YouTube Rabbit Hole Begins With Innocent Cooking Video, Ends at Secret World Government 47 Videos Later

Local man Greg Autoplay sat down at 7 PM Sunday to watch a YouTube tutorial on making risotto and, through a series of algorithmically suggested videos, arrived at a documentary about a secret world government by 1:14 AM Monday, a journey he describes as 'organic discovery' and his wife describes as 'the reason we're in counseling.' Autoplay has reconstructed the path from his watch history. The journey began with 'Easy 30-Minute Risotto' (12 minutes), which led to 'The Hidden History of Italian Rice' (22 minutes), then to 'How Global Trade Actually Works' (38 minutes), followed by 'What They Don't Teach You About Supply Chains' (45 minutes). From there, the algorithm suggested 'The Secret Logistics of Power' (1 hour 12 minutes), which featured a brief mention of the World Economic Forum, triggering the suggestion of 'Davos: The Meeting They Don't Want You to Know About' (2 hours 3 minutes). 'By 11 PM, I was watching a man in a bunker explain that the global rice supply is controlled by seven families,' Autoplay said. 'It felt like a natural progression.' Autoplay's wife, Christine, who went to bed at 9:30 PM expecting her husband to be eating risotto, found him at 1 AM in the dark, laptop illuminating his face, muttering about 'grain cartels.' 'I asked him what happened to the risotto,' Christine said. 'He said the risotto was a distraction. We had cereal for dinner.' Autoplay has since installed a browser extension that limits his YouTube sessions to ninety minutes. The extension was suggested by a YouTube video titled 'How Big Tech Controls Your Screen Time,' which he watched for three hours. The risotto remains unmade.