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I'd imagine it's always been there, but their fame gave them access to a devoted fanbase willing to do anything for them.

And then things just devolve...

AvE as in AvE. It use to mean "arduinoversusevil", but the arduino stuff quickly became a memory. He's tech youtuber out in rural, western Canada who would review power tools and DIY projects. He had a rugged individualism thing going on, but never really got into politics or current events until the he posted the video in support of truckers shit.

Para social relationships are hard. You think you get to know someone over the years watching their videos. I would even watch the videos he would put on his daughter's channel. The videos of him just cooking.

I thought he was a smart guy even with some of his gruff persona.

Oddly enough, one of the first cracks in that facade was a BOLTR video taking apart a Hitachi wand or knockoff. He was so weirdly prudish about the idea of a woman actually using one in a way that didn't feel like a joke. But I convinced myself it was probably a joke, because...why would he be weird about that?

But the trucker protest videos hit me like a cement truck. It actually really bummed me out. I texted my dad and he said something to the effect of, "Oh well, his videos have been shit anyway."

not oc, but for my hobbies

chemistry:

• Explosions&Fire and his second channel Extractions&ire
• Nilered and his second channel NileBlue
• Nurdrage
• Prussian blue
• Chemiolis
• Cody's lab
• The Thought Emporium, even if it's more biology then chemistry
• Doug's lab, even if the channel has been dead for a while
• Labcoatz
• Thy labs
• MrGreenGuy

Electronics & mechanics

• Hyperspace Pirate (if you are gonna search one of these channels, do this one, like, really, it's so good)

• Works by design

• styropyro

• William Osman

• AlphaPhoenix