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Tildes Video Thread
So, quite a few people don't like/watch video content, and don't like seeing the homepage filled with videos. Let's try something new, see if it sticks.
What are the best videos you have watched this past week/fortnight?
Yeti
Since Quill18 moved on from the game three months ago, there has been a paucity of good (and current) Songs of Syx content on YouTube.
Luckily Yeti has picked up the mantle with his mellow/caustic laid-back approach to lets playing. Which is great, because this epic city state simulator shows real promise. And I love a good city builder, à la Rimworld!
The first video of his series is here.
I've been watching a few vintage video from the UK.
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugIoMD495E
This describes the rescue of a train that got stuck on snow. It's a remarkable snap-shot into the time - everybody is smoking, and everybody is coughing when they're working.
Overhaul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8lXC4Xp7YM
This describes how London Transport used to repair buses. There are loads of somewhat hidden class indicators here - the different colour lab coats and overalls, the different suits, etc etc. Like this guy, operating a crane in apparently a suit and hat. https://youtu.be/f8lXC4Xp7YM?t=255 I find the clothing fascinating because I don't know if that's how people dressed, or if they dressed up because they were being filmed and photographed. (I suspect the former - clothing was expensive, people had fewer but better constructed garments).
Drifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q76BDaWRsjs
This is from "British Instructional Films". The typography is lovely. Drifting is a type of fishing for herring with long (1.5mile, 2.5km) nets. We get to see how dirty steam engines are. The film is instructional, but never treats the audience like idiots. It's calm, not flashy. The actual catch is kind of horrific - fish are not free to swim but inside a bag-like net, they're trapped within the mesh of the net. There's a brief mention of sustainability.
Quite understandably so, I think. Reading is a more efficient mode of learning than video watching for most people, perhaps especially so for the typical Tildes user. Where videos makes sense is in two scenarios: