# What are you watching right now? - Difficulty: on YouTube **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745 "2018-12-26T18:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/21 "2018-12-29T00:32:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Would you prefer The Third Man be on each list twice instead? Ha. Fair point. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/22 "2018-12-29T01:16:14Z")
_Altered Carbon_, on Netflix. Re-watching, actually. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/23 "2018-12-29T01:33:24Z")
I enjoy “Townsends” too. Great way to see how our ancestors lived, in a modern context. I also like: 8-Bit Guy (does modern computer things with vintage equipment) Emmymadeinjapan (woman of Japanese descent cooks and eats oddball things) Ask A Mortician (self-explanatory; she’s also very entertaining) Dan Bell’s videos, especially his channel about dead shopping malls, and of course “Another Dirty Room”, where he and his friends check into cheap motels and point out the filth contained therein Cayleigh Elise (true crime series, most of it involving unsolved cases) Zdoggmd (physician who talks about medical issues, and also adapts popular songs into tunes about diseases; he’s best known for things like “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Sepsis” and “Ebola” to the tune of the Kinks’ “Lola”) MrMBB333 (specializes in unexplained sky phenomena) and of course, Dr. Pimple Popper. No explanation needed there. 😃 As for monetized videos, my brother has a channel which he uses mostly to display his new paintings or give updates on his gardens during the spring and summer. A couple years ago, he did a video about how he used his wet/dry vac to clean his gutters (his multi-level house is built into a cliff and one gutter is probably 50 feet above the ground) and that one got views in the 4 figures, at which time he actually got some money from it. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/24 "2018-12-29T03:18:16Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Emmymadeinjapan (woman of Japanese descent cooks and eats oddball things) > …Dr. Pimple Popper. No explanation needed there. 😃 I’m surprised I forgot about these. These are very watchable and highly recommended. Other channels that are maybe worth investigating: [gtoger](https://www.youtube.com/user/gtoger/videos) - Edited security camera footage from behind an industrial building in Dallas. Watch the idiots ignore all the “NO PARKING” signs and watch the tow truck drivers make the idiots $150 poorer. Now with “Tinkle Timer” bonus footage. If you feel that your IQ is getting dangerously elevated then you can watch (almost) every episode of The Red Green Show at [RedGreenTV](https://www.youtube.com/user/RedGreenTV/featured). If you’re not familiar, this is not sophisticated humor. It’s maybe half a notch above the Three Stooges. I love it. And of course you can grow out your afro, find your happy place and watch every episode of [The Joy of Painting](https://www.youtube.com/user/BobRossInc/playlists) _ever_. This channel alone completely justifies the existence of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/25 "2018-12-29T03:35:27Z")
I love Red Green! Ever seen their movie “Duct Tape Forever”? No RG fan should live their life without seeing this. One of my local PBS stations still airs that program. I also forgot about the Hydraulic Press Channel, probably because I haven’t watched it in a while. Warning: Major time suck! Lauri and Anni (Finnish husband and wife) have several sister channels which are also worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/26 "2018-12-29T03:37:30Z")
If you’re into checking out some real wackadoodles, watch Rain Florence, Boogie2988, or Styxhexenhammer666. If any of them will ever need to get a “real” job, good luck with THIS on their online profiles. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/27 "2018-12-29T03:46:59Z")
Does anyone here watch Ethan & Hila? (pronounced hee-la; she’s Israeli.) They’re a married couple whose shticks I don’t usually find funny, but other people obviously do because their videos get literally millions of views. They got my attention because she’s about as close to a doppelganger of my sister as anyone could be. 🆒 I’ve also watched quite a few videos by Guildbrook Farms (homesteading family) and Pressure Luck, a gay guy who demonstrates Instant Pot recipes; his husband is not usually in the videos but sometimes he is. And how could I have forgotten about Phyllis Stokes (“My website is [southernfrugal.com](http://southernfrugal.com)” - never mind that it hasn’t been updated since 2012; she posts almost every day) and her delightful demeanor which accompanies her simple but tasty recipes and stories about her dogs and her husband, Mr. Bucky? Well, IDK about that tomato aspic being tasty, but anything else? She could cook for me and prepare me a glass of sweet tea any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/28 "2018-12-29T03:55:36Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you are into airplanes, I can recommend Mentour Pilot and Captain Joe. I am not a pilot (and never will be - I hate to even fly), but I find them interesting. > [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpHKudUkP5tNgmMdexB3ow](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpHKudUkP5tNgmMdexB3ow) > [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88tlMjiS7kf8uhPWyBTn\_A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88tlMjiS7kf8uhPWyBTn_A) The next level up is VASAviation, which takes the radio exchanges between pilots and ATC and synchronizes it to a radar display so you can visualize what’s going on: > **[VASAviation -](https://www.youtube.com/user/victor981994)** > > Hey, > My name is Victor. I'm a Corporate Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor based in Spain. > > This channel is dedicated to upload ATC frequency conversations. Emergency situations, normal operations and funny exchanges, but also reporting news that... Especially compelling was the audio between ATC and a 17-year-old student pilot on her first solo cross-country flight, when the wheel fell off her plane on takeoff: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B229-KLudTo/maxresdefault.jpg "17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT PILOT LANDS HER PLANE WITHOUT A WHEEL!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B229-KLudTo) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/29 "2018-12-29T13:19:35Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > . . . > > [gtoger](https://www.youtube.com/user/gtoger/videos) - Edited security camera footage from behind an industrial building in Dallas. Watch the idiots ignore all the “NO PARKING” signs and watch the tow truck drivers make the idiots $150 poorer. Now with “Tinkle Timer” bonus footage. > > . . . Holy crap, that’s a funny channel. I watched about an hour’s worth of videos before going to bed last night. It looks like the parking lot is near a bar district, and people are so desperate to get to the bars that they’re willing to risk the “no parking” lot. A lot of the louts show up looking already half-wasted, too. Also, vomiting! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/30 "2018-12-29T14:57:33Z")
This [affable guy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcSeeATlWJJbXpOZRYOfaDg) tears into old vehicles and machinery and takes us along for the ride. Just really habit forming. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/31 "2018-12-29T15:54:12Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > I’ll third Townsends and add [Techmoan](https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan). It’s a Youtube channel that reviews and repairs old electronics (aka stuff that was new when I was a youth.) Also contains good reviews of modern gadgets and toys. If this is your cup 'o tea, you might enjoy [Mr. Carlson’s Lab,](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9SoQxJewrWb_3GxeteQPA) a highly technical poster who likes to restore vintage electronic test equipment and other stuff. He leaves no stone or capacitor unturned, and a simple explanation takes forever, so it might be too slow going for some, but this dude sure knows his shit. Also, he pronounces the “l” in “solder.” Is that a UK thing? > [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > The next level up is VASAviation, which takes the radio exchanges between pilots and ATC and synchronizes it to a radar display so you can visualize what’s going on: > [https://www.youtube.com/user/victor981994](https://www.youtube.com/user/victor981994) A very interesting site. I suspect the audio is speeded up like 30%. Perhaps it shortens the episode, but can people really communicate effectively like that? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/32 "2018-12-29T15:55:03Z")
Dust- a YouTube channel for sci-fi shorts. Has a bit of a Liquid Television feel. They seem like pitch videos rather than pilots or sometimes even complete ideas, but many of them are really good. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/33 "2018-12-29T16:20:05Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > A very interesting site. I suspect the audio is speeded up like 30%. Perhaps it shortens the episode, but can people really communicate effectively like that? VASAviation will often cut out irrelevant parts of the audio, but otherwise that’s really how pilots talk. ATC communications are pretty standardized; both pilots and controllers know what to expect so they can be really terse. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/34 "2018-12-30T19:27:32Z")
[How To Make Everything](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIqCzQJXvYj9ssCoHq327g). Regular nerdy guy tries making everyday things from absolute scratch. He’s working on try number 5 on getting clear glass. [Here’s his quick take on making a sandwich from scratch](https://youtu.be/URvWSsAgtJE). He has a much longer and in depth video for each step in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/35 "2018-12-30T19:51:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Does anyone here watch Ethan & Hila? (pronounced hee-la; she’s Israeli.) They’re a married couple whose shticks I don’t usually find funny, but other people obviously do because their videos get literally millions of views. This is **h3h3Productions** , right? I tried them and could not get the joke. There were a few funny moments, but it just wasn’t for me. They are very popular on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/36 "2019-08-06T03:25:32Z")
I just had to post about [AvE](https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil/videos). This friendly, slightly warped denizen of the great North tears into all manner of tools and consumer goods and has a ball when doing it. His review of the [Rollie - Fleshlight for Eggs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydwaz2oPWY0) is typical. > [@](#): > > This is what happens when midnight nightmare wankateers get together with Chineaseum manufacturing, just all kinds of bad. ETA - Not sure about your employment status but _probably NSFW_. And just remember - keep your XXXX in a vice. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/37 "2019-08-06T04:04:24Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > And just remember - keep your XXXX in a vice. Ya know, I always thought he meant that literally. However, anyone who watches regularly knows that when chickadee is in the room, he doesn’t use any bad language, and he’ll often have say the ‘keep your dick in a vice’ line, but it’s slightly modified to ‘keep your Richard in a bad habit’. Makes a lot more sense. Anyways, since this got bumped, I’ll add a few more. Let’s start with Frog Leap Studios and Ten Second Songs. They both do amazing cover songs. Frog Leap does metal versions of well known songs (I’m not a metal guy, at all, but he’s really good), Ten Second Songs does all kinds of songs in all kinds of styles. They’re both very worth listening too. If I didn’t mention it before, go find Tommy Edison. It’s all life as a blind person, but he’s got a really good sense of humor (and laughs at his own jokes) so it’s pretty light and fun to watch. Next there’s Vinheteiro. He plays (mostly) classical music on the piano, but like the others I mentioned, it’s very good. I like to just sort of zone out and watch him play, though the way he mugs the camera the entire time can be a bit unnerving. Lastly, there’s the Slow Mo Guys. Kinda self explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/38 "2019-08-06T11:52:23Z")
Lately I’ve been watching the Clickspring series of a guy making a copy of the Atikythera machine: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ML4tw_UzqZE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1 - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets - #DialOfDestiny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML4tw_UzqZE) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/39 "2019-08-06T12:40:42Z")
A UK man with an interest in geography\* has decided to walk in a very precise straight line from one side of Wales to the other. He is trying his hardest not to deviate, even if this means walking through people’s back yards and fields, climbing over fences, hedges, through lakes and dense forests, all while not getting any permission from the Farmers he is stealthily avoiding. The weather is another issue that confounds him, having chosen to do it in winter. It’s an ongoing series, not yet fully uploaded. Here’s [the playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_japiE6QKWphPxjqn0KJjfoRnuVSELaI), they’re about 30 mins long each. \*_He usually plays games like Geoguessr_ ---
**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:** [August 6, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745/40 "2019-08-06T16:23:49Z")
Our own **Mangetout** has a very entertaining channel where he does various things including weird stuff in a can and scambaiting. > **[Atomic Shrimp](https://www.youtube.com/user/AtomicShrimp)** > > Atomic Shrimp is about ideas. Ideas that lead to crafts, inventions and recipes, investigations, new skills, and the general appreciation of being alive. > > It's also about looking at the world with curiosity and wonder, appreciating the small things,... Numberphile is interesting if you’re a math nerd, or maybe even if you’re not. > **[Numberphile](https://www.youtube.com/user/Numberphile)** > > Videos about numbers and mathematics. Videos by Brady Haran since 2011. Pleasant Green does scambaiting, or at least that’s how he started. I HIGHLY recommend his LIE-BERIA playlist which begins as typical scambaiting but then takes a totally unexpected turn which includes him actually traveling to Liberia. It’s so good I’ve been considering starting a thread on here just about this story. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5jNxuCAUoA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLLeykLlB1BfurqOnKKldHnQqieE1UaMVp For more typical and humorous scambaiting, check out Kitboga. > **[Kitboga](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw)** > > Everyday there are scammers taking advantage of people. I call them to waste their time, walk people through their "script" and lies, report info when I can, and otherwise make light of a dark situation. > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kitboga > Twitch:... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-watching-right-now-difficulty-on-youtube/826745.md?page=3)