thread of youtubers whomst are not terrible

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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.

It was sly of her to drop this in the middle of the Youtube beauty influencer apocalypse (which I totally haven't been sucked into following, no sir.)

Seems like a coincidence to me? I guess I'm lucky in that "beauty" has always been fairly unattainable for me - with my particular physiognomy I suspect well-meaning people would describe me as "brave" if I tried - and by this point I'm at an age where it's not even honestly expected of me.

the Youtube beauty influencer apocalypse

Go on....

with my particular physiognomy ... I'm at an age where it's not even honestly expected of me.

Fran Blanche makes some similar points and references the Contrapoints video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PoKz4vW-Mo

Having listened to that podcast, I don't know, I'm probably more on board with Natalie than I am with Fran! The point that Natalie gets to, eventually, is that beauty isn't forever, that "looking good" isn't just about being beautiful but about _style_, which is a form of positive self-expression. It does matter to me what people think of me, how people look at me, and just because my control of that (particularly as a non-cis person) is extremely limited doesn't mean that it's futile or wrong for me to try and look good!

Listening to trans voices is a hugely double-edged sword (I guess like one of those Castlevania swords?) for me. On the one hand it's hugely affirming, is great for helping me feel less alone, but on the other hand it makes me aware how hurt and damaged pretty much all of us have been by what we've been through. I am a little jealous of these young trans people because as superficial and naive as they can be about a lot of things, and as much open hostility and hatred as they have to put up with for being who they are, they don't have the internalized self-loathing that people of my age and older all seem to, they haven't been deformed by it the way we have.

Having gone through decades of chronic mental illness, self-harm, suicidal ideation, suicidal intent, crippling panic attacks, drug addiction, and somehow having not just survived all that but made it to being a well-adjusted, happy, and successful human being, I'm absolutely terrified of throwing that all away, which it sometimes seems like I'm doing. I'm not actually, though. Being a well-adjusted, happy, and successful human being requires me to accept myself for who I am, even if it means being hated and scorned by other people.

Kat Blaque on the subject of LeftTube's whiteness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JxbjvvpDNQ&feature=youtu.be

https://youtu.be/_P52G4Kyq5M

I never dug into Jon Bois non-sports videos but some of these are fantastic

GeoWIzard (né GeoguesserWizard) is currently releasing, bit by bit, the best British documentary of our age

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7w986ni7_g

Some of the military channels are pretty great. Even those who aren't naval affictionados will enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mdi_Fh9_Ag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGN5N4vn5Bs

Jomboy's baseball breakdowns are the best thing on Youtube ATM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeXEa0Ouk8

is he just describing some baseball or am I not getting it

Commentary, lip-reading, internal monologues

Maybe more representative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO8KxqTU4pw

jomboy is great. his breakdown of the big fight last week (pitcher tries to take on the whole team) was good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-ESpiwV4o

that Jon Bois video about 24 linked above is so great

ts: jomboy vs jon bois

Really enjoying that 'walking in a straight line across Wales' series, thanks imago. I've not encountered the channel before.

Really enjoy the Techmoan channel, revisiting and reviewing old hifi and other consumer tech.

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

Really enjoying that 'walking in a straight line across Wales' series, thanks imago. I've not encountered the channel before.

Same, I binged the first three yesterday. Part where he dedicates his attempt to swim across a river to his mate that got stabbed is very Real England, too.

these are totally delightful thank you

There's a new one!

"Those Tesco hard gums would be paramount to my survival later that day"