Just in time for the beginning of Halloween season, join us for the spooky tale of jjoonathan's Youtube feed becoming haunted and possessed by disgusting horrors! A ghost in the machine?

Tune in Friday at midnight!

Lol really? I don't think I'd ever seen a video of that sort recommended to me. (Knock on wood)

Is it possible someone in your household is playing a prank on you?

Nope, I'm the only one on the account. I'm pretty sure it's the same stupid dynamic from the "chum box" days (the box of ads at the bottom of articles), just dressed up for youtube. People have a curiosity about the gross and grotesque. Which is fine, so long as the thumbnails/ads don't get grotesque enough to make engagement nonconsensual, but that's exactly what is happening.

Sadly that’s popped up for me without any interest from my end.

The algorithm probably sees you as an excellent content filter signal for videos it's uncertain about.

Holes? Like, literally, holes?

Trypophobia stuff -- regular patterns of holes the sight of which triggers a strong anti-parasitic instinct in most people.