Huh... ya know, I can see where you’re coming from. It seems like his joy comes from entertaining others (granted he could put more research into his videos). Maybe the guy needs a friend, and hey, that friend could be any one of us. Instead of bashing him for doing something wrong, we should instead give him some pointers on how to improve it. He doesn’t seem to come across as an asshole at all, but it seems like he is more trying to find a way to fit in to a certain group. He reminds me of a younger me, the younger brother who wanted to join in with his older brothers and their friend whenever they did stuff like games and such. I don’t see any harm in leaving him out, so we should welcome him into the community with open arms.


It was kinda nice having a genuine video like this with no mini YouTube poops and other memes scattered throughout. Glad to know that you have a conscience. Good on you.


took you a while to realize he wasn't doing it all just for the money but he was just naive about the whole youtube thing.
That's why at first I didn't really understand the whole drama you started against him, I actually saw you as the attention-hoar for all this time, because you just came out of nowhere and attacked him.
I'm glad that you're not cynical about him anymore.
Ironically this reminds me of the SpongeBob video you made,
you are Squidward who hated on him and he was SpongeBob for a happy-go-carefree guy.


So basically Behind the Meme is really just some guy who walked down the wrong internet alley, and now hes making videos on memes that were buried a week ago. Hm. ...huh, I... feel peace in that idea.


Really big of you Emp. Much respect. Takes balls to counter your past self like this.


Never knew what was wrong with him... I actually learned alot of things from his videos


You really are an amazing YouTuber. You don’t see every youtuber make a video defending there enemies.


You know I feel bad for you, you make all this great content and then people start hating on you with long comments, well I'm proud of you! Keep up the good work emplemon!


Makes what is essentially an apology video for trashing BTM, original video still up and monetized with nearly 2 million views compared to this videos 250k.

Don't get me wrong I really enjoy your content Lemon, but during the whole thing where BTM (who I'm not particularly a fan of) was getting trashed I couldn't help but think to myself that the dude was harmless, just going about his business doing what he wanted to do.

It's times like that I really have to question what people's motives are. You trash a completely benign YouTuber for nothing meanwhile you're collecting ad revenue on it because we all know that drama and hate pieces get views. It's a pretty scummy thing to do.


Kudos to EmpLemon for realizing his mistakes in the past, even if I agreed with him.


This story isn't about creator quality, content, or suicide, it's about bullying.  <br>Bullies target isolated, naive, loners.  It's a weak and insecure thing to do.

This story isn't about creator quality, content, or suicide, it's about bullying.
Bullies target isolated, naive, loners.  It's a weak and insecure thing to do.


I always thought hating the guy was childish in the first place. He wasn’t doing anything bad, all he’s ever done was make mediocre videos. Yeah they might ruin a joke by introducing younger and more naive people to it, but is that really that bad. I mean, they’re just jokes online.


God damned morality, always getting in the way! Though really, thanks for being mature in the matter EmpLemon.


i always thought he was super genuine and just trying to make people happy, I hope he gets less hate.


I feel like behind the meme was just a dude who wanted to teach people about memes


Thats how to act like an adult. You have my respect EmpLemon. Thats the only honor i can give you among side watching your stuff and being a subscrub.


The hate for his content should not have been there in the first place.

September 5 2024 - The Man In Blue Flames


this is so sad, emplemon, play downward spiral

Oh yeah I almost forgot. <b>Alexa should play Despacito</b>

Oh yeah I almost forgot. *Alexa should play Despacito*

I dunno, Its not like he used the original and like...changed it in a creative way. Thats what normies do right? Change things and be creative?

i m  s w e a t i n g  l i k e  i m  i n  a  r a v e


To see a meme youtuber that hides his heart, reveals his heart, makes this video one of his best videos.


Honestly, the guy made the best content he's made in years with those five videos. They were actually really good, if not downright better then what you make. Seriously, I hope he does more stuff like that because it really shows what he can do when not making watch mojoesq videos. And i hope you actually start making good content like that as well.


"He never did merchandise becuase he didn't like money" looking at emplemons home page where he is advertising his merchandise. Hmm


Tbh i really dont hate the guy anymore all i really wanted was to see him make better meme reveiws


You definitely have a sense of awareness most others will go through a life-time to never achieve.

Being able to not only observe and sympathies like you did but also express it in a understandable way requires a high level of charisma.


wow , this is just the most needed video in this time period , in a period in which we see second motives beehind everything and in which we put these imaginary motief on a highter standard than the  real ones , we are living in a word in which someone can accuse somebody else of faking depression ,whit minimalistic proofs, and get no backlash whatsowever , in a time in which everything is fake , and in which peole thake engoyment out of seeing other pepole getting criticized , i was to that side a long time ago but now i see the commentator should be at the same standard of the commentated if not even highter


Good on ya for taking the high road my guy. I was expecting the total opposite response so this was a good surprise.


Oh my god this actually breaks my heart.


It's sad that in cases like these, it takes showing genuine incompetence to prove there innocence, some good people look bad on the outside, and vise versa.

アメリカやイギリスを英語だ笑い方


game theory: is behind the meme a sociopath?

No. Its "Film Theory: is Behind the Meme a sociopath?"

In all seriousness, I wouldn't be surprised if BTM was on the spectrum.


He could have done this WAYYYY better. He could have made an entire video about suicide awareness, instead of this though. Still, this video changed my perspective on him. He had no clue and it's sad tbh


In all seriousness, this was one of the most respectable and kind moves I have seen on youtube.


Your theory does seem valid. You have me believe that he's unaware of the mistake he made. However, whether a person is or isn't aware of their actions and the effect it will have on people, does not excuse the truth on how the action had on a larger scale. Behind the Memes might have good intentions, but the action was still bad. If someone were to break another person's arm and say that it's because that someone believes that it's good for people to break their arms, would that be acceptable? I don't know about you, but I don't think that is. That person should know that it's not okay to break people's arms, just as Behind the Memes should know that staging suicide is not a way to give awareness to mental health problems.
If your theory is correct, and that Behind the Memes was really trying to raise awareness to mental health. Then I believe constructive criticism should be given.

As for the people who hate Behind the Memes because of his actions, I think they have every right to be angry at him. This is a topic that is really sensitive to a lot of people and even personal. Accurate representation of depression and messages for the people who are unaware or mental illnesses; is important to the people who have suffered through depression themselves. When someone stages suicide and say it's in an act to spread awareness, it could very well hurt the people who are depressed. 13 Reasons Why I think is a good example of what I mean.
Although I don't have personal experience with depression, I can relate to the raging feeling that these people feel about Behind the Memes' video. I have a sister who loves me very much, but she disrespects the people I love. She didn't change her behavior to these people until I expressed my hatred towards her. This caused a shock effect to her and she changed, though be it a slow change. I believe the same effect should be done to Behind the Memes. For having a video that feels mocking to the mental health minority, the minority and its allies should speak out on why this effects them. However harsh the voices speak.

Again. If your theory is correct, then I do believe that constructive criticism is deserving of the addition to personal feeling a person had towards the video. Whether it is the expected reaction from the mental health community, or the unexpected recation you have towards this guy.


It’s Basically just the April Fools episode of spongebob.

I feel in that episode that Spongebob deserved payback. First, he destroyed his property, second, he ruined his life and many others.

@A Gamer Lord? I could imagine hearing that in Joel's voice.

アメリカやイギリスを英語だ笑い方

+Alberto C. Routwell You scared of balls?

Mr Spectacals
Mr testicals i don't want to see that.

*Mr Spectacals*
Mr testicals i don't want to see that.

BTM really did "rip his pants" didn't he.

that sandvitchman man
You know it's a reffrence right?

*that sandvitchman man*
You know it's a reffrence right?


No matter what he did, or how cancerous he may seem to show himself to be, we must remember one thing:

He’s still a human, and deserves to be treated as a human.


I watch Behind The Meme 5 part series and I'm going to say wow. He's went to great lengths to promote suicide awareness. I mean he's a great actor yes but his content fordiscussing memes is very corny.


Can I just say I love you man? I fucking remember when you made YTP's (cliche "I supported you before you blow up" comment I be) and you made like a 40 minute YTP for 100,00 subs, and now I love your analysis videos that dissect that shit out of subjects.


Even though he did something controversal, I find myself pitying him. I agree with Emp. I dont watch the guy, but i have no hate for the guy. Heres hoping he pulls his stuff together, not really his youtube carrer but mainly his real life.


The series was always clearly staged, as prior to it's release he talked about how great he felt from taking a break from youtube. I also found the lines to be very obviously scripted. The titles and descriptions were not only reminiscent of the staged Psycho Series, but also heavily implied that each one was a different part of a story arc that has some meaning that would be revealed at the end. I find any sort of outrage caused by this to be completely ridiculous.


#  2: The key to the chain was things that went down the bathtub drain - Saw.

Gabriel Barsch Top 10 dead memes in 2018

Ah yes, the og "commenter who is everywhere" guy.

Gabriel Barsch How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 5, Family Guy, Digimon Tamers, The Simpsons, Pokemon Sun and Moon anime including Serena from X and Y, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby is pushed as a second Protagonist to go along with Diddy Kong.<br>Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smokig pot with their friends

Gabriel Barsch How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 5, Family Guy, Digimon Tamers, The Simpsons, Pokemon Sun and Moon anime including Serena from X and Y, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby is pushed as a second Protagonist to go along with Diddy Kong.
Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smokig pot with their friends


Wow, that was actually really insightful of you, Emp. Kudos. :D


Never attribute to malice that what can easily be explained by incompetence.


I always liked  BTM videos this guy seemed like a nice guy and I was surprised he got hate. I thought he described the meme's well, and while the voice he was using was kinda cliche it could have been him trying to just project his voice. I know his videos might not have the best editing I thought it went well with the whole explaining meme's idea.<br>Thank you for reading this

I always liked  BTM videos this guy seemed like a nice guy and I was surprised he got hate. I thought he described the meme's well, and while the voice he was using was kinda cliche it could have been him trying to just project his voice. I know his videos might not have the best editing I thought it went well with the whole explaining meme's idea.
Thank you for reading this


i.e. you basically rallied up an unwarranted witch hunt on a guy who had a passion of wanted to entertain and educated where he made a fake suicide. And you feel regret, sounds logical to me.


I rememeber watching behind the meme back in the day and wondering why he was so hated all of the sudden. It was only last year that i figured out it was due to someone making a video about him.  Now i know why. Granted i dont care as i out grew his content a month before shit hit the fan, but its baffling that all this went over my head...


It's time to leave behind the meme behind.


Ask me I honestly feel like we fucked him up badly and that the life ending thoughts WERE there. You ever wonder why we all thought it was real? Because excluding the actual suicide video it felt real. He probably did go out to that point overlooking the freeway thinking those things.


It'd make a lot of sense. I mean he did get his mom to defend him.


It's terrifying how much the internet can destroy someone.


BehindTheMeme has been bullied for such a long time when his only crime was making popular videos that a lot of people didn't like. He was never spiteful or vindictive despite all the crap he got, to the very end.

As nice a gesture as this is, it's too little too late.

It's too true.  However, I don't think Emp was making this video as a sort of apology, moreso as a way to show that he realizes how wrong he was, and that these vindictive attacks are wrong, full stop.  I doubt Emp was expecting forgiveness.  Alas, the damage was done.


The internet is the most influencial thing that can change people emotionally and I'm annoyed by it, just millions of pixels in the comment section changed this guy's whole point of view


after back to back watching basically 7 hours of your video today I must say this video impressed me the most of you as a person. Love all your videos and can't wait for your future ones.


I should have known better to actually trust the human equivalent of WatchMojo

Dull Bones Memes never die. They simply evolve into shitposts.

Crash BandiWoah I think there is a little AIDS in all of us at this point.

@tygonmaster I did, and I have what the doctors call "Stage 4 Super AIDS." It seems I have only a few months left to live.

José Toyos You okay, mate? You did not touch BehindTheMeme, did you? Think that causes brain damage.

From the beggining I was shocked to see how many people were manipulated by btm


Was expecting some dumb goofy video. Got something genuine and sincere. :)


I cant help but respect a man's convictions. Good on you.


I could have told you that years ago...
I mean look at his "Draw My Life" sure you could say "He was lying the whole time to manipulate his audience" but if you use it as a context to why he actually stuck with the same format through all the hatred and even the doxxing of his mom(If I remember correctly) is because he didn't know anything else(may it be a video format on youtube or a decent job) that was successful and his life wasn't going to well otherwise.
It also seemed like he was so used to living on a modest budget that the adsence money was enough for him to not plug merch, sponsorships and heck he didn't collab not only that he hired an editor so he could deliver more content on adsence alone when he got big...


hey dude, i have watched your videos before when you only did YTP's. Didnt think much of the time until i started watching your recent videos like 'empty subs' 'meme theory' 'yt geographics' etc.
your analysis videos and videos when you share your opinion and explain why you have that opinion are very well structured and entertaining videos.
I love how your attitude is that of early youtube, doing youtube for fun.
Bless you EmpLemon.


I would love to see a video where EmpLemon and Behind the Meme talk things out in a video.


This is pretty deep<br>Glad to see youtubers actually mature

This is pretty deep
Glad to see youtubers actually mature


god damn, good job emp. You swallowed your pride and helped BTM.

Well guess hes a normie now, meaning emps views on memes dont count anymore


This whole Behind The Meme depression thing completely went over my head. I'll have to watch the videos (although I highly doubt I ever will), but I somewhat hope he wasn't that foolish. In any case, I personally do not believe in the noble cause, I think actions and effects always weigh more than intentions; which somewhat disqualifies BTH from regaining my respect. Like I said, I didn't watch the videos, I doubt I ever will. But I don't think, just from hearing this story alone, I will be able to ever watch those videos. This doesn't mean I hate him. I just do not have respect for him.


And after concluding the series with three videos, and a two month break, he decided to post three videos of rather questionable quality and message, and stayed silent ever since. What exactly happened?


Ughh... I was one of the first fans of behind the meme... i started watching him when he had 100 000 subs... i stopped watching him cuz i was watching some other stuff. Though i still support him. I respect dreams ok! But... i dont think getting hate for doing your dreams is not right! If i'm understanding this wrong, please correct me. I'm disappointed at the people who hated him. I didnt know that this situation is happening.


thanks for your public insight, it means a lot to know youtubers think about their actions


I appreciate you giving him the benefit of the doubt. As someone with severe depression and as someone who has attempted suicide in the past, I was absolutely disgusted by his videos. I’m one to give people leeway and I think normally I’d be right there with you in your assumption that he’s just clueless and not an asshole. I want to believe that. YouTube has just constantly disillusioned me into seeing the worst in so many creators. To me the major gauge of BehindTheMeme’s true intentions would be whether or not he monitored his videos and how heavily he had done so. I just find the idea that he could be so clueless as to not only make these videos but to try to make money off of them as well while claiming to be doing it for awareness would be the true litmus test for his intentions. Something I’ve taken to heart over the years is the saying “don’t assume malice over idiocy”. I have YouTubeRed so I’m not sure if his videos are advertised on. Plus I just don’t watch his videos. Anyone have a look and see what’s going on?


Do not attribute to malice what could be attributed to incompetence.


How'd this work out? You can't put the genie of a mob back into a bottle. Learn from Leafy's mistakes. You know them. Don't censor yourself, but the PSA comes in when you're on the offensive, not post mortem. You don't even have to do it every critique video. Just now and then, remind them.

Never let cynicism cloud your full judgement. Factor it in, sure, but don't let it color your glasses. Take it from an old hand at expecting the worst... You're right more often, but when it's applied to the individual, being wrong has its toll, to you as well as them. Keep it as a tool in your analytical toolkit, but don't be too fast to use it.

I don't know a thing about running a channel. Take with a 2016 sized chunk of salt, but this is stuff life, at least, did teach me.


People didn't really hate him as a person, just his content, how repetitive it was and how it "killed memes".


holy shit! you've been on youtube for 8 years, and you haven't blown up yet. keep up the great videos!


Honestly, I think he’s a genuine guy, but in that case the meme community isn’t the greatest place for him.


Top 10 Shocking Anime Plot Twists.

Also no visuals and no ads because this video serves a different purpose entirely. Will resume your regularly scheduled programming shortly.

Stay on your toes, man. Yes, he might be an idiot with a big heart. But we all know where being an idiot in life gets you to. You did a fine job. He's not gonna be an idiot anymore

I'm just happy that behind the meme isn't the meme version of the Paul brothers

It is too late to earn your pity. A year too late.

EmpLemon He’s just a pure boy from a pure YouTube screen!

I've made really racsest Jew jokes all my life then found out I'm part jew 0_0

Awww you softie its adorable that you're here for the poor guy when he's getting all that hate.

You fell for his trap card<br>I'm disappointed that you didn't know that you could've just used mst to negate it.

You fell for his trap card
I'm disappointed that you didn't know that you could've just used mst to negate it.

It was honestly obvious, Emp...<br>The guy was clearly a normie explaining memes for normies. That rules out most ulterior motives. You only had to look at the videos being mediocre to see there were none.

It was honestly obvious, Emp...
The guy was clearly a normie explaining memes for normies. That rules out most ulterior motives. You only had to look at the videos being mediocre to see there were none.

You know it takes a big man to admit their false judgements as wrong and emp you are that big man

Hey Emp Lemon, your videos are awesome 100°/. . Behind the Meme tried way to hard to be popular and great but he didn't realise that his content became boring,lazy and repetitive. Great video. Behind the Meme should learn that his content is hated and should handle the criticism about his issue and the people who love memes,but instead he uploaded videos of his deppresed,drunk and commited fake suicide in a poorly way. Your opinion about Behind the Meme is depressed is awesome.

Lemme preface this by saying I actually thought his videos were kinda cool. They explained some of the memes. Before I found yours and pyros videos about Behind the Meme I never really had anything against his videos. I still dont. What you two said in your respective videos were more of things to consider.

That being said, another point I've begun to ponder is when you live in a world so full of shitballers and ass eaters that a genuine appearance is not considered legit.

EmpLemon, I'd ask you if it really do be like that, but then, I suppose it makes sense. Because consider the cynical individual who was dealt all the wrong cards. Or the perpetually lonely individual who could never get a romantic partner.

The internet has changed so much in so short a time. And its changed all of us too. Theres something simpler and more genuine about ytps and minecraft music videos and gmod videos from the beginning of this decade that is lost on much of the mainstream youtube stuffs out there.

Memes were simpler back then.

Like the alpha quadrant in the 22nd century the internet must have been a whole lot bigger back then. It's a time I remember only vaguely.

A time before windows 10
Before fornite and PUBG
Before minecraft was for cringy children
Before mark and pewds were popular.
As was always the case, life seemed simpler back then.

As the current decade draws to a close who knows what our own 20s will bring us.

Good night man. Good night all. I'm gonna sleep.

This series was the best thing Behind The Meme ever did. Even if he killed himself

It's awesomely bleak and depressing. Loved the whole suicide thing. Very cool

Hi heckin what? We have a schedule? Lol jk I enjoy your stuff greatly.

No ads? Come on EmpLemon, you deserve that 5 cents that YouTube gives you for your hard work...

+EmpLemon I REALLY like your content. I adore how much effort you put into each video. Never die man, never die.

Dude make ur fuggin youtube geographic more please absolute thank you from india~ Bali

EmpLemon
Imagine if he actually committed suicide a few hours after this video.

Not only would that be the ultimate plot twist but it would also count as an inception since there would be a plot twist within a plot twist in this scenario.

*EmpLemon*
Imagine if he actually committed suicide a few hours after this video.

Not only would that be the ultimate plot twist but it would also count as an inception since there would be a plot twist within a plot twist in this scenario.

Eh... sorry but innocence and good intentions through harmful ignorance, also harmful stupidity and bad circumstances... is not really a thing (to me).
As one suffering depression and formally suicide completion myself; His take and play up on suicide like countless other online attempts, is horrifically disrespectful and even dangerous to the actually suicidal; REGARDLESS of intent or self-awareness, same goes for everything he has been doing up till now.
 HOWEVER like you've said, I've long forgotten and stopped caring about Behind the Meme. Won't ever really forgive, but have already forgotten, and lost care to do or say anything to him in anyway. I'll still be all the more glad if the does turn around from this... but only EXACTLY because he DOES deserve some level of blame.

Eh... sorry but innocence and good intentions through harmful ignorance, also harmful stupidity and bad circumstances... is not really a thing (to me).
As one suffering depression and formally suicide completion myself; His take and play up on suicide like countless other online attempts, is horrifically disrespectful and even dangerous to the actually suicidal; REGARDLESS of intent or self-awareness, same goes for everything he has been doing up till now.
 *HOWEVER* like you've said, I've long forgotten and stopped caring about Behind the Meme. Won't ever really forgive, but have already forgotten, and lost care to do or say anything to him in anyway. I'll still be all the more glad if the does turn around from this... but only EXACTLY because he DOES deserve some level of blame.

Error 404: can't decide to ether feel bad for btm or continuing trashing btm.

These are really fun to listen to while very high.

Just for the record I thought about how similar you and leafy are but you just seem like a better person than him, You're a guy who's willing to swallow your pride and admit you're wrong.

You're so critical and wholesome. I love it

You're so critical and wholesome. I love it

Loved this mate, it shows that you're no the asshole some people may qualify you as.

I take my imaginary Fedora for you.

P.s. BUT WHY THE HECK DID YOU PUT THAT GODDAM SPIRAL? My eyes ache as fuck.

But good video mate, keep it up. Proud of you.

please stop, this is a serious video on emplemon

Is the memes for the months of August and September coming out soon?

proud of you Emp, we all joke and shit but you're mature enough to leave an honest idiot alone and i respect you for that

Not a shocking plot twist, but more of a revealing plot twist.

To be honest I really don't care if there are no visuals. I get kinda baffled that you act like you didn't put any effort in some things, and that I couldn't even replicate the most simple edits you make

Really great vid also when is the next documentry video coming out. I really like to see someone who is a very down to earth and honest.

Why Do You Support This Evil Man Who Kills Memes With One Video? And Why Support A Man Who Fakes A Suicide?

EmpLemon

How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 5, Family Guy, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby is pushed as Protagonist
Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smokig pot with their friends

EmpLemon HI HECKIN FIRST REPLY/ COMMENT WOOOOOOO


There we have it Emplemon finally feels sorry for BtM


I knew it was a narrative, but I'm glad he turned out okay, sure it was wicked, but it helped him see just how many cared in contrast to the hate beforehand.


I like how you did this topic full circle with those opening and ending words


You knew this would happen and you can't help but say, "Well, that happened. Back to work on other stuff in life. "


I like how people are fuming even though this video is really old clearly shows that people don’t look at the upload date. But emp lemon was always in the wrong.


love the way you think in this vid, a breath of fresh air in between the toxic destructive comments. what he did is a shitty thing, but i really hope he was honest about it being an awareness thing.


You’re a genius. I’m not joking, you have a mastermind and you’re using it well.


Well done! You should always put your cynicism aside and think about what the person could actually be. YouTubers are usually greedy, but not all YouTubers are greedy.


Just another fool
trying to make a better world
Only to fail miserably and become a villain

But at list he tried
unlike some.

You either die a hero, or live long enough to rise up and establish a gamer society and rule the world.


not gonna lie this gave me a bit of a new perspective on this guy. like I barely watched him, so I just assumed what everyone said. looking back though yeah the infamous videos are still unwarranted and probably tasteless to most, but that's what a man who never considered the intricacies of the internet can and in his case would do when in the depths of being bullied for just making meme explained videos. this man was an outsider to the youtube scene, aware enough to make it but naive enough to make fatal screw ups


You missed an opportunity to end this video with a dead meme so I'll do it for you.

LEAVE BRITNEY BEHIND THE MEME ALONE

You missed an opportunity to end this video with a dead meme so I'll do it for you.

*LEAVE **-BRITNEY-** BEHIND THE MEME ALONE*


10/10 EmpLemon content.

P.S.
Truly inspiring!


I honestly felt this way all along. He was just a nice guy all on his own. Doing this by himself yet still taking on bigger YouTubers when they came with some hate.


when i first saw your behind the meme video, i was kind of rubbed the wrong way by how you presented the issue, as if the memescape and normies were things that were hugely important to the world at hand. but your perspective here really moved me. i really the respect the approach youve taken to this.


Kind of glad that I unsubscribe to his videos when he first started posted these. Not really into this attention grabbing stuff. BehindTheMeme didn't know how to change it up from explaining memes, so went for lowest common denominator to get attention. It worked but its spit his fan base. Anyway if he wants to continue down that road so be it.


...Holy shish on a walnut...
Behind the Meme was a phantom thief all along!
He stole EmpLemon's heart!


For this to be true,<br>That would mean behind the meme actually has extreme childish innocence and behavior

For this to be true,
That would mean behind the meme actually has extreme childish innocence and behavior


You've echoed my entire train of thought. Were his meme videos not decent? Yep. Was the series a horrible mistake. Absolutely. But I do think he's just a guy that wants to do good things and thinks what he's doing is good. A naive man with sincere intentions.

William Tran kind of like the Michael Scott of youtube


So im gona make a point here<br>Sometimes ppl r not bad they just seem bad and not every 1 wants money and fame(kinda) some ppl r way 2 good hearted to be bad to others its basicly this nomatter how good and respactful u r at school ppl well see that and bully you

So im gona make a point here
Sometimes ppl r not bad they just seem bad and not every 1 wants money and fame(kinda) some ppl r way 2 good hearted to be bad to others its basicly this nomatter how good and respactful u r at school ppl well see that and bully you


"Some of the worst things in the world have been done in the name of good intentions." -Dr. Alan Grant


I commend you for being able to swallow your pride but I do think you're being a bit naive here. He did a horrible thing and deserves the backlash for it, I can't imagine any scenario where he made that he wasnt thinking about himself.


4:26
"...poorly executed." Please tell me this pun was intentional.


There are some youtubers out there who are actually legit, like you mentioned


So it's kind of like how Thanos had good intentions but didn't know how to inact them properly...


I could probably believe EmpLemon with this


as someone who just want's mental health to finally be understood, i can't hate the guy for something so stupid as that. Yes he went about this the most tone-deaf way possible but this wasn't a Logan Paul in the woods with a dead body kind of thing.<br>he's an idiot, just not a malicious one.

as someone who just want's mental health to finally be understood, i can't hate the guy for something so stupid as that. Yes he went about this the most tone-deaf way possible but this wasn't a Logan Paul in the woods with a dead body kind of thing.
he's an idiot, just not a malicious one.


Thank you, EmpLemon. You always are just able to put all the thoughts in the back of my mind up front and center. Behind the Meme, yea, doesn't make very good content. However, he's still a normal member of society, just like the rest of us. It's like hating a celebrity for being popular and other people not liking them: irrational.

Your turning into the next StickMaster at this point


it's been 3 years and this really makes you feel bad...


He's one of the last guys who is just doing YouTube because he is passionate. He may not be the best, but he isn't a scammer.


Behind the Meme makes mediocre to bad videos, so I had forgotten about him until I saw this video. The best strategy to deal with a youtube channel like his is to just let it die out on its own as it deserves and as it organically will, no strategy and no special movement at all.


"Never attribute malice what can be explained by incompetence."<br> - Albert Einstein (or somebody else, lol)

"Never attribute malice what can be explained by incompetence."
 - Albert Einstein (or somebody else, lol)


that's not very punk rock of you mr pole-eece mam

@Rickyrooroo229 People stick to hate youtube accounts instead of making better content instead.
In a way, mob mentality is also a reason Youtube is not great, and it down punch any small youtuber if someone makes a viral video, we exploit drama and smear names but it never moves forward or even makes a change, instead we stick in the drama.
It's new but it doesn't change really until the next thing happens because it doesnt fix it.

It's less like the community should stop hating BTM because he doesn't truly deserve it and more like he isn't even worth hating anymore. The fact BTM genuinely pulled this kind of shit to his remaining fans and didn't do this for some quick cash makes the whole thing a fuck ton worse. Doing a suicide video while fans speculating that he would probably commit suicide. It's like the emotionless girl theory but instead of being kidnapped by terrorists she commits suicide.

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I Like'nt This Individual Homosapien Before Me


As someone who suffered from depression from 2013 to 2016; seeing it trivialised and so poorly executed in those videos is insulting. It's people like him that cause depression to be so misunderstood. Even if it was to "raise awareness" it was just done so badly, that it actually harms the cause.

Did I ever say I wanted attention? No. Did I want sympathy? No. All I wanted to do was give background as to why I feel the way I do about this. I made one comment. One. And I get jumped on by a bunch of people simply for mentioning I had depression. At what point did I indicate that I wanted attention for the fact I had depression?  I never went into detail about it so how can you simply assume I have a shitty life or I'm making it up? Not everyone that says they had depression is making it up or doing it for attention. If anything, seeing these reactions from people show how badly misunderstood it is as a mental illness, because of people like BtM faking it.

Yeah cuz there is only one way to get depression

I guess you don't realize how erratic the channel creator became after the incident.

@Matthew Jackman literally, its like a hook to catch peoples attention

I hope you actually had depression, like a screening test to prove it, since I really hope you werent one of those edgelords who say theyre depressed even though the arent

Idk why everyone is so enraged by this comment. I think it is a useful piece of information coming from someone who has experienced an illness most people haven't. Even emp lemon agrees that it is poorly executed.

Yeah, depression isn't something that I think anyone truly understands. I learned in AP Psychology with a recent book that one thing they change in updates the most are vague disorders like that.

Opening a comment with "As someone who suffered from depression from 2013 to 2016" doesn't do much good for the "cause" either.

It's things like that that make people view depression as some kind of accessory


Thank you for calling off your edge lords


Well emp Lemon, it takes balls to tell the truth, I respect you


Thank you. When I watched that awful "Oooooh the normies will take over ackackack" I got 80 different diseases at once.


Before all this happened, I never understood the hate on BTM, I genuinely thought he had a good show concept. Sometimes I’ll see a dumb meme and wonder where it came from and how it got popular. It was certainly more original than just reacting to them (cough cough Pewdiepie) but this is just awful, he deserves everything that’s coming now.


wait so you didn't get that when watching his videos? that man transpires innocence in everything he does! its so obvious you'd have to be a fool not to see that!


It's times like this where I love youtube 2018 instead of previous years,because really brought out the worst and best of people.


“...some fool with a good heart”

You mean Patrick Star?


I feel like Behind the Meme’s biggest problem was overlooking what he could accomplish, he thought the same type of content could just let him slide by as a mediocre YouTuber doing what he thought was best, and after the internet took advantage of him he kept going until his videos came to a halt, that makes me feel like Behind the Meme really didn’t care about the hate he was getting or how much negative criticism he had, because he was happy with what he did and saw people liked what he was doing. I’m sure that eventually he reached a breaking point and hence made this video to sort of address not only awareness to suicide but also to his own feelings, and that the internet has been giving it to him pretty badly since your own first video on him. In the end, I can actually see from his point of view REALLY well, because being mediocre is what we’re all good at, it’s just that going for more is what Behind the Meme didn’t do that most other big youtubers did, and that’s what got him to where he is today.


I just think it would be helpful to teach the Werther-effect or copycat-suicide in school to give awareness about displaying suicide in a medium. If you don't know about this I highly recommend you to read on these topics.


Its moments like this that I prefer his newest videos rather emplemons old ytps


The fact that I’ve never heard about this tells me a lot about how out of the loop I am.


I honestly disagree with some of the things you said in this video, but massive respect for this video, most youtubers would probably make a clickbait superdupersad vid about this.


I thought you heavily criticized BehindTheMeme before.


I already hated his channel before the incident.. But I respect the guy's audacity to do something so bold, and stick to it.


Yep, that's what I thought when I saw your BTM takedown video. Listening to him, I was just like, "awww the poor little guy is doing his best, why are you beating up on the simpleton?"


I love it when two irrelevant YouTubers are "fighting".


The internet is a harsh, unforgiving place. There are three sides you can go to when it comes to controversy.
1. Offensive. You keep hacking away at it, along with many others. No matter how sincere the apology, you will never forgive. You just keep harassing.
2. Neutral. You don't hate on the one who created the controversy, you don't defend the person, you just sit there and do your own thing. Perhaps forgive, but meh.
3. Defensive. You defend the creator no matter how bad it is. Usually I think it makes you stupid depending on the controversy.
(Maybe there are more sides but these are the three I found)

Me? I'm usually on the offensive side when it comes to stuff. Even when I am subscribed and like the content creator, I never defend said person. I don't forgive, and I never will.
I'm willing to help Behind The Meme in understanding the intricate logistics of the meme economy, but he has to ask for help first. If he had posted a video questioning why he was getting hate then I would explain it to him, just as detailed as this comment here.

To be honest, I used to like the guy to keep me updated on the memes, but my ascension point was with your Meme Theory video on Behind The Meme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFGqhEVr7lk), and it just went up ever since.

I will never forgive Behind The Meme for what he did, but I won't stop anyone for forgiving them, and I will just present my point.

I derive my own feelings from the information I gather, no matter what other people tell me. Trying to stop me will prove futile if you just tell me to stop.


I remember BTM made a video explaining <b>lmao,</b> literally a thing you could explain in 5 seconds lmao.

I remember BTM made a video explaining *lmao,* literally a thing you could explain in 5 seconds lmao.


Seems like someone has finally taken some responsibility


Been on a downward spiral completely and lost it all completely.


They say EmperorLemons heart grew three sizes that day...


Congratulations, Emp, you learned an important lesson.

Being right isn't what matters. It's doing what's right. For the right reasons

Congratulations, Emp, you learned an important lesson.

_Being_ right isn't what matters. It's _doing_ _what's_ right. For the right _reasons_

Well the point I was trying to make was this:

BehindtheMeme faked suicide because he wanted to raise awareness for suicide.Emperor Lemon said that, prior to making this video, he wanted to call out BehindtheMeme (which is a justified response when you believe that he did it simply for views) because he wanted to gloat about how right he was. So, in a way, BehindtheMeme did something wrong for the right reason, and EmperorLemon was initially going to do something right for the wrong reason. Because Lemon realized that he was going to call him out for doing something really bad, more so out of being able to say "I told you so" than actual disgust, he realized that his motives were fairly self-serving.

Is faking suicide for views and money doing whats right?


Just saying, it's about time you went back to doing what you were good at, making YTP's!


I always used to think BTM was a troll like Reactor trying to parody other channels and that series of videos would be his way of showing everyone. Guess not


The downward spiral world tour is really getting to ya, huh emp?

@MisterZygarde64 sounds good, just remove all the anime and it will be perfect

How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 5, Family Guy, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby is pushed as Protagonist<br>Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smokig pot with their friends

How would you feel about a Diddy Kong Racing sequel that added characters from My Hero Academia, Little Witch Academia, Kirby, The Amazing World of Gumball, Persona 5, Family Guy, Crash Bandicoot and RWBY with Haruko from FLCL, Hat Kid, Popuko and Pipmi from Pop Team Epic, Bomberman, Beavis and Butthead also being there? Kirby is pushed as Protagonist
Imagine racing against Akko with Izuku, shooting a missile at Gumball, Gumball, Izuku, and Akko smokig pot with their friends


I wanted to justify his actions so badly that I forgot he was faking a suicide. I knew it was fake but I still wanted to find something good in what he had done that I misinterpreted his actions.


Looking at btm chanels now it feels really wrong what has happened to him...


dang, respect for that man, you probably could have made like 3 videos, rifding his grave, but probs man


I am sorry papa lemon, but I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for him. You are better than me.


Bruh his last video ever makes me worried it seems he lost his mind.


The road to evil is paved with good intentions


The hate behind the meme got was 90% undeserved. Behind the meme was a good channel and the poor guy had too bad intentions. It's pretty fucking corny thinking about the haters going "ahhhh he's killing meme culture that stupid normie piece of trash" whether you like it or not, memes are everywhere and actually doing pretty good in the mainstream media. Heck, even teachers are using memes.


EmpLemon, you are actually a very informational guy.
You have basically explained how people are starting to abuse serious situations just to obtain a huge mass of fans but you didn't notice how BTM has a slightly similar characteristic with LeafyIsHere.
BTM might actually have some personal problems within his family, just like Leafy did. He might've wanted to abuse a serious situation because his family might be drug addicts or alcoholics or they might even have abused BTM physically, emotionally, or even mentally. He probably must've wanted attention because he was probably being neglected on the other side of the site and wanted some good attention. Before you hate someone, know someone.

Lemme ask you a question, Emp.
Have you ever felt just ONE MOMENT, and I mean ONE MOMENT in your life, that you so badly wanted all the attention because of how you were being treated? I've been bullied and harrased at my school for being bisexual, and I have mild depression (dysthmia) making me feel so down all the time and sometimes I don't even wanna open up YouTube for ANYTHING. You must've had at least ONE moment in your life where you just wanted to let go and get away from life. I know for a fact Trump wasn't some rapist or a racist all his life, and I might know that Jimmy Kimmel might've been neglected all his life, which could be the reason why he is acting so strange now.
Our childhood is the small seeds needed to grow an adult. Let your parents pour the wrong water, and you could end up turning to drugs and crime.
I know you won't read this because of how I'm talking like the common dumbass, but if you do get to read this, I hope you answer my question.


<b>“So with that being said, after this video I will never mention BehindTheMeme again"</b>

*“So with that being said, after this video I will never mention BehindTheMeme again"*

Damn, time to do a content cop on Emplemon

BTM just finds ways to get EmpLemon talking


Behind The Meme Has Been On A  D O W N W A R D   S P I R A L of Negative Emotions.


Yeah, I had the same impression because he just.. never stops the style of humor, let alone attitude, so while his style is pretty generic in many ways, it also seems like he's doing it because he feels it is good the way it is.

...that being said i I didn't know there was this controversy, and yeah i can see now. I took it more as him making a project on the concept alone to tell a story on what if, and in turn in the end putting the message at the end because he knew that this kinda thing would make people seriously think about if he were kill himself, and in turn let people know that he is serious about the topic to let people know there's help to call.

..but obviously, that wasn't conveyed clear enough that it was fake, making some people believe it was real, and in turn the backlash came about. Whether I'm right, or Lemon is, of the people who backlashed him, it's clear he needed to find a way to make it more clear to the audience that it was a short film basically.


Can I say, anytime anyone anywhere someone brings you up, EmpLemon. I need them to remind me, that 'Your the guy who bullied behind the meme'
Literally all I have known you for... uptil five minutes ago I finished your Spongebob video.
Thought you might have wanted to know that. Good video btw, the Spongebob one I mean.


Am I the only one who never understood the BehindTheMeme hate (before the suicide video)? I've only seen a couple of his videos when I was confused about a meme, and his videos seem accurate according to KnowYourMeme.


Behind the meme reminds me of them terrible teachers who can't control the class no matter how much they try. The ones that do care but are just hopeless.

Basically that, but not as aware of the fact that he can't keep the class in check


I just had a thought...
This entire thing were pretty much initiated by EmpLemon, and well, when I look at "Behind The Meme" and compare their stuff to Soothouse and Sam'O Nella, well...
Why on earth have all the people supporting EmpLemon and this entire "movement of bullies" directed towards tearing down BTM...well...why the fuck have you guys not done the same to the other shitton of crap derivative "IMMUH READ A REDDIT POST THAT IS TOP RATED SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO TO REDDIT" channels, not to mention the wikipedia ones?
Honestly, I smell double standards, and the stench is partially coming from me...I fucked up when I joined in on harassing that guy.
He might be clueless, but there sure as hell are channels like his with bigger audiences that do far FAR less work!


What I got from this video. Behind the meme is just a generic anime protagonist.


Behind the meme is not the bad guy but he the idiotic one. We thing we take down great evil but in reality we just destroy a men life


Behind the Meme’s depression series had me fucking rolling


I don't hate him, I never really invested in on the issue. After your recent videos mentioning him ("Leafy Was Here" was a big contributor to this), I could not stop thinking "EmpLemon can't hate this dude, there's no way". It just would not get out of my head.
I get the feeling that you did feel sympathy prior to this big series of videos he pushed, it just doesn't seem to add up that you saw it now, really. I'm not really concerned with this at all, and in the hypothetical situation that my feelings are correct, am I mad at you for supposedly not coming out with this before? No. Being mad at that would just be a waste of time.

The point is really that I think you didn't intend to raise so much hell in the first place. Yeah you meant to bite at him for making this stuff but I think it was a situation of you not realizing just how much weight you had in your throw. On top of that, people that follow big channels tend to be idiots. Despite you saying to not go all ham on the guy, some number of complete shitheads thought that BTM should end his own life **because he makes videos on youtube**. That's insane! I never really did understand why people are so extreme. To think that I could get genuine death threats because I make potentially harmless content is baffling. I don't even want to try to find out why people would do that, it'd be a pointless chase.

Now with that in mind, part of this claim inherently states that in a crude sense you intended to sort of pad your original idea. You still owned up to having errors in your motive, but you had to keep a sort of reputation with it. Of course, this is a very tall and otherwise unsupported claim based entirely on my own speculation that, for even that scenario, is weak. I really can't hold any of this against you, and I wouldn't if I could. It just struck me as odd that you made this video the way you did, so late in the sequence. At the same time, it makes sense. People would go apeshit if you were to suddenly change your view at some unsolicited time. It seems like that series of cryptic videos he made was just an opportunity you took advantage of. I don't know.

Food for thought.
My view of you and likewise BTM (which is neutral) remains unchanged.

I don't hate him, I never really invested in on the issue. After your recent videos mentioning him ("Leafy Was Here" was a big contributor to this), I could not stop thinking "EmpLemon can't hate this dude, there's no way". It just would not get out of my head.
I get the feeling that you *did* feel sympathy prior to this big series of videos he pushed, it just doesn't seem to add up that you saw it now, really. I'm not really concerned with this at all, and in the hypothetical situation that my feelings are correct, am I mad at you for supposedly not coming out with this before? No. Being mad at that would just be a waste of time.

The point is really that I think you didn't intend to raise so much hell in the first place. Yeah you meant to bite at him for making this stuff but I think it was a situation of you not realizing just how much weight you had in your throw. On top of that, people that follow big channels tend to be idiots. Despite you saying to not go all ham on the guy, some number of complete shitheads thought that BTM should end his own life **because he makes videos on youtube**. That's insane! I never really did understand why people are so extreme. To think that I could get genuine death threats because I make potentially harmless content is baffling. I don't even want to try to find out why people would do that, it'd be a pointless chase.

Now with that in mind, part of this claim inherently states that in a crude sense you intended to sort of pad your original idea. You still owned up to having errors in your motive, but you had to keep a sort of reputation with it. Of course, this is a very tall and otherwise unsupported claim based entirely on my own speculation that, for even that scenario, is weak. I really can't hold any of this against you, and I wouldn't if I could. It just struck me as odd that you made this video the way you did, so late in the sequence. At the same time, it makes sense. People would go apeshit if you were to suddenly change your view at some unsolicited time. It seems like that series of cryptic videos he made was just an opportunity you took advantage of. I don't know.

Food for thought.
My view of you and likewise BTM (which is neutral) remains unchanged.


The downward spiral effect hurt my eyes so much, I had to turn my head away from the screen and listen.


Since those suicidal videos were scripted, I want to criticize them for how badly edited they were. It's fine if BTM wants to take a different creative direction and make dark short films and he's not a very bad actor. But because the editing was so amateur people thought he was making legit pre-suicide vlogs. If he really wanted to make a video series promoting suicide awareness he should put more effort into them. If people saw the higher production values more of them would realize that it was clearly an act. It also doesn't help that BTM made no announcement that he planned to do something different, I guess he wanted it to be a surprise but he could've taken the time to think about the young impressionable kids watching his videos.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if those videos weren't so controverial and poorly made, I'd be all for BTM going in that direction so he never has to fucking talk about memes ever again.


I will get attacked by other people on YouTube for saying this, and I know I might cause a riot just for saying it, but I'm sorry EmpLemon, you made some good points here and there in your video. I just don't think anything would excuse Behind the Meme for the newer videos he is making, he is just being emotionally manipulative with his current work just to get people's attention to stop disliking him.

He just took suicide and depression with advantage, that is just emotional manipulation to your audience, and I just don't buy it or even care, he is just going from being cringeworthy to just being an attention seeker. Oh, and I agree that what he did is so godawfully abysmal, I hate Behind the Meme even fucking more, even when he is meant to be nice! Okay, no matter how hard he tries to be nice or tries to even bother get people's attention just to be quote on quote "nice", I find what he was doing as mentioned in your video outright unforgivable!

Oh, and I still find his meme videos shittier than his depression and suicide advantage videos because of the way he is. I cannot even bother to give this cringeworthy meme killer a chance because of the way he is. Again, nothing will excuse Behind the Meme for his overuse of filler in his meme videos, formulaic plots being the same shit repeated every single video in the past two years, killing every meme we know (even ones that DO NOT COUNT as memes like "ear rape", the SJW abbreviation, etc.), would not even try doing a thing to take the simplest amount of constructive criticism whatsoever due to his ways of him saying whatever he does is fine and won't care, no matter what kills him or not, and also for emotionally manipulating his own audience by taking advantage of suicide and depression, which is one of the worst things anybody can ever do, and it is just unforgivable.

I'm not giving Behind the Meme a chance, I don't buy his fucking work, he deserves no sympathy from other people, I don't buy his excuses, I don't care what he says, and I'd rather listen to someone else who I can trust rather than listen and trust someone who is some so called good guy who is just a normie who kills off memes and uses people to be emotionally manipulated.


Maybe his channel is the best he can do, he tries to entertain in the only way he knows how. I legit feel sorry for him now.


Behind the Meme made a good meme review for once


I suggest we stop fighting over Youtube and start fighting against Youtube instead.

@PooDoo DrillDick except when it affected their sponsors


Emp. We love you because you are real. Your poops are great but you also have real heart.  I'm glad to see that once again.


We live in a society where EmpLemon defends BTM.

Yikes


The minute I saw that btm had <b>monetized those videos</b> I knew something shady was going on

The minute I saw that btm had *monetized those videos* I knew something shady was going on


This is like being told that the kid you've bullied all of your life had autism all along, making you feel bad because you unknowingly made fun of a kid with autism.


People butthurt about the obvious fake suicide bit need to lurk more on darker parts of the internet. Fake an heroing can be either pathetic or funny, never "insulting", only thin skin people think it is. In this case it was quite funny


As if we didn't have enough reason for there to be a "there will Never Ever be another Youtuber like EmpLemon."


And now there is LIMC, and everyone seems to be fine with their channel.


Emp, you may never see this comment but, i watch your videos all the time. I wasnt around at the start and i wont pretend that i was, i found your videos a couple years back and thought they were genuinely inspired and amazing essays and documentaries about niche topics.
As i explored more of your channel, i took interest in the form of you from 5, 6, 7 years back it feels like now, and i realized how vitriolic but still… passionate you were about what you were doing. Everything you said filled my mind and brought me to rethink how youtube has been going, even in this day and age. And i always spend time to watch your video about the youtube downward spiral. It was well and truly a captivating video that i attracted to whenever i felt like listening to someone get passionately mad over something.
You were… so upset over Behind The Meme, so upset at youtube as a whole, and in the back of my mind i wondered how you went from such an agressive, passionate bro to a collected, yet still passionate dude.
And then i found this video.
This is such a small view into what you think. I dont know enough about you to truly judge your personality, but i saw myself a pure, unabashed humility for Behind The Meme, a dude you had so agressively despised for so long, and it was. A realization.
Your content changed, and looking back at videos i was never there for in the moment reveals that… nobody really stays the same. Nobody is always constant with their views. I dont know how to really end this comment, im not good at passionately speaking in any moment, but it just… it feels like this video was a turning point for your content, putting more humanity and humility into what you create, less opinionated and judgemental to more collected and calm. Its a… very nice thing to know that everybody can change, but always keep a center of passion through it all.
Sorry if this was… scatterbrained.


as i see it BTM is just a guy who wanted to be cool on the internet by trying to be like your typical troll who thinks is cool<br>he did the mistake of creating that channel and looking at how much hate he got from the people he admired, he just convinced himself that the hate he was getting was unfair

as i see it BTM is just a guy who wanted to be cool on the internet by trying to be like your typical troll who thinks is cool
he did the mistake of creating that channel and looking at how much hate he got from the people he admired, he just convinced himself that the hate he was getting was unfair


I knew it was fake the whole time, however instead of it being for suicide awareness, I thought it was going to be some kind of reveal that the channel was fake and that this was just a stupid joke and a parody of clickbait and he randomly decided to send it down the shitter and make himself into the ultimate meme, sadly I was proven wrong with the last video


Ah, Emplemon has stumbled upon the “Hanlon’s Razor” of YouTube.


You have too give him one thing it was pretty good acting


Great job Emp, I think he needs some help after all of the abuse he has received. Can’t wait for the next video on your channel! Take care Emp and keep doing what you are doing.

(Obvious joke) This comment will be deleted because did not include excessive emotion, hating Behind The Meme, and did not mention Logan Paul Sempai.


Btm is kinda like the kid who tagged along with you and does all the stuff you do, but more stupid. But, he just wants to be accepted, and thats who he really is


I will always support Behind The Meme, No one will ever change that


This is exactly what I have thought about he just wants to spread positivity


BehindTheMeme is probably one of the most fascinating YouTubers out there. From his odd shift in content despite his steady subscriber-base, to his hatedom actually outweighing his fandom and most of his uploads getting tons of dislikes, to his rapidly shifting content, to his breaks in uploads, to this recent stunt, to the revelation of him just being some clueless idiot with good intentions. It really is one of the strangest, yet most interesting YouTube channels I've ever seen.


One of my favorite youtubers, i love you emp


I just watched the original video and now I realize how cringe it is, it has a lot of loud=funny moments and in a way it's kinda ironic how that video can be considered part of normie culture now because of all of the outdated memes


BTM was really giving off Michael Scott energy from all this


I wonder what implored you to throw this guy under the bus in the first place?
Maybe you were mad that he didn't mention you in his video, or maybe you thought the "Meme community" needed a dragon to slay. Either way, good on you for owning up to your mistake.

....Half a god damn year after the damage was already done.


Why would a being do such a thing<br>Its nice that you adressed it quickly because phew now this guy done fudge caked up.

Why would a being do such a thing
Its nice that you adressed it quickly because phew now this guy done fudge caked up.


Well... you know how the saying goes: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.


As some one that watched the McJuggerNuggets psycho series (and believed it was real at points). I've learnt to never believe in any YouTube videos like until proven they are real. A big give away is when they refer to themselves in the third person in the video description.


I think it’s important to realise that whilst his cry for attention/help may be fake, that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t need help or is isn’t affected by mental health issues. I think that to be in a position so dire that you would fake a suicide video, there must be something genuine about this call for help


You die a hero or live long enough to become the villain...

EmperorLemon is the hero Youtube deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hate him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A DANK KNIGHT...

That is the ironic tragedy of Darth Behind the Meme the wise. All he wanted to do was to educate people poorly about memes.


I feel bad for him looking back at it he was just trying to be inclusive while the entire internet's meme community was trying to stay as inward and exclusive as possible, he saw a world where everyone could laugh at memes where everyone else was living an elitist society where we all tried to get the biggest social cookie by being the meme or the creator or the one who always had the memes before they were cool. Ironic isn't it... On so many levels as well, we praised and praised people like Robbie for spreading positivity while the people who were just trying to make people happy got spammed on and bullied.


If what you're saying is true then someone should reach out to him and actually help him make his meme overviews better.

A meme overview channel isnt a bad idea but his execution was what made it terrible. If the circumstances around each meme were explained better and maybe some sort of listing of the time frame the meme was relevant to reduce the amount of people who'll just go around spewing a new meme they just learned it could be a fine channel.


This is a video I don’t think I ever expected to see on this channel.


Meme theory: one GAME ENDED channel.<br>Content Cop: no channels GAME ENDED or severely affected

Meme theory: one GAME ENDED channel.
Content Cop: no channels GAME ENDED or severely affected


tfw behind the meme was the hero the entire time


Until he steps up his quality I still don't think I'm going to give him a free pass.


god damnit emp, why are you enlightening me with stuff!


Great speech emp. I  think you might be right


The reason why people blamed EmpLemon is because when you look up Behind the Meme, EmpLemon's video is the second result.


Just saw this video just now. Obviously hidden by Susan W. Anyways I am glad to see your change of heart. Now that I look back at his behavior he does look like he was clueless. As you said before it's fun to hate people.


Alright so I'm 16 now and I remember unironically watching behind the meme when I was 12


I like BehindTheMeme, in my opinion he doesn't ruin memes, he just explains them and it's not mandatory to watch it for someone who thinks it would ruin it.


Naive or not, it doesn't excuse anything. What he did was absolutely sick. I thought he was just some guy making bland videos before this whole controversy, but whether he was being intentionally malicious or not he's made it very clear that he has no intention of changing. In a way, his complete incompetence is worse than being actively malicious.


Depression is a ladder. Once you climb it, you either climb back down each individual rung, or jump off.


Simple answer, don't give him attention, let behind the memes community attack him not everyone else


this is like the hero killing the villain and then realizing that he now doesn't have anything to do and regrets it


Good job on trying to stop all the drama and shit. People nowadays keep doing all this drama shit and im glad u are trying to put a rest on it


Don't bully BTM, he's a very special boy. Please be patient.


It feels weird watching this today considering BTM's channel is dead.


I didn’t even realise he uploaded anything


as much as i want to disagree with you, i can't. i feel bad for behind the meme right now.


I haven’t watched BTM in a looong time, i used to like him in fact

I never really understood the hate for him reviewing the memes, but this? I can understand the hate

Using suicide for views, are you freakin’ Jake Paul BTM?

I haven’t watched the defense part yet though

EDIT: Also this came up in my recommendations

And i also agree with your defense

 a guy who used to hate another guy

Saw the hating, and hating

Turned to his fanbase, turned away the hating

Defended the guy

Defended his good intentions

Defended his pureness


I never hated the guy or his videos, i only watched one video of him years ago, never like the guy or ever was sub to him.
But i watched your video.. i understand what you were trying to say, but.. as you can see, people wanna hate no matter what you say.
(i think that is why Idubbbz stopped making content cop) when you say something about one person.. you know that the mob mentality will act. and they did.

Now, i was never sub to him or liked his videos.. i will subscribe to him and give him some positive vibes.. because the hate is to much strong.

Ps: i know this is a meme but.. as you can see.. S O R R Y F O R B A D E N G L I S H <3

Your English is great for a non-native English speaker, don't you worry.  There are people here that speak English as their only language, and speak it far worse than you.  Keep on keeping on, friend.


This is the most respectable YouTube comment section I’ve ever seen in a long time.


Now watch as every EmpLemon fan takes BTM's side in the comment section.


You could watch 30 minutes of Behind the Meme being bashed, you can watch this video until the end, too.


So did behind the meme just evolve from a really bad meme to a lol cow? The question is when will his channel truly end.


I wasnt even mad at him im just happy he lives


I think he just wanted to try and do something new and creative. There is only so many cookie cutter videos you can make until you want to do something completely different no matter how bad it is


I really liked this.  Most people nowadays cannot separate the art form the artist.  That is a very important thing to do.  His content isn't good, but I respect the intentions.


This is so sad.<br>Alexa, pla- are you crying too?!

This is so sad.
Alexa, pla- are you crying too?!


It feels like I'm watching that one Bojack Horseman episode where he just monologues about his mom at her funeral.


@GAMEDOSE well, youtube will just stop working in EU. They threatned to stop working in Ireland when they tryed to pass similar bulshit laws. VPN should be used if article 13 passes

Whenever people said the net neutrality repeal would ruin the internet, almost 4 months later almost nothing has happened.

Article 13 is going to affect everyone who uses the internet

@GAMEDOSE
Fuck Europe? For real now? After Internetslayer Ajit you are talking?
People from EU sent you guys their condolences and now we are the bad guys?

*within the EU, Salt.<br>A bit unnecessary to point out, but still important.

*within the EU, Salt.
A bit unnecessary to point out, but still important.


In an isolated system, entropy can only increase


I guess you could say that Behind the Meme is on a D O W N W A R D S P I R A L.


Personally, I've always felt that Behind The Meme got way too much hate for his mediocre content. Like, he didn't necessarily do anything bad, he just seemed kinda clueless and whatever and I guess his downfall was that he didn't really acknowledge that he can be criticised. However, i feel his haters took the issue too far by constantly yelling that he "kills memes" and shit and even doxxing the poor dude.


It is always right to show love to another person, but it is always wrong to show hatred and spite towards that person.


I never thought he had ulterior motives.


I think I heard Internet Historian say Behind The Meme is like Lenny from Of Mice and Men on a podcast or something, and compare the part of the book when he kills the puppy meaning to stroke it to his meme reviews. And that’s probably the most accurate description of the guy - dumb and clueless but well meaning.


fuck yeah! forgiveness and acknowledging mistakes!


Hmm, seeing the same formats over and over, I always thought he was also a greedy guy doing something even if he hated it, for kids or something.

But he never changed that. It's really weird. I never thought about it before.


Man i am happy you made this video you are good guy


"the more I thought about it the more I believed it"


I never outright hated him, just his content. But by GOD, he really screwed up.


I never hated Behind the Meme. Sure, he was always a bit boring but in the end I just saw him as a guy who enjoyed making the things he did. Even when I stopped watching him I always thought about his channel from time to time, wondering how it was doing.

Now? Well, let's just say I might just disconnect from the internet for a little bit.


the only way he's gonna be left alone is if he grows a braincell, becomes self aware, quits making videos, and only return when he is finally starting to understand how the internet works because hes just so consistently clueless of anything to the point that i question if hes braindead


Vengeance is mine said The Lord..

Don’t take vengeance out on people. You made the right choice, EmpLemon.


Its like i've always said:<br> dont hate the person, hate the garbage shitty content he makes, unless the person is also shit.

Its like i've always said:
 dont hate the person, hate the garbage shitty content he makes, unless the person is also shit.


And what happened then? Well, In YouTube, they say<br>That EmpLemon's heart grew three sizes that day.

And what happened then? Well, In YouTube, they say
That EmpLemon's heart grew three sizes that day.


Disliked for failing to finish with, "Leave Behind The Meme Behind", 0/10.


This has shifted my perspective on the situation<br>Sentence shifted.

This has shifted my perspective on the situation
Sentence shifted.

@Zoura 3025 s e n t e n c e s h i f t i n g


BTM made his channel to explain to people the meme who dont understand it. If someone doesnt understand the meme they could use it in an annoying or wrong way. And its nice to know where the meme came from so you can thank the person who made the meme originaly.


Well said Emplemon
But you won't delete the BTM rant video will you?
I like that video

Yeah but then the communists will use that against him and argue if he was really sorry than he'd delete the emplemon videos

MrQuirkyKirk yeah that's true it's very analytical and also entertaining

He still stands by those criticisms, even if he doesn't hate the guy.

He even cut out a skit at the beginning of "YouTube has been on a downward spiral" because he didn't want people to send hate towards the guy.

If he wanted it to be gone, he'd probs just unlist it


While I don't hate the guy, since he does monetize his content, I think it's fair to leave critique to the content itself. Rule of thumb when it comes to any online content, the person involved in it isn't always a bad person if their content is bad, but criticism can still be valid despite that.


I actually enjoy long videos Emperor Lemon, I therefore, will not unsubscribe as that's the opposite of what is expected.


I understand what you're saying, but i don't think anybody is going to let the fake depression card fly away lightly.

He doesn't know how to respond to criticism so at best he gets his own mum to roast people, and at worst he fakes depression to get everyone on his side.


<i>I only saw part 5 as fake. But its really dissappointing how he took advantage of this, and i have depression myself and it disappoints me to see people like this. I like the way you adressed this despite the fact that this is the first video ive seen from you</i>

_I only saw part 5 as fake. But its really dissappointing how he took advantage of this, and i have depression myself and it disappoints me to see people like this. I like the way you adressed this despite the fact that this is the first video ive seen from you_


Russia stops aggression against Prussia during the 7 years war. Colorized

Can we please make this a meme because of Todays current events?

PS: I'm russian BTW, and I support my comrades in Ukraine.


When spongebob and behindthememe convinced emplemon that he shouldn’t be on a downward spiral


He failed about the attention part because without your video I wouldn't even know BTM was still a thing


Dude you are god or angel or something like that.
I am serious. I never felt bad for that meme destroyer.
But now i do. I feel like its the most rare thing that any media personality would try use their power even this much to good. EmpLemon you are amazing, impartial, fair and trustworthy.
I feel like i will never trust any other youtuber as much as i trust you right now.
99% of other youtubers would never give any fuck.
EmpLemon you are what everyone should be.


Jesus, even if you try to defend him, it still sounds like it's a roast..


To be fair here you are mighty pretentious for a guy who just admitted he was wrong. I've been defending BTM since the beginning because it was obvious he was just a 'normie' making videos to explain memes to us 'plebs', and I appreciated that. I have criticized some of his videos for being lazy, but in a constructive way. But people like you and the endless hateful commenters are the ones who drove him to get depressed and quit for so long.


What if Behind The Meme actually heard this video?


Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.


It got me a bit clustered by watching. But still nobody would take advantage of suicide


Did anyone ever notice how all people who spend a lot of time online go trough this depression fase? Like... a damn lot. The internet is making everyone lonely.


Jokes on us Emplemon is secretly behind the meme. And this one huge conspiracyyy-


You know the fact that Emplemon a.k.a. BTM's worst enemy would take a bullet for him even when btm has basically reverse fucked himself and his career really shows you emp has his colors too.


He already had the video taken down. There's just parts 1-4 and one with him describing what happened in part 5 in dialogue with puppies playing in the background.


Damn he killed memes then he killed himself

It's fucking time to stop. He didn't kill memes, EMPLemon killed memes by introducing the concept.

EmpLemon killed memes by introducing the "meme killer" concept.

He became the very thing he sought to destroy, a meme. So he died like all the others

Ironic, he could assassinate memes with the fury of a thousand suns but could not save himself from the very same fate...


I feel you bro. Still a bit of a scumbag


This reminds of the Jake Paul killer clown incident, i always thought that it was porbably even worse than the suicide forest, since he was pretty much taking advantage of little and naive children just for the sake of attention. I don't have any sympathy for Jake Paul, and i didn't had any for BehindTheMeme neither, but now that you put it that way, i can't help but feel sorry for the guy.


Hmm.

I know someone who mocked suicide and claimed it was suicide awareness

It was in January

Hmmm I just can’t think it out of my head.

His name starts with an L and has P in his last name.


to be honest i really wanted to see behind the meme be the golden (memed) channel.
but now im like why mate why make it like this.
great way to finish 3/4ths of 2018
wow 2018 is so around death that it makes me ill like really ill.
if your a good guy please please make a aplogize video and at the very least due some chairty work.
not any of this fake suicide shit like jack or logan paul.
man i will say 1 thing for this being your 1 big wrong doing i will say ok

to be honest i dont know why but this makes me think of game thoery.<br>honestly that was heavy shit

to be honest i dont know why but this makes me think of game thoery.
honestly that was heavy shit

so has emplemon, so has the memeking(guy with orange hat and sunglasses

i dont hate him and i wont .
he is like almost everyone else on youtube .
thay all make heavy mistakes so did he


Lmao the thing spiraling in the background is the fish dude from spongebob drinking the water


I'm confused how this was supposed to be offensive? He was raising awareness. So can we have no vision of any suicide in movies tv or any form of entertainment anymore?


The size of his heart makes up for the size of his brain.


It took you guys that fucking long to figure this out i knew it from the start
1. The comedy
2. The amount of money he probably makes
3. His way of speaking

All 3 of those made me figure out really quick that his just a foolish guy with a good heart


This reminds me of a guy named Rouge. Doomsday.exe (a fellow tf2 youtuber) talked about this guy and he faked CANCER and DEPRESSION. just for free items.


One of the best videos I’ve seen about this subject


if death note ended like this it would have been 200% better


His content changed because of this learning experience


He was just trying to raise awareness of people hating on people all the time and he wanted to show what it could do to people


in a nutshell: "i'm not like other girls"


"in Defense of BehindTheMeme." defending behind the meme HERESY!!


"And then it came - she knew it would -
But on that promised night...
It didn't feel as half as good
As once I thought it might."


He's disliked by some for his plagurism and somewhat amateur-ish video content, but I feel many took it too far.

The internet isn't fully aware of how aggressive it can be because harassment/bullying targets respond in different ways. Whilst one person can just be unfazed by others wishing death on them, others can be severely affected by it, especially if they have underlying mental disorders.

Even if BTM was going to be unfazed by the harassment and bullying, doxxing is where it started to get more serious. The disconnect between his internet life and his real life had been disrupted. It's at that point where you can't just say "I don't care what any of you have to say".

It's fine to dislike someone for seeing their content as poorly edited. That's on them, you can comment on their content being poor, and give improvements.
It's fine to dislike someone for not taking improvement advice. That's on them, you can comment on their inability to improve.
But if they don't improve even then, that's where you stop. The incompetence of others has no personal effect on you, especially if all they're just trying to do is make enjoyable content.

Finishing this off, I'm not saying "he's just a content creator, and if his videos aren't for you, leave him alone", but I am saying to leave him alone if you resort to wanting him to die, or attacking him personally.

He's disliked by some for his plagurism and somewhat amateur-ish video content, but I feel many took it too far.

The internet isn't fully aware of how aggressive it can be because harassment/bullying targets respond in different ways. Whilst one person can just be unfazed by others wishing death on them, others can be severely affected by it, especially if they have underlying mental disorders.

Even if BTM was going to be unfazed by the harassment and bullying, doxxing is where it started to get more serious. The disconnect between his internet life and his real life had been disrupted. It's at that point where you can't just say "I don't care what any of you have to say".

It's fine to dislike someone for seeing their content as poorly edited. That's on them, *you can comment on their content being poor, and give improvements.*
It's fine to dislike someone for not taking improvement advice. That's on them, *you can comment on their inability to improve.*
But if they don't improve even then, that's where you stop. The incompetence of others has no personal effect on you, especially if all they're just trying to do is make enjoyable content.

Finishing this off, I'm not saying "he's just a content creator, and if his videos aren't for you, leave him alone", but I am saying to leave him alone if you resort to wanting him to die, or attacking him personally.


The whole "mama memes" thing was still god awful though.


I agree that Behind the Meme shouldnt have a terrible life and I dont think he's evil either.  However, he is very flawed, and very stupid.  I wish him the best in life and as long as he's happy it doesnt matter what any of us think, but I also think your critique of him is well deserved and completely accurate.


The best way to let the internet know that you are drepressed is not to tell


Honestly i never understood the hate towards him


I thought this is going to be about how everybody hated him for ruining memes and now PewDiePie does the same and everybody's okay with it.


Excuse me. As one of the Normies who used BTM to learn about meme culture we are not 10. Most of us Normies are 30-50.

Now that’s a redditmoment right there bucko

Just like reddit does it. The 9 year olds

FGZ PYR <br>You should be proud that you brewed it up

FGZ PYR
You should be proud that you brewed it up

SovietSpoon597 <br>Did you, did you actually unironically say  “4chan is heaven”? I-

SovietSpoon597
Did you, did you actually unironically say  “4chan is heaven”? I-

honestly, that was better than what he is doing now, he probably should go back to doing behind the meme

@The Wanderer 4chan is a Hellish artform, I actually like 4chan though, So I mean...

none of my friends even speak english :(

just show them reddit and its that simple. and if they dont like it go to 4chan.

there is no saving you
repent and perhaps in death you will be forgiven
relinquish these normies you call f r i e n d

@The Wanderer 4chan is a entirely diferent kind of hell, you can't really compare the two

GamerSponge22 go back to wathcing cartoons .. you ware too young

jesus i actually was like that when i found emplemon, i really thought of things in black and white.

I know how you feel, my friends still use Ugandan knuckles memes.

and I love how you say 10 yr olds and not 12 yr olds cuz ur 12

Ikr. I told them hating on being the meme was irrelevant and that you are a normie if you hate him for no real reason. I got a lot of hate for it lol

@FGZ art, yeah, that was the first video on this channel that I watched other than the Spongebob YouTube Poops long ago.

@The Wanderer 4chan is heaven 9gag is hell with the "original memes" on it that are being ripped apart

calling someone normie is a normie nowadays...

9GAG= Hell? Have you ever been to 4Chan?!?


EmpLemon. Thank you for making this video. Ive always disliked you because of the BTM video you made a while ago. I thought you were personally attacking and hating on the person behind the channel. I've tried to tell people that BTM shouldn't get this much hate. Yeah he makes annoying and bad content but he doesn't hurt anyone and he doesn't manipulate the YouTube algorithm. I bet that the actual guy is harmless and cool


wait i thought this was obvious from the start

if you just looked at his editing it was amateur and unprofessional, unlike things like Mashed and WatchMojo. It just felt like a homemade guy trying to educate people badly.


Emplemon's heart grew three sizes that day


"Hurt" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their second studio album, The Downward Spiral (1994).

my dad has a shirt of Nin downward spiral


Wow that’s bad, I don’t know cyber bullying can affect someone like that.


I'm never going to defend him because he never ever credited Siivagunner for creating some of the hottest memes of 2016 such as <b>Nutshack or WANO</b>

I'm never going to defend him because he never ever credited Siivagunner for creating some of the hottest memes of 2016 such as *Nutshack or WANO*


Holy crap it’s been 3 years since this situation already


Wow you know emp has a point, if all you you guys stop memeing for ten seconds


I don’t know what to say but I cannot say nothing.

Like... I had that same idea but my self doubt... I just jumped on your band wagon one day... conflicting emotions.

Kutos.


Well he said he really didn't mean it and he felt kind of bad for it I guess I could forgive him


Yup! And that, my friends, is what happens when you bully an innocent guy who just wants to have fun. Good job, internet!


Hanlon's Razor, Emp. Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.


The thing is his whole career is a mistake nothing can be worse than the fact he still has one


He was dumb don't feel guilty bro he's sick and needs help


EmpLemon went full on Paul Heyman here. I don't know, I just can imagine Paul saying the same stuff. Lemons speech is like the one Paul did on if Brock lesnar intentionally taking out taker.


Me: stopped watching when he did meme

Me 2020: WHAT HAPPENED HERE


And now, I feel like Internet took a part of my soul away from me... What has society become? What even WAS society before all this? I don’t recall anything at all; I wasn’t from that era. However, I realized what I’ve been doing for years. Perhaps now is the time to forgive and forget about all I’ve done.

I can see myself being Behind The Meme. I once made shitty Youtube vidyas. Though I stopped, I could’ve boomed and produced shitty content. But, y’know what? Sometimes, you gotta let go and accept that you’ve made shitty stuff. Hell, I even wrote a novel that counts 120 pages and more and yet, it’s pure crap. But, y’know, I won’t be edgy or anything with this; I just love the cringy story I wrote because I can still see value into it. Nostalgia and stuff, y’know.

Finally, just think about this: art is subjective. When you start making art, you’re bad at it. Then you become good... or you thought you did, but everything’s just "existing" on a plane of existence that can’t be viewed objectively forever.

And thus, the artist that made "shit" improves, but hates his own objectivity and falls back into "shit", because that’s what he wants. I mean, really, what’s perfect? Nothing. It all comes back to nothingness if you go too far.

Don’t go too far, guys. Don’t feel bad for doing shit. Feel good for something for us all to appreciate, to laugh at or to laugh with. Enjoy life, guys. I love y’all, peace.

Sorry for th’long post, m8.

I couldn’t take my attention away from your profile pic

Smash 5 Leak CONFIRMED

KosmicznaKoneko That does make it feel less weird. Thanks

If that makes you feel better, society was always kinda like that, I would even say that it was worse than now. Why do you think Witch Trials were a thing? It’s easy to turn a group into a angry mob. This our primitive nature acting out, that’s why we have to be always careful about our judgments.


Thanks for this video I don't hate him now you changed me thank you


Take a shot everytime he says behind the meme.


I think that in hindsight, what he did had guts. He showed us the side that we don't see when people get hate. He showed us what it felt to be on the brink of suicide. He showed us how much our words have affect on people. The execution was a terrible thing to do to his viewers, but I don't think there was any other way of getting the point across. If he had just talked about it, nobody really would have batted an eye, as everyone would have already known basically what he would say. I commend him for that.


Behind The Meme: Hey, guys, so I didn't really kill myself because suicide is a Serious subject that needs to be taken Seriously.

Anyway, this episode was brought to you by BetterHelp.com


Even if you did ruin behind the meme’s life it wasn’t you....it was those haters. Empathy is needed and now that I look at that fake suicide it shows that he might actually be suffering. There might be a universe where he actually dies.


Looks like you finally learned that some people are just dumb


I hate to say this but I first discovered memes with behind the meme, it hurts to say it. He’s a nice guy tho


The road to hell is paved with good intentions.


BTM made my Dad learn what a fury is because of some meme reference he heard and didn't get. that I cant forgive tho


3:19 god I can think of a few people I want to do that too.


we need a youtube documentary on behind the meme


The road to hell is paved in good intentions


Fun Fact: if you type the word “normie” it autocorrects to “Mormon” for some reason...


I can't find a re-upload of the <br>video, but if he really had killed himself, then who uploaded the video? Is there an explanation for that? And if not who fell for this?

I can't find a re-upload of the
video, but if he really had killed himself, then who uploaded the video? Is there an explanation for that? And if not who fell for this?


Am i the only one who understood that his final video was a to bring a point and a story about how he felt and how much hate can change somebody?


Behindthememe just lost 3 subscribers in 1 second on his live sub count. If this keeps up, he will be doomed.


He already explained that he wants to kill his channel to make non memes vids


Well then
Lets all leave behind the meme
Behind us


Behind the meme faked depression and suicide to make anons feel bad


Behind the meme has taken emplemons place in the downward spiral


EMPLEMON IS SHAKING HANDS WITH SATAN HIMSELF


I personaly liked his series, because in real life you won't always find something that brings you enough joy to keep on living. In real life killing yourself is so much easier, and it ends up being a common 'solution' to suicidal depression. The way he showed him killing himself felt wrong because it felt like this entire series was dumb and useless : and that's exactly how you end up feeling when someone you know and love kills themselves, you feel like they just wasted their entire existence. And that feel, it might not make you consider living rather than dying, but it might make you try to help a sad friend as quickly as possible when you know that they're going through some tougth things. That's why I appriciated this series, not as a person that suddenly chose to get help to find joy in life, but as someone that tried to help people arround me as soon as I felt that emotion of void and uselessness the first time years ago.


After watching your sponge bob video, Behind The Meme seems kind of like one of the rare spongebobs of the community


Yay I like BehindTheMeme he helps me stay cool and hip with the all the cool kids :D


Behind the Meme is the Coconut Fred of YouTube.

Someone remembers that? That show was baaaaad lmao

@Cool Guy 77 But the Emoji Movie is soulless, BTM however even if his stuff sucks, he doesn't know the consequence of what he is doing like the characteristics of Fred's character in Coconut Fred.


So basically, behind the meme is probably the most sympathetic bad youtuber


In this case was more so the fact that people took memes to seriously, rather than him being bullied because he was a basically meme.


I remember when he was decent, even when that zenzi those guys tried to use.


I never understand why there is so much hate to BTM, I don’t know what to hate, why would someone insult somebody over some shitty memes that eventually die after a few days


Actually I'm kind of sorry when I said I hope I can fix it I didn't watch the whole video that's why I was having problems but now I watched it  makes more sense


Why do other youtubers despise those who "sell out", but when they do it, it's  like "hey,  but im the modesttuber guyssss!"


Poor guy, after all, he could have naïve and innocent intentions, and at the end, it all backlashed, he just didn't understand the internet enough.


'poorly executed' you have me cracking up ;p


This is a good video but some people are still gonna give you shut for this.


No matter how far down the downward spiral goes, you will always find yourself at the top.


I dont think he did it for attention, rather to show the damage all the hate went to him did

Not that either. He did it to show awareness to suicide. It was stupid and not mention obviously fake, but he had good intentions, at least.


So basically, Squidward when he pranked Spongebob. ApRiL fOoLs

@Alberto C. Routwell Why grow up when being an adult is boring? Be more mature and wise, yes, but growing up, no.

アメリカやイギリスを英語だ笑い方

Haha SpongeBob mocking meme do funny laugh laugh laugh


This is the first EmpLemon video that I've seen that didn't have a single bit of earrape


Even the suicide ploy was probably better content-wise than his original shit tbh.


"I'm the only one who knew it was fake" yeah ok there sport


Poor BehindTheNormie... I mean... He's a good guy.


Time to watch some re-runs of The Next Generation.