Out there on the far horizons of YouTube, there is a strange little video with no description, no annotations, and seemingly no real purpose. However if you happen to be recommended it by the youtube algorithm, you’ll be welcomed by an ethereal soundtrack, a strange feeling of familiarity, and a comment section unlike anything you’ve ever seen. This is the story of one of the most bizarre hidden webpages on youtube and the psychology behind the uniquely human stories left behind in the comments. This is the psychology of the internet checkpoint.

Special Thanks to Dr. Jonathan Adler! - http://www.olin.edu/faculty/profile/j...

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-Games Shown

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) - Rare
Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) - Insomniac Games
Dark Souls 3 (2016) - FromSoftware
Final Fantasy X (2001)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Nintendo
Gris (2018) - Nomada Studio
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Square Enix
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox
Super Mario Odyssey (2017) - NIntendo
Detroit Become Human (2018) - David Cage
Celeste (2018) - Matt Makes Games

-Clips/Movies Shown

Django Unchained (2012)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Interstellar (2014)
Mean Girls (2004)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
Erased (2016)
The Giver (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
500 Days of Summer (2009)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Marriage Story (2019)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Sherlock (2010)
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   • Brain Games - Conformity (Standing Ov...  
   • Brain Games - Asch Line Study  
   • The Greatest Monster in the Yugioh Se...  
   • 회오리 오므라이스 달인 - korean street food  
   • Binary Code 4K Endless  Green Loop Sc...  
   • Ode to the Typewriter  
   • Digital Data Network Abstract Rotatin...  
   • [4K] Horizon Zero Dawn Time-Lapse: Wo...  
   • Can't sleep  
   • Free Candy  

-Music Sources:
Turffield Lofi Remix - GlitchXCity
Stickerbush Symphony - Donkey Kong Country 2 OST
HOME - Resonance SNES Remix
Forest Interlude - Donkey Kong Country 2 OST
Disco Train - Donkey Kong Country 2 OST
Corridors of TIme - Chrono Trigger OST
Ice Cave Chant - Donkey Kong Country OST
A Traveler’s Tale - Tenno


-Research Articles Cited

Our Stories, Ourselves (APA)
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/01/s...

Improvement from seeing self in control of story. (Adler Podcast) https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rela...

Solomon Asch Length of Line incorrect answers:
https://www.simplypsychology.org/asch...

Custom Ads/experiences preferred:
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/h...

Adler Study: Agency and coherence in a longitudinal study of narrative identity development and mental health over the course of psychotherapy.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

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