I'm still sorry about the outro lmao. not ok of me. deeply cruel. jolibee made me do it. he possessed me with his hypnotizing stare. yeah, let's go with that.
These videos feel blue collar You do your research, and the yarn spins itself from there. I’m not necessarily staring at the video, but with all the driving I do I’m always down for a rabbit hole or a curious subject. Your building something here and I’m glad I found you early into the journey
This dude is far more interesting than the majority of video essay people. 99% of video essays lack the unique personality tor has in spades. Most are stuffed with alien/inhuman language and disinterested delivery that makes me want to cry. Tor gives me hope for the future of the platform. I hope more people experiment with unique formats and allow themselves to be totally singular
You didn't get lucky. You had good writing which put your watch time metric off the charts. The algo saw it and did incremental tests on similar viewers to verify that and you kept passing. (Currently) 72k on Chilitown is a huge success. It was limited because it couldn't find similar viewers because the channel was so small and also possibly because it was so good, some kind of alarm was triggered. It could still spontaneously take off in the future if it hits a good demo again or someone boosts that concept. Glad you got your channel back!
This channel makes well researched and well written deep dive videos which is just perfect for UA-cam. long videos + high retention is what the algorithm promotes
The only reason that literally every single person on UA-cam isn't subscribed to you is only because they haven't seen it yet. This channel is truly something special. Let me know if you're ever in LA and want to jam.
I woke up at 3am with that fake town video playing on my TV and I decided to stay awake in order to watch the full video. Pretty good video! Went for breakfast after the video was over.
My husband and I discovered you and we were immediately obsessed. The day after that your channel went down and we were seriously considering that we hallucinated the entire thing... he literally tracked you down on Instagram just to figure out if you were actually real lmao I love the long ass intro, I love the mic, I love the janky background, I love the fruit, I love the entire vibe you got going on here! Thank you for the update, thank you for doing what you do and uh sorry, I guess... for inadvertently aiding your suspension 😅
I must say, your channel and the quality of the videos on there is so great when I first watched one of your videos I thought you a popular channel. I think your content is great man!
Staring myself into the face with this one Also here I was thinking the spiky yellow and blue shape was an abstract representation of the durian and his blue eyes
Audio quality is much improved, the sorta clopping/lick smacking is a bit distracting and I know some people are big haters of it but If that's just part of your cadence then it is whatever. Try editing it out or taking breaks to avoid that maybe? Other than that the only thought I have is positioning yourself a little bit away from your mic so that it doesn't peak as much. Otherwise, glad to see this channel grow :)
KEEP THE LONG ASS INTRO, love what you do, bro. Stick to your guns and your creative vision. Your works have been in my thoughts as of late, and im excited to see you grow. This channel is special, I hope you see that and agree.
Cool to see you settling into your channel and the quick rise in popularity...you're definitely appearing more relaxed and casual in front of the camera. Great work 👏
I got recommended the St.Bride's vid and this is my new favorite channel! Since you seem open to constructive criticism- I would love to see sources cited: in-line, linked in the description, or a link to your bibliography. I see a lot of these deep dive videos without any sources cited that end up being either plagiarism or misinformation or both. Again, I'm really enjoying all of your videos so far, but there's definitely room for improvement where citations are concerned.
I love these videos, the only thing I'd mention is possibly messing around with the mic more, sense it's super close up sounding and I can hear ur mouth noises lol. But having watched some of your videos already it's really good esp as background noise to focus on smth else!!!
I'm both happy to be here and sorry my sub helped get you banned for a hot minute! You and this channel are an absolute gem. I look forward to seeing this grow!
I can't tell you anything about audio, but if you paint Jolibee's moustache a little darker it'll read better as a moustache; right now it blends too closely into his rind and just makes his mouth look weird. In a different way than intended.
great channel, i've spent the last few days watching most of your backlog -hope to see more soon, but happy to wait a long time between videos of this quality in the hopes the creator doesn't burn out. your setup is great, low budget doesn't mean low quality, it's all down to your script and your delivery which are great! -keep the videos coming, but look after your self first ;)
Your intro is so good! I love the clips you use, and the songs you chose for both your intro & outro are so catchy that I sought them out for my playlists lol. Keep doing you - your idiosyncrasies are what makes you so fun to watch. :3
End of Woodface, I think... I had the cassette tape way back when. Late at night, I left the tape to autostop while I did homework - nearly had a heart attack lol. Love the writing, and I'm going to enjoy seeing you learn and grow.
Glad to see you back! After the fake towns vid, I binged all the rest, and they're all fantastic. After watching them all, I had a bunch of silly lil questions I wanted to ask in the event of some future Q&A, and I'm now crushed by the missed opportunity lol Also ngl I'm _floored_ that Jollibee's origin story in the outro was real lmaooo
The video that came on to my reccomened was about the tunnel people. I subscribed after, everytime I thought you were done you came back with more interesting information frl.
Weird stuff like that happens on UA-cam sadly. You make great videos though! Keep putting them out and the growth will keep coming! Not many people make as many detailed and interesting videos about such cool topics. Keep it up!
honestly the school report vibe is part of the reason why I like the channel? it's chill and not as HEEYY GUYYSS as other video essayists, it's easy to sleep to.
This feels like the chunk of UA-cam that endeared me to the website in the first place. I really enjoy your stuff dude. I hope you and yours are doing well
The algorithm fed me the fake town video the other day and i became instantly enamored with your channel. I'm glad you got it back. I am so glad you're on here doing your thing. I'm even more glad to hear more about you and find out you'd fit in really well with my friend group - it'd be a total bummer to find out you were a secret crappy person lol. Stay weird, kid! (I know you're an adult, but I'm at least a decade older than you. And yet here you are, accomplishing way more than I do! Kudos!)
mic sounds fine. fake cities was awesome. my only suggestion i don't think you need, but anyway just that you take your time and do whatever you are interested in going in depth on. we will give topic suggestions, but yeah you be you in picking them. no rush we will be here and happy to see them when we get them.
Do not lose the awkward demeanor, it is a net positive for your presentation. It evokes an image of seriousneas about you, as if you dont want to tell this story, but it must be told, and you are fighting your instincts to keep silent on the topic.
I don't think it was just luck = I was trying to find information on the mole people phenomenon (Has to do with Hans Moleman from the Simpsons) . Came across your video and watched several more cause I could tell you actually took the time to write a cohesive essay with a point I actually took more than a moment to digest. I watch youtube all day during my work, and I really think you are making some of the smartest and most genuinely thought provoking videos on the site, keep it up Tor I am loving the channel
I grew up in Portland near Centennial HS! My parents still live there and my dad went to Lewis and Clark College! My grandfather was a campus police officer there for years. I found your channel by being recommended your Locust video! I loved it enough to check out your channel and decided to watch this next 😂 Well done on your channel! Hope you keep up the growth! If you haven’t yet, I recommend simultaneously uploading your content to other platforms like Rumble! Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥰
I think you should rerecord the fake town one with better audio. Leave the original up and release the new one with a title like "Updated Audio Version" or something. Keep up the great work, keep progressing and you'll go far.
yippee !!! so glad 2 see u 2 (3! a stunning surprise guest!!) back at it, i was rly worried! went 2 rewatch ur video on rube waddell 1 day and saw it wuz blown 2 smithereens!!! fingers crossed it wont happen again, but who knows... utube seems 2 be... malevolent..... i yam Really glad jolibee is sticking around. Really ties the room together. im also glad ur sticking to ur guns on the long intro stance, the long intro (+ outros) ROCK ! supa excited 4 ur new releases & for what u lot create in the future, wahooey!!! take care of urself ^_^
Luck is probably always part with the algorithm but its really intreresting engaging good wwriting and presenting, thats why people watch. Dont put yourself down, luck only mattered as luck matters in near everything and the algorithm, but you earned the watches, they are genuinly great. And thats one of the best content, people starting yapping about stuff thats interesting and enthusiasm about it. Thats a good start :P Jellybe is a mood and fit the curiosity vibe, its cute odd :P
Well, TIL that a durian is an actual fruit. I thought you had just made some fucked up papier mache creation, called him Jollobee, and gave him the title of co-host. Neat.
About to listen to this, but just wanted to say -- when your channel got taken down, I was in the middle of watching the raft video and I was very confused since I've been enjoying your uploads immensely, and I couldn't figure out what would have gotten you banned or whatever. Super happy to see you back. Keep up the good work! :)
I'm sorry someone complained about your intro, it is gold and they are wrong. You are only wrong about the loud outro honestly...I have auditory processing disorder and can be induced to extreme nausea by loud noise. Edited to add: you are charming as heck.
It’s only been 13 days since you posted this and you’re already at 15.5K from 4k… holy cow! Congratulations! Idk why I’m all teary about this but I wish you all the best! Guillermo Del Toros Cabinet of Curiosity had me confused for a moment but am over it…
Oh my god I got banned for spam about a month before your ban, despite having no videos. It was a glitch that happened. I went on the subreddit and everyone was yelling about how they were all banned about an hour ago for no reason.
That's funny because I had an account banned for "spam or deceptive practices." No videos uploaded. I do tend to comment a lot, but I never post links... and all I ever post is info and opinions (and the occasional dumb joke.) I try to keep it mostly polite, even manage to avoid profanity about 99% of the time. I appealed the ban, said this has to be a mistake (unless someone literally hacked my account and started posting spam lol.) Only reply I got from the site was a really frustrating and basic form letter. "Unfortunately after reviewing your case we're unable to reverse your ban." ... and yet still nothing about any specific alleged incident that might have led to such a charge / ban. Just "nah we've determined you're a spammer or whatever - sorry not sorry." So I lost not only my comment history, but thousands of bookmarked videos and dozens upon dozens of playlists I'd spent a lot of time creating... The moderation side of this site has become a joke. ... and let's not even get into the widespread censorship and posts getting nuked by bots for unknown reasons...
I'm still sorry about the outro lmao. not ok of me. deeply cruel. jolibee made me do it. he possessed me with his hypnotizing stare. yeah, let's go with that.
Honestly I have to respect it. And the sped up intro.
@@torscabinetofcuriosities I throughly enjoyed the fake town video
dont say that, jollibee is a pure, innocent soul!
this is why thimble isnt allowed on the show.
These videos feel blue collar
You do your research, and the yarn spins itself from there. I’m not necessarily staring at the video, but with all the driving I do I’m always down for a rabbit hole or a curious subject.
Your building something here and I’m glad I found you early into the journey
That fake town video was really good. Led me down a rabbit hole
Same here.
Yeah, me too
@@natejoseph4121 sams
I'm glad you're keeping the long ass intro. Something feels comfy about it especially paired with a long ass preamble.
he’s taking all the advice. Channel is a champ
Can’t wait for u to be a part of the UA-cam Video Essay Canon
Already there in my mind.
This dude is far more interesting than the majority of video essay people.
99% of video essays lack the unique personality tor has in spades. Most are stuffed with alien/inhuman language and disinterested delivery that makes me want to cry. Tor gives me hope for the future of the platform.
I hope more people experiment with unique formats and allow themselves to be totally singular
You didn't get lucky. You had good writing which put your watch time metric off the charts. The algo saw it and did incremental tests on similar viewers to verify that and you kept passing. (Currently) 72k on Chilitown is a huge success. It was limited because it couldn't find similar viewers because the channel was so small and also possibly because it was so good, some kind of alarm was triggered. It could still spontaneously take off in the future if it hits a good demo again or someone boosts that concept. Glad you got your channel back!
The locust swarm has descended
This channel makes well researched and well written deep dive videos which is just perfect for UA-cam.
long videos + high retention is what the algorithm promotes
You better keep that fruit
and the durian, too!
@@Andrew-iv3ffSCREAMING
3:33 I ALSO LOVE THE LONG-ASS INTRO!!! Very glad you’re keeping it and other personal touches to your channel
When I heard "Subways of your Mind" by Fex. That's when I knew you were the real deal. One of my own. Keep it please.
The only reason that literally every single person on UA-cam isn't subscribed to you is only because they haven't seen it yet. This channel is truly something special. Let me know if you're ever in LA and want to jam.
The french youtube emails is actually the funniest part. Not the escroqueries!
"NOOOON NOT MY FUCKING CHAÎNE DE UA-cam"
Came here for the locust plagues, stayed for the durian
I woke up at 3am with that fake town video playing on my TV and I decided to stay awake in order to watch the full video. Pretty good video! Went for breakfast after the video was over.
I appreciate you sticking to the long into. You do you.
Sorry for helping get you suspended by subbing!
no problem! sorry for humblebragging!
real we all gettin sentenced to life in prison for such a horrendous and unbelievable act
Same
Happy to to hear the intro will be staying!
That's a *huge* audio improvement btw. From "guy in a room" to podcast quality in a few weeks.
My husband and I discovered you and we were immediately obsessed. The day after that your channel went down and we were seriously considering that we hallucinated the entire thing... he literally tracked you down on Instagram just to figure out if you were actually real lmao
I love the long ass intro, I love the mic, I love the janky background, I love the fruit, I love the entire vibe you got going on here! Thank you for the update, thank you for doing what you do and uh sorry, I guess... for inadvertently aiding your suspension 😅
I must say, your channel and the quality of the videos on there is so great when I first watched one of your videos I thought you a popular channel. I think your content is great man!
I'm sorry, did you say "4 thousand subscriber special?"
You're currently sitting at 21.4 thousand.
Standing ovation.
the outro goes hard knowing how this all started as a radio program lol
Staring myself into the face with this one
Also here I was thinking the spiky yellow and blue shape was an abstract representation of the durian and his blue eyes
Audio quality is much improved, the sorta clopping/lick smacking is a bit distracting and I know some people are big haters of it but If that's just part of your cadence then it is whatever. Try editing it out or taking breaks to avoid that maybe? Other than that the only thought I have is positioning yourself a little bit away from your mic so that it doesn't peak as much. Otherwise, glad to see this channel grow :)
One of the best channels I've come across in years. Keep it going.
i actually love everything about your videos i literally have no advice to offer, it's already perfect
KEEP THE LONG ASS INTRO, love what you do, bro. Stick to your guns and your creative vision. Your works have been in my thoughts as of late, and im excited to see you grow. This channel is special, I hope you see that and agree.
I always love direct feedback/critique. Moving up, my friend! I hope you're doing alright!
Cool to see you settling into your channel and the quick rise in popularity...you're definitely appearing more relaxed and casual in front of the camera. Great work 👏
I'm glad I got recommended the video on St. Bride's, this channel is shaping up to be something excellent.
I got recommended the St.Bride's vid and this is my new favorite channel! Since you seem open to constructive criticism- I would love to see sources cited: in-line, linked in the description, or a link to your bibliography. I see a lot of these deep dive videos without any sources cited that end up being either plagiarism or misinformation or both. Again, I'm really enjoying all of your videos so far, but there's definitely room for improvement where citations are concerned.
I love these videos, the only thing I'd mention is possibly messing around with the mic more, sense it's super close up sounding and I can hear ur mouth noises lol. But having watched some of your videos already it's really good esp as background noise to focus on smth else!!!
I'm both happy to be here and sorry my sub helped get you banned for a hot minute! You and this channel are an absolute gem. I look forward to seeing this grow!
Suffering from success, man, can't wait to watch more of your stuff
I can't tell you anything about audio, but if you paint Jolibee's moustache a little darker it'll read better as a moustache; right now it blends too closely into his rind and just makes his mouth look weird. In a different way than intended.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO I just found your channel a week ago and was worried.
we freaking love you jolibee
great channel, i've spent the last few days watching most of your backlog -hope to see more soon, but happy to wait a long time between videos of this quality in the hopes the creator doesn't burn out.
your setup is great, low budget doesn't mean low quality, it's all down to your script and your delivery which are great!
-keep the videos coming, but look after your self first ;)
Yo I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy the videos and your vibes/humor, as well as Jolibee, keep it up champ!
Your intro is so good! I love the clips you use, and the songs you chose for both your intro & outro are so catchy that I sought them out for my playlists lol. Keep doing you - your idiosyncrasies are what makes you so fun to watch. :3
End of Woodface, I think... I had the cassette tape way back when. Late at night, I left the tape to autostop while I did homework - nearly had a heart attack lol.
Love the writing, and I'm going to enjoy seeing you learn and grow.
Glad to see you back! After the fake towns vid, I binged all the rest, and they're all fantastic. After watching them all, I had a bunch of silly lil questions I wanted to ask in the event of some future Q&A, and I'm now crushed by the missed opportunity lol
Also ngl I'm _floored_ that Jollibee's origin story in the outro was real lmaooo
The video that came on to my reccomened was about the tunnel people. I subscribed after, everytime I thought you were done you came back with more interesting information frl.
“Not my fucking chaîne de youtube!”
Weird stuff like that happens on UA-cam sadly. You make great videos though! Keep putting them out and the growth will keep coming! Not many people make as many detailed and interesting videos about such cool topics. Keep it up!
Inspiring, amazing.
Also now your mic is too good now we hear the breaths and mouth noises.
i was in the middle of binging your videos when your channel got taken down. so glad you're back! love the videos
Just found your channel yesterday, love the content, especially the spooky stuff. Keep it up!
You're doing much better talking to the camera... Feels more genuine and less like a high school report
honestly the school report vibe is part of the reason why I like the channel? it's chill and not as HEEYY GUYYSS as other video essayists, it's easy to sleep to.
I liked it too. Let him vibe
This feels like the chunk of UA-cam that endeared me to the website in the first place. I really enjoy your stuff dude. I hope you and yours are doing well
Please keep true to yourself and and the vision you have for your videos. I'm excited to see more
The algorithm fed me the fake town video the other day and i became instantly enamored with your channel. I'm glad you got it back. I am so glad you're on here doing your thing. I'm even more glad to hear more about you and find out you'd fit in really well with my friend group - it'd be a total bummer to find out you were a secret crappy person lol.
Stay weird, kid! (I know you're an adult, but I'm at least a decade older than you. And yet here you are, accomplishing way more than I do! Kudos!)
mic sounds fine. fake cities was awesome. my only suggestion i don't think you need, but anyway just that you take your time and do whatever you are interested in going in depth on. we will give topic suggestions, but yeah you be you in picking them. no rush we will be here and happy to see them when we get them.
glad to see your channel is growing 👍
it has old UA-cam vibes
Do not lose the awkward demeanor, it is a net positive for your presentation. It evokes an image of seriousneas about you, as if you dont want to tell this story, but it must be told, and you are fighting your instincts to keep silent on the topic.
Ive never seen someone get suspended for this😭 Congrats man, glad I subbed!
I'm so glad I found your channel!🖤
I don't think it was just luck = I was trying to find information on the mole people phenomenon (Has to do with Hans Moleman from the Simpsons) . Came across your video and watched several more cause I could tell you actually took the time to write a cohesive essay with a point I actually took more than a moment to digest. I watch youtube all day during my work, and I really think you are making some of the smartest and most genuinely thought provoking videos on the site, keep it up Tor I am loving the channel
"Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities" reminds me of "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari"
You're wild bud! I belly laughed when you said 4k subscribers and you're at 20k 2 weeks later. Keep it weird brother.
glad ur back and keeping the long intros!
This video sounds much better audibly. Good job mate!
Your french is really good !
Brother is out here winning. Keep it up
im here for the journey!
Love your videos bro! Keep it up! These have been really great to watch every day!
at first, i thought the channel name was referencing the Tor browser, which is one way of accessing the deep web.
Started watching one of your videos, by the end of the video your page was suspended and I couldn’t subscribe, glad you’re back!
I can't believe this man is spamming me with knowledge! Keep up the good work!
Your Videoes are getting better everytime.
I hope the next video is about something esoteric but relatable. I wanna know weird stuff more
Good job brother! Breaking the third wall! Sick vibes on the channel.. Got my sub
23:14 start of the video.
I grew up in Portland near Centennial HS! My parents still live there and my dad went to Lewis and Clark College! My grandfather was a campus police officer there for years.
I found your channel by being recommended your Locust video! I loved it enough to check out your channel and decided to watch this next 😂 Well done on your channel! Hope you keep up the growth! If you haven’t yet, I recommend simultaneously uploading your content to other platforms like Rumble! Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥰
Justice for Thimble! Her unnerving energy delights me.
I’m so happy I found this channel.
I’m so glad your channel is growing!!
i had your videos open in my tabs to binge and came back to find your channel terminated! glad you got it back!
I think you should rerecord the fake town one with better audio. Leave the original up and release the new one with a title like "Updated Audio Version" or something. Keep up the great work, keep progressing and you'll go far.
yippee !!! so glad 2 see u 2 (3! a stunning surprise guest!!) back at it, i was rly worried! went 2 rewatch ur video on rube waddell 1 day and saw it wuz blown 2 smithereens!!! fingers crossed it wont happen again, but who knows... utube seems 2 be... malevolent..... i yam Really glad jolibee is sticking around. Really ties the room together. im also glad ur sticking to ur guns on the long intro stance, the long intro (+ outros) ROCK ! supa excited 4 ur new releases & for what u lot create in the future, wahooey!!! take care of urself ^_^
You dissapeared, and so I threw a youtube temper tantrum.
Aka- yelling at the stupid phone.
Luck is probably always part with the algorithm but its really intreresting engaging good wwriting and presenting, thats why people watch. Dont put yourself down, luck only mattered as luck matters in near everything and the algorithm, but you earned the watches, they are genuinly great.
And thats one of the best content, people starting yapping about stuff thats interesting and enthusiasm about it. Thats a good start :P
Jellybe is a mood and fit the curiosity vibe, its cute odd :P
i really really like your speaking voice! don’t change if you don’t want to - but i think adding a little more casual Tor would go a long way
Im so glad you're back dude your content is great I was trying to find your channel to show my friends and it was just gone I was so worried
Bless your heart, you will go far in life and on UA-cam!!!
Well, TIL that a durian is an actual fruit. I thought you had just made some fucked up papier mache creation, called him Jollobee, and gave him the title of co-host. Neat.
Glad to see you building success!
Just glad to hear you are back!
About to listen to this, but just wanted to say -- when your channel got taken down, I was in the middle of watching the raft video and I was very confused since I've been enjoying your uploads immensely, and I couldn't figure out what would have gotten you banned or whatever. Super happy to see you back. Keep up the good work! :)
I’m 35, your vids remind me of OG UA-cam. Subscribed.
Love the long intro!
Sorry I got you suspended! Stoked to see the continuation!
EDIT: Fucking LMAO'd at the new intro
I'm sorry someone complained about your intro, it is gold and they are wrong. You are only wrong about the loud outro honestly...I have auditory processing disorder and can be induced to extreme nausea by loud noise. Edited to add: you are charming as heck.
It’s only been 13 days since you posted this and you’re already at 15.5K from 4k… holy cow! Congratulations! Idk why I’m all teary about this but I wish you all the best! Guillermo Del Toros Cabinet of Curiosity had me confused for a moment but am over it…
16:04 yoooo I wonder if my confusion is the reason you got temporarily nuked?!
As in YT thought you were trying to use the same name to gain notoriety..?!
I would write UA-cam an email asking for a representative to get back to you and they should assign you one!
19:55 see you knew about Guillermo why are you acting confused about the temporary confusion?
Oh my god I got banned for spam about a month before your ban, despite having no videos.
It was a glitch that happened.
I went on the subreddit and everyone was yelling about how they were all banned about an hour ago for no reason.
That's funny because I had an account banned for "spam or deceptive practices."
No videos uploaded. I do tend to comment a lot, but I never post links... and all I ever post is info and opinions (and the occasional dumb joke.)
I try to keep it mostly polite, even manage to avoid profanity about 99% of the time.
I appealed the ban, said this has to be a mistake (unless someone literally hacked my account and started posting spam lol.)
Only reply I got from the site was a really frustrating and basic form letter. "Unfortunately after reviewing your case we're unable to reverse your ban."
... and yet still nothing about any specific alleged incident that might have led to such a charge / ban.
Just "nah we've determined you're a spammer or whatever - sorry not sorry."
So I lost not only my comment history, but thousands of bookmarked videos and dozens upon dozens of playlists I'd spent a lot of time creating...
The moderation side of this site has become a joke.
... and let's not even get into the widespread censorship and posts getting nuked by bots for unknown reasons...
HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK!!
I subscribed because I want to be here when the awful shit you do comes to light. I see it in your eyes haha.
Wishing you all the best dude!
I, too, own a green t-shirt; but I only wear it when I'm too lazy to keep up with the laundry.
It doesn’t sound like you’re broadcasting from the hallway anymore. Good job 👍
Can't please everyone. I liked the lofi audio.