This week marks ten years since Justin Carmical aka JewWario ended his own life.
It gutted me finding out he was a sexual predator and rapist.
He was one of the original retro gaming YouTubers I watched and I always enjoyed his friendly personality. It was all a lie though.
It gutted me finding out he was a sexual predator and rapist.
He was one of the original retro gaming YouTubers I watched and I always enjoyed his friendly personality. It was all a lie though.
You really have no idea what kind of person a YouTuber is behind the scenes when the cameras are off.
But what’s even worse is knowing that Channel Awesome could’ve done more to reign Justin in or report him to the police.
That era of the internet has some dark stories.
But what’s even worse is knowing that Channel Awesome could’ve done more to reign Justin in or report him to the police.
That era of the internet has some dark stories.
There was a kind of naive innocence that came with late 2000s/early 2010s internet video creation which we’re never going to back to.
But it’s only in retrospect that we fully know not everything backstage was fine. And a lot of people tried to cover that up.
But it’s only in retrospect that we fully know not everything backstage was fine. And a lot of people tried to cover that up.
I look back on those YouTubers I watched over a decade ago and most of them are unrecognizable now.
Some of them ended up doing terrible things, some went off the deep end, and others simply retired.
I’m glad that today it’s much easier for bad behavior to come to light.
Some of them ended up doing terrible things, some went off the deep end, and others simply retired.
I’m glad that today it’s much easier for bad behavior to come to light.
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