, and Disney now owns Star Wars, so I was wondering if the brand Paranoia had eventually failed back to Disney with some other IPs from the Star Wars licensing that they used to take control of this web site... who knows? Great video!

[@JestaKilla]

Paranoia has had multiple editions over the ensuing years, none published by anyone owned by Disney as far as I know. But "The Computer is Your Friend" header is a line from Paranoia (the rpg), so perhaps the rpg was one of KevinTX's' inspirations.

[@WereScrib]

Paranoia (the RPG) is not owned by Disney. It's owned by the creators and currently has a license to be published by Mongoose publishing. Mongoose also, as a note, does not own it.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Paranoia has been around since the 80s.

[@luisshorts.]

Apperently there was a fox game show called Paranoia, maybe this is why Disney was trying to get this domain name

[@dreg7305]

the fact that you use windows 96 and aphex twin as your background music makes me instantly love this channel

[@Truthisscarierthanfiction]

As always fantastic video. I do have a couple of theories. You mention that Disney never released a film called Paranoia, but I think that it either could've been a working title (something a movie is titled while in production before it's release), or something from a cancelled project that never saw any information go public. The other theory I have is that Disney decided to try and snap up popular domain names to try and re-direct traffic to their site, or just take the name in case of future movie projects.

[@juangonzalez740]

i definitely think it’s one of these two

[@tablescissors]

The second one, they partly did it for the clicks - as well as control ANY information (negative mostly) that could’ve existed on the site previously. In addition, preventing it from ever existing again either. Then there may have been the sanctimonious notion of directing people (particularly children) towards something viewed as more wholesome. It’s a win all ways round for them, but top execs made the call, so it would be naive to assume their intents would’ve been purely altruistic. Fate though, laughs at the irony of it all, I’m sure. The only blow back is people assuming there is something EXTRA sinister about D*sney...and well, based on rumors of child trafficking and inappropriate sexual behavior and harassment of employees...it may still be an accurate theory. The company atm is BIG TIME into social engineering and making propaganda for political interests.

[@friendformationbot]

also wanted to mention, i might be missing context here about why this author was brought up twice in this video in reference to it being sort of mysterious or intentional, but Poppy Z Brite is a real person and a real author who transitioned and is now called Billy Martin. he's an excellent writer and currently has a patreon. all his books are interesting and worth reading. again sorry if im missing something it just sounded like maybe PZB was thought to be a code name or a mysterious reference of some kind. he's just a horror author irl.

[@sombertoboggly]

yeah sorry about that, at the time of making the video i had no clue he transitioned, but some commenters have let me know so thank you! i brought him up in the video because an old book of his, "love in vein" was mentioned in my last video about an r/tipofmytongue post. it just felt coincidental running into that book again in my next video!

[@friendformationbot]

@@sombertoboggly ohhh, got it! ok im caught up now, thanks so much for explaining

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

It's crazy to think people of my age already make content of this quality. Usually people that make these internet deep dive commentaries are closer to their 30's than their 10's. Since you couldn't solve the mystery at the end that reminded me of Lemmino also not being able to finish his hunt for the Universal S. If it's possible can you try to take a crack at that symbol's origin? Thanks for the deep dive Kylie!!

[@liammcgrath7051]

mark my words this channel is gonna be as big as barely sociable and reignbot one day. this is some genuinely really well researched and put together in a very professional way. glad to have stumbled onto this channel

[@TheJordanNeves]

Wow, this video was such a weird nostalgia trip. From the content itself, the imagery, the music... everything is so well put together it's so "eerily nostalgic", I don't really know how to put it... I've truly been blessed to make this find, damn...

[@sombertoboggly]

so happy to hear that, it is exactly what i was going for. thank you for the wonderful comment!

[@campbellolney9753]

This video was just recommended to me, and I am amazed by how good your videos are for how few subscribers you have. My guess would be for why Disney owns it is that they likely purchased it for a project that a subsidiary was making, and then the project was cancelled at some point, and they just decided to keep the domain to avoid negative brand associations (which might have backfired now that we're all talking about this mystery)

[@-._--_.-]

did i earwig fft

[@swineherd_]

There was a game show called Paranoia broadcast on the Fox Family channel between April and May 2000, predating the acquisition of the domain by Disney. Fox Family would later be sold to Disney in October 2001 and renamed to ABC Family. So that may be why Disney bought the domain.

[@RFGSwiss]

the claim, disney bought it is false. the proper way to find the owner is a whois search, since everyone can redirect their own site to everywhere. but! you found the right track. owner of the site is ABC, Inc. it makes sense, they redirect it to their parent company.

[@luisshorts.]

@@RFGSwissI was thinking that as well, I thought it had to be a Disney production or a company related to Disney

[@eskettyspaghetti]

Just started watching Nexpos video about this, and was like… I already know all of this, have I seen this video? Is this an old video, and realized I watched your video a year ago!

[@imcoorey]

6k subs?! pre-congratulating you on a million bc it won’t take you that long to hit with quality videos like this.

[@goldenpuzzle7864]

This literally feels as well made as a whang video and other similar channels - I'm genuinely shocked you don't have more subscribers and I know everyone here in the comments agrees when I say we hope your channel gets the attention it deserves!

[@trainman05matthewb.65]

Excellent one, extremely intriguing! It's really annoying "running out" of mysteries to follow as they become explored and solved, and while this one might be the opposite (unsolvable) it remains seriously neat anyway. Thanks for making us aware of this cool page and story, and have a nice day

[@sombertoboggly]

sometimes the unsolvable ones are the coolest! you get to ponder any theories you want about the unsolved mysteries which can be fun. thank you so much!

[@gloomybear4802]

as someone who was also born in 2003 and grew up watching those disney subliminal messages videos, this content fits my niche perfectly

[@sylver1111]

Disney subliminal videos??? 😮

[@rayw.6677]

Same. Except I was born in 2000.

[@plnkfloydian7814]

I graduated high school in 2005.

[@gloomybear4802]

@@plnkfloydian7814 damn people just keep getting born or whatever thats crazy

[@xladder3972]

@@plnkfloydian7814i graduated 2019 crazy huh

[@potatoboundfries8896]

Holy crap, you’re underrated. The editing is good, awesome topics, and the fact that you put chrono trigger/SNES music just seals the deal for me. Bravo. You just gained a new sub.

[@BrokenHedgehog]

There was a short-lived game show called Paranoia. Not sure the year or network it aired on, but if it aired on the ABC network around the time Disney bought the domain name, that could explain it. (ABC was/is owned by Disney)

[@sombertoboggly]

was in the year 2000! this might finally be it. kinda strange to buy it 3 years after since it only had 10 episodes but this theory is the one that has made the most sense.

[@terroroftech]

it's so interesting to hear about things before my time that are just... gone like that. it makes it all the more terrifying that you could lose an obscure forum if you're simply not paying attention hard enough.

[@dreejz]

Wow, this channel is a hidden gem. Glad to be here so I can see you rise to the top!

[@ViktorK7]

your channel is hard proof that we 2003 kids grew up to like weird and cryptic stuff, i love it

[@timefragment5387]

It’s cool that you started it off with Windows 96! Kind of has the same uneasy but comforting and nostalgic feel that a lot of these videos and websites from old internet have.

[@BasedRightTrans]

Disney probably bought the website bc they had plans of a movie called paranoia but shelved the idea and forgot about it.

[@nerdy8644]

Ya think?

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

0:15 is Zefrank1's Teddy Has an Operation. It's so funny seeing that video be the most popular in his channel as someone who has come to his channel only recently due to his true facts videos. I can only imagine the amount of nostalgia people have with that video, I can definitely see it being creepy for back in 2013, but nowadays it just looks actually cute lol.

[@sombertoboggly]

i loved it when i was around 11, i always thought it was a cute soothing video lol!

[@illudens]

oh hey, i forgot he made that video! so insane that people know him for that or for his recent videos, ive been a fan since way back when :P i even appeared in one of his videos as a kid if i remember correctly!

[@justsomechick6316]

Great video btw, so glad you popped up on my page. Very interesting topic, and you did an amazing job presenting it

[@Juline1221]

Finally something I haven't heard about. I swear it's like KZbinrs don't use KZbin...Thank you!!

[@sombertoboggly]

you are welcome! i love finding these hidden gem mysteries to share with everyone :)

[@vicquemare]

i didn't expect a reference to poppy z brite in this video! i'm not even finished yet but i've already subscribed, i'm really excited to see what else you'll cover in the future and to watch what you've already posted.

[@jasonbernard9012]

Your censorship words are BEYOND top tier. Pastafarian had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂

[@lochnessmonstah]

Whoa, I was surprised when I saw how "small" your channel is! Commenting to try to help boost it, this was a really well done video :)

[@punkuke]

This video was great! This is something I've actually never heard of before, which is awesome when there's a lot of repetition in some this genre on youtube. I really like your presentation and I was shocked that you didn't have at least 100k subs yet! I really bet you'll blow up soon, especially since your videos are so polished already. It's also always nice to find new women to watch when like 70% of my subscriptions are dudes LOL. I'm excited to work my way through your backlog :)

[@elaishane8886]

2:03 good music choice! Another aphex twin fan, I see. Interesting video!

[@zizeeo]

Your channel is about to blow up. Glad to be one of your first subs.

[@tsunderes]

really glad that i found your channel, it's so good!

[@ZealanTanner]

Great video! I really like just everything about it. The editing, the music, just awesome

[@Ruby-zl1sp]

Your videos are SO high quality. always happy to see uploads from you. they're also somehow mysteries I've never heard of which is great to see. keep it up

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you so much! i love being able to share these mysteries with everyone :) hope you have a good day too!

[@trepanning]

this is so interesting! genuinely had me intrigued, and your editing style is real smooth and entertaining! had this on in the background while i cleaned a bit. wishing you lots of support in the future, you deserve loads more views and subscribers, so happy i found a gem of a channel like this! definitely gonna chip away at the rest of your channel, i'm really interested in all of the topics you've made videos on. great work! 🏆✨

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you so much!

[@v0id3d-doc]

I noticed you’re playing Groundislava - cool party in the background. Love that track lol good to see someone else does too😂

[@Meeps42069]

I'm here for the Chronotrigger OST background music. Excellent video. Really enjoying your content. Please keep at it.

[@penngheeney]

Incredibly well organized video! Your hard work researching this obscure topic is very evident.

[@swineherd_]

11:32 There are, however, some indications that KevinTX did approve of at least some of the disturbing content on the site. The site's homepage contained a message criticizing those who were offended by the site's content. Also, some of the website's sections containing information on how to manufacture drugs and providing locations where prostitutes could be found were actually officially created by the website itself, not its individual users. There also was a suspicious statement from KevinTX featured on the website in which he criticized American child pornography laws as being an infringement on civil liberties.

[@Shagyamum]

If he supports child porn being legal then that's fucked up

[@TiltBear]

might be one of my new favorite channels. I love content like this.

[@donnie3956]

i just found your channel and i rlly love ur videos. i cant wait till your channel blows up

[@biohazard2236]

Just stumbled upon your channel today and I'm loving it so far.

[@goodjobs277]

Really well put together analysis! You deserve a lot more subscribers for sure!

[@j_eezus_christ_bro_chill]

u r an absolute goat for using a graham kartna song, wow did not see that coming. Great vid, subbed.

[@mysticknight1494]

I just found this channel and i love it tbh The weird background videos and music, another girl of about the same age interested in creepy and weird internet history, and the watching of the Disney conspiracy theories as a kid getting you into the whole mystery thing So ig what I'm trying to say is that you slay

[@mcgoo721]

Man what a nostalgia trip seeing the desktop in the intro. I miss those days more and more.

[@madisonfrazier-pawloski6042]

it’s great seeing more women making videos in regards to these topics :) great video and i love the earthbound music!

[@Jehovahs_Thickness]

Man your channel needs some well deserved attention. Great vid!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! :)

[@imdizzy6182]

i’m so happy your videos are finally getting more attention! i found you on reddit a while back and love ur vids :) thanks for keeping me entertained

[@Clairewasthere22]

Glad you're still uploading videos, keep it up :D

[@0rphaneye]

I was very skeptical about Disney's ownership until I did some more research. For reference, just because it redirects you to Disney doesn't mean Disney is the owner. I can set up a blank website and have it redirect to KZbin, I do not own KZbin. The website was founded February 28th, 1994 and was last updated January 17th, 2022. The Registrar is CSC Corporate Domains Inc, and I thought that debunked it, until I used a second WHOIS lookup with more information. In fact, the Registrant (customer who registered the domain from CSC) is ABC, Inc. and the contact emails for the registrant, admin and technician are all E-Mails hosted directly on Disney's domain. Wow!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you so much for doing further research on their ownership! it really is so weird.

[@ChrisHilgenberg]

Finding second WHOIS services to unmask these registrar proxies is doing the lord's work, thanks

[@jonzenrael]

Came to look for this. CSC is the registrar, and like you say is the company handling the assignment and probably the nameservers etc. The important information is the registrant. The registrant in this case is ABC (yes, *that* ABC). If you google the specific office address listed you can find their previous business names. This particular 'part' of ABC was previously Capital Cities Communications INC. In 1985 this was purchased by ABC but ran independently until in 1996 when it was merged with 'The Walt Disney Company' and became 'Disney ABC Television Group'. So there's your Disney connection. What possibly happened, is that KevinTX bought the domain from a company that in some way was owned by Capital Cities. When the address was no longer renewed, ownership may have gone back to Capital Cities but in the meantime they had merged to form Disney-ABC. I imagine any of these domains is just a loose end that ABC doesn't feel the need to tie off - the miscellaneous bits of baggage left over after a merger with a gigantic corporation.

[@ytdl]

Glad this video's blown up. Your channel is really high quality, you deserve a lot more subs!!

[@Saffronbulb]

This video was amazing I subscribed and will definitely be watching your future and previous videos you seriously put other huge creators to shame!

[@thorn9382]

It feels oddly relieving having an obscure music taste that you have nobody to share it with but then watching a youtube video with a background music selection composed exactly of that music taste

[@NemFX]

my assumption is that disney bought up a bunch of influential sites after they went under, to try and take advantage of nostalgia. you remember something that you liked, go to the website, boom, disney.

[@stinky1895]

Holy shit, windows96 AND pilotredsun? Your choice of background music for this video truly made my day!

[@memeju1ce]

the youtube recommendation algorithm strikes again! super cool video dude!

[@iSmileyPerson]

I feel like Disney was maybe going to release a movie, show or game called Paranoia but never did and wound up just keeping the domain name.

[@sebusmaximus1174]

DUDE YOUR SONG CHOICES ARE GOLDENNNNN OMFG❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@emily.g.929]

Just found your channels and was absolutely shocked when I saw you have less than 4k subs?! Like what?! You deserve such a bigger following!! Following now, and can’t wait for you to absolutely blow up on here at any moment when the algorithm hits the sweet spot for you!! ❤

[@guyrocketram9698]

nice pilotredsun music at 14:17, warsaw was always one of my favorite songs from him! great tastes in tunes

[@roughtimeroach]

Hope this blows up, it’s very well made. I feel like if it doesn’t then this topic is soft shadow banned

[@gabriel-gk5eh]

I'm binge watching your videos and I just noticed the amount of subs!! I thought it would be a +300k subs channel because of the quality. You'll soon get there, keep up the good work girl

[@AlyssaCPA]

LOVING the soundtrack for this video triggering my webcore fight or flight with every other song my neurodivergent ass out loud yelled "ENA?!?!?!"

[@Loudmouth122]

song in the background starting at 16:23 is "#3" from Aphex Twin's album "Selected Ambient Works Volume II"

[@garyredfield1498]

I remember once reading that nintendo bought an erotic movie parody of mario, but they never sold it themselves, so the website may have had something similar but disney related

[@necropolistc6357]

mad KZbin never recommend you before, keep up the great work

[@0range5ylvie]

I keep rechecking the sub count, cannot believe you have less than 5k! Insane. Amazing quality and amazing video length!! Hopin' more discover this! :)

[@hcwxx12]

you only have about 2k subs?? this content is great, and you're super underrated

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! :)

[@bigbooyah9395]

Wonderful video! I love these types of deep dive videos, especially ones about old internet. They’re interesting. This is the first time I’ve heard Pilotredsun music outside of videos specifically talking about him, and was surprised to hear Warsaw here. Keep up the good work!

[@darlingx2189]

You know, I wonder if they purchased the domain because of the defunct alien encounter ride experience thing they had. Given it's history, it would make sense in order to lure in more people who would enjoy more "adult" and "horror" experiences like they wanted in the park! It closed early due to a multitude of reasons, but this could have been for the resurgence of the ride or even for Lilo and Stitch.

[@hecdcom]

this was a super fun watch! I absolutely love the liminal space old cgi vibe going on :)

[@ElectroSomaV]

"The Computer Is your Friend" is a reference to a great pen & paper RPG called Paranoia

[@GOTHCOWBOYYY]

I SOMEHOW AM YOUR.. 4,000TH SUB??! LMAO? you deserve alot more subscribiers n praise for these, theyre super great to fall asleep to and listen to for background noise!! helped me stay extremely focused :)

[@foggyjoust7378]

Honestly, I really like the way it represents the freedom of the internet back then, just a place for building blocks, great video!

[@Otherspersons]

Another great video! You always seem to find topics I've never heard of

[@phoenix801]

I'm a big fan of this type of content because the internet is such a massive place and I like to think I know an okay amount but I'm always surprised by videos such as these. Keep making high quality content!

[@cy_mx]

got this in my recommended, idk how you only have like 4k subs, very interesting video

[@sully5952]

Really well done video! You deserve way more recognition as the information complained in this was so well put together and laid out. I see a lot of people mentioning the Disney thing a lot and while there’s plenty of explanations for that, what I’m left wondering about the most is where is KevinTX today? He’s just left no recent trace aside from what you’ve covered?

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! i'd be super interested in seeing what he's up to today too. i also found his amazon account but didn't want to put it in the video since i'm not sure if he wants privacy or not. the account was still pretty active and leaving reviews though. if i spent more time looking into it i think i could probably actually find him. i've thought about it because i'd like to show him the video and i think it'd be cool if he was down to chat about the site.

[@KeirahWhite]

I'm glad i was recommended this, i tend to love listening to these types of videos and i've never heard of this at all. You've got some good quality stuff, i'll be keeping an eye on your channel and lurking through your other videos~ Keep it up! ^^

[@XxdipstcklovrxX]

i am DEEPLY fascinated by this. youve changed my brain chemistry, even just a little bit. i saw this vid yesterday and cant get it out of my head. the pages from '96 talking about how to find... kind women willing to do favors is the craziest thing ive seen. they list places I LIVE NEARBY. its absolutely insane. i hope to see more videos covering this!!!!

[@cowbearrie]

156k! insanely happy for you! completely deserved

[@Beccanin]

Really great video, I've never heard of this before and the quality is really good, your video caught in the recommendation algorithm for me so hopefully you get some more subs your way! Part of me wonders if at some point Disney was planning to make something called Paranoia and buying out the domain name was part of it and they just never released the domain after it either was cancelled or its name was changed down the line. (also z.brite goes by he/him now :D)

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! and yeah that is definitely a possibility and probably what is most likely. also i'm sorry i had no clue! thanks for letting me know in case i ever mention him in another video :)

[@Beccanin]

@@sombertoboggly No problem at all, gonna look through your other vids now. Shame there's no way to confirm it but I suppose there's something nice about something always being a mystery too. No worries it's easy to miss tbh!

[@ReBufff]

Ok, I know this off topic but I love how multiple of the background music you used are from Super Paper Mario Edit: I just saw your channel banner and that you made a video on Super Paper Mario. Happy to see another enjoyer of that game

[@willowcreeper]

You’ve got such unique high quality content, plus I’m so happy to see a woman as a creator in the creepy/internet mystery space. I feel so much more comfortable here 💕🖤subscribed ofc :)

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you for such a nice comment! :)

[@bennygerow]

Great vid! Never heard of it and it doesn't even matter that there wasn't a picture perfect resolution. Good story and interesting. Subbed.

[@NatsumenoKage]

I forgot about paranoia. It was one of those sites that should have been blocked by school but wasn’t. I spent a lot of time on it from grade school through middle school. The websites connected to it were a bit of everything from anime fan sites to gore. The 90s were a weird time to surf the web unsupervised.

[@ForgottenChronicler]

I love the irony of the review that calls the site "well preserved" at the time, while today having it become almost completely forgotten and entirely wiped from the internet

[@mutavhello6654]

In the late 90s/early 2000s there was a rush by big companies to buy any domain name they thought could be valuable in the future, my guess is Disney acquired the domain this way.

[@forgottenfolk5369]

Instant sub. Good video. Idk why you're only just over 10k

[@michaelhudson3445]

windows 96!?!?!?!? i really couldn't believe the intro music!

[@feather314]

I love that you used portal music in this!!

[@kohtas]

Thanks for taking me back with this one, almost forgot about this site. Paranoia was great fun, you did a pretty good job at explaining more or less what it used to be. It's was a fun place for edgy kids (me) back in the day to browse and yea the stuff on there was way more brutal than Rotten, Rotten was Paranoia-lite. It also had a lot of guides on hacking and tech tips as well, it was everything a younger degen like myself needed to get their entertainment.