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YouTuber Love Thread (hexbear.net)

submitted 15 hours ago by oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Post the names of youtubers and other internet microcelebs you love with a burning passion based on more than vibes. Very preferably not large.

A good example is Cathode Ray Dude, who makes long videos on older technology. He doesn't seem to have done anything reactionary, he's got a personality far beyond "the algorithm", and he doesn't associate with any terrible people. And I enjoy his videos.

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 13 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

a people's history of rome, that sort of stuff. i get the feeling they're marxists keeping it on the down-low, but who knows. - https://www.youtube.com/@tribunateSPQR
some cool geology lectures about the west coast of north america - https://www.youtube.com/@GeologyNick
she visits interesting houses - https://www.youtube.com/@kirstendirksen
japanese man builds houses - https://www.youtube.com/@ShoyanJapaneseCarpenter
history stuff, i think he's not bad - https://www.youtube.com/@premodernist_history
they build houses in western north carolina (they're probably enormous chuds but they mostly keep it out of the videos. mostly) - https://www.youtube.com/@PerkinsBuilderBrothers
various linguistics-related videos - https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey
civil engineering stuff, with hand-built models and demostrations - https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

a people's history of rome, that sort of stuff. i get the feeling they're marxists keeping it on the down-low, but who knows. - https://www.youtube.com/@tribunateSPQR

Either they're Marxists or PhD level trained historians. The field pretty much agrees that the base premises of historical materialism are the right tools for analysis.

A similar internet person who does much more overt commie ancient history analysis is Patrick Wyman, and his Tides of History podcast.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

she visits interesting houses - https://www.youtube.com/@kirstendirksen

Big fan of her. Some videos are rich people wankery, but a lot of them are forward-thinking examples of ecologically sound housing and/or cool community building projects.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, not all of them are hits but eg the one about the italian immigrant guy who excavated a series of caves and underground courtyards in the desert? or the two videos about houses built inside greenhouses? hell yeah

[–] jack@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This one about the semi-indoor village is my favorite: https://youtu.be/EzKSKqjEmDA

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