I’m sorry if this is not the best place for this, I couldn’t think of anywhere better to ask about it
the reason most of these people are youtubers is because I went through my youtube subscriptions for ideas
edit: I’ve just realized I forgot to add rule to the title but I don’t know how to fit it in there with it looking not bad
I had a lot of conversations with my dad about how glorifying people is setting yourself up for failure when there were loads of protests were going on about bringing down statues of famously racist people who did like a handful of notable things i.e. most of the U.S. founding fathers.
I wouldn’t suggest keeping a list of names that you admire. Maybe keep a list of things about those names that you admire
Harry Brewis (hbomberguy)
But he likes Dark Souls 2…
where is lena raine
Scott Manley
Aaron Swartz?
The last true hero.
Some of my personal ones are:
Gabe Newell
The vinesauce crew (Vinny, Joel, Limes, Rev, etc)
Jerma
Jabroni Mike
Fredrick “fat nuts” Knudsen
WhiskeyDing0
Hideki Naganuma
King Gizzard
Peter Gabriel
Ross Scott (acursed farms)
John Carmack
John Romero
Might update this with more if I think of any.
+1 for Lord GabeN
Gabe Newell has done a lot for gamers and SPECIALLY for us in Linux Gaming, but he’s still a billionaire with a yacht collection , give him props for his contributions but i don’t think adding him to a “Good people list” is quite on point
Abigail Thorn
jacob geller
dan olson
hbomberguy
Welcome back, Sethbling here
Huge inspiration for me!
Brennan Lee Mulligan and, by extension, Sam Reich.
edit: to be fair, a lot of the Dropout cast seem like pretty great human beings as well (Emily Axford comes to mind, plus she frequently played opposite Adam Conover in the series Adam Ruins Everything which is both entertaining and horrible)
+1 to anyone on the Dropout team.
Semi related, but Rehka’s new PowerPoint show is amazing.
Adam savage, zack freedman, both giant inspirations to me.
Not to mention Simone Giertz !
If you admire Technology Connections, take a look at Cathode Ray Dude. Exudes a lot of the same energy.
Fred Rogers
Dolly Parton
Steve Wozniak
Betty White
Carl Sagan
Hedy Lamarr
Albert Einstein
Grace Hopper
Alan Turing
No LeVar Burton?
That is a terrible oversight on my part and my list has been amended.
That dude is a national treasure: Good catch!
Just YouTubers? I don’t really know them as people but I think the content they create is admirable at least:
Electroboom
Mark Rober<- Never mind, apparently he’s down with Autism Speaks (a shitty group that wants to “cure” neurodivergence) That’s a shame.Kurzgesagt
SmarterEveryDay
Oversimplified
Vsauce
Veritasium
Captain Disillusion
ZeFrank
ForgottenWeapons
I guess I’m kind of a sucker for educational stuff.
Zefrank
Educational stuff
Hmmm
ZeFrank is fucking hilarious, but also, technically informative as well.
Edit: Hmm, maybe I should also add YourGrammarSucks too…
Zefrank makes exactly the sort of content that’s required to get bored kids interested in a science. He is doing us a public service.
Kurzgesagt is a shitty neoliberal who greenwashes the future involving climate change. I’m not sure if he’s paid by oil companies or if he just loves huffing their balls that much.
Mark Rober is a dick tho
Damn, really? That’s disappointing to learn, why’s he a dick?
Ok so not nessesarialy a dick, just a strong reaction with his name sorry.
In his video saying he has an autistic son, he did a charity event for NEXT for autism, who wish to ‘cure’ autism, and have worked with Autism speaks before. The actual event before changes made due to criticism had like no autistic voices present. I don’t think Mark is a dick because he seems to genuinely love his son, but was just uninformed about the harm that group does.
I’d call that disappointing, Autism Speaks is a shitty group. Neurodivergence doesn’t need to be “cured”. I even thought Rober might be on the spectrum himself.
Steve from Gamers Nexus. Dude is like TotalBiscuit but for tech, not just gaming. Also, TotalBiscuit, if you are ok with adding those that have passed to the list…
I had high hopes that Genna Bain would continue tb’s legacy. I can’t imagine losing someone so publicly.
I couldn’t imagine doing that. Just stepping into the role of your recently deceased partner. That’d be tough. At this point, I am sad that no one has really stepped into that role, even just a spiritual successor.
Rip TB
thor from pirate software
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