Ask Lemmygrad

I can't speak to what draws his dedicated views in such numbers, but I can tell you what stands out about him to me: Good faith sincerity stands out in a region overflowing with grifters. That is, the convincing appearance of it anyway. He could have skeletons in his closet for all I know. Maybe he's a really good actor. But from what I've seen, he comes off like somebody who is really trying his damnedest to be fair and sincere, and go through things in detail. Doesn't mean he has all the right takes of course. It's just more pleasant in its way, I think, amid all the corporate shlock or "authentic youtubers" whose takes sound suspiciously like every garden variety liberal who has never tried to understand politics beyond "some people are greedy and bad".

If he were a clear ML, I'd probably watch him more than rarely. But unfortunately, the likelihood is I'm going to be cringing on a lot of his takes and wanting him to take it further than he is. Which is a way I feel about most youtuber/podcaster commentators. If I watch only to feel like I need to argue/correct them, then it's probably not worth it. I want to be learning things I can take away from the time.