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https://www.youtube.com/@CasualNavigation
Casual Navigation
Mini video documentaries about marine engineering

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https://www.youtube.com/@arnoldprankcallsarchive8943
Arnold Prank Calls Archive
Self explanatory, prank calls made with Arnold Schwarzenegger sound boards

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Bar Times
Japanese bartenders making drinks
https://www.youtube.com/@BARTIMES/videos

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Grand Illusions
Old man showing off toys and novelty items
https://www.youtube.com/@grandillusions

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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

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Hickok45
Old man shooting and talking about guns
https://www.youtube.com/@hickok45

>>1557983
Isaac Arthur, technology and futurism

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Archipel
A 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.

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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

>>1558012
you should probably link to the channel too.

>>1558030
unrelated to thread subject, but If anyone is wondering, the artist for that image is this guy:
https://x.com/Eliphhas/status/1645800669398589448

>>1558031
>>1558012
You're right
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zoY9LapZERsN7caDKqz0w

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Guy who talks about and gives demos of (mostly electronic) music equipment:
https://www.youtube.com/@Hainbach/videos
a lot of the stuff he shows in his videos is older or vintage.

example vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEW6ff9TJ4c

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Steve Wallis / Camping With Steve
Just 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

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>>1557983
https://www.youtube.com/@TinnedFishReviews

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@ChrisSpargo short explorations of small everyday questions, like Why do UK supermarkets have clock towers? Like Tom Scott.

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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

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https://www.youtube.com/@Qxir/videos
Qxir
Irish guy who tells curiosities from around the world. I like his drawings' artstyle

>>1558061
Okay the spider thing was cool.

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https://www.youtube.com/@JustinWhangYt/videos
Whang!
A channel about weird internet stories, the host is funny I like his narration

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https://www.youtube.com/@gothicrockdarkwavepedraodj/videos
Gothic Rock & Darkwave Pedrão DJ
Discovered a lot of cool new gothic / darkwave / coldwave music through this brazilian nigga

>>1558012
>>1558033
Came 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

>>1557983
https://www.youtube.com/@ItsAnimeJP/videos
A 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.

bump

>https://www.youtube.com/@USAutoIndustry/videos
>US Auto Industry
A 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
>Posy
A 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

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>>1557983
https://www.youtube.com/@htme/videos
>How To Make Everything
This 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
>>1559574
seconding these and I'll add:

Atomic Shrimp
https://www.youtube.com/@AtomicShrimp

The 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

>>1559719
Todd in the Shadows
https://www.youtube.com/@ToddintheShadows

If 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

>>1559720
3/3
Cathode Ray Dude
https://www.youtube.com/@CathodeRayDude

His 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).

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https://www.youtube.com/@HinanoJPN
Just lonely japanese salarywoman vlog. Comfy and nice to see and learn about japan. From eating and drinking beer to daily life.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPJgTE521w0
SleepyKats
3D animation channel. So far it's only one video but as a giant furfag I'm always looking for more of this kind of stuff, it's like crack cocaine to me I just fucking LOVE furries (the animal people, not the fandom bar for few few cool lads)

>>1557983
sometimes i type 'YTP' plus the current year and see if things are flowing smoothly

>>1560553
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozx4syeRM8E

>>1560553
add before:2015-01-01 to restrict the time range

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>>1559752
How pathetic and gullible do I need to be to watch this?

*ouTube fucking sucks!

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youtube.com/@featherfinfilms
>The one and only technical fish and race car channel. Expect long videos about topics rarely covered in the two niches. Featherfin Films: Disparate Topics in Deep Detail

i just watched a video by a gen z about the state of gen a and a wholly regret my decision

as for a recommendations, idk go watch Qxir or something. oh someone posted that one, how about Clabretro? talks about and does a bit of practical/hobby usage mainly of '90s-ish enterprise networking/telephony gear. pretty niche i suppose but it's not a particularly technical channel.

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https://www.youtube.com/@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
angry old man yells at trees
https://www.youtube.com/@CoolBugFacts
autist tells you about bugs

shark puppet eats cheese
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PPR7_49vbqs
https://www.youtube.com/@SharkPuppet/featured

>>1563436
This is what mental illness looks like
Funny nonetheless

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>>1557988
>>1557994
These ones are great, forgot about them.
>>1557989
>>1558404
>>1562957
Um, I thought they said no video game or drama or depressing stuff...
>>1561100
Bro, toned down Japanese Vlog channels like that are comfy as hell. Totally different vibe than the Western: YOOOOO GUYS, CHECKING OUT THIS COOL NEW PLACE TODAY, Like & Subscribe! WOOOOW THAT BURGER IS HUGGGGE!
>>1561677
Go back to watching shit convoluted nonesensical cringe dialogue story series on your favourite streaming service then, loser. YouTube rules in how interesting and educational it can be!
>>1557983
Anyways, wish you'd narrow down to what you ARE interested in, science, tech, space, military, history? Maybe cars? Here's the best and least obnoxious car reviewer in the history of car reviewing. Even if you don't care about cars, he WILL get you interested by going over the weird features of each vehicle!
https://www.youtube.com/@DougDeMuro

Can't stand YT anymore, they went full jew with how chock full of fucking ads it is, and they'll monetize videos without even giving creators money.
I looked up guides on how to get adblockers running but all results are months or years old. Did YT kill off adblockers for good? I hope not, because those dirty kikes deserve to bleed all the money in the world. Greedy pieces of shit

>>1563734
literally just use ublock origin mate

>>1563735
Roger that! Will do, fuck JewTube they don't deserve a cent, I've never used an adblocker before but I will now, enough is enough

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>>1563735
Holy. Shit. Why haven't I done this sooner. This is amazing, this is a fucking revolution! I can skip ahead in any video I want WITHOUT immidiately being hit with more ads, or ads every 2 fucking minutes. Beautiful. I could cry.
Yes!
Get FUCKED YouTube!

>>1563734
AdBlocker Ultimate still works 80% of the time on Firefox for me. Otherwise also use Video Speed Controller thing so can skip through ads nearly instantly with hotkeys.

>>1563741
damn anon, i've never used youtube without an ad blocker. i started using content blockers around 2006 once they started making flash banner ads with sounds and animation, that was the tipping point for me.

bump
I hunger for some good shit, feed me- us that which you deem worthy of likeminded anons, new suggestions are always welcome

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>>1564246
Maybe, Modern History TV - Medieval life in easy chat form, sometimes from a chair, sometimes on horseback; some can be listened to without watching

>>1563777
>flash banner ads with sounds and animatio
https://youtu.be/T6QgtVlp4EM

>>1564426
https://youtu.be/AH-v3XxRbfA

>>1564246
dark souls speedruns (10-20 minutes) and challenge runs
Spongebob conspiracy theories- they represent the seven sins plankton-> 'green with envy' etc.Or ones like how all the pixar i think movies were connected, cars, wall e, etc

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>>1557983
AsaToshi_2nd
https://www.youtube.com/@AsaToshi2nd/videos
Blender animations of combat sports fights with anime girls. He mostly uses references of actual bouts and martial artists

>>1563734
Brave + adblock, or invidious

>>1564538
post your fetish material on >>>/r/

>>1564596
NTA but how is that fetish? Do you look at My Hero Academia and think of teenagers beating the shit out of each other as a fetish?
I think those are some pretty cool animations

>>1564632
yes actually

>>1564637
Really? You must be cooming everytime you watch anime, you naughty slut you, it's ok we're all part of the family

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https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm/videos
Old documentaries. These use physical diagrams/effects, which I appreciated during the army gun anatomy documentary.
I was drawn to their factory videos particularly.
Most probably aren't worth watching but perhaps you'll find something relevant to you.

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https://www.youtube.com/@studiumhistoriae
Medieval history from someone who actually knows what he's talking about.
Not military history slop.

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https://www.youtube.com/@SheafificationOfG
Math & programming videos for non-dummies. Presented by a legit funny sardonic asshole.
And serious, for non-dummies. This isn't 3blue1brown. About 85% of the math stuff he talks about goes way above my head. I enjoy the programming videos, though.

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https://www.youtube.com/@verytallbart
YouTube Poop in 2026. And it's actually *funny*, too.

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https://www.youtube.com/@nojrants
Early Soviet history (basically the Lenin era) from a guy who knows what he's talking about. In one video he even showed he has access to actual archived documents from that era lol.
No overt political slant one way or the other -- he just goes into the really small nuts and bolts of how things worked and what actually happened during that period.

>>1566477
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik_sP5JWRvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXag2HYT94
Not the entire channel, but these two videos in particular are of the same vibe and are good

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https://www.youtube.com/@nick_longrich
A paleontologist's channel. His videos on the Fermi Paradox are much more interesting though IMO

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https://www.youtube.com/@howfarawayisit

Cosmology & astronomy lectures by a former professor

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https://www.youtube.com/@ItalianNinjaa

Team Fortress 2 SFM guy who's transitioning to making OG.
It's all good, though. I've been watching Gmod and SFM garbage for as long as I can remember and his Requiem for a Pizza Pt2 video is legit the single best one I've ever seen, with the possible exception of POOTIS ENGAGE

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Honorable mentions for religious studies stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/@LetsTalkReligion
https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast
https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel

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https://www.youtube.com/@premodernist_history

Non-slop history stuff presented by an actual academic

https://www.youtube.com/@3121534312
It's best you don't know how or why this site came to be.

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https://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli

Documentaries about all sorts of weird minor obscure scandals you might have heard of in passing but never looked too deep into. Mostly science stuff, but he's not here to teach you science. Also other human interest stories.

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https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyMcG33

Video game and internet video essays. Emphatically NOT slop.


IF NOTHING ELSE, and if you care about video games at all and are old enough to have seen the industry get shittier and shittier over time, WATCH THIS VIDEO:

A real history of video games | Pay to Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X6D39Cd34k

It is the single best thing I've ever seen or read on the topic. It's not dumb, it's not ragebait. It's a legitimately intelligent examination of a lot of things that kinda get talked around by far less smart hacks.

(tl;dw: video games have ALWAYS been rotten and designed to wiretap your brain. They emerged directly out of the gambling industry. That period between the 1990s and 2000s when video games were "good" was really an exception that came from the unique circumstances of the time, shit like microtransactions skinner boxes dopamine hacking etc etc etc are really just a return to form)

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https://www.youtube.com/@ErrantSignal

Pretentious & annoying leftist and 90% of the channel is slop garbage, but his Children of Doom series is legit very good. Going year by year and looking at literally all notable first person shooters from that year. Really gives you perspective.

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https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif

In case you didn't know, xkcd did a Pivot to Video after his Pivot to Book didn't work out.

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https://www.youtube.com/@JayForeman

Fun & funny geography stuff.
Has been getting a bit slop-y and stale and "Gee, we need a video idea" lately, but the oldest stuff is gold.

>>1557989 +1 LGR
>>1558074 +1 Tech Connections
>>1559719 +1 Atomic Shrimp

>>1557988
-1 on this one. It's charming but you've seen one of these videos you've seen them all.

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https://www.youtube.com/@Accursed_Farms

The guy who made Freeman's Mind (and if you immediately know what Freeman's Mind is, congratz, you're old).
FM is nice but his Game Dungeon series is where the real gold is. Obscure and weird videos game.
OBSCURE and WEIRD video games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRCzIj9QEo

Oh and BTW he's also the guy who pretty much kickstarted and spearheaded stopkillinggames

>>1566499
>and if you immediately know what Freeman's Mind is, congratz, you're old
mean