• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The phrase “Tom Scott itch” makes me think of an itchy butthole. Not sure if that was intended, but that’s how I took it

  • kora@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    As I anticipated, I’ve yet to find a replacement for most of the things I enjoyed from Tom.

    My source of uniquely emoted monologues of the British persuasion is often somewhat filled by “Lost in the Pond”.

    My engineering/hardware fix is a mix of many channels, a “newer” channel some may not yet know would be “Inheritance Machinery”

    Funky Art projects/style has lately been Ali Spangola, she’s a real hoot

    Unique Items of a vaguely educational nature would be Objectivity as well as Steve Mould

    And Gameshows and the like from DropoutTv, thoughve I’ve yet to find anything like CitationNeeded.

    Tom’s a hard guy to replace, but thats not really something I’ve tried to do anyways. I just get my fixes from many youtubers who also provide unique and wonderful content too.

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Seconding inheritance machining. Love the dry humor. In general a very charismatic guy.

      If you enjoy that type of content, and don’t know him yet, also check out “this old tony”. He leans more into the comedy side of things but his videos are also still very informative

      • kora@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        I like the cut of his jib, just never connected with any projects of his really.

        Do I sense another follower of the man I adopted as my new dad - Adam Savage?

        • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Fair enough. Personally its not really about the projects, he’s just too funny not to watch.

          I actually don’t subscribe to him but his 1 day builds pop up on my recommended a lot so I do watch a bunch of his videos. Absolutely charming man as well.

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      And then you see Adam Savage geeking out, nearly in tears about gauge blocks in his workshop.

  • OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That’s a persistent itch.

    Here are two channels I think Tom’s viewers would appreciate.

    Alexis Dahl makes interesting videos on history, science and life in Michigan.

    The Tim Traveller makes ridiculous, yet strangely informative videos about locations all over Europe.

    Both channels consistently provide answers to questions I hadn’t thought to ask. Both do it with a genuine sense of wonder and a lot of heart.

      • overload@sopuli.xyz
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        8 months ago

        Steve mould not doing location filming maybe could be a reason. I think he scratches that itch talking about interesting physics phenomena that Tom had though.

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Veritasum is amazing. Recently I rediscovered them with the video about the SAT question everybody got wrong. My mind was blow.

      • overload@sopuli.xyz
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        8 months ago

        Veritasium is up there as one of the best creators on the platform, really good at generating interesting topics, even when talking about the mundane.

    • Miarolitic@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      He used to produce very interesting science and technology content on YouTube. His videos are worth looking up.

      He still does a podcast called Lateral which I enjoy.

  • Hukka@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Make sure you subscribe to his newsletter if you haven’t yet. He often shares interesting finds from the internet and videos worth watching about all sorts of topics.

  • MR_GABARISE@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The CBC has a really great series called “About That” and the vulgarisation is on a whole other level.

    It’s geared around Canadian news and politics half of the time but it covers international events as well.

    It scratches that itch, just on much more current topics.

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I never discovered Tom Scott until his announcement that he was taking a break which many other channels made videos on. Looking through them, as well as seeing the suggestions, I can kind of get the gist of the channel. Suggestions I haven’t seen yet:

    Climate Town - climate and environment related

    Rebecca Watson - science and critical thinking

    ContraPoints - philosophy related

    Adam Conover - Currently more politically oriented but Adam Ruins Everything was more general

  • Devi@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    The Tim Traveller is very similar, they’re actually friends too which is nice.

    • Arfman@aussie.zone
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      8 months ago

      He’s great and I think he’s crossed with other similar content creators too including Tom Scott (or I could be wrong about that last one)

      • bob_lemon@feddit.de
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        8 months ago

        There’s a video about a rail replacement helicopter in which Tim states that Tom wanted to do a video about it. But he was busy at the time, so they sent the tip to Tim instead.

  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Some suggestions I haven’t seen yet, not all of which perfectly map with Tom Scott but are still good! At least the first five of these are also available on Nebula.

    • Answers with Joe (starring Joe Scott. No relation, but a similar name!)

    • Wendover / Half as Interesting (two channels with a different vibe, but the same guy)

    • Mustard (cool airplane and other vehicle stuff)

    • Innuendo Studios

    • Legal Eagle

    • SciShow

    • Shaun (basically a podcast, but the guy is quite smart and he does a fantastic job considering how boring he sounds! 😂)

    • Hbomberguy