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submitted 11 months ago by hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • Barges into Youtube

  • Uploads interesting videos weekly for a decade

  • Refuses to elaborate further

  • Heads off into the sunset

Image of Tom Scott flying under a helicopter in a harness


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[-] dasgoat@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It feels like a bit of 'old internet' died with him, where he's always been an internet optimist and someone who has lived through basically all of it. He stuck to his principles through all of it. And I guess that has become a rarified breed.

Him taking a step back feels like a bit of that old internet of the curiosity, community and creativity of the early days of the internet go with him. Mind you he's not going anywhere except the people he cares about and I completely understand the choice he made, and I only wish the best for him, so this is just me attempting to explain why it feels so confronting and kind of sad. For me it goes beyond 'oh there just won't be anymore of those videos then', which I can live with although it would be sad to see those go. It's his personality that has, through the entire history of youtube and the many, many changes it went through, stuck to the principles of its first ever users. Be curious, be authentic, and generally just try shit out and see if it works.

I'm sure that core of the personality he showed on screen will never really go away, other people will carry that torch. But it's ok to be a little sad to see someone wave off like this. It shows us all how much we enjoyed it all these years.

Also as a MINOR sidenote on the meme, he never refused to explain, you couldn't stop this man from explaining if you tried lol

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The old Internet and its ideals where great.

I actually felt at the time it was mankinds glorious future. Something worth dying for, people have died standing for less.

But it just wasn't to be. Humanity isn't worth saving because they refuse to save themselves.

[-] dasgoat@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Large corporations took over, and it was shit :(

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago

Hopefully the fediverse keeps the fun rolling!

[-] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago
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