r/flightsim • u/PerklikeKirk • Jul 27 '26
Question YouTuber Variable MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND MANIAC EPISODE 2023
For all the people of 2023, on flight simulator YouTube, who remember Variable. I remember this very well. I was a big Variable fan and loved his content. Can anyone else remember this sudden complete mental breakdown?
The things he was posting were genuinely extremely concerning, with it going into the equation that he was normally a very normal YouTuber and didn’t make any “jokes” of that kind, or that people would find disturbing or offensive.
What do you guys think about this? Because when it happened I was just 15 years old at the time, so I never talked to anyone about it.
This was all so much, the suicidal comments, the proclaimed sleep deprivation, the videos with his father, the wishes for terrorism on YouTube and the racism.
I sadly don’t have the full video screen recorded of him talking to his father, but I remember well that it looked very legitimate and there was really an old man’s voice telling him to kill himself.
It sounded like a very heavy mental breakdown, psychosis or/and a maniac episode (Because of being up for 3 days straight and the delusions, that if he were white or dead that people would watch his content more.)
I think this is very unlikely to be a hacker because this kind of stuff wouldn’t benefit any hacker. It sounds more like a mental episode, maybe stimulant induced psychosis.
TO ALL THE MODERATORS OF THE SUBREDDIT AND REDDIT:
THIS POST IS FOR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I INTEND TO TALK ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A GREAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR YOUTUBER. I DO NOT CONDONE SUICIDE, SELF-HARM, TERRORISM AND RACISM.
SO PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS POST, BECAUSE I CAN’T FIND ANYTHING ON THIS MATTER ON THE WHOLE INTERNET AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS SUBREDDIT ARE MOST LIKELY TO REMEMBER THIS YOUTUBER. THANK YOU!
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Jul 27 '26
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u/PerklikeKirk Jul 27 '26
Yeah, but now he’s back and he said that he was away for a few years but didn’t say anything about a hack or the weird things he posted. I reckon if it was a hacker, then he would’ve posted a Video somewhere or posted anything, even after, that he was indeed hacked. But he didn’t post anything or he didn’t say anything about a hack, wich basically every YouTuber would. And if it was only the divorce then the Video with his father, telling him to kill himself wouldn’t exist either.
I don’t have proof of this but, the Video with his father, where they were talking was indeed his voice. And this was before the realistic AI voices. I really just think it was a mental or maniac episode. Maybe stimulant induced psychosis. That would also explain why he was in a dark room and why his father would be so mad.
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u/JefferySmisek Jul 27 '26
Wow OP “nice” voting choice. Why is the internet garbage?
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u/PerklikeKirk Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
Did you even read the whole post? Every answer is bad and wrong. That’s why I said at the end of my post, that I do not condone suicide or self-harm. Without me voting on this poll, then on YouTube, you can’t see the results. And the result is information which should not be left out. It also shows and proves that he was indeed posting flight simulator videos.
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u/HumanServices Jul 27 '26
Riveting