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I watch tons of youtube, easily as much as other media. But I've spent a lot of time over the years curating my subscription list. I don't really talk about you

by bane 9y ago

I watch tons of youtube, easily as much as other media. But I've spent a lot of time over the years curating my subscription list. I don't really talk about youtube with anybody unless it's to search for something very specific like you mention. I think it's because "my" youtube is such a map to my interests that it's likely to be almost entirely non-interesting to anybody else, so there's really no point.

skinnymuch 9y ago
I'm interested. What are some of your favs?
- bane 9y ago
  I mostly watch youtube to unwind and not think so hard, a few I tend to get really into: On cooking & food: jastownsendandson - 18th century history and recipes foodwishes - nice succinct no fuss recipes, focus on the recipes TabiEats - casual/fast food reviews and stuff from Japan gundog4314 - reviews of military rations Global news and Culture: PBS NewsHour - public news, nice balanced and thoughtful news without lots of histrionics ARIRANG TV - korean state cultural TV, mostly because I have Korean family members, but some interesting shows from time to time also "ARIRANG NEWS" for regional news and local Korean politics and ARIRANG CULTURE for more specific Korean arts stuff Great Big Story - hard to explain, but brilliant short videos from all over that make you feel better about the world after a hard day Big Think - another hard to explain channel TheJapanChannel - mostly interesting vignettes from Japan, I find them kind of soothing for some reason Talk to me in Korean - supposed to be a language learning course, but interesting insights into Korean culture, sometimes some interesting walks around different parts of Korea, skip the language stuff and enjoy the rest Abroad In Japan - an Englishman in Japan, very dry humor, endlessly entertaining Korean Englishman - an Englishman in Korea, less dry humor, also endlessly entertaining OsiyoTV - Cherokee Nation TV, well produced show on Cherokee topics 2hearts1seoul - nice fairly calm looks at stuff in Korea NHKWorld - Japanese national shows Simon and Martina - two hyper hipsters in Asia, I like them, but they can be polarizing TheKoreaSociety - serious talks on Korea and regional issues Retrocomputing and gaming and stuff: Kim Justice - some incredible histories of the UK computer gaming scene, fantastically produced all around, an actual hidden gem on youtube TNT Amusements - business advertisement for a company that refurbs arcade games, fun crew and can be entertaining and informative from time to time Pixelmusement - old games, my favorite show is "Shovelware Diggers"...strangely relaxing review of crapware dos and early windows games from a 1000 games CD. Retro Core - English reviews of retro games from Japan. The guy who does it is kind of infectious and opinionated, but has a definite voice. Computerphile - interesting old to new light computing topics The Ben Heck Show - various electronics and retro gaming/computing topics, serious hardware hacking Top Hat Gaming Man - reviews of various games and stuff, puts a bit of effort into production Grand Illusions - weird toys and nick-nacks, infectious host Techmoan - odd old things, just watch it EEVblog - intense teardowns of everything Game Sack - great, well produced retro gaming Metaljesusrocks - another great, well produced retro gaming show Matt Barton - his show "Matt Chat" has interviews with some absolute gaming legends, amazing stuff Jeremy Parish - one of the "old men" of gaming journalism, has lots of on-line presence, but does tons of interesting reviews Cars: Motor Trend Channel - you know what this is about fullychargedshow - electric cars Music: NewRetroWave Generic Male DJs A Tribe Called Red WinhamhillLovers Movies: RedLetterMedia - sarcasm at its finest Nerdwriter1 - great analysis of films
  - skinnymuch 9y ago
    Damn! That's a lot. Thanks for the descriptions for all of them too. About 6 channels seem interesting to me. I'm not into cars (that's what happens when you blow most of your early lucky web money on a Porsche and then go broke :p), or cooking or Asian culture beyond listening to Kpop. But still seems like I might like the handful of ones that seem interesting to me.
    - bane 9y ago
      Sure thing, like I said youtube let's you build very niche collections of subscriptions. Sometimes a little too niche ;)
      - skinnymuch 9y ago
        Haha for sure. I've already found 2 other niche YT channels that look interesting. Also it's just that it prob took you a long time to write your whole list haha.

by bane 9y ago

skinnymuch 9y ago

I'm interested. What are some of your favs?

bane 9y ago
I mostly watch youtube to unwind and not think so hard, a few I tend to get really into: On cooking & food: jastownsendandson - 18th century history and recipes foodwishes - nice succinct no fuss recipes, focus on the recipes TabiEats - casual/fast food reviews and stuff from Japan gundog4314 - reviews of military rations Global news and Culture: PBS NewsHour - public news, nice balanced and thoughtful news without lots of histrionics ARIRANG TV - korean state cultural TV, mostly because I have Korean family members, but some interesting shows from time to time also "ARIRANG NEWS" for regional news and local Korean politics and ARIRANG CULTURE for more specific Korean arts stuff Great Big Story - hard to explain, but brilliant short videos from all over that make you feel better about the world after a hard day Big Think - another hard to explain channel TheJapanChannel - mostly interesting vignettes from Japan, I find them kind of soothing for some reason Talk to me in Korean - supposed to be a language learning course, but interesting insights into Korean culture, sometimes some interesting walks around different parts of Korea, skip the language stuff and enjoy the rest Abroad In Japan - an Englishman in Japan, very dry humor, endlessly entertaining Korean Englishman - an Englishman in Korea, less dry humor, also endlessly entertaining OsiyoTV - Cherokee Nation TV, well produced show on Cherokee topics 2hearts1seoul - nice fairly calm looks at stuff in Korea NHKWorld - Japanese national shows Simon and Martina - two hyper hipsters in Asia, I like them, but they can be polarizing TheKoreaSociety - serious talks on Korea and regional issues Retrocomputing and gaming and stuff: Kim Justice - some incredible histories of the UK computer gaming scene, fantastically produced all around, an actual hidden gem on youtube TNT Amusements - business advertisement for a company that refurbs arcade games, fun crew and can be entertaining and informative from time to time Pixelmusement - old games, my favorite show is "Shovelware Diggers"...strangely relaxing review of crapware dos and early windows games from a 1000 games CD. Retro Core - English reviews of retro games from Japan. The guy who does it is kind of infectious and opinionated, but has a definite voice. Computerphile - interesting old to new light computing topics The Ben Heck Show - various electronics and retro gaming/computing topics, serious hardware hacking Top Hat Gaming Man - reviews of various games and stuff, puts a bit of effort into production Grand Illusions - weird toys and nick-nacks, infectious host Techmoan - odd old things, just watch it EEVblog - intense teardowns of everything Game Sack - great, well produced retro gaming Metaljesusrocks - another great, well produced retro gaming show Matt Barton - his show "Matt Chat" has interviews with some absolute gaming legends, amazing stuff Jeremy Parish - one of the "old men" of gaming journalism, has lots of on-line presence, but does tons of interesting reviews Cars: Motor Trend Channel - you know what this is about fullychargedshow - electric cars Music: NewRetroWave Generic Male DJs A Tribe Called Red WinhamhillLovers Movies: RedLetterMedia - sarcasm at its finest Nerdwriter1 - great analysis of films
- skinnymuch 9y ago
  Damn! That's a lot. Thanks for the descriptions for all of them too. About 6 channels seem interesting to me. I'm not into cars (that's what happens when you blow most of your early lucky web money on a Porsche and then go broke :p), or cooking or Asian culture beyond listening to Kpop. But still seems like I might like the handful of ones that seem interesting to me.
  - bane 9y ago
    Sure thing, like I said youtube let's you build very niche collections of subscriptions. Sometimes a little too niche ;)
    - skinnymuch 9y ago
      Haha for sure. I've already found 2 other niche YT channels that look interesting. Also it's just that it prob took you a long time to write your whole list haha.