Favorite internet personalities that did not turn into LOLCows over the years?

Rucka Rucka Ali and Kyle Meyers from FPS Russia seem to be doing good. Even though Kyle served that bid for weed along with those ATF raids, he's still sane enough not to have a thread on here and Rucka is still somehow putting out content during this current year without getting himself cancelled.
 
Critical seams like a cool dude, the PKA gang still on the show aren't crazy and still seam to be rational. I also like LA Beast, he seems like a nice guy never heard nothing off about him. Some newer YouTubers like Seth, The Act Man or Historian also from what I've seen pretty good though there younger channels. Ragaholic while always a little political also never strayed away from his formula or sperged out in some weird fashion.
 
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Techmoan yet. He's been around for years and I can't ever see him being a cow. The closest he got was when he made those puppet sketches at the end of his videos where he'd tee off at some of the dumber YouTube commenters. Although maybe that's the least cowish thing he's ever done because it's kinda based.

Another British YouTuber that's been around for years and isn't a cow: Tom Scott. Two drums and a cymbal falling off a cliff is still one of the greatest YT videos ever made.

LazarusOwenhart said:
Recently I've come to respect Fran Blanche of FranLab. She's a fully transitioned MtF who does amazing teardowns, analysis and repairs of old analogue electrical gear. She also owns a company called Frantone where she hand builds extremely high quality guitar pedals which have been used by some massive acts. Being trans, she's been targeted by all sorts of 4edgy2u internet legends who want to get a rise from her but she flat refuses to get involved in any of the gender identify politics bullshit. She's a great example of how a genuine trans person handles themselves in a world dominated by transtrenders simply because absolutely none of her identity is in any way tied to being trans.
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100% agree. Kim Justice is another MtF YouTuber that's been around for years and isn't a cow. Kim has made some great in-depth content about retrogaming (mainly from a British perspective) over the years, although idk if Kim has fully transitioned.

Kim might look like a garden variety troon, but they are anything but. Case in point: Kim doesn't have pronouns on their Twitter bio, and doesn't seem to give a shit if you refer to them as 'he' or 'she', as long as you're respectful towards them. I've also never seen Kim buy into current year idpol shit.

Kiislova said:
People with actual professional skills are hard to lolcow.
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True, although there are a few that exhibit some cow-like tendencies but are too self-aware to become actual cows. Auto Expert John Cadogan, a qualified mechanical engineer who spent years on the dark side that is journalism, is a classic example of this.

That said, there are a handful of professionals that still manage to be cows even when they're not talking about cowish topics. Exhibit A: Thunderf00t.

Overall, marketable IRL skills are usually - but not always - a barrier between a YouTuber and cowdom.

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Ashens but I hear he hangs out with weirdos.
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British retrogaming YouTubers tend to collaborate a lot, and some of them are a bit weird. Others are just straight-up cows (The Laird/Keiren Hawken is the biggest cow in entire world of retrogaming and is now persona non grata as a result; probably deserves his own thread tbh), but it's a bit of fun hearing Neil from RMC doing a voiceover in a DJ Slopes video or Octav1us popping up in a Nostalgia Nerd video.
 
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Crazy Russian Hacker seems to be keeping it real... the Billy Mays of unboxing/life hacking.

 
MrChiCity3, he was one of the first creators i followed, he never showed his face, he left YT a few years after Google took over but he dropped a few videos here and there.


 
Checked up on Asmongold and Uberhaxornova, aside from Blizzard drama with Asmon they're on the up and up.

Ray/Brownman and Jerma have held up pretty well over the years. I'll throw in the guys in oneyplays for good measure.
 
Pretty much all of my go to answers have already been said multiple times over, so I’ll try to get creative.

Idk if his channel is really old enough to be included in this discussion but Scott the Woz seems pretty chill, I like his stuff.

There’s this ASMR youtuber called Dr T. ASMR who seems like a really chill dude who doesn’t take himself too seriously. I like how his videos are all in a shared sci-fi universe with its own lore while at the same time not seeming quite as pretentious as other people that try to do that such as ephemeral rift. its like he‘s self aware about how absurd his job is and therefore has a lot of fun with it, a while back he got a pet kitten and introduced it as “Tinglebottom Industries’ latest weapon” and it was really cute. I enjoy ASMR with super high production values but there’s something to be said for someone who doesn’t give off “I’m using my ASMR videos as a portfolio for my super srs Hollywood acting career” vibes.

I recently started watching this sim racing YouTuber called Jimmy Broadbent who’s been doing YouTube for a while and doesn’t seem like a lolcow to me. He started off making videos on racing simulators while living in his mom’s garden shed because he had a huge mental breakdown and lost his job but he managed to brush himself off and now he’s a really famous YouTuber that commentates over Gran Turismo tournaments and does actual IRL racing as well. He seems to be doing really well for himself, which is pretty wholesome. And he bought a really nice suburban house last year so he doesn’t live in his mom’s shed anymore.
 
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