thread of youtubers whomst are not terrible

hey so @AOC HAS JOINED THE STREAM GO WATCH AND DONATE https://t.co/Fz8plugN5y

— Mary Ellen (@alissacaliente) January 20, 2019

I just caught the very end. Crazy.

I can't see it well on my phone, what's the $$ up to?

Over $221k. Since I clicked a few minutes ago they've made about five thousand.

I don't feel old until I see how popular twitch streams are.

I wonder whether AOC is a gamer.

I would say not because it is a total time suck and she seems actually really productive.

Good enough for me.

Here’s @aoc talking about how Nintendo 64 was the best system. She’s on @twitch helping to raise money for trans kids. pic.twitter.com/cJIfUif1mv

— New Super Blood Wolf Moon Bros. U Deluxe (@GenePark) January 20, 2019

Loved the Youtube episode, Simon. You each found your way to a different circle of hell.

Ha, thanks! We suffered for your entertainment.

Ash Sarkar interviewed Harris

https://novaramedia.com/2019/01/23/donkey-kong-is-beautiful-ash-meets-hbomberguy/

I like The Ushanka Show, about life in the Soviet Union. This video is about Soviet TV in the early 80's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9NhsDoZPsU

rants about bad meals
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whoops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCFZQhPawQ

I enjoy Lost in Vegas reaction/review videos quite a bit. Just a couple of guys who love music and are trying to expand their horizons from r&b/hip-hop into metal, country, and elsewhere. Occasionally a little corny but always genuine and often hilarious.

Their reaction to War Pigs is what got me hooked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6osfNi1HcY

i like those dudes a lot, pretty much the only reaction videos i've ever gotten anything out of

they've reviewed a few deftones songs where they link abe cunningham's drumming to quiet storm and it's so delightful

I've watched a few of theirs and the only thing that bothered me is that they pause the song to comment.

Music reaction channels are a funny ecosystem. An awful lot of them seem to be about validating classic rock and metal. I also wonder just how genuine many of the 'first time' reactions are, especially for huge songs like Bohemian Rhapsody.

I definitely think the rock and metal videos are the money-makers (?) for Lost in Vegas, but their hip hop reviews/reactions are great too and have introduced me to new stuff I likely wouldn't have heard otherwise.

Tons of kids in my son's middle school watch PewDiePie and there is even a concerted "get PewDiePie the most followers" campaign there. Do I have to specifically keep my kid off PewDiePie? Am I right in understanding it's a potential vector for him to be exposed to racist YouTube?

10000%

No more than online gaming culture in general, though.

I mean, there are good pockets of culture in the gaming world (see a few posts ago) but imo PDP is particularly awful and v likely to link out to even more obviously horrible things

That campaign is much wider than his school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PewDiePie_vs_T-Series

PewDiePie's already basically racist Youtube, so stay away if you can. But it's hard to completely escape that side of Youtube no matter what you do. Simon H. just did a really funny podcast episode on how quickly you can get from innocuous Thomas the Tank Engine videos to the alt-right just by following recommendations.

I watched a few Bill Burr stand-up clips and that's all it took for Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson to start showing up in recommendations.

keep your kids off youtube at all costs imo

^^^

yikes ok, i talked to him about it, he seems to think that being really into YouTube is "stupid" (he thinks that about a lot of things) so for the moment I think I'm OK, there is not really a context at home where he'd be seeing YouTube without me knowing but obv. I can't control what he sees at school

Lindsay Ellis now nominated for a Hugo!

this guy is becoming an mvp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ8orIurGxw

I'm stoked someone else has already mentioned The Ushanka Show! That's one of the YT channels I subscribe to.

Another great channel I've gotten into is about linguistics and is called Langfocus. This video taught me why French is such a different type of language to the other Romance languages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfxf4pV-zJg&t=727s

Then there's List25, which is an educational AND entertainment channel. This is one of their more recent serious/educational videos, though they'll also make more lighthearted videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgBec0KfJkg

On a much lighter note (vs. the last video), there are The Try Guys, which features a Ned! (Except this Ned is a Yale grad and would probably not be BFFs with Dan the Harvard man.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwLxTWzvSkw

(Why didn't the Langfocus link work? Hm, let me try again.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfxf4pV-zJg

Then there's this fascinating channel called the After Prison Show, which has been an eye-opening insight into what it's like to be imprisoned (a reality I had zero idea about) (caution: this guy gets a little shouty, so you might want to lower the volume if you're listening through headphones):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdOyz8EsAk

the ridiculous number of clips of bo burnham

From way upthread: I can now say that, having watched Burnham's special, the clips excerpted in the parasocial video are literally the only parts worth bothering with.

Yeah, the After Prison Show is good, there's a few similar channels of that type, he's definitely engaging. I thought what was most striking about his content is the feeling of inevitability of prison time, just accepted as a fact of life. Its almost too banal for him to even raise as a topic, its just there all the time

man the Bois two-parter on the Bobs of sport is just amazing

so so good

knew this bump would be for Bois. saving the second part for tonight...

Don't we have a thread for youtubers who are in fact terrible?

Bois' second part isn't out yet actually

Start the terrible Youtubers thread already!

a. jon bois keeps excelling himself

b. what is this Nebula thing, anyone else fancy it?

as stanned by real life lore: https://watchnebula.com/

This guy is the snarky English version of Vsauce, IMO, and that's just about the best thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_PhGi3_JQc

ah yes, simon whis-a-ler. good fellow, entertaining and with a fine zingy streak. at his best on Today I Found Out

The latest Contrapoints is great. One of the least character-driven in quite some time.

ah yes, simon whis-a-ler. good fellow, entertaining and with a fine zingy streak. at his best on Today I Found Out

I agree with you wholeheartedly.

i don't usually watch youtube videos but i did feel obligated to watch the latest contrapoints video. it was interesting. being an internet celebrity seems like a fairly brutal life.

I was hoping this thread got revived for that new Finnerty vid!

Ricky Finn rides again

I've been enjoying videos of this woman quietly puttering around her cabin in the Finnish forest.. very soothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSc9H8-ArfQ

this was good if you want to watch Hainbach and Look Mum No Computer bashing out a krautrock synth EP on some weird old gear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTJAtiSbxw

kineko video posts some interesting stuff, this one is probably the most interesting yet... a late '60s/early '70s (i'd guess early '70s based on that heavy fuzz bass track, but it could be '60s) pilot for alice in wonderland, possibly put out by mushipro, with adolf hitler as the voice of the king

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anTGfUv_XmY

‘Jet Lag the Game’ appeared in my recommendations a few times, every time I thought it looked awful because of the irritating thumbnails. But for some reason I ended up watching the first Tag Across Europe and it was surprisingly entertaining, and now I’ve seen every season. Hits just the right balance of a game show / travel / comedy thing. Adam and Ben are a genuinely funny duo.

Jackie & Shadow the eagles are nesting a clutch of eggs.. live 24/7
Brutal rain, wind, snow conditions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE

are there good book youtubers?

i like Liminal Spaces for science fiction reviews

I like Sherdstube, Bookpilled, Rambling Raconteur and Outlaw Bookseller

Humor might be a bit regional but I think these videos are really funny. There are more than a few great lines on them.

https://m.youtube.com/@lilbubbychild