The Real Life Victims of Internet Trolls

[@wavywebsurf]

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[@survived4679]

STOP MAKING YOUR VIDEOS SO LONG

[@icypastasauce7240]

@@survived4679no, you belong on tiktok or shorts kiddo. Gtfo😂

[@UnicornsDontHaveNipples]

This may have been addressed already, but why is the shelf behind his right shoulder leaning !!?? It’s driving me crazy. Is it an illusion??

[@FirstUsername]

did you stop getting sponsored by keeps because you're clearly balding

[@inigomontoya619]

​@@survived4679what a nothing comment. Soo 3 secs shorter is not as long. Also it's a video. YOu cant measure it with a ruler

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

I’m Indian and never heard of pakalu papito but the same image is used in memes using the name Xavier

[@kc4276]

You must be younger. Most people 30 and above remember the original account - Pakalu Papito. The name Xavier came much later.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

@@kc4276 yeah im quite younger

[@namikazeminato7782]

I remember pakalu papito camel Isn't he the same guy who said "hello, I'm under the water.. it's raining (crying noise)"

[@Hyakkimaru_0]

Yeah it's was going as Xavier rather than pakalu papito

[@pushinp275]

​@@namikazeminato7782Nope

[@sp00kyg1rl]

I love that the Hide The Pain Harold guy ended up accepting it and it ended up opening so many doors for him. What a legend, truly.

[@Xegethra]

He's in a chocolate drink advert at the moment, here in the U.K. at least.

[@sp00kyg1rl]

@@Xegethra oh wow!!!

[@yourimaginaryfriend9075]

"Harold" has a Instagram account. He looks very happy.

[@MrShanester117]

That’s what the video is about but thanks I guess

[@sp00kyg1rl]

@@MrShanester117 the video could have gone many ways - I’m just glad this nice man has found peace, opportunities and happiness.

[@saswatadms]

That Om Prakash guy is legit, a friend who studied in IIT, Kanpur confirmed his identity. lol. If you search the staff section on the official IIT Kanpur website, you’ll find him there. Buddy is a senior technical supervisor now lmao. I was also told, that it was highly likely he created the original account, the tone and personalities matched up quite a bit on both Twitter and real life. Though, Om Prakash always denied this and got frustrated to the point where he used to get into trouble with the students. Most likely it was a student from the college itself being a troll rofl

[@fardinrahmankhan6747]

Damn

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

I think Pakalu guy is one of his student who stole the image. A staff from IIT is unlikely to do such posts.

[@avokka]

Good on bro tbh, becoming a senior supervisor in anything is no small feat, which means he really has chops in tech.

[@Apurvanotfound]

Getting into IIT is tougher than going into Harvard or finding om prakash

[@SuperStrik9]

Incredible.

[@odoplaydead5012]

I feel so bad for Nicola Brooks. All she did was make a post of support to a contestant on some show and she got harassed and doxxed by some crazy ass people online… I hope she’s doing better

[@Immeminne]

She didn't make a mistake (As WWS says), the people who attacked her did. She shouldn't feel any shame about it or like she did something wrong, because she didn't.

[@alanfike]

I'd listen to what she has to say about dealing with Twitter and Facebook security.

[@ww3196]

For real!!

[@丫o]

@Immeminne Staggering facts

[@impmon5349]

actual deranged behavior

[@MundMoriginal]

39? Dude was 39 when trolling a woman for... my god. Whenever I feel like I failed at life, I will remember this loser.

[@jjenk911]

There are some disgusting people out there.

[@beaualoevv]

it’s very common, unemployed people sitting at home are bored. it’s not rocket science, they troll because it brings them attention and get off of reactions.

[@TheConorsmithusa]

39 going on 59

[@TheYardninja]

So he was talking to minors as her? So he was sexually interacting with minors online

[@CJ-nz8it]

Whats that supposed to mean?​@Fr3nchFlag

[@forsearching]

For those who don't know, Om Prakash is no ordinary guy. Being a senior technical staff in IITK is a VERY VERY big deal. I myself, like 100s of 1000s of students tried but failed to get admission in that college, the selection rate is super low. And he is a SENIOR TECHNICAL STAFF in workshop. Mad Respect

[@morninglion27]

selection rate at iits is less than 2% they are mit of india but even harder to get into. To get in you have to be in the top 1-2% of the 1-1.5 million students appearing for jee the 2nd toughest exam in the world. And even among all iits iit kanpur was the top iit back in 2004 rn its number 4 which is still a big thing

[@sushilkumarlohani6709]

Dude, he is my dad's old friend, no joke, we used to call him "om uncle" and WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE.. when I got to know about this I bursted why is om uncle so famous 😭

[@forsearching]

@@sushilkumarlohani6709 wow that's interesting

[@chocolatemilkshake9168]

I got iit but didn't get CS in it 😢😢 gotta take iiit cuz CS is dream baby 😢😢 will miss you iit 😢😢❤❤

[@morninglion27]

@@chocolatemilkshake9168 same here btw which iiit did you choose?

[@nommahn]

Hide the pain harold is one of the rare good endings in terms of internet memes.

[@Taybrian1]

I agree. He seems like a pretty cool guy after he figured out how the meme world works. Plus, his becoming a meme wasn't really malicious. I also think the internet would be really pissed if someone did something cruel to him.

[@jjenk911]

Agreed. Andras is still memed to this day.

[@lmno567]

I think he did a TEDtalk awhile ago about his fame.

[@KingOfGaymes]

⁠@@DailyCleanLivingI swear I heard something about him being a small celebrity back home

[@youfuckinknowit]

You mean the internet historian….

[@mrkenny6817]

I've met Hide the Pain Harold once in Budapest. He is absolutely wholesome and kind person, took photo with me and told me a story how he enjoyed a trip to the country I am from. It was so great moment that I will remember my whole life.

[@belalahmed7977]

Good for you!😊❤

[@pvzgamerlegisniana6492]

That's a one in 8.1 billion!

[@ihavenoideasforahandle3]

That sounds cool

[@guymakesmemes]

oh wow its so wholesome that theres no reply saying: "thats cap" or "no u didnt kid" or some crap like that but congrats on meeting him anyway!

[@ihavenoideasforahandle3]

@@guymakesmemes ikr lol

[@kartiksharma7674]

Now knowing the real identity of Pakalu Papito, I can guess it was one of the students of IIT Kanpur who created and ran his troll account!

[@starplatinum727]

That student now is probably in Europe working with a famous company and married.

[@naxdz12]

The same account was named Xavier in India instead of Pakalu

[@lordblanck7923]

​@@starplatinum727 I like your confidence

[@Xi_Jing_ping]

Y not mine ?​@@lordblanck7923

[@R_K_12201]

​@@lordblanck7923It's a top college in India, no wonder student can end up in good company. For example Sundar Pichai, Google CEO

[@realgod1002]

Andras is a legend. He singlehandedly made the internet a greater place. it's weird that people see a pained expression cause i see there's some form of Love in his eyes, like he sees his highschool sweetheart in her most beautiful dress.

[@KingOfGaymes]

I see a bit of both, like it could be a guy who’s tearing up happily over something or it could be a guy who’s smiling awkwardly 🤔 Not so much “pain” tho

[@RezzSubs]

I feel like his expression is so unique that it lends itself to several interpretations depending on the caption and that's what makes it so special. He can look distressed, disgusted, awkward, about to tear up from happiness... His expression is a whole ass spectrum

[@Quaxo21]

Hes just a grandpa 😭😭😭 he’s so damn wholesome

[@theotakux5959]

Gotta love him leaning into it and getting good things from it. he made countless people happy, and was able to use that to do good things for himself.

[@_letstartariot]

He was in front of a photographer for the stock images taken of him. I think the lack of authenticity of his smile is why people associate his image with hiding internal conflict.

[@ANTISHIEMMS]

"life is soup, i am fork" - a true Pakalu Papito classic

[@BlackRainbow84]

'my wallet is empty just like my soul'

[@Ohhhoneyyy]

“‘You are what you eat’ I don’t remember eating a huge disappointment” - Papito 😳

[@themeemqueen]

I knew him as Xavier lol

[@whattheflimflam]

"You call me poor without knowing i have airplane on my phone"

[@uneventfullyeventful2497]

😂😂😂

[@GoodMythicalEeveening]

Love how people use Om Prakash's face to make self-deprecating jokes online yet dude's got a successful career in real life.

[@thefreemonk6938]

One of the most successful career in the world

[@Toshineko]

This is why it's SO important to make sure your personal information does not go online. There are some truly horrible people out there who will use them to ruin your life for NO good reason. These ''trolls'' have no conscience or empathy.

[@johnboi6916]

Fr I gotta cousin who posts EVERYTHING on Facebook from her morning prayer (like dude it's obvious u trying to mask ur actual lifestyle and it's not a Christian way of life) to the location (address and everything) checking in from the gynecologist to picking up her grandkids from school ( location and all) like dude with all the dudes ur playing ur gonna piss the wrong one off and he can easily steal ur identity and troll TF out of her or worse...

[@johngulster7787]

Why I never post anything that personal.

[@dreamstaring]

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[@flipsidelimited6560]

Too bad most people don’t care about their privacy and think guarding their info is a joke. Oh well

[@isabear478]

​@@dreamstaringright using VPN makes it worse

[@Silvermoon424]

One of the most disgusting "trolling" efforts I've ever seen was the harassment of Jessi Slaughter. She literally got her life ruined because people thought it was funny she was SA'd by Dahvie Vanity (who is now a well-known predator) at age 11. EDIT: There are people saying people were making fun of her because she was "cringey" and "overdramatic" or whatever. She was still literally 11 years old and full-grown adults were harassing and bullying her.

[@LightBlueVans]

that was horrific… truly wild west timeline online

[@TechniqueSan]

Consequences will never be the same.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

That is sick. To be honest the way we treat SA as a society is just nasty. We really don't take it seriously.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

a bunch of no lifers on 4chan (aka that aids website) bullied a girl who was groomed by an adult and 4chan thought the pedo was not the bad person

[@RedGreyV]

Nobody thinks sexual assault is funny, they laughed because they thought she was an overdramatic kid who was lying about a famous guy to get attention and didn't take her seriously because of it. A lot of kids lie on the internet for attention, it's not that far fetched. When her dad reacted the way he did on camera, it painted a picture of a typical uneducated, dysfunctional family which at the time made them a low hanging fruit for memes and virality. Anyone who has spent time on the internet knows it's stupid to show weakness or share serious stuff with strangers and unfortunately she had to learn that the hard way.

[@FatterHomer]

Indian here. Pakalu Papito translates to Ripe Papaya 😅

[@DrizzingSakuras]

What language? 🤨

[@FatterHomer]

@@DrizzingSakuras Russian

[@LizaLizzaaaa]

Hindi​@@DrizzingSakuras

[@AKuldip]

@@DrizzingSakuras Gujarati

[@gac379]

papito translates to daddy in Spanish 💀

[@slaterlul]

The nicola brooks one is just so upsetting. i feel terrible for her

[@RoynonBabies]

That nicky guy is such a douche

[@carsonshowjumping9358]

i know, especially because she's still dealing with it now?? like god i feel so bad for nicola :(

[@Sunnieintheclouds]

And dude was 39 years old doing that shit. Like??? Grow tf up, do something worthwhile in your life. To add to that, to think that one of those degenerates was a cop as well, is just mind boggling yet also somehow not surprising. Were both these men - I mean _boys_ - also chatting up children in a sexual manner? If so, they should’ve been slapped (with charges, though I’m not complaining if they physically were) for that, too. Just ridiculous that these people out there keep caping for celebs - either major or minor, who’ll never even know they existed.

[@nahtesalinas1917]

She's *still* dealing with this?

[@carsonshowjumping9358]

@@nahtesalinas1917 yeah, he said it in the video

[@Neillan]

Recently, there was a Nicki Minaj stan/troll who flew out to Phoenix, Arizona from LA to confront a Cardi B stan at his home after getting into an argument with him on Twitter that night. He also live streamed the whole thing even as the police showed up. The back and forth between the two was as unintelligible as you'd expect. This timeline is insane... EDIT: It was actually a Dua Lipa stan lol.

[@MsEliteForever]

Where can I find this?

[@jays.6843]

Sounds right for a Nikki Minaj stan. They're like Taylor Swift stans but only somehow dumber.

[@bruh-gn5kc]

^^ America.

[@MsEliteForever]

@@bruh-gn5kc online

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

I really want more info on this. 😂 Crazy Atozy hasn't done anything about it

[@mrblonde609]

There is a difference between trolls and criminals. People that hack other peoples accounts or steal the identity of people to incriminate innocent people are criminals. People should start calling them for what they are.

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

I agree with you

[@dorjjodvobatkhuu6457]

Yeah, the term "troll, trolling" got too much negative meaning these days

[@Bobby-z6c]

Exactly... when I was 21 somehow a woman in Florida bought a fckimg yacht with my info and fuked my credit for years...that's a crime....

[@HaraDuran]

For me the pakalu guy is although stealing identity technically,he atleast only jokes around,still better than the nicola brooks one.

[@Captain_Sosuke_Aizen]

And should use anime images or ai generated images like us decent troll folks .

[@fie4426]

Cyber stalking is such a lowlife degenerate act. The most cowardly form of conflict.

[@coderxgamer]

turn off your computer

[@quasario]

​@@coderxgameryour bait needs more improvement

[@coderxgamer]

@@quasario its not bait

[@dachemistofx1667]

@@coderxgamerthe heck this supposed to mean, and who is this to

[@hinachan70]

​@@coderxgamerYour bait is definitely low tier dude.

[@Eligon_1965]

I still see hide the pain harold stock images used by various businesses. A friend once send me a video of a sign promoting a fitness center, one of the stock images on that sign was a picture of Harold doing some workout. I also once spotted a pic of Harold, holding a video game controller, in a gamestop.

[@LikaLaruku]

I just associate his face with Internet Historian.

[@garfieldfan925]

@@LikaLarukuplagiarism

[@iBridgee]

Internet trolls may hide behind screens, but their impact on real people is very real.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

That’s what makes it hilarious

[@davemccage7918]

Not gonna lie, “My pussy is like Hiroshima after my man wrecked it” is probably the most fire complement a guy could get.

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

18:09 These people aren't internet trolls but impersonators. Trolling is supposed to be funny or sarcastic and the comments of the troll have to be clearly a joke even if the troll is trying to piss someone off. The people who he mentioned in this video are harassing people and impersonating them not trolling. Nothing is funny about ruining people's lives.

[@lordblanck7923]

Yeah this aint trolling. Its criminal. ​@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516

[@isojoe125]

How is it illegal

[@dodgermaven]

Whoever that Nikki Wright guy was got an extremely light sentence. Only 22 weeks? He ruined that woman's life, and put her through some bullshit. That's just wrong.

[@vancakes4500]

He should've been given 3 years, 1 for each year he harassed her.

[@chungynna1544]

​@@vancakes4500 I think 10yrs is better

[@bootyhairrrr7809]

@@chungynna1544he should’ve been forced to pay for her therapy

[@someone-jl4sj]

​@@chungynna1544 We really need strong laws against cyber bullying

[@eo0-g9j]

another divorced bitter man projecting his insecurities online

[@davidci]

Kinda ironic that Om Prakash, the guy who (presumably) is the original Pakalu Papito has more talent, skill, and experience than any of those trolls impersonating his likeness and making fun of Indians like him.

[@kyleyoung5063]

That's not what irony means...

[@deecee2174]

It's just a joke bro, chill out. Not everyone who trolls is also a 30 year old basement-dwelling loser at his Mom's

[@clockworkbaroness]

THE PFP OMG

[@CosmicFever]

@@kyleyoung5063 yeah since he didnt define what irony is in the comment

[@Jiya29892]

@@kyleyoung5063 its used correctly

[@shelby5809]

"sex is cool but have you ever had garlic bread?" a man after my own heart!

[@YuriMomoiro]

I had garlic bread a few times, it's not my thing. I guess now it makes sense that I am asexual.

[@davemccage7918]

Not gonna lie, “My pussy be like Hiroshima after my man wrecked it” is probably the most fire complement a guy could get.

[@davemccage7918]

⁠@@YuriMomoiroThere’s no such thing asexual. It’s just called giving up.

[@emmstherage326]

@@davemccage7918 just ignore their comment if you don't agree bro

[@LDSGG_Offical]

@@davemccage7918 as an asexual can can confirm we exist lol 🙃

[@Brainulator9]

Nicola Brooks's "trolls" actually strike me as cyberbullies.

[@aedes947]

Trolling is an euphemism for cyberbullying

[@Brainulator9]

@@aedes947 From what I've seen, trolling is more passive, but cyberbullying is more targeted and relentless. They can overlap, but they're not synonymous.

[@JagoShogun]

It borders on criminality.

[@VivaSepulchre]

Shoutout Scumbag Steve!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@slightlyaboveaverage2235]

Nah ​@@aedes947

[@LarryXLR]

Hide The Pain Harold is proof that humbly owning the meme you become automatically makes you a beloved by all

[@pandapooh1668]

Yeah but the other ones on this list aren’t really the kind you can just “own” and embrace unfortunately

[@ytsn_THE_OG]

Uh, shouldn't the people trying to make the woman look like a pedophile, get charged with something related to that? Because they're the ones actually perpetrating the crime. THEY were the ones talking to minors.

[@Ellis_AKA_Mr.Sunshine]

Notice how most trolls are almost always 30 year old men and women who have nothing better to do with their lives? But they wanna keep blaming kids for not being able to pay attention or be nice? Hmmmm….

[@6Shots_ofEspresso]

ive had grown men with wives and kids harass me on twitter 💀 like dude…go spend time with your family instead of focusing on a teenager’s art account. degenerate behavior

[@jamesoshea580]

I did notice. It was a shock to me, I thought trolls were exclusively 13 year old males.

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

He had a career and a house. Something that kids today will never experience.

[@potatoman147]

@@jamesoshea580they've grown up now fool

[@jamesoshea580]

@potatoman147 Yeah, most people grow out of being naughty. You might have to work at being a better human, but you'll grow out of it too.

[@gwillewyn]

I was so scared seeing Harold in the thumbnails next to the word "victim", and truly relieved to see that he's the happy exception to the rule. Everyone loves Harold!

[@midniteauthor]

These stories just really showed how sad some people's existence is. Like imagine living a regular life, having a family and friends and a job but then in your spare time you spend it online and abusing a random person. Imagine finding out your friend or family member was doing that. Wavy described it correctly when saying Nicola's stalker was pathetic.

[@Nemuthcat9]

As long as it keeps the guy occupied, let him do what he wants

[@midniteauthor]

@@Nemuthcat9 no

[@puppetmarion]

@@Nemuthcat9 .... I'm not even going to bother arguing with you

[@Nemuthcat9]

@@puppetmarion I’m not wrong tho lol?

[@puppetmarion]

@@Nemuthcat9 Yeahh absolutely not but you do you ig

[@sunna8476]

I've heard hide the pain Harold's story but I'll never get tired of hearing it, the man is a blessing to the internet

[@NicolasSequeira]

I was a victim of an internet harassment campaign a while back. I have to say, the psyche of trolls is interesting. One has to seriously lack self-esteem to make it their life's mission to ruin the lives of complete strangers

[@wanderduck3]

Can confirm, I was there when this didn't happen.

[@sirosagaming8228]

Mind explaining more?

[@aedes947]

Biggest problem are all the enablers and culture around targeted harassment.

[@NicolasSequeira]

@@aedes947 I would generally agree- there is something about Internet culture which lends itself to such behavior, although the sociological aspects of this aren't researched much

[@noriii]

@@GR4V17Yeven if u turn off the phone ppl still gonna make fun of u. look at the nicola situation, they literally made accounts PRETENDING TO BE HER

[@Nuorikko2]

In Finland happened sad trolling case, where the victim decided to end his life. Victim was called "Risumies," but his real name was Jorma Hirvonen. Random dog walker harassed him when mister Hirvonen was doing some forest management. It was really sad and cruel how people mocked that old man to death.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

Lmfao. What a BABYCRY

[@The-Fishkeeper]

The Nicola Brooks one was so sad. All because she was simply showing empathy to someone.

[@Gaaraloverr1]

It’s even more sickening when you take the entire context into consideration. People didn’t like the contestant because he was “a punk.” But then they turn around and act out in even more disgusting and vitriolic ways. How could the trolls claim to have the moral high ground when they’re stooping to such low levels? Absolutely wild.

[@susiesparkles514]

This shit is so goofy. Like how can you be an adult and make fake accounts to ruin a strangers life? You have to be such a weirdo to do something like that.

[@oatstealer5075]

how can you be an adult and not just log off when people are mean to you

[@JamalShanzk]

​@@oatstealer5075 so if someone leaked your nudes you log off and it goes away?

[@NumberOnePochitaFan]

​@@oatstealer5075ong bait used to be believable

[@YashMezzala]

Jobless behavior that

[@marsKen]

Probably his students.

[@madameblackimusprime]

1. The guy stalking Nikola is INSANE. 20+ accounts on two different platforms?!?! 2. Hide the pain Harold is the spirit of so many in this land...he must be protected.

[@herpaderp-bp4pe]

Love Harold so much. He makes the world a such better place.❤❤

[@thekvehchannel5007]

In regard to the second story… imagine having no life that you’re able to commit that much time and effort into ruining someone’s life over a comment… 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

Well if you have too much free time on you. What would you do when boredom gets to you?

[@Chillikilli]

​@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 idk go to the gym. Talk to friends, play video games???? 😂

[@soraxstacy1477]

​@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 Bruh, you are extremely ill due to being chronically online if you think that the internet is the only way to kill boredom.

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

Well then, tell me what else I can do? I'm a tech nerd, not a Liberian.@@soraxstacy1477

[@Shizkeb]

@@soraxstacy1477 he's not chronically online. you're just boring

[@stedydubdetroit]

41:31 fun fact: the first issue of Playboy magazine presented Marilyn Monroe on the cover. That was in fact, a stock photograph that Norma Jean was paid only 50$ for. Hugh Hefner never gave her any more money for that amazing collaboration.

[@Temulon]

At the time she was unknown. Just another model in a long line of models. How could she demand more than 50 bucks for her image?

[@lilliebobson3146]

In 2008 there was an account that was against child abuse and cp. She was harassed by pe,dophiles and some guy named nonwhicc. It got so bad she left.

[@GeneralSunbeam]

It's sad that there are trolls that do steal Facebook or social media's profile pictures of users then go on a trolling tirade campaign to defame them like that :/

[@hoodzzeee]

Definitely, this is the reason I don't use actual pictures of myself on profiles. Its sad that social media has become ANTI-social media. The original intent of these apps has been eroded.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

It’s pretty hilarious especially when they get publicly EMBARRASSED

[@stephaniekern603]

Mr. Arato seems like such a down to earth and wholesome guy. The world (and internet) need more people like him.

[@shaneintegra]

44:00 Thats so heart warming. Im glad everyone supported him. He got a first hand experience with how the internets weird ways could be used for good

[@xnappy4564]

Andras is a legend and a blessing to the Internet. Internet historians use of his likeness is my favorite.

[@sassycatenthusiast]

I’ve actually seen Andras’ posts on Facebook, he was traveling and it was such a delight! His Hide the Pain Harold photos are great memes because he looks relatable. I’m glad his meme experience was a positive one.

[@carlavandeventer6751]

Thanks Wavy :) I found your channel last year when I was struggling with a bout of depression caused by a knee injury, which meant I spent allot of time on the couch watching KZbin. Your storytelling and voice is very calming and gives me allot of comfort. Keep on keeping on you absolute legend!

[@thespacedpirate]

Uma Kompton is probably the only useful journalism Buzzfeed has ever done.

[@missymcmittens3836]

In 2021, BuzzFeed News won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for its coverage of the Xinjiang internment camps as a part of China's campaign against Uyghurs.

[@kaeg.7800]

their R. Kelly pieces were pretty great too

[@thespacedpirate]

@@kaeg.7800 yeah but that came after they last all credibility and closed most of their offices world wide

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Buzzfeed's actual news section was actually really good. They won a pullitzer, apparently? It's like they used their stupid "50 gifs that perfectly describe Gilmore Girls" articles to fund the actual news part of the company.

[@TheRedBaron1917]

Pulitizer* unfortunately lost all credibility with the pee tape story @@FrenkTheJoy

[@chadd990]

Never use your full name unless required, keep your privacy settings to friends, keep your business email address and leisure email address separate, and don't interact with the public comments on facebook (or any meta service at this point). I know that sweet hit of dopamine feels good when telling off a troll on facebook, but as you can see, it could cause you a lot of harm in the long run.

[@clockhanded]

Thanks Chad D.

[@chadd990]

@@clockhanded ​ my last name initial isnt D. The D990 is just random and doesn’t mean anything. There’s actually a more fatal flaw to my KZbin account that exposes me, but it isn’t in my username.

[@adambane1719]

Ok, "Chad" @@chadd990

[@yaama4868]

​@@chadd990 💀

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

What a BABYCRY. You wouldn’t do anything to someone that trolled you in person

[@falondonahue8457]

Trolls back then: Trololololo! Trolls right now: Let's bully innocent people and claim that we're joking so that we can feel better in our miserable lives!

[@froggyspond1133]

You naturally have a gift for longplay content dude PLEASE keep it up

[@robb862]

I know Greenen72 (the Harold OG poster) IRL, he's my housemate. I didn't believe him either till he logged into his old FP account and told me the story. Basically, he was in college in a photography course and happened upon the photos while learning Photoshop and partaking in those threads on FP. He just happened to share them with the forum and the rest took off without him, he said he only made a few memes himself. Nowadays he's a web dev and watches his parents' cats while they travel. It's honestly hilarious how little it impacted him and he doesn't wear the experience with much pride, as he's very much an introvert and doesn't love attention. Really nice guy, just shy and quiet. Spends his free time watching anime and playing games like most people.

[@AngelRasmus3]

Wow who could've guessed a man harrassing a woman who posted a supportive comment and stood up to her bullies could look like a dusty old troll bridge himself? Unbelievable!

[@RabiaSammy]

literally

[@DullyDust]

The black microphone on the black shirt kinda makes you look like you're standing with a drink, just talking about memes at a party xD

[@fogsfunhouse]

XD lolllll

[@UptownLexi]

Bahhaha it does look pretty weird. It must be tiring too.

[@CNYKnifeNut]

Like an autistic Julian?

[@thatmaninblack]

Harold is Hungarian, he is enjoying a meme life. He said it was weird at first, but now has trips to other countries, he gets invitations from all around the world. 🙂

[@sabni8668]

Wavy, this is one of the best video essay channels. You have the right balance of showing you speak, and then of showing us the actual topic / posts / people or responses. You avoid the over use of stock photos / images which is the worst part of most other video essay channels. I also can’t get enough of learning about internet culture. Please keep it up , amazing work.

[@ChromeCowboy_]

Andras has one of the best smile ever. He deserves the life he enjoy

[@LiquidBreath518]

25 Facebooks and 28 twitters as well as multiple blogs??? Where do you even get time to manage all of that? Like what level of unemployment is that???

[@whateverwhatever4026]

Sounds like a full time job to me.

[@mac2637]

This is what I imagine my unemployed friends are up to

[@DryEther]

Bro they earn too much so have employees

[@DryEther]

Nevermind I didn't watch full video

[@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516]

This guy reminds me of this chick on FB who made 10 accounts to stalk and harass anyone who had pissed her off. She would harass random children on Facebook and even use people's photos of their children and pretend to be them. She was obsessed with this Japanese game/anime character (who was a high schooler by the way)and would threaten anyone who liked this character because she thought he was her "husband" This woman was around 35 at the time and spent her days and nights arguing with people who were around 12 -15 years old about a fictional vampire. One day she went as far as to tell where her ex-friend had lived in an act of revenge over another game. She wanted her friend to only edit images for her but the person edited for some else anyway. This chick later started harassing anyone who would use edited photos of characters she liked. She was obsessed with vampires and otome games and thought all these characters were her spouses. People like this are clearly deranged.

[@Cooler_By_The_Lake]

The real guy behind the Hide the Pain Harold meme seems like such a sweetheart. It's really impressive that he was such a successful electrical engineer too.

[@turkeyman631]

Prakash's mustache is super similar in each picture. I choose to believe its him.

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

It's him. The case is similar to Uma Koumpton.

[@srikrishna2561]

He's a Professor at IIT Kanpur. One of the best Institutes of India.

[@hannahbarley97]

The nicola brooks story is so sad poor lady just wanted to send some nice support to someone but get harassed and doxxed for it. I hope she’s doing better nowadays

[@VeshSneaks]

Let’s be honest Andrés didn’t have his likeness “stolen”. He did some modelling for stock photos, and people used them. It’s entirely what stock photos are meant for. Nobody impersonated him or used his likeness for anything nefarious, at least not to any notable degree. He simply joined the likes of Bad Luck Brian and Scumbag Steve in the halls of Internet Memedom.

[@roonkolos]

There's a fine line between trolling & flat out harassment and many of these and many more go well beyond the latter

[@SoulfulMafia]

I was sick as a kid, several GI disorders. Father was a programmer - so after id get my satellite school work finished Id read visual basic 6 step by step books.. I went from making yahoo booters to growing up on /b/. I now am in assisted living, with a TBI.. so memory is iffy - but, you ALWAYS bring up the very long lost forgotten HUGE viral things before that was a word - viral. Before google bought youtube in 2006. Its quite wow the things you cover. It helps my memory so much, ill go from not remembering to having a flashback (ptsd after TBI). Thanks for helping me regain memory. Some that had nothing to do with what youre covering but where I was at, and what I was doing. Channel is fantastic.

[@icypastasauce7240]

Wild bro

[@Anophis]

Online harassment STILL isn't taken as seriously, I swear I've had the same guy online pester me and some other unrelated folk for over ten years now, and the fact it's cross-country makes nobody really care to help sadly. I wish there was better services to reach out to about this stuff. People don't realize how fucked it can be, same shit as her, people who fake your accounts to make you look awful. He's very obviously mentally ill but I imagine a lot of these people literally do just live on their computers and have no social interactions outside, so there's no one in real life to bring attention to how risky they are

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Don't let these people hide behind "mental illness". They knew well enough what they were doing.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

Womp womp

[@thegreenjellybean77]

I actually for the longest time thought Pakalu Papito or whom we now call Xavier was one from those fake face generators.

[@StephaneTheard]

Same

[@lanalan4157]

Know him Xavier too

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

Same

[@cwolf201]

Internet trolls are always disturbing. but when they go beyond trolling even insulting hate filled to the level of disturbing you're talking about. they've become evil

[@Kaspar.C0LD]

They're not always disturbing, they're even funny half the time. A lot of what people call "trolling" far exceeds that, though. People will call someone who's committing psychological warfare on someone, quite literally expending hundreds of man-hours to destroy that persons life and livelihood, a troll. That ain't a troll. That's Beelzebub. I feel like "troll" has become similar to "bigot" in that it's thrown around haphazardly as a catch-all term. To use a South Park reference (because we're erudite here), it's like calling both Clyde and Cartman "dicks" where Clyde will occasionally say something off-the-wall that's mean but funny about someone -- and Cartman will get someones parents killed, butcher them, cook them, and feed them to their child. Or 60s Joker and Dark Knight Joker; one throws a pie, the other throws a grenade.

[@KarlKapo]

Then it's not trolling. Stop using words you don't grasp

[@cwolf201]

@@KarlKapo on the contrary. troll's been internet slang for someone posting offensive or provocative terms online since the days of dial up prodigy internet. i should know. I was using prodigy in high school during a lot of u.s. states including texas blizzard in april of 1993 It's people turning it into fun trolling that changed it into what you think it's always been

[@afriendofepicproportions]

Hey remember when a guy wrote a heartfelt tribute to his deceased friend on MySpace, but he misspelled one two-letter word and the entire internet made 'an hero' into an insult out of it? Yeah

[@blistertooth]

Oh, no, that was worse than you remember. They were making fun of literal children. The person who died was a seventh grader that committed suicide. /b/ got ahold of the memorial poem, saw mention of a lost iPod on the memorial, and made up a lie that the kid killed himself after losing his iPod. And then “commit an hero” became a very shitty way for people to tell others to go kill themselves for YEARS.

[@Ars-Nova258]

Personally I still use “an hero” but only towards myself either to make light of my ideations around friends or mock my most recent ex telling me to go “commit an hero”. I used it before finding out about its dark origins but I can’t think of another way to address my own demons.

[@helvete983]

Trolls: We'll make you a meme. Andras: Hold my beer.

[@Himmelschenk]

I remember having a troll that harassed me and a few others for nearly 10 years, not as bad as these people, but man was obsessed with harassing then 14 year old me and nearly drove someone else to unaliving themselves

[@MrL1O1V1E1]

The most I was harrased online was at that age too, don't know what it is. I empathize with you

[@KarlKapo]

Lies. Prove it

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

I've heard people speculate about many trolls being undiagnosed narcissistic personality disorder sufferers. Which would track on the surface, given how destructive that condition can be without help managing it, but certainly cannot account for all of them, and not for _ten years_ level of stalking and harassment and I'm hearing more and more cases like the the longer I look around the internet. NPD doesn't come with too many cases of prolonged obsession I don't think, they have the average person's attention span and would get as bored with this as anyone else. We'll never really know what's going on for sure, but certainly this kind of thing is not engaged with by someone who is healthy. It's morbidly fascinating, and horrifying to consider what kind of mindset might might be behind these things.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

what happend to the jerk?

[@KarlKapo]

@@somechupacabrawithinternet8866 nothing because typhoon lies

[@normalhuman6260]

Most probably the Pakalu Papito account was created by some IIT Kanpur student. GIven the institute has always produced some great engineers and technical genius including the CEO of IBM, it would be safe to say that it is the kind of engineer dude humor that Papito dwelt in.

[@Markcus003]

im pretty sure pakalu papito are Filipino (the one behind the account not the person) because that name are actually a comedian stage name in i remember.

[@Markcus003]

@@obsrvdsplash115 i won't disagree with you because Phillipines are actually home to a lot culture including Indian.

[@TheBakuganmaster99]

Thats makes sense. Filipinos are insanely racist towards indians. 😮

[@Kerahan]

@@Markcus003ngl as an indian the philippines is my favourite country

[@NoOne-kx7zs]

in an indan language 'pakalu papito' mean ripe papaya

[@srikrishna2561]

​@@NoOne-kx7zsWhich One ?

[@JoshuaPutman1]

Some trolling is fine but other types of trolling is not fine and I had to deal with malicious trolls who purposely spread lies about me to others. So I know how it feels to deal with trolls and it honestly feels really bad.

[@KarlKapo]

Stop lying

[@Kaspar.C0LD]

Some types of trolling is just trolling, what a lot of people will call "trolling" is just straight up psychological warfare. Like Karl here, I'm willing to bet he would call anyone who calls him a dipshit for his asinine opinions a troll -- but also call someone who does Una-bomber type shit a troll. Because there's only black-and-white, no gray. Like watching a Karate Competition and calling it a street fight.

[@OurSpaceshipEarth]

[someone who isn't me] formatted hundreds - thousands of KP (now called CSM i think) traders on irc efnet in the mid 90s. i formatted their WHOLE isht. this was before windows 95 was officially launched - it was not quite so easy to get back onlinefor most people back then :) [someone who isn't me] was just a lil kid and setup a bot tto do it

[@Xegethra]

There a little bit of light razzing, knocking around that isn't pushed too much. Then there's ill intent to ruin somebody or going so hard as to not care about the effects. It seems these days, troll is applied to everything.

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

​@@KarlKapo Get better bait you dingbat

[@function0077]

"Her faith in human nature had been shattered." I think this is the conclusion of a lot of people once they get on the internet.

[@GarrettsGear]

We all shed a collective tear for Andres Arato. What a gem.

[@Vexarax]

''why get thinner when you can get more dinner'' is gold 😅

[@Persivefire]

Ngl the Pakalu Papito meme is pretty interesting, and idk why but him being based on an actual college staff member seems to fit pretty well for some odd reason. We knew the guy as Xavier, and I guess the association with college was probably because we had a professor named Xavier and from what I know, there is a passing resemblance between the two. That being said, it is good to seem that Mr. Om Prakash is doing well after all these years.

[@HavianEla]

I stand with Nicola in her activism. “Trolls” aren’t a minor threat - they’re bullies at the least and emotionally manipulative asses with some sort of personality disorder at worst. It’s not about “joking around”. I LOVE humor, especially dark comedy, but trolls DELIBERATELY try to hurt you, or put you in an emotionally vulnerable place. It’s not their goal to amuse you with their comments. Amuse THEMSELVES, maybe, but never you. And the more angry/sad you get, the more entertainment they get

[@joefer5360]

The trolls amuse themselves. The lurkers laugh along. The Internet ninnys like you cry. The circle of life. Get over it.

[@KarlKapo]

You don't know what Trolls are. Just be quiet

[@youtube-kit9450]

But she wasn't trolled. A troll goes to a wings of redemption stream and calls him Richard cuz it pisses him off. People slandering a person as a fucking pedophile and child abuser are just psychos and criminals.

[@KarlKapo]

@@youtube-kit9450 exactly

[@sanskarsapkal__]

"The reporting tool did not work" it never does

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

For over five minutes I did not notice the microphone cover blending in with your shirt and my brain had me completely convinced that you were holding a large bottle of alcohol and taking gulps between takes.

[@blub-tf6rt]

Get that checked

[@bobaorc7839]

I really hope you speak about Jessie Slaughter at one point. I was her age when all of that went down, and I help contribute to that mess. I wasn't contacting anyone, or contibuting to the content creation side of things, but I consumed it, and showed that there was demand for it. When I was 12, seeing Jessie's father impotently blow up on a medium of communication he didn't quite understand, I thought it was hilarious. He backtraced the IP to the cyber police?! Epic lulz!! Trollface! Now that I'm 30 years old and almost became a father due to a pregnancy scare in 2017, I am horrified. I can only imagine the level of terror, anger, helplessness, and despair that all of us put him and his *twelve year old* daughter through. Was she obnoxious? Sure, what tween raised in the suburbs isn't? She didn't deserve the way people treated her. The fact that it wound up killing him is nothing short of absolutely tragic, and the mistake I made by contributing to the demand may haunt me for the rest of my life. I hope we're happy with ourselves.

[@paIeville]

dont feel bad, you were only twelve. you didnt understand the weight of the situation

[@PexiTheBuilder]

Nicola Brooks is perfect example why should take care of privacy on internet.

[@isojoe125]

Exactly

[@novablast1695]

Imagine being so determined to letting down someone who you dont even know and while being 39, wow.

[@PHILD0]

When you're looking for a long form vid to waste an hour or so and Wavy pops up like "Special Delivery!"

[@miaknig3130]

I'm literally about to do awful work which will cover my hands in bad stuff, so I looked for a vid that is long enough w good comments. Here I am as I'm about to glove up😊

[@PHILD0]

@@miaknig3130 Haha good luck!

[@Jerry-Jardorc69]

What a great compliment! Something to WASTE AN HOUR on

[@PHILD0]

@@Jerry-Jardorc69 Thanks Aaron, very cool!

[@DUNGEONMASTERTYRANT]

All I will say is ain't that the truth​@@PHILD0

[@corporate.security]

Yo what if the college professor is actually a big time internet troll? Lol! That would be like the cherry on top of this whole thing. That would be amazing.

[@zen_marti]

The Pakalu Papito part was already a good story on its own. Nice video.

[@Frogasmol]

Those long videos are such a treat. My Saturday just got better.

[@BPEJS24-7]

Worst experience I had with a troll was several years ago. He had hacked into my YT account, and made his own with my profile pics and was going around to everyone's channel and leaving obscene messages, claiming to be me. Turned a lot of people against me because they believed him. If I changed my profile pic, it wouldn't be 1 full minute later he would change it to that exact image. He would send me messages like "I'm watching you" and so forth. He made disgusting, incriminating, false claims about me, and did this for about two days until another person hacked into his account and deleted it. This was back when YT had PMs and he told me that the guy was "sick", and I then joined a group that is no longer active today, but they checked in with me to make sure no trolls messed with me again. I also received support from a group of goth chicks that were very protective of me for some reason lol Funniest part of the story was that he was using a picture that he claimed was me, but it was actually a long-deceased man who was a meme in Spain. Most everybody believed him. I had to resort to posting a video of myself, which I didn't feel comfortable doing, in order to prove myself and clear my name with certain people. Then I got locked out of my account a few days later and wasn't able to delete it or the account. Still a regret of mine. I don't know how to get into that account because I don't know what the email was or the password because someone else took care of it for me after the hacking, and I didn't have any email addresses at the time. That person has not been active on KZbin for 10 years and I can't get ahold of them. This was in the Spring/Summer of 2011. If anybody knows how to get rid of those old accounts, please let me know.

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

Lmfao that’s hilarious 😂

[@BPEJS24-7]

@@BlackslooklikeHarambe I thought so too.

[@cecemepls0]

András describing his life as a “fairytale” nearly brought tears to my eyes! It’s so silly because this is all about a stupid meme! 😂 It’s so amazing to see him giving a TED talk and getting to do new, fun and exciting things so late in life! I’m not saying his life would’ve been boring without the meme because that’s surely not true, given his childhood being in wartime. He’s a well-educated man, who made the most of a crazy situation. I respect him so much for that and it makes me really happy that he sees his life as a fairytale. ❤ I hope he gets to try even more new and fun things as the years go hun You’re the best, András!

[@sleep-deprivedalien]

i recently spotted mr. andras starring in a dutch nesquik commerical. i'm so proud of him😭

[@_ksm0922]

I've always loved Hide the Pain Harold and do to this day. I'm glad to see that his story ended well rather than in pain and harassment. He seems like a genuinely sweet and wholesome man.

[@sweetnumb]

@29:16 "Though a small contingent of folks smelled something fishy... and... " HAHA! That caught me so off-guard lmao.

[@twinngonespinn]

nah that una kompton music is insane 💀

[@BecauseOfTheImplication]

I need to hear more now 😂

[@redred222]

i get trolling but that is something else

[@GumSkyloard]

why do you type like a yt shorts kid

[@Asmodis4]

dont forget the original is russian. ONE false move of the troll and you are now a new inmate of a gulag work camp chopping down trees in minus 30°F

[@cjenui]

​@@Asmodis4when your entire worldview is based on movies you watched while nodding off

[@Theheadgiver]

I cant picture why these people would spend all their time doing this...its kinda pathetic

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

Hobbyists

[@mychannel-lp9iq]

Incels..

[@fernythorns]

@@Fr3nchFlag Wow, so edgy of you.

[@godnkosi8879]

​@Fr3nchFlag Yeah troll accounts can be funny, i agree. But like with everything theres always a fine line.

[@AdamOBrien29]

They do a bit of trolling

[@Cherrycherrylady1479]

I've had my posts taken out of context and blasted on the internet once. It was impossible to clean up the damage it caused, and thankfully other people helped me. I have empathy for these people who feel this 50x if not more

[@BlackslooklikeHarambe]

Lmfao you got EMBARRASSED

[@jcnot9712]

Pakalu Papito/Xavier has always been a mystery to me. What is a middle-aged Indian man doing sh*tposting dad jokes on the internet all day? It’s hilarious.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Indian man with a mexican name at that

[@jcnot9712]

@@TheFakeyCakeMaker papito is just a general hispanic name people go by. I’m Dominican and I’ve met many people who go by “papito” one of which is my father. I found that part hilarious too lol

[@TheTimoprimo]

@@jcnot9712Let's not forget the Filipinos as well.

[@TheTimoprimo]

@@Fr3nchFlagI guess Nahuatl names can be technically considered Mexican.

[@lanalan4157]

He's funny though

[@enki1597]

Take a shot every time he says pakalu papito

[@adambane1719]

Who drinks alcohol and watches this kind of content ?? ffs

[@Metal3738]

@@adambane1719me (I don’t)

[@adambane1719]

Hahahaha....@@Metal3738

[@sadakopilled]

as a hungarian, being able to take a picture with arató andrás has been definitely on my bingo list for a while now, haven't happened to bump into him yet so far but a fan can hope!

[@kageokami35]

The troll stuff reminded me of something my criminal justice professor told us: trolls like that have been shown to be more likely to fall under the "dark triad" of mental disorders, narcissistic personality disorder included

[@UptownLexi]

This checks out-my ex is an internet maniac and lives on /b/ and is a legitimate psychopath.

[@basedsketch4133]

And why do the vast majority of internet trolls look like they would get smoked in a fist fight

[@HarassmentArchitecture]

That’s why they become trolls. Little man syndrome

[@YehudiNimol]

The fact that Trump believed the spoof account is absolutely insane

[@mikal6217]

He also theorized that doctors should study disinfectant injections as a way to clear Covid from your body. The dude is a moron, and his follower-base is no better.