Inspired by this post but the other way around. Which channels (any subject) do you think have stayed true to their beginnings and are still worth watching today?
My pick would be Gamers Nexus.
Primitive technology. There are many imitators, but the original is a man on his own in Australia. His videos focus on building structures in the woods. Starting with river mud, he will make a furnace in order to make bricks in order to make a building to sleep in in order to use it for kiln drying for larger structures etc…
Be sure to watch with subtitles to read his explanation of things!
Edit to fix: he is based in Australia, not new Zealand.
All true, except he’s in Queensland, Australia.
Tom Scott with amazing places & things you might not know.
But he stopped making videos. I’d say that’s a significant drop in quality.
Tasting History with Max Miller.
https://youtube.com/@explainingcomputers
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https://youtube.com/@christopherbarnattDOT COM
https://youtube.com/@mothersbasement
I only listen to this one guy for anime reccomendations.
https://youtube.com/@colinfurze
Never has a lull, always good.
https://youtube.com/@chemicalforce
Pretty toxic chemistry
https://youtube.com/@weirdexplorer
If you don’t really care about exotic fruit adventures, at least watch his feature length Nutmeg documentary it’s most excellent.
Boomer shooter comedic…retrospectives? I like him.
https://youtube.com/@mrcarlsonslab
He repairs very old electronics and is soothing to listen to.
I don’t even really care about motorcycles, but their video editing skills are incredible.
https://youtube.com/@lowbuckgarage
Accurate, he will do everything possible to avoid spending money on a project.
https://youtube.com/@styropyro
Mad scientist.
https://youtube.com/@casuallyexplained
His sense of humor doesn’t get old for me.
https://youtube.com/@thecodyreeder
Mad scientist.
Taught me more about language than any teacher in my life ever did.
I find a lot of obscure old games to play via this guy and his videos are high effort.
https://youtube.com/@posymusic
Every video is a work of art. It doesn’t matter what the subject is, you’ll be entranced.
https://youtube.com/@techtangents
Bitrot necromancy enthusiast.
https://youtube.com/@littlevmills
A Canadian who makes high effort metal music covers.
https://youtube.com/@joel-haver
He just likes to make movies. I like his movies. A lot.
https://youtube.com/@theslowmoguys
It’s in the name!
Mad scientist.
https://youtube.com/@evenflow2907
High effort vehicular brainrot.
Have a good day!
A lovely weird Canadian artist I adore.
Ups for styropyro. Man just gets more unhinged by the year, it’s beautiful.
Primitive Technology. He started the whole “build a shelter in the woods” genre that has become so dumb, but his videos are still just as great as ever. No narration or music, other than the sounds of the birds and insects, just interesting experiments into basic technology like shelters, fire, charcoal, kilns, pottery, small machines, bricks, roof tiles, etc., all using only the most primitive stone age tools, created from materials found in the forest and stream around his camp.
Even his attire is as spare as his videos, just a pair of khaki shorts.
Currently, he’s working through a series of experiments to make fire hot enough to smelt metal.
I’ve been watching him since he started, and he’s the only channel that I stop everything to watch when a new video drops.
If you’re interested in why he is doing what he is doing - I would highly suggest turning on the close captions. It was a game changer as someone that is entertained by infotainment!
Oh, yeah, I discovered the captions long ago. Had to go back and watch all the old ones with the captions on.
Holy fuck
Lemmino, Ahoy and kurzgesagt
Kurzgesat became highly biased after a partnership with the Gates Foundation. They were independent beforehand.






