#VRChat is magical -- it's also the new (old) Internet. Here's why.
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This was previously titled "VRChat is Magical: A Video Essay," but I changed it to better describe the thesis.

Index:
0:00 Introduction
3:13 Chapter 1: Explaining VRChat
7:10 Chapter 2: Virtual History
15:13 Chapter 3: What Was Lost
25:58 Chapter 4: The New, Old Internet
36:14 Chapter 5: Final Thoughts
45:57 Credits


MUSIC CREDITS:
Colin Root - Blackout (No Copyright Music)
Uniq - Art of Silence
White Bat Audio - Escape From LV426
White Bat Audio - Inception
White Bat Audio - Brave New World
Lakey Inspired - Blue Boi
V.I.P.N. - Cyberpunk
Scott Buckley - Hymn
HoobeZa - Mellow

Special V/O thanks to GreyhoundVRC and Lilacsongstress.

The DNA guy is MR_EM -- thank you to Diogo Santos in the comments! He had so many variations of this avatar, and honestly, his creativity just blew me away.

A much longer list of credits is included at the end of the video.

Thank you so much to everyone who encouraged me to keep going. I hate this stupid thing. I'm going to do another one.