thread of youtubers whomst are not terrible

i believe the deliberate infliction of emotional trauma and perpetuation of cycles of abuse is a key driver of "engagement" in the internet content industry's core business model.

I did watch the entire Contrapoints video although after a certain point it got to be a bit of a personal endurance test like the time I tried and failed to listen to nothing but Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion for two weeks or whatever. She made many good points and I get that part of the point was just the overwhelming nature of what it's like to be on the receiving end of the cancel barrage (via reading tweets about her for 10 minutes straight, etc.), but maybe she could have found a way to shave an hour off somewhere.

One thing that is going to haunt my nightmares is the word "truscum", the concept behind which I'm still a little fuzzy on, but which nevertheless made me shudder.

I like her videos a lot but I made it about 40 minutes into this one and decided I just don't care. "Cancel culture" is for people in their 20s with way too much free time. Hearing about it is like hearing about something that was discussed for 17000 posts on Reddit one day. None of those people will ever accomplish anything in their worthless lives, because they're...on Reddit all goddamn day.

― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, January 2, 2020 7:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I made it 20ish minutes in? Once I realized how long it was I decided I needed to get to bed. Anyway, despite your hand-waving as a young people Reddit thing I've definitely seen the phenomenon she laid out happen here on ilx, too.

Also yes some people are on Reddit all day, some people are on ilx all day, twitter whatever. I'm not sure any of us can say we're above having our faces constantly glued to internet conversations in general.

The Lockdown 23and1 guy is good on Prison stuff too, interviews a lot of people who've been inside in various states. Not quite sure why I'm drawn to this stuff

I mean, the "carceral state" in the US is fucking huge and so often subject to cartoonish / not credible representation, so it seems like a pretty normal thing to be curious about imo

carceral culture

This Contra video is mainly confirming for me that I must stay away from both Youtube and Twitter.

Foresty Forest's videos about his living in a converted minivan are wonderful. I'm especially enjoying the more recent ones covering the depths of Canadian winter where he heads out hiking and biking in the snowy wilds alongside talking about the practicalities of his minivan life, but it's worth going back a year or so and watching through them all to see the conversion and development of the van and all the wee niggles he irons out along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/user/forestyforest/

I though it was a channel I picked up from this thread, but I can't spot it here previously.

I'm down for possumtubers

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

just saw the contrapoints video

full stan; all hail

possum psychic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kznj1NZN90A

Anxiety porn

^this is deeply satisfying

Apparently he has an awful reputation with other restorers and conservators but it's still fascinating.

awful as a restorer or as a person/business? I mean I know <zero abt restoration but I can't imagine someone being more thorough, precautious etc.

every person on youtube must be cancelled

As a restorer. His methods are (supposedly) pretty destructive.

what is this person's reputation

https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/az9v7bp_460s.jpg

appearing pretty good at something to a layman. while providing a good narrative, makes for good videos

tbh his retouching could be with shit paint that melts the canvas a day later and we’d be none the wiser

surveillance camera man has a new travel channel...and it's pretty much what you expect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOB7wXNwjvo

Rescreened my favorite Jomboy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-ESpiwV4o

Real life GeoGuesser from thread favourite GeoWizard, excellent stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqe5CjHRmMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KbrTpgiEM

Perhaps not as awesome for those not of my background, but I loved this silent tour through a recently closed Portuguese-American restaurant with Fado music in the background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogvT7hlOJ5Y

TEH ALGORITHMS took me to a video by someone calling himself "The History Guy". slightly craggy older white man with a bowtie, probably thinks quite highly of Bill Nye. the sort of white dude i wanted to be, probably, or at least reminds me of some of my friends who i haven't really talked to since i deactivated my social media.

anyway, i took a look at the stuff he was talking about... he does this strain of history about the things that i find myself reading when i browse wikipedia, sort of an open-minded white man's history canon for people who are tired of fucking Nazis all the time. he does social history, non-military history, although of course he does have your standard video on Able Archer.

of the ones i checked out the one i liked most was his video on Yip Harburg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF2vzftzp7k

he says at the end that it's not about the politics - that's kind of the modus operandi of such people, they want to sound Authoritative and Objective and of course he is as far as that goes but for someone like me, for whom There Is Nothing But The Sociopolitical Context, i think you can tell a lot about someone by what they talk about and how they talk about it. he's obviously really enthusiastic about harburg and it's infectious.

i don't think there are any Good Youtubers because Youtube structurally precludes "goodness", but i enjoyed watching his video on yip harburg and i suspect i would enjoy hanging out with this guy.

conner o'malley has gone nuclear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQMxy-Uf3M

I visited the same area. Video is accurate

Did we ever discuss (/r/DeepIntoYoutube?

Not all of its most upvoted picks are solid gold, of course, but as a repository of outsider video art in particular, it's unmatched.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw

Following a few RIYL YT suggestions, came across his channel last week and got sucked in. The first few I watched, he uses a voicebox to call telephone scammers, pretending to be an 80 year old granny, and tries to waste as much of their time as possible. Listening to the scammers melt down, his own acting (with tangents and comments respectably suitable to his granny character), and periodic muting of the call to explain the scamming techniques - lots of LOLs and some good info to pass onto elders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2qCFzHvBoc

he has transcended

cw: body horror; extreme humour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Hw9ZgQBLc

Better than the thumbnail would lead you to believe

when u come to a thread to talk about a conversation months past

Just watched Natalie’s Canceling video. I think, like her other videos, it’s best if it is supplemented with other reading/watching on the topic, but watching it was informative and brought me closer to the issue at hand. I think I come away from all of Natalie’s videos more informed than I was going into them.

To the point of it being too long: I felt that way too, and I assumed it was because she didn’t work with an editor on this video (which may be most crucial when you’re so deeply emotionally invested in a topic).

Anyone know any good travel (and travel-hack) related vlogs by women?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmGMi0IEx4

does ILX like Jreg

― imago, Saturday, November 16, 2019 2:02 PM (two months ago)

I think of Jreg often while browsing ILX's pol threads.

:)

Cuts both ways though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nu6QEjMXRg

Anyone know any good travel (and travel-hack) related vlogs by women?

I know some that are okay but none I would really go to bat for. I’m seriously considering trying this out as a side project in the coming months. It’s probably really difficult, but I’d still like to try. Will let you know my findings during the research phase.

Mentioned on another thread but End of Sentence is a window into another world. He's very compelling, and his stories of time spent inside are often brutal, but its balanced out with interviews not just with other inmates but mental health professionals and others.

WIth all the recent controversy over Rogan, I coulnd't help think this is someone that should definitely go on there and reach that audience

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiOTVzNRnFnQTz531DQP9Q/videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjEDvKFs_78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3xueXaG2rI

Whole channel is great.

glorious content

Oh man, I saw his one at Talladega Superspeedway. Never have I so seriously questioned my belief that ultimately we are all the same species who need to learn how to get along.

AGNB is some top-tier shit

one man alone has captured the true spirit of 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLukCrukESc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53SKZnEojeE

Fractal Jreg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t__fnnZ-1jU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7DuumkURYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NWxYnQ3TeA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Vfd0Dgco4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4eTssxrnqY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX8wplv08PA

haha I wanted to alert ILX to his Sistine Chapel but idk how popular he is on here