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It feels like the American news cycle has devoted a tremendous amount of time and money to convincing me that China should be feared and distrusted, despite only having ever given me 5 or 6 credible facts about the place. This youtube channel is entirely the product of one Chinese woman running around with a tiny video camera showing you as much of the country as she can on what is clearly an ungenerous budget. I think she is delightful, and I admire her ability to embrace any situation she is presented with. There is absolutely no glamorous editing or witty asides, and she almost always takes busses to get anywhere. Frequently she reaches regions where despite her research the dialects are totally beyond her. She usually includes some drone shots with royalty-free music and she is consistently impressed with the quality of roadside vegetable stands. It feels very genuine. She went back to her hometown last episode and showed me her favorite reservoir and her dad, who immediately told her to get a job in Shanghai and who she immediately lied to about having an interview lined up (subsequently admitting this to the camera). All in all I think she is a pretty unbeatable tour guide.
I have also been watching the Northernlion Dark Souls Randomizer, but that rec is for Gamer Girls™ Only.
I have also been watching the Northernlion Dark Souls Randomizer, but that rec is for Gamer Girls™ Only.
Jul 17, 2025
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đź’»I guess we should never say never (like maybe generative AI will be able to make all sorts of videos in a couple years but let's not think too much about that :P), but I'm glad to reduce my intake of easily generated content like street interviews, gaming streams (which I was never into anyway), or like "20 locations you're NEVER allowed to go" listicle videos, and to increase my intake of stuff like "watch me renovate this dilapidated house over 40 weeks", "I traveled from San Francisco to Seattle using only public transit: Day 1", "here's the life story of this person whose grave I found in a forgotten cemetery in the middle of the woods in rhode island", etc. I love a really longform video where I'm like "there's no way to get AI to make this for you"
(video examples are from Tia Weston, AdamDoesNotExist, and Dime Store Adventures, respectively!)
May 23, 2025
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📹It seems I find a bunch of new videos I want to share every month so let me break it down for you here --It all started with this guy who has parking his car in his ultra tiny apartment down to an exact science and this guy landing a paper airplane onto the tram.Moving on from there, I watched some guy get a 1928 Model A running again, which led me down a path of “Abandoned ____, will it run?”-YouTube. Everything from old planes to cars and trucks. After a few SteveMRE’s inspired by Leia’s recs, I found a new favorite nook of YouTube - DeWayne from Dry Creek Wranglin’ School. He’s just an older “wrangler” living out in Texas, making YouTube videos on his iPhone XR a subscriber recommended. Sometimes he’s chattin with a cigar, going over the rules of wearing cowboy hats, while other times he’s teaching you how to buy a horse. I don’t need any of the advice he gives in my daily life, but I just cant get enough of his drawl as he goes on passionately about saddle rifles, trail etiquette, and his “time clock” on life. His is the only YouTube channel I’ve actually clicked the bell to let me know when there’s a new video to queue up.
Dec 2, 2021
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Personally speaking? I can’t get enough of this stuff. I would like more please