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I'm really into unusual/insane/unhinged. I find them fascinating. I've followed conspiracy theorists, alien abductees, otherkin, therians, people who eat cat fur of their sofa, etc etc.

I'm looking for good weirdness to watch during downtime. Any suggestions.

Really nasty people will do.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

people who eat cat fur of their sofa

wat

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Yea dafuck i bet op is some real psycho

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Camping With Steve.

I think he started out documenting his homelessness and where he camped, but after becoming homeful, he kept going out and stealth coming in really weird places. Abandoned buildings, caves, mines, roundabouts, highway median strips, under bridges. Sometimes he camps in regular camp grounds, just in whacky shelters like cardboard boxes or blanket forts. Sometimes he secretly sleeps in his car.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Just...be careful for those of you who have lost loved ones. Steve is a wholesome guy whose wife passed next to him in the middle of the night. So he may bring her up in his videos. Credit to the man for still going. I honestly wasn't sure he would.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Conspiracy/Cryptids/Aliens:

The Why Files

Mr Mythos

Crazy/Science/Dangerous:

Styropyro

TheBackyardScientist

Existential Dread:

exurb1a

Eating Cat hair off the sofa:

You Suck at Cooking

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

That's disheartening. Thanks for the info, I'll have to read up on that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Crazy/Science/Dangerous:

Styropyro

I am honestly surprised he hasn't accidentally killed himself yet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I would let StyroPyro do unspeakable things to me with electricity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You are missing these, King:

William Osman:

I build a phone you can't drop

Michael Reeves:

Surgery Robot

Bonus:

HowToBasic:

Ramen (Make sure to watch to the end)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Existential Dread:

exurb1a

yeah that guy has put me in a good (bad) panic before

edit: I was actually thinking of Sisyphus 55

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He is no longer with us, but lookup videos of Terry Davis. There's lots of documentaries about him but it should be easy to find his stream clips, if you just want to watch him.

Paranoid schizophrenic who spent 10 years creating his own operating system from scratch because God told him to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There's a good number of videos cataloguing templeOS, and it's an interesting dive for sure.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Bald and Bankrupt. British guy with maxed out social skills goes to random places around the world (like Bangladesh) and talks to locals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah the things I read about him are quite controversial. But whenever I've seen him on video (even filmed unknowingly by others) he's always seemed like a very genuine man.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

His recent series where he crossed the Darien Gap was fascinating

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you're into it, there are many 'science' channels you could watch.

'Michael Reeves' and 'I did a thing' both build stupid things. Stuff like a cursing Elmo puppet or a giant sawblade Bayblade.

If you want some actual science, Nile Red. You get stuff like 'Making grape soda out of plastic gloves'.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was a postmortem scientist for a decade, and have a show called After Death, which focuses on SFX makeup and embalming, based on gruesome ways people have died! It's on a page called Bad Day HQ which focuses on the worst days in history... crime, death, natural disasters, conspiracies, cryptuds, etc. Honestly best side gig ever. I love being teach people about really morbid stuff.

My work. This was shot at the Anatomy of Death Museum in Michigan... And the channel itself. They won Emmy awards back in the 90s/2000s

It has:

  • Mine disasters, where companies shut off oxygen, sacrificing people, so they wouldn't lose profits

  • Deadliest human stampedes, where people were so concerned with getting to events that they trampled, crushed, and suffocated hundreds of people

  • Famines that wiped out large percentages of entire countries, that mirror what's happening right now

  • History behind the Bermuda Triangle and the stories of planes and ships that have vanished there

  • Stories of some of the darkest crimes in history... from serial killers to gruesome, morbid deaths

  • Disasters and crimes that happened On This Day!

I'm really proud and have a plethora of knowledge, so please ask away. Actually ran the Wayne State Funeral History Museum for 3 years 🥰

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Very unhinged, and very good filmmaking too. I saw it from a recommendation by Tom Scott and wasn't disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

After the hair thing in the last video, I don't know what to expect from him but I'm looking forward to it 😂

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There’s a tv show titled “my strange addiction “; probably what you’re looking for, as it has people eating cat fur, someone married to a carnival ride, a shower drain hair collector, eating dryer sheets, chewing dirty diapers, eating a loved ones ashes, eating toilet paper, drinking paint… here’s an example:

https://youtu.be/MfmTwp5VXHE?si=4iYJrgLoJcjJvA5i

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My favorite weirdo Youtubers are Cheru and Let's Game It Out. They both make gaming content, but do it in totally different styles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I love LGIO, but I wouldn't call it unhinged. Josh quite intentionally pushes the boundaries and breaks games because it's frickin' funny.

I'll have to check out Cheru.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what else you can call someone who has played Satisfactory for at least 22 hours straight.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

A normal satisfactory player?

Just need to fix those conveyors, then I'll go to bed... oops and one more coal station... and hey I forgot to connect that hypertube... oh and that truck looks stuck, better re-path it... and did I remember to refill the biomass burners? ... and while I'm there I may as well optimize that screw output... and update the signs... and collect a few more berries... almost forgot to pet the lizard doggo...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

SpiffingBrit is similar, but he doesn't just exploit games, he exploits the internet, youtube, and real life too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Not sure this is quite what you're looking for by CYRIAK makes some pretty weird animations that I would call unhinged.

Also, Don Herzfeldt's animations are pretty weird. Oh, and Day Job Orchestra

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Watched him for a while. It all gets a bit samey after a few videos IMO.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

May not be entirely what you're looking for, but my immediate thought is Max0r. His editing style is so insane that I regularly wonder when the mental institute is going to be coming back for him

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jon Drinks Water is a YouTube channel centered 100% around short videos of a guy drinking water.

Stay hydrated, people ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Rusty Cage He built a guillotine in his back yard while rambling about about crazy ideologies and living in a tent. He called it a lemon slicer

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I would suggest ididathing that guy is pure chaos and has zero concerns for his safety, there is a running gag, things get brutal sometimes and overall fun and informative.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Aside from ones I've already mentioned:

I am really frustrated that I don't remember the names of these:

  • someone who made a tutorial on how to make an illegally encrypted radio transmitter
  • some guy making seemingly illegal chemicals (NOT nilered)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Moreso about his crippling fear of aliens, but Joel Vinesauce has some utterly bizarre and nuts segments. His Voices of the Void stuff is hilarious and his paralyzing fear makes him super entertaining. He also does weird youtube video nights where he watches creepy youtube videos.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The vegan scene on YouTube is full of crazy. Not to put shade on vegans but it seems every vegan youtuber is severely mentally ill.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It's fictional, but if you want weirdness, check out Alan Tutorial. If you watch them in order, it doesn't start out unhinged, but it gets there...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Perhaps a bit tame by those standards but explosions & fire or his second channel, extractions & ire. They're good for watching an Australian man's mental health decline while he tinkers with dangerous chemicals in a dilapidated shed full of equipment that looks like it needs to be put out of its misery. On the topic of strange Australians, garbage time is on the lighthearted side of unhinged. Watch as he and his friend ~~torture~~ restore clapped out shitboxes

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

PilotRedSun! Completely unhinged. Absolutely love it. Their album is actually really good too. Pure LSD trip of a channel.

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