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Episode 0 of Cult of Psyche features Psyche introducing a video explainer about Emma Leviathan, an internet creator who performs as a demon, followed by an unstructured open panel discussion where Psyche interacts with chat, displays music and video content, and engages in casual banter with visiting guests.
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Browse era →It's a rare condition this day and age. A friendly face on every page. A laugh track floating through the haze. Everything feels safe these days. The neighbors wave. The children play. The
sunshines bright. The bills get paid. A perfect house. A perfect street. A perfect smile. A perfect beat.
The television glows at night. The family gathers by its light. The jokes are old. The story's tame. Every episode's the same. The father laughs, the mother grins, the
ending always lets you win. The audience cheers. The credits roll, but something whispers through the soul. The picture shakes, the colors bleed, the faces freeze, the mouth still speak.
Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. Please enjoy tonight's surprise. Every channel leads to nowhere. Every answer multiplies. Laughing audiences are screaming hidden
just beyond the frame. Everybody knows the script. >> NOBODY remembers names.
The living room begins to stretch. The wallpaper starts to twitch. The family portrait on the wall moves when no one looks at all. The dog now has a human face. The clock runs backward out of place. The window show another down. The ceiling slowly
drifts back down. A studio audience appears applauding all irrational fears. The signal breaks, the static sings, the shadows grow. They learn your name. Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. Tonight
the laughter sounds like cries. Every commercial hides a doorway. Every doorway tells you lies. The audience keeps a plot and though nobody remains alive.
Everybody knows the ending. Nobody knows who surves. THE set walls fall far away. Behind them stands another set behind
that set. Another set behind that set. Another set behind that set. Another set. Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever.
The laugh track slows. The tape unwinds. The actors lose their faces. The camera finds the audience. The audience finds the camera. The camera finds you.
Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. The show has waited all these years. Broadcasting from forgotten timelines feeding off abandoned fears. Every television ever
built was only meant to be a door. The sitcom never really ended. It only wanted something more. It's a rare condition this day and age.
The melody slows, the voices distort, the audience vanishes. One final clap echoes. The television switches off. A tiny red light remains. Watching.
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>> to this explainer. Okay, we're jumping right into the wild, deeply layered story of the internet's absolute favorite demonic persona, Emma Leviathan. If you've spent, you know, any time at all on the more fringe, fascinating corners of YouTube lately, there's a good chance you've stumbled across a marathon live stream hosted by a woman wearing full demon wings, dealing tarot cards, and loudly complaining about her recent divorce.
So, today we are going to look at the fascinating creator behind the horns. We're answering one simple question. Who exactly is Emma Leviathan? We are starting right at the surface with this absolutely outrageous hook, Satan's actual ex-wife, Succubus extraordinaire. Honestly, that self-proclaimed title tells you basically everything you need to know about the vibe of her podcast. We're talking about a former Playboy
Bunny who built a massive, fiercely loyal community by well, literally pretending to be a demon who's currently stuck in purgatory. It is a wildly specific niche, right? But as you'll see, it's one she was practically born to fill. Section one, the platform pivot. Let's see how getting kicked off one platform was actually the best thing to ever happen to her brand. So, here's
the thing. Her big transition to YouTube was actually forced by a hilariously absurd three strike ban from Tik Tok. Tik Tok's incredibly strict algorithm just couldn't handle her unfiltered style. I mean, first an automated tracking camera literally followed her offcreen while she was smoking. Strike one. Then she got banned during a live stream for what moderators called too sexy dancing, even though she swears it
was just a slightly sultry walk toward the camera. Boom. Strike two. Finally, a totally frank adult discussion about relationships triggered the third strike and she was booted from the platform entirely. Her solution, she packed up and took her entire concept over to YouTube where the rules are, you know, a bit more forgiving for adultoriented comedy. And get this, in a matter of
just 4 to 5 months, her subscriber count exploded. She went from a baseline of around a thousand to over 22,600 highly dedicated fans. Talk about a glow up. That platform shift was a massive gamecher, allowing her to stretch out, find her real audience, and truly build her world. Section two, Tarot meets
comedy. Now, we need to look under the hood of these 3 to 7-hour live streams to understand the actual mechanics of her show. What exactly keeps thousands of people tuned in for hours on end? Well, she essentially treats Tarot as a vehicle for crowd work. She takes her background in stand-up comedy and uses it to keep the audience absolutely rolling. All while providing surprisingly detailed tarot readings for
literally just two bucks a pop. And she's super clear about this. You do not need to believe in the supernatural to enjoy the broadcast. Actually, scratch that. It's really a comedy show first and foremost, just wrapped up in the cool aesthetic of the occult. That quick wit of hers, not an accident. Not at all. It's the result of heavy comedic influences like the chaotic energy of the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous
and the Canadian sketch troop Kids in the Hall. Plus, she honed her timing in the notoriously brutal fires of stand-up comedy Open Mic Nights. She's incredibly open about how she turns personal trauma and this sort of mean but funny family dynamic into razor sharp on the spot improv. That is the true engine of her success. At the end of the day, she genuinely just wants to make people
laugh. Now, to survive on YouTube and keep that explosive channel growth going without getting slapped with demonetization, she had to get creative. Traditional tarot decks like the classic writerweight feature a lot of fine art nudity. YouTube's algorithm doesn't really care if it's art, so this incredibly talented artist literally takes markers to her decks. She draws tiny little bikinis and board shorts on the figures, almost like dressing up
paper dolls just so she doesn't get flagged. It's such a hilarious, practical solution, and it just adds even more charm to whole broadcast. Section three, crafting the lore. Let's pull back another layer of the onion and look at the intense world building that goes into this broadcast. This isn't just a girl sitting at a desk, okay? This is a fully realized theatrical universe. She takes the ancient myth of
Lilith, who's historically known as the demonized first wife of Adam, cast out for wanting independence, and completely updates it into this modern comedic battle of the sexes. Emma's version of Lilith is a somewhat ditsy, incredibly selfish, but fiercely independent demon. The main story line, she just divorced Satan because she wants to prove she can run hell much better than a man ever
could. It is a brilliant satirical twist on mythological lore. And the lore bleeds into reality. Even the physical props on her set have these wild backstories that add so much flavor to the show. Take those heavy waterproof demon scale wings she wears. They cost 400 bucks. And amazingly, she bought them from an online creator based in
Ukraine. Those wings were literally shipped out of an active war zone. No way, right? And her main setpiece, this massive gothic Beetlejuice style antique desk. Ironically, she discovered it hidden away in a devoutly religious antique shop. Every single piece of her visual presentation is anchored in a fantastic story. Now, doing multi-our
streams by yourself is tough. So to add some conflict, she channels a secondary character named Cheryl. Cheryl is this grumpy old lady ghost who's stuck in purgatory right alongside our demon. Her entire purpose is to act as a spiritual foil and comedic sidekick. She chain smokes, absolutely insists on playing bingo, and hilariously quotes Bible
verses specifically to annoy the demonic host. It's comedy gold. But what makes Cheryl so deeply fascinating is her realworld origin. As Emma points out, I pay homage to my grandma with Cheryl. She effectively took the memory of her strict Eastern European Catholic grandmother, a woman who yelled a lot and was tough as nails, and transformed
it into a beloved, hilarious piece of internet performance art. It is this strangely touching, beautiful tribute completely hidden inside a very dark joke. Section four, the woman behind the demon. For our final layer, let's look past the lore, past the comedy, and look at the grounded, authentic creator who
is actually wearing the horns. Tracing her evolution is like looking at a giant puzzle coming together. You can see how every seemingly disconnected phase of her life perfectly equipped her for this ultra specific internet niche. As a teenager, she actually had to hide her contraband tarot cards from that strict Catholic grandmother, sneaking readings at school. Later, as an adult, she cut her teeth in the grueling world of
stand-up comedy and worked as a Playboy model and an adult entertainment. That experience taught her the exact mechanics of engaging live streaming and crowd control. Today, all of those unique skills have merged to create a wildly successful variety show host. Nothing was wasted. The whole shebang came together perfectly. Here is a stat that is absolutely wild. In the online tarot community, which typically leans
heavily female, her audience is overwhelmingly male. We're talking around 75%. Because of her sharp comedy, her striking look, and her totally straightforward delivery, she's managed to attract a demographic that usually scoffs at things like tarot. But here's the so what of it all. This allows her to fill a really crucial void. She uses her massive platform to provide
genuinely positive, grounded life and relationship advice to a male audience that is frankly all too often targeted by toxic internet subcultures. So beneath that whole succubus extraordininaire exterior, the truth is actually incredibly wholesome. Emma is an agnostic, fiercely hardworking mother. Her primary goals, they're super simple. She wants to bring joy and laughter to an audience that really
needs it. Pass on the solid, healthy relationship advice modeled by her own father and work tirelessly so that her child will be proud of her success. The demon persona is literally just spectacular packaging for a deeply relatable, very human mission. So what does this all mean? I want to leave you with this final thought for today's explainer. Does the most profound community building on the internet come
from the most unlikely and demonic of places? Sometimes the truest connections, the most dedicated communities, and the absolute best life advice come from where you least expect it. In an internet landscape full of polished, picture perfect influencers, maybe the person you really need to hear from is the one wearing $400 demon wings, drawing bikinis on tarot cards, and just trying to make you laugh.
Thanks so much for joining me on this explainer. >> There you go. Well, Emma, you're welcome. You know, because that was based on actually our interview together and those were the points I got across. Anyway, I haven't talked to you for a long time, but thought I'd shout out
today. It's Gemini. Hi, Lenor. You're here. Hi. Hello. Hello. Hi. Give me kisses. Oh. Oh, you bit my nose. Oh, you bit my nose. Okay, so what do we have? Oh, okay. So, I was watching this really
cute thing about a cat and a squirrel. I don't know. It's not Rocky and Bullwinkle. I promise you it's like it's like a lot cuter. Let me see if I have it here. Oh, you're you're purring. I hear you purring in my lap. I had a fun time at Les's channel. He's a good guy. Shout out to Alas. Thanks for being nice and uh cool.
Uh I already drank a beer and everything I should not have maybe so early. It's 2:30 in the afternoon now. I finished the beer a while ago. You're purring. I hear you purring. It's getting my other account. I hear you purring.
The cat I guess cats they just purr when they're like, you know, so abused. But I digress, right? Okay, let's see. Okay, I'm in my main account. Okay,
so what was I going to show you? I don't remember. I don't remember. I don't I don't I don't. But that was good, though. I I like that Emily thing here. Let's play a nice like uh well people get in here and like you know more comfortable. See what do I have
a cute a cute little thing to show you. Yeah about a little bit longer. I'm going to show you. Here's what they don't want you to see. I always like showing that
they don't want you to see. Okay, where am I? Here we go. H Yeah, there's You haven't watched her in a neither have I. I mean, I haven't watched for like a year. Hey, Charisma, how are you? Good to see you. Hey, guys. I also I'm gonna give you a free gift. Those that are in the chat today, you get a free gift. Hold on. I can put this on. I'll put it in the chat here.
static in the black rain on the glass. >> Sorry.
>> You ready? Hold on. Now I got it. you get a free gift. Hold on a second for being here and we can look at it later together. So, here we go.
It's a free gift or Helen.
Static in the chapel, black rain on the glass. Something in the ceiling breathing through the mask. Candles bending sideways.
Serpence in the sky. Every whispered secret comes back here to die.
I saw the moon split open like a wound across the night. Silver angels hanging backwards with their halos burning white. Cathedrals made of teleisions chanting through the fog. Every face distorted underneath the voice of God. Terrors were bleeding. Symbols on my
skin. Every door I open let another shadow in. The mirror started talking said my name in reverse. Now the walls are growing teeth inside the UNIVER SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPENATH OF NIGHTMARES WRAPPED AROUND MY FEET.
These are Saki's nightmares. Beautiful and cursed. Black stars falling upward. Heaven running backward. Shadow choir singing under poison light. Welcome to the temple of the endless night. These are nightmares. Every dream.
Hey yeah.
Faceless and crimson robes were floating through the trees, carrying glowing coffins, dripping ancient memories. A giant eye above me made the whole horizon crack and all the dead transmission started crawling back. Static filled the hallways. Fingers through the screen. Every broken
prophecy felt sharper than a dream. The stained glass started melting into made of ash. Then the sky became a doorway. When the thunder finally crashed down below the black cathedral, something ancient starts to wake.
Choirs made of broken radio singing from beneath the lake. No salvation, no escape, just a signal, just a shame.
These are his nightmares, sacred and obscene. Frozen screams of neon burning through the dream. Shadow serpents rising AROUND THE CATHEDRAL SPIRES. Every holy memory swallowed by the fire. These are spiky nightmares. The eclipse behind my eyes. If you hear the choir singing, don't look for the sky.
Black rain on the glass. Something waits forever on the other side of the mask.
You can see you like that one here. Here you go. Here's your gift. I'm sorry, guys. I'm going to delete it in a couple minutes, but there you go. You have to get to it and download it. Just a just a great PDF. It's a little surprise. Little surprise just for people that are loyal and like come here. Just a thank you. So, but again
before I I delete it in like a couple minutes. Let me know you got it, too. Um yeah. Hi, B. Oh. Oh, I have a baby picture of Lenar I found today. Here's a baby picture of Lenar. Here we go.
There we go. Uh oh, there's a issue with my file. What? But what? But but I know that was your baby picture I'm trying to show. Hold on. I share my screen maybe. Hopefully there's not a porno on it. Hold on a second. Let's make sure. I'm
just kidding. I don't watch porn. Okay, hold on. Where is this? Okay. Oh, there. Okay, there's my screen. Hold on. Let's see if I can find Oh my god. Porn. Oh my god. Hold on. Hold on. There. I think it's right here. There. You see? That was baby Lenor.
Isn't that cute? Do you see it? There you go. Let's see. Okay. Did everyone download? I was supposed to download it. Isn't she cute? She's so cute. Did you get it? You have to download it. I'm selling for $19 on the website. So,
it's a gift. It's a gift. It's a Grab it up. Let me give you 20 more seconds. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
7 6 5 4 3 2 Okay, hopefully you got that. Here you go. It's deleted now. Oh, it really died, Arthur. Yeah, especially because you were on here. You You I
think you killed it because it's like nobody likes you. I mean, oh my gosh. Even like Sam like they barely They don't even take full price for you at there. I mean, at least I got full price at Sam, you know. Let's kick you up for five bucks over there. Oh, Arthur. Arthur. Arthur.
Oh, is it Sweepy? Hold on. Sweepy. What can I say except you're welcome. >> Well, I was expecting the Sweet Pea voice. >> Uh, no. Um, I mean, this channel's dead, brother. I mean, like, damn. >> Is it better than your sex life? Is it better than your looks? Is it dead than
your personality? None of the three. Oh, okay. It's coming back actually because, you know, first of all, the trash took itself out on this channel. What? I don't have RG here anymore. I don't I don't have what I don't have Vita. I don't have but Samman, you know, snooping around here. Oh my gosh. Oh, I'm so sad I lost these people. I don't >> You don't have anybody over here have a bunch of anymore. You only have that weirdo. >> Having double digits in the chat. I
mean, so I'm fine. >> I mean, you used to have nearly close to 100. >> Well, I can get back there. What? But there's not lows. There's not plateaus. There's not, you know, peaks and valleys in life. You know, what goes up must come down. What goes down must go back up. It can only go I can only get up from here, right? I I really don't see your channel going up from here. I gotta be honest. >> I really don't see you being much here
in the future. You're banned from >> Remember to Yeah, I'll just ban you from here too. >> You know, you got banned from VAS. Now you're banned from here. Where are you going to go, Arthur? I mean, you go to Sandman's make him some money. He can buy a new fish tank filter and some sneakers. Let you do that, Arthur. I don't need your negative negative
vibes around here spoiling. If I had one person in the chat, I'd be happy. It was, you know, me and Charisma, rear mirror, and Nancy, and they're the only ones here that are talking, but there's 10 other people that would, you know, love to be cuddling up to me. Some people are just, you know, lurkers. Some people don't talk because it's like they're, you know, they're probably smart. I mean, it's like once you talk
here, it's like, oh my gosh. Yeah, I want to hear him run his mouth, but I mean, he's still here. I mean, what I mean, it's like we can hear him run his mouth for a little bit. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. No. So if Nancy wants to hear you run your mouse and so I your request >> well I mean you used to curse at me and like shut up go away. Guess what now your channel's dead. you idiot. You run around with a
bunch of weirdos now here and I'm only HERE TO on you. Yes. I love it. I'm here for your downfall baby. Let's do this. Sand man all the way. you. beta. I'm on that type of time my guy. What you mean bug boy now? Um, no. I'm just waving the flag right
now. The sand. >> No. Yeah, sure. Go wave the flag somewhere else. You know what flag waiverss are? They're called gay and that's what you are. >> Really? Really? >> Wave the flag for Sandman. Oh, >> I'm waving the flag. >> Go do it. >> I'm ripping it. I'm ripping the Sandman flag. >> Ever imagine. And it's like go go get in your speedo, your your professional
wrestling outfit. >> Really PDF former partner and >> that. >> Well, look, I mean, I got to be honest. We all told you what not to do. We gave you what the the the blueprint. You ignored it >> and now you're going to be, you know, alone on this channel. >> I'm my own architect, you know. I'm I'm
rebuilding. So when it's rebuilding, you know, there's just like, you know, fewer tourists that want to come. But you know what? They're going to come back here once I have it all built back up and and awesome. And it's like, and then are you going to be a part of that? No. Because you were such a negative Nelly at the beginning of it and had to be like such a wet blanket when I'm trying to like, you know, I'm already down. Like what what are you going to just come stomp on me when I'm down or are you gonna like like lift out your hand? >> Well, that's what you always did.
Remember you used to always scream at me for no reason. Remember all those times? >> Love. That was like >> your back. >> That was like bros. Yeah, but guess what? >> But you never forget. You forgive, but you never forget. >> Yeah, I'll never forget what you did to me, Arthur, when you you were >> I didn't do to you. I always had your back. >> Oh, you were and you're like, "Oh, you know, you know I hate everyone hates you Psyche."
>> I always had your back. >> Oh, you did? You'd run out of beatas and then and then you'd have her back, right? >> Oh, dude. that >> Yeah. Now, right? Because she won't have you on her show. But I >> I know, dude. She's just mad because I called her out. I said I said what I said to her. >> I read this thing today and I said like I mean it was in my psychonomicon and
it's like the thing is like about me it's like I'm always like my door is always open. It's like but it's like I'm not going to be destroyed over other people or I'm not going to be like you know be like made a fool of and stuff like that. And so it's like you know if you want to come come in like you come a little bit gentle because I'm like still here like still breathing a little bit. I'm like almost like a like a like a dying body and it's like you can come in here like either kicking me and stuff
like that. try to finish the job or you can come in here like a friend. But it's like, you know, I don't like how you came at me today like and I was friendly to you. I mean, it's like >> I don't know, dude. You always used to go crazy at me, bro. Now that I see you on the ground, you know what's funny? You call yourself an architect. No, I think you're more like a demolitioner. That's what you are. You
die alone with this channel. This channel sucks. You suck. You're a weirdo. >> I suck. Arthur is calling to tell me I do. over. Arthur is telling me I suck. Are the sucker the sucker verse is telling me I suck. Okay. Well, I mean, I think maybe it is over for me. >> Guy calls himself a architect. You're more like a demolition. >> Biggest dick sucker. He's the biggest.
Oh my god. He wants Sandman's dick so much. I mean, it's like more than VA even. Like, >> really? >> Yeah. >> Really? You don't have an argument for that because it's true. I mean, it's like >> that's not true. It >> is true. I hear you sucking his dick over there. And he's like even like Arthur, get off my dick, man. He's like like you're in being too gay for him. I mean, stop glazing him for a minute and like maybe like just be like a real real
person. >> I'm being genuine. I actually find his channel >> glazed donut. Go make a glazed donut. Arthur you >> find his channel entertaining. >> Glaze some donuts and like >> we gave you the blueprint what to do and what not to do over here. You decided to >> guys. Oh, I trust you guys so much and it's like, you know, I really like, you know, should just take all your advice
and like I'm I'm really glad I, you know, I didn't, you know. So, anyway, >> well, we were donating to you and guess what? You >> Oh, yeah. Well, donated. What? What? You donated like like a year ago. Congratulations. You donated $2 a year ago. What am I supposed to like? >> Really? $2? Okay. >> I don't know. I mean, it's like you you donated maybe once I kicked somebody off and I like I gave you a credit and you did later. I mean, it's like I mean, it's like what can I do?
>> I mean, it's like Yeah. I'll buy you a, you know, Snickers bar a year ago, too. I mean, it's like, I mean, it's like, okay, it's like, >> but you haven't. >> I will come visit. Come visit. I'll buy you a fish taco. Buy you a Snickers bar. I'll give you a I mean, I mean, >> you keep saying, "Oh, it's just $2. Have you ever given me a dollar?" No. Okay. So, that's $2 more than you've ever
given me. You're like you're like you're like flexing your like your your fiance and you're like you know nice clothes and I'm here you know looking like I'm starving to death and like you know about >> cook lazy prick. >> Well but you're telling me you're not donating. I mean it's like so I mean what is it like it's like everything is wrong. >> Bag of lentils is like >> I can't do anything. I have a bag of
lentils but I'm sick of lentil. >> All you need is water. >> I don't like I don't like potato soup anymore. I'm like you know I'm Irish but I'm not Irish. What? What did you just call? >> This is why we're waving the Sandman flag now, ladies and gentlemen. >> Go wave your Sandman flag like a gay >> Really? >> Yeah. Go away, sweet.
>> Oh, guess what telling me? >> Oh,
what? I don't know what I was telling. I mean, it's like what? He say how do you learn anything? Brandon, don't call me stupid or an idiot on my show. It's like I know what I'm doing. I'm not as dumb as I look. And I know I look dumb sometimes, okay? But I mean, I'm not. I'm actually like a smart person. Here, look what I made. I made this new intro for my show. I played it on Les's today. Lentils are good. You know, I need a
little little garlic, guys. Give me some garlic or something. Or do you want to see the ziti party explainer? No. I'll play I'll play the uh I'll play my new intro. Here you go.
It's a rare condition this day and age. A friendly face on every page. A laugh track floating through the haze. Everything feels safe these days. The neighbors wave, the children play, the
sunshines bright, the bills get paid. A perfect house, a perfect street, a perfect smile, a perfect beat.
The teleision glows at night. The family gathers by its light. The jokes are old. The story's tame. Every episode's the same. The father laughs. The mother grins. The
ending always lets you win. The audience cheers. The credits roll. But something whispers through the soul. The picture shakes. The colors bleed. The faces freeze, the mouth still speak.
Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. Please enjoy tonight's surprise. Every channel leads to nowhere. Every answer multiplies. Laughing audiences are screaming hidden
just beyond the frame. Everybody knows the script. Nobody remembers names.
The living room begins to stretch. The wallpaper starts to twitch. The family portrait on the wall moves when no one looks at all. The dog now has a human face. The clock runs backward out of place. The window show another down. The ceiling slowly
drifts back down. A studio audience appears applauding all irrational fears. The signal breaks, the static sings, the shadows grow. They learn your name. Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. Tonight
the laughter sounds like cries. Every commercial hides a doorway. Every doorway tells you lies. The audience keeps applauding though nobody remains alive.
Everybody knows the ending. Nobody knows who survives. The set walls fall away. Behind them stands another set. Behind the set.
Another set. Behind the set. Another set. Behind the set. ANOTHER SET. FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER.
The laugh track slows. The tape unwinds. The actors lose their faces. The camera finds the audience. The audience finds the camera. The camera finds you.
Welcome back to Cult of Psyche. The show has waited all these years. Broadcasting from forgotten timelines, feeding off abandoned fears. Every television ever built was only meant to be a door. The
sitcom never really ended. It only wanted something more. It's a rare condition this day and age. The melody slows, the voices distort,
the audience vanishes. One final clap. echoes. The television switches off. A tiny red light remains. Watching
watching.
>> Hello. >> Yeah. Hello. >> Talk to sweet pee, please. No, it's funny is like go away, right? That's what you said last time. >> Yeah, that Christine. That was Christine. I love I love you, Christine. It's so good. >> Leave. Leave. I love that. >> Remember you were like, "Leave. Go home. Leave." >> You said I could I could give you a
and then you then you changed your mind about it and then it's like >> No, no, no, no, no, no. Remember you everything. were like, "Right now, right before. >> Nobody wants you here. Leave. >> Guess who left your cat." My cat didn't Oh, you're going to bring up tricks again. How did you do that? Are you just cruel?
>> He left. Cuz you're a scumbag who doesn't take care of your cats. >> That's why. Okay, that's why. >> Oh, yeah. >> You're going to stand by that. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. Arthur, >> what's up? >> I'm just I'm just getting a gauge of your character. Okay. And now hit a little nerve. Hit a little nerve. >> A little nerve. No. Yeah, I'll get a
little nerve. I'll get a little nerve up your butt. Isn't that mean, Nancy? Even Nancy was on your side. Now she's turned against you because you're just being mean. I mean, it's just so bull. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. >> You talking about my whole family a couple weeks ago? >> Excuse me. What? I I don't know. I don't know your whole family. I don't know. I don't even know. I don't even know if you have a family or anything. I don't know. >> Okay. >> Who told you stand by that?
>> Yeah, sure. Who told you that? >> Who said I said anything about your fam? I I never talk. I don't. I'm not a >> Guess what? I got years and I listen. I person. listen when you think I'm >> What did I say? I said what? I said your wife your your fiance left you. That means >> Oh, here we go again. >> Is that true though? >> I was just speaking facts, Arthur. I'm >> I was speaking facts, too. Your cat not like saying left right?
>> So did your fiance. >> Okay, there you go. >> Okay. >> So, how is that mean? Right. If it's facts right? >> How does it mean? Yeah. How's it? So, how's So, why I said when I said your >> No, nothing. I'm just I'm just giving fiance? you facts, right? >> That's it. I'm giving you facts, too. >> Okay. >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Idiot.
>> Scumbag. >> We are waving the same man flag proudly over here. >> Yeah. Yeah. You might as well wave the gay flag, Arthur. I mean, it's like gez. I mean, it's like you look so gay. Everyone is like they're cringing harder than than they ever have at me and my speedo. I mean, it's like it's like you with the with, you know, Sandman's flag. I mean, it's like, what are you like some kind of like, you
know, high school, you know, female? I mean, I don't understand, but you're in the cheerleading squad. You're saying >> I mean, Fourth of July is right around the corner. Yeah. Brown at this time now. >> So, that's when the American >> flag brown by now. >> Yeah. Yeah. It has some skid marks, but how about No. How about your American How about your rainbow flag speedo? Like, how about that?
>> Look who's talking. >> Like, you don't have one. Like, >> look who's talking. Oh, look who's talking. Right. Right. I mean, I >> I agree with what Kate said. Your nails look like you're picking out your >> Oh my god, my nails. Oh my god. >> You're picking out your >> Well, I've had my fingers in her ears lately, Arthur. I mean, >> you got a bunch of >> I know. It's your >> manure on your nails.
>> Consensual. >> Okay, that's an idiot. My nails are just filthy. I know. Look. Can you feel? >> They are. >> Terrible. Aren't they terrible? I know. as dark as your soul cuz you're a scumbag. >> Okay. Well, is anybody >> hear me? >> Hi, wild German lady. Does anyone find this guy entertaining or whatever? I mean, it's like he's just like >> You should not be complaining about me
not being entertaining. >> I mean, he's not he's just I'd rather >> the one that racks up only six viewers over here now. >> Okay. Well, how about like I just want I'll have one less and maybe I'll have four less, you know, even because I'll be playing music. But you can wait if you want. You want to watch another song? I know you do. occur. >> Oh, yeah. That definitely will grab the people's attention. >> Yeah, it will. Okay, let's see. I'm
gonna need text messages and then I'll probably go for a walk. But here, I do have this uh new uh new video for you. Here you go. Let's see. This is in the mythic cinematic trap genre. You'll love it.
Love falls. Love falls. Love falls from heaven.
The hidden kingdom disappeared like mist beneath the morning sun. Crystal towers became memory. The dream was finally undone. The wounded god was through the darkness. Golden feathers trailing light leaving
behind a shattered paradise and a soul alone at night above and gathered stormfilled heavens. Olympus waiting cold and still for nothing stays concealed forever from the eyes of God.
The sea remembered the stars. Remember the mountain knew his name. But heaven had already chosen. Someone now must bear the blame. >> Falling from Olympus. Cast against THE SKY.
>> LOVE HAS LEFT THE KINGDOM. And no one knows the reason why. THE THUNDER ROLLS, the heavens call. The stars grow cold above. For the first time in creation, the God of love knows loss.
Across the clouds, he flew in sorrow. Through halls of gold and fields of flame toward the mother who had sent him to destroy another state. Yeah. Fury waited on Olympus >> long before his wings arrived.
Whispers travel fast through heaven and secrets rarely survive. The goddess saw the truth before her. Saw the future she had feared. A mortal standing where she once stood inside the hearts of all who hear. The
sky grew darker. The sea grew wild. THE TEMPLE SHOOK BELOW. The oldest war began again. The war between love and control. >> Falling from Olympus. >> Cast against the sky.
>> Love has left the kingdom and no one knows the reason why. The thunder rolls, the heavens call, the stars grow cold above. For the first time in creation, the God of love knows loss.
The chains were forged from pride and sorrow. The prison built from wounded fear. No Titan king had ever captured what his mother captured here. Golden feathers filled the throne room like
autumn leaves before the frost. Each one carrying a memory of every road now lost. The sky that once belong beneath him now seem farther every day. And all the freedom he once car
slowly slipped away. Meanwhile, far below, the world kept turning.
A lonely figure cross the valleys, searching roads she did not know. Temple after temple passing, following wherever hope would go. She called her rivers, called her mountains, asked the forest for a sign. Yet every
answer led to silence. Another mile of time. The world felt larger than before. The stars more distant overhead. But still she walked because some promises refuse to die.
Through deserts, through rain, through kingdoms, through pain, >> one search the earth, one watch the sky. Both refusing to surrender.
>> The god remains in prison. >> Yet still he dreams of flight. >> The soul keeps searching through another lonely night. The sea remembers Does remember the promise made above and somewhere faith begins preparing
the trials yet to come. A prison waits a journey starts. God is watches from afar and two hearts separated by the world still move toward the same star. Love
falls. Love falls. Love falls. from heaven
explainer. Today we're basically putting on our digital anthropologist hats to break down an incredibly toxic, entirely unfiltered live stream. We're looking at an absolute classic piece of internet history from the channel Cult of Psyche, specifically the infamous Ziti Oil Party. But we aren't just going to recap the drama. We're going to analyze this
entire event as a fascinating, chaotic, and totally unique form of digital performance art. Right off the bat, our host, Psyche, sets this hypnotic, incredibly surreal mood before the absolute internet madness even begins. He literally starts the stream singing this ac cappella. He's talking about magic in her hands, whispering what the future holds. You know, it almost feels
like an invocation. It immediately sets the stage for a wildly unpredictable environment where, as you'll see, pretty much anything can and absolutely will happen. So, here is our road map for the breakdown today. We're going to cover digital performance art, tarot, cats, and chaos, the $800 dispute, escalating guest conflicts, the chat room effect, and finally, reality breakdown and
resolution. Let's jump right into part one, digital performance art and the open panel ecosystem. Think of the open panel format as the wild west of modern digital broadcasting. The crucial thing to understand here is that this isn't a scripted TV show. It's a completely unpredictable ecosystem. Viewers can literally click a link, drop onto the screen, and totally hijack the
narrative. One minute Psyche is casually talking about a terrible date he went on and the next a new guest drops in and entirely changes the emotional temperature of the room. It's fluid. It's unstructured and yeah, it is highly, highly volatile. Moving on to part two, Tarot, Cats, and Chaos. Let's look at how this surreal stage is set.
The contrast here is just staggering. You've got Psyche steering the ship with this almost detached dreamlike calmness. He's literally chilling, eating chicken wings, petting his massive cat tricks, who apparently sleeps on him like a 100 pound weight every morning, and doing tarot card polls. Meanwhile, on the exact same screen, his guests are having absolute screaming meltdowns. At one
point, Psyche shows the camera a burger he got delivered from a place where, quote, "The name says it all." While guests are hurling the most deeply personal insults you can imagine at each other, it is a total masterclass in absurd digital contrast. Which brings us to part three, the $800 dispute. Our inciting incident. That surreal piece we just talked about. Yeah, it doesn't last
long. To keep all the rapidly shifting alliances straight, we've broken down our core cast of characters. Psych plays the passive observer. Then we have Michael. He's the accused, and his arrival acts as the match that lights the powder keg. Tracy is the creditor, a hospice nurse allegedly owed money. Beta, also known as Beia, is Tracy's fiercely loyal defender, who actually
gets driven to tears. And then Bronzebird drops in to play the white knight, taking Michael to task for how he's speaking to the women on the panel. So, what's the actual beef here? The panel alleges that Michael ran a six-month romance scam on Tracy, ultimately taking $800 from her. And Michael, well, he doesn't exactly try to diffuse the situation. Instead, he
openly says, "Why spend my money when I can spend somebody else's?" Yikes. Right? On top of that, he starts making highly offensive racist remarks, telling guests to go back to the Middle East or India. This understandably just completely ignites Beta's fury. All right, part four. Escalating guest conflicts. Personal drama on a public
stage. From here, the stream morphs from a minor squabble into explosive screaming matches. The complex social dynamics evolve so fast because Michael's defense completely crumbles. Beta becomes the emotional conduit for the whole panel. She's furiously calling out his predatory behavior, crying out of pure frustration. Michael tries to defend himself by claiming he loved
Tracy but wasn't, you know, in love with her and casually mentions he had an on andoff girlfriend of 9 years who he ended up going back to anyway. As you can guess, that revelation pushes Beta and Tracy right over the edge. How does a stream go off the rails so fast? Well, it happens in four very distinct steps. First, Michael joins and is immediately greeted with the label Boy.
Second, the $800 debt gets dropped like a bomb. Third, Bronzebird and another guest named Nick literally drop in to act as a pseudo jury to interrogate Michael. And fourth, Psych just watches. He only steps in once when Michael brings Tracy's son into the argument, establishing a hard boundary about bringing kids into internet drama. Otherwise, he just lets the performance
art play out. Part five, the chat room effect. The unseen Greek chorus. You really have to wonder who's actually steering the ship here. Are the guests genuinely driving the conflict or are they just reacting to the text rapidly scrolling by on the side of their screens? Because the live chat is
completely weaponized in this ecosystem. Commenters act as an environmental influence, dropping little nuggets that instantly trigger erratic behavior and defensive rants. Sai literally calls out commenters like Big Tall, claiming he knows his true identity. Meanwhile, Michael gets incredibly defensive the second someone named Jaime's Cowboys is brought up in the chat. The guests are
constantly reading the chat out loud, getting distracted, and using the chat's opinions against each other. It's like an unseen Greek chorus constantly poking the actors with sticks. And finally, part six, reality breakdown and resolution, the collapse of truth. When you argue online for this long, maintaining a consistent story is pretty much impossible. The panel confronts
Michael with his own private messages where he claimed he couldn't join a previous stream because he had just buried his mother the other day. But live on the panel, he casually mentions his mom is alive. Then he says his dad died in December. Then he pivots and says his dad was actually cremated in the Dominican Republic. And finally, he just starts yelling that he is a bastard who never even met his dad. It is a
complete and utter collapse of truth right before our eyes. 10 hours. That is how long this chaotic, unstructured stream lasted. 10 hours of blurring the line between authentic human emotion and surreal digital theater. For 10 hours, these people yelled, cried, and aired their deepest personal grievances to a bunch of strangers on the internet. And in the middle of a screaming match,
Psych literally stops to do a threec card tarot pull for a guest named Michael Bruno. So, as we wrap up this explainer, I want to leave you with one final thought. In an open panel ecosystem where the viewers can instantly become the guests and where the host is casually eating a burger while reality completely breaks down around him, who is actually pulling the strings? Who is the audience? And who is
the performer? It's a dizzying look at modern internet social dynamics. Thanks so much for joining me on this deep dive. And remember, always question what you're seeing on the digital stage. >> Yeah, that's pretty good. I like that. I like that. >> Yeah. I mean, it's like I like I think that AI is really like um
understanding of psychology because I think human beings they get too embroiled in their own psychology. that are not detached observers like usually have their own like psychological thing that make it's almost like you know how you don't have an accent but like you know everyone else can tell you have an accent kind of thing it's like but it's like you're normal but it's like everyone is there something
different you know I don't know if I'm explaining it right but Hi Lenor Henor yeah and my little black panther my little black panther oh hi Hi. Hi. Hi. Oh, you're such a loving cat. Yes, you are. >> Oh, you are. Oh, you kissing. You're
giving me kisses. Yes. Give me kisses. I know. Yeah. It's Miss Lenor. Lenor is such a good cat. I'll show you the baby picture again. It's so cute. This is her baby picture. Oh actually yeah. Come here. Let me see if this picture tricks and the pie comes up. Yeah, look at that one.
when tricks was a baby, I think. Or I think that's either Tugs or Pi. Like, you know, it's hard to tell because of their uh they like I think Pi had like a little like less um of a that might be Pi because he had a little bit less of a a white on his chest and so you can't really see the white, but yeah, that's the baby. Then I guess this was like a couple
years ago these came up and I know they were babies because they were like that was April, May, June, July. Yeah, it's like that's probably like three or like about three months. They're probably three months old there and stuff and so they were just becoming little kittens and like you know coming into their kitteness and coming out of like starting to eat solid food and stuff
like that. It's really cute. Yeah. Oh no. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Oh, I love you. I I I was very loving. You're a very loving cat. I know you're loving.
And it's like, and then Lola, where's Lola? Lola Lola's usually around, but she like wants she looks Rudy's over there. I see Rudy. The other Rudy, what are you doing? Rudy, he he likes to look in the mirror. He likes to look in the mirror himself. Okay. It's kind of like me a little bit. But yeah, I don't know. I'm getting kind of sleepy. So, um, but I hope you know the people that got the
gift got the gift and uh want to thank everybody. Thank you so much. Shout out to to the special person. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Um, it really helps. And everyone check out coldcodex.me. I think it's like you'll be really impressed. They got a lot of like uh stuff going on there. and N's on
her her on her uh you know she the membership she wanted and stuff and so check it out. Got a good stuff. Okay, talk to you soon guys. Have a good day. See you later. I drank a beer too early so I'm gonna take a nap and I probably come back on later. Okay.
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