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  • Barges into Youtube

  • Uploads interesting videos weekly for a decade

  • Refuses to elaborate further

  • Heads off into the sunset

Image of Tom Scott flying under a helicopter in a harness

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[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Absolutely zero disrespect intended here, but what does he do? Like, what’s sort of vibe/stuff does he do? Only curious as I’m looking for a channel to peruse…

[–] agnomeunknown@lemmy.world 90 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Mostly short form explainers about interesting subjects, presented in a sort of breathless British TV presenter style. Like a young Attenborough but less posh. Pretty good channel.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

Like a young Attenborough but less posh

*Middle aged, maybe. Certainly not young anymore

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think short form is more like tiktok/youtube shorts length now. I'd put tom scott as medium length.

[–] agnomeunknown@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You're right, the term has taken on that meaning by now. It's just relatively short compared to the multi hour video essays I tend to consume the most.

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Wasn't he on conputerphile a lot too? That channel is amazing

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago

Hard to pin Down. Most of his stuff is going to unique and unusual places and customs and why they end up like that. But he also does some pretty great videos on linguistics and computer science.

I would say the best to describe his content is that he is a journalist doing those old school "general interest" style news stories.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My best answer would be for you to go to his YouTube channel, find a video that even mildly piques your interest, and watch him. Like the other person said, he's hard to pin down because he doesn't cover one specific field of interest, but he does make sure to research everything he's talking about. He can even make talking about poorly designed road intersections interesting.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thank fucking hell! I was looking for a link or YouTube channel name.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 4 points 10 months ago

You know those shows that your parents might've had you watch as a kid that were about exploring and learning about new places? Basically that for adults