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I believe the weird comments are the result of toddlers randomly tapping predictive keyboard suggestions on their parent's iPads as they watch the videos. The f
by cazum 9y ago
I believe the weird comments are the result of toddlers randomly tapping predictive keyboard suggestions on their parent's iPads as they watch the videos. The fact that they hit "post" after typing their nonsense markovian comments is a statistical inevitability given the millions of views of each video.
Though, if one wanted to hide secret messages on YouTube comments, that'd be the place to put them.
- cmelbye 9y agoProbably not, it was in Thai I believe, and was discovered to decode into strange messages when passed through certain translators and keyboards. (Maybe there are different types of comments though)
- viraptor 9y agoThere are kids using Thai. Why is that an indicator?
- rspeer 9y agoYou can decode anything as anything if you are convinced there's a message there and have never heard of a null hypothesis. I saw some of those threads. The methods of "decoding" they were using were worse than the ones the "Half-Life 3 confirmed" joke is based on.
- Heyhowdid 9y agoHey how did you have your weekend today and tomorrow I will need you for dinner at four I can do you want me a little late lunch