One of the things I miss about the friend who won’t talk to me anymore was how they would show me stuff they liked on YouTube. One of the last times we hung out we watched these short videos by this guy, can’t recall his name, who would talk about obscure food-related facts, like how the color coding on the bread clip things work.

I only have two channels that I really give a fuck about currently, Nexpo and Chemdelic. It’s hard for me to list off ‘things I’m interested in’, so either extrapolate from there, or just run shit by me.

One thing I can say though is I hate how extremely out of the loop I’ve become. Not just in regard to politics but media and other shit too.

Also doesn’t have to be channel recommendations. Just like, stuff you think I might like.

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    Explosions&Fire, a Australian dude does chemistry stuff
    HowNot2, Couple of Cali dudes who discuss mountain climbing related stuff.
    Electroboom, A guy from Canadia who makes electronic stuff.
    Steve Wallis, a guy who goes camping in places you dont normally camp in.
    saveitforparts, a nerd does RF related stuff
    ThisOldTony, a guy who makes things, and fixes things,
    Technology Connections, a guy who nerds out on tech and how things actually work.
    Fran Blanche - Fran lives in San Fran Philly and makes cool electronic gadgets n stuff.
    NurdRage - Chemistry dork does chemisty stuff.

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    I like Venjent and LittleVMills if we are talking music channels. Also First thought and Second Thought if you dont know them for leftist stuff and news.

    F.D Signifier is a great black content creator. If you are looking for memes I really like Gianni Matragrano and VoiceQuills (VoiceQuills is trans)

    If you want something specific im sure hexbear could find you what you are looking for.

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    Chinese Cooking Demystified - chinese cooking

    Food Wishes - cooking

    GDF - anti-imperialism

    Johnny Johnson - war

    History Matters - history

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    If you want something more comedic, or gaming based, I’d suggest checking out Wayneradiotv/the RTVS crew. Fair warning, a bit younger (mid to late 20s, I think one is 30.) Pretty big crew, all are good friends, very much goofy and silly and always looking for a bit. Definitely not for everyone, but its junk food content I don’t have to feel bad about because they’re all genuinely good people, have at minimum decent politics, and are genuinely funny. Extremely trans and LGBT friendly , pro-Palestine, etc.

    Jokes range from 9/11 being a reoccurring gag, the main streamer being “called out” for being the white cis-het of the group, being “viewer hostile” to avoid parasocial weirdos, enjoying bad AI shit, and you usual internet funnies. One streamer had to reupload a vod after it ended with a usual guest saying “All crackers should die”. They have also a weird way of being related to a lot of internet culture, like the moonbase alpha video, lots of tumblr memes, and a series which hit it big in 2020.

    The only problem is I have no idea where to direct someone new to them. Its too much of a collective art piece.

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    All of these are on the entertainment side of things:

    Scott the Woz - Nostalgia (mostly Nintendo) videogame/console related videos. Related channel Scott’s stash

    Jauwn - mostly nft game dunking and some nostalgic game reviews (I think he’s expanding this)

    Two Minute Papers - this channel has been going downhill recently due to the AI craze and seemingly Nvidia sponsorships, but it has had lots of cool videos about research breakthroughs in rendering/simulations that were a fun watch. Hoping it returns to form in the near future.

    MachoNacho Productions - old console modding review and installation videos

    Thinking Basketball - companion channel to the podcast that breaks down NBA players/teams/systems beyond the level you get in traditional sports media

    The B1M - construction channel focused on megaprojects. Probably some brainworms here but I watch and go “ooh pretty that’s so cool and huge” uncritically. Seems to have fairly positive coverage of Chinese projects so maybe it doesn’t someone can check me here.

    Steve1989MREInfo - MRE review channel. Watch it only for the curiosity of the MRE and throw away anything else you hear from the former military guy

    Beyond the Brick - Lego showcase channel for events/competitions around the world

    Brickcrafts - more giant Lego builds mostly in a single town

    CGMeetup - collection of short 3D animated works across a wide variety of contests/one-offs

    Habie147 - VR games review/showcase channel from seemingly a leftist?

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      Steve1989MREInfo - MRE review channel. Watch it only for the curiosity of the MRE and throw away anything else you hear from the former military guy

      I’ve never seen him talk about anything but the MRE and I watched a few dozen of his videos

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        That was just kinda a catch-all warning. Anyone who is ex-us-military who isn’t screaming from the rooftops about how they’re eternally sorry for what they’ve done with a complete condemnation of the United States just feels like they should come with a warning.