Ray William Johnson

Did you know that one time I shouted a guy out on my YouTube channel and he later became a mass murderer?

This is a true story.

Now the guy, his name is Randy, and he's around 16 when this story starts and he's living in Pennsylvania.

And Randy, he's got a lot of problems.

He's shy, he has trouble making friends, he also has trouble making eye contact with people, and ultimately he feels pretty insignificant in his life.

So when he like comes home from school or work or whatever, he escapes by watching cartoons and watching YouTube videos.

And over time, Randy becomes obsessed with YouTube, and he wants nothing more than to become a successful YouTuber, hoping that maybe that'll make him feel important.

Then one day in 2008, he finally decides to start his own YouTube channel, where he like posts vlogs and sketch comedy and stuff.

And after a couple of years, Randy gets a few hundred followers, which is big to him.

And at one point, he even posts a video that gets submitted to my old YouTube show called Equals 3.

where I play the clip and I shout Randy out, letting people know that he's the original owner of the footage.

Now, I never met the guy or anything like that or even talked to him.

I just found one of his videos and I talked about it on my show.

Anyways, Randy, he loves his YouTube channel.

It becomes his thing.

It's like the one place where he feels like he matters.

But then he runs into a problem.

And so now it's 2010.

And Randy, he's around 17 or 18 at this point.

He's officially an adult.