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Allow me to introduce you to my favorite foam insulation enthusiast,
Isse Roble!
yes that is his real voice, but it wasn't always like that
Isse is a 24 year old foam god who grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He lived with his parents and went to Central Crossing High School where he was a runner and even made it into the news! Running was his passion, along with photography. He has a Facebook account linked where he posted some of his photography here. He says that he was able to run 70 miles a week at his peak and was a dedicated runner for 4 years of high school.
One of the biggest issues Isse had while in high school was that his home life was not the best. His parents were first generation immigrants from Somalia. In multiple videos and from new information from this new found friend, we can learn that his parents were not the kindest, but more on that later.
For the most part, he had a pretty normal life.
So how did he turn into the lovable foam connoisseur we all know today? While currently unknown, it is my belief that this started because of the "fist sized tumor" in his face and resulting mental trauma from facing death so suddenly. At some point during his last years in high school or the following year after graduation he was diagnosed with some kind of cancer. I am still unsure as to the severity when diagnosed but according to Isse in one of his YouTube videos, he described the doctor telling him he had a 50/50 chance of survival. Not only did he have cancer and was facing death, but his parents, for whatever reason, were MAD at him and even kicked him out of the house! He fell into a deep depression and was unable to continue with the sports and social activities he used to do. While the circumstances are unknown, as I only know this from a second hand retelling from his new friend and context clues from videos he uploaded, I will talk about "Harald" later when I get to the "FOAM VAN/Cheese Car era."
His YouTube channel was when he was the most active while still semi-sane, and has some of the first content he uploaded online. A good bit of background as well as a look into his mind can be found on one of his YouTube channel he called Vlogee (archive links below).
Here is one of the first videos he uploaded that I was able to find. You can hear in the beginning his voice sounds fairly normal, if not slightly reminiscent of his new way of speaking now. The "intellectual way of speaking" he does now slowly started to replace his normal voice as you watch in his videos here.
As you may have seen, he was hanging out with friends and having a good time and being generally social, but as the video continue you can slowly start to see how he's been affected by the cancer and having survived it. The moods from the first to the second video are pretty stark as he starts to actually talk about himself and makes a semi-proper style vlog.
I have the full video archived but it was too large to upload
The entirety of his Vlogee channel is actually pretty depressing as you get to see his life slowly spiral out of control. He has more and more difficulty with his mental abilities, even losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment at one point. They are all worth a watch and I would recommend you do so as he was actually fairly competent with the videography and even some real life foreshadowing with him filming homeless people at one point.
Moving on from his Vlogee YouTube channel, he did have another main account known as isse roble (archive links below). Here is where you can really see the mental decline reaching its peak. Besides Battlefield Hardline gameplay uploaded in 2016, the majority of the uploads are surreal in nature. He was actually uploading new videos on this channel the same day he stopped uploading on his Vlogee channel.
Here are some examples of the sorts of videos uploaded there.
Other than being an interesting product made by someone slowly going insane, they do not really add much besides being the first time we see the VAN he starts to live out of after his inability to get any jobs and maintain an income. Right now he lives off disability checks which he relies on for food and fuel for his van.
early video of the FOAMVAN/Cheese Car
Now enter, THE FOAM ZONE.. or cheese car as the tiktok children call him.
Also just so you know I haven't edited any of these, this is all Isse's work.
This is where I first leaned of him from a friend showing me that TikTok is not for autistic children and E-girls, but actual schizos. I'm sure most people have seen a random TikTok video or two that are either people from third world countries who can barely use a phone or old people who are bored and don't quite understand what the app is about. Most of these are semi-interesting to watch, but mostly just to laugh at. Essayrobles was different though. I'm not sure what it was, but his videos seemed far more engaging to me. The more I watched, the weirder they got. Scrolling back to the beginning did not give much of an explanation either. He was a very weird guy in an even weirder situation.
This was his first upload on tiktok.
He made everything from music videos to philosophy and everything in between. He has uploaded hundreds and hundreds of videos. The majority of which are his ramblings where he goes on for multiple videos talking about absolute nonsense. Now, I have personally archived 120 of the best videos that I feel are worth watching, but if anyone would like to attempt to archive the rest, it would be welcome. I personally won't be considering it, as they are not really worth watching or all that funny besides the weird one-liners every now and then.
Now another interesting bit is the FOAM. While I find everything about him interesting, most people focused on the nasty insulation foam covering everything from the roof to the steering wheel and seats of his van. He coats absolutely everything in the stuff, even his ipad! According to him, the reason for this is because "it's cozy". I assume this is somewhat of a sensory thing for him, similar to what young children and autistic people like.
This van is his pride and joy in life. He loves this thing and even his new friend has had a hard time convincing him to remove the foam. He has done some interesting modifications to it including but not limited to: spray insulation coating the entire inside, custom paint job, custom decals, custom air intake, etc. etc.
Before the F O A M
After foamageddon
There has been no lack of content from Isse, but as of recent he seems to have made a "new friend" as I keep referring to him as.
Meet Harold Alexander, your average reddit tier guy looking to virtue signal to the Internet how much of a kind and caring person he is.
According to Harold he found Isse sitting in front of his van with his head in his hands during a BLM """"protest"""" and being the just swell person he is he decided this was his chance to show everyone how good of a guy he was for helping out this poor black man in need! Once going up and talking to Isse he found out quickly he was not all there mentally and that he had lost his keys (for the third time apparently). This was during the weekend and for some reason the dealership was unable to help get them new keys, so he ended up buying a hotel room for Isse. But not before making his own tiktok and posting videos about all the good stuff he was doing and then making a YouTube video on it. Entirely vertical too!!
His Channel
His tiktok
Archives below, so far there have only been 2 parts to his video series and supposedly a """podcast""" with Isse to be uploaded sometime in the future.
They were able to get the van towed to a new area the next day and Harold uploaded a few tiktoks documenting the entire thing as well as his first YouTube video. Monday they got the new key for Isse and he was back to his FOAM VAN! There where a few videos made about Harold talking to Isse about his situation as well as them getting food, but they are not really noteworthy except a bit of lore. Harold ended up inviting Isse to stay with him at his house with his wife so that he wouldn't have to keep paying for a hotel and could keep an eye on him.
Since then he has made a gofundme which was able to raise over $10,000! This was to help Isse as well as provide some money so that he was not just paying for everything out of pocket. The main reason for this according to Harold was to get Isse "A trailer, a plot of land, a cow, and medical help".
This is where he is now. Harold is helping and talking with him, though mental health is something Isse refuses to talk about, as he threatened to walk away from Harold in his own way. I hope the best for him honestly, but I fear that his cancer has returned as a few weeks ago Isse had posted some videos where he was talking about "radiation" being used to make him sick and severe pain from his back. Now this could just be him reading about 5G and being crazy, but he seemed genuinely in pain the next day.
Well that's just about everything I currently know about Isse Roble. This is my first time posting as well as making a thread here, so if there is anything I should fix or add please let me know. I do have backups on my computer of all his videos from both YouTube channels and 120 of this best tiktoks, but I am not sure where to upload or host them for people if his stuff ever goes down. I could make a YouTube channel dedicated to him but let me know if you have any other ideas. I might just make a big .zip of all of them and link it here later.
Other stuff I found out that doesn't really fit anywhere above:
He was arrested on 12-11-2018 for "AGGRAVATED MENACING, RESISTING ARREST, OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS". I can only speculate as to why but it dose not say if he was actually charged or not.
At some point he was stabbed and you can see the wound here. He has talked about this in one of his videos having "multiple attempts on his life" I would assume this is from homeless people he dealt with.
LINKS
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@essayrobles?
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/diU0c
Vlogee(vlog channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WhhqeSPzAfnkU61qjekqg
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/03Ws8 https://archive.md/eVgGv
Isse roble(main account although less active until he started driving east): https://www.youtube.com/user/mysefl1
ARCHIVE:https://archive.md/mwCPI
[I have an archive of all his videos on both his main and vlogee account]
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isseforlife
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/ngyL3 https://archive.md/K0zTQ
LOOK Facebook (his photography account where most his pictures where posted): https://www.facebook.com/Throughthelensss/
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/K0zTQ
Mugshot and Booking charges: https://www.mugshotsonline.com/ohio/columbus/isse-a-roble/219016772
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/b7MbS
Harold's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1JyCJyD_xotEgZBnl9vL9w/featured
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/vzoiN https://archive.md/JqIwa
Harold's tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@haroldandessay?
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/fCJ32
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/housing-...urce=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/JRVn9
Isse's Instagram(not used anymore with old tiktok reuploads): https://www.instagram.com/essayrobles/
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/WTP8Y
Isse Roble!
yes that is his real voice, but it wasn't always like that
Isse is a 24 year old foam god who grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He lived with his parents and went to Central Crossing High School where he was a runner and even made it into the news! Running was his passion, along with photography. He has a Facebook account linked where he posted some of his photography here. He says that he was able to run 70 miles a week at his peak and was a dedicated runner for 4 years of high school.
One of the biggest issues Isse had while in high school was that his home life was not the best. His parents were first generation immigrants from Somalia. In multiple videos and from new information from this new found friend, we can learn that his parents were not the kindest, but more on that later.
For the most part, he had a pretty normal life.
So how did he turn into the lovable foam connoisseur we all know today? While currently unknown, it is my belief that this started because of the "fist sized tumor" in his face and resulting mental trauma from facing death so suddenly. At some point during his last years in high school or the following year after graduation he was diagnosed with some kind of cancer. I am still unsure as to the severity when diagnosed but according to Isse in one of his YouTube videos, he described the doctor telling him he had a 50/50 chance of survival. Not only did he have cancer and was facing death, but his parents, for whatever reason, were MAD at him and even kicked him out of the house! He fell into a deep depression and was unable to continue with the sports and social activities he used to do. While the circumstances are unknown, as I only know this from a second hand retelling from his new friend and context clues from videos he uploaded, I will talk about "Harald" later when I get to the "FOAM VAN/Cheese Car era."
His YouTube channel was when he was the most active while still semi-sane, and has some of the first content he uploaded online. A good bit of background as well as a look into his mind can be found on one of his YouTube channel he called Vlogee (archive links below).
Here is one of the first videos he uploaded that I was able to find. You can hear in the beginning his voice sounds fairly normal, if not slightly reminiscent of his new way of speaking now. The "intellectual way of speaking" he does now slowly started to replace his normal voice as you watch in his videos here.
As you may have seen, he was hanging out with friends and having a good time and being generally social, but as the video continue you can slowly start to see how he's been affected by the cancer and having survived it. The moods from the first to the second video are pretty stark as he starts to actually talk about himself and makes a semi-proper style vlog.
The entirety of his Vlogee channel is actually pretty depressing as you get to see his life slowly spiral out of control. He has more and more difficulty with his mental abilities, even losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment at one point. They are all worth a watch and I would recommend you do so as he was actually fairly competent with the videography and even some real life foreshadowing with him filming homeless people at one point.
Moving on from his Vlogee YouTube channel, he did have another main account known as isse roble (archive links below). Here is where you can really see the mental decline reaching its peak. Besides Battlefield Hardline gameplay uploaded in 2016, the majority of the uploads are surreal in nature. He was actually uploading new videos on this channel the same day he stopped uploading on his Vlogee channel.
Other than being an interesting product made by someone slowly going insane, they do not really add much besides being the first time we see the VAN he starts to live out of after his inability to get any jobs and maintain an income. Right now he lives off disability checks which he relies on for food and fuel for his van.
early video of the FOAMVAN/Cheese Car
Now enter, THE FOAM ZONE.. or cheese car as the tiktok children call him.
This is where I first leaned of him from a friend showing me that TikTok is not for autistic children and E-girls, but actual schizos. I'm sure most people have seen a random TikTok video or two that are either people from third world countries who can barely use a phone or old people who are bored and don't quite understand what the app is about. Most of these are semi-interesting to watch, but mostly just to laugh at. Essayrobles was different though. I'm not sure what it was, but his videos seemed far more engaging to me. The more I watched, the weirder they got. Scrolling back to the beginning did not give much of an explanation either. He was a very weird guy in an even weirder situation.
He made everything from music videos to philosophy and everything in between. He has uploaded hundreds and hundreds of videos. The majority of which are his ramblings where he goes on for multiple videos talking about absolute nonsense. Now, I have personally archived 120 of the best videos that I feel are worth watching, but if anyone would like to attempt to archive the rest, it would be welcome. I personally won't be considering it, as they are not really worth watching or all that funny besides the weird one-liners every now and then.
Now another interesting bit is the FOAM. While I find everything about him interesting, most people focused on the nasty insulation foam covering everything from the roof to the steering wheel and seats of his van. He coats absolutely everything in the stuff, even his ipad! According to him, the reason for this is because "it's cozy". I assume this is somewhat of a sensory thing for him, similar to what young children and autistic people like.
This van is his pride and joy in life. He loves this thing and even his new friend has had a hard time convincing him to remove the foam. He has done some interesting modifications to it including but not limited to: spray insulation coating the entire inside, custom paint job, custom decals, custom air intake, etc. etc.
Before the F O A M
After foamageddon
There has been no lack of content from Isse, but as of recent he seems to have made a "new friend" as I keep referring to him as.
Meet Harold Alexander, your average reddit tier guy looking to virtue signal to the Internet how much of a kind and caring person he is.
According to Harold he found Isse sitting in front of his van with his head in his hands during a BLM """"protest"""" and being the just swell person he is he decided this was his chance to show everyone how good of a guy he was for helping out this poor black man in need! Once going up and talking to Isse he found out quickly he was not all there mentally and that he had lost his keys (for the third time apparently). This was during the weekend and for some reason the dealership was unable to help get them new keys, so he ended up buying a hotel room for Isse. But not before making his own tiktok and posting videos about all the good stuff he was doing and then making a YouTube video on it. Entirely vertical too!!
His Channel
His tiktok
Archives below, so far there have only been 2 parts to his video series and supposedly a """podcast""" with Isse to be uploaded sometime in the future.
They were able to get the van towed to a new area the next day and Harold uploaded a few tiktoks documenting the entire thing as well as his first YouTube video. Monday they got the new key for Isse and he was back to his FOAM VAN! There where a few videos made about Harold talking to Isse about his situation as well as them getting food, but they are not really noteworthy except a bit of lore. Harold ended up inviting Isse to stay with him at his house with his wife so that he wouldn't have to keep paying for a hotel and could keep an eye on him.
Since then he has made a gofundme which was able to raise over $10,000! This was to help Isse as well as provide some money so that he was not just paying for everything out of pocket. The main reason for this according to Harold was to get Isse "A trailer, a plot of land, a cow, and medical help".
This is where he is now. Harold is helping and talking with him, though mental health is something Isse refuses to talk about, as he threatened to walk away from Harold in his own way. I hope the best for him honestly, but I fear that his cancer has returned as a few weeks ago Isse had posted some videos where he was talking about "radiation" being used to make him sick and severe pain from his back. Now this could just be him reading about 5G and being crazy, but he seemed genuinely in pain the next day.
Well that's just about everything I currently know about Isse Roble. This is my first time posting as well as making a thread here, so if there is anything I should fix or add please let me know. I do have backups on my computer of all his videos from both YouTube channels and 120 of this best tiktoks, but I am not sure where to upload or host them for people if his stuff ever goes down. I could make a YouTube channel dedicated to him but let me know if you have any other ideas. I might just make a big .zip of all of them and link it here later.
Other stuff I found out that doesn't really fit anywhere above:
He was arrested on 12-11-2018 for "AGGRAVATED MENACING, RESISTING ARREST, OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS". I can only speculate as to why but it dose not say if he was actually charged or not.
At some point he was stabbed and you can see the wound here. He has talked about this in one of his videos having "multiple attempts on his life" I would assume this is from homeless people he dealt with.
LINKS
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@essayrobles?
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/diU0c
Vlogee(vlog channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WhhqeSPzAfnkU61qjekqg
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/03Ws8 https://archive.md/eVgGv
Isse roble(main account although less active until he started driving east): https://www.youtube.com/user/mysefl1
ARCHIVE:https://archive.md/mwCPI
[I have an archive of all his videos on both his main and vlogee account]
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isseforlife
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/ngyL3 https://archive.md/K0zTQ
LOOK Facebook (his photography account where most his pictures where posted): https://www.facebook.com/Throughthelensss/
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/K0zTQ
Mugshot and Booking charges: https://www.mugshotsonline.com/ohio/columbus/isse-a-roble/219016772
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/b7MbS
Harold's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1JyCJyD_xotEgZBnl9vL9w/featured
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/vzoiN https://archive.md/JqIwa
Harold's tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@haroldandessay?
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/fCJ32
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/housing-...urce=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/JRVn9
Isse's Instagram(not used anymore with old tiktok reuploads): https://www.instagram.com/essayrobles/
ARCHIVE: https://archive.md/WTP8Y
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