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youtube has lots of stuff on it. there was this one video of a chimp banging on a door
I think it used to be worse, but now it's actually getting marginally better, personally
the new channels I find these days for not explicitly political content usually end up being pretty good when they do happen to reveal their leanings
for instance, I started following the streamers who made HLVRAI, and was pleasantly surprised to find they're all super trans-positive and hate the police
or maybe the algorithm is just getting better at catering to user taste, who knows
China banning Facebook is a service to their citizens' mental health
who is sam hyde? i get the broad strokes, but why do people know of him?
He looks like an off brand Matt Christman, still not enough for me to KNOW who he is because being an "ironic fascist" doesnt exactly stand out on the internet.
he and his buddies made some funny edgy videos as Million Dollar Extreme that got popular among online weirdos, then they a got a TV show on Adult Swim that got quickly cancelled, possibly because it had /pol/ memes, possibly for some other reason.
my theory is he started as an obnoxious nihilst who wanted to do some andy kaufman bits and rustle the libs, but ended up really believing it after his career was flushed down the toilet and the only people calling him a genius were on 8chan.
Most recently, I've primarily been using youtube to watch old episodes of Time Team, so no? But if you're talking about content that's specifically made for youtube, then yes probably except for all the DIY stuff. Crafty youtube is a lot of fun and I've learned a lot. I'd say the majority of how-tos I've watched have nothing political about them at all. Occasionally you'll run into someone who seems to have more of a political bent to their handicrafts, either in a "reject modernity, return to handicrafts" way or a "reject capitalism, return to handicrafts" way, but mostly it's just some nice lady teaching me how to make a chevron patterned blanket.
PSA: If, like me, crochet patterns just look like unintelligible strings of numbers and letters to you even though you technically know how to read them but you'd like to branch out to more complex designs and stiches, youtube has got you covered! It seriously was some kind of revelation for me when I realized that I could learn off of youtube instead of trying to decipher confusing strings of letters and numbers in a pattern book. I also learned how to rewire a lamp there, which I was semi-scared to do for fear of electrocuting myself/setting my home on fire. But I've been using the lamp just about daily and I haven't died yet!
It's fun and very satisfying! You can often get some supplies second hand, and if you have to buy from a store, Michael's and JoAnn ALWAYS have coupons. They're usually one per transaction, but you can just go back and buy your supplies piece by piece if you're patient. The only way this can get you into trouble is with dye lots if you need more than one skein of yarn in the same color, but if you check the dye lots that they have on hand and buy the one there's the largest number of, you're probably OK unless you get unlucky and someone else starts a big project at the same time. It's also very fun to give your finished projects away, and to teach others. I started teaching a couple friends and their kids how to embroider this summer, and it was really satisfying to share a skill my mom taught me when I was a kid.
