What are your favorite (Youtube) video's/documentaries of all time that you can watch again and again?

For me: 1.) Cicada 3301 - Lemmino [17:53]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O7blSSzpI

2.) Why gravity is NOT a force - Veritasium [17:33]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRr1kaXKBsU

3.) The cost of Concordia - Internet Historian [48:48]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI

4.) Fast inverse square root - Nemean [20:08]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8u_k2LIZyo

5.) The dark side of the Silk road - Barely Sociable [1:14:45]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpMP6Nh3FvU

Sorry, i'm a nerd. If you are not: only watch no. 3; it's funny.

Zagorath,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

Disney Channel’s Theme: A History Mystery. A documentary by Defunctland about the previously unknown composer of the Disney Channel’s signature theme.

sucodedijkstra,

Very insightful video with a personal touch from the author and some things that will let you thinking for a long time, excellent recommendation!!

Lenguador,
@Lenguador@kbin.social avatar

If you can get past the weird framing device, the Plinkett reviews of the Star Wars prequels are an excellent deep dive into the issues with those films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI&list=PL5919C8DE6F720A2D

Jenny Nicholson's videos are great, but her documentary on "The Last Bronycon" is special, as the realization dawns on you while watching that she has more connection to Brony culture than you might have guessed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVOF2PiHnc

jaackf,

Jaws vs the Lyon 25 - The biggest stairset ever attempted by a skateboarder!

Tatar_Nobility,
TempleSquare,

Road Guy Rob talks about how highway engineering works in a fun, highly animated way:

Here's one about a bike lane disaster -- where the city screwed up and undid it after a week:

https://youtu.be/zeynqnirofE

regretful_fappo,

MGS4 was a mistake

I must have watched it like 10 times throughout the years lol

nicerdicer,

Voyager - Journey To The Stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seXbrauRTY4

solidstate,

A time lapse of the history of the universe:

Very minimalistic, but I like the sound and visuals. Just try to tune in and enjoy an existential crisis at the end!

carnha,

Defunctland's Disney's Fastpass: A Complicated History is a fantastic dive into the logistics of managing a giant crowd over several years, from approaching it as an engineering problem all the way to exploiting the system for profit. It's such a fascinating problem to me, and it's presented in an engaging and fun way. The rest of the channel is fantastic too!

I'll also recommend Fascinating Horror - these aren't fictional horror stories, these are real disasters told in an incredibly detailed but highly respectful way. They don't just explain the disaster and why/how it happened, but also the regulations that came afterwards to make sure these would never happen again. They're all high quality, but if you want a starting point the Nutty Butty Caves will give you a good idea what the channel is about.

Zagorath,
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Ooh, Defunctland was also the creator of my choice. But I went with Disney Channel’s Theme.

gina,
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I created a playlist of the recommendations here and thought I might as well share: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9W-RMmS6ewK9p8OtJEKXtClpXEibXEIU

I also added this video on the Boeing 737 Max from MegaProjects, and a couple on a subject near and dear to my heart: Boy Bands of the 90s:

When Corden Met Barlow and The Boy Band Con.

HatchetHaro,
@HatchetHaro@kbin.social avatar

I really enjoyed this video by Freya Holmér talking about Splines. Awesome resource for game devs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPPXbo87ds

snek_boi,

Anything by Richard Feldman. I’m binging all of the talks he has given for a third time now

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Koyanisquatsi. No commentary, just ambience.

king_dead,

Jon Bois' documentary on Lonnie Smith. Probably one of the greatest documentaries of all time https://youtu.be/wTM_eN8AZeQ

Gonzozilla,
@Gonzozilla@kbin.social avatar

Anything from Oversimplified channel. History made funny and fun. I never learnt about the Aussie vs emu war growing up here. https://youtu.be/BXpu6tbFCsI

Gonzozilla,
@Gonzozilla@kbin.social avatar

Anything from Oversimplified channel. History made funny and fun. I never learnt about the Aussie vs emu war growing up here. https://youtu.be/BXpu6tbFCsI

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