Technology connections remains awesome thankfully. Hell him touching on politics made me respect him more as he did it sparingly because he felt an obligation to use his platform to speak up
He tapped perfectly into that zeitgeist where the world is falling apart but we are still making entertainment, having kids, doing laundry. So many others refuse to acknowledge the oligarchical elephant in the room (looking at you, Legal Eagle) and I get that’s how they make their living so can’t go off the deep end but the tone deaf-ness of NOT acknowledging is so frustrating.
Thanks, Alec, for helping me feel like I’m not losing my mind in a world that is pretending we’re not hurtling headlong toward the worst parts of the 19th century.
And thank YOU for mentioning Legal Eagle in this discussion. I had to stop watching him once Trump got back in. He started coming off like he was clinging desperately the rule of law despite it constantly devaluing in front of all our eyes. I get it, he’s a lawyer, but there’s only so long you can go “wait, they can’t do that! The piece of paper says so!”
Then Trump was attacking the DC Bar and THEN he started talking about the fascist takeover. (My words, not his).
Just like everyone else, I guess: don’t take it seriously until it is happening to you.
My longest subscribed channel, Nerd3, has somehow remained almost the exact same channel for over a decade. I don’t know how he does it.
Game Grumps has basically stayed the same too. The only problem is they juggle so many projects like they have the energy of 20 year olds, but they don’t so they always seem tired now.
Because he leaned heavily into Patreon to fund his channel, and now makes content that he wants instead of content to feed the algorithm. Been following him for over a decade and was more than happy to throw him a dollar
Same for his friend Ashens. Which reminds me, their Xmas Advent calendar collabs are my favorite part of the holidays now.
Not true, ashens went bald.
Or did he just stop being in denial?
the only way to tell when an ashens video is from is camera quality and couch condition
Haven’t watched him in years and I immediately heard ‘hello Internet’ in my head reading that
Probably the same way SteveMRE1983 does - finding a niche and having no need to “spice it up for modern audiences”.
He unintentionally stumbled in to an algorithmic gold mine though legitimate passion for an obscure and oft overlocked type of thing.
Unboxing video + international food + millitary stuff. Like, it’s the perfect algorithm bait, and he just… was unironically interested in the history, functionality, and development of military rations.
You forgot the most important demo
People that want to watch him throw up
Nice!
Game Sack!
That shit has been solid for over a decade
@WhyIHateTheInternet Joe’s the best.
Ben Krasnow of AppliedScience is still going strong and has yet to be revealed as an asshole - same for the WellTheresYourProblem crew, Jenny Nicholson, Hbomberguy, OutOfDarts… Im sure theres more, but there’s a few if folks are looking for recs!
I haven’t seen anything from hbomberguy in a long time…a long time. I need to check to see what they are up to
That’s pretty standard 😅 they’ve been working on an Adobe video, the first 1.5hrs is up on Patreon. Maybe end of next year?
Over thinking the 13th rewrite and 6th reshoot of what was supposed to be a 12 minute video, probably.
It was supposed to come out a month or two ago. It’s fine, his videos are always worth the wait
+1 for AppliedScience. Dude makes bangers constantly.
Jenny Nicholson and Hbomberguy, just two folks who drop in once every 12-18 months with a banger 4 hour long video essay, then drop off again.
If you start a YouTube channel where you find decent sized rocks outside you can sand them down into a smooth dick shape and sell them to hippies as all natural hand crafted dildos for like 1450 bucks a piece.
Did I hear a Cock and Bone?
Karl would’ve loved this.
They’re called “lingams” tyvm
Don’t tell this to Primitive Technology
Rock Hard Dildos Incorporated, LLC, GmbH
Mandy and Sseth are basically the same (the former more than the latter, Sseth is markedly more stable now) and have also stayed relevant for a decade or so in the adult gaming “subculture”. And thank God for that. Charlie (penguinz) fell off like half a decade (EDIT: actually, over a decade ago, I’m just in my 30s so time is starting to mesh) ago at least, but he seems to be a nice and overall normal dude so I wish him the best even if I no longer find him entertaining. 🙏
@ArgumentativeMonotheist I remember when Charlie found odd games and just talked over them. He still has a bit of charm, but he isn’t what he use to be.
My problem with Penguin0 is that he’s an outrage junkie.
Anytime there’s even a morsel of drama, he’s got a video out for it within 30 minutes.
And there is a possibility that one of his videos ended up getting the pedophile lead singer of the lost prophets killed in prison, or at least contributed to the awareness of the situation for the prisoner that killed him.
And he seems rather chuffed at that.
I cannot remember a single video he made that has actually been good and worth watching that wasn’t him clowning on somebody for being a piece of shit.
I mean, if I helped contribute to the death of a prolific pedo I’d sleep like a baby
I’m not implying anyone should lose any sleep on that specific outcome, it was just the one thing that stuck in my mind when I was thinking about how he is searching for drama to harp on.
Ah shit, I didn’t know about any of it, I haven’t even been subscribed ever since he started posting videos showing his face. Slightly disappointing, NGL. Believe it or not, he used to host a silly, short-form, gaming commentary channel, kinda like Dunkey (another one I used to watch almost religiously but he’s now a husband and a father so he gets a pass, lol) but slightly less autistic. I still remember the Happy Wheels, Mr. President and Safety Driving series… and a quick YT check showed me those videos are at least 11 years old. 🥲
I’m just surprised he hasn’t gone full chud, which is kinda impressive given his niche. He must be good at not getting radicalized by some single issue crusade like so many similar influencers.
On the positive side of things, if you are someone whose mind is still in its formative stages, having someone like him talk about how horrible evil people are and how you should not be like that person is probably a good thing.
Is this a reference to YouTube trends or Google ai search
Neither. It’s a reference to a creator I used to watch in high school having some truly wild takes now.
I swear tg if Moist Critikal ever does something cancel-worthy, I’m leaving the internet for good.
What has he been up to lately? I dropped off after the weed game series ended
Lots of stuff. Still commenting on drama a lot like Pokemon Card Scalpers. He still does the Official Podcast but dropped all other podcasts on that channel.
He’s been going out of his way to shit on Trump a lot and even called out Netanyahu and Israel for being both genocidal monsters and interfering with US politics, on multiple occasions. Currently he has 4-5 videos going over the Trump phone scam and calling out the Trump family for it. He and Coffeezilla were the ones who reported the big Trump Phone data breach. The hacker who discovered it went to them after Trump’s scam company ignored him.
So, so far he’s in a pretty good spot.
That’s awesome to hear. Glad that it sounds like he’s been doing good work lately. Thanks!
My situation is crazy
Don’t worship people? ╮(︶▽︶)╭
So that’s why you never worshipped me q_q
But that’s a big part of my kink
More lust for u bae😏, just don’t let it get you down when your idols fuck your images.
we are all not as perfect as mua😘
Not worshipping. Just observing he’s one of few content creators that hasn’t seemed to let the fame get to his head. He’s like, the last case study for someone becoming famous through YouTube that isn’t a scammer, pedophile or racist.
Sorry hun after ElsaGate, that should’ve been the wakeup call Google’s YouTube was the home of the conartists, scammers, grifter, pedophiles, groomers, racists, nazis, and brownshirts.
Have you ever asked yourself why Charles Christopher White Jr. remains living in one of the most Nazis states of the
? You would think, giving his networth, he wouldn’t be living near the Gulf of oilspills. The whistle about Australian esports completely missed your radar, huh.What brand of schizoposting are you doing?
The STEAM, arts & crafts bit of YouTube has kinda remained the same in most cases or even gotten better. Think of any creator that would go to Open Sauce and they’re likely still as good as you remember.
I watch a lot of arts and crafts YouTubers and my kids love anyone doing wacky engineering projects. I’ve been disappointed by Mark Rober’s trajectory though. He was always a bit of a bro, but it’s ramped up big time and he seems to be more focused on flair and less on the engineering.
That’s true, Mark Rober is kinda the “Mr. Beast” of the wacky engineering community
I grew up on builder youtube and I’ve had to leave channels like Veritasium and Mark Rober in the past due to the clear corporate influence that ruined the content for me. What was really the line for me was when a bunch of big channels started pushing pro-military slop disguised as engineering content. No Mark Rober i don’t neef to hear you glaze the military. A few smaller channels have also done military content but i mostly excuse it because its usually years in the past and I’d bet most of them vehemently disagree with the actions of the US military. Like do I love that William Osman did an egg drop off a Navy ship? no. Do i think Big Willy would glaze the military? absolutely not. is he still part of my dream blunt rotation? yes.
Who???
You.
Poor Terry Davis :(
Is this a real article?!?
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I actually just had this happen today but it kinda went the other way. I just realized that the Curry Barker behind the new horror film Obsession was the same guy behind one of my favorite YouTube channels, so I actually got a good reminder instead of a bad one.
It always seems to be the comedians who make the best horror
So true, the more it happens the more I have been thinking the approaches used writing the absurd and the horrific must have a ton of overlap.
I also think it’s the sort of person both fields attract. Comics are often cynical and edgy while still having a lot of empathy for people, which is a really helpful perspective for writing great horror.
Or they’re all actually monsters and you just don’t find out about the rest
Red State might be Kevin Smith’s best film.
The one that disappointed me the most was kliksphilip. I would’ve been able to move past the Hogwarts Legacy shit for simply being an ignorant normie, but what he said about Brianna Ghey was truly unforgivable.
You expected a lot from the fartmaster, eh? Look it up if you’re not aware of 3kliksphilips other YouTube channel.
I’ve not heard about that. I’ve long stopped watching his content but i don’t know why anymore. The HL videos were certainly part of it, the Nvidia glazing another. I’ve not found what he said about Brianna Ghey on a quick search
It was something on Twitter that he deleted
I’d like to hear or see what he said, as he currently resides in my “maybe subscribed, but don’t really know him, but do occasionally watch a video of his” level orbit.
3kliksphilip, right? That guy that does random cs/gaming clickbaity video essays with a maybe-England accent?
Edit: couldn’t find anything about brianna ghey, but this thread is pretty disappointing to read https://old.reddit.com/r/3kliksphilip/comments/11asxob/philip_just_came_out_in_support_of_jk_rowling_and/
Basically philip claims ignorance and then doesn’t read anything and doubles down on it even when people in that post try to share why (and get reddit flamed in response). Ugh.
he’s a bit of an AI-bro as well
I’m gonna look up on that.
NEVER look up what any of those Minecraft youtubers are up to today.
I’m guessing we watched different Minecraft youtubers then, because the ones I watch are still cool and wholesome.
They either turn out to be really wholesome people, or absolute pieces of shit with little in between.
Or dead :-(
RIP Technoblade
Pretty sure I saw that Captain Sparkles is still doing MC. Same with Direwolf20? DW was the main one I watched. And some Syndicate before that, but he stopped after having a kid IIRC
Edit: Turns out they’re both still active, seems Syndicate has shifted to more vlogs?
Spent about 20 minutes listening to Jerma describe some bizarre snack with bread, hummus, and olives recently. Sometimes youtubers just end up being wonderfully normal people
Jerma is actually an scp who breached containment
He’ll intricately describe how to make a tahini crustini and then wonders why his stomach is always fucked up
Mmmm yes no fiber please! Make my digestive tract into a concrete mixing plant!
That honestly sounds delicious though…
Bread, hummus and olives sounds like the most normal snack ever tbf
Works in reverse with Joji:
“I haven’t checked what Joji did before this music”
“oh”I still don’t know how it hasn’t caught up to him. I personally know more joji listeners who don’t know about FilthyFrank than those that do.
Don’t you dare insult Filthy Frank. 🤣
Big Clive is hanging in there, and so is Watch Wes Work and The Skid Factory.
I only watch car builds apparently. And Task Master.
Big fuckin Clive, what a man. Need to revisit TurboConqueringMegaEagle now my thoughts turn that way.
