Youtube

Anonymous 23:11, 22 June 2025 (EDT)

This page is in the process of being created and has a lot more information/blogging before it will be considered finished. Stay tuned.

I hate Youtube. But some of you guys are okay, so don't go there tomorrow.

Youtube

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This page also expands upon the original html page for quicker addition or subtraction of links.

Additionally, this page contains links to other free services, in case you want to watch something else.

Channels I Check Out

Outdoors Stuff

Nik Rijavec

The Outsider

Forest Fun (Russian Tiaga)

TA Outdoors

Traplines and Inlines -- well hello there today boys and girls...

Woodness Goodness

Chris Harbour -- for a guy who knows his shit, he complains and whines quite a bit.

Primitive Skills (Vietnam)

Primitive Technology (Australia) -- this guy is making a tv show or something. no new content for now.

50 Acres and a Cabin -- a really OCD guy who recently changed his channel's name to a cabin and 50 acres because rassism.

Brucke - Japan

Modern Self Reliance

Wood Junkie

Jay and Jen

Kyle's Cabin -- mister personality

Off grid living with Cierra -- Kyle's wife, but almost no content right now.

Advoko Makes

Survival Russia

Erik Grankvist -- some kid out in the Swedish wilderness doing everything by hand.

Smooth Gefixt -- couple of dutch/irish kids building a roundhouse.

Life in the Siberian Wood -- some kids out in sibera building a log cabin.

Ants Pants

Food and Cooking

ReveiwBrah -- I can't believe I left this guy off of this list for so long. I have been watching him for years and i guess I just took him for granite.

Steve1989MreInfo -- nice.

Bon Appetit -- a bunch of garbage for the most part, i mostly watch the channel for brad, and even he is getting worse.

First We Feast -- don't bother with anything other than the hot wings challenge.

Food Wishes -- based chef john.

Sam the Cooking Guy

BBQ Pit Boys -- smoke me a fatty brisket.

Justin Wilson

Emeril Lagasse

KQED - Yan, Pepin, etc

French Cooking Academy

Adam Ragusea -- guy can be annoying, and he is totally trying to be the next Alton Brown, but sometimes he actually makes good food.

Chef Jean Pierre -- ONYO

Sip and Feast -- new guy I am checking out.

DancingBacons -- some chick that loves food cooked on a hibatchi. j/k she just loves food.

Self Serving Skillet -- I like Self Serving Skillet enough to begin working on a page for him, but it isn't finished yet.

Political

Hodge Twins - Conservative -- haven't really checked this channel out in months...

Mark Dice -- this guy goes around asking idiots questions that they don't know the answers to.

Zeducation -- I dont really listen to the podcast, I just check out the memes.

Movies and Television

The Critical Drinker

Ozzy Man Reviews -- only when you are really, really bored.

LandumC Goes There

Rowan J Coleman

Red Letter Media

Minty Comedic Arts

classic comedy channel -- oldies but goodies.

History and Science

The History Guy

Lost in the Pond

It's Okay to be Smart

Weird History

Joe Scott -- This guy can be sanctimonious. He is also a smug globalist commie, but he has good content at times. If you can stomach it.

Thoughty2

Veritasium

Tasting History --This could also go in the "Food and Cooking" section, but there is more history than cooking, so I stuck it here.

Miscellaneous Fun

Tolkien Guys

Nerd of the Rings

Men of the West

Darth Gandalf

In Deep Geek -- But I only watch the Tolkien stuff.

The Broken Sword -- These guys used to be called something like "the men of the west" and had to change their name because amazon or the Tolkien estate got pissy about their name.

The Rest

LockPickingLawyer

Joshua Roberts -- Lawyer Up.

The Infographics Show

Simon Whistler's group of channels

Brick Bending

Weird, Spooky, Odd

MrBallen -- Scary but true stories.

Twisted Minds -- Mostly serial killer fun.

Dark Docs

Dark5 TV

Dark Skies

Dark Files

Dark Footage

theLittleFears -- Long dead, but still fun.

Rednecks and Other Stupidity

Police Activity

FPSRussia -- Gone, but not forgotten. I can't believe all of his content is still up, but I will link it here and check it out from time to time. Yes, I know the real story.

Shed Happens

Tow Trucker

Katina Eats Kilos -- Competitive eater.

Audit the Audit

Musical Commentary

Dave504 -- This guy has been posting shorts more and more lately, but his older content is good.

Rick Beato

Professor of Rock

James Duane

Probably the most important video on all of Youtube. I check it out from time to time because the lesson is timeless.

Law Professor James Duane -- Don't Talk to the Police

Stuff NOT on Youtube

hxxps://wvw1.123movies.net/123Movies -- wikimedia won't let me link this one. Yes, it's a shady website. Get a good ad-blocker and some other protection.

Pluto TV

FMovies

Tubi

Thundarr the Barbarian (and other cartoons)

Documentary and History

Documentary Heaven

Youtube Itself

When something is dumb, crude, and cruel, it is usually referred to as a monster.

My Conclusion

In a world full of streaming garbage,^[1]^[2] actual human beings make content on Youtube from time to time. I try to make sure my links are to everyday people instead of those stupid reddit channels that have a computer generated voice just re-reading posts. I also try to limit my viewing of "reaction" content because most of them are just disingenuous fuckos who act like they don't know who Led Zeppelin is or that The Wizard of Oz is a movie.

If I see a guy, gal, or team actually trying to make good, wholesome content, I will try to pay attention. This usually lasts until they annoy me, or do something stupid enough for me to turn off their channel forever. That is the main reason why I created that list of links. Almost all of them are people that offer something other than just begging for Youtube bullshit.^[3]

As for professional production on Youtube channels... Yes, I am aware that quite a few of the links that I have listed above (Bon Appetite, Simon Whistler, etc) are actual companies that pour tens of thousands of dollars into the quality, content, and production of their videos. They may be Youtube suck-ups, creating content for money or for publicity, but at least they create content that is half way interesting. The Hot Ones challenge is one perfect example of this. However, as fun and interesting a highly produced and slick video may be, I still like watching some guy out in the woods, with one camera, building something.

This guy almost fully summed it up for me:

In 2005 up until maybe 2010-2011, YouTube was a social network site where you could broadcast yourself and watch original videos like Charlie Bit My Finger, Chocolate Rain, Urban Ninja, Evolution of Dance, Smosh (when they were good, and Nigahiga (when he was good).

Now YouTube's basically a low-quality streaming service filled with ads and low-quality YouTubers who make the same reviews, bad gaming videos, and stuff just to make money. It's a shame that YouTube went from an original social network of fun videos to a safe haven for the richest 1%.^[4]

References

Youtube is a part of a series on Media

Youtube is part of a series on Websites

[1] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/04/20/elon-musk-dismisses-netflix-as-woke-and-unwatchable/?sh=5805d8f2611b

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRRtTIvZVY

[3] ttps://asknaij.com/why-do-youtubers-beg-for-likes-and-subscribers/

[4] ttps://www.thetoptens.com/youtube/ways-youtube-sucks-now/

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