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If you happen to find your video on this account and would like your cringe to be left in the past feel free to dm me to delete it! I will get around to it as soon as I see it but remember that this is a side blog that I don't often visit. Please be nice to everyone, harassment and bullying is so lame guys! ^-^

Xoxo -YouTubeyourself

#it's good cringe but cringe nonetheless so no offense!#non video #disclaimer

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Michael Quick - Crank That Soulja Boy ScrEaMO

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Binging screamo songs tonight and finding out this is an actual song by a band called "I Set My Friends On Fire" and not two kids screaming over a Crank That instrumental...

#i set my friends on fire #2000s #2000s youtube #2000s scene #2000s web #2007 band #mind blown #2000s emo #emo #2000s nostalgia

"HAHA" - codii93

#early internet #youtube #2008 #late 2000s #2000s emo #codii93 #nostalgia #early youtube

"KNOCK YOU OUT" - pookieohhkayy

#pookieohhkayy #nostalgia #youtube #2009 #2000s emo #late 2000s #tila tequila #early internet #early youtube #nostolgia

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The inspiration for my username and account as a whole. Remember when we used to have fun?

-xoxox Youtubeyourself

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With all of the ai content and ads flooding YouTube in the past year, it hurts to see them stray further and further away from their roots. Where's the "You" in a company punishing their creators for speaking out against ai content, predators and inappropriate content taking over the site? So much for broadcast yourself.

#non video

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Before there were E-girls we had Chans! Chans were usually just quirky girls who sat in front of their laptops and acted weird on 4Chan in their homes and got a cult like following because of their niche interests or eccentric looks (for that time atleast) They were usually given the chan suffix due to 4Chan being filled with weebs and horny dorks and because the Japanese suffix is used as a term of endearment, most frequently used for girls but not limited to them. The name would be based on what you were known for on the image board (creepy, loli, black) (I'm not joking about loli and black btw...)

Chan interests were but not limited to

-Anime/Japanese culture

-Something taboo (drugs, alcohol, blood, etc)

-Drawing

-Memes/internet culture

-Video games

-Thick and often bad eyeliner

-General cuteness

4Chan took interests in these girls because...well 4Chan.

Some well known chans have gone on to make decent careers for themselves while others faded away to obscurity.

Below are notable mentions:

Boxxy (BoxxyBabee, Queen of b or Catherine "Cathy" Wayne)

While not having the Chan suffix anywhere in her name she definitely belongs on the list, some could argue she was above even being considered a chan (I'm some). Best known for her online character "Boxxy" in her highly energetic vlogs which showcased her bubbly personality and iconic scene girl eyeliner we all came to love but to my surprise alot of people are unaware she actually caused an entire war on 4Chan.

Boxxy spam and flame wars had filled the image board to the point where 4chan users launched a denial of service (DDoS) attack on themselves causing the site to shut down for 7 hours. Channers took to Twitter to launch a Twitter bomb. Things got so bad to the point they doxxed her, left gifts on her doorstep and hacked her YouTube channel. In my honest opinion she was the first victim of cancel culture but I digress. Boxxy is honestly my personal fave since I was around to whitness her in real time and because her high pitched voiced pleased my underdeveloped child brain.

Boxxy has went on to attend comicons and do voice acting (you definitely heard her in some videos, don't worry)

Creepy-Chan (Tussin Chan, Cute Chan, Allicat, Queen of /X/)

My second favorite Chan since I was also around to witnesses her in the prime of her popularity (we get it I've been chronically online since a child)

Creepy chan being the given pseudonym of fashion model Allison Harvard, whose photos were shared on 4chan as early as 2005 due to her eccentric and at time unsettling looks, (Ex: large eyes, heavy makeup, slim body, pouty lips, lanky hands) and peculiar interests like fascination with blood, she earned several nicknames on the site. In 2009, she gained mainstream notoriety after appearing as a contestant on the reality television show America's Next Top Model and spoiler alert: she came in 2nd place.

Creepy-Chan has continued her modeling career. (You go Allison!)

Cracky-Chan (Sky Queen, ScareCrowMaiden, Goddess of 4Chan)

Now this one... Is a relic, despite being the first chan/camgirl on the site's board /b she seems to be lesserknown compared to Boxxy and Creepy-Chan but she is a huge part of 4Chan lore because she defined what /b/ thinks today of camgirls. It was Cracky who first coined the phrase "'sup 4chan" which is now widely used on imageboards and forums. (Or was...) "Cracky-chan" was given to her because she looked as if she had "Snorted crack" due to her messy applied red makeup, heavy eyeliner and distorted mischievous smile. In 2005 photos of her wearing the classic Japanese schoolgirl uniform with black animal ears and badly applied make-up appeared on the random board. The first ever Cracky image to be posted. It showed her in her iconic sailor outfit with the phrase “’Sup 4chan” written on her palm. The images were quickly pronounced cute and sweet by Anonymous and she was given the name Cracky-chan. Now like with most girls on the site the basement dwellers on 4Chan obsession with Cracky-chan had developed such a grip on /b/ that 4chan's then-Admin W.T.Snacks put a wordfilter over cracky [which has since been lifted] in an effort to discourage cracky discussion. (When you posted the word "cracky" it was automatically changed to a random word ending in -cky such as Jacky, Packy, etc)

During this time the teenage "Cracky-chan" laid low and kept out of the spotlight due to the unexpected attention and internet fame which caused her fanboys to mourn the lost of their queen...so they leaked her Livejournal full of drawings, portraits and selfies.

(Some of the photos had nudity, menstrual blood on the face and her in gothic lolita fashions)

What drove /b/'s enduring obsession with Cracky-chan was the collection of self-portraits that Cracky had made being artistic and usually having unusual themes (blood, guro, lolita, other typical chan themes) She was so loved that fansites were created of her in which she would come out of hiding to ask them to be shut down due to unwanted attention.

Despite being the backbone of Chan culture, She has faded into obscurity which is said to be a result from her father contacting the then admin of 4Chan to remove all traces of her daughter since she was being stalked,harassed and her job has been contacted. In 2022 I did find a person on Twitter claiming to be her but the post hadn't gotten alot of attention, their faces did match up but it was hard to tell since the adult woman was bigger in size compared to a smaller teenage girl, the Twitter account is now gone.

(Soon to be updated)

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Did TheGamerFromMars lowkey take my post and turn it into a video or is it a small world after all?

#jk jk #non video #istg everyone is stealing this idea lowkey lol jkjk I promise

Singing Drake's I get lonely too -PrincessRoxy87

#early internet #nostalgia #2010s #2010s internet #youtube #2010s youtube #old youtube #early 2010s #early youtube #drake #tlc #cover #PrincessRoxy87

Why you asking all them questions - KeNaytra Kennedy

#early internet #nostalgia #2010s #2010s internet #youtube #2010s youtube #old youtube #early 2010s #early youtube #KeNaytra Kennedy #2012

Seeing how broken YouTube is recently, all I can do is feel a bittersweet joy whenever I find a purely wholesome and innocent decade old video of people have fun, like the site originally intended. Sigh.

#non video #nostolgia