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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not many I follow too closely to be honest these days. I just did a big purge of a bunch of my subscriptions so there's only a handful now.

Gaming/Entertainment:

  • Nextlander: General gaming; comprised of three ex-members of Giant Bomb (Vinny, Alex, and Brad).

  • Mr. Samuel Streamer: Primarily focused on Rimworld and Crusader Kings, just an extremely witty guy that puts a lot of work into what he does. Often spends 8-9 hours in gameplay and editing to make a 30 minute episode, every day.

  • Nilaus: Factory/automation games, like Factorio and Dyson Sphere Program.

  • The Jimmy Dore Show: Semi-leftist, has liberal tendancies but is more political comedy than serious commentary, so I categorize him more as entertainment than political. I often don't agree with all of his takes, but the show can be good sometimes.

  • CryptTV: Mini-horror episodes, often with a few recurring monsters. Really well done effects work.

Politics:

  • Li Jingjing: Chinese-based journalist, covers China and the global south as a whole. Does both serious stories and cultural/interest pieces. Great for somebody just interested in seeing more China without the anti-China rhetoric.

  • George Galloway: Left-leaning talk show host, some reactionary tendancies but he does have a pretty good range of guests from time to time, including the above. He's been around for ages, very well established.

  • The Deprogram: Leftist talk show and podcast.

That's kind of my entire subscription list at the moment, it has been cut down a lot recenty.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mental Outlaw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So these people are my go too:

Tech: MrWhosTheBoss LTT Sam Baker Andrew Ethan zeng Joe knows best(amazing but hardly uploads now)

Cars Donut Misha charoudin Auto Alex Matt Armstrong Chris slix

Video games Wildcat Black panthaa Game riot Cartoonz Grizzy Smi77y

Other random things: Thoughty2 History matters Shxtsngigs Manny khoshbin Drivetribe Gameranx Lemmino

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

add mentaloutlaw to tech

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wristwatch Revival. I have never and will never own or repair an expensive non digital watch, but it's great content. Marshall is easy to listen to and it's actually very interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • Steve1998MREInfo tests and reviews military MREs from all around the world. Surprisingly entertaining and wholesome.
  • Townsends 18th century living history reenactment and history, especially focusing on the food and everyday chores of colonial Americans.
  • Wendigoon cool dude who makes videos on conspiracies, analog horror series, modern mysteries, and bible studies.
  • Knowing Better educational political and sociological videos with occasional skits.
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Dankpods

Astonished to see a thread about YouTube and not see any mention of Dankpods. I sub to two patreons, and Wade's is one of them. It's because of him that I have an ever-growing collection of iPods.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks guys this is awesome!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

glassslinger - million year old guy in a dress fabricates vacuum tubes and repairs radios.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

jim browning (tech support scams).

Hacks into scammers' systems while they're scamming him and exposes them. Gives you a so satisfying sense of justice. And it's overall interesting to see how he's working, and educational too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grand Illusions. A nice old man gently shows you all the cool stuff he's collected. It's fantastic calm and soothing entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Vlogbrothers has been a favourite for many years. They do so much good! And do lots of silly stuff too, like making a series of videos with titles taken from smash mouth’s rockstar πŸ˜€

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think this thread is the first one to get my save button.

On topic, if you're into gardening (or just wanna watch something different) check out Hoocho. A guy building hydroponic systems and growing stuff. Great channel. Also no weed if that's the first thing that comes to mind from hydroponics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Moon Channel, a lawyer who dives into some of the legal topics surrounding the gaming industry, most of them Nintendo related. Really well researched information about emulation legality, modding, even copyright infringement Nintendo themselves committed in the 90's (in the Mother 3 video), all sorts of stuff.

He also has a few other things, like a REALLY LONG video on JRPGs, or commentary on MMOs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Subject zero science

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I like echarts ladder lots of starwars content.

Also obsidian ant, game reviews etc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favourite channel is probably History of the Universe

PBS Space Time is also excellent

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is pretty niche, but if you've watched Summoning Salt and are looking for something similar, check out OneShortEye:

https://www.youtube.com/@OneShortEye

He does something similar for the world of speedrunning old LucasArts/Sierra adventure games. Highly recommended!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bad Obsession Motorsport - Project Binky

my fav car build on youtube

also My Mechanics, crazy good restoration projects

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Miniminuteman - Archaeology and BS-debunking

Crecganford - Anthropological views on mythology

mΓΌnecat - popular culture BS-debunking and other stuff

The daily show - I like the discussions more than the show.

NativLang - Linguistics and stuff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CoolWorldsLab

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My interests/politics:

  • Brodie Robertson
  • Jessie Gender
  • Wisecrack
  • Some More News
  • Jared Bauer
  • ThePrimeAgen
  • John Hammond
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

History

Atun Shei Films

Politics

Left Laser (If you speak Dutch) | Second Thought | First Thought | Breakthrough News

Comedy

ExplosmEntertainment (Cyanide and Happiness) | Foil, Arms and Hog (irish comedy sketches)

Travel

Kristian Hansen (Travels through Indonesia with a motorbike)

Nature

Mossy Earth (does rewilding projects with the funding from their patreon)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was going to suggest the older "All Gas No Brakes" or "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan" but looks like there's been some controversy around him and no more videos since then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Soft white underbelly.

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