Another sign of gang stalking that I didn't read out... You start recording some audio for your friend's UA-cam video and then both of your neighbours decide to start mowing their lawn 👀
@A Brave New 1984 What's been happening to you? Though I'm obviously skeptical of gang-stalking claims, I find it chilling that real victims of harassment could be lumped in with mentally ill people suffering from delusions. If you would be willing to share, I'd like to know about your experience.
And then there is all the evidence patents ect supporting TI,s claims.I hope to god your just ignorant and not doing this on purpose.there is tons of researchers evidence ect.
That's why my neighbor is ALWAYS chopping wood, and otherwise turning full sized trees into firewood! Also, I had to comment, because I wanted to 'laugh' and UA-cam only let's you thumbs up! UA-cam, are you listening, we need to be able to laugh at comments.... think they heard me? -Shawn
Wanted to drop a like on your comment, but for reasons I cannot explain I do not want to "spoil" the perfect 444 likes you've already garnered. So I'm writing this instead. I have this issue often enough that it's probably telling me something, if only I knew what that something was lol
There's a mathematical proof that almost everybody is less popular than their average friend. It is because your most popular few friends tend to be WAY more pppular than your other friends, so they bring up the average to more popular than you. And if you are relatively popular, it likely means that you have enough friends that some of them are STILL way more popular than most of the others and are bringing that average up. Hence, for just about everyone, you are less popular than your friends. A bit depressing at first, but when you think about it, it makes sense. There are related theorems too. You're less famous than your average friend, you have less money than your average friend, etc.
Plipo Gamez I was going to make fun of you for believing I was serious, but then I realized how retarded people online can be and that someone may actually believe this to be true. So in short, yes, I was joking
This video really helped me. Now I know the guy in my backyard with a knife is not actually watching me! Edit: he's gone, I think the sound of a breaking window that I heard a few seconds ago must have scared him away
No, but it is laughable that we pay for our own surveillance, and no one seems to mind. What could possibly go wrong? Should be fine, right? I mean, c'mon, there have never been any negative consequences for that historically, so... I mean, it's not like data of every type is being collected, analyzed, and stored anymore. That's ridiculous! But hey, more importantly, I just got nineteen more subscribers to my channel!! Yay, endorphins...
This is an important truth to internalize, but also a little depressing - we all have these people we feel close to, and it is a little sad to remind ourselves that they don't know we exist, but it's important to keep this imaginary relationship in check. Thanks for the advice on meeting the object of a parasocial relationship for the first time
In all seriousness, I experienced this even before the word "internet" existed, in 1985. I lived across the street from Mister Rogers in Pittsburgh, and saw him on the street several times. He walked to work at his studio in WQED. My friends who had also seen him all talked about this, wondering what we should do. We finally agreed to simply say, "Hello, Mister Rogers!" and walk on. I did this several times. The first time was .. well, frightening. He said, "Hello!" back and that was that. The second and third times were a blur. But he was a genuinely nice guy, and I do think he recognized me at some point. After many times, his "Hello!" seemed more friendly, more forward. I contemplated saying more, but never did. But I felt that he knew me, that we were somehow friends. Obviously, this was a projection from feelings I had from early childhood, when he spoke to my fears and thought very directly. There was always a sense that Mister Rogers, of all people, understood all. Looking back on these extremely casual encounters I cry a little. I feel like I was in the presence of a saint of some kind. Well, he was, but that's largely a different story. I believe Mister Rogers came to recognize me, and in some small way he probably did. And it still feels absolutely amazing. It makes me want to be more like him, to follow his example. All we ever said was, "Hello!"
The problem here is that we are becoming a society that watches and records everything. If there are cameras, you are being watched. If you are in a major store, you are being watched. Recently, an Airbnb host was caught putting cameras on the inside of their house to record those renting from them. The host's response was basically: what were you doing that you didn't want to be recorded? I don't think I'm being watched all the time, but I do know that if there are cameras, which are getting smaller and more concealed, then I am being recorded. It might end up getting deleted and never seen; however, if I'm at a Target, then I'm in one of many screens being actively watched for odd behavior.
It's true though and to some extent, that reasoning is the exact intended purpose of post-9/11 surveillance states. The idea that you COULD be watched at any time, anywhere in public, is a very effective way of making sure people don't behave in 'socially undesirable ways'. Even if you aren't being recorded, let alone watched, you don't know if you are or not, and thus will act in socially desirable ways _anywhere_ in public.
When I was younger I used to think that whenever I blinked or closed my eyes, everyone around me started throwing a party and when I opened them they quickly put everything back into place because they wanted to leave me out 😅
Would it have worked? Pretty sure all our teachers kept preaching a gentler Tyler Durden philosophy that we are not special or unique snowflakes and we still had that sort of "you can never understand" attitude...
The feeling that your stalked can sometimes be a result of abuse. I'd know, I've been in an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship, and the moment I thought about getting out I started having these paranoic thoughts that this person knows I don't like them anymore. That my friends ratted me out, or that he joined a chat I'm in on an alt account and read all my venting, or that they saw me through a window when I was near their house and think I'm avoiding them, or even that they just can tell from the tiniest involuntary cues what I'm thinking. And all these thoughts were paralyzing and sometimes prevented me from seeking out help. Delusions of stalking are absolutely horrible.
Oh wow, I hadn't made that link but it makes total sense. I grew up in an abusive home and when I moved out, I still for a long time thought I was being watched as carefully as I really was at home. I always assessed those as unrelated things (despite the way I just phrased it to link the two). Thank you Natalia
Ryan Haggerty walks up to random knowing better, hey, I just wanna let you know I have severe suicidal thoughts and no matter what girls are constantly leaving me, can you help me?
I am 21 years old and I still have a lot of parasocial relationships with fictional characters. They actually stem from a rather unusual coping mechanism called "maladaptive daydreaming". Back then it was a coping technique for my depression. I am healthy now, but I still do it, just not as often and intense. But when I am stressed over a long period, it gets more intense. Someone else here who has experience with this?
OMG, that segue into the sponsor segment was way too smooth, I'm starting to think you did this just to make me choke on my bowl of cereal in awe. I think you're out to get me.
I thought I had found a new formula of gravity, based on the formula I had just learned of electrostatic force. It turned out, my school had taught us a simplified version for gravity first (F = m g, with g = 9.81 m/s^2), then went to electro magnetism, and to then come back on gravity for the more general formula. I was just a little late and a guy named Newton beat me to it by a few centuries
He meant omniscient. The whole thing's a farce anyway; we don't grow out of those things. We lose them when we finally succumb to the heavy pressure of society to give up our dreams. Broken, ready to enter the work force, bicker over political talking points, and wait out our last few years in quiet desperation while the youth of the time blame all their worldly problems on us.
Suffer No Fools Fallout as a game series is fine. The combat isn’t amazing and neither is a lot of the writing (at least Bethesda’s writing) but other than that the games are fun time-wasters with a myriad of emotional experiences involved. Fallout 76, however... I personally haven’t played Fallout 76 but the reception was awful and a lot of the design is poor from what I’ve heard. Have your own opinions and ideas, sir, and I’ll have mine. And I’m not accusing you of doing this, of course, but make sure when you judge a franchise or its fan base that you account for the fact that whatever unsavory aspects are usually only a fragment of the whole.
When I was in early elementary school, I couldn't stop wondering if reality was just a video game or machine I was plugged into. How could you ever prove that other people's minds and thoughts were real, the only thing you can know for sure is the thoughts in your own head? But maybe you can't trust those either? If it was true, was my progress being tracked by other higher beings? I knew it wasn't true, but the idea that I couldn't disprove it tripped my mind up. Then I got older and realized I'm special just like everyone else, a bag of meat on a speck of dust in an endless void. I'm 30 and I'm just too lazy now.
I have the opposite of Truman Syndrome. I assume no one gives a shit about my existence and that my most personally significant thoughts and feelings don't matter. Which is largely true, but I take it probably further than I should, presuming no stranger could ever really genuinely be interested in getting to know me, and that no one with any large following, like Knowing Better, really cares about whether or not I, or anyone else, actually exist or contribute, and are just being polite to keep up their career by pretending to have interest in fans and followers. What's that called?
Let me ask a different question, do you care about the most personal thoughts of those you know and care that they exist? When meeting new people, do you feel interested in getting to know them better?
I don’t know what it’s called but I have felt that way profoundly at times in my life, mostly when I was younger and still in school. I felt that if died in bed, no one would know until the smell became noticeable or when my post dated rent cheques began to bounce. I chalked it up to clinical depression.
@@ryanalving3785 I think its best to not try to diagnose anything more complicated than Depression (and even depression it self, which is why I didn't ascertain it was depression) through just comments. It's possible these could be symptoms of a personality disorder or other mental illness, yes, but it's generally best to be diagnosed by a professional. It could still be helpful to understand the various personality disorders as well as other psychological disorders and mental illness in general before seeking help, so I'm not chastising you, and it wouldn't be harmful for the OP to ask him self that, I say it more for clarity's sake.
@@TadeuCarabias Well, that wasn't meant to be a diagnosis as much as just a question. I kind of sympathize with the OP, as I have at times dealt with those thoughts or similar ones. I am just curious whether the issue is of misunderstanding of self or of others.
i had a parasocial relationship for years with someone who is now a close friend! they were an artist i looked up to, and we started actually interacting in 2014, a few years after i'd been following them. i was 17 at the time and surprisingly i managed the transition pretty well, i had to work hard to remember that they're a normal person and not to put them on a pedestal. i had burning questions about past events in their life that i had to hold back. it took a while but eventually i became normal about the whole thing. they're a great friend!
What’s really difficult is living with a sense of superiority. You *know* deep down that you’re not some blessing to the world, but you can’t help but feel like you are in certain cases. It makes you second guess what you actually are doing better than someone too.
There is a personal development technique that uses this idea as a tool for self improvement. Imagine that the universe does observe your thoughts, decisions and actions, even when you are alone. And imagine that other people learn from you and imitate you. If that were the case, how do you think the world would turn out and would you be inspired to change yourself? I’m not saying this is how the universe works but it’s an effective motivational tool especially if you are susceptible to this kind of irrational thinking.
Also known as Kant's first categorical imperative: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law"
I’ve experienced both sides of this, I think in middle school I felt more like everyone was watching me, and in high school I felt more like a side character in other more interesting peoples lives. I preferred being a side character, it gave me more room to fuck up and not feel anything about it.
I fell like i am backgorund character, not interestig one that appears jn like one episode and is immidietly tossed back to the background in the next.
I love the term "fictional book" instead of "book of fiction." It makes it sound like the book doesn't exist, or only exists in fiction, like the writings of Kilgore Trout
0:03 DFTBA! I absolutely love the works of John and Hank! I first found their channel when I was in 5th grade and have been a devoted nerdfighter ever since. Actually it was their channel that led me to your channel! Keep up the good work! I wish you success! BTW I love the new intro!
You don't know how much this video made me happy. Someone's been pissing in my truck since last year and my mental health been going down hill. It only takes one act of random assholery to potentially ruin someone's life. You don't understand the amount of shit that has been going through my head for the last few months. I also owe you an apology since I had a manic freak out on one of your video's comment section a while back. I don't know if you'll read this or read my other comment, but thank you for covering this.
One of the nice things about being in my sixties is that I’m STILL learning how I’m not unique - which is actually comforting. I have a few rare skills, but most people have a few rare skills (just not the same ones).
My youngest son had a little girl named Mary in a old-timey dress that played with him. He said she followed us home from the old family graveyard that's on our land, out in the woods. We have no relation to them, they were just the family that owned all the land around here, they were farmers. I have no idea what or who Mary is, but I didn't make a "big deal" about her😬🤷♀️😳. So Mary hung out with me and my son sometimes when we were outside doing outdoorsy stuff. (He was around 3 at the time). He said she got sad when we had to go back inside sometimes. I asked him why, he said she isn't allowed to follow us past the "line" . He pointed to our old property line that ran along our "yard" and was once the gates and drive up to the big ole farmhouse. I'm just going with it. I'm kinda spooked by it, but I'm like....Sure, whatevs lil dude🤷♀️😜. Once I put him down for his afternoon nap when I went in to wake him up a few hours later, he said "Guess what, Mommy! So.... I told Mary she could come in and take a nap with me and SHE DID! She didn't want you to know, she thought you'd tell her to leave and go back to the boring graveyard again, and she doesn't like it out there by herself. But I said "No, it's ok! My Mommy is really nice and she won't be mad, I promise!" So, I just picked him up and said, "Well.... I'm glad she listened to you then! So, where'd Mary take her nap?" He pointed to the pillow beside his pillow, and said "She slept right there, see??" I looked at the pillow where the little girl "Mary" had slept, according to my 3-year old son, who's 15 now BTW, and there was a perfect little head indentation on it. I'm not even sure what it was that made that head shaped indentation on that pillow, but it was nothing like my son's own pillow. His was messed up and flat, like it always was. Sooo.... Listen, I'm not like a ghost believer/disbeliever or anything. I'm still undecided on that subject, kinda.. I have not personally seen ANYTHING (in my lifetime) yet that seemed like a ghost or a spirit or a little girl or (PLEASE NOO, I HOPE I NEVAHH SEE) some creepy CLOWN-DEMON WITH EVIL EYES or whatever you want to call it😵😱🤡👻! I DO feel like there are certain places or areas or houses that are not ......at peace(?),un- settled(?) I grew up on this property and I have gone down to the old cemetery out in the woods hundreds of times in my lifetime. Both daytime and nighttime. I'm never scared or creeped out by the place, we all love walking through those woods and down to the graveyard!. It's extremely cool, actually. It dates back to the late 1800's, there's prolly only 10 or so graves(?) It was that family's place of burial, on their huge, huge family farm. It's not uncommon... many families did that back then, out here in the country, in Carolina. 🤠😉. I have had some places give me a really creepy vibe, or just feel "weird"? I don't know how to describe that "feeling"but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt some bad vibes before? Or thought someone was watching me, only to turn around and nothing be there? Or caught a flash of movement out of the corner of my eye, but when I turn to look at it, there's nothing there? Maybe this episode is confirmation that we ALL feel like the world is all about ourselves. Anyways, I'm not trying to make anybody get "weirded out" or anything. I'm just relaying the "friend" my little boy used to play with and talk to and see and describe in detail to me. Him and Mary would play off and on for maybe another few years. Then one day I realized, my son hadn't mentioned his "friend Mary from the graveyard" in a pretty long while, a year, maybe two? I asked him about her. So whatever happened to Mary? She still come play with you? He said she is always around somewhere, but no, she doesn't feel lonely and all alone by herself anymore, so she just waves to him from wherever she's hanging out. 🤗😎 I have always believed that I cannot tell you or anyone else what is "real" or not real. Who am I to assume that I know ERRYTHANG bout ERRYTHANG 🤷♀️🤔🤷♀️😬
Thanks for discussing this topic. As a person working with many content creators I'm trying to eduate them and their audiences about this. We got a lot of things to learn about and pay attention to.
I don't think I'm delusional. I looked in my junk mail folder one day and found an email that had one of my old passwords in the subject line. Someone was trying to blackmail me. Now, what had happened was that one of the leaks from Google or Facebook or LinkedIn or whoever else that had leaked millions of user accounts, email addresses and passwords included me, and I was one of millions of recipients of this email, written once and run through a simple script to insert appropriate personal data. So I went around closing accounts on websites I don't use, changing and improving passwords, etc.
Leave my egocentrism alone, I need it... for.... things. Bah!!! How DARE you try to tell me the world exists outside of my mind. No one in here told you that you could do that, why did you do that?!?! ...also, the new intro is pretty sweet. Thanks for another great video, KB!
"Don't forget to gangstalk me..." Does that mean we're all imaginary...? UA-cam's imaginary! I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together! Coocookachu!
Ok, the Google listening to give you targeted ads is 100% real. The main difference between humans and AI, is that AI can listen to everyone at once without losing focus. AI is not self centered. Its goal is to listen to you. Google's goal is to make as much revenue as possible. So while I might tune you out or not think anything of our conversations, every conversation is important to google. There's a strong incentive. If you don't believe it, I challenge you to try it yourself. Think of a product you would never use or think of buying, and in all likelyhood have never seen an ad for on Google. Write it down. Open up five different web pages using google ads. Mark down what the ads were about. Turn on your mic. Say outloud several sentences pertaining to that product. Maybe even made it specific; "Oh boy, I could really use a _(adjective)_ _(product)__ right now! Wouldn't it be nice to have a new _____? I think my mother could use a _____ now too." Refresh those pages. Take note of your targeted ads. I'm not saying this psychological effect *couldn't* be used to explain targeted ads, according to what is said in the mic. But the hypothesis that google is listening and giving you targeted ads based solely on what it hears, is *easily* testable.
dande 313 actually it’s more like a guess by the bot. Which makes us wonder how predictable behaviors are? How many variables exist, and how few do we use? To where a robot who observes our internet behavior can begin guessing our interests and real life activities?
I know about the effect he mentioned, and yeah, it more applies to watching a movie or reading a book and suddenly seeing more references to it. Two situations where it doesn't apply is going to a community/subculture and seeing more of one term because the use is actually increased (for example you're more likely to see "pedantic" and "objectively" on reddit than elsewhere online and you're more likely to notice the lack of the words on other sites), and in the situation you described. The AI isn't targeting you specifically, but it is listening for words that are spoken or typed. While it's delusional to think the government is watching you specifically - well, unless you suddenly end up on the No Fly list - it's rational to think something like the NSA is scanning for keywords, especially on public posts because even websites themselves flag content with certain words.
I've done that and I'm like 80% sure it's real. I have an ancient phone (Xperia J) that can barely run Whatsapp and I've rarely if ever seen ads for things I just mentioned. On the other hand, my boyfriend has a much newer phone and I've seen it happening with his phone a few times a week.
@Richard Durkee I can't do a proper study, though. I'd need a few "virgin" new phones but as I said, my only phone is like 10 years old. However, it's undeniable that the technology to listen to you exists (current phones have trigger words that open up Google's services), and the motivation is real too (Facebook has done everything within its reach to gather information, often venturing outside of the law), so the question is, why would they NOT do it?
@Richard Durkee I'm a computer engineer, I know this stuff. You don't need to store recordings any more than Alexa does. A system can simply have a list of trigger words like cost, price, buy, cheap, etc., then silently capture whatever you say next, convert it to text and use that info the same way it uses your search history. Now, targetted ads are very useful, but they're limited to the things you take the effort to look up. Some people (myself included) avoid or simply don't have any reason to search for toothpaste brands, trips to this obscure country that you like, or that cartoon you stopped watching 10 years ago. Casual conversations are a potential goldmine for companies. BTW, Facebook has been in a shit ton of legal troubles lately. Last year they were found to have tried to collect your SMS and call data without your permission in an attempt to improve its "People you may know" feature. I can only imagine the potential security threats. Also, Cambridge Analytica. Need I say more?
Who published her book, if anyone? Cus that seems pretty inappropriate and irresponsible of them... like telling a schizophrenic person that you see their hallucinations or hear their voices too.
I just recently heard of "wiki-feet" and realized it is real after searching it, now i hear and see "wiki-feet" everywhere. That's classic "Baader-Meinhof effect". i also just recently heard of the "Baader-Meinhof effect" and now it's everywhere, "Baader-Meinhof effect-inception" wahhhhh
I was a rather intelligent kid, comparatively speaking. Mostly raised in a Single Mom household. Moved a lot as a kid, always displaced. I read a lot, and was doing Encyclopedia Britannica for fun. I was perceptive as well. My mom enjoyed going to Psychics, when you'd actually drive to a place instead of a 900 Number, and I was able to pick up on the schemes they would employ. For her it was entertainment though, so when I'd debunk them she'd tell me she knew, but that it was still fun for her. But sometimes I'd be aware of something and not know how. At a Museum in Tennessee I noticed the name of a Dinosaur was wrong. They argued with me a bit, more wanting to just get the tour over with, but I stood my ground. Another time a friend of my mom called (this was back in the early 90's), and I asked why she was calling when her house was on fire. Turns out her Dryer in the basement had caught fire, and she didn't know yet. Now maybe I had read some where on the Dinosaur, but the only way I could explain knowing about the house on fire was "Binky", my 'imaginary friend'. "Binky" was... get this craziness... a Cave Man that lived with the Dinosaurs. Now, I knew all about Dinosaurs... likely how I knew they had the wrong nameplate at the Museum... and I knew Man and Dino didn't co-exist. But somehow, here I was, with a Cave Man from Dino Times giving me information I otherwise shouldn't have known. Now sure, reading an obscure name in the Encyclopedia explains the Dino Name, and being perceptive explains catching faux Fortune Tellers when I was very young... but I still can't explain how I figured out the house was on fire, other than 'Binky told me'. A lot of what I did, though I didn't realize it, was a bit of Deduction as Sherlock would put it, or Mentalism as Patrick James would call it. Picking up on cues, following logical conclusions. But sometimes I would pull random, but highly accurate, things out of thin air... things 'Binky' would tell me. Now maybe I was seeing something more and not realizing it, and Binky was just my way of explaining how I knew something I didn't know to myself... I actually did know it, I just wasn't aware how I had figured it out. Sure, could explain it. But that was MY "Imaginary Friend". It wasn't playing fake catch, or playing both sides of a board game. Not sure how normal/abnormal it is, but I found out you go telling Adults that a Cave Man that lived with Dinos is feeding you information, you get to meet a lot of Specialists in certain fields for awhile after.
@@profile8104 No. I think the last time 'Binky' came around, at least as 'Binky' was when I was 14. Still know things, from time to time, without any real reason for knowing them. But I'm 40 now, just chalk it up to experience.
I have the opposite “problem”, I find myself often considering me to be an extra in other people’s lives, which probably isn’t healthy. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve done a head-count on participants and completely forgot to count myself.
As a kid I had similar experience with parasocial relationships with my mom telling her coworkers all about me then I’d met her coworkers and was surprised that they knew. Who I was one of her coworkers I never met decided that I should be lawyer he was wrong
7:25 back in October 2018, I got to experience my first FFA national convention for a day. In my school, people competing get to stay for the whole week, but we are close enough to convention that everyone gets to go for a day. The whole thing was in official dress. Dress shoes/heals (or flats), black slacks/skirts, black socks, white button up shirt/ blouse, FFA tie/scarf, and the famous blue jacket with your name, state, state, chapter, pins, and FFA emblem on it. On the way back we stopped at a McDonalds. They had my name on my receipt without me telling them, and I was confused until I remembered my name was on my jacket.
Just throwing it out there, but I've had friends come over, tell me about a thing, and not 30 seconds later I'm getting CONSTANT ads about it, and I pay enough attention to ads to know if I've seen one or not before. There are some "coincidences" that just do not line up, unless your devices are listening to their surroundings for keywords, and that's just the sorry state of things, whether a company says they do something is no indication of what their actually doing, especially if there's more money to be made doing it (the illegal thing) than they'll lose getting caught.
You answered it yourself. Your friend probably looked at shit. The bot knows you’re friends and can see what things you’ve shared interest in. And can actively start recommending it to you as well. These bots are guessing. Guessing with extreme accuracy sometimes. But still “guessing”.
I completely agree. I pay attention to the ads and notice when they change. Theres no way it’s just a consequence I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said something and an ad for it pops up. Is this guy also gonna claim that our google searches aren’t being tracked?
Among of personal fable you have mention I always fantasizing that I am scientist even when I was a grader until I reached midcrisiss of my life. That is one favorite theme if my fantasy.
Sadly I've come to realize over the years that every friend I thought I had outside of immediate family was a parasocial relationship with someone who didn't give a damn about me. Trying to stay in touch with people is a fools errand. I do most my "socializing" now with strangers on the internet.
That is a pretty deep read of Paper Towns by John Green. I guess I need to re-read it now. For me, I thought it was about mapmakers putting copyright info in their maps to make sure no one steals their ideas.
I read Paper Towns in the span of two days. Such a gripping and well paced novel that covers such prescient themes of family, identity, friendship and as you mentioned evolving out of our own social bubbles. The movie is very good too!
Issue is while UA-camrs have audiences, the audience members may have noone beyond those parasocial relationships. And accessing a psychologist or therapist is not always an affordable option. Sadly there are alot of socially isolated ppl out there and there don't seem to be very many options for them/us.
You're okay, KB but I have a parasocial relationship with your ferrets. On a serious note, this topic is completely new to me. I have never heard of this before. Thank you very much for the video!
10:46 Another common aspect of that is when you come across a word that you are unfamiliar with and in the next few days you seem to see it everywhere. Of course, the word was there all along.
I just love how everyone is expected to know what Iceland is these days. It wasn't that way in the 90's. Greetings from Iceland! (And yes, you have way more subscribers than we have people.)
Thanks for the advice. Now I know that my classmates don’t remember that time in 2nd grade when I said “Mom” to the teacher. Just because of that I may remove some camaras of your home, stop broadcasting it to others, and stop looking through your windows at 3am. -Your neigbour
I love your channel and so happy you introduced me to mr. Politics. I am glad you are here and I hope you're ok with my parasocial interaction. And you're fine for not knowing me.
I think that might’ve been your best segue into talking about your sponsor that you’ve ever done. It was very abrupt, but perfectly followed from the previous sentence. So, it’s not the same as thinking everybody’s stocking me, But ever since I heard it in the lyrics to a song, every time I look at the clock and see that it is 11:12 o’clock I pay attention. I’ve probably very often seen other specific times over and over again but never notice.
To be honest, I normally come to your channel to help me sleep better. I do watch the video the first three times for all that knowledge, but usually I play your videos on loop to help me fall asleep faster. I’m not saying your videos are boring, it’s just that you have a way of taking that low key sounds like asmr without making it really weird and awkward, so I guess I am here just because of you😉
Man I just wana comment how great your channel is. I watch alot of youtube, its my primary source of media over netflix and hulu. And i gotta say yours is easily S tier. Its incredibly interesting funny and entertaining. Keep up the great work man! If youre looking for new topics ever ill list a few. 1. Facts about fracking 2. The forgotten war (korean war and the tensions that still exsist) 3. Vaccinations and anti vaxxers 4. Space junk and global space travel grounding 5. Puerto Rico and other US territories in the present day and the relationships between them. 6. More lighthearted videos about your favorite movies and video games I know you've touched on some of these a bit but i think they deserve they're own episodes. Gonna set up a Patreon to help these videos continue. Much love man :) can't wait
Another sign of gang stalking that I didn't read out...
You start recording some audio for your friend's UA-cam video and then both of your neighbours decide to start mowing their lawn 👀
It's a conspiracy!
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@A Brave New 1984 What's been happening to you? Though I'm obviously skeptical of gang-stalking claims, I find it chilling that real victims of harassment could be lumped in with mentally ill people suffering from delusions. If you would be willing to share, I'd like to know about your experience.
And then there is all the evidence patents ect supporting TI,s claims.I hope to god your just ignorant and not doing this on purpose.there is tons of researchers evidence ect.
That's why my neighbor is ALWAYS chopping wood, and otherwise turning full sized trees into firewood! Also, I had to comment, because I wanted to 'laugh' and UA-cam only let's you thumbs up! UA-cam, are you listening, we need to be able to laugh at comments.... think they heard me?
-Shawn
Mr. Knowing Better is holding someone captive in his apartment. You can hear the screams.
I think his name is Wilhelm :)
He enjoys Fallout 76, so he must
The background music was strategically placed to drown out their screams
If you listen closely to the intro music, it’s clearly screams with heavy autotune over them
I think he/she owns blue hair dye...
This is nicest most educational way anyone has ever said, "Bro, tone it down"
Wanted to drop a like on your comment, but for reasons I cannot explain I do not want to "spoil" the perfect 444 likes you've already garnered. So I'm writing this instead. I have this issue often enough that it's probably telling me something, if only I knew what that something was lol
That sounds exactly what someone being paid by the Milwaukee School Of Engineering would say.
Aren’t we all paid by the Milwaukee school of engineering?
You guys are getting paid?
What about teachers and staff?
@@gub4941 edit
@@jimmiechase9485 ok
I felt like having a cookie and now every website I visit asks me to accept cookies. *COINCIDENCE?!!*
@Jonathan Gruber ok
If an airplane was overhead and _wasn't_ on a schedule _then_ I'd be worried
As a newyorker...
Taking a slight low-altitude detour too.
Good point actually. Reminds me of that documentary about afghani kids being afraid of clear skies cause of drones
@@marciaosullivan3200 that’s fucked. Still laughed. Still going to hell 🤣
I’m the most popular kid among my friends. My imaginary friends
The Neutral Guy I’m the most unpopular among my maginary friends
I imagined you as a 30years old man under blankets in your mom's basement
I am an imaginary friend.
There's a mathematical proof that almost everybody is less popular than their average friend. It is because your most popular few friends tend to be WAY more pppular than your other friends, so they bring up the average to more popular than you. And if you are relatively popular, it likely means that you have enough friends that some of them are STILL way more popular than most of the others and are bringing that average up. Hence, for just about everyone, you are less popular than your friends.
A bit depressing at first, but when you think about it, it makes sense.
There are related theorems too. You're less famous than your average friend, you have less money than your average friend, etc.
Of course you are! You're the one who is physically able to buy alcohol.
Stalking is going for a long romantic evening stroll with your crush but only you knowing about it
Hopefully... you are joking.
Plipo Gamez I was going to make fun of you for believing I was serious, but then I realized how retarded people online can be and that someone may actually believe this to be true. So in short, yes, I was joking
It's also you taking pictures of said crush without them knowing
So second base woud be to sleep in the same room as she without her knowing
At last a snuggle with a struggle. Only one of you realise what's going on.
“Think of your first date”
Low blow sir... low blow.
As someone with touretts I can confidently say that when I feel like everyone is watching me. Its because they are genuinely watching me...
Well, that's different from schizophrenia, and even bad reactions to smoking weed.
Seems like he just realised someone's been stalking him, and this is an indirectly personal message to them.
To me. (T_T)
I am not stalking him.
That last line about the wikifeed (?) page was oddly specific.
This video really helped me. Now I know the guy in my backyard with a knife is not actually watching me!
Edit: he's gone, I think the sound of a breaking window that I heard a few seconds ago must have scared him away
Lol
😂😂😂😂
Ma'am, the call is coming from inside your house!!!
You good mate?
Hold u-
11:03 Notice how he only said CIA and FBI, because the NSA is actually doing these things
Yep, (puts tin foil hat on) knowing better got talked to i think..
No, but it is laughable that we pay for our own surveillance, and no one seems to mind. What could possibly go wrong? Should be fine, right? I mean, c'mon, there have never been any negative consequences for that historically, so...
I mean, it's not like data of every type is being collected, analyzed, and stored anymore. That's ridiculous!
But hey, more importantly, I just got nineteen more subscribers to my channel!! Yay, endorphins...
Never mess with the National Scrabble Association!
They will come and get you for this.
This is an important truth to internalize, but also a little depressing - we all have these people we feel close to, and it is a little sad to remind ourselves that they don't know we exist, but it's important to keep this imaginary relationship in check. Thanks for the advice on meeting the object of a parasocial relationship for the first time
The Milwaukee School of Engineering has its claws into everything these days, they cast a long shadow.
Wait until you find out about the connection between the Milwaukee School Of Engineering and Hillary Clinton. I've already said too much.
Wait until you learn about the Frankfurt school and its reach in our society even today
My friends are as real as my girlfriend
Thomas Turner so they're real
@@Aethernaut755 you tried
apple tamal I did
Stop personally attacking me
You’re here to?
In all seriousness, I experienced this even before the word "internet" existed, in 1985. I lived across the street from Mister Rogers in Pittsburgh, and saw him on the street several times. He walked to work at his studio in WQED. My friends who had also seen him all talked about this, wondering what we should do. We finally agreed to simply say, "Hello, Mister Rogers!" and walk on.
I did this several times. The first time was .. well, frightening. He said, "Hello!" back and that was that.
The second and third times were a blur. But he was a genuinely nice guy, and I do think he recognized me at some point. After many times, his "Hello!" seemed more friendly, more forward. I contemplated saying more, but never did. But I felt that he knew me, that we were somehow friends.
Obviously, this was a projection from feelings I had from early childhood, when he spoke to my fears and thought very directly. There was always a sense that Mister Rogers, of all people, understood all.
Looking back on these extremely casual encounters I cry a little. I feel like I was in the presence of a saint of some kind. Well, he was, but that's largely a different story. I believe Mister Rogers came to recognize me, and in some small way he probably did. And it still feels absolutely amazing. It makes me want to be more like him, to follow his example.
All we ever said was, "Hello!"
He was a wonderful man, it must have been quite nice to meet him.
someone once stole his car and returned it when they found out it was his.
@@amehak1922 That's the Rogers Effect
Erik Hare you are blessed.
Rogers who?
The problem here is that we are becoming a society that watches and records everything.
If there are cameras, you are being watched. If you are in a major store, you are being watched.
Recently, an Airbnb host was caught putting cameras on the inside of their house to record those renting from them. The host's response was basically: what were you doing that you didn't want to be recorded?
I don't think I'm being watched all the time, but I do know that if there are cameras, which are getting smaller and more concealed, then I am being recorded. It might end up getting deleted and never seen; however, if I'm at a Target, then I'm in one of many screens being actively watched for odd behavior.
It's true though and to some extent, that reasoning is the exact intended purpose of post-9/11 surveillance states. The idea that you COULD be watched at any time, anywhere in public, is a very effective way of making sure people don't behave in 'socially undesirable ways'. Even if you aren't being recorded, let alone watched, you don't know if you are or not, and thus will act in socially desirable ways _anywhere_ in public.
The question isn’t “am I being watched”, it is “are people paying atanchin to me”.
@@AliceDiableaux ok
@@myownmeadow1320 ok
When I was younger I used to think that whenever I blinked or closed my eyes, everyone around me started throwing a party and when I opened them they quickly put everything back into place because they wanted to leave me out 😅
Humans we can be a silly bunch can't we
That’s so funny, you just made me spit out my drink. Good comment :)
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
No it's just me.
Ha! Good one! I keep forgetting what “solipsistic” means, so I had to look it up (again). Totally worth the effort though.
@@sethmcgraw102 Ha! Thought so.
@@thetooginator153 cool. Figured there was a name for it... I just didn't know what it was. And now? I know better :3
I wish I saw this video when I was 18.
I agree. It would've been nice to know these things... *way back then.* (Lordy, I'm old. 🙄)
I’m seeing this when I’m 14. And it’s true, it’s so true.
Would it have worked? Pretty sure all our teachers kept preaching a gentler Tyler Durden philosophy that we are not special or unique snowflakes and we still had that sort of "you can never understand" attitude...
Hey look at good sid
You 19 now
I wish I was 18 again. And, if I can really go overboard, I wish my wife was 18 to. Oh my. We would get into SOOOO much trouble together.
Thank you so much for making this video specifically for me!
I remember a teacher saying that watching too many movies will make you think your life is one big movie starring you. He's a telephobe.
@@Em_Elizabeth well we do kinda have a real-life example of what that would look like in kim jong il
Do imaginary friends have imaginary friends? Are you an imaginary friend to your imaginary friend? The rabbit hole goes on forever
it would, but that roger guy ted was telling you about last week in your dream is only friends with ted, so the rabbit hole has an end
We're their imaginary friends.
Redskull mind blown
I have infinite friends
Radioactive Scorpion dude why are you so triggered?
"This video is brought to you by the Milwaukee School of Engineering"
The feeling that your stalked can sometimes be a result of abuse. I'd know, I've been in an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship, and the moment I thought about getting out I started having these paranoic thoughts that this person knows I don't like them anymore. That my friends ratted me out, or that he joined a chat I'm in on an alt account and read all my venting, or that they saw me through a window when I was near their house and think I'm avoiding them, or even that they just can tell from the tiniest involuntary cues what I'm thinking. And all these thoughts were paralyzing and sometimes prevented me from seeking out help. Delusions of stalking are absolutely horrible.
Oh wow, I hadn't made that link but it makes total sense. I grew up in an abusive home and when I moved out, I still for a long time thought I was being watched as carefully as I really was at home. I always assessed those as unrelated things (despite the way I just phrased it to link the two). Thank you Natalia
I'm so glad you made that new intro for me!
That ad transition though.
*walks up to Knowing Better* "Hi, my name is Josh, I want your spleen."
Ryan Haggerty walks up to random knowing better, hey, I just wanna let you know I have severe suicidal thoughts and no matter what girls are constantly leaving me, can you help me?
I am 21 years old and I still have a lot of parasocial relationships with fictional characters. They actually stem from a rather unusual coping mechanism called "maladaptive daydreaming". Back then it was a coping technique for my depression. I am healthy now, but I still do it, just not as often and intense. But when I am stressed over a long period, it gets more intense.
Someone else here who has experience with this?
Definitely me. Dreams are my reality. I'm going to comment my experience on this video soon.
OMG, that segue into the sponsor segment was way too smooth, I'm starting to think you did this just to make me choke on my bowl of cereal in awe. I think you're out to get me.
I thought I created the word “fireplace” and when people used it I was the smuggest little shit thinking to myself “hah! They’re using MY word”
This is hilarious! I love it.
my friend thought he invented the word "menjaculation". Urban Dictionary told him that someone beat him to it.
I thought I had found a new formula of gravity, based on the formula I had just learned of electrostatic force.
It turned out, my school had taught us a simplified version for gravity first (F = m g, with g = 9.81 m/s^2), then went to electro magnetism, and to then come back on gravity for the more general formula.
I was just a little late and a guy named Newton beat me to it by a few centuries
Fireplace lmao
I have used your word, "fireplace", often. Thanks for it. I like yer word much better than the one I'd created...."hot brick-thingy"
Finally a video that applies to *_ME!_*
Also nice intro
How did you write this comment yesterday
@@hi1dk lol yeah weird glitch
@@hi1dk (I think) Patreon supporters get to see the video before it officially comes out.
I genuinely don't recall ever forming a "personal fable", and I definitely didn't feel omnipotent or invulnerable as a teen.
That's because you're unique.
I don't like to use Lol but Lol
@@michaelcrockis7679 I'm a special snowflake. My mom told me so herself.
He meant omniscient. The whole thing's a farce anyway; we don't grow out of those things. We lose them when we finally succumb to the heavy pressure of society to give up our dreams. Broken, ready to enter the work force, bicker over political talking points, and wait out our last few years in quiet desperation while the youth of the time blame all their worldly problems on us.
@@zecekobold2140 Spoken like someone living in a personal fable. c;
11:23 This was the best transition into a sponsored segment I have seen on UA-cam thus far.
"People pay attention and listen to you"
God I wish that were me..
Woah you have 14 people now
Have
Same..
I WAS THE 53RD I LOVE YOU MICHAEL SCHELONKA I WAS HEREEEEEEEEE 😩😭😭😭😩😩😩😩😩😭😩😭😭😭😩
You... you play fallout 76?
And i thought my masochism was bad
Suffer No Fools Fallout as a game series is fine. The combat isn’t amazing and neither is a lot of the writing (at least Bethesda’s writing) but other than that the games are fun time-wasters with a myriad of emotional experiences involved. Fallout 76, however... I personally haven’t played Fallout 76 but the reception was awful and a lot of the design is poor from what I’ve heard. Have your own opinions and ideas, sir, and I’ll have mine. And I’m not accusing you of doing this, of course, but make sure when you judge a franchise or its fan base that you account for the fact that whatever unsavory aspects are usually only a fragment of the whole.
76 has also improved a lot since Wastelanders came out
That scream was around a long time before that game
When I was in early elementary school, I couldn't stop wondering if reality was just a video game or machine I was plugged into. How could you ever prove that other people's minds and thoughts were real, the only thing you can know for sure is the thoughts in your own head? But maybe you can't trust those either? If it was true, was my progress being tracked by other higher beings? I knew it wasn't true, but the idea that I couldn't disprove it tripped my mind up.
Then I got older and realized I'm special just like everyone else, a bag of meat on a speck of dust in an endless void. I'm 30 and I'm just too lazy now.
that's, like, profound, man...
sounds about right lol
Same
I have the opposite of Truman Syndrome. I assume no one gives a shit about my existence and that my most personally significant thoughts and feelings don't matter.
Which is largely true, but I take it probably further than I should, presuming no stranger could ever really genuinely be interested in getting to know me, and that no one with any large following, like Knowing Better, really cares about whether or not I, or anyone else, actually exist or contribute, and are just being polite to keep up their career by pretending to have interest in fans and followers.
What's that called?
Depression or just Low self-esteem.
Let me ask a different question, do you care about the most personal thoughts of those you know and care that they exist? When meeting new people, do you feel interested in getting to know them better?
I don’t know what it’s called but I have felt that way profoundly at times in my life, mostly when I was younger and still in school. I felt that if died in bed, no one would know until the smell became noticeable or when my post dated rent cheques began to bounce. I chalked it up to clinical depression.
@@ryanalving3785 I think its best to not try to diagnose anything more complicated than Depression (and even depression it self, which is why I didn't ascertain it was depression) through just comments. It's possible these could be symptoms of a personality disorder or other mental illness, yes, but it's generally best to be diagnosed by a professional.
It could still be helpful to understand the various personality disorders as well as other psychological disorders and mental illness in general before seeking help, so I'm not chastising you, and it wouldn't be harmful for the OP to ask him self that, I say it more for clarity's sake.
@@TadeuCarabias
Well, that wasn't meant to be a diagnosis as much as just a question. I kind of sympathize with the OP, as I have at times dealt with those thoughts or similar ones. I am just curious whether the issue is of misunderstanding of self or of others.
i had a parasocial relationship for years with someone who is now a close friend! they were an artist i looked up to, and we started actually interacting in 2014, a few years after i'd been following them. i was 17 at the time and surprisingly i managed the transition pretty well, i had to work hard to remember that they're a normal person and not to put them on a pedestal. i had burning questions about past events in their life that i had to hold back. it took a while but eventually i became normal about the whole thing. they're a great friend!
What’s really difficult is living with a sense of superiority.
You *know* deep down that you’re not some blessing to the world, but you can’t help but feel like you are in certain cases.
It makes you second guess what you actually are doing better than someone too.
Wtf was that Wilhelm scream at 6.52
Edit: goddammit
It's in there several times, like at 11:20 as well
didn't hear it till the second time around (though to be fair I was doing something else, while listening to this video)
Yeah, I spotted it too. I just thought it was someone else's phone until he brought it up.
How, odd. I heard it too
Happened to me too.
There is a personal development technique that uses this idea as a tool for self improvement. Imagine that the universe does observe your thoughts, decisions and actions, even when you are alone. And imagine that other people learn from you and imitate you. If that were the case, how do you think the world would turn out and would you be inspired to change yourself?
I’m not saying this is how the universe works but it’s an effective motivational tool especially if you are susceptible to this kind of irrational thinking.
Also known as Kant's first categorical imperative: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law"
It's not. religious idiots do this all the time and they are very annoying.
I did this until I realized am not the queen of England, or anywhere else.
you are the protagonist of my life, every action I take I think to myself "what would knowing better think of me?"
I’ve experienced both sides of this, I think in middle school I felt more like everyone was watching me, and in high school I felt more like a side character in other more interesting peoples lives. I preferred being a side character, it gave me more room to fuck up and not feel anything about it.
Really not a bad way to think of it. How has I worked out for you?
I fell like i am backgorund character, not interestig one that appears jn like one episode and is immidietly tossed back to the background in the next.
I love the term "fictional book" instead of "book of fiction." It makes it sound like the book doesn't exist, or only exists in fiction, like the writings of Kilgore Trout
Whoa 🤯
0:03 DFTBA! I absolutely love the works of John and Hank! I first found their channel when I was in 5th grade and have been a devoted nerdfighter ever since. Actually it was their channel that led me to your channel! Keep up the good work! I wish you success!
BTW I love the new intro!
Macanada FTL! May I suggest listening to a song, DFTBA by Hank Green? Or possibly buying a DFTBA bracelet, available on store.dftba.com
Macanada I understand that you were being sarcastic. Have a great day!
That's just what someone from the Milwaukee School of Engineering would say....
your phone actually is listening to you. this is undeniable.
I was looking for someone who had a brain in the comments lol thank God I found you
You don't know how much this video made me happy. Someone's been pissing in my truck since last year and my mental health been going down hill. It only takes one act of random assholery to potentially ruin someone's life. You don't understand the amount of shit that has been going through my head for the last few months.
I also owe you an apology since I had a manic freak out on one of your video's comment section a while back. I don't know if you'll read this or read my other comment, but thank you for covering this.
One of the nice things about being in my sixties is that I’m STILL learning how I’m not unique - which is actually comforting. I have a few rare skills, but most people have a few rare skills (just not the same ones).
When you don't have friends
So you have to invent your own 😎
I dont think its that cool...
As long as they don't talk to ya, you're good.
I think I just went sicko mode😎
That’s how brain works.
@@KelpDaJuice level 1 friendless -> level 50 imgainary gang
When my granddaughter was about 5 years old her imaginary playmate was Uncle Buck. That gave me a lot to worry about but she grew up fine. LOL
My youngest son had a little girl named Mary in a old-timey dress that played with him. He said she followed us home from the old family graveyard that's on our land, out in the woods. We have no relation to them, they were just the family that owned all the land around here, they were farmers. I have no idea what or who Mary is, but I didn't make a "big deal" about her😬🤷♀️😳. So Mary hung out with me and my son sometimes when we were outside doing outdoorsy stuff. (He was around 3 at the time). He said she got sad when we had to go back inside sometimes. I asked him why, he said she isn't allowed to follow us past the "line" . He pointed to our old property line that ran along our "yard" and was once the gates and drive up to the big ole farmhouse. I'm just going with it. I'm kinda spooked by it, but I'm like....Sure, whatevs lil dude🤷♀️😜. Once I put him down for his afternoon nap when I went in to wake him up a few hours later, he said "Guess what, Mommy! So.... I told Mary she could come in and take a nap with me and SHE DID! She didn't want you to know, she thought you'd tell her to leave and go back to the boring graveyard again, and she doesn't like it out there by herself. But I said "No, it's ok! My Mommy is really nice and she won't be mad, I promise!" So, I just picked him up and said, "Well.... I'm glad she listened to you then! So, where'd Mary take her nap?" He pointed to the pillow beside his pillow, and said "She slept right there, see??" I looked at the pillow where the little girl "Mary" had slept, according to my 3-year old son, who's 15 now BTW, and there was a perfect little head indentation on it. I'm not even sure what it was that made that head shaped indentation on that pillow, but it was nothing like my son's own pillow. His was messed up and flat, like it always was. Sooo.... Listen, I'm not like a ghost believer/disbeliever or anything. I'm still undecided on that subject, kinda.. I have not personally seen ANYTHING (in my lifetime) yet that seemed like a ghost or a spirit or a little girl or (PLEASE NOO, I HOPE I NEVAHH SEE) some creepy CLOWN-DEMON WITH EVIL EYES or whatever you want to call it😵😱🤡👻! I DO feel like there are certain places or areas or houses that are not ......at peace(?),un- settled(?) I grew up on this property and I have gone down to the old cemetery out in the woods hundreds of times in my lifetime. Both daytime and nighttime. I'm never scared or creeped out by the place, we all love walking through those woods and down to the graveyard!. It's extremely cool, actually. It dates back to the late 1800's, there's prolly only 10 or so graves(?) It was that family's place of burial, on their huge, huge family farm. It's not uncommon... many families did that back then, out here in the country, in Carolina. 🤠😉. I have had some places give me a really creepy vibe, or just feel "weird"? I don't know how to describe that "feeling"but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has felt some bad vibes before? Or thought someone was watching me, only to turn around and nothing be there? Or caught a flash of movement out of the corner of my eye, but when I turn to look at it, there's nothing there? Maybe this episode is confirmation that we ALL feel like the world is all about ourselves. Anyways, I'm not trying to make anybody get "weirded out" or anything. I'm just relaying the "friend" my little boy used to play with and talk to and see and describe in detail to me. Him and Mary would play off and on for maybe another few years. Then one day I realized, my son hadn't mentioned his "friend Mary from the graveyard" in a pretty long while, a year, maybe two? I asked him about her. So whatever happened to Mary? She still come play with you? He said she is always around somewhere, but no, she doesn't feel lonely and all alone by herself anymore, so she just waves to him from wherever she's hanging out. 🤗😎 I have always believed that I cannot tell you or anyone else what is "real" or not real. Who am I to assume that I know ERRYTHANG bout ERRYTHANG 🤷♀️🤔🤷♀️😬
@@CarolinaGirl33
Okay Socrates.
Thanks for discussing this topic. As a person working with many content creators I'm trying to eduate them and their audiences about this.
We got a lot of things to learn about and pay attention to.
I don't think I'm delusional. I looked in my junk mail folder one day and found an email that had one of my old passwords in the subject line. Someone was trying to blackmail me. Now, what had happened was that one of the leaks from Google or Facebook or LinkedIn or whoever else that had leaked millions of user accounts, email addresses and passwords included me, and I was one of millions of recipients of this email, written once and run through a simple script to insert appropriate personal data. So I went around closing accounts on websites I don't use, changing and improving passwords, etc.
When I was younger I used to compose poems with two imaginary friends and pretend to recite it to a hall full of people.
Leave my egocentrism alone, I need it... for.... things. Bah!!! How DARE you try to tell me the world exists outside of my mind. No one in here told you that you could do that, why did you do that?!?!
...also, the new intro is pretty sweet.
Thanks for another great video, KB!
"Don't forget to gangstalk me..."
Does that mean we're all imaginary...?
UA-cam's imaginary!
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together!
Coocookachu!
Ok, the Google listening to give you targeted ads is 100% real. The main difference between humans and AI, is that AI can listen to everyone at once without losing focus. AI is not self centered. Its goal is to listen to you. Google's goal is to make as much revenue as possible. So while I might tune you out or not think anything of our conversations, every conversation is important to google. There's a strong incentive.
If you don't believe it, I challenge you to try it yourself. Think of a product you would never use or think of buying, and in all likelyhood have never seen an ad for on Google. Write it down. Open up five different web pages using google ads. Mark down what the ads were about. Turn on your mic. Say outloud several sentences pertaining to that product. Maybe even made it specific; "Oh boy, I could really use a _(adjective)_ _(product)__ right now! Wouldn't it be nice to have a new _____? I think my mother could use a _____ now too." Refresh those pages. Take note of your targeted ads.
I'm not saying this psychological effect *couldn't* be used to explain targeted ads, according to what is said in the mic. But the hypothesis that google is listening and giving you targeted ads based solely on what it hears, is *easily* testable.
dande 313 actually it’s more like a guess by the bot. Which makes us wonder how predictable behaviors are? How many variables exist, and how few do we use? To where a robot who observes our internet behavior can begin guessing our interests and real life activities?
I know about the effect he mentioned, and yeah, it more applies to watching a movie or reading a book and suddenly seeing more references to it. Two situations where it doesn't apply is going to a community/subculture and seeing more of one term because the use is actually increased (for example you're more likely to see "pedantic" and "objectively" on reddit than elsewhere online and you're more likely to notice the lack of the words on other sites), and in the situation you described. The AI isn't targeting you specifically, but it is listening for words that are spoken or typed. While it's delusional to think the government is watching you specifically - well, unless you suddenly end up on the No Fly list - it's rational to think something like the NSA is scanning for keywords, especially on public posts because even websites themselves flag content with certain words.
I've done that and I'm like 80% sure it's real. I have an ancient phone (Xperia J) that can barely run Whatsapp and I've rarely if ever seen ads for things I just mentioned. On the other hand, my boyfriend has a much newer phone and I've seen it happening with his phone a few times a week.
@Richard Durkee I can't do a proper study, though. I'd need a few "virgin" new phones but as I said, my only phone is like 10 years old. However, it's undeniable that the technology to listen to you exists (current phones have trigger words that open up Google's services), and the motivation is real too (Facebook has done everything within its reach to gather information, often venturing outside of the law), so the question is, why would they NOT do it?
@Richard Durkee I'm a computer engineer, I know this stuff. You don't need to store recordings any more than Alexa does. A system can simply have a list of trigger words like cost, price, buy, cheap, etc., then silently capture whatever you say next, convert it to text and use that info the same way it uses your search history.
Now, targetted ads are very useful, but they're limited to the things you take the effort to look up. Some people (myself included) avoid or simply don't have any reason to search for toothpaste brands, trips to this obscure country that you like, or that cartoon you stopped watching 10 years ago. Casual conversations are a potential goldmine for companies.
BTW, Facebook has been in a shit ton of legal troubles lately. Last year they were found to have tried to collect your SMS and call data without your permission in an attempt to improve its "People you may know" feature. I can only imagine the potential security threats. Also, Cambridge Analytica. Need I say more?
That's a really good way of putting it. "You may know a lot about them, having followed them for a long time - but they've just met you."
Your edits and subtle humor are SUPERB! Much appreciated!
Who published her book, if anyone? Cus that seems pretty inappropriate and irresponsible of them... like telling a schizophrenic person that you see their hallucinations or hear their voices too.
The cover looks self-published.
You poor, deluded thing 🇷🇴 so much codswallop in so few words
@@christopherellis2663 what is codswallop
@@christopherellis2663 ...what?
@@thebiggestofchungi3538 Bullshit.
If you think you are the only person to _know_ something, wouldn't that be omniscience rather than omnipotence?
Another great video by the way
CuriousityStream is secretly made by members of the Milwakee School of Engineering
I just recently heard of "wiki-feet" and realized it is real after searching it, now i hear and see "wiki-feet" everywhere.
That's classic "Baader-Meinhof effect". i also just recently heard of the "Baader-Meinhof effect" and now it's everywhere, "Baader-Meinhof effect-inception" wahhhhh
I was a rather intelligent kid, comparatively speaking. Mostly raised in a Single Mom household. Moved a lot as a kid, always displaced.
I read a lot, and was doing Encyclopedia Britannica for fun. I was perceptive as well. My mom enjoyed going to Psychics, when you'd actually drive to a place instead of a 900 Number, and I was able to pick up on the schemes they would employ. For her it was entertainment though, so when I'd debunk them she'd tell me she knew, but that it was still fun for her.
But sometimes I'd be aware of something and not know how. At a Museum in Tennessee I noticed the name of a Dinosaur was wrong. They argued with me a bit, more wanting to just get the tour over with, but I stood my ground. Another time a friend of my mom called (this was back in the early 90's), and I asked why she was calling when her house was on fire. Turns out her Dryer in the basement had caught fire, and she didn't know yet. Now maybe I had read some where on the Dinosaur, but the only way I could explain knowing about the house on fire was "Binky", my 'imaginary friend'.
"Binky" was... get this craziness... a Cave Man that lived with the Dinosaurs. Now, I knew all about Dinosaurs... likely how I knew they had the wrong nameplate at the Museum... and I knew Man and Dino didn't co-exist. But somehow, here I was, with a Cave Man from Dino Times giving me information I otherwise shouldn't have known. Now sure, reading an obscure name in the Encyclopedia explains the Dino Name, and being perceptive explains catching faux Fortune Tellers when I was very young... but I still can't explain how I figured out the house was on fire, other than 'Binky told me'.
A lot of what I did, though I didn't realize it, was a bit of Deduction as Sherlock would put it, or Mentalism as Patrick James would call it. Picking up on cues, following logical conclusions. But sometimes I would pull random, but highly accurate, things out of thin air... things 'Binky' would tell me. Now maybe I was seeing something more and not realizing it, and Binky was just my way of explaining how I knew something I didn't know to myself... I actually did know it, I just wasn't aware how I had figured it out. Sure, could explain it.
But that was MY "Imaginary Friend". It wasn't playing fake catch, or playing both sides of a board game. Not sure how normal/abnormal it is, but I found out you go telling Adults that a Cave Man that lived with Dinos is feeding you information, you get to meet a lot of Specialists in certain fields for awhile after.
This is my favorite comment. Do you still have binky? Also its *Patrick Jane I think
@@profile8104 No. I think the last time 'Binky' came around, at least as 'Binky' was when I was 14.
Still know things, from time to time, without any real reason for knowing them. But I'm 40 now, just chalk it up to experience.
I have the opposite “problem”, I find myself often considering me to be an extra in other people’s lives, which probably isn’t healthy. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve done a head-count on participants and completely forgot to count myself.
As a kid I had similar experience with parasocial relationships with my mom telling her coworkers all about me then I’d met her coworkers and was surprised that they knew. Who I was one of her coworkers I never met decided that I should be lawyer he was wrong
7:25 back in October 2018, I got to experience my first FFA national convention for a day. In my school, people competing get to stay for the whole week, but we are close enough to convention that everyone gets to go for a day. The whole thing was in official dress. Dress shoes/heals (or flats), black slacks/skirts, black socks, white button up shirt/ blouse, FFA tie/scarf, and the famous blue jacket with your name, state, state, chapter, pins, and FFA emblem on it. On the way back we stopped at a McDonalds. They had my name on my receipt without me telling them, and I was confused until I remembered my name was on my jacket.
These videos are so real, sometime I feel like you made them just for me.
that thing about the personal fable, that was really interesting to hear explained because I never had that
Broke my heart when you said that non-reciprocal, parasocial relationships...
“I always feel like somebodies watching meeeee”
Just throwing it out there, but I've had friends come over, tell me about a thing, and not 30 seconds later I'm getting CONSTANT ads about it, and I pay enough attention to ads to know if I've seen one or not before. There are some "coincidences" that just do not line up, unless your devices are listening to their surroundings for keywords, and that's just the sorry state of things, whether a company says they do something is no indication of what their actually doing, especially if there's more money to be made doing it (the illegal thing) than they'll lose getting caught.
You answered it yourself. Your friend probably looked at shit. The bot knows you’re friends and can see what things you’ve shared interest in. And can actively start recommending it to you as well.
These bots are guessing. Guessing with extreme accuracy sometimes. But still “guessing”.
I completely agree. I pay attention to the ads and notice when they change. Theres no way it’s just a consequence I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said something and an ad for it pops up. Is this guy also gonna claim that our google searches aren’t being tracked?
Every episode is worth the wait, kob khun krab, kon ruh deegwa (my attempt at writing the Thai for "thank you knowing better" using English letters)
Among of personal fable you have mention I always fantasizing that I am scientist even when I was a grader until I reached midcrisiss of my life. That is one favorite theme if my fantasy.
Sadly I've come to realize over the years that every friend I thought I had outside of immediate family was a parasocial relationship with someone who didn't give a damn about me. Trying to stay in touch with people is a fools errand. I do most my "socializing" now with strangers on the internet.
That's life and it's hard.
True.
This video is way too true for me right now I'm going through a really hard time and now I feel like it's nothing thanks man
Shhhh.....it izz nothing. Hush
Well, by your own words, the video content appears to have solved your problem.
Yeah that's all great. You gonna straighten that poster or...
That is a pretty deep read of Paper Towns by John Green. I guess I need to re-read it now. For me, I thought it was about mapmakers putting copyright info in their maps to make sure no one steals their ideas.
I read Paper Towns in the span of two days. Such a gripping and well paced novel that covers such prescient themes of family, identity, friendship and as you mentioned evolving out of our own social bubbles. The movie is very good too!
I go on long walks with my girlfriend.... Except I stay 100 yards behind and jump in the bushes when she turns around.
The new intro is FANCY AF
But I miss the old music a bit
Agreed and agreed
Issue is while UA-camrs have audiences, the audience members may have noone beyond those parasocial relationships. And accessing a psychologist or therapist is not always an affordable option. Sadly there are alot of socially isolated ppl out there and there don't seem to be very many options for them/us.
You're okay, KB but I have a parasocial relationship with your ferrets. On a serious note, this topic is completely new to me. I have never heard of this before. Thank you very much for the video!
10:46 Another common aspect of that is when you come across a word that you are unfamiliar with and in the next few days you seem to see it everywhere. Of course, the word was there all along.
I just love how everyone is expected to know what Iceland is these days. It wasn't that way in the 90's. Greetings from Iceland! (And yes, you have way more subscribers than we have people.)
Hello, volcano-viking!
Honestly... if I won 150 million dollars tomorrow, I would move there. Seems like a nice place.
Thanks for the advice. Now I know that my classmates don’t remember that time in 2nd grade when I said “Mom” to the teacher. Just because of that I may remove some camaras of your home, stop broadcasting it to others, and stop looking through your windows at 3am.
-Your neigbour
Yes!! Knowing those embarrasing childhood memories only exist in my brain is such a relief
Anybody else hear the first wilhelm scream?
No
That personal fable thing freaked me the fuck out. That was a bit to real.
I love your channel and so happy you introduced me to mr. Politics. I am glad you are here and I hope you're ok with my parasocial interaction. And you're fine for not knowing me.
how u guys commenting abt the video 52 seconds after release
Legolai he sometimes releases videos early for patrons
@@goldenknife3835 I guess there's no way to become an imaginary patron, huh?
@@goldenknife3835 they are the ones that commented a day ago tho
How* are* you* guys commenting about* the video 52 seconds after it* has* been* released*.
With your imaginary credit card from the imaginary credit company maybe.
It can be really hard living with somebody that suffers this way. Thinking everybody is out to get you, I mean. My ex was like that.
I don’t understand everything you said perfectly, but now I understand myself much better! Thanks!
HAH! Nice trying to make me believe that I'm like the other people, and not the main actor!
I think that might’ve been your best segue into talking about your sponsor that you’ve ever done. It was very abrupt, but perfectly followed from the previous sentence.
So, it’s not the same as thinking everybody’s stocking me, But ever since I heard it in the lyrics to a song, every time I look at the clock and see that it is 11:12 o’clock I pay attention. I’ve probably very often seen other specific times over and over again but never notice.
there is this hawaiian guy that keeps appearing on my screen and in my youtube recommendation feed i think he is stalking me
Great video, we loved it!
We can confirm that gang stalking is in fact just that: a narcissistic personality delusion.
7:52 Bold of you to assume I've ever been on a date.
To be honest, I normally come to your channel to help me sleep better. I do watch the video the first three times for all that knowledge, but usually I play your videos on loop to help me fall asleep faster. I’m not saying your videos are boring, it’s just that you have a way of taking that low key sounds like asmr without making it really weird and awkward, so I guess I am here just because of you😉
Man I just wana comment how great your channel is. I watch alot of youtube, its my primary source of media over netflix and hulu. And i gotta say yours is easily S tier. Its incredibly interesting funny and entertaining. Keep up the great work man! If youre looking for new topics ever ill list a few.
1. Facts about fracking
2. The forgotten war (korean war and the tensions that still exsist)
3. Vaccinations and anti vaxxers
4. Space junk and global space travel grounding
5. Puerto Rico and other US territories in the present day and the relationships between them.
6. More lighthearted videos about your favorite movies and video games
I know you've touched on some of these a bit but i think they deserve they're own episodes. Gonna set up a Patreon to help these videos continue. Much love man :) can't wait