Miscellaneous Monday - YouTube Guilty Pleasure

[John Funk]

Okay, let’s face it, we have all spent way too much time on YouTube (TikTok more recently for some) at some point- mezmorized by an inane group of videos on various subjects.

So what’s your current guilty pleasure on YouTube?

Mine is #khabaylame - the guy who shows a simple solution to otherwise over engineered ideas. Here’s an example: https://youtu.be/smIkxzIu2vo

What’s yours?!?!

[Andy Gladstone]

@John Funk this is a safe place right???

I cannot remember when I came across this channel last year, but it mesmerized me. This YouTuber goes around filming himself unblocking road drains and culverts. I once heard that man is drawn to water because that is where we came from in utero. it’s supposed to be calming and take us back to a time of bliss. Perhaps that is the source of my fascination - but I just can’t not watch when he posts a new video. 

[John Funk]

Of course! And that’s pretty fascinating!

[Fun Man Andy]

This person is a LEGEND! Best YouTuber out there. It is not just great media, he is doing great work!!
Gave him a shout out above even Ozzy Man Reviews and Uncle Roger!! 🤯

It's also mind blowing that one person can achieve this, but a local council or government, whose job it is to clear this up, can not. 🤔 🙇

[Andy - Urban Gorilla Boy]

For as long as there as been YouTube, my personal guilty pleasure as always been one of a paranormal nature...! 👻 😱

Way back in '07 Ghost Adventures crew came to life in a big way with their insane paranormal independent movie on the Sci-Fi channel, which, because many did not have access, found its way to YouTube. Huzzah!
Come 2008 and their full series launched on the Travel Channel and again, no easy access so lots of YouTube.
Nowadays though it's all on Discovery+ and they're doing a good job of limiting YT uploads and I have a D+ subscription; BUT...

That doesn't matter! Because it has given rise to a monster generation of paranormal hunters uploading some of the most insane stuff I've ever seen; and really high quality. There are literally thousands of channels out there dedicated to the craft of ghost hunting, paranormal investigations and more. And how do I stay on top of it all??

NUKE'S TOP 5 of course!!! Boom💥👻 I never, ever miss an episode, and have watched every at least thrice!

[John Funk]

Haha - that stuff freaks me out - but you enjoy it!  ;-)

[Fun Man Andy]

Me too actually John, but I just can't resist! 😂

[Darline Auguste]

My partner recently shared the Kitboga Show channel with me and now it's a guilty pleasure. This guy pretends to be an elderly woman, chatting with scammers to waste their time and frustrate them. It's sad to hear the kinds of threats scammers make but informative and hopefully helpful to potential victims.

[John Funk]

That's awesome! Someone here at work was talking about that the other day. I definitely need to check that out!

[Sloan]

Omg, same I love KItboga. 

[Sloan]

Linus Tech Tips, I don't get bored of this guy and his crew.

[John Funk]

That sounds like it would be VERY helpful!

[Dirk Ronsmans]

@Sloan N_ B_ they have gotten a bit "look at how much money I can throw at this" but still a good channel!

[Dirk Ronsmans]

I tend to really focus on specific topics and then start going down the rabbit hole on those.

Channels I've really liked/like over the years are:

Things like micro-soldering (watching a guy thru a microscope solder things) and repair stuff: Louis Rossmann 

or food challlenges like Beard meets food but the one I always tend to go back to are my DIY channels.

Some of my favorite ones are I like to make stuff and HackSmith 

Oh and coffee.. James Hoffmann   

[John Funk]

Yeah, it seems like most people heading down the rabbit holes have to do with DIY topics.  I have used YouTube videos for multiple projects around the house and car.  AND, I tend to watch more videos than I really need to fix the thing.  ;-)

[Brant Schroeder]

I like motorcycles and cars so I tend to watch channels where they are working on or reviewing motorcycles or cars.  I really enjoy watching bikes and beards because the individuals on the show are pretty funny.

[John Funk]

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Bikes and beards - that sounds very interesting!!

[Monique vdB]

My guilty pleasure is Marcel Vos, a Dutch YouTuber who makes videos about Roller Coaster Tycoon, a game that is over 20 years old.  But it has a good Android app! Ah, the nostalgia.... 

[John Funk]

That's really cool! I had no idea something like this even existed. 

[Fun Man Andy]

Goed zo! He is a totally "toppie" vlogger, and RCT is potentially the BEST game of all time.

I have no idea how my crummy laptop was able to run RCT2 back in '02... but it did! I used to cause so much carnage....

Nice memories. Happy days!

[Fun Man Andy]

His Longest 10x10 video is an obvious favourite...

[Elizabeth Barr]

Cute and heartwarming animal videos from The Dodo. ALL THE FEELS!

[John Funk]

Ah! I wondered when we would get our first animal videos.  :-)

[Elizabeth Barr]

YES

[John Funk]

It's hard to top those!!

[Fun Man Andy]

I'm addicted to quality Atlassian Community Events recorded content... like:

Rotterdam and Delhi-Gurgaon and Quiz Wiz and so many more....!!!

#biased 😉

[John Funk]

Well done, sir!!

[Dave Mathijs]

ACE on-demand all the way!

[Jack Brickey]

There are two things that I use YouTube for:

• DIY - trying to figure out how to fix something or build something or craft something
• Woodworking – I love looking at what others are creating and how they are creating it. I subscribe to several channels: Jonathan Katz-Moses, Bourbon Moth, 3x3, Four Eyes

[John Funk]

If I had to make a bet before knowing, I would have chosen those topics for you, Jack.  :-)

[Mike Clarke]

One channel I've been hooked on for some time now is The Kiffness

Super talented dude out of South Africa doing mashups with other artists and animals etc across the interwebs.

The first video that caught me was this 

Then his amazing cat co-labs 

Check it out and say goooodbye to a few hours - in a good way!

[John Funk]

Awesome! I might have to start my work mornings with one of these each day!

[Srinatha T]

@John Funk , thanks for sharing #khabaylame . Really loved the video you shared above. Actually my favourites keep changing so no particular preference but I watch a lot of stand up comedies on youtube. Fluffy and some Indian comedy shows. But I would definitely keep an eye on #khabaylame. :) 

[John Funk]

Great! I hope that brightened your day a little. And the good thing with him is that you don't have to know a particular language.  

[Srinatha T]

@John Funk , yes . I really loved his expressions. What a good start of the day!

[Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_]

Ciao @John Funk ,

#khabaylame is really fun and I usually watch his videos. Btw, best channel ever is Jalals (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcf0WYfeIkecTLQ_GzkBu1w) ... videos are incredible and make me laugh.

[Srinatha T]

Jalals pranks are really scary. 

[John Funk]

I definitely like pranks! But maybe not scare ones ;-)

[Srinatha T]

@John Funk , then you might want to unsubscribe to Jalals :)

[John Funk]

hahaha

[Jimmy Seddon]

Great topic @John Funk!

One of my favorites is Mann Shorts, these guys turn various situations/scenarios into a Dungeons & Dragons game.

[John Funk]

Haha - that sounds like quite a feat!

[Darryl Lee]

I personally like watching the series of A day in the life of ___

Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQG6jYy9xto

To have a peek of what other jobs are looking like.

Especially this channel, the host is not bragging about how flexible or amazing the work env it is, but offering the details and comparison of the job function, which is very interesting.

[John Funk]

That looks really great!

[Srinatha T]

@Darryl Lee  interesting Channel. I will check out there videos on weekends. 

[Sri Kumar]

I recently came across this Carpet Cleaning Video which made me to check 1 video of carpet cleaning by professionals Daily, I don't know why 😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NK1q9pI50U&t=14s

[John Funk]

Haha - that's very random!

[Fabian Lim]

I've been binge watching highlights from Maradona when he was playing in Napoli and Barcelona. Small clips on all his touches at a full game.  

Since he past away all these highlights pop up on my feed.

[Max Foerster - K15t]

My guilty pleasure is a guy from Frankfurt called Held der Steine ("Hero of the stones" selling all kinds of brick construction toys in his store and reviewing them (e.g., Lego, BlueBrixx, Cada, Mega Construx). 😄

https://www.youtube.com/c/HeldderSteine/videos

[John Funk]

That's neat stuff!

[Craig Nodwell]

This is just a test associated with Kudos tally SW

https://youtu.be/L5Pz-lZjhEo

[Srinatha T]

These posts are just increasing my time on Youtube !! 

[John Funk]

Haha - yes, I think I might have created a monster with this post. 😊

[Jonathan V.]

For me, it's drone videos. I love seeing new ways to shoot content using a drone, which gives amazing new perspectives.

[Craig Nodwell]

I do have to admit I watched an awful lot of the Johnny show during the trial.

[Connor]

I will never stop finding this hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gywLHouAUTQ 

[John Funk]

Funny stuff!!!

[Craig Nodwell]

It's true, I still go to youtube to listen to music.  Then I get sick of the digital sound and go to vinyl.
Monster Truck Golden Women 

[John Funk]

I still Youtube for various music as well.  :-)

[Summer Hogan]

I love watching movie trailers for new movies and music video's on youtube, but my guilty pleasure is definitely Honest Trailers by Screen Junkies - https://www.youtube.com/c/screenjunkies ! They are hilarious and so honest! 

[John Funk]

Looks like loads of fun!!

[Jonathan V.]

@Summer Hogan Trailers are a great way to spend some time lol, but I definitely enjoy going down the rabbit hole of Music Videos. I start with one, and 3 hours later I've played all the music under the sun LOL