# Ideas for youtube video watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315 "2019-02-27T22:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/1 "2019-02-27T22:59:02Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of youtube videos. Almost exclusively highlight/lowlight compilations from game shows. \* Any suggestions? I don’t want to pay, I’ll watch the ads. And I was annoyed by the one video I watched of “Here’s our top ten bits from a TV show, but we won’t actually show you more than a tiny snippet of what made it good, we’ll just talk about how good it was”\*\* So: short, funny, not terribly political, outtakes are good, commentary is not so good. Is there stuff on hulu that is ad-driven, or is it now all pay to watch? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/2 "2019-02-27T23:03:11Z")
I spent about 7 glorious hours one day watching Irish people eat American food. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/3 "2019-02-27T23:18:31Z")
Dust - a YouTube channel for sci fi shorts. Some are more like pitch ideas and some are not so good, but many are wonderful. For funny I’d recommend: -Future Boyfriend -Orbit Ever After -Final Offer For a start. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/4 "2019-02-27T23:30:45Z")
My most-watched channel is Numberphile, about all sorts of nifty bits of mathematics. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/5 "2019-02-27T23:47:02Z")
[Hot Ones](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAzrgbu8gEMIIK3r4Se1dOZWSZzUSadfZ) is a celebrity interview show. Sean asks 10 questions while everyone from Niel DeGrasse Tyson to Coolio answer while eating increasing hotter wings. It’s addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/6 "2019-02-27T23:51:18Z")
I forgot my footnotes: \*Someone did say “In the _bleep_”. I think she said ass, not butt. \*\* Best muppet show hosts, specifically. Thanks, I wanted to see two 1 second snippets of Elton John performing. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/7 "2019-02-28T00:15:26Z")
I’ve been watching this series of YT vids called, [“It’s a Southern Thing.”](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=it%27s+a+southern+thing) They’re cute. Beware the non-IaST versions. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/8 "2019-02-28T00:32:41Z")
Watch [Tom Scott](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A). His videos are short, punchy, informative, and a couple of times a year he invents a new game show format and has six or eight episodes of that. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/9 "2019-02-28T02:30:08Z")
Wolter’s World travel tips are quite informative. Amazing the places he’s been. Cinema Sins is quite a bit of fun. Periodic Videos-everything you want to know about the elements. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/10 "2019-02-28T02:49:46Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I spent about 7 glorious hours one day watching Irish people eat American food. The [Try](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabq3No3wXbs6Ut-Pux6SzA) channel. That one guy and peanut butter… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/11 "2019-02-28T02:52:39Z")
Find “The best of Vine” videos. Vines were short, 7 second videos and you can find compilations of over an hour that are chock full of them. Vine’s were a go-to for up and coming comedians to do little skits and some are just hilarious. You can find some with kids or animals too ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/12 "2019-02-28T03:33:28Z")
[NileRed](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile) has some fun science-y stuff. If you like things automotive, [Car Crazy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Crazy) [has pretty much their entire series until 2015 available](https://www.youtube.com/user/CarCrazyCentral/playlists). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/13 "2019-02-28T04:53:05Z")
Townsends videos. 18th century cooking, plus live at the Nutmeg Tavern. they’re historical reenactors who have a retail presence selling historically accurate stuff. I also like Frederick Dunn’s bee-keeping videos, but then, I’m planning to get into beekeeping and I want info. He goes into it very scientifically, such as putting out watering stations with filtered water, water with salts and water wither essential oils and monitoring their consumption. Or doing slow videography of behavior at the hive landing boards, to show the difference between the landing workers, the guard bees, etc. Very informative. StG ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/14 "2019-02-28T08:10:37Z")
I’m addicted to watching Chris Ramsay solve intricate puzzles. He also teaches magic tricks If that interests you. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hr-I1jHcGIs/maxresdefault.jpg "Solving The RIDICULOUSLY Difficult Jack Puzzle!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-I1jHcGIs) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/15 "2019-02-28T09:05:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > My most-watched channel is Numberphile, about all sorts of nifty bits of mathematics. Mathologer is also good, though not as accessible as Numberphile. Whatever I start watching though, I invariably end up watching 80s music videos. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/16 "2019-02-28T09:43:04Z")
if you like pc/console games try Dantdm…… hes about average to horrible at them and is fun to watch……… ---
**Author:** ![jferigura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jferigura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jferigura)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/17 "2019-02-28T09:53:14Z")
I am always watching videos on YouTube and haven’t experience on paying something. Im just watching the ads ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/18 "2019-02-28T18:25:14Z")
Depends on what you like. If you like cars, watch [Regular Car Reviews](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1pShh6dtg-T_ZZkgi_JDQ). If you like video games watch [Videogame Dunkey](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvn_Po0SmunchJYOWpOxMg). A lot of his videos appear very random/childish at first, but there is good analysis and satire hidden under the surface. If you want to know how to dig a well, watch [Tiger Creek Farm](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWBkXOw6TV4czWrrbIDGGQ). If you want to see all sort of crazy (but mostly safe) firearms tests, watch [Demolition Ranch](https://www.youtube.com/user/DemolitionRanch). And finally for some great commercial parodies, watch Mahk on [Zebra Corner](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kTDwUDoyJBOOgsGH2elcg). ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/19 "2019-02-28T18:29:01Z")
I watch “Movie pitches” which is another version of “Cinema Sins” and “Honest Trailers”. Also like Epic Rap Battles, and I liked most of what Cracked’s video division did back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315/20 "2019-02-28T19:35:26Z")
There are some good suggestions in this thread! My default YouTube viewing usually involves funny cats and dogs or Russian dashboard cam videos. There seem to be millions of those. Very lowbrow, but a good way to kill at least a few minutes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-youtube-video-watching/830315.md?page=2)