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I've lost my purpose in life

ergot_vacation 5y ago
You jest, but a lot of the friendly niche stuff on Youtube has been a bright spot for me for several years now, even more once the pandemic happened. I'll watch cool, quiet videos of a train plowing its way across snow-covered country in Switzerland to chill out, friendly low-key gaming streams to hang out in chat, long form documentaries on all kinds of cool stuff when I'm more awake, and on and on. Youtube is one of the few places left online with SOME content that's just chill and friendly. Hopefully it comes back soon.
- iandanforth 5y ago
  Links please. :)
  - ergot_vacation 5y ago
    Norway (my mistake) train cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imG6CNF9kI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imG6CNF9kI. There are a ton of these. Not quite as pretty now, as the snow is largely melted, but still lovely countryside, especially if you catch the early morning stuff. Gaming streams are as numerous as stars in the sky. I prefer to watch after the fact (lose the interaction, but easier to skip around), and generally like the people that are hanging out with their chat and telling great stories and anecdotes rather that doing super competitive stuff. For that, Vinny from the Vinesauce group is pretty great: he's got both an edited down "best of" youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesauce https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesauce) and a full stream archive channel(https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesaucefullsauce https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesaucefullsauce). VTubers are also a whole wild crazy phenomenon unto themselves, and while I don't usually watch full streams, some of the highlights from some of them (Korone especially) are pretty great if you're of the right persuasion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaJGcdiOt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaJGcdiOt0). There's also an ENORMOUS creative fan culture around them: art, games, and some pretty slick remixes(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QhdIradBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QhdIradBc). As for long form docus, I highly recommend EmpLemon. The guy went from making YoutubePoops to doing incredible, well-researched pieces on a number of things, and his magnum opus is "there will Never Ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTAJNifDAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTAJNifDAI). You may think you don't give a shit about Dale Earnhardt. You will change your mind by the end of the video.
    - AdamJacobMuller 5y ago
      These are live videos off trains right now in Norway? The train is in a tunnel right now and has perfect video. Very curious on the technical setup for this, is it sponsored by the rail line? Amazing.
      - ergot_vacation 5y ago
        As the video description says, it's not ACTUALLY live, due to legal issues. But it is a long, ongoing stream, and to my knowledge the videos are swapped out on a daily or weekly basis, so you are getting a somewhat "real time" idea of what the route looks like.
    - swader999 5y ago
      Thanks for the Dale documentary recommendation. Tears galore right now.
- canada_dry 5y ago
  Here's another you might enjoy: an eastern European couple that just quietly and simply tend to preparing delish looking meals outdoors: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw

You jest, but a lot of the friendly niche stuff on Youtube has been a bright spot for me for several years now, even more once the pandemic happened. I'll watch cool, quiet videos of a train plowing its way across snow-covered country in Switzerland to chill out, friendly low-key gaming streams to hang out in chat, long form documentaries on all kinds of cool stuff when I'm more awake, and on and on. Youtube is one of the few places left online with SOME content that's just chill and friendly. Hopefully it comes back soon.

iandanforth 5y ago
Links please. :)
- ergot_vacation 5y ago
  Norway (my mistake) train cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imG6CNF9kI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imG6CNF9kI. There are a ton of these. Not quite as pretty now, as the snow is largely melted, but still lovely countryside, especially if you catch the early morning stuff. Gaming streams are as numerous as stars in the sky. I prefer to watch after the fact (lose the interaction, but easier to skip around), and generally like the people that are hanging out with their chat and telling great stories and anecdotes rather that doing super competitive stuff. For that, Vinny from the Vinesauce group is pretty great: he's got both an edited down "best of" youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesauce https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesauce) and a full stream archive channel(https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesaucefullsauce https://www.youtube.com/user/vinesaucefullsauce). VTubers are also a whole wild crazy phenomenon unto themselves, and while I don't usually watch full streams, some of the highlights from some of them (Korone especially) are pretty great if you're of the right persuasion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaJGcdiOt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaJGcdiOt0). There's also an ENORMOUS creative fan culture around them: art, games, and some pretty slick remixes(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QhdIradBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QhdIradBc). As for long form docus, I highly recommend EmpLemon. The guy went from making YoutubePoops to doing incredible, well-researched pieces on a number of things, and his magnum opus is "there will Never Ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTAJNifDAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTAJNifDAI). You may think you don't give a shit about Dale Earnhardt. You will change your mind by the end of the video.
  - AdamJacobMuller 5y ago
    These are live videos off trains right now in Norway? The train is in a tunnel right now and has perfect video. Very curious on the technical setup for this, is it sponsored by the rail line? Amazing.
    - ergot_vacation 5y ago
      As the video description says, it's not ACTUALLY live, due to legal issues. But it is a long, ongoing stream, and to my knowledge the videos are swapped out on a daily or weekly basis, so you are getting a somewhat "real time" idea of what the route looks like.
  - swader999 5y ago
    Thanks for the Dale documentary recommendation. Tears galore right now.
canada_dry 5y ago
Here's another you might enjoy: an eastern European couple that just quietly and simply tend to preparing delish looking meals outdoors: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw