In this video we look through the interesting comment section of an old rock band gameplay video, enjoy :) MUSIC: Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio Follow my insta :) / shaiivalley
Wtf. I went from being disturbed, to genuinely concerned, to outright tearing up at the realization of how much humanity and kindness this world still has to offer. I was not expecting this video to be my daily dose of wholesomeness.
Yeah I immediately thought he was crazy or mentally ill or smth like that. And now I kinda feel like an a hole after thinking about how judgmental I am 😅
I actually shed a tear at Picsmics4's last comment, it was heartwarming seeing a happy "ending" to this dude's struggle with life for the past 15 years.
@@LikaLaruku it’s so weird because I’m close to that point, I found a 12 year old comment a month ago on music and cringed but it’s like a weird, happy type of cringe
@@XzenuIsMyName god I wish I could do that… Ive moved so many accounts, so many game saves, so many comments, playlists I used to absolutely LOVE and would blast on my dad’s big ass borderline-concert speakers while I played games, (DOOM 2016 being one of my favorites to blast - admittedly- dubstep music to) vaporwave songs that used to make me feel so melancholically peaceful while I hung out with my dad super late at night, microtransactions in games that I absolutely ADORED, hell, even old friends and drama on Google+ I got in to as a little kid over the dumbest things and that I took SO seriously. All gone, existing only in vague but happy memories. Theres so many memories and so much nostalgia tied to both music and old RU-vid accounts, to see picsmics hold on to and embrace those old, good memories even after over a DECADE is just so damn sweet.
I'm not going to lie, I was just watching this as a background video whilst working in Blender, but ended up in actual tears by the end, this is such a heart-warming and saddening story. I hope picsmics4 all the best in life.
"It was echoes into the void, and I think I found some comfort in nothing echoing back, other than the sound of a familiar piece of music. Today, it is as if the fifteen years of echoes all came ringing back at once, and they were more caring, loving, and powerful than anything I'd ever imagined" And I thought poetry was dead
This has been the most wholesome "rabbit hole" video I've ever watched. I wasn't expecting this at all, and, to be honest, I kind of needed something like this, because I wasn't doing well today myself. I think Picsmics might be a genuinely nice person and I'm glad they're doing well. ☺️
I have OCD so this somewhat resonates with me. I often have beats, phrases, quotes, etc. from videos, games, shows, and songs play in my head all the time (intrusive thoughts). any moment my mind isn't occupied this happens. i've always loved shitpost style memes, probably stemming from me repetitively watching ytps in elementary school. i do the same thing now, i become obsessed with certain phrases or melodies and i have to search it up and watch it. sometimes it's cathartic, like with old school runescape music barraging into my brain. when i go and listen to the music, it brings me back to my childhood when i would play the game with my older brother, we would have so much fun.
it's more common than you would think but i feel like it's typically only tied to those with ASD and such. woke up this morning with a gwen stefani song blaring in my head for 30 mins straight lmfaoo, pure torture@@SuperGamingHouse edit: got an ASD diagnosis today from a psychiatrist. 😭
I am an autistic person, support level 2, with absolutely debilitating OCD. What is called "monotropism" is at the core of autism, and when it comes mixed with OCD... you have no idea. I don't show emotions, I have them, I have empathy, it's just that I don't know how to put them out of my brian: so this video made me cry, on the inside, because I somehow felt seen by that mysterious person. I swear I live in the past. All the media I consume. The videos I go back to. The music. Time and time and time again and I don't get bored of it all, in fact, I need it to be that way. It's... like air to my lungs. I could have been him/her.
You know this isn't even that uncommon. There's a few videos on this website like the one for the water theme of DK Country which people used as a "checkpoint" for their life. There's a beauty to it all. People get the impressive (often rightfully so) that youtube comments are mostly useless but every now and again you get something different. People expressing themselves in surprising ways in a form that is very easy to be forgotten in.
There is a weird polish yt channel called "Koprolity", which means fossilized animal poop... He has some weird videos, where he is telling not funny jokes with camera set to capture only his legs, but he is well known for commenting almost every polish yt video. This channel is still active since a few years ago, and it's mystery remains unsolved.
I haven't seen anyone cover those youtube videos that always have people commenting on them. The video for moonlight sonata and the first youtube video have CONSTANT comment showing up for some reason
Ok but his metaphor of him talking to the void and hearing nothing back, but suddenly hearing the echoes of love (new positive comments) after 15 years of commenting in an empty section actually kinda got me a little emotional. Hope this fella is doing well
@@prod_cio it's like shouting into the void for 15 years and suddenly hearing a voice shouting back at you saying "hey little buddy, I know I'm not supposed to say anything back but, are you ok? You're not alone."
started out wierd an creepy. Ended with tears of joy. This guy matured over the years and It was truly like a novel of a persons life in comment form. Hope all the best for this guy
I just discovered this channel (woo, lost media list algorithm) and feel compelled to leave a comment on this video, even if it is 7 months after posting. This is the sort of wholesome online adventure that is rare to occur and even more rare to learn about, and I really want to thank this video's creator for sharing it with us. And for anyone who reads this buried comment: I wish you the best. I hope you find things that bring you joy and comfort in this world that can be so chaotic and cruel. I hope Spotify calls you out on how many times you've heard your favourite song this year, I hope that stuffed bear you dragged everywhere as a kid still gets to live in your bedroom, I hope you find friends that make you laugh, and I hope you come back to your favourite youtube videos when you feel that itch for something familiar.
I just discovered this video and channel as well. No clue how it ended up on my feed since I only watch a select few video essay channels, none of which are all that related to lost media. But damn I'm glad I saw this. I wish all the best for you as well! I hope you continue to find happiness in all the obscure parts of life!
I also discovered him recently and it's been a blessing. I love the darker rabbit holes but he doesn't take that approach and I think for that reason he finds so many unheard of lost pieces of lore and content. So many videos all have the same mysteries but shaii goes out of his way to find ones that are new and interesting and have a much more wholesome feeling.
Side note on the teddy bear thing- I still get a pang of deep regret over the family heirloom stuffed dog and stuffed lion I had as a child. Lost it when homeless as a teen because I was making bad choices and didn't care about anything. Then I look at the picture collage on my wall that survived all the weather, freezing winters and all of those bad choices and I smile.
not gonna lie im crying at the "it is as if the 15 years of echos came ringing back at once" i feel so much pain for the loneliness that he felt. (Edit: that's the most likes I've gotten lol)
Yes this man is poetic af . I dont get how people here in the comments call him the R word or like he have some kind of intelligent problems , he seems normal if not above normal people, pretty smart
@@Azurethewolf168 Consistency / staying for a long time. picsmics is staying way longer on a comment section than most people with a partner after marriage.
Thank you for sharing this story! The internet catches a lot of shade for facilitating negativity and it's essential for the human spirit to be reminded how much genuine selfless love is shared here as well
The evolution of his grammar and how it changes throughout his comments show the times we were living in. In 2008-2010 that was whole different time for internet grammar 🤣
It really be like that when life gets to you. Im glad my man is managing, i dont think the transition from teenager/young adult to a fully responsible adult is talked about enough. People will joke about being hard, unfair but the mental toll and the anguish of wanting to go back to the good old days and realizing things will never be the same, that will forever keep on changing... it can only be experienced. I wish everyone a good one, happy 2024. And for anyone going through what picsmics went through: it does get better, you just need to find yourself in your new world, confident, fearless and kind. Whatever you come up with, it'll work out, just focus and go for it
Or realize that, you are right about how terrible the world is and how any real ideas of freedom where the stories told to children. Even the bricks that make our houses were baked by slaves in pakistan. We should be the change and revolution, not content and complacent in the folleys of our predecessors
i came here expecting an arg or a mental breakdown unfold, not a heartwarming story about a community coming to lift up some stranger they haven’t even seen once in their life. this video genuinely made me so happy rn. i hope this person is doing well!! ❤
i have a friend that passed away in 2007. to this day, i still go to the message board where we met, leave her messages, comment on how life is for both me and the actor we are a fan of. i know that no one will ever read these messages, i know that she cannot see them, and i know that the board does not even remember her. but it feels like i'm able to be open and free about anything i want to say. i used to stay up for hours at night chatting with her about tv shows, the actor, and life in general. she was such a special person that anytime i get news, i want to immediately run and tell it to her. i really feel for this person, because they found comfort somewhere and went with it. it's really hard to be lonely.
This reminds me of the kids who would roleplay together in the comments of book sales online, or the kids who get all their tumblr and twitter posts they can find through pinterest when everything else is blocked or they aren't allowed to access other websites. Humans finding outlets wherever they can for their feelings and creativity, anonymously confiding things they can't to anyone in their real life. It makes me wanna cry hearing about how kind people were towards this person. What started off as a very bizarre thing that looked like a troll ended up simply being someone lonely who thought they'd found a public yet private place to voice their thoughts, and they ended up finding a loving community of people who want them to do well in life. Sometimes, the internet is good.
Agreed. There’s a lot of negative stuff on the internet but things like this really overshadow it from time to time and restore some hope for humanity. At least for me
no matter how awful it may seem sometimes, the internet has been the single most positive thing to have ever happened to the human species. never before could we communicate this much with each other. never before did humans have the capacity to gain the ability to see virtually any information without an environmentally forced bias and we never had the opportunity to access conflicting information to those forced biases before too. the internet is basically the closest thing to an actual real life religious experience. it gave us access to our humanity when delusional inbr3d maniacs sought to have total control over what people were allowed to learn and what people were allowed to discuss. the internet is the first and only time humans have ever had a widespread autonomy over any aspect of their lives.
I’ve never imagined how wholesome this video would end. I’m crying. We tend to forget that it’s real people with unique lives who comment on this section. May picsmics4 has a very full filling life from now on.
Really goes to show that something, no matter how small it may seem, can mean the world to some people. Drazen definitely didn't expect it, but they helped someone through the toughest times in their life. All through a simple Rock Band video, i just think thats cool.
I'm just so glad that Drazen never turned off the comments, and took this in a good way.. because I know that some people probably would have just got sick of the comments and either blocked Picsmics or turned off the comments.
It would be understandable if he did turn it off, but i think drazen either just enjoy these "troll" comments or doesnt have notificiations on, so he doesnt know about the comments until he checks it.
Picsmics4 should download the video to his hard drive, just in case. You never knw when RU-vid is going to take something down for an arbitrary reason, or if it gets a DMCA takedown for music.
I remember once looking back at some of my really old texts and posts from when I was a kid and thinking, wow I was so embarassing and obnoxious with the way I typed, smileys and all caps and the whole jazz. When I look back now all I see is blissful innocence and excitement that I've grown to forget and can't recognize in myself anymore
"Today, it is as if the 15 years of echoes all came ringing back at once, and they were more caring, loving, and powerful than anything I ever imagined." Holy shit. The majority of those early comments were a little incoherent tbh, seeing him slowly get more verbose and then drop us with that eloquent _banger_ of a comment with beautiful lines like the one I quoted was _freaking amazing._ What a guy. I truly wish him the best. Edit: Formatting
Yes that line brought me to tears man. That is so beautiful and heartwarming and I just feel so close with them now. They should really pick up writing as a hobby if they don’t because I’ve never felt a more powerful connection to someone’s words.
I was amazed by five things: 1. Their persistance 2. The honesty and sincerity 3. Their sense of humour 4. Their absolute mastery at communicating something difficult to express. ( Honesty and sincerity again ). 5. Their ability to shoulder a heavy burden and move forward with a willingness to take all responsibility. A great sense of integrity. Just amazing.
@chadcollins6068 Actually.. saying "their" as a gender neutral, singular term is a pretty new thing. That started when I was a kid (2000s) and we were taught that it's gramatically incorrect. Kind of like how "ain't" was always considered gramatically incorrect but is now in the dictionary. The word "they" went through the same thing. In literally every other country, the term "they" is absolutely always plural. Regardless, I don't really care how people use the word lol
Tbh that would make me super happy. You liked this video so much that it was a source of comfort for over a decade and you were comfortable enough to constantly open up about your life and struggles, even if you were sure that no one would care. It would be an honor to post a video that would become a beacon of hope and comfort for someone, even if it wasnt intended to be one💪
I would welcome it as long as it's not creepy tbh. It's a surprisingly intimate look into someone else's life and personal experiences and I would find that interesting if not touching. Knowing my content, as shitty and old as it would be, left enough of an impact on one person to follow them for 15 years and bring them comfort. Kinda wild but in a sweet way.
i kinda get him. nostalgia is really a strange feeling and if you are going through something it makes you remember the old times and you end up wanting to go back there again and again. as someone who was growing up in the early 2000s as well i totally get this guy. friends go seperate ways for the most part you wanna keep reliving those old innocent memories again and again. i hope hes doing well
Pics mics 4 is literally doing what I have been afraid to do for YEARS. There's a handful of videos here on YT that I have been going back to over and over throughout the years bc they help me a lot emotionally, I just never left any comments because I always thought peeps would think I'm insane, but man, PicsMics didn't care. He just does it. Kudos to you, my man. Keep up with the comments. Hope things get better for him.
when people find stuff like this it's really easy for it to slip into negativity and people bashing him for being weird, i'm really glad it didn't and everyone was supportive instead
Because it’s fucking weird! Spamming the creator with messages of his personal life completely unsolicited (even after the creator said he was scared) is weird. I’m not saying this guy had bad intentions, and I’m glad he had something so close to him all these years but JFC dude.
@@zigzagintrusion Ok, so it's weird, but is it hurting anyone? People showed love and support and that's all that should matter. Sure, the OP might be annoyed lol, but if he was so bothered he could just disable comments or block the poor lad.
wish youtube would compile every comment i've written in my lifetime into a single document for me to read. i'm kind of interested in the insane amounts of text i must have written on here throughout the years
I bet there are a ton of people who have been inadvertantly leaving a diary/history in their youtube comments over the years. Obviously over many videos, not just one, but still. This is a more common practice than I'm sure many people have been keen to realize.
I found this video really interesting, he was going through a very stressful time in his life, and found the rock band vid picking his mood up everytime. I'm really glad it did and I'm so happy he is also in a better place in his life today because he seems like a nice genuine guy. And all the comments of concern 15 years later is incredible. Good luck.❤
The feels, man. Imagine how many early RU-vid videos that still have those types of dedicated daily commentators, keeping in mind some of them aren't as wholesome as picsmics4. Lol. What an absolute legend. So glad to see he's doing well.
Fuck man this is making me emotional. Yeah it's a bit strange this one video resonated with him to such a profound extent but his entries really just highlight how resolute and steadfast the human soul can be even when faced with odds that seem insurmountable. There's so, so much beauty in this world and if a simple rock band video provides you with that sense of awe, so be it. Keep er goin
It is a bit strange, I do relate to him coming back to a video and commenting again, I’ve done that myself but usually only once or twice after several years, but the comments were just really odd haha
@5uper5kill3rz yup I have a specific freestyle that I went back to, which I commented on and didn't even realize I had commented previously already and was quite shocked
@@benjamies4136 same on my old acct, and I feel like that probably happens often with ~10 year-old accounts. It’s so easy to forget we watched something before, let alone that we left a comment years ago. The difference is most people aren’t going back to comment religiously 😂 I can kinda see the beauty in the picsmics strategy though... it is something wild about coming across a comment you left years back & being transported back, in a way, to a bit of a memory from that time
I love that this mystery ends wholesomely, and it makes me want to hug and applaud picsmics. My life and mental health after highschool also crumbled into this sense of deep agony in existence and feeling trapped in this dreadful cycle caused by my own poor habits and choices - coping with escapism, stuck reminiscing on the past when I felt i lived at my peak, and dissociating in the present wanting to not exist at all. Didn’t help that I felt so lonely all the while and yearned for close meaningful friendships all my 4 years in college. I would put effort but nothing felt reciprocated and nothing matched the community and joy i felt like that from my high school. It sounds like his personal life affected his college years and his time as a young adult finding his place in this world. Honestly, it can also be vice versa. My point is college can really take a mental toll on some people, feel discouraging, take a dark turn, and blur their perception on how they feel about themselves, ultimately affecting every other aspect of their life. I empathized with picsmics’s comments from start to finish, feeling close to home with the way his tone shifts throughout the years. I’m so glad he managed to see and feel the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s inspiring and makes me feel happy to know you can get yourself out of the hole you dug or found yourself in, and that in some ways things do get better. And that the self work and determination don’t go unnoticed. I’d pick him a million special flowers if I could 🫶🏻
This has to be one of the most interesting and wholesome stories I have ever heard on youtube! I honestly went from laughing at their comments to almost crying as they progressively became more personal.
The stalker part and the “I don’t mean to be creepy!” part made me sad. Somewhere inside I’m just a really sad and lonely child reaching my hand out trying to connect with others and getting my hand smacked away. We have all felt it. Also, RU-vid saved my life too. I had this one RU-vid playlist of music I loved, and when my dad passed away I didn’t like any of those songs anymore. They didn’t make me feel the same happiness. I created a new playlist called “I love you daddy” with our favorite songs and it gets me thru hard times. Thanks RU-vid for being a part of my story too.
Wow that's beautiful, may your dad rest easy, and may you find moments with him still while listening to the music playlist, I'm sure you are listening together.
this is seriously the most touching video and i didnt expect it that way? i thought it would go a much creepier route but the way it went towards growing up and having support around you when you didnt for a long time, at least to this extent, is extremely touchy for me and really beautiful. i seriously hope the guy is doing well now, i cant express how much this warmed my heart and my hope for the future. thank you for covering this beautiful oddity ♥️♥️♥️
I love this. As someone who watches a lot of creepy/horrir internet content, I find it refreshing coming across such wholesome stories once in a while. Picsmics seems like a really kind person + the commenters being generally nice to him really bring a smile to my face. Thank you for sharing. W00t yayayaya
I'm just utterly fascinated by how complicated and amazing this thing we call "the human experience" can be. It's always the small things that make it so interesting. This dude went through 15 years obsessively commenting on a single video, because that's where he found true sanctuary in a life full of struggle. A moment of nostalgia in a snippet of internet history meant that much for him. And with that genuine expression of his human experience he touched people, brought positivity out of them in a platform where it's so easy to be mean.
Picsmics4 is one of the most endearing human beings I've ever encountered. Also, the outpouring of love for his shenanigans & life struggles is internet culture at its finest.
literally crying over picsmics4. ive never heard of this before but it feels insanely good to see that he overcame his struggles and to see his happiness upon returning to so many ppl supporting him. sometimes i love people
oh my god, this ended on such a beautiful note I wasn't expecting. I wasn't sure if it was someone mentally unwell or yeah just a joke, and then suddenly it became completely relatable in a way that hit in the feels
My assumption is the average RU-vid user isn’t of the age where a strong connection to rock band would be resonant with them, but I do think it’s hard to understate how transcendent it was to just hang out with your friends and play a full band on rock band for a few hours. I have never really enjoyed a RU-vid video as much as the video’s subject, but I totally understand yearning for those days again.
This has got to be one of the most wholesome internet stories I've heard. So simple yet so endearing. It's a tiny window into the human psyche. A coming of age story about nostalgia and our vital need for comfort. A place to call home, a place to feel safe and carefree.
Wow this one hit me so deep personally. Me and my siblings loved Rock Band and played it very steady for about 7 years. Sadly all our equipment and eventually the disc itself just stopped. As someone that...mightve had a similar life growing up and even now, lacking new hardware, feeling behind and such. It makes me happy he's got noticed and praised and feels good to hear how great his life is improving, that finally being able to buy for himself made my heart melt. Thanks for making this
This was such a amazing situation. Somebody starts documenting their life on a random video they like, they go through their ups and downs through the years, random people find out about it and flood them with love and support making the once barren comment section lively again. Thank you for covering this, it may not be as dark or mysterious as the usual content but seeing this definitely made my day slightly better, who knows maybe I'll start commenting on this video for 15 years as well haha.
This reminds me of old GameFAQs forums. You could search up really obscure games and find that the forum had only like 3 users who were just friends using it as their own personal chat room. Discussion wouldn't be about the game at all. It was sort of a "thing to do" to hunt down obscure games with empty forums and "claim" it as your own space. I wonder if people still do this today. I havent used GameFAQs in over a decade, as RU-vid kinda replaced all that.
some do but it's rare because some sites are unknown I know one forum site for some former reviewer that became some big worker at a huge phone company. I won't say which one that is for legal reasons but he has a Twitter account and none of his phone fans knew he used to review movies or games on his channel back in the day
My online home since 2018 has been a small game studio forum. It's not exactly dead (currently 7 people online), people come and go (I miss so many of them), but the game most of us originally joined for isn't being updated anymore. What's funny is that the forum is divided into 4 sections, one for each game as well as an off-topic one, and no one from the two other games' forums ever interacts with the people in the off-topic or first game sections. There's a little overlap between the communities of game 1 and game 3, but the area for game 2 is a whole other (likely much less active) community there and we treat it like the shadow lands from the Lion King.
Alright...... I had to watch the video that was worth revisiting for 15 years straight. And after watching the video, I gotta say........ the video is actually very impressive! Music plays such an interesting role in our lives.
I can relate a bit with this guy. They seem to battle loneliness a lot, finding comfort in just commeting on a video. So glad this story had a happy ending, they deserve some support in life.
man this made me cry. we will never have the times we did as a kid. we can do the same things we did as kids but it wont feel the same, we dont view the world as we did before. everything was simpler. i miss it.
Absolutely. The memories of the past are what keep me going, and I hold on to any nice things I like about present times. Who knows what you'll reminisce about in the future
@@Heroball299 attention? Bro that video comment section was like a safe place for him, not just a notepad but the place where he can return to whenever he feels down or lost, to feel safe once again.
If you ever go to Debussy's Claire de Lune and pick the first one, you'll find so many people doing their journals, one of them is about 790ish days in. Those people I admire so much, because they've found what he found many years ago, comfort.
This is the type of stuff people eventually make documentaries about. Just so unique, emotional and at the end of the day....wholesome. You start off by thinking this is gonna go very, very wrong, and then it's just some dude trying to get by just like the rest of us.
kinda sad for me too cause all the silly cutesy typing eccentricities of the first 3 or so years of comments not only marked a change in picsmics when they stopped using it, but its also personal to me as i knew people that typed like that when i was in high school only a year or 3 later from the start of this. it made me feel the time that's passed, too
this is actually so so sweet man. i hope the dude is doing well, he seems like an amazing person. i actually used to do this as a kid, repeatedly commenting on videos over time. it may seem strange, but it really is a personal thing.
definitely a rollercoaster of emotions but the fact that it ends on such a wholesome note is honestly a breath of fresh air for this kind of youtube content
