Investigating the Real Identity of Q

• 1:05:32Benjamin explains the leading theory that James Watkins, who started 8chan, is likely QAnon.
• 1:05:53Watkins served in the army as a computer programmer in Virginia throughout the 90s, then moved to the Philippines right after 9-11.
• 1:06:35Tim expresses appreciation for Frederick Brennan (Hot Wheels), noting he causes havoc despite being in a wheelchair.
• 1:07:09Watkins looks exactly how you'd expect the owner of 8chan to look.
• 1:07:36Abandoning the country three weeks after 9-11 to move to the Philippines is presented as a suspicious move for someone who might be intelligent.
• 1:08:01Brennan describes 8chan morphing from white supremacy and neo-nazism into QAnonism, then distanced himself from the platform.
• 1:08:34Watkins definitely knows QAnon's IP address and could stop the Q drops if he wanted to, suggesting he's in communication with whoever is posting them.
• 1:08:57Tim jokes he would forgive Chelsea Peretti if she admitted to being QAnon for the past three years.
• 1:09:16Older paleo-conservatives like Steve Bannon all have the same look as the overly conservative history teacher who would hint at conservative views.
• 1:09:57Watkins was a porn pioneer who exploited a loophole in Japanese censorship by hosting adult content outside Japan.
• 1:10:21Tim questions why the Philippines is a haven for hosting unregulated content given the region's issues with child porn and human trafficking.
• 1:11:57The platforms Brennan and Watkins created are responsible for hundreds of deaths, though they also produced some funny jokes.
• 1:12:31Throughout history, people just love killing each other—it's a theme.
• 1:12:51Tim's favorite words for killing from rap music are "clap" and "murk."
• 1:13:14Tim was offered an interview with someone who ran a cruel website where people would follow, tape, and troll others, but declined because it was intensely disturbing.
• 1:13:39Someone killed themselves on that cruel trolling website.

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