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Clips from Q: Into the Storm (2021) - Do You Believe In Coincidences? (S01E01)

"-♪ (SUSPENSEFUL TUNE PLAYS) ♪ -(KEYS CLICKING)"
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"RON WATKINS: This is how the story goes."
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"is dropping information anonymously online."
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"I had noticed that social media platforms were increasingly restricting"
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"and I was curious to what extent Q and 8chan,"
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"I assume that's why they agreed to meet with me."
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"Fred hadn't provided an address,"
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"Fred dropped his coordinates."
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"Filmmaker: From the beginning,"
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"just me and a film school grad I'd hired locally."
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"Filmmaker: ...Fred said that he was moving soon,"
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"some of the wildest content the internet had to offer."
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"I couldn't help but wonder,"
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"had he also played a role in shaping Q?"
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"(laughs)"
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"with the neighborhood kids,"
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"almost all of my friends have been online friends."
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"I have osteogenesis imperfecta."
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"You received genetic counseling. What's wrong with you?""
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"And it caused a lot of, like, teenage angst, also."
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"that the internet had to offer."
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"that they weren't saying because it wasn't socially acceptable."
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"and I just felt, like, wow."
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"I figured, like, because the sites just seemed so active,"
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"Or what I thought was the truth."
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"Like, I'm one step after the dead baby."
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"he became admin of a site called Wizardchan."
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"She had a fetish for virgins, male virgins,"
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"allowed anyone to create boards,"
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"if Reddit and 4chan had a baby,"
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"and everyone could make their own board."
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"with 4chan's anonymous posting, and presto:"
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"8chan was born."
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"I wrote the first part of it while I was coming off of"
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"to, like, 10,000 posts per hour."
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"had given Fred an edge,"
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"Brennan: I had no idea that the hosting"
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"He was 19 years old."
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"It seemed he also wanted to find a partner"
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"that were interested in running 8chan on their own."
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"He's a talented programmer, also."
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"He offered for Fred to come join them,"
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"along with a handful of perks."
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"(laughing)"
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"-Eight years ago. I was 12. Yeah. -Jim Watkins: Wow."
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"So working with Jim Watkins"
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"Fred had to deal with all kinds of infighting"
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"Not to mention, the site itself operated at a loss."
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"really difficult."
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"but he continued to work for Jim Watkins"
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"Like, a big boat?"
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"So, that boat is not generating any income."
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"Brennan: It's a fun toy for Jim."
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"-The SS 8chan. -(filmmaker laughs)"
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"Yeah. I don't wanna say something"
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"But maybe he has guests."
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"-(dog vocalizes) -(laughs)"
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"Filmmaker: Okay. (laughs)"
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"he just wants to make sure"
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"He owned 8chan, and he self-described as an industrialist."
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"Jim Watkins: I didn't seek out 8chan. (laughs)"
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"It costs a lot of money to run it."
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"He'd never given an interview of this type before."
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"Jim had the skills, the knowledge, and the motive"
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"-Filmmaker: No. (laughs) -(laughs)"
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"So, coming up is where our office used to be."
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"that work on other things other than 8chan,"
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"Yeah, I have an organic store,"
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"and this is one of our means of livelihood."
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"We do serve our own bacon."
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"Jim Watkins: To give people a place that they can have"
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"Been around a lot of places, I done a lot of things,"
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"and that's break bread with no jungle bunnies."
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"they use "kikes" and "wops,""
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"you know, and it was, like, wow. (laughs)"
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"Filmmaker: After we had some time to settle in,"
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"done by his mainstream competitor, Reddit."
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"I, you know, it's just one of our users."
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"Let's see what's going on in the back."
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"And I took his broken website which was completely broken,"
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"Filmmaker: So, uh,"
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"Jim Watkins: I wish he would be involved with 8chan."
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"It might be more successful."
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"if there are any other moral dilemmas"
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"and in other countries they have libel laws"
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"And that was the kind of mentality I opened 8chan with."
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"you can't go three years as 8chan's admin"
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"most QAnon followers never actually visited the site."
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"Yeah. It's, it's too chaotic."
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"Oh, I ne-- yeah, exactly. I go to qmap."
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"Filmmaker: Are you on 8chan a lot?"
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"Uh, only if I have to be."
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"That website is a headache, I've gotta say. Um..."
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"(laughs) I've seen some of the threads."
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"There's gore. Violence. Like,"
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"literal graphic stuff."
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"They pull down anything that's illegal,"
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"but it gets posted all the time."
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"-Really? -Yeah."
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"I don't want to see it, but I, I trust you."
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"who had just flown in from Japan."
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"You have to give him a tattoo."
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"-No, we'll make you, like, a badge, here. -Tattoo time! A tattoo!"
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"Filmmaker: The 8chan servers were in California,"
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"(anime song playing over computer)"
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"I prefer to spend my time programming."
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"I, I agreed to be interviewed for this"
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"the forgetful professor type. Like,"
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"Filmmaker: Uh, you're also known as Codemonkey?"
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"And there's a music video,"
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"And I always say, "I don't know.""
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"-(laughs) -Yeah, you know way more about it than me."
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"Q had told Ron to check his code,"
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"complained about being locked out of the board,"
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"I mean, that stands for Codemonkey--"
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"I'm pretty sure Q is a spin-off from "Star Trek.""
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"called the Q-level clearance."
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"Yeah. I have one, but I'm not Q."
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