Ask HN: What is your weirdest secret YouTube addiction?

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Bad old movies, may not be always youtube. But the Internet has given me the ability to watch a lot of classic cinema drek.

Some examples - Queen Kong, Just Imagine (1930), Space Probe Taurus, Planet of the Vampires

Rap battles.
shuffle-t and marlow?
iron solomon, diz, pat stay, qp, qleen paper (other qp) etc.. grind time kotd smack
Ditto. I'm guessing this is getting downvoted because they're so offensive and juvenile, but man, if you're a junky for puns and clever wordplay there's just nothing better.
Hot Wheel car restoration and customization: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnsnjDFdtULQ4ILpABYb9UQ

I have absolutely no interest in doing this myself, but the guy does an incredible job with the cars and videos. Simply relaxing to watch.

Tips from a Shipwright: https://www.youtube.com/user/TipsfromaShipWright

I have built a wooden boat and would love to do more. He is currently on his second beginning-to-end project. Incredible skill. Fun to watch him work and see the final product. Also well done videos (professionally produced by a sponsor) and just a really pleasing personality.

I saw those videos (primitive technology) many times in the past - good stuff indeed!
Coding tutorials and product reviews in English by people who who don't normally speak English. So much respect for them too.
A game we played with a friend of mine: the idea is to start with the recommended videos and then continue with all of the random stuff that goes as suggested videos (but never repeating anything you had already watched). We call it "YouTube TV".
Joey's World Tour

a rather obese, but extremely good natured and outgoing youtuber that absolutely stuffs his face during food reviews. Most of the video is him smacking while eating rather disgustingly.

Some of his videos are the literal definition of gluttony.

I love to watch his videos while cutting calories because it immediately makes me lose my appetite.

I feel like such a bad person for doing this but it is rather effective.

I didn't think I would see another fan on Hacker News! Woo woo woo woo!
As of right now: Kpop.

Last week I watched a video called 'Likey' by a Kpop group called Twice because a channel I'm subscribed to was reacting to it, and now I'm hooked.

I thougth I wouldn't like it, but they seem so cute and happy, and I've found that watching their videos is (in my case) a good way to relieve stress after a long day of programming.

>I thougth I wouldn't like it, but they seem so cute and happy

It's best not to know how the sausage gets made when it comes to K-pop.

Also good: Blackpink, G-Dragon, 2ne1, f(x), Bang Yongguk

And ReactToTheK has classical music students doing Kpop reactions, adding a bit of technical/music theory analysis.

> It's best not to know how the sausage gets made when it comes to K-pop.

Yeah I tough the same after a while, obviously is all an act, nobody can be so cheerful 24/7 but I still enjoy the music videos and the funny compilations hehe.

Thanks for the recommendations! I will check them later :)

BDSM. Yeah this'll get flagged but its true.
Chyrosran's mechanical keyboard reviews and teardowns. YouTube's recommendation algorithm always shows me a new video when it's posted, and it's not wrong. I'm a fan of mechanical kb's (typing this on a Topre Type Heaven), but this particular tuber also has a great voice and presentation.
Rosanna Pasino... especially the Nerdy Nummies stuff.

When she's a bit too peppy, I have to turn the volume down or off (it sounds like the worst sort of baby talk to me), but the stuff she makes is amazing.

My kids are into her and I like it enough to watch with them sometimes. At first I rolled my eyes (mostly at the baby talk), after a few videos I was impressed. Now having watched dozens of them, I'm really amazed at her combination of creativity, artistic skills, attention to detail, and the massive amount of labor she must put into everything from test recipes to social media marketing. I barely cook and am uninterested in pop-culture but she is weirdly an inspiration to me.
Creepypasta, battle rap, and ASMR.
Old School Runescape videos. Don't even play the game, but it brings me some nostalgia from times playing in 04-07 years.
Shoenice. It's quite a thing to watch someone down a fifth of vodka, whiskey, gin and all assorted forms of liquor within a few seconds. Also, street fights, paparazzi videos and just going down the youtube rabbit hole and seeing where it takes me. Though youtube rabbit hole was a lot more fun before youtube decided to censor everything.
Over the years I went through a few:

- Batsu games (no-laugh game shows from Japan. Search for it, the first result is a reddit link with list of episodes)

- Angry Video Game Nerd episodes (I love old school nintendo games)

- DBZ-Tubers (mostly started watching because of DBZ making a resurgence with DBSuper)

B Roll. This is the behind the scenes footage Hollywood studios provide. PR for a film. Usually spliced in when broadcasting a celebrity interview to give "atmosphere".

But I find the mega budget production aspects fascinating. Seeing the million dollar DaVinci Resolve boards. The robotic Oculus camera cranes. As well as the intricate stunt choreography and wire work for Guardians 2. The massive alien ship interior sets for Arrival. The ballroom in Beauty and the Beast.

Another recent good one: Murder on the Orient Express. Istanbul's Sirkeci Rail Station. And a snow bound cliff outside Vincovci. All recreated on London sound stages. And shot in vintage large format Panavision 65mm analog film cameras ;)

Behind The Scenes On Murder on the Orient Express

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH_R2OauWMk