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YouTuber Love Thread (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day 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 14 points 23 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 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 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

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.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago

At 4:55 in their Roman Afterlives video, it really sounds like they make a Marx reference. "a way to interpret the world in various ways, their point however is to help us change it" vs “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."

[–] jack@hexbear.net 5 points 22 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 5 points 22 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 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

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