The Story of Kony2012

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  • Опубліковано 10 жов 2018
  • Someone should really stop this Kony fella.
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  • @InternetHistorian
    @InternetHistorian  5 років тому +6635

    That Q&A I promised 2 months ago: ua-cam.com/video/rXAeb7Pmzjs/v-deo.html

    • @masterdon820
      @masterdon820 5 років тому +66

      where is my dad

    • @wills_turtles
      @wills_turtles 5 років тому +30

      Yo, plz do a video on the scientology stuff from 2008

    • @mrtannzr
      @mrtannzr 5 років тому +11

      It's 2 months late because you knew we would have forgotten about it and needed to rewatch this to remember who Kony was.

    • @BolttheSuperPony
      @BolttheSuperPony 5 років тому +24

      So soon?

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 5 років тому +1

      Cool

  • @jbain4750
    @jbain4750 4 роки тому +5804

    The real winner of this story is the guy who got 30k from TMZ for that video.

    • @-snek.
      @-snek. 4 роки тому +265

      Even if I were thirty kay richer I'm not sure I'd be able to live with myself knowing that I deliberately gave TMZ footage that would inevitably turn them a profit.

    • @jbain4750
      @jbain4750 4 роки тому +430

      @@-snek.
      Eh 30k is 30k snek. You know how many McChickens you can order off the dollar menu with 30,000 dollars? Like a hundred fifty or something.

    • @Jun123
      @Jun123 4 роки тому +55

      Well ... Yeah, you right.

    • @joshuaburnett7643
      @joshuaburnett7643 4 роки тому +113

      @@jbain4750 Nah man, those figures are way off. You could get at least 500 mchickens, maybe more if you haggle

    • @jbain4750
      @jbain4750 4 роки тому +73

      @@joshuaburnett7643
      It'd be McCrazy that's for sure hahahahaha

  • @neveritoprint
    @neveritoprint 3 роки тому +4403

    Imagine having a mental breakdown while watching lorax

    • @laurene988
      @laurene988 3 роки тому +289

      Seems like the appropriate time to have it to me... You ever watch that shit show of a film? Felt like mental anguish to me

    • @prfzcat
      @prfzcat 3 роки тому +93

      how can you not

    • @prnklinfierc
      @prnklinfierc 3 роки тому +127

      I laughed hysterically at a wall for 5 minutes yesterday while watching it so I'd say it's relatively easy

    • @pessien8474
      @pessien8474 3 роки тому +54

      "I speak for the trees" probably reminded him too much watching those trees get chopped probably broke his mind

    • @charlie1234500
      @charlie1234500 3 роки тому +15

      That seems like a normal response

  • @broly1059
    @broly1059 6 місяців тому +350

    I love how down to earth Jason is about the whole issue.
    "Were you on drugs at the time?"
    "Zero drugs, that being said I would've thought I was on drugs too"
    "Were you also masturbating at the time?"
    "No, I mean I'm naked, so it's not that far of an extension if imagination but..."

  • @dihexa7256
    @dihexa7256 Рік тому +2238

    Psychosis is no joke, there was a very real risk that Jason could have caused DEADLY harm to himself, and the people around him. I appreciate the fact that Internet Historian did not mock this life-threatening medical emergency

    • @AmalekIsComing
      @AmalekIsComing Рік тому +57

      he should have gone postal, he would have gone down a legend

    • @JGT-yd2wx
      @JGT-yd2wx Рік тому +23

      @@AmalekIsComing NOOOOOOO

    • @fedpostah
      @fedpostah 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@AmalekIsComingnice avatar

    • @MARIUS2776
      @MARIUS2776 9 місяців тому

      Pfp

    • @andrewlevin6331
      @andrewlevin6331 8 місяців тому +43

      I mean, Jason doesn’t seem like a bad guy, he just got in WAY over his head

  • @davidmaas123
    @davidmaas123 4 роки тому +3539

    "You're probably watching this video 7 years later because of a vague memory about Kony"
    Yeah pretty much

    • @NicofTime...
      @NicofTime... 4 роки тому +12

      You don't know me.

    • @brandonkhang1571
      @brandonkhang1571 4 роки тому +7

      Aww fuck... you got me.

    • @marshallcampbell6498
      @marshallcampbell6498 4 роки тому +4

      Same. Kony pony 2012

    • @cptmiller132
      @cptmiller132 4 роки тому +4

      i've actually never heard of kony and just clicked on this vid cause it's one of his videos

    • @nirvanic3610
      @nirvanic3610 4 роки тому

      Mine was seeing a Call of duty commentary video on kony 2012.

  • @merkules6
    @merkules6 5 років тому +10055

    The "plot" about Angelina Jolie flying off to Uganda and luring Kony to a trap sounds like something straight from South Park. Good god, how can anyone come up with that and be serious about it?

    • @jillmo6458
      @jillmo6458 5 років тому +316

      It would probably make a good Cohen brothers flick.

    • @XanltheCSG
      @XanltheCSG 5 років тому +595

      You have now glimpsed into the world of UN intelligence

    • @gimzod76
      @gimzod76 5 років тому +302

      Your first time hearing about the typical behaviour of people who work for the UN I take it?
      Just wait till you get to the time they covered up live human organ harvesting for a cut of the profits

    • @rumatom1
      @rumatom1 5 років тому +77

      With that talk sir, you are going to end jacking in San Diego.

    • @hEaDShoT2934
      @hEaDShoT2934 5 років тому +98

      It worked with El Chapo so idk

  • @Ozymandias1
    @Ozymandias1 Рік тому +1129

    It’s 2022, a decade later, and Joseph Kony is still happily roaming the jungles of Africa.

    • @rydz656
      @rydz656 Рік тому +63

      God bless that man. may he live a long life.

    • @Hussyaghi
      @Hussyaghi Рік тому +146

      @@rydz656 💀

    • @KaleidosXXI
      @KaleidosXXI Рік тому

      "Happily" is a bit of an overstatement. Man's got a fractured army barely numbering in the triple-digits with next to no source of recruits to supplement their dwindling numbers, with barely any form of foundational support, and he can never go near any law enforced civilization again for the rest of his life.

    • @jamescourt6554
      @jamescourt6554 Рік тому +59

      @@rydz656 wtf dude hes a horrible person!!

    • @viderevero1338
      @viderevero1338 Рік тому +21

      Well not exactly happily. Apparently the guy is pretty sickly.

  • @amateurprogrammer25
    @amateurprogrammer25 Рік тому +576

    the handbag that says "I heart Kony" is either a galaxy brain counterculture play or someone getting wooshed so hard that they somehow managed to miss what the people who missed the point thought the point was. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

    • @anudev2921
      @anudev2921 Рік тому +8

      missed the queen of spade symbol in k♠️ny?

    • @Kakerate2
      @Kakerate2 11 місяців тому

      yeah whats up with that

    • @rightguy200000
      @rightguy200000 Місяць тому

      What would be galaxy brained about it?

  • @TheOneGuy1111
    @TheOneGuy1111 3 роки тому +4612

    Calling it "Kony 2012" makes it sound like a presidential campaign...

    • @satyamprakash7030
      @satyamprakash7030 3 роки тому +102

      Just imagine him running for the presidency, that will be hilarious

    • @48917032
      @48917032 3 роки тому +44

      He would STILL be the lesser evil

    • @majorbruhmoment5711
      @majorbruhmoment5711 3 роки тому +137

      @@48917032 This guy is/was a literal fucking warlord who makes children eat their parents.
      I hate the two candidates as much as the next guy, but that statement just *REEKS* of edgelord cringe.

    • @frallbobroggins4005
      @frallbobroggins4005 3 роки тому +39

      I heard of it when I was young, and for the LONGEST time I thought it was a presidential campaign.

    • @hhall7193
      @hhall7193 3 роки тому +45

      That was literally the point of the ad campaign. It was an election year and they wanted to use the buzz to get people to rally together on a bipartisan campaign of making Kony as recognizable as Obama, basically.

  • @bamdenie3466
    @bamdenie3466 4 роки тому +6683

    "naturally, questions were raised about his sexual orientation." Is just a nice way to say that 4chan called him gay.

    • @jeweerly2319
      @jeweerly2319 4 роки тому +36

      lmao

    • @amadeodante
      @amadeodante 4 роки тому +139

      Well he does sound gay

    • @PeaceManBro
      @PeaceManBro 4 роки тому +116

      Hes most likely gay

    • @Cherry-mk4rs
      @Cherry-mk4rs 4 роки тому +24

      Well I mean, he did have a kid
      so ye

    • @stevenpaddybwoy
      @stevenpaddybwoy 4 роки тому +109

      Having children automatically makes you not gay. Everyone knows there’s no gays in heterosexual marriages ..ever.

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 11 місяців тому +593

    TMZ has zero morals. We've known this for years, but only recently are they finally getting the pushback they deserve for always wanting to film or publicize mental breakdowns. For whatever faults that man had, he didn't deserve his lowest moment to be made public like that. I hope he's doing better now.

    • @witherblaze
      @witherblaze 8 місяців тому +15

      "pushback" today means a couple of dunces on twitter complains for a day or two, meida circulates the story to each other out of laziness, and then everyone forgets it in like 3 days.

    • @esomethingoranother3718
      @esomethingoranother3718 8 місяців тому +1

      Seriously I hate TMZ so much and immediately get a low opinion of anyone that watches it. Every person in that studio deserves a firm backhand to the face.

    • @Rosiewithfootprints
      @Rosiewithfootprints 4 місяці тому +3

      @@witherblaze and then those who received said pushback cry for years about being “cancelled” and their freedom of speech being taken away

    • @tesseract5569
      @tesseract5569 Місяць тому +1

      @@Rosiewithfootprints "WhAt dO yOU mEaN i canT bE racISt anYMOre?" MUH FREEZE PEACH

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
    @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 11 місяців тому +364

    I still feel bad for the guy. He clearly had good intentions, but had way too much pressure put on him.

    • @ibanezkiddo
      @ibanezkiddo 10 місяців тому +40

      Yeah kony really got a bad rep tbh. He was trying his best

    • @CherokeeMaxx
      @CherokeeMaxx 7 місяців тому +27

      Exactly. People always asked, "Where is Kony". But nobody ever asked, "How is Kony" 🥺

    • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
      @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 7 місяців тому +3

      @@CherokeeMaxx Lmao

    • @life_of_riley88
      @life_of_riley88 5 місяців тому

      Agreed, apparently he's still out in the jungle somewhere.

    • @killerkitten7534
      @killerkitten7534 4 місяці тому +3

      Honestly I don’t think he expected it to blow up as much as it did. Like the video mentions the guy had a few campaigns before that that kind didn’t do so well.
      So when this one exploded in popularity he probably wasn’t prepared. Handled it as best as he could tho given the circumstances imo

  • @bigmanroadman3910
    @bigmanroadman3910 3 роки тому +6286

    The fact that he broke while watching the Lorax is hilarious to me.

  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub 5 років тому +39583

    Kony sought refuge in Wakanda which is why we cant find him

    • @bane2201
      @bane2201 5 років тому +903

      Cody commenting on Internet Historians channel? CODY ALT-RIGHT CONFIRMED IS!!!

    • @Marekuo
      @Marekuo 5 років тому +591

      Wakanda is recruiting warlords for attack all the other african countries to keep them poor because they want to be the only with SPACE PIRAMEEEDZ

    • @knavishroot1238
      @knavishroot1238 5 років тому +202

      Woke as fuck there Cody.

    • @monkofdarktimes
      @monkofdarktimes 5 років тому +60

      Don't worry cody I will get him with mayans.

    • @fightingtypegymleadermicha1539
      @fightingtypegymleadermicha1539 5 років тому +187

      he killed captain alex, even wakanda cannot stop the baddest assest special forces in uganda

  • @user-gr7wd4kg3e
    @user-gr7wd4kg3e Рік тому +305

    The small scale campaigns Invisible Children is still doing are actually pretty effective on the ground. Their Early Warning Radio Network unites local communities, the fliers and local radio broadcasts and defection programs in the region keep Kony (and his son) from being able to exert influence over his commanders, which keeps the group splintered and unable to regroup. Chances are high Kony never saw the video himself, and quite possibly he never heard of Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt (though he & the LRA were apparently Rambo fans), but he and his commanders definitely heard & hear local radio broadcasts & find fliers in the bush, enabling child soldiers to escape. It also seems to have motivated several mass defections, one in 2012 and one (I think) last year, each of which significantly reduced the kidnapped women and children held by the remaining group. One of the larger remaining splinter groups is even reportedly in discussions of surrender. It worked, crazy as it was, at the local level. Whatever folks in Kampala or Montreal thought.

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 Рік тому +49

      That’s how these things generally work. Keep the pressure on the warlord’s supply of manpower and they’ll dwindle away.

  • @philliphughes8939
    @philliphughes8939 Рік тому +35

    I finally understand the “make bullying off itself” episode of South Park when Kyle said to Stan “don’t blame me if your jacking it in San Diego”

    • @mememan2344
      @mememan2344 9 місяців тому +1

      LMAO WOW I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE THAT CONNECTION 😆 🤣 😂 that's too good

  • @parthea
    @parthea 4 роки тому +3118

    “People were up to pretty much anything to stop Kony, as long as it didn’t involve any practical action”
    Yup, that sounds like the internet I know

    • @davidstinger1134
      @davidstinger1134 4 роки тому +70

      Seems like this Kony thing is the first example of modern activism.

    • @headphonic8
      @headphonic8 3 роки тому +17

      Solid Snake if you think leftists don’t like practical action, I’d advise you learn about labor laws and revolutions

    • @alecchristiaen4856
      @alecchristiaen4856 3 роки тому +25

      the internet: can track down the secret location of a stone slab of memes, but can't be arsed to go there and wreck it.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 3 роки тому +2

      Same old 'all talks, no act'

    • @gotgunpowder
      @gotgunpowder 3 роки тому +9

      What the fuck are they supposed to do? Go into uganda to find Kony themselves?

  • @chinsaw2727
    @chinsaw2727 4 роки тому +3904

    Hey guys, Kony was dead the whole time, some teenager on UA-cam’s Mom said so

    • @hairdryermanson6955
      @hairdryermanson6955 4 роки тому +123

      Oh ok

    • @jimcracketowens5319
      @jimcracketowens5319 4 роки тому +82

      dedpacito

    • @hairdryermanson6955
      @hairdryermanson6955 4 роки тому +44

      @@jimcracketowens5319 Haha Haha funny joke hahahaha

    • @UltimatePowa
      @UltimatePowa 4 роки тому +44

      There were protests in Uganda over Kony 2012 because they believed him to be dead as well.
      He had Jaundice in 2006 so theres a very small chance he could have survived to 2012
      Not saying the country didnt need help, its just the help was misdirected in a way that could be harmful, i.e. military intervention.

    • @ducleminh46
      @ducleminh46 4 роки тому +51

      @OutAtSea wow you fucking delusional stupid fuck ass holy shit people are dumb.

  • @DoktorFeelgood4218
    @DoktorFeelgood4218 Рік тому +48

    16:14
    Internet Historian in 2018: "I don't want this video to be an hour long or take two more months to make"
    Internet Historian in 2022:

  • @Sourdoughmom
    @Sourdoughmom 7 місяців тому +25

    I was part of the invisible children’s club at my high school when this happened. We were so excited that other people were finally starting to take notice and care, and then everything imploded. Thank you for this balanced and nuanced explanation! I have so much sympathy for Jason and everything he went through. They never anticipated the campaign would blow up the way it did.

  • @ClingyParasite
    @ClingyParasite 5 років тому +8646

    "Everyone were up for pretty much anything to stop Kony as long as long as it didn't involve any practical action" This applies so well on so many of these "movements" these days

    • @Xtoff
      @Xtoff 5 років тому +373

      It's called "Slactivism"

    • @yunabean
      @yunabean 5 років тому +284

      1 like = 1 saved child 🙏🏼

    • @sertiana2512
      @sertiana2512 4 роки тому +171

      *cough* metoo movement *cough*

    • @DeadlyAlienInvader
      @DeadlyAlienInvader 4 роки тому +177

      I blame the internet; it’s causing people to do things by barely moving a muscle. For example, you can now order food on the internet, and I don’t mean just pizza.

    • @SuperPhunThyme9
      @SuperPhunThyme9 4 роки тому +111

      @@yunabean Children are starving because we waste food, so you need to finish your plate so that doesn't happen!

  • @d-fens5866
    @d-fens5866 3 роки тому +14993

    “People were up for anything as long as it didn’t involve practical action.”
    Hm... not much has changed

    • @TheCharlesMallicoat
      @TheCharlesMallicoat 3 роки тому +385

      It's gotten worse because there isn't any critical analysis of current virtue signaling lol

    • @Beowulf95
      @Beowulf95 3 роки тому +133

      If they really wanted to end systemic racism(if it exists), one pretty easy way to do it is to ABOLISH THE CREDIT SCORE
      But the same people who "help" them don't wan to lose all that sweet wealth they are sitting on

    • @NewNicator
      @NewNicator 3 роки тому +240

      Didn’t Greta say something along the lines of “our movement is to voice complaint, not provide solutions” lol.

    • @osama2686
      @osama2686 3 роки тому +122

      @@NewNicator yeah, it's not her job to provide a solution, she raises awarness, which in itself is good enough

    • @clumsybanana6524
      @clumsybanana6524 3 роки тому +13

      As long as we can crash another human being we will be there. But help another shit leave that to the christians

  • @reprovedcandy
    @reprovedcandy 9 місяців тому +15

    I worked at a digital banking software company called "Kony" and when telling people "I work for Kony" they laughed around 60-70% of the time thinking I was making a joke.
    It was also a real SOB for SEO.

  • @tjrizvi251
    @tjrizvi251 Рік тому +92

    I genuinely hope he's doing okay. He just wanted to bring awareness to a serious issue, but they thought he was going to mobilize an army (or I guess Brad Pitt and Co). Dude just cracked from all the attention.
    I don't pity him. I genuinely feel bad for him.

    • @chinchinlovs6563
      @chinchinlovs6563 Рік тому +10

      same here, he was trying his hardest and the media was basically spitting in his face the whole way. all the man wanted was to bring awareness so the us or any government might do something. the celeberty thing isnt even that bad of an idea, its defenitly weird but its been done before i just dont think hed really know the celeberties though lmao. its just whack because he wanted to spread awarenes and peope put all the responsibility on him.

  • @Keeby
    @Keeby 5 років тому +11673

    If I was a Ugandan warlord and just found out a firstworld country was gonna want to kill me with dancing and celebreties, I'd probably just move on with my day and do more warlord things

    • @JanitorScruffy
      @JanitorScruffy 5 років тому +964

      #JustWarlordThings

    • @CULTOFARTRA
      @CULTOFARTRA 5 років тому +175

      9 months to late buddy

    • @Fragtastik
      @Fragtastik 5 років тому +141

      @A Genuine Umbrella He got lost, he did not know de wae.

    • @viggo8213
      @viggo8213 5 років тому +38

      @me ne frego **pukes**

    • @claypidgeon4807
      @claypidgeon4807 5 років тому +140

      It is NEVER too late to use the puppeted corpse of a dead meme to deliberately make people groan for one’s own amusement.

  • @randomcommenter6711
    @randomcommenter6711 2 роки тому +13564

    In case you're wondering, Joseph Kony is still free today. His army has shrunk to an estimated 100 members and both Uganda and the US consider him a non threat. No one is looking for him anymore, so basically he got away with 30 years of child torture and war crimes.

    • @walli6388
      @walli6388 2 роки тому +76

      This kinda reminds me of that man eating, mass murdering warlord from Angola who now claims the word of Jesus has made him the the wrongness of his past. He now goes around "asking" ppl to forgive him. You better not decline thought.

    • @alyuneko1288
      @alyuneko1288 2 роки тому +31

      @@walli6388 general buttnaked who would go around towns completely naked with an army of naked children with ak47s, killing, raping, cannibalizing and having the kids eat the hearts of innocent children?
      i also remember an incident where he awkardly tries to apologize to a traumatized victim of his whom he shot in the legs, locked in a room for a week, got hospitalized but his legs were too far gone for them to function anymore. Buttnaked kept saying "you have to forgive me man"
      keep in mind he only became a "holyman" when he started losing the war

    • @zahfa7608
      @zahfa7608 2 роки тому +4

      Buttnaked born in Liberia, he served during the Liberian Civil War. Not Angola

    • @alexiso.k.9119
      @alexiso.k.9119 2 роки тому +487

      @@walli6388 this sent me down an interesting rabbit hole...

    • @X-SPONGED
      @X-SPONGED 2 роки тому +610

      The world we live in today, lads

  • @nickg2162
    @nickg2162 Рік тому +105

    The winner is the person who sold their video to TMZ for $30,000.

  • @kingflumph5968
    @kingflumph5968 Рік тому +359

    There's really no way to win when it comes to social causes. If you do nothing, then you're complacent. If you try something, then for every piece of support you get, there's someone trying to get in your way and tear you down. "Why aren't you doing anything?" Or "why haven't you solved everything yet?" I honestly understand why people just put their heads down and try to go on. That's what makes the people who actually try something so impressive to me.
    Douglass, Tubman, Truth, and many others all tried their hardest to work against slavery in the US. They had won, they could have stayed safe in their freedom. They had no reason to believe they would succeed in changing anything. And society at large didn't even really want them to succeed. But they did it anyway. I hope I have that kind of fortitude someday.

    • @idiotidiot5821
      @idiotidiot5821 Рік тому +22

      'No good deed goes unpunished' isn't commonphrase for nothing. I don't say that to be or think it's as nihilist as it comes off either, just saying REAL change is tough and you have to be tough to make that change.

    • @lockeforeer
      @lockeforeer Рік тому +12

      This is why his comment "as long as it didn't involve any practical action" made me roll my eyes. Why criticise peope doing something over people doing nothing?

    • @lucamckenn5932
      @lucamckenn5932 Рік тому

      @@lockeforeer people will bitch and moan about anything.

    • @3u-n3ma_r1-c0
      @3u-n3ma_r1-c0 9 місяців тому +5

      @@lockeforeer
      they were criticized BECAUSE they were doing nothing.
      since they were all talk, it made it seem like 1. a scam and 2. a holier-than-thou scheme.

  • @dpanchito9566
    @dpanchito9566 4 роки тому +3352

    "My GOD you're greasy..."
    That caught me off guard. Too damn funny

    • @freewilliam93
      @freewilliam93 4 роки тому +8

      I read this as homer said it.....

    • @krakowski_6237
      @krakowski_6237 4 роки тому +5

      toodamnfilthy

    • @strykerbravo9910
      @strykerbravo9910 4 роки тому +8

      That shit almost made me choke on my food lmao. Shit got me good!

    • @bajabl
      @bajabl 3 роки тому

      I’ve been saying this for years lmao

  • @Jun123
    @Jun123 5 років тому +4346

    "... as long as it didn't involve any practical action."
    Yeah ... social media in a nutshell.

    • @bh5cp
      @bh5cp 4 роки тому +116

      Jun123 It was also a classic example of virtue signalling.

    • @sertiana2512
      @sertiana2512 4 роки тому +107

      They thought they can solve the world's issue just by watching UA-cam videos and liking posts.

    • @Lewislpalm
      @Lewislpalm 4 роки тому +60

      I don't know about you buddy but the French flag watermark on my display picture saved 200 child soldiers this week.
      What are YOU doing?

    • @NeroLeblanc
      @NeroLeblanc 4 роки тому +29

      That's the modern American activists

    • @AaronKaiMCDNLD
      @AaronKaiMCDNLD 4 роки тому +7

      Reddit "killing" companies and games

  • @BlursedSkol
    @BlursedSkol Рік тому +53

    A lot can change in 10 years. It clearly did. This poor guy was really trying to make a change. glad hes doing better.

  • @bunny5728
    @bunny5728 8 місяців тому +16

    I remember being in like middle school during the Kony stuff and we all thought he was running for president. I wonder how many people actually put "Kony" on the ballot.

    • @Touma134
      @Touma134 5 місяців тому +5

      The child soldiers are a bit excessive but he got some great opinions on tax reforms.

  • @etrs
    @etrs 5 років тому +6250

    they should’ve hired captain alex

  • @IconOfSin24148
    @IconOfSin24148 5 років тому +3320

    "We'll end the war without a gun!"
    Press X to Doubt

    • @MisterCoolthe2nd
      @MisterCoolthe2nd 5 років тому +50

      Big Boss can assure you it doesn't work like that

    • @kezian.e.8175
      @kezian.e.8175 5 років тому +9

      *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*

    • @tvboxmimic7887
      @tvboxmimic7887 5 років тому +42

      Bombs

    • @GummyDinosaursify
      @GummyDinosaursify 5 років тому +1

      X

    • @nejinaji
      @nejinaji 5 років тому +3

      I only press x to Jason buddy

  • @JGHMusic
    @JGHMusic Рік тому +41

    I feel for this man, I’ve gone through psychosis and it’s scary and uncontrollable

  • @levy1773
    @levy1773 9 місяців тому +10

    I remember being so upset that my parents wouldn’t buy me the $100 kony box kit…I was like I need to help 😂

  • @g_gamer3160
    @g_gamer3160 3 роки тому +3225

    Imagine mastering a high school musical so well that everyone questions your sexuality.

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 3 роки тому +8

      lol

    • @SquoangleProductions
      @SquoangleProductions 3 роки тому +96

      Surprisingly not uncommon, same thing happened to my mate because he was accidentally caught singing “go your own way“.
      Not sure if he actually enjoys dick or not, point is it doesn’t matter. He sang the gay tings 🤷‍♂️

    • @basedsouljah
      @basedsouljah 3 роки тому +81

      @@SquoangleProductions they think your friends gay for singing a ... Fleetwood mac song? Wtf lmao

    • @SquoangleProductions
      @SquoangleProductions 3 роки тому +5

      @@basedsouljah
      I guess so. I’m only BIsexual - so I didn’t even know Fleetwood Mac was in HSM 🤷‍♂️

    • @katana_on_a_keychain
      @katana_on_a_keychain 3 роки тому +9

      Why else would I be in a musical

  • @CreepsMcPasta
    @CreepsMcPasta 5 років тому +27058

    2012 was a wild time

    • @kavajarrace
      @kavajarrace 5 років тому +343

      CreepsMcPasta really was man really was

    • @VenVen_tm
      @VenVen_tm 5 років тому +81

      Oh hello there

    • @allanmax2141
      @allanmax2141 5 років тому +69

      Creepypasta man bahahahah, what you doin here boi?

    • @potis
      @potis 5 років тому +457

      didnt the world end back then

    • @sonicsstinkyfeet429
      @sonicsstinkyfeet429 5 років тому +364

      Gangnam style, kony2012, amanda todd, megaupload, end of the world... probably more but I can't think of anymore, but besides that yeah.

  • @sense0fpurpose
    @sense0fpurpose Рік тому +20

    Can't believe it's been 10 years since Kony2012.

  • @MrHatandClogs77
    @MrHatandClogs77 4 місяці тому +6

    I love how the media outlets were mad that people didn't know what they were supporting. And that's their main hustle now.

  • @pingpong1138
    @pingpong1138 5 років тому +1955

    "People were up to anything to stop Joseph Kony, as long as it didn't involve any practical action" HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 5 років тому +38

      I seem to remember that the US deployed a small team to help look for him. I can't say this thing was a scam because raising awareness is great (though I'm going to watch that second video about the funds before doubling down on the scam part, lol) and change only happens when enough people care. For that, kudos to the guy. For simplifying HOW they were going to resolve the issue, that's where things fall apart.

    • @plantain.1739
      @plantain.1739 5 років тому +15

      Sounds like Italy's plan in ww2

    • @theespatier4456
      @theespatier4456 5 років тому

      pingpong1138 Isn’t... donating... and going outside for protests... doing...

    • @theNickRYG
      @theNickRYG 5 років тому +18

      @pingpong1138, In this specific instance No. Donating and Protesting does absolutely nothing to stop the use of child soldiers because people who use child soldiers don't give a fuck.

    • @jillvalentinefan77
      @jillvalentinefan77 5 років тому +4

      @alfred milner Its all about the convenience of morality to leverage for a purpose and a cause to support. Leaders in all levels are corrupted, but they divide the masses with superfluous issues and many people remain unaware.

  • @thedukeofchutney468
    @thedukeofchutney468 4 роки тому +5426

    "People were up for just about anything to stop Kony...... As long as it wasn't practical action." That's humanity for ya.

    • @ia6619
      @ia6619 4 роки тому +86

      Isaiah Stoy What do you expect them to do? Travel to Uganda and fight the rebels themselves? They were spreading awareness so governments can take action to stop him

    • @coolchilion722
      @coolchilion722 4 роки тому +52

      Thought and prayers my guy, thoughts and prayers

    • @coolchilion722
      @coolchilion722 4 роки тому +21

      @@ia6619 except y'know the turn out rate was terrible

    • @phoebeaurum7113
      @phoebeaurum7113 4 роки тому +29

      Humanity is rife with people going to war to stop a variety of things from happening.
      Lazy activism is very new.

    • @idiobox
      @idiobox 4 роки тому +13

      I did my part by liking this comment

  • @Godmode-tl8ch
    @Godmode-tl8ch Місяць тому +4

    The way Jason orchastrated this might not have been way to do it, but you can clearly see that he is a genuinly good person with his heart in the right place.

  • @HaggisMuncher-69-420
    @HaggisMuncher-69-420 5 місяців тому +9

    Man. I miss 2010's internet.

  • @warpspeedchic6932
    @warpspeedchic6932 4 роки тому +8026

    This poor man had a stress induced psychotic episode and was humiliated on tv while someone else made $30,000 off his hardship

    • @Piaapo
      @Piaapo 4 роки тому +901

      Sounds like typical America

    • @creamsicleorange8266
      @creamsicleorange8266 4 роки тому +908

      Ah TMZ, cancel culture before it was popular.

    • @luckylove72
      @luckylove72 3 роки тому +70

      Nope. He dodged jail time doing that.

    • @SuperAmaton
      @SuperAmaton 3 роки тому +92

      Bet anyone would give that stuff after being offerd 30k just like that.

    • @vitowave5136
      @vitowave5136 3 роки тому +14

      lmao he took an L

  • @seanlaffey3633
    @seanlaffey3633 4 роки тому +2120

    That Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt plan sounds like a Family Guy cutaway.

    • @op-nl7dj
      @op-nl7dj 4 роки тому +9

      Sean Laffey under rated comment

    • @AndrewVaughanOfficial
      @AndrewVaughanOfficial 4 роки тому +38

      It’s actually not too irregular. UN members will use their funding in weird ways to fulfill their own ambitions. In this case, the guy wanted to meet the two celebrities.

    • @dekippiesip
      @dekippiesip 4 роки тому +3

      I wonder if it succeeded with el Chapo though, he met up with Sean Penn shortly before his arrest. Might have been a similar scheme.

    • @Flandre-Scarlet
      @Flandre-Scarlet 4 роки тому +37

      That reminds me of the time when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie lured an African warlord into a trap and had him arrested
      *Cutaway sounds*

    • @luisvalencia3597
      @luisvalencia3597 4 роки тому +1

      family guy sucks .. you mean south park

  • @johnoconnell5004
    @johnoconnell5004 7 місяців тому +5

    Never heard of this back in 2012. Probably because I was still in elementary school and was hyped for the Lego DC Superheroes theme which was new at the time.

  • @bs321321
    @bs321321 3 місяці тому +9

    14:36 R.I.P. Carl Weathers

    • @PunishedKrab
      @PunishedKrab 3 місяці тому +4

      He made the best Kony possible, he shall rest in eternal peace

  • @pr0jectzero281
    @pr0jectzero281 4 роки тому +1968

    Never have I wanted to see a movie about Brad Pitt arresting an African warlord until now

  • @kirani111
    @kirani111 3 роки тому +7600

    He should have recruited 4chan and he would have tracked down Kony in 28 hours and had a drone drop a bomb on him within 32 hours.

    • @neeltheother2342
      @neeltheother2342 3 роки тому +861

      No lulz to gain from this so 4chan won't do it. They'd probably just troll Jason instead.

    • @stanparker9556
      @stanparker9556 3 роки тому +52

      Under rated comment

    • @catinamask5019
      @catinamask5019 3 роки тому +314

      They Actually made a drone strike to a terrorist base

    • @catinamask5019
      @catinamask5019 3 роки тому +22

      @@neeltheother2342 So My Comment says they could do it

    • @Rick-ty9ky
      @Rick-ty9ky 3 роки тому +8

      @@catinamask5019 pretty much

  • @PsRohrbaugh
    @PsRohrbaugh 2 роки тому +36

    Not trying to say your old content was better by any means, but damn you had some lightning in a bottle. You've actually done an amazing job, keeping up with current events while not being canceled. Although I can imagine there are a dozen half finished projects you shelved out of caution that you would have released without hesitation 4 years ago. I've seen this video 50 times but it still felt good to watch it again and reminisce.

  • @_jhey
    @_jhey 2 роки тому +2

    I've watched this numerous times and unironically singing along to the musical at this point

  • @blockbreaker8839
    @blockbreaker8839 4 роки тому +3138

    Woman: Sees man having a panic attack/insane breakdown
    Also woman: Sues for giving her PTSD

    • @oddggear8802
      @oddggear8802 4 роки тому +529

      It was his fault for daring to have a mental episode on that day. How inconsiderate of him!

    • @charlescampuz5812
      @charlescampuz5812 4 роки тому +217

      Well she obviously saw the opportunity and went for the lawsuit. Some people are desperate enough to do that, even if it doesn’t pull through.

    • @meee110
      @meee110 4 роки тому +37

      The article says he charged at her at threatened to fuck her face. That's legally pretty different from just having to witness a breakdown.

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 4 роки тому +5

      R/thathappened oh wait it’d be reddit nvm

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 4 роки тому +80

      @@meee110 What the fuck is "the article"? Is there any actual evidence of this?

  • @HeHasNoName
    @HeHasNoName 3 роки тому +1447

    theres STILL a kony2012 sticker on a road sign i pass every day. got good glue on those things.

    • @vanguardtrainer924
      @vanguardtrainer924 3 роки тому +98

      What the hell did they put on stickers back then? Now a days they fall off if you look at them wrong.

    • @largelatte7320
      @largelatte7320 3 роки тому +27

      @@vanguardtrainer924 They probably glossed a lighter over it so the glue sticks stronger.

    • @user-mh4tl5ei7h
      @user-mh4tl5ei7h 3 роки тому +11

      @@largelatte7320 or just use super glue on the whole backside

    • @Super165i
      @Super165i 3 роки тому

      Weird

    • @varuug
      @varuug 3 роки тому +8

      @@vanguardtrainer924 Flex Seal!

  • @ObiWahnKnobi
    @ObiWahnKnobi Рік тому +2

    Finally I know what inspired the "Jacking it in San Diego" song from South Park.

  • @stephenthomas1492
    @stephenthomas1492 7 місяців тому +8

    Slacktivism at it's finest. As long as they don't have to actually do anything other than post a comment and change their profile page, they're all in to 'help'.

  • @DrShaym
    @DrShaym 5 років тому +16260

    I saw a guy wearing a Kony 2012 shirt a month or two ago. I guess he ran out of clean shirts.

    • @mrturner4620
      @mrturner4620 5 років тому +202

      LMAO

    • @May-ms9wg
      @May-ms9wg 5 років тому +377

      Nah he probably ran out of wearable shirts

    • @Herv3
      @Herv3 5 років тому +659

      I'd wear one ironically

    • @frostplays3042
      @frostplays3042 5 років тому +61

      Probably homeless lol

    • @kebabmarley2505
      @kebabmarley2505 5 років тому +161

      those things are collectible now

  • @BST-ri6gf
    @BST-ri6gf 4 роки тому +2562

    “Why are you gay?”
    -Joseph “Kony” 2012, I think

    • @pokerface4
      @pokerface4 4 роки тому +55

      @Seraphi Grimaldi
      "You are gay, you are transgender"
      - Richard Nixon

    • @iwakeupandboomimarat
      @iwakeupandboomimarat 4 роки тому +31

      i like the implication that his name is joseph 2012

    • @virtueleague2005
      @virtueleague2005 4 роки тому +9

      "No u"
      -J.F.K

    • @cameronroy2129
      @cameronroy2129 4 роки тому +1

      my mom said it so it must be true

    • @kotsaris87
      @kotsaris87 4 роки тому

      "Show me da way" -Pasta Martin Sempa

  • @Lulu-ex7fc
    @Lulu-ex7fc 15 днів тому +7

    Hes still kicking but Russian mercenaries are chasing him through the Central African Republic as of now

  • @gerbilios9902
    @gerbilios9902 2 роки тому +121

    While his mental breakdown was hilarious from the sidelines, the man really did try to make a difference, he truly cared and that i would say drove him to madness.

    • @condor237
      @condor237 Рік тому +7

      His buddies pocketed a lot of money

    • @F40PH-2CAT
      @F40PH-2CAT Рік тому +5

      Stop with this crap. His "good intentions" ended with his own fame and fortune.

    • @lucamckenn5932
      @lucamckenn5932 Рік тому +4

      He was rich, and this made him rich and famous. Save your sympathy for the less fortunate please and thank you.

  • @olliesish
    @olliesish 5 років тому +3220

    Ok lets talk about betterhelp

    • @azuredesuuu8252
      @azuredesuuu8252 5 років тому +12

      I don't really get what's going with this betterhelp thing other than Shane Dawson sponsors it. Can someone fill me in? That would be very much appreciated

    • @Ian-oe9wp
      @Ian-oe9wp 5 років тому +50

      @@azuredesuuu8252 they basically sponsor every youtuber, pewdiepie made a video about it

    • @konycurrentyear7053
      @konycurrentyear7053 5 років тому +12

      Thank you my friend. You make a very important point. 6 years on and we have learned nothing.

    • @re_i_gn
      @re_i_gn 5 років тому +71

      @@Ian-oe9wp it's not really about that, though. The main point is that betterhelp isn't providing the service they're promising, and they don't give a single shit about their customers.

    • @marut7189
      @marut7189 5 років тому +22

      @@re_i_gn nope.Its mainly about better help Terms of Condition as per which they take no accountability.

  • @MrBozo356
    @MrBozo356 4 роки тому +1987

    This dude is literally a South Park episode

    • @Lumen_571
      @Lumen_571 3 роки тому +117

      They even made a song about him. Look up jacking it in San Diego

    • @wewd
      @wewd 3 роки тому +31

      @@Lumen_571 Come. Take a load off!

    • @jamespaul9889
      @jamespaul9889 3 роки тому +16

      @@Lumen_571 omg I never made that connection. That's amazing

    • @presidentofchina1496
      @presidentofchina1496 3 роки тому +23

      Accuser Of the Brethren I mean, the whole US is now a South Park episode

    • @WillieManga
      @WillieManga 3 роки тому +7

      @@presidentofchina1496 Your name is really long. More than I can say about my...

  • @edgarp66
    @edgarp66 9 місяців тому +5

    More than 10 years on… i hate social media still. Tik tok is now kony 2012 levels of hype in seconds of video.

  • @ondrejsedlak4935
    @ondrejsedlak4935 Рік тому +5

    I do remember Kony 2012 and recognized it instantly for the fad it is.
    Facebook at the time was saturated with everyone changing their profile images to show support. All I could hear was Baaaaaaaaa!

  • @guypersonname4536
    @guypersonname4536 4 роки тому +2250

    *kids eat parents*
    *ITS KIND OF A BUMMER*

    • @akronred648
      @akronred648 4 роки тому +78

      Not if you add some salt and pepper.

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 4 роки тому +18

      In myths it's usually the other way around.

    • @faniefrikkie6868
      @faniefrikkie6868 4 роки тому +11

      Just a slight inconvenience

    • @jberrethful
      @jberrethful 4 роки тому +12

      *t a s t e s l i k e c h i c k e n*

    • @gromitpesley
      @gromitpesley 4 роки тому +2

      orlando norman
      John lennon just passed away
      paul: it’s a drag

  • @DailyDoseOfInternet
    @DailyDoseOfInternet 5 років тому +6602

    I still have my Kony 2012 poster from my dorm room for meme reasons. My entire campus was covered in "Kony 2012" stuff. Chalk on the sidewalk, posters, etc.

    • @PkedSome
      @PkedSome 5 років тому +113

      Later!

    • @n1tr0us.
      @n1tr0us. 5 років тому +61

      OMG I LOVE UR CHANNEL

    • @sooshaggy
      @sooshaggy 5 років тому +16

      My Twitter still says it

    • @dannyrank123
      @dannyrank123 5 років тому +7

      Ayyyy. It's you

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 5 років тому +29

      @anarchore LOL wut

  • @inanimatesum4945
    @inanimatesum4945 4 місяці тому +4

    Its funny to look back and THIS was considered “Slacktivism” unlike those who only make tweets and never leave their house, or those who think sitting in a road helps raise awareness.

  • @Quadrenaro
    @Quadrenaro 2 роки тому +7

    10 years ago on this night, I was sleeping on a friends couch, and I heard some rando outside yell, "Kony 2012!" Like some mad banshee.

  • @tylerbrownyoutube
    @tylerbrownyoutube 5 років тому +3719

    Ok there I watched it. You win, algorithm. For weeks I have been pursued by this video. I admit defeat.

    • @MissedAWide2
      @MissedAWide2 5 років тому +28

      Zippoman252 damn same

    • @jonathanrush9225
      @jonathanrush9225 5 років тому +91

      We all give in eventually. It’s only a matter of time.

    • @theprodegypk
      @theprodegypk 5 років тому +1

      😂

    • @VIPGamers_VIP
      @VIPGamers_VIP 5 років тому +5

      Got me too

    • @zekova
      @zekova 5 років тому +22

      you know you can click the three dots and select "not interested" and it'll disappear, right?

  • @martinkelvin1822
    @martinkelvin1822 5 років тому +725

    Easy.
    Just tell 4chan that he put up the ,,He will not divide us” flag at his location!

    • @Splashzone263
      @Splashzone263 5 років тому +54

      *DID SOMEONE SAY A HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US FLAG IS THERE GIVE ME TICKET NOW*

    • @xxxsomenoobxxx
      @xxxsomenoobxxx 5 років тому +11

      CMON GUYS! SPEEDRUN TIME!

    • @dembones8415
      @dembones8415 5 років тому +3

      maybe 12

    • @GummyDinosaursify
      @GummyDinosaursify 5 років тому +4

      5. I give it 5 Hours Tops.

    • @427Arbok
      @427Arbok 5 років тому +5

      Brilliant idea! We could even send a /k/ommando special forces unit to do the job.

  • @SanctorumDivinity
    @SanctorumDivinity 2 роки тому +1

    You adding the Hell March at 11:34 made my day

  • @rebalipupu
    @rebalipupu Рік тому +3

    Holy smokes. This brings me way back.

  • @perciusmandate
    @perciusmandate 5 років тому +2504

    “Can you think of anything worse than being naked on TMZ?”
    ...Yes. Being a child soldier.

    • @mikequinlivan8842
      @mikequinlivan8842 5 років тому +10

      Well, he also got to jack it in San Diego. Not Kony. But Jason. Yee haw!!

    • @tupacshakur5308
      @tupacshakur5308 5 років тому +6

      Lmao I live in San Diego and I fuckin saw that dude outside shaking his dick. I was dying 💀

    • @cancerishere.3362
      @cancerishere.3362 5 років тому +51

      @@tupacshakur5308 Yes, I too saw him shaking his dick from my mansion that was on top of my UFO. And I, too, was dying.

    • @jlupus8804
      @jlupus8804 5 років тому +5

      He didn’t mean literally- don’t minimize his experience dude

    • @KevinUchihaOG
      @KevinUchihaOG 5 років тому

      @@tupacshakur5308 i once visited san diego and i saw him too.

  • @Charlie-xc1bt
    @Charlie-xc1bt 5 років тому +759

    Kony2012 sounds like they want him elected.

    • @stormerbuzz352
      @stormerbuzz352 5 років тому +42

      Yes! That was what I thought when I saw the title! That it was a homeless guy they wanted to elect president

    • @WorldWar2freak94
      @WorldWar2freak94 4 роки тому +2

      When I first saw it in high school, I was confused and wondered if he was some sort of third party candidate that high schoolers really liked. I later did research and found out about him.

    • @TheAkwarium
      @TheAkwarium 3 роки тому

      Covid19? no Kony 2012

  • @williamblackfyre4866
    @williamblackfyre4866 8 місяців тому +3

    Whatever dude, just don't blame me when you're jacking it in San Diego.

  • @Theirly.
    @Theirly. Рік тому +2

    I honestly only remembered this today because a South Park marathon

  • @Hocotatium111
    @Hocotatium111 5 років тому +737

    Credit where it's due; Jason did a full interview with Oprah and TED Talk after being filmed naked on a street corner in San Diego. I feel like the average person would just give up and hide from the world at that point.

    • @Sashrunner
      @Sashrunner 5 років тому +53

      Yeah, I guess you're right. Hell, the dude is still out there trying to do the right thing. I would definitely suggest a more educated/active style of working toward a goal that relies on reaching milestones instead of getting immediate success. =Y

    • @armybear2
      @armybear2 5 років тому +5

      I remember at the time where people were saying that he did that so he could plea insanity if the police ever tried arresting him for stealing / misusing the donation money. I was pretty sure back then, and to this day I am still convinced that all of Kony2012 stuff was just a scam from the start. I think he got caught / called out that the whole thing was a scam so he just had to double down after the fact to avoid going to jail.

    • @randomhiphop5055
      @randomhiphop5055 5 років тому +5

      @@armybear2 idk I've seen a crazy guy before and that looked spot on

    • @eirzaa0429
      @eirzaa0429 5 років тому

      @@Sashrunner a cc

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 4 роки тому +9

      @@armybear2 Why would he bother to actually go to Uganda then? He was doing shit for over a decade anyway; that's a hell of a long time to run a scam, and his breakdown wouldn't make fraud illegal. I see credible evidence that it was actually a scam.

  • @chosebine2169
    @chosebine2169 5 років тому +3621

    "can you think of anything else that's worse than running around naked on TMZ?"
    kids getting kidnapped by an african warlord?

    • @mikahtran5283
      @mikahtran5283 4 роки тому +41

      Your comment is so underrated

    • @SnorkZiE
      @SnorkZiE 4 роки тому +9

      chose bine underrated comment tbh

    • @eftsekawe
      @eftsekawe 4 роки тому +8

      well played

    • @terminator572
      @terminator572 4 роки тому

      Tee Emm Thee*

    • @Tf_Kid
      @Tf_Kid 4 роки тому +3

      @@mikahtran5283 r/notunderrated

  • @Winston_Wolfe
    @Winston_Wolfe Рік тому

    Just stumbled across this creator today and wow, what an entertaining creator.

  • @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234

    So this is where South Park got the Jackin it in San Diego thing from

    • @CatManThree
      @CatManThree Рік тому +1

      That entire episode was a response to kony 2012.

  • @theactualTVB
    @theactualTVB 5 років тому +1125

    2012: Kony
    2014: Ebola
    2016: Captain Alex
    2017: Knuckles
    ...uganda kids are stuffed.

  • @millshaskett6044
    @millshaskett6044 3 роки тому +9091

    Thank god for internet historian, because I was 11 when this happened, and completely missed it. Thanks for the recap.

    • @ShadowTheNinjaKitty
      @ShadowTheNinjaKitty 3 роки тому +234

      I was also 11. I remember it going on, but I didn’t entirely follow along with the deeper aspects of it

    • @samuelsmith5400
      @samuelsmith5400 3 роки тому +11

      Sane

    • @masond7573
      @masond7573 3 роки тому +64

      I was 10 and I found out about it in 2012.... didn't realize the controversy about it at the time though

    • @ethanhessong3033
      @ethanhessong3033 3 роки тому +20

      I was nine, so I didn't know this happened until this video.

    • @owen718
      @owen718 3 роки тому +12

      cat ayyy 6 at the time gang

  • @filled_soda
    @filled_soda Рік тому +2

    I'm in work right now.....and I think my work mates literally heard my mind blow when the dancing started

  • @cocaineinmyvein
    @cocaineinmyvein Рік тому +4

    I just realized that the south park "jackin it in san diego" could have easily been a reference to this.

    • @olivergillespie3574
      @olivergillespie3574 Рік тому

      It wasn't just a reference, it was literally about Kony bro. How did you just realize?

    • @cocaineinmyvein
      @cocaineinmyvein Рік тому

      @@olivergillespie3574 that's what reference means, lmao

    • @olivergillespie3574
      @olivergillespie3574 Рік тому +1

      @cocaineinmyvein yes but your "could have easily been" is what I was criticizing

    • @cocaineinmyvein
      @cocaineinmyvein Рік тому

      @@olivergillespie3574 well considering I hadn't looked it up, I didn't want to say I was positive where it came from.

  • @josephperez5545
    @josephperez5545 5 років тому +653

    BREAKING NEWS: Good old boy Billy McFarland, the organizer of the incredible Fyre Festival was just sentenced to 6 years in prison for fraud, AND he has to forfeit over 26 million dollars.
    Ladies and Gentlemen, we got 'em!

  • @bbbbbbbbbb0
    @bbbbbbbbbb0 5 років тому +2902

    What a time to be alive in 2012.. Catch kony drama, London olympics, 2012 doomsday theories floating about. Shit was lit

    • @Krisshomez
      @Krisshomez 5 років тому +68

      It was truly a better time

    • @anazbin.m8939
      @anazbin.m8939 5 років тому +71

      Messi scored 91 goals that year

    • @djmars1983
      @djmars1983 5 років тому +8

      No wasn't a good time to be alive

    • @AlonzoJ130
      @AlonzoJ130 5 років тому +16

      Best year

    • @XSeanxMeowX
      @XSeanxMeowX 5 років тому +11

      You god damn right it was

  • @kc4276
    @kc4276 Рік тому +36

    Wait, this wasn’t an election campaign?! 😳

  • @mattislindehag3065
    @mattislindehag3065 8 місяців тому +5

    Tooting the horn about Kony enough could concievably have gotten certain governments riled up enough to make him a kill priority. Either Uganda and DR.Congo in who's territory he was operating in, mainly to end an international embarrasment, or a forreign government wanting to get the cred for having iced him. When that didn't pan out... what do you do next? That's a real question. They had enough money to kill Kony themselves but i think there are laws that prohibit a charity from becoming a PMC and i doubt Jason Russel is an Evgeny Prigozhin type of man anyway.

  • @tottallyok
    @tottallyok 3 роки тому +6325

    I think the guy was just a passionate filmmaker who wanted to do something good but all he really could do was “spread awareness” in hopes that some people in power will notice it and develop a strategy to fix it. He never promised to fix it himself but that’s how it came across to many.

    • @slayer12234
      @slayer12234 3 роки тому +194

      I guess the issue is that yeah maybe he is a passionate filmmaker.
      Thats a big red flag. If you're out there to find a story to make a film about then your priority in the first place was the film not the cause.
      It's essentially using these African kids as a stepping stone for his career.
      I'm pretty sure if there wasn't a glamourous story to tell then he wouldn't be making a big deal of the Kony campaign and would've found a different scoop.
      That doesn't read to me as a good person. Honestly comes off a narcissist.
      But it's just speculation. Still the quote stands "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".

    • @valentin5960
      @valentin5960 3 роки тому +353

      @@slayer12234 Dude you're still going with that narcissist shit, where in that video has he ever given the impression of being a narcissist who's only purpose is exposure, he's been working for fucking years in Uganda, it makes no sense.
      Your speculations are so baseless it's incredible

    • @DirtyDoctorDan
      @DirtyDoctorDan 3 роки тому +31

      Kony actually died of covid recently

    • @slayer12234
      @slayer12234 3 роки тому +51

      @@valentin5960 Narcissism is to make yourself the center of attention. Its not off base to believe this. Hes clearly put his face across the whole movement, with all the media attention and even a musical loool.
      If I remember correctly the video did mention he specifically went to the country searching for a story for a film. As I said before if filmmaking is the priority then theres major issues there.
      Also him standing by the issue for a long time doesn't mean he can't be a narcissist. He can truly believe the issue has legs and believe that it would make a good film with the cause being secondary. These are assumptions that neither of us can prove.
      Another thing is after all if we do assume that he is pure in intention it still doesn't change the issue. He caused a load of shit because he didn't bother to plan things properly. Good intentions alone dont save people.
      You have a tendency to say absolutely nothing other than “haha you're wrong”. I actually hope you can think more critically than that.

    • @strawberrypencl
      @strawberrypencl 3 роки тому +4

      @Grunchlik this comment is such a mess lmao, the shit some people believe continues to amaze

  • @NOyaLzuMu
    @NOyaLzuMu 5 років тому +1875

    uganda want to erase that gay dancing video from your memory forever

    • @SonOfHubris
      @SonOfHubris 5 років тому +17

      @Matt Peck and cuz they know when a meme is dead

    • @StackCityEntOfficial
      @StackCityEntOfficial 5 років тому +1

      You can't tell me what to do!

    • @Remls
      @Remls 5 років тому +4

      The naked dancing on the street or ...?

    • @benjaamin8
      @benjaamin8 5 років тому +4

      the moment the lyrics started it felt like brainwashing material.

    • @freshavacado9984
      @freshavacado9984 5 років тому

      Do you mean ricardo?

  • @WuTrizza
    @WuTrizza Рік тому

    Thanks Soup for the reminder of this

  • @filmcameras4evr45
    @filmcameras4evr45 6 місяців тому +2

    I live in a fairly large city in the U.K and watched this video when it came out when I was in school.
    I never remember seeing any of those posters. Not one.

  • @williamcoolhat5438
    @williamcoolhat5438 5 років тому +416

    The plan to catch Kony sounds like a South Park episode

    • @Julio_Gomes
      @Julio_Gomes 5 років тому +1

      Williams Chesternut hahahahaahhahbahahahba it does doesnt it jahsvendj

    • @Minx5892
      @Minx5892 5 років тому

      The 9/11 one.

    • @RobGradyVO
      @RobGradyVO 5 років тому +6

      "HEY THAT GUYS JACKIN It!"

    • @frankteng
      @frankteng 5 років тому +1

      Williams Chesternut finally found out what Jacken it in San Diego means.

    • @lecorbak
      @lecorbak 5 років тому

      On my gad, they killed kony

  • @24FramesOfNick
    @24FramesOfNick 5 років тому +4612

    I was 13 at the time so I thought this whole thing was an off brand Sony company making a strong movement

    • @whiplash984
      @whiplash984 5 років тому +15

      I LOVE YOUR VIDS!

    • @mjr_schneider
      @mjr_schneider 5 років тому +98

      Wow, you're exactly as old as me, yet I haven't done anything with my life

    • @TheElements55
      @TheElements55 5 років тому +17

      I thought it was a festival

    • @illfaptothis333
      @illfaptothis333 5 років тому +34

      you were pretty fucking dumb for a 13 year old

    • @lalilulelo7520
      @lalilulelo7520 5 років тому +14

      coney island 2012

  • @DRpePPer1300
    @DRpePPer1300 Рік тому +2

    I remember when this was going on someone in my health class convinced the teacher to put the video on over the board. I think some people donated in class too

  • @buttersstotch2014
    @buttersstotch2014 3 роки тому +2158

    They picked 4/20 for night of action? No wonder everyone slacked off

    • @_RainbowAngela_
      @_RainbowAngela_ 3 роки тому +60

      Off topic, but I've been smoking almost daily for 13 years, but somehow I've never been high on 4/20. Something always comes up like I wind up stuck without a car to go get bud, my backpack got stolen with my whole stash in it, and 2 years I was in the hospital on that day. Idk how that's happened all my life.

    • @01qp68
      @01qp68 3 роки тому +32

      Yeah Hitler’s birthday

    • @tylerb1483
      @tylerb1483 3 роки тому +2

      james liang musta been a hell of a party

    • @holdguard4624
      @holdguard4624 3 роки тому

      @Ooohbopbopboppadoohwah That explains a lot.

    • @holdguard4624
      @holdguard4624 3 роки тому

      Fucking methheads

  • @somehow985
    @somehow985 4 роки тому +5140

    I really feel for the guy. Sure he was misguided but he spends 10 entire years of his life trying to make a positive change and then gets branded as a greedy money hogging egomaniac. I hope he's doing alright.

    • @benutzer1221
      @benutzer1221 4 роки тому +618

      Well his army is very small nowadays but they still haven't caught him, so he got that going for him.

    • @vdotme
      @vdotme 4 роки тому +167

      There were a lot of people with a lot to loose if the narrative got out of hand. Write him off as crazy and back to business as usual.

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 4 роки тому +24

      Because he fucking is.

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 4 роки тому +21

      You people have no ability for critical thought.

    • @MrJizzinmypantz
      @MrJizzinmypantz 4 роки тому +392

      Wow, crystal meth handing out judgement from her ivory tower. Seems legit.

  • @vikoivanov4650
    @vikoivanov4650 6 місяців тому +6

    "vandalize your town with awareness" LOL

  • @lforlight
    @lforlight Рік тому +9

    For months I thought that Kony was a US presidential candidate running for the 2012 elections. Took me a while to learn he's an African warlord employing children and that there were no elections in 2012. And that's all the information I caught about the topic. I knew nothing else that was brought up in this video. Not even that South Park's fabulous Jackin' It scene was related to it this ordeal.