Unhinged Banned Subreddits

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Reddit is home to millions of communities, covering just about every subject imaginable. But every once in a while, you stumble across a corner of the platform that makes you question what the hell is going on with the people using it. Because beneath the everyday discussions and front-page memes are some of the darkest, most twisted subreddits the internet has ever seen. Some became hunting grounds where innocent people were doxxed, harassed, and publicly torn apart. And others became breeding grounds for ideologies so extreme that some members eventually took those beliefs beyond the internet, with consequences that would leave people dead. And after years of this depraved behavior, these communities were eventually banned from Reddit. So today, we're taking a look at some unhinged banned subreddits. And make sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and join the Patreon for bonus videos. And without further ado, let's get into it. r/ephelism A post by a now-deleted user reads, quote, "Gary Mosher will be the undoing of the online anti-natalist community." Consider the following: 1. Gary Mosher's reductive theory of value, purely hedonic and normative theory, purely consequentialistic, is the truth. 2. Gary Mosher will be the undoing of the online anti-naturalist, which he warps into a single grotesque notion of negative utility, to dignify his rabid fantasies of violence towards humans and animals alike, or even actual violence in the case of some 50 cats, to the point of proudly proclaiming he would push a pregnant woman down the stairs if he knocked her up and she did not acquiesce to a termination, despite his own unwillingness to seek sterilization. 3. Gary Mosher's reductive theory of value, purely hedonic and normative theory, is the truth. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. death he believes that we are addicted to dopamine and that if we didn't have dopamine or substances or something we could recognize our own toxic nature that we are all hungry negative creatures that never create and only take we could recognize the negative impact we have on the world and that all biological life has on the world and we would choose to self-exterminate if anyone has seen true detective the first season with matthew mcconaughey and woody harrelson great season by the way the views of that character rust heavily mirror the views of gary mosher and their solutions to the problem of life the all-consuming force of biological existence is the same as the character rust says i think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in human evolution we became too self-aware nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, a secretion of sensory experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody. I think the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction. One last midnight, brothers and sisters, opting out of a raw deal. That, in a nutshell, is what Gary Mosher believes. He calls it the big red button. Amen. In his own sloppy, barely comprehensible words, he says we should all just stop reproducing. And this is the belief the users on rslashethelism adopted. They shared Gary's videos, made posts about his beliefs, quoted about other philosophical camps like pessimism and nihilism. They talked endlessly about how life, in essence, was either purposeless or terrible. How everyone deserved to die. How a mass genocide of humanity would be the responsible thing to do. They talked about how the German mustache man and his whole beliefs was right all along. Now, I'll get into tearing this whole ideology apart in just a minute, which I actually think True Detective does beautifully as well. But we can see the real issue here. What started as a bleak, little spin on pessimism was very quickly turning into hate speech, a call to arms against humanity. And it took very little legwork to get there. We went from biological life is a parasite to that certain group in World War II shouldn't have stopped existing in about two paragraphs. Now, let that fester and stew on Reddit for a couple of years, unregulated, under the guise of freedom of speech, and you're talking about a recipe for disaster. And disaster was exactly what we got, because the fact of the matter is rhetoric has legs, and once it's created, once it starts to move independently, it can take on a life of its own. Did Gary call for the extermination of humanity and all life on Earth? Kind of, yeah. Did he mean it more hypothetically than literally? Also, yeah, I believe he did. I don't think he wanted anything bad to happen, but it was almost inevitable. With the pressure cooker of pessimism Gary and the subreddit of r slash effelism created, it was only a matter of time before those feelings of anguish and principle boiled over. And on May 17th, 2025, it did. Daniel Jong-Yong Park was 32 years old, from Kent, Washington. He had been a big fan of Gary's for multiple years, and became obsessed with his ideology. The idea that all biological life was a cancer, something to be eradicated. It became paramount to him. He felt personally responsible, and he started seeking out a means of dealing with this responsibility. He frequently made posts on r slash effelism, citing Gary's ideology, and calling for the same thing, the eradication of man. That's when he found another interested party, Guy Edward Barkas, owner of the single, the world's stupidest name in history, was in agreement with Daniel. He was a 25-year-old former computer technician, from 29 Palms, California, and he was fed up with life. He was angry with the universe for his own creation, for the suffering he saw in himself, and the world in other words. Everything Daniel had been talking about for months. The two became fast friends, talking privately on the phone. Privately on Reddit, and eventually moving off-platform. They both had a common interest, turning Gary's philosophy into an actual executable plan. And that is exactly what they did. Daniel Park began experimenting with explosives. Together, over the internet, they shared data and information. Park was the real scientist, the real scientist of the two. He perfected a formula for the explosives, even shipped a little bit of it across state lines for Guy to test. And finally, after months of planning, they were ready to do the unimaginable. On May 17th, 2025, Guy packed his 2010 Ford Focus with 270 pounds of explosives, and drove to the one location he despised the most, a building whose entire existence was in contrast to his own. Sixty miles southwest of his home in Palm Springs, was a fertility clinic, the American Reproductive Center. His goal: destroy the preserved embryos in the building, and kill whoever was inside. According to him, without life, there would be no pain. Guy Bartkiss loitered in the area for hours. And during that time, he recorded a haunting audio manifesto, where he cites the belief system that inspired his actions. And then he drove up to the building, and detonated the explosive. The force from the explosion collapsed the outermost wall of the clinic, broke windows, and sent debris flying, damaging property in a 250-yard radius. In total, only four people were injured in the explosion, the only casualty being the attacker himself, Guy Bartkiss. And the embryos he was attempting to destroy, were completely intact after the explosion. Their plan had failed. After the attack, his accomplice, Daniel Park, hopped on a plane and fled to Warsaw, Poland. But four days later, he was arrested in connection with the bombing. Park was charged with a slew of federal charges, for his part in the explosion and conspiracy to manufacture the explosives. Before sentencing, Park was able to climb to the top of the facility he was being held at, and then committed S-word. He was found unresponsive the next morning, having committed S-word, before facing justice. After the attacks, Reddit. Charlie, go! Sam! Does checking your bank statements feel like digging through a dusty attic full of forgotten subscriptions and old free trials? Experian can help take the pain out of canceling by handling it for you. Think of it as Operation Get Your Sanity Back. Over 200 subscriptions are cancelable. So get started in the Experian app, and see how much you could save. Results will vary. Not all subscriptions eligible. Savings not guaranteed. Paid membership with connected payment account required. See Experian.com for details. As always, the last to do anything about anything, banned r/EphelismForever. And as copycat subreddits have popped up, they have been proactive in shutting them down. Gary Mosher, creator of Ephelism, spent decades sharing his beliefs. Life is pain. We shouldn't exist. We should all choose to stop procreating and commit S-word. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But the truth is, Gary Mosher doesn't believe in anything. There's nowhere to go. No actual solution. No actual means of making the world a better place. He is the philosophical equivalent of those people who resign their responsibility to the world because life is difficult. Why should I even bother trying to help people? Or make the world a better place? There's just going to be pain anyways. It's a trap of laziness, bleakness, and existentialism. Yes, we exist. No, we didn't ask to exist. Yes, the world can be cruel. So what? If Gary was actually as smart as he claims to be, he might have read a book called Brave New World by prolific writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley, which literally discusses this exact issue. In the book, Huxley describes a world without pain, where everyone's problems are taken away from them, where people are reduced to biology without purpose or function, and in the book, we learn that this entire mindset is the real misery. Trying to eliminate pain doesn't solve the pain. It just causes more pain. Without the inherent suffering Gary discusses, there can be no true joy. There can't be any victory, or triumph, or love, or peace the book actually has my favorite quote of all time which is being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune for the pessimistic nihilistic toxic rhetoric that evilism is and for all of us really there's only two solutions to the life problem accept life as imperfect and dangerous and sometimes very painful but recognize that there's a beauty in the trine and try with the rest of us to make the best of it or resign yourself to pain and nothingness gary mosher guy barkus and daniel park all chose the nothingness and that in my opinion is a miscarriage of everything that makes us human i think that's evident so yeah the world can suck sometimes get over yourself other people are living harder lives than you and making the best of it don't go blowing it up about it and definitely don't listen to morons like gary mosher and the f lists okay my sponsor cloaked dared me to see how exposed my personal 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stretching packing their bags and hugging their families many have been training for months some years in an effort to give their all to one of the most challenging feats of american athletics the event will take place over 26 miles passing between multiple boroughs and smaller neighborhoods across varying elevations before the final stretch where hundreds of thousands of spectators are lining the streets cheering on the exhausted runners as they make their final push toward the finish to win the boston marathon a tradition steeped in history great prestige and great tragedy created in 1897 after the successful revival of the marathon competition at the summer olympics the year before the boston marathon has become the oldest living annual marathon people travel from across the nation to participate and not just for the prestige of competing but for big financial rewards the first place prize is 150 000 a life-changing amount of money right now it's 8 a.m the first to gather are the mobility impaired who will begin the race at 9 a.m from then until 10 40 a.m several waves of participants will begin their race none of them realizing that for some of them this would be their last at 10 40 a.m the runners of wave 3 almost 9 000 people are released they are the final participants of the boston marathon and along with the densely packed spectators they will be the most affected by the terrible tragedy about to unfold at the finish line on the north end of boylston street is a backpack hidden inside is an improvised explosive it's made from a pressure cooker packed with black powder from fireworks and to maximize the damage it's been stuffed with improvised shrapnel ball bearings and a handful of nails and at 2 49 a.m the runners will be able to and at 2 49 a.m the runners will be able to and at 2 49 a.m the runners will be able to and at 2 49 a.m the runners will be able to and at 2 49 a.m the runners will be able to flying shrapnel and just as people are beginning to realize what's actually happening 14 seconds later another explosion a second backpack had been planted in the crowd only a block down 600 feet away from the first in total more than 500 people were injured 264 requiring medical attention, and three innocent people would not survive. Their names are Crystal Campbell, who was 29, Lou Lingza, who was 23, and Martin Richard, who was eight years old. The impact was immediate. Suddenly, and without warning, the nation was thrown into turmoil, and fear was plastered across every headline. Before the day was done, then-President Barack Obama made a statement to the American people, quote, we're continuing to monitor and respond to the situation as it unfolds. I've directed the full resources of the federal government to help state and local authorities protect our people. We don't yet have all the answers, but we do know that multiple people have been wounded, some gravely, in explosions at the Boston Marathon. Boston police, firefighters, and first responders, as well as the National Guard, responded heroically and continue to do so as we speak. It's a reminder that so many Americans serve and sacrifice on our behalf every single day, without regard to their own safety, in dangerous and difficult circumstances. And we salute all those who assisted in responding so quickly and professionally to this tragedy. We still do not know who did this or why, and people should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this. and we will find out who did this. We will find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. At the time of the president's address, people were scared. They were angry. A decade after 9-11, the wound was still fresh, and with an attack of this scale, with so many injured or dead, people wanted answers, and they wanted them fast when photos of the perpetrators were released going by the tentative names of white hat and black hat news outlets across the country were asking for help identifying the suspects people from all over the nation came pouring in with tips the blurry disembodied faces of white hat and black hat well they looked like a neighbor or a friend or a brother just detailed enough to speculate, but not detailed enough to actually suss out a suspect. At least, not yet. So naturally, in lieu of real answers, people turned to the internet. Users on Reddit, just like the rest of the country, were rightfully outraged. They wanted to be helpful, and so the subreddit r/findbostonbombers was created. Now, just to add a little context here, Some major cases had recently been solved on the internet around this time and Reddit, or the internet as a whole, had been genuinely helpful to a couple of cases. to a couple of cases. Take for instance, the infamous Canadian killer, Lusa Magnotta, this vacuum sealed psychopath was responsible for the film One Man, One Ice Pick, where he was recorded killing Chinese international student Jun Lin and also murdering several innocent cats. You might know him from the three-part miniseries Don't F with Cats. In the documentary, they detail the high-profile investigation by what were internet sleuths. They comb through footage frame by frame, analyzing plug sockets, cigarette packages, and even a specific type of blanket, all in an effort to suss out a killer. And it worked. So, when the entire nation was tasked with helping find two potential killers, Reddit took up the responsibility, and the users worked tirelessly day and night to find their suspect. The subreddit became an aggregate of photos and tips sourced from the public, organized by users, and combed for potential information. How far were people from the bombs? What people were nearby? What times did they explode? Was there any significance in the locations they were placed? And doing this, they actually collected a ton of information. Although very little of it was correct, but they collected it. And herein lies the problem. They had 24 hours and very little information. The truth is, Reddit was throwing stuff at the wall. If something seemed even plausible, it was something the users would run with. So, when an entire amateur investigation is being run on speculation, when hundreds of users are essentially running on self-propulsion, well, something was bound to go wrong. And before long, it did. Within 72 hours, Reddit was able to find the killer. And in 72 hours, Reddit had their suspect. On April 18th, at approximately 2.30am, a man listening to a police scanner hears two names in connection with what they believe is the Boston bombing investigation. The first man's name is Mike Mulugeta. And the second is Sunil Tripathi. Sunil Tripathi was a 22-year-old Brown University student. And he'd been missing for a month. His family didn't know where he was, or if he was even okay. But with the information presented on the police scanner, this man turns to the internet. And the questions begin to arise. Who was Sunil Tripathi? Why was he missing? What were his intentions? And then, before any actual evidence could even be discussed, one Reddit user makes a post. He accuses Sunil Tripathi of being a criminal. Sunil Tripathi, missing Brown student, of being the Boston bomber. He cites his evidence. Visual comparison. This man, he claims, is white hat. Now, this post actually violated the subreddit's own policy. No one was supposed to make accusations against a person without verification. So, did the mods take down the post? Save an innocent man his reputation? No. If you love untangling mysteries and uncovering the truth behind what really happened, I think you'll love "The Good Daughter." Charlie, go! Sam! Now, my best-selling novel is finally coming to life. And I got to write every episode. From page to screen, don't miss "The Good Daughter," now streaming only on Peacock. I'm here, Charlie. And I'm not going away. When an intruder approaches a home, they expect a camera. What they don't expect. Stop. This is SimpliSafe. Police are on the way. Using smart AI cameras, live U.S.-based agents help deter intruders in under 30 seconds. Don't just record a break-in. Stop it from ever happening. Plan starting around a dollar a day. 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They harassed her for hours. Calling her son a terrorist. Yelling at her all sorts of hateful things. According to Sunil's sister, who encouraged her mother to stop answering, My mother kept wanting to answer the phone because she said, What if it's Sunil? Days before, Obama had said, Don't jump to conclusions. Well, like always, Reddit didn't get the memo. And they certainly weren't going to listen to Obama. So, what happened? Did anyone find Sunil Tripathi? Did they capture him? Was Sunil Tripathi the infamous white hat perpetrator? Well, as you probably could have guessed, no. Sunil was not the white hat. And guys, I'm not even kidding. It wasn't 12 hours after Reddit's first accusation that the cops caught the actual perpetrators. Brothers Tamerlan and Zocar, Sarniev. And only after they brutally killed an innocent MIT campus police officer, Sean Collier, carjacked an SUV, killing another officer, Dennis Simmons, and began one of the most intense police gunfights in Bostonian history. Seriously, these two were bad, bad news. And neither of them were Sunil Tripathi. And the other suspect, Mike, well, he didn't even exist. That was the Redditors mishearing the police comms. Which is ridiculous. They never even said the name Sunil Tripathi on that police frequency. So, I'm still confused how any of this even happened to begin with. But the damage was already done. And look, I understand why 12 hours might not seem like a lot. But trust me guys, this was not pretty. They put the Tripathi, the family through a living waking hell. Hundreds of calls, Facebook posts, reporters and interviewers contacting the family for statements, school friends making tweets about how upset they were. It was a tragedy. Another completely avoidable tragedy. During one of the most devastating attacks in recent history. And even worse, five days after this terrible ordeal, they discovered that the Tripathi was dead. They discovered Sunil Tripathi's body. He had died by S-word weeks earlier. At just 22 years old. So, while a nation mourned the attacks on Boston, a mother mourned her son. After being ruthlessly lambasted on the internet for hours, watching her little boy get dragged through the mud, accused of one of the most evil acts against man in recent history. She then had to mourn the death of her son. The day after the vindication of Sunil Tripathi, one of the moderators from r/FindBostonBombers made a post that reads, "I would like to extend the deepest apologies to the family of Sunil Tripathi for any part we may have had in relaying what has turned out to be faulty information. We cannot begin to know what you are going through. And for that, we are truly sorry." Several users, Twitter users, and other sources had heard him identified as the suspect and believed it to be confirmed. We were mistaken. This event shows exactly why the "no personal information until confirmation" rule is in place. Out of respect for Tripathi and his family, I ask that users here please remove any and all links about him. Thank you. And in the end, even the subreddit itself would not survive the fallout. Just six days after its creation, r/FindBostonBombers was made private by its moderators, bringing the entire amateur investigation to an end. In trying to find the guilty, they condemned the innocent. And even after the subreddit is long gone, the consequences continue to follow, one innocent family. and all right guys that wraps up some unhinged banned subreddits i really appreciate you guys watching to the end of today's video it truly does mean the world and make sure you like the video and subscribe to the channel i mean you watch the end of the video so that means you like the video enough and so please support the channel by liking the video and subscribing and also comment down below and let me know would you like to see another installment in this series you guys have been loving the banned subreddit series and so like i said comment down below and let me know if you'd like to see some more videos like this in the future i read every single comment and so all of the feedback is so so valued and um yeah i appreciate the kind words as well and also make sure you join the patreon for just five dollars a month you get exclusive bonus videos every single week alongside exclusive live streams early access content exclusive discord access and ad free content all for just five dollars a month the link is in the first corner of the video link in the description in the pinned comment but once again thank you guys so much for watching it truly does mean the world and this was snook and i'll see you next time bye hi i'm karen slaughter if you love untangling mysteries and uncovering the truth behind what really happened i think you'll love the good daughter now my best-selling novel is finally coming to life and i got to write every episode you should have died in them woods your father should have been a better shot starring rose byrne megan fahey and brendan gleason from page to screen don't miss the good daughter now streaming only on peacock i'm here charlie and i'm not going away traditional home security only alerts you after a break-in and that's too late simply safe is changing that stop this is simply safe police are on the way we don't just alert we help stop crime before it starts plan starting around a dollar a day right now get 70 off your news system with professional monitoring at simply safe.com spotify simply safe ahead of crime in real time outdoor deterrence plans start at 49.99 a month visit simply safe.com licenses for alarm license information does checking your bank statements feel like digging through a dusty attic full of forgotten subscriptions and old free trials experian can help take the pain out of canceling by handling it for you think of it as operation get your sanity back over 200 subscriptions are cancelable so get started in the experian app and see how much you could save results will vary not all subscriptions eligible savings not guaranteed paid membership with connected payment account required to see experian.com for details