Inspired by this post but the other way around. Which channels (any subject) do you think have stayed true to their beginnings and are still worth watching today?
My pick would be Gamers Nexus.
Map Men / Jay Foreman
Interesting and genuinely amusing for about 15 years at this point.
They are great, I love their sponsored adverts moments also! Can’t wait to read their new book, This way up.
No captain disillusion?!
He’s the best. I’m just sad he publishes one video a year
What’s no captain disillusion all about?
Captain disillusion is an OG YouTube who never sold out but he also rarely puts out videos unfortunately. Extremely high quality stuff and if you just heard of him now you have a bunch of good videos to go watch now
Overly Sarcastic Productions, consistently producing animated essays about history, mythology, and story tropes
David erick ramos, ocarina musician
Teo
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A channel that’s missing here which I personally really like is TimeGhost history and their other channels World War Two and The Korean War. Their coverage of world war two in real time (which they finished already) was especially great. I’m not necessarily the biggest history nerd, but there’s something quite enjoyable about following history “live” this way.
Catholic Priests and America Youth.
Pretty cool antimaga shit
Cambrian Chronicles. Obscure Welsh history documentaries with occasional whiplashes of dry humour. Not a super old channel but a marked increase in quality over time. Medieval Laws for Your Medieval Cat is a personal favourite.
I’ve been watching TheCrafsMan explain DIY techniques for almost a decade now.
The topics and explanations have always made for great videos but the effort put into videography and music has definitely skyrocketed as the channel grew. He’s never strayed from the wholesome, zen-like tone or given clues about his real identity.
LockPickingLawyer - Keeps things short and sweet, doesn’t waste your time. my mechanics - Restoration channel, doesn’t pull any YT tricks or shit. danooct1 - PC Virus showcasing channel.
His quality had definitely fallen around the time he made his site. He would just upload videos of shitting on bad locks and using his own tools. I unsubscribed shortly after. I don’t know if it’s any better now, but originally he would upload a video when the video had something worthwhile to show.
This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we have a-
lock spontaneously performs an impression of the bluesmobile at Daley Plaza
…in any case, that’s all I have for you today…
I’ll hop on the Technology Connections train and add
Styropyro
CathodeRayDude
Civvie11
Northernlion
science based channels(research, discoveries), although you have to correct the info from time to time, so it doesnt sound like misinformation, occurs quite frequently with biology, phylogenitcs. influencer channels however degrade/decline over time, especially when they become annoyingly political.
i watch pbs eons, deep look, have to comment on them making mistake about species, phylogeny accuracy from to time. one time i commented on the “acoelomorph” video, and said they are unrelated to flatworms.
Michael Reeves. One video a year, making the dumbest most hilarious shit you can think of.
Cracking the Cryptic would be my top addition to the list. Daily solves of quality human-set variant sudoku puzzles and weekly cryptic crossword solves.
