Pandora's Box

Manmade Horrors beyond our Comprehension.

References and Further Reading:

Music List:

[ryanhardy]

Fun fact: some birds here in Australia have actually worked out how to flip the cane toads and attack their undersides, another example of nature adapting

[epicgamer]

"I dunno man, these man-made horrors seem pretty comprehensable to me"

[alfred]

this might be kind of a random compliment but I appreciate how perfect your audio levels and quality always are

[Recordspin]

That box was such a shit gift. "Here's a box, don't open it though. I will not elaborate further."

[unlimited-edge]

i would have never expected one of the hardest quotes ever written to go along with a rat skeleton in a computer

[Maxsmack]

This channel made my mother understand why cable television died. She’s flabbergasted this kind of content is completely free.

[chungusdisciple]

Contrary to popular belief, Roman lead pipes likely didn't have a massive impact. Lead pipes have been used in America before, and generally stop leaching into water after calcium deposits build up along the inside of the pipes, which is known as "pipe scaling". However, the Romans were fond of heating their drinking wine in large lead containers, and that likely did drive more than a few aristocrats mad.

[bradskag]

The asbestos cigarette filter is truly a deadly look back on recent history. "Double the Cancer, Double the Flavor!"

[reagansido]

Hearing that the only thing remaining the box was hope, my first thought was that, while every evil had escaped, hope remained, still trapped inside.

[winterx]

thanks for mentioning PCB/dioxin poisoning. i'm from a town that was extremely tainted with the stuff, specifically, in our schools. me and many of my classmates have developed lifelong debilitating chronic conditions because of it, from chronic fatigue, to cognitive decline, to even organ failure. the worst part is that although they shut down the schools, nobody is doing anything to help the victims. doctors won't even touch us because not enough is known about the effects of dioxins in humans, let alone how to treat it, or even how to detect and diagnose it. i will most likely live the rest of my life in pain and poverty because of a few greedy bastards who decided to open pandora's box, fully knowing how dangerous it was, and make the rest of us suffer the consequences.

[WestPictures]

This video reminded me of how many existential threats have attacked Springfield over the years

[mrbigglezworth]

"Mao's plan began to immediately backfire"
Well that hardly narrows it down when you think about it.

[GooseBreh]

The parallels you draw between everything and always round back to your point. Never rambling, your writing and story telling is top tier man. Always love the videos

[DieselNDirt_]

This channel has become my favorite emotional rollercoaster. Jumping from YTP, to NASCAR, to existential crisis.

[planescaped]

"Down the line people way smarter than us will come along and just figure it out"

I have seen quite a number of people echo this exact sentiment, politicians included, and their braindead hopeful optimism is as frightening as it is unhelpful. The reason we're in the trouble we're in is because of people just ignoring problems for another day/someone else.


We should be doing what we know works now _and_ wait for something better to come along. Not do nothing and be an IRL version of the "this is fine" meme

[pastuleo]

25:11 Just remember, if you're ever sad, rectangle cow with tiny head is always here for you.

[aliceturner]

kind of insane that some random dude can be like 'this animal is annoying' and boom its gone and replaced with even worse complications

[Radical.J]

The ending shot of the inside of the box having the downward spiral is genius

[griffinheeg]

This emp lemon guy sure makes some neat moving pictures

[helloitsme]

I figured some people would want to know the music at some points in the video especially that last song (it's a banger) so i timestamped all of them and used emp's pastbin of the song titles to create this list.

00:00 Uncut Gems Soundtrack - Uncut Gems
01:17 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
01:35 LA Noire Soundtrack - J.J.

02:32 Firewatch Soundtrack - North Backcountry
03:34 Firewatch Soundtrack - Shoshone Overlook
04:35 C418 - Wait
05:11 Amynedd - Boulder Zone
06:06 Klaus Veen - Dial Hop
06:49 Butthole Surfers - Pepper (Instrumental Cover)
08:41 Persona 5 Soundtrack - Freedom and Security
09:54 Joshua Morse - Vampire Snap
11:11 NYSE - gross2
11:24 NYSE - HGTV
13:14 Dewey Dellay - Gramps Remembers
14:16 glue70 - Fake Idea
16:11 Uncut Gems Soundtrack - The Ballad of Howie Bling
18:00 Bad Dudes - Super Dodgeball - abstractions of rain (Versus)
19:30 Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (Instrumental Cover)
21:00 Brian Ellis - World Peace
22:35 Nine Inch Nails - Closer (Synthwave Cover by Marc Bower)
27:00 Xenosaga Ep. 1 Soundtrack - U.M.N. Mode
28:31 Jimmy Durante - Smile (Instumental Cover)
29:14 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Mario 64 MIDI Cover)
30:29 Lemon Demon - Redesign Your Logo (Instrumental)