# Extremely passionate (in a positive way), niche content creators **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496 "2022-10-19T17:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/1 "2022-10-19T17:27:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from [What would you do with a big storage amount of emergency-ration meals that you inherited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430/9): > [@What would you do with a big storage amount of emergency-ration meals that you inherited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430/9): > > Send it to [Steve.](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA/videos) > “Let’s get this out on a tray.” I love the guy running\_coach linked. Not because I give a particular shit about MREs, but because the guy’s level of consistent, low-key delight shines through in all of his videos. And while some of his videos **are** interesting because he’s unboxing a 50-year-old meal, a lot of them are modern, standard kits. Some time ago, I saw a video of a guy who works through ridiculously challenging sudoku puzzles and I spent 30 minutes completely absorbed in his journey and triumphs. One of education’s Great Truths is that a dry or uninteresting topic can be made interesting - at least for a little while - by somebody who loves what they’re doing and is able to communicate their passion to their audience. Anybody else have examples of folks like this? Use your discretion when it comes to the definition of “niche,” but no points awarded for something like, “this guy gets to spend all day blowing stuff up and partying with celebrities and really seems to love it!” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/2 "2022-10-19T17:55:06Z")
The guy who makes knives out of ludicrous materials is the perennial classic in this category. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/3 "2022-10-19T17:57:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Not because I give a particular shit about MREs, but because the guy’s level of consistent, low-key delight shines through in all of his videos. And while some of his videos **are** interesting because he’s unboxing a 50-year-old meal, a lot of them are modern, standard kits. I rather like the look into other countries’ approach to feeding their troops and the occasional odd choice such as the Italian ration that included a shot of cordial. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/4 "2022-10-19T18:22:45Z")
> **[MetaBallStudios](https://www.youtube.com/c/MetaBallStudios)** > > 🔰 Our work is to put the world in perspective, both the real and the fictional. We give a new vision to things to get a better idea of how they are, sizes, quantities, volumes, speeds... > Explore the channel content and enjoy each video. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/5 "2022-10-19T20:16:39Z")
This fellow > **[Distant Signal](https://www.youtube.com/user/distantsignal)** > > Videos of the travels of Railfan Danny Harmon. > Born and raised in Florida, I love Florida railroads, but I am trying to range out to more states. > I currently shoot with a Sony AX-700 camcorder, a GoPro Hero 7 Black and a DJI Air 2 drone. With the... is passionate about railroad trains. Real trains. He’s got a very nice delivery appropriate to his target audience: low key, bland, but highly knowledgeable and his enthusiasm is very evident, if muted. Some of his explainers are great: topics obscure enough to satisfy experts, but delivered approachably enough to entertain and inform noobs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/6 "2022-10-19T21:18:03Z")
[Karen Puzzles.](https://m.youtube.com/c/KarenPuzzles) She’s a thirty-something LA woman who collects and solves jigsaw puzzles. She makes videos about rare puzzles she finds, and sets herself challenges - solid color puzzles, 10,000-piece ones, racing against other puzzlers. She clearly loves jigsaw puzzles, and communicates that passion to her viewers. And she appears to be a genuinely nice person. In a recent video, she talked about her attempts to buy some rare puzzles at an estate sale auction. But she also paused to pay tribute to the woman who’s puzzles she was buying, and honored her family’s loss. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/7 "2022-10-19T21:24:12Z")
I believe you mean Kiwami Japan. I love his videos, and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. Here’s the knife made of smoke: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zUCEMjhsvaU/maxresdefault.jpg "ロウソクの黒煙を集めて作った包丁") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUCEMjhsvaU) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/8 "2022-10-19T21:28:07Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > [Karen Puzzles.](https://m.youtube.com/c/KarenPuzzles) She’s a thirty-something LA woman who collects and solves jigsaw puzzles. I wonder if our own @puzzlegal is aware of this site/cite? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/9 "2022-10-19T22:08:29Z")
**LockPickingLawyer** is great. I have very little interest in locks or picking, but his skill and knowledge is remarkable enough to sway anyone to watch him open the most difficult locks. Dude has thousands of videos and I have seen most. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/10 "2022-10-19T22:14:07Z")
I like the YouTuber “Post 10”, who clears plugged culverts and other storm drains. He also has a channel called “New England Wildlife And More” where he mainly eats vintage and/or disgusting foods, like surstromming after someone sent him a can (and he made the big mistake of opening it indoors). He does not like idiots with excavators. Non-idiots with excavators are OK. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/11 "2022-10-19T22:26:46Z")
**Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t** an incredibly intelligent and yet foul mouthed degenerate self-taught botanist from South Chicago wanders the planet categorizing the plants, insects, animals and soils he finds. His love of nature and science and his hatred for litter and urban sprawl is infectious. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/12 "2022-10-19T22:32:15Z")
The possum lady. > **[Meet the Opossum Lady, the Undisputed Queen of Youtube](https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/10/16/meet-the-opossum-lady-the-undisputed-queen-of-youtube/)** > > This picture may not need any explanation. It is arguably perfect as it is. But in these strange and uncertain times, I had an inkling that this might be exactly what we all need. So allow me to formally introduce you to Pearl de Wisdom, aka the... ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/13 "2022-10-19T22:53:53Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > **LockPickingLawyer** is great. Yep, I had a passing interest in it before and understood the idea. Now I want to buy stuff from his store. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/14 "2022-10-19T23:06:37Z")
Thanks! Not my kind of puzzle, although i did grow up on those springbok puzzles, and I’ve done that butterfly puzzle as a kid. But she’s certainly my kind of enthusiast. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/15 "2022-10-19T23:40:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Thanks! > > Not my kind of puzzle, although i did grow up on those springbok puzzles, and I’ve done that butterfly puzzle as a kid But she’s certainly my kind of enthusiast. 😃 I wondered if you were into jigsaws. Because there are certainly other types of puzzles. Another YouTuber I follow is [Chris Ramsay.](https://m.youtube.com/c/ChrisRamsay52) He’s a Canadian magician and puzzle lover, but he solves puzzle boxes, big elaborate contraptions that require finding hidden tools and solving sequential steps. He’s also another whose enthusiasm is infectious. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/16 "2022-10-19T23:50:57Z")
Hmm, i would have described it as made of soot and gelatin, but i guess “smoke” sounds more romantic. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/17 "2022-10-19T23:52:22Z")
Mostly mechanical puzzles. My avatar is one of my favorite puzzles. It’s six similar pieces that can be put together in lots of different ways. I do also have a lot of jigsaw puzzles, but mostly wooden. If this site hosted photos, i might show some, but it’s not worth it to me to post them someplace else to link photos here. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/18 "2022-10-20T01:20:14Z")
But you can tell us your favorite brands of wooden puzzles, right? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/19 "2022-10-20T01:43:07Z")
It depends what you like, and whether you prefer laser cut or hand cut. Let’s stick with laser cut, as that’s much more affordable. My favorite is probably not available now, as it’s a Russian company. But before the war, i bought some davici puzzles that really blew me away. The cutting patterns are really well thought out, and they are incredibly charming. These tend to be fairly easy, so you make constant progress. If you manage to get your hands on one, solve it on a board of some kind, so you can flip it over when you’ve completed it. You want to enjoy and appreciate the cut. City of Cats is my favorite of the ones i did. In the “I can’t believe you can do that” category, nervous systems has made some really interesting puzzles. I especially like their globe. > **[Nervous System | Shop | Earth Infinity Puzzle ™](https://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product.php?code=368)** Because their puzzles are designed by a computer algorithm, they also sell a lot of unique puzzles. For instance, they have a series of geodes, each of which has a unique image and a unique cut. I like the way their pieces feel and fit together, too. If you prefer a chunkier cut (and many people do, i think I’m unusual in preferring a thinner puzzle piece) there’s a Canadian company, Stumpcraft, that makes some challenging, beautiful, and thoughtfully designed puzzles. > **[Falling by Mandy Budan](https://www.stumpcraft.com/products/falling-by-mandy-budan)** > > 41cm x 31cm Deluxe Jigsaw Puzzle featuring Mandy Budan's Falling Notice the color on the lighter and the marshmallow. If you want a traditional image with lots and lots of fun whimsy pieces, and very reliable quality, Liberty puzzles is a good choice. > **[Chautauqua Trail](https://www.libertypuzzles.com/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles/chautauqua-trail)** > > by Janice Larson > A portion of the proceeds from this puzzle go to the Boulder County Wildfire Fund > by The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, to benefit those in our community who lost their houses in the Marshall Fire. > www.commfound.org They have a huge catalog, with images to please most every taste, and lots of cute whimsies. A few of the puzzles can be put together in more than one way, or have some other trick or second puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496/20 "2022-10-20T02:25:38Z")
Oh…! Now I remember my mom waxing poetic about a Liberty puzzle she got to work on at a friend’s house. Thanks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496.md?page=2)