It sucks compared to superior middle aged Japanese women playing Final Fantasy. Feels so cozy compared to HEY WHAT IS UP GAMERHEADS IT’S YA BOY LIL’ WOLVERINE BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER hIdDeN gEm FOR THE SNES - SECRET OF MANA

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      Pretty much, that’s why I don’t follow big channels. Like I said I stick to foreign yt’ers. If I do watch english speakers it’s usually for let’s plays of smaller games. The big anglo yt channels are pure cancer.

      • Kumikommunism [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        5 months ago

        I saw your post from earlier, do you just find the Japanese ones from Niconico?

        I’m always looking for Japanese YouTubers but I can’t get YouTube to recommend any, no matter how much I watch. I only ever find anything by searching for a specific game name and something generic in Japanese.

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          I only ever find anything by searching for a specific game name and something generic in Japanese.

          This is my method too but sometimes youtube will throw me a bone and recommend me something I’m actually interested in.

            • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              Lmao I was literally going to mention both Yuru Gengogaku Radio and Kotolabo and I was going to describe Kotolabo as “Japanese Vsauce” too hahaha

              The other ones were きすみ, who builds and 3D prints random stuff; ヘルスカ, who I found through videos wherein he “fixes” the Japanese writing system; だいじろー who talks about English and has a lot of fun shorts; and け゚とま, which is another linguistics channel, this time one of those TTS channels, you know.

              I am also familiar with a channel called Minerva Scientia, but I still don’t know what the deal with that channel is…? Despite having a lot of videos relating to (particularly historical) linguistics, all the AI and kigurumi stuff just sort of freaks me out a bit.

              • Kumikommunism [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                2·
                5 months ago

                Lmao that’s so funny. Those two channels are great.

                Yeah, the main reason I watch videos in Japanese is to keep my listening skills up, and I get clickbaited by those TTS channels all the time. I’d like to listen to at least some narration and then I get Hatsune Miku’s monotone evil sister explaining social issues.

                But I do watch those others on occasion. I happened to find the same language-focused ones just through searching about linguistics. I didn’t know aboutきすみ, but I definitely will watch more, thanks.

                And that Minerva channel has an…eclectic…mix of videos. Like a cursed Japanese (2/3)kliksphilip. Chasing trends, I guess, but their language videos look good.

                The only other recommendations I have are マスタード, who is a very funny impressionist/streamer, depending on your sense of humor, and サラタメさん, who mostly does book reviews.

                • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  2·
                  5 months ago

                  Hell yeah I haven’t heard of マスタード or サラタメさん, I’ll look into them soon

                  It’s been ages since I last watched 3kliksphilip, sheesh…

                  Incidentally, if you’re familiar with jan Misali — a bizarre sort of crossing of worlds happened when jan Misali happened to include Minerva Scientia’s Toki Pona language cover of “No Poi” from Gochiusa in the “kijetesumikyoku” medley, which apparently means that The Most Superficial Conlangue Commentator Since The Idiotic B. Gilson is at least slightly familiar with, as you put it, the Cursed Japanese 3kliksphilip. Which sure is something. It was surprising enough to hear freaking “No Poi” in the middle of a medley of Toki Pona music, doubly so to find out who had made that cover.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    Whoever mainstreamed the weird “youtuber cadence” should be fed to wolves.

    Listening to some 1950s transatlantic broadcaster telling you which brand of cigarettes doctors approve of is less harmful.

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    I only watch cooking videos. And only because my child and I are both autistic with sensory issues, and we’re looking for recipes we can both enjoy.

    Tomorrow we’re going to try making Sonny’s mac and cheese, with just white cheddar, and skipping the spices (except for some white pepper, because it’s invisible!).

  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    To me it’s always the American YouTubers who seem cozy and fun, from RLM to Noah-Caldwell Gervais, all the easterners I see are always selling some sort of sponsored megascam pyramid scheme skin cream skullshare timeshare first 10 to sign up get their balls crushed

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Same. I think, for entertainment, the only western youtuber I’ve really watched for a hot minute is some old dude that’s like in his 70s play red dead redemption 2. Outside of that I pretty much near-exclusively watch hololive/holostar stuff with Ruze and Shinri being the two I watch the most.