Cringy Expert Village tutorials - The WikiHow of YouTube

[Pepsi-Cola]

So, a while ago, I found a YouTube channel called "Expert Village", which is a channel run by e-how and is meant to be a channel filled with short tutorial videos on niche topics that aren't usually explored. This way, tutorials on the channel can be more specialized and helpful depending on what you're trying to do. So for instance, a video on the channel covering Gardening would be focused on a small part of Gardening and would be more indepth than just a overarching tutorial on how to Garden.

The problem with this is, you don't technically need any credentials in whatever subject you claim to be an expert in, meaning literally anybody can send videos to Expert Village to be uploaded, and there doesn't really seem to be any quality control, either. This leads to videos like the ones featured below, which is where this thread comes in:

There are also a lot of videos that are fairly well made, but really just don't need to exist. For example, this dude named Matt Cail, who I guess is a expert on Elves or something, made a seven part series on how to make an Elf Costume.

Like, it's not even that bad of a series...Just...Why the fuck does it exist? Was there really a demand for indepth Elf costume coverage?

And there are literally thousands of these videos. That's not an exaggeration. This is probably the biggest YouTube channel I've ever seen in my whole life.

 

[chimpburgers]

I remember this channel from a while back and didn't think much of it but it's WikiHow if it was translated to YouTube vids. I had no idea the vids could get this dumb though.

 

[Cobra_Kaijewe]

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

I remember this channel from a while back and didn't think much of it but it's WikiHow if it was translated to YouTube vids. I had no idea the vids could get this dumb though.

That's actually a perfect description tbh, "WikiHow if it was translated to YouTube vids." I'll add that to the subtitle.

Here's another gem I found:

 

[Fat Auntie Kars]

This video isn't from the same channel, but apparently Expert Village is listed as a related channel. Red sweater guy is my jam.

 

[Cobra_Kaijewe]

That's actually a perfect description tbh, "WikiHow if it was translated to YouTube vids." I'll add that to the subtitle.

Here's another gem I found:

Wasn't this douchebag on Tosh.0?
I think it was his Helicopter drawing video that was featured.

Edit: I believe I was right

 

[female heavy]

This video isn't from the same channel, but apparently Expert Village is listed as a related channel. Red sweater guy is my jam.

I love the way this expert artist extraordinaire pronounces Naruto.

 

[Cosmos]

Haha, no way! H3h3 Productions actually did a video on some of Expert Village's cringiest videos:

The video covers "How to Flirt With a Coworker," "How to Meet a Woman at a Supermarket," "How to Set Up a Home Recording Studio," and yet another pickup "tutorial" I didn't catch the name of. They're exactly as painful as you'd expect.

 

[Zvantastika]

I love this one:

So many possibilities to edit stupid shit in it.

 

[Fat Auntie Kars]

Wasn't this douchebag on Tosh.0?
I think it was his Helicopter drawing video that was featured.

Edit: I believe I was right

I now imagine that this guy spent an entire depressing childhood drawing whales and vaguely whale-shaped things (helicopters, submarines, etc.) before crying himself to sleep every night. Something about the sad "I've given up on life ages ago" tone in his voice (near the end of the helicopter video especially) sells that idea for me.

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

Haha, no way! H3h3 Productions actually did a video on some of Expert Village's cringiest videos:

The video covers "How to Flirt With a Coworker," "How to Meet a Woman at a Supermarket," "How to Set Up a Home Recording Studio," and yet another pickup "tutorial" I didn't catch the name of. They're exactly as painful as you'd expect.

I love the last pickup artist one

"Some of the best flirts are little kids"

 

[Cobra_Kaijewe]

I now imagine that this guy spent an entire depressing childhood drawing whales and vaguely whale-shaped things (helicopters, submarines, etc.) before crying himself to sleep every night. Something about the sad "I've given up on life ages ago" tone in his voice (near the end of the helicopter video especially) sells that idea for me.

Drawing whales and vaguely whale-shaped things takes its toll on all of us.

 

[HickoryDickory]

Ah, yes... "Expert" Village. When looking for tuts I get suggests from them all of the time, and they're all pretty much terrible and uninformative.

So twitchy.

 

[Cobra_Kaijewe]

Ah, yes... "Expert" Village. When looking for tuts I get suggests from them all of the time, and they're all pretty much terrible and uninformative.

I mean, at least they taught us how to draw a whale.

 

[Puppet Pal Clem]

This can't be real.

 

[Meme Loving Fuck]

I love Expert Village's videos. They make me feel a little less like a failure at whatever the video is about.

 

[Sleepyhead]

Look at this poor tortured man preparing to get his hair cut:

 

[Super Collie]

I was just reminded of this channel thanks to Critikal on YouTube who recently uploaded a commentary video for one of the dating advice videos featured in this thread (video is at the bottom of my post where I quoted Pepsi-Cola's original post). Expert Village is still around, though their last upload appears to have been about three years ago. The channel might be dead in the water but everything's still there. This thread didn't even make it to one page, I know there's more than one page's worth of goofy shit on this account.

Coming in hot to reboot this thread is this video from nearly a full decade ago where some guy shows us how to draw the worst iteration of Bubsy ever:

New age healing BS? We got it. Here's a woman performing something called "reiki" on a plant. The only problem is it's a fake plant:

Do you want to be the next Billy Mitchell in Pac-Man? Here's a video that shows what is likely a frame-perfect trick but without providing a breakdown of any of the steps:

Experts Village has a vetting process so bad that this video on how to play Four Square which is clearly a joke made it up. "Chicken Feet" and "Fire Drill" aren't things that exist:

Born in the year of the dragon? Here's a woman to tell you all about your personality with a middle eastern accent so thick you can't tell her real words apart from the fuckups:

Do you want to play Gamecube games on your Wii but you can't figure out the task of putting a CD into a slot? Here's someone who couldn't get a job at IGN to give you the inside scoop:

Trying to figure out YouTube while also stuck in the year 2008? Here's a video to help you out from the era of 100MB file size limits, 10 minute video caps, and the application-only Director account:

Interested in how much your Pokemon cards are worth? Cool Grandpa is here to tell you that even back in 2008 selling them was a bullshit endeavor. Shoutouts to @cabalcoffers :

Are you a clueless vapid cunt in a relationship of convenience with a boyfriend you know nothing about and need to get him a gift? How about "video games":

Finally, I am sharing this last video purely because it's the one with the most views on the Experts Village channel. With 30 million views, here's a weirdly sexual massage tutorial:

 

[Super Collie]

(Double posting because I hit the 10 video limit in my first post which meant I couldn't quote any of the other posts in this thread to respond to them.)

Wasn't this douchebag on Tosh.0?
I think it was his Helicopter drawing video that was featured.

Edit: I believe I was right

I kept watching this video wondering where the payoff was and I lost my shit at 1:18 when he casually drops a "free helicopter rides".

I love the last pickup artist one

"Some of the best flirts are little kids"[/QUOTE

Critikal just uploaded a commentary video for this one, which is what spurred me to check to see if we already had a thread here for Expert Village, and if not then I was going to make one.