TommyBeans [they/them, he/him]

Those are all the same reasons I’ve been watching his stuff for years, and VWestlife even longer.

VWestlife even still makes most of his videos in like 480p with Windows Movie Maker and all in one take, he is incredibly true to how he wants to do things and I love that.

Cathode Ray Dude- mentioned elsewhere as well, generally cool dude

Tech Tangents - haven’t seen mentioned, another old tech guy that stays in his lane politically and makes cool content

Technology Connections - my favorite “well technically” nerd

VWestlife - a gem of youtube, untarnished by advertisers or thr algorithm

Dr. Angela Collier - Smart Science Dr who makes cool commie adjacent videos

Ethoslab - my one parasocial relationship is this reclusive canadian minecrafter who uploads once a month and I mostly catch on other peoples server streams

Robot Cantina - old dude that’s making diesel electric batter vehicles out of his garage for cheap, really cool electrical and mechanical engineering going on with just one dude, fabrication as well.

Unironically yes

The Myth of Intelligence

The Myth of Intelligence

The Myth of Intelligence

That’s my main “small business chud” talking point, ridiculous rents that drive up the base cost for absolutely everything and drive small businesses out.

A co-workers wife has had a used bookstore for a few years, had low rent negotiated with this cool old Chinese man. He passed away, the property was sold, and their rent is jumping so much she’ll have to close.

I foresaw this happening to them when they confided in me how precarious their business was and even then how much of what they made went towards rent despite them paying half “market value.” She doesn’t even pay herself a Salary, they just barely break even. When I asked them about it at the time it was just some nebulous future problem for them.

Probably bought the cheapiest bulkiest frozen patties dude could find at Cosco. I imagine those come down to a pretty small unit cost

Intelligence is made up. It doesn’t exist. It’s an idealogical tool used to enforce hierarchies.

schizophrenia is not inherently bad. It is not inherently dangerous.

100% this. Absolutely true. If he’s a good friend keep at it and maybe keep an eye on him if he needs help.

Definitely not, I think that might be sort of rude. I was more just sharing my own similar experience. If the guy is harmless he probably enjoys having someone else to talk to about it, and it always feels nice to share “insider information” to a trusted confidant. I would just be concerned if they start being pushy about getting you into the “in group”