Gentlemen I'm struggling to find new engaging YT channels, the only video recommendations I'm getting are [current real life happening] propaganda trash, inane internet drama, AI dogshit (thumbnail, narration and/or imagery), true crime, video essays about pieces of media be they movies, anime or videogames, and gaming videos.I am very disappointed by these results and would like to create a thread to share good finds we may have come across in this sea of excrement.I ask that you kindly adhere to the following rules:- NO channels involving any of the above;- only ONE recommendation per post with a very brief description of what it's about (this is to avoid big long laundry lists which tend to be offputting to read and also time consuming to write, so let's keep recs short and clean gentlemen); preferably accompany your post with a relevant image too so anons can tell at a glance what it's about;- preferred but not obligatory is to share stuff that doesn't "put you down", you know? So much stuff I see go about this or that tragedy and it's just a neverending kick to the balls. Serious events can still be presented in an interesting or funny manner that isn't completely disarming however so I won't make this a hard requirement, also to avoid being too strict with the rules, which I don't even have the power to enforce anyway
https://www.youtube.com/@CasualNavigationCasual NavigationMini video documentaries about marine engineering
https://www.youtube.com/@arnoldprankcallsarchive8943Arnold Prank Calls ArchiveSelf explanatory, prank calls made with Arnold Schwarzenegger sound boards
Bar TimesJapanese bartenders making drinkshttps://www.youtube.com/@BARTIMES/videos
Grand IllusionsOld man showing off toys and novelty itemshttps://www.youtube.com/@grandillusions
LGR (Lazy Game Reviews)Has game reviews, but is most notable for its videos about old and unusual computer hardware and gadgets.https://www.youtube.com/@LGR
Hickok45Old man shooting and talking about gunshttps://www.youtube.com/@hickok45
>>1557983Isaac Arthur, technology and futurism
ArchipelA channel about Japanese entertainment media. I know this sounds close to what OP asked to avoid but here you get interviews with actual directors instead of being centered on some random e-celeb narrating a three hour retelling of the plot of shrek with a communist lense or something like that.
Japanese biologist-turned-fisherman catches, cleans and eats various random fish. Most of the runtime is dedicated to scaling, gutting, and carving the fish meat.https://www.youtube.com/@masaru.9268/videos
>>1558012you should probably link to the channel too.
>>1558030unrelated to thread subject, but If anyone is wondering, the artist for that image is this guy:https://x.com/Eliphhas/status/1645800669398589448
>>1558031>>1558012You're righthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zoY9LapZERsN7caDKqz0w
Guy who talks about and gives demos of (mostly electronic) music equipment:https://www.youtube.com/@Hainbach/videosa lot of the stuff he shows in his videos is older or vintage. example vid:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEW6ff9TJ4c
Steve Wallis / Camping With SteveJust a chill guy camping in some strange places or using some strange "camping" gear(like picrel) but nothing too crazy.https://www.youtube.com/@campingwithsteve/videos
>>1557983https://www.youtube.com/@TinnedFishReviews
@ChrisSpargo short explorations of small everyday questions, like Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers? Like Tom Scott.
Obligatory mention of Technology Connections, most videos are about the inner workings of technology that we regularly use but rarely think how it actually functions. Both current and older stuff.https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
https://www.youtube.com/@Qxir/videosQxirIrish guy who tells curiosities from around the world. I like his drawings' artstyle
>>1558061Okay the spider thing was cool.
https://www.youtube.com/@JustinWhangYt/videosWhang!A channel about weird internet stories, the host is funny I like his narration
https://www.youtube.com/@gothicrockdarkwavepedraodj/videosGothic Rock & Darkwave Pedrão DJDiscovered a lot of cool new gothic / darkwave / coldwave music through this brazilian nigga
>>1558012>>1558033Came here mostly just to post this.In more recent years they shifted their content to do interviews with big names from the video game industry, film & animation, manga, etc.I like what they're doing now, but the old stuff where they would do more upbeat interviews with completely random fashion designers and comedy duos and other artists & creative types that were and still are relatively unknown
>>1557983https://www.youtube.com/@ItsAnimeJP/videosA channel that is officially licensed to show certain anime series. Some current/newer stuff like Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan and Jigoku Sensei Nube, older comedy series notably all the different Gag manga Biyori, comfy sports anime, cooking/food anime, etc.. Even darker mysterious (but still comfy) stuff like Boogiepop Phantom. Some of them, mostly the newer releases, are on a limited release schedule however.
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>>1557991Kino
>https://www.youtube.com/@USAutoIndustry/videos>US Auto IndustryA collection of old 20s~70s usa car industry videos, some of them are just old advertisements and instructions, some are cool technical description and autistically detailed explanation of some part manufacture process.
https://youtube.com/@PosyMusic>PosyA channel that mostly talks about tech, like some of the other channels mentioned in this thread. What sets it apart is that it has really impressive presentation with creative edits and custom music for each video.Example:https://youtu.be/VckU9UXI_XE
>>1557983https://www.youtube.com/@htme/videos>How To Make EverythingThis channel reinvents objects using historical methods. Their experimental archaeology ends up placing focus on the oft-ignored auxillary techniques used and the craftsmanship needed.
Relatable
>>1557989>>1558074>>1559574seconding these and I'll add:Atomic Shrimphttps://www.youtube.com/@AtomicShrimpThe range of stuff he does videos on is both massive and usually fairly specific. Some things he does include cooking, foraging, tech/electronics stuff, scam baiting (fucking around with scammers), "Weird Stuff from a Can" where he tries... weird stuff from a can, or on rare occasions weird stuff from a box or "normal" stuff from a can, videos where he literally just walks around some countryside talking about the things that are there (mostly the English countryside but he's done ones for parts of Spain and maybe elsewhere too), various kinds of crafts, and to me maybe the standout, a series of sort of surreal horror shorts centered around a place called Slaughter Valley, they have a vibe I haven't quite seen elsewhere (although I'm not super familiar with "analog horror" which is what some people classify it as).1/3
>>1559719Todd in the Shadowshttps://www.youtube.com/@ToddintheShadowsIf you like any kind of music from the last 60 years he's probably done a video or several on songs from the genre. His bread and butter is supposed to be his pop song reviews (and even there it's not necessarily "pop" songs, they can be rap, country, whatever is charting), but he also does a lot of retrospectives on one-hit wonders ("One Hit Wonderland") and albums that killed careers ("Trainwreckords") and I have friends who don't give a shit about modern music who watch him just for those. He's a pretty funny guy, formerly of Channel Awesome/That Guy with the Glasses, but since that fell apart he's been independent.2/3
>>15597203/3Cathode Ray Dudehttps://www.youtube.com/@CathodeRayDudeHis older videos are all over the place but in recent years he's settled into a groove of long-form, in-depth, and also kinda funny looks at mostly some older pieces of technology that either very much should have changed things or that we should be glad never caught on. His politics are pretty left but they almost never come up, when they do it's generally a meme moment, and (I actually don't like this myself) when he draws conclusions at the end of a video he can actually sound conservative because his conclusion is often either "they don't make 'em like this anymore" or "they should make everything like professional equipment" (or "they should take more risks", which isn't so conservative but is bold, and which I think kind of speaks to the spirit of the 20th century, which is where a lot of this tech comes from).
https://www.youtube.com/@HinanoJPNJust lonely japanese salarywoman vlog. Comfy and nice to see and learn about japan. From eating and drinking beer to daily life.
