The video discusses a mysterious YouTube commenter named "Owo" who appears to be everywhere, leaving comments on various videos. The creator of the video, a film theorist, investigates Owo's channel and discovers a series of cryptic videos that suggest Owo is being hunted and tested by a government agency. The theorist believes that Owo is not a person, but a meme that has come to life, and that the agency is trying to capture and control it because of its potential to influence human behavior and cultural evolution. The theorist points out similarities between Owo's story and the concept of computer cookies, which are used to track internet activities, and suggests that Owo's symbol, a cookie, may represent its ability to spread virality and evade deletion. The video ends with the theorist speculating that Owo's capture is part of a larger plan by the agency to control culture and society.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The account "owo" has been commenting on various YouTube videos since at least April 17th, 2021.
2. Owo has a YouTube channel with 188,000 subscribers and only three videos.
3. The first video on owo's channel is a basic introduction to the series and features a warning about owo being a mysterious entity.
4. The second video on owo's channel contains disturbing images and warns viewers not to watch it.
5. The second video also features a glitchy text and a silhouette of owo behind it.
6. Owo's channel has a community section with nine posts, including two previews of upcoming videos.
7. Owo's birthday is May 18th, and they grew up addicted to cartoons.
8. Owo's father left at some point, and owo has a cat.
9. Owo spends 6-12 hours a day commenting on YouTube videos.
10. Owo has left over 43,301 comments on YouTube videos as of the script's writing.
11. Owo's account has been active for 817 days as of the script's writing.
12. Owo has a second channel called "Dark Revolution" which is not related to the ARG.
13. The concept of a meme was first proposed by Richard Dawkins in his book "The Selfish Gene" in 1976.
14. A computer cookie is a small block of data placed on a computer by a website to track internet activities.
15. The Evercookie is a type of cookie that identifies and reproduces itself intentionally when deleted.
16. The NSA used the Evercookie to track users, according to documents released by Edward Snowden in 2013.
17. Owo's symbol, a cookie, may represent a computer cookie or the Evercookie.
18. Owo's story may be related to the concept of memes and their potential to influence human behavior and cultural evolution.