Internet Historian Appreciation Thread - The best thing to come out of Austrailia since Mad Max (The original, obviously)

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Chester Rigby said:
Imagine what he could do with a more generous budget.

Fuck Jew Jew Abrams, fuck Taika Whatthefuckity. I'd like to watch the work of this IH guy.
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Giving people like IH or Wendi a proper budget would be easy money for any streaming service.

Instantly compelling documentary content over shit that nobody else knows about.

(just have to make sure Wendi doesn’t conclusively prove the FBI did something they’re not supposed to)
 
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Articles and Nudes said:
The Gentleman Pirate are legitimately my favourite projects of his.
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I loved that video so much, when I started watching Our Flag Meets Death I was so annoyed for about 3 episodes because I knew I recognised the story from somewhere but couldn't quite connect the dots that I had learned of Steede Bonnet from IH.

Makes me happy that he and Wendigoon have linked up, glad to have a new video to watch while doing some long cardio on the weekend.
 
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Crescent Fresh said:
Giving people like IH or Wendi a proper budget would be easy money for any streaming service.

Instantly compelling documentary content over shit that nobody else knows about.
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idk, that sounds like they would end up being contractually obligated to produce 12 episodes, all 44 minutes in length, by March 2023 or something restrictive like that. I don't think it would be as good and they would probably burn out. It would also lock them in to only making "main channel" content. I can't imagine Netflix/Amazon signing up for a documentary style series which also includes getting the whole IH package, a package that is mostly episodes of no predetermined length retelling game plots or talking about buying sour candy as a child but sometimes there is a documentary.
 
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For reference, the video I was talking about for Ordinary Things is still up and here's more info about it.

Michael Jacks0n said:
I've lived in cities, suburb, and the country: they each have their own pros and cons. With that said, I also don't understand why suburbs get so much hate, especially from progressives. They often use the term "suburb" as some kind of insult like I'm supposed to be ashamed of being white and living in a small town. Forgive me for not paying several thousand a month for some shithole apartment in the ghetto.

I used to enjoy Ordinary Things up until just this year when he made his 2021 review video: that was actually the video that caused me to stop watching his channel. I was even about to mention this in the thread for What made you stop watching a Youtuber by @PeriodicTrouble -- so if you happen to see this exact comment again, you'll know I just recycled it. Anyway, Ordinary Things seemed pretty decent for a while because made enjoyable background noise surface level facts, and because he often collaborated with Internet Historian which led me to believe he was based. But sadly, with his 2021 wrap-up, he went full neoliberal normalfag:

  • Focuses heavily on muh January 6th and unironically says Democracy died
  • Uses Reddit-tier socialist rants against crypto and NFT's
  • Promotes Reddit's r/antiwork as if they're heroes and doing good -- granted, this was before the infamous FOX News tranny janny interview
  • Unironically dogpiles on Joe Rogan and makes more horse paste references
  • Attacks Tim Pool for some reason regarding Squid Game (whether you hate the guy or not, it just seemed lowbrow and unusual)
  • Very subtlety (but noticeably) dunks on Rittenhouse by flashing the infamous image of him crying
Basically, he showed his true colors and went from being a cynical pop facts channel to a straight up angry, snarky Reddit fag pandering to normies.
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The video was good, then I did watch the latest wendigoon video and went to sleep.

Kinda bcrszy I did not have a nightmare about these hellish experiences
 
Retink Retunk said:
For reference, the video I was talking about for Ordinary Things is still up and here's more info about it.
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Thanks for finding the video! I did watch it when it was uploaded but I don’t remember much of it, probably had it on as background. I’ll give it a rewatch at some point with fresh eyes.

Tbh I’m pretty laidback about people thinking and voting differently to me, I just want them to extend the same courtesy to me. That’s what most of my problem with the current political situation is—everyone can only tolerate listening to people they already agree with. I hate the way lefties speak to people on Twitter—the sanctimonious ‘educate yourself’ and ‘do better’ attitude is so much nastier than how any of us on here speak to each other. But I’m also wary of getting into the right wing version of ‘that person is problematic’ (unless pedophile or something actually heinous of course).

I did like his TED talk on Internet freedom or whatever it was, but I do wonder if he’d apply that attitude to somewhere like the KF.
 
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frap said:
Thanks for finding the video! I did watch it when it was uploaded but I don’t remember much of it, probably had it on as background. I’ll give it a rewatch at some point with fresh eyes.
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I looked into Ordinary Things because of IH and completely wrote him off. The I looked into Sumito and that's no fun either. And then... IH makes it fun even when these otherwise painfully unfunny youtubers are part of it. I thought I would like Sumito videos but no, they're shit.
 
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Smaug's Smokey Hole 2 said:
I looked into Ordinary Things because of IH and completely wrote him off. The I looked into Sumito and that's no fun either. And then... IH makes it fun even when these otherwise painfully unfunny youtubers are part of it.
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Yeah I agree. The Incognito Mode collabs are pretty entertaining I think because IH is usually throwing so many curveballs at his guest.

I just want to laugh but so many YouTubers are either degenerate or too heavy handed with their politics (in all directions). Feeling a bit like a friend of mine who said they just want to watch dumb videos about Tumblr drama but they’re all made by Tumblr girls.
 
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Smaug's Smokey Hole 2 said:
I looked into Ordinary Things because of IH and completely wrote him off. The I looked into Sumito and that's no fun either. And then... IH makes it fun even when these otherwise painfully unfunny youtubers are part of it. I thought I would like Sumito videos but no, they're shit.
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I haven't really liked anyone that works with IH as a standalone, with the one exception being Jon "If it ain't white, it ain't right" Tron who I never really watched before but enjoyed his content as a sort of popcorn thing. IH though is great.

frap said:
Thanks for finding the video! I did watch it when it was uploaded but I don’t remember much of it, probably had it on as background. I’ll give it a rewatch at some point with fresh eyes.

Tbh I’m pretty laidback about people thinking and voting differently to me, I just want them to extend the same courtesy to me. That’s what most of my problem with the current political situation is—everyone can only tolerate listening to people they already agree with. I hate the way lefties speak to people on Twitter—the sanctimonious ‘educate yourself’ and ‘do better’ attitude is so much nastier than how any of us on here speak to each other. But I’m also wary of getting into the right wing version of ‘that person is problematic’ (unless pedophile or something actually heinous of course).

I did like his TED talk on Internet freedom or whatever it was, but I do wonder if he’d apply that attitude to somewhere like the KF.
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I usually try not to look into people's politics too much as usually they're retarded regardless if they're left or right, but I hate when people try to inject them in a smug way into their content. All of the political content people are fags too, whether it's Kirk or Vaush.
 
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frap said:
Yeah I agree. The Incognito Mode collabs are pretty entertaining I think because IH is usually throwing so many curveballs at his guest.
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And it's not scripted, what I've seen from [whispy mustasche, forgot his name] and Sumito is scripted talking head videos. It doesn't feel natural. I'm sure the Incognito mode videos are them talking bullshit for three hours and maybe they get two really 15-20 minute videos out if it. Or maybe nothing, I don't know shit but there's probably things that they have scrapped completely. The absurd curveballs are great because it makes the other person think on their feet. I'm obviously in the minority when I say that the Jon Tron video felt a bit weak, but the interview segment was stellar. I've seen a couple of JonTron videos in the past and he's fine, he can work with a script waaaay better than IH regulars, but it felt like he tried to perform and live up to being funny internet man in that video. Then the interview segment happened and it became fantastic.
 
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