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...Having cracked the Lonelygirl15 case, Internet sleuths are now turning their attention to another secret identity, that of popular YouTube personality Lonelyboy43, who records himself in darkness and uses a scrambler to distort his voice. Longtime viewers have determined that Lonelyboy43 is most likely 60 years old and based in the Washington, D.C., area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Sequel to Lonelygirl15 | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...Lonelyboy43's vengeful obsessions provide much of the show's content. Originally, he loathed an off-screen character named Osama, a "rich, oily guy who acts all holier than thou," but when audience interest waned, he seamlessly retargeted his ire at "Saddam," whose unflattering pictures he posted for all to see, and occasionally invokes the name of a third antagonist, Kim, whom he finds "funny-looking." Many viewers acknowledge they have now conflated the multiple villains in their minds; in the words of one, "Lonelyboy43 has so many bad guys on that show, it's hard to keep track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Sequel to Lonelygirl15 | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...Several other recurring threads also keep the show full of soap opera-like drama. Raised in a deeply religious setting, Lonelyboy43 evidently has a number of repressed conflicts with his father that he has yet to confront. Fan postings reveal a great deal of empathy for him in his struggles: "Ur dad is such a controll freak!!!" writes sk8rdooode16. "Don't let him run ur life 4u. Have faith in urself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Sequel to Lonelygirl15 | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...subplot that keeps viewers returning, however, is Lonelyboy43's fraught friendship with "Condi," his female best friend who organizes the show's technical setup (currently a poorly shot, jerry-rigged affair, as the show has a reported yearly budget deficit of $296 billion). The two are inseparable, and Lonelyboy43 seems to speak more highly of Condi than of his significant other, the bookish, rarely-glimpsed "Laura," yet he seems paralyzed and unable to, as one fan exhorts, "make a move already, willya?" Several websites have sprung up solely to dissect Lonelyboy43 and Condi's relationship, with online polls indicating that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Sequel to Lonelygirl15 | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...scrutiny over Lonelyboy43's identity has intensified lately, the show has responded with a written statement to its fans: "Many of you are asking if Lonelyboy43 is real or not, and therefore if you should believe everything he says. Well, what is real, and what is imaginary? In math, aren't 'real' and 'imaginary' numbers both necessary for high-level calculations? Answer: Absolutely. So, don't think too hard about it, because Lonelyboy43 represents everyone, and the things he says are no more real or imaginary than those numbers, without which all the Internets probably wouldn't work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Sequel to Lonelygirl15 | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

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