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mitch96

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45. I watch too many you tube vids...Subscribe to too many very good content creators. Anything I want to learn

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Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:57 PM

4 hrs ago

or get educated about is there. The marketing drives me nuts though...
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I am actually becoming a Youtube Channel watcher. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago OP

Read the disclaimers on historic pieces (click the 'more" description button) bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #1

Absolutely! Oh, boy, some of those are so damned fake just to get views... Sickening hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #3

I'm also wondering about all of the Ukraine "good news" military stories. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #4

lol, yes you're correct to question it bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #5

Me too Thunderbeast 3 hrs ago #54

For WW2, the best is the one called "World War Two" by the Time Ghost Army. The Madcap 6 hrs ago #12

I love watching some of the Canadian war stories just to find the stupid errors that they Bev54 5 hrs ago #28

I subscribe to a limited number of "channels"--mostly music, Meidas Touch, and a few others not AI-generating hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #2

The responses I got to a "Psychology of people who grew up in the 60's" woke me up. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #6

I walk on my treadmill through cities on YouTube tavernier 7 hrs ago #7

Now THAT is a good idea! hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #9

Just go to search and hit any city or country you'd like to explore. tavernier 5 hrs ago #19

I know of another DUer who does that, who sent me links to some favorite videos. highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #10

I go to YouTube and search any city or country I'd like to see. tavernier 6 hrs ago #18

I have found YouTube to be a great resource for entertainment and enjoyment.... anciano 7 hrs ago #8

I started watching YouTube maybe 6 months ago Dave says 5 hrs ago #29

Youtube has plenty canetoad 6 hrs ago #11

Youtube is also great for foreign language learning. The Madcap 6 hrs ago #13

I subscribe to channels I trust on subjects I like, and only look at my subscriptions feed eShirl 6 hrs ago #14

many of those ww2 vids popping up lately are pure AI garbage. there has been a flood of them showing msongs 6 hrs ago #15

Why doesn't Youtube label AI content? OAITW r.2.0 6 hrs ago #17

The people using the AI tools, especially those paying to use them, don't want highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #24

Thanks hpd.....I got educated on that thread. And I'm applying more critical thinking skills OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #25

I'm sorry that you and I and all of us who are honest have to watch out for all this fraud that's around highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #36

All it takes is getting took by 1 video! MerryBlooms 4 hrs ago #49

Same here. Every time I've looked at AI slop video posted by someone here, looking at the channel highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #53

The good history channels shows Johonny 6 hrs ago #16

Keep an eye out for the AI slop PJMcK 5 hrs ago #20

Came aware quickly....see OP. OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #21

Yeah, I read your whole post PJMcK 5 hrs ago #22

Understood. OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #23

one of us...one of us...one of us... (nt) ret5hd 5 hrs ago #26

There are a lot of Robert Reich fakes as well as Rick Wilson, Bev54 5 hrs ago #27

Saw a really bad Rachel Maddow fake yesterday. The Madcap 5 hrs ago #30

Yep I too have seen a lot of George Will fakes Bev54 4 hrs ago #42

I watched a George Will fake. OAITW r.2.0 4 hrs ago #46

Probably the same as the one I saw. The Madcap 4 hrs ago #50

That's the Will fake video I saw. OAITW r.2.0 3 hrs ago #55

My wife and I quit broadcast television in January 2012. hunter 5 hrs ago #31

antenna Maninacan 4 hrs ago #41

A big benefit of that plan is that Youtube Music is included. The Madcap 4 hrs ago #47

I am right there with you. Ferrets are Cool 5 hrs ago #32

I watch it all the time. bluedigger 5 hrs ago #33

youtube is great for "how to fix dishwasher", "How to unclog drain..., "How to sew pants..." BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #34

fixed my van Maninacan 4 hrs ago #40

I subscribe to YouTube tv. It's not really cheap. Are you talking about something different? 1WorldHope 5 hrs ago #35

Regular Youtube. YT TV is a TV channel aggregator. The only reason I watch is NBC Boston Sports - They air the Celtics OAITW r.2.0 4 hrs ago #37

He's talking about YouTube.com highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #38

We bailed on Youtube TV The Madcap 4 hrs ago #48

youtube Maninacan 4 hrs ago #39

Ohhh, thank you both so much. Now I'm on board. 1WorldHope 4 hrs ago #43

I visit youtube every day and yes recently there is an alarming number of AI posts faking people like Rachel Maddow and ShazamIam 4 hrs ago #44

I watch too many you tube vids...Subscribe to too many very good content creators. Anything I want to learn mitch96 4 hrs ago #45

I hear you. Even when there is a broadcast major network TV show prodigitalson 3 hrs ago #51

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There is even more crap on YouTube than there is on TV, so be very selective Warpy 3 hrs ago #56

A lot of (very justified) discussion here about AI slop. Disaffected 2 hrs ago #57