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There was one I used to enjoy whose whole schtick was doing skits mocking onspiracy types. Then came Trump, and now if I go try to watch his stuff he’s either the dumbest kind of MAGA or he’s wearing the mask well enough it’s hard to tell if he means it or he’s satirizing it or if he just wants money and MAGA is a more valuable audience to advertise at.
It’s like the shitty feeling I got when an old friend introduced a YouTube miniseries to me. I liked it. But the guy didn’t send in new episodes for 4 months.
After entire 7 months without videos, I got a notification about him. Great!
…he gave a character who never appeared before the “plot twist villain” and expected us to be surprised.
Back in the day I would watch the Hodge twins, they had a channel on gym culture and another where they would joke around about obscure current events.
Last I saw them they had gone full tilt maga and mainly discussed politics, yeaaa no. I’m out.
Elliot Hulse was another similar surprise. From weightlifting and mentoring kids to “Trump is your daddy.”
Totally watched Elliot Hulse back in the day as well, I never quite understood how working out and self improvement became an entry point for MAGA and right wing authoritarian, but it did.
Technology connections remains awesome thankfully. Hell him touching on politics made me respect him more as he did it sparingly because he felt an obligation to use his platform to speak up
He tapped perfectly into that zeitgeist where the world is falling apart but we are still making entertainment, having kids, doing laundry. So many others refuse to acknowledge the oligarchical elephant in the room (looking at you, Legal Eagle) and I get that’s how they make their living so can’t go in off the deep end but the tone deaf-ness of NOT acknowledging it turns me off.
Thanks, Alec, for helping me feel like I’m not losing my mind in a world that is pretending we’re not hurtling headlong toward the worst parts of the 19th century.
And thank YOU for mentioning Legal Eagle in this discussion. I had to stop watching him once Trump got back in. He started coming off like he was clinging desperately the rule of law despite it constantly devaluing in front of all our eyes. I get it, he’s a lawyer, but there’s only so long you can go “wait, they can’t do that! The piece of paper says so!”
Poor Terry Davis :(
Who???
You.
Is this a real article?!?
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"I wonder what F1nn5ter is doing theze days. Wait, who is this chick?
In November 2025, F1NN5TER revealed he was involved in establishing non-profit private trans healthcare provider Anne Healthcare in the United Kingdom, having provided early financial support during the organisation’s founding in 2024. Anne Healthcare confirmed in a statement published alongside F1NN5TER’s announcement video that his contribution had secured the organisation’s first prescriber, stating that the clinic “would not have happened without the money F1NN5TER contributed.”
Huh. Another dollar for the “sex workers at the front of the fight for civil rights” jar, I guess.
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She posted that her “j*b is getting plowed” yesterday, so yeah seems correct.
I’m just glad that Gronkh and Coldmirror are still great.
Works in reverse with Joji:
“I haven’t checked what Joji did before this music”
“oh”Don’t you dare insult Filthy Frank. 🤣
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My longest subscribed channel, Nerd3, has somehow remained almost the exact same channel for over a decade. I don’t know how he does it.
Probably the same way SteveMRE1983 does - finding a niche and having no need to “spice it up for modern audiences”.
Reminds me of https://youtube.com/@gearskeptic
He unintentionally stumbled in to an algorithmic gold mine though legitimate passion for an obscure and oft overlocked type of thing.
Unboxing video + international food + millitary stuff. Like, it’s the perfect algorithm bait, and he just… was unironically interested in the history, functionality, and development of military rations.
You forgot the most important demo
People that want to watch him throw up
Game Sack!
That shit has been solid for over a decade
@WhyIHateTheInternet Joe’s the best.
Nice!
Because he leaned heavily into Patreon to fund his channel, and now makes content that he wants instead of content to feed the algorithm. Been following him for over a decade and was more than happy to throw him a dollar
Same for his friend Ashens. Which reminds me, their Xmas Advent calendar collabs are my favorite part of the holidays now.
Not true, ashens went bald.
Or did he just stop being in denial?
the only way to tell when an ashens video is from is camera quality and couch condition
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Game Grumps has basically stayed the same too. The only problem is they juggle so many projects like they have the energy of 20 year olds, but they don’t so they always seem tired now.
Haven’t watched him in years and I immediately heard ‘hello Internet’ in my head reading that
NEVER look up what any of those Minecraft youtubers are up to today.
Most of the ones I watched I watched because they did mod spotlights for mods I was trying to wrap my head around. The only one I particularly liked was Mischief of Mice, I think they remain relatively wholesome?
They either turn out to be really wholesome people, or absolute pieces of shit with little in between.
Or dead :-(
RIP Technoblade
He’ll always be a king in our hearts 👑
I’m guessing we watched different Minecraft youtubers then, because the ones I watch are still cool and wholesome.
Pretty sure I saw that Captain Sparkles is still doing MC. Same with Direwolf20? DW was the main one I watched. And some Syndicate before that, but he stopped after having a kid IIRC
Edit: Turns out they’re both still active, seems Syndicate has shifted to more vlogs?
If you start a YouTube channel where you find decent sized rocks outside you can sand them down into a smooth dick shape and sell them to hippies as all natural hand crafted dildos for like 1450 bucks a piece.
Don’t tell this to Primitive Technology
Rock Hard Dildos Incorporated, LLC, GmbH
Did I hear a Cock and Bone?
They’re called “lingams” tyvm
Spent about 20 minutes listening to Jerma describe some bizarre snack with bread, hummus, and olives recently. Sometimes youtubers just end up being wonderfully normal people
Bread, hummus and olives sounds like the most normal snack ever tbf
He’ll intricately describe how to make a tahini crustini and then wonders why his stomach is always fucked up
Mmmm yes no fiber please! Make my digestive tract into a concrete mixing plant!
That honestly sounds delicious though…
that’s the name, thank you. I couldn’t remember it.
Jerma is actually an scp who breached containment
I don’t really watch youtubers, but when I was going through rough times, Hololive’s Gura was my favorite streamer, I wonder how she’s doing now.
Edit: Oh.
Gawr Gura is now Sameko Saba, but also she just stopped Youtube memberships a few days ago because she hasn’t been able to stream for months. Said it was due to a chronic sickness and that a longer explainer tweet is coming :-(
Oh, cool. That means there could be at least a library/archive of videos I haven’t seen yet.
Now it’s your turn to be her favorite streamer ;_;
Idk Kyle from WhiteLightning is now trans and the channel is now DoorMonster and they mostly make vlogs about stuff they care about instead of skits now
This but in reverse with The Amazing Atheist: last i checked he’d come out as bi, hates that he spawned a lot of shitty stuff, and seems generally fine though a bit abrasive.
He’s been openly bi since before he sold out. He knew better then.
