Yeah I noticed it seemed to be different recently. Used to watch every video he put out but it’s definitely changed :(

Fireship too, sadly.

https://startupspells.com/p/private-equity-firm-owns-favorite-youtuber-channels-veritasium-fireship

what?

Ah! That’s sad, damn

Some videos are still worth the watch, it’s not a bad channel but it clearly took a quality hit after Derek started being more hands off. Also you can see it on his face how he’s just there because of a contract. Good for him though.

Aw :(

The other LMG talent is so good. Although I was really disappointed when they let Jonathan and Emily (fka Anthony) go.

But I really enjoy Riley, and James and Elijah aren’t so bad either.

Linus’ “I had to buy a private jet or I’ll lose money” video was so cringeworthy though

I still don’t get the hate for Linus. He worked hard, made money and now employs a lot of people. The majority of people who left have only nice things to say about him.

Only a few have bad views and everyone has people who dislike them. A lot of the controversies seem like stupid oversights or mistakes rather than malicious.

And almost every major face on the channel (but his) quit and left in a relatively short period of time, Which screams about how healthy things are behind the scenes.

Jakkuh is to me what LTT was when it started. The farm content is really fun to watch.

Zip Tie Tuning is really good. I was never into car stuff, but Alex is a good host.

didnt Hickok45 do something similar? I think I remember something about him having someone on or having a memorial or something for someone distasteful… but I cant remember, and may be totally and absolutely wrong.

I missed that he did that. I might not agree with that but he really does have a wealth of knowledge, I’m not sure cutting him out entirely is the right call as I haven’t noticed it infecting his other videos.

Yeah instant turn off to me anyone who thanks god for all his “wonders” but doesn’t thank god for killing a bunch of kids somewhere.

Yeah a real shame with channels like smarter everyday. Although for some there may be a way back the way things are going in the US, if they have at least a little bit of empathy and intelligence that is.

Self-Sufficient Me fell into this category for me. Tons of very relaxing videos about growing fruit and vegetables at home… Then COVID hit and he started talking about “prepping” and “Doomsday” in every video. Didn’t work for me anymore after that.

There was another that I just remembered, Survival Lilly, who did survivalist and bushcraft videos. Again, lots of natural outdoor scenery and birdsong and just enjoying the weather and all that, but fell into a bunch of anxiety-inducing Doomsday prepper talk. Just looked her up now and she’s gone completely off the rails and is mostly putting out right-wing conspiracy stuff. Bummer.

Maybe less direct, but I was a big Joe Robinet fan for a while. After he lost his brother and his dirt bike accident, it felt like he was going off the deep end a bit. Felt sorry but also felt uncomfortable watching.

Mark does rub me the wrong way. He’s just a very positive guy and clearly cares about being a good guy. But is way too buddy buddy with the big man.

He sketches me out every time I see him. He seems to be involved in every bogus YouTube humanitarian scam. I don’t trust that guy.

Have you read his book? If not good because it’ll kill some of your brain cells if you do. But there’s nothing inherently wrong with writing a bad book. Most writers first book won’t be great but shadow of the conquer has more problems than just being bad. In it the main character a former genocidal, mass murdering, serial rapist does nothing to redeem himself but gets forgiven anyhow by all the rape victims who got pregnant from the involuntary intercourse because they’re so happy with their kids.

It has some troubling attitudes towards a great many things (mainly women) and those attitudes are presented by the book as self evident and true. I find it very telling of the man who wrote it.

Same, it was really a disappointment to see his descent. Though as I have later learned, he always spouted a lot of nonsense while acting confident, so he didn’t start out very well either.
Watching a lot of sellsword arts, blumineck and others now instead, though it doesn’t fill exactly the same niche.

I never saw Weissman’s supposed glory days, but I did hear people talk about him and checked him out and found him insufferable.

I also dropped Babish, I just got tired of the slop content and the overall drop in quality.

I genuinely think cooking channels have a finite lifespan, because theres only so much you can cook before your audience basically has all the cooking knowledge they need to do everything.

Ethan Chlebowski has many very good science and subjective testing based videos. Without any bullshit added in, except maybe his new website and app.

Yes exactly for both of them. Babish is still kinda okish but Joshua feels like I’m watching AI.

fuck I feel this. I used to watch Joshua Weissman videos ALL the time. Then he went from cooking content in his apartment or whatever, got a little popular, wrote a cookbook, and sold out. Now all his content is crappy click baity I ate all the chicken nuggets in Texas so you don’t have to. Such low hanging content is worthless to me.

Yeah, I used to watch one or two of his videos a while back and thought he was good. Then I saw him on Piers Morgan just being a sexist bigot and his whole channel started sounding different. He can’t stop going on about “the message” and how everything is woke. He’s a moron.

I didnt see that podcast, but I can definitely see what youre saying. I think that gal gadot wonder woman movie review was really the begininning of the end for him. While I agree that movie is a mess for a lot of different reasons, CD just got stuck on woman this and woman that. Its like he got a taste for misogyny and just decided that’s what his audience wanted. Idk. I got tired of it when he decided every star wars movie was trash specifically because Kathleen Kennedy was a woman. In sure there were whole boardrooms full of corporate dicklicks that are also responsible.

I find him entertaining - as a character. Would get tiring real quick in real life. I don’t watch the type of films he watches so I can’t tell if he can actually review.

I saw one video and thought he was a poser. Then I saw another and it was just an anti-woke rant for 20 minutes. I don’t get the appeal.

Way he seems to be really against anything female. I forget what it was but he was talking about a female actress or writer and I was like that seems to be a little to far and just seems like hate.

I still miss vape nation era H3. Really sad to watch them slowly start to exhibit the type of behaviour old Ethan would have definitely called out.

I agree with you on Forgotten Weapons. Also got kinda skeezed out with all the giveaways that required to to buy ridiculous and overpriced crap for an entry into the raffle.

You might like InRangeTV then, it hits all the stuff. Pro LGBT, Anti Maga, Anti Racist, while producing excellent videos about guns, history, etc.

I sound like i paid shill dont I :\

ave was a huge disappointment. watched him for years and then he started dropping his political beliefs. I get it, people have opinions, and they’re entitled to those opinions. hell, feel free to share your opinions on your platform you spent years building. but when you share your political opinions on your nonpolitical platform don’t get angry when people leave.

dude was straight dumb as shit for throwing it all away.

I miss AvE sometimes. Last video I watched he something about at least trump isn’t boring, or something to that effect. No thank you.

I agree.

I wonder if he’s tired of doing the AVGN character and wants to go on to something else, but he’s carved out too big a rut for anyone that supports him to want to support him as anything but The Nerd.

Should try out InRangeTV.

As for why? Let me post the first thing you see on their website.

"InRange is a media and community building project that is actively anti-racist, pro human liberation and LGBTQ+ rights. We cover firearms, history, and the sociological impact of these topics with a focus on empathy and humanity. We produce content on modern firearms, historical firearms, competition, training, education, and the social impacts of firearms, the good and the bad. "

He has never fought to preserve a bridge with bigoted, hate spreading assholes. In fact, he burns them like Sherman, and makes sure the public sees it in all its ugliness and glory.

Did Forgotten Weapons ever get that way? I liked his historical backgrounds and detailed breakdown of the mechanics of the actions.

I haven’t heard much in that vein from Kentucky Ballistics