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    Back in the day I would watch the Hodge twins, they had a channel on gym culture and another where they would joke around about obscure current events.

    Last I saw them they had gone full tilt maga and mainly discussed politics, yeaaa no. I’m out.

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        Totally watched Elliot Hulse back in the day as well, I never quite understood how working out and self improvement became an entry point for MAGA and right wing authoritarian, but it did.

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    Technology connections remains awesome thankfully. Hell him touching on politics made me respect him more as he did it sparingly because he felt an obligation to use his platform to speak up

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      He tapped perfectly into that zeitgeist where the world is falling apart but we are still making entertainment, having kids, doing laundry. So many others refuse to acknowledge the oligarchical elephant in the room (looking at you, Legal Eagle) and I get that’s how they make their living so can’t go off the deep end but the tone deaf-ness of NOT acknowledging is so frustrating.

      Thanks, Alec, for helping me feel like I’m not losing my mind in a world that is pretending we’re not hurtling headlong toward the worst parts of the 19th century.

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      In November 2025, F1NN5TER revealed he was involved in establishing non-profit private trans healthcare provider Anne Healthcare in the United Kingdom, having provided early financial support during the organisation’s founding in 2024. Anne Healthcare confirmed in a statement published alongside F1NN5TER’s announcement video that his contribution had secured the organisation’s first prescriber, stating that the clinic “would not have happened without the money F1NN5TER contributed.”

      Huh. Another dollar for the “sex workers at the front of the fight for civil rights” jar, I guess.

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    Works in reverse with Joji:
    “I haven’t checked what Joji did before this music”
    “oh”

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    Idk Kyle from WhiteLightning is now trans and the channel is now DoorMonster and they mostly make vlogs about stuff they care about instead of skits now

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    I don’t really watch youtubers, but when I was going through rough times, Hololive’s Gura was my favorite streamer, I wonder how she’s doing now.

    Edit: Oh.

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      Gawr Gura is now Sameko Saba, but also she just stopped Youtube memberships a few days ago because she hasn’t been able to stream for months. Said it was due to a chronic sickness and that a longer explainer tweet is coming :-(

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        Oh, cool. That means there could be at least a library/archive of videos I haven’t seen yet.

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    Spent about 20 minutes listening to Jerma describe some bizarre snack with bread, hummus, and olives recently. Sometimes youtubers just end up being wonderfully normal people

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    This but in reverse with The Amazing Atheist: last i checked he’d come out as bi, hates that he spawned a lot of shitty stuff, and seems generally fine though a bit abrasive.

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    My longest subscribed channel, Nerd3, has somehow remained almost the exact same channel for over a decade. I don’t know how he does it.

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    If you start a YouTube channel where you find decent sized rocks outside you can sand them down into a smooth dick shape and sell them to hippies as all natural hand crafted dildos for like 1450 bucks a piece.

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    The one that disappointed me the most was kliksphilip. I would’ve been able to move past the Hogwarts Legacy shit for simply being an ignorant normie, but what he said about Brianna Ghey was truly unforgivable.

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      I’ve not heard about that. I’ve long stopped watching his content but i don’t know why anymore. The HL videos were certainly part of it, the Nvidia glazing another. I’ve not found what he said about Brianna Ghey on a quick search

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      You expected a lot from the fartmaster, eh? Look it up if you’re not aware of 3kliksphilips other YouTube channel.

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    Big Clive is hanging in there, and so is Watch Wes Work and The Skid Factory.

    I only watch car builds apparently. And Task Master.