A few things about me, my accounts, and what I like.
β Who is Xeptonite?
I am a YTP creator, vibecoder and digital hobbyist operating with an isolated career path and an anti-social / introverted mind.
On the outside, I rarely post there anymore. Blame the withersloppers. I might also mention uncanon information such as βFandroid is blue balloon,β which could confuse you at first. Spoilers: it does make sense.
On the inside, I build everything with intent. Every cut, distortion, effect, mention, joke, and strange detour is there for a reason, with no real regrets. Unless I edit it out later, in which case it was probably the publicβs fault.
I am also a video editor. I mostly use Vegas Pro 17 or Vegas Pro 22, depending on whether I am starting a fresh project or remastering a legacy one that has probably been incubating untouched for over two months. Unless I stupidly format my hard disk, in which case the timeline enters witness protection.
Honestly, I treat editing less like software use and more like a major part of my career. Vegas is not just a program sitting on my computer. It is part of the workflow, part of the archive, and part of the machine. The preloaded effects are already good enough for me.
π«§ What can I call you in short?
You can call me with these shortener names: Xepy, Xeptony, Xepton.
πͺͺ About me
I am a YTP creator, born March 2009, vibecoder and digital hobbyist operating with an isolated career path and an anti-social / introverted mind.
I'm late Generation Z'er with a conservative / hybrid sense of internet humor, never followed up with TikTok. I don't find low-effort repetition pretending to be humor funny, especially the ones that are really easy to spot, or ones that don't even qualify as "memes" in any way, though rather slop or rubbish (importantly; witherslop).
On the surface, I am quiet, distant, embarrassed, private, sensitive, constantly retreating, and functionally invisible. Beneath that, everything is processed deliberately. Every thought gets planned, revised, simulated, and archived, even if the actual output never appears publicly and instead quietly disappears into someoneβs Google Drive account.
I am weird externally, but structured internally.
I am not here to inspire anyone.
I am here to exist, create during free time, and survive being a teenager surrounded by people moving faster than they think while I prefer silence over noise.
If I finish something, that is a win.
If I do not, it remains standing until later.
π½ Creating & collecting
Most of my ideas are born during the static noise of school hours. About 90% never become public. They are rarely deleted. Most simply enter archive status and remain there until further notice.
I use Vegas Pro 17 and 22 to create most of my content. Every cut, distortion, effect, reference, and timing choice exists on either accident or purpose. If a joke disappears later, there is a reasonable chance the public caused collateral damage. I also prefer rendering uncensored versions for preservation so nothing gets forgotten.
iβve actually made oses, mostly for experimenting.
Every cut, distortion, timing shift, reference, and joke is intentional. Even when something looks absurd, it is usually just me cutting clips to make it overexaggerated. If something gets removed, it is because it was released to the public. Not because I forgot.
I upload rarely because my tolerance for low-quality engagement is thin. Comment sections degrade over time, so I block spam, witherslop, and low-effort noise deliberately rather than emotionally.
due to bare attention and possibility of getting threatened for being what i am, i barely post my videos online. sometimes i do, it it'll get barely any engangement anyway, only from friends, adults who never heard of long-form videos, heavy criticizers, etc.
I rarely post. Engagement is inconsistent.
Uploading slowly is not inactivity. It is not laziness.
It is protection, and protection is underrated.
π¬ Social life & habits
Socialization is not a dramatic hurdle for me. It is mostly energy consumption. Forced interaction feels less like connection and more like unnecessary vocal cord degradation. I operate best in isolation and peace.
Talking to myself is development, not embarrassment. How else would I train for an English exam? Unlike most people, I overthink by choice. I prefer balanced results over improvising directly.
i hate socialization, a lot. i prefer to talk to myself, it's a lot more convenient getting ideas from myself, and i'd get threatened if i socialized a lot aanyway.
talking to myself isnβt stupid, itβs how i develop, and people need to understand. this is why i struggle to come up with anything when people are around, but like 85% faster when alone.
parents gone all day = freedom.
i know being home alone is better than being spied on every 5 seconds.
i talk to myself more than with actual humans. i don't regret it.
π Interests & preferences
I sometimes reference uncanon terminology such as βfandroid is blue balloon.β Within the system, it makes sense. If it confuses you, that is acceptable.
inside joke: fandroid is obsessed with blue balloons, and is very likely to be one. iykyk, don't even try to ask.
if i say "fandroid is blue balloon," it's true terminology. if you doubt it, then you're not welcome here.
random fun facts:
i judge balloon sizes. if itβs under 33 cm, i usually stay away from it. i like it to be at least 33 centimetres or above (donβt go out of context with it, don't).
i consider judging my bad handwriting as "racism." (even though it isn't technically, but it is controversial)
i don't laugh at toping jokes. no regrets.
π Internet archaeology & identity
to put it to more detail, my original trace goes back to july 2012 on windows 8 store, downloading βcontacts & calendar & emailβ at age 3. since then, iβve used a couple hundred of internet identities throughout 2014 to 2024, now rebranded as xeptonite, known for it.
yeah, thatβs me, Xeptonite the Button Presser. if you still call me out for this, youβre very likely stuck in 2024, and you must move on (besides how the hell do you still remember that). blame myself (as jobbot) in november/december 2023 for starting it all. this also ruined my life forever, and reputation, although because i deleted my channel that could get fixed.
before september 3rd, 2024, when i started knowing fandroid through an omegatronic video, the only evidence was a couple 2018 memories, a 2023 return livestream i watched, and a video called tf2 ytp collab 2.
i once made an ai image generator just to see if zenotroid fans would meltdown. they did. 10/10 experience. hyacinth is only there to harass teenagers, no one can correct it. period.
survived nearly getting assaulted by glitchecalkatt and hyacinth.
π€³ I never adapt to TikTok humor, but why?
I'm a late Generation Z'er with a conservative / hybrid sense of internet humor, and I never followed TikTok. Timing, editing, absurd wording, and an unexpected payoff are what make a joke work for me.
Low-effort repetition is easy to spot. Repeating a trending phrase or an obvious reaction doesn't automatically give it a punchline. A lot of what gets called a "meme" feels like slop or rubbish to me, especially witherslop.
Witherslop is the clearest example: the same stock reactions, slang, and emoji combinations repeated until they stand in for an actual joke. Seeing the same thing pasted under every video makes the comments tiring to read.
I still use newer jokes when the delivery and context work. You might also see me quote or mock these reactions, or use them privately. My sense of humor is a mixture of things I actually find funny; it doesn't need to follow a feed.
The same applies to writing: make your words make sense. I dislike unnecessary abbreviations and copy-paste replies that replace actual commentary. I block repetitive spam to keep my comment sections readable.
If you don't want to be blocked: SPELL THE WORD.
I block words that are needlessly shortened, overly offensive, or repeatedly used as brainrot filler.
Examples include "cornball", "sybau", "ts pmo", "tuff", and "zamn". Spamming them under everything does not make a comment funnier.
π Did you stop pressing 3 buttons daily?
Yes, if you couldn't tell.
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My Opinions
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π I Like These Things
Old, obsolete, experimental, or otherwise unusual operating systems and software
Windows 8.1
Software preservation, archives, old Web pages, and recovering lost versions
Intentionally weird technical experiments
Detailed version numbers, build strings, changelogs, and technical lore
Interfaces that have an actual visual identity instead of following whatever the current design trend is
Blue/black and darker interfaces
Software that gives the user control over how it behaves
Quiet environments and working on things alone
Taking as much time as necessary with creative projects instead of rushing them out
Video editing and constructed parody
Surreal or mistranslation-like humor
Humor that has actual timing, structure, escalation, or an unexpected payoff
Bizarre software errors and technically absurd situations
Preserving compatibility with old software and hardware
Websites that remain usable without requiring an app
Being able to disable features that I do not want
Configurable software and power-user features
Intentionally maintaining older things instead of replacing them merely because they are old
Distinctive Web sites that actually look like they belong to their owner
π I Hate These Things
Forced socialization or interaction
Artificial deadlines for creative work
Being pressured to upload or finish something merely for the sake of activity
Intrusive newsletters, popups, app advertisements, and βopen in appβ prompts
Forced recommendations, autoplay, doomscrolling, Shorts, and other engagement-oriented features
Tracking links and unnecessary tracking
Websites requiring an account for things that should not need one
Excessive anti-bot systems that get in the way of normal users
Websites becoming less functional because they were redesigned for mobile first
Broken responsive scaling
Bloated modern interfaces
Fake minimalism that removes useful controls instead of simplifying them
Forced social features in software that does not need them
Replacing useful software merely because it is considered βlegacyβ
Interfaces with no distinctive identity
Software that tries to decide what the user wants instead of providing an option
Trend-dependent slang and phrases that become meaningless through repetition