The only British person I respect rule
The only British person I respect rule
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I'd like him to do more, but maybe he's done everything interesting enough to make it onto his channel. I'd rather he stop than start making lower quality (in terms of topics) videos.
Maybe he's just embodying the quote: "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain".
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I'm honestly excited. He mentioned in the video how there will probably be some more experimental stuff, and I really like his experimental stuff. Money, for example, was really good. And there's still Lateral for us to listen to while we wait.
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Tom Scott is a mother fucking international treasure
He's like the lawful good version of Colin furze
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He's like the lawful good version of Colin furze
I think this is the best description I've seen. Colin Furze is chaotic neutral at best, but I 100% can see Tom Scott being the epitome of lawful good for youtubers.
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Colin is my hero but I think his ranking depends on what day you classify him.
Screwdrive tank driving Colin furze is different from high speed rotating chef knife belt colin furze who is wholly distinct from Colin Furze mining company who doesn't seek out any permits.
I can't quit figure out whether he would be the best or worst neighbor and existence. Still absolutely love the guy though
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I was very sad to see Tom's video. He has always delivered content as it should be. No bullshit at all, but rather informative, well-researched assessments. I have the utmost respect for people like Tom and can well understand that he simply can't carry on like this under the current conditions.
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When I saw this come up on my feed, I thought to myself that it's probably one of those "this is my last video.... Of 2023." Kind of things. Some kind of rugpull. But no, he was just saying goodbye to his posting schedule and taking a break.
I wish you the best, Tom. I've always appreciated the critical and factual analysis you've provided on a variety of topics. You've provided everyone with great content and valuable, factual information over the past decade. I'm sad that you're leaving, but I wish you all the best, all the same.
Thank you.
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There isn't a single downvote in this post, yet. And it has already 1K up vote. It says something about Tom.
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only British person I respect
Map Men slander.
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Dont forget Steve Mould
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They are goated!
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I hope he enjoys his break. He's earned it.
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In case you have missed, there's a second channel where he tried stuff, like stage fighting, with guests.
https://www.youtube.com/c/tomscottplus
Tom Scott has also done a lot of hilarious stuff with his mates.
https://www.youtube.com/@mattandtom
https://www.youtube.com/@techdif
Also Matt Gray (that face from that image from that video) has started doing a new series of trying cool stuff, like road painting.
https://www.youtube.com/@MattGrayYES
Also previously he bought a soft-serve ice cream machine for a while and tried what ingredients would work in it.
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Let's also not forget Lateral, which he said he'll still be doing and is quickly becoming my favorite podcast!
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He's also in a few Numberphile videos, I recommend them regardless if you like maths
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More on the Computerphile side, especially the timezone one.
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He's never been the same since the xnopyt incident...
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Which is..?
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Cheers, Tom.
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On one side I'm partly sad that he's stopping those, but on another respect, he earned it and more!
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Be free!!
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Legendary exit for a legendary creator
Godspeed, you magnificent bastard
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Him and meat canyon it's so sad to see but if that's what they need then I'm happy for them.
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at least hes still doing the lateral podcast for the time being.
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An absolute national treasure. People have been given MBEs or even OBEs for far lesser achievements.
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I was thinking about this earlier. I'm not sure the OBE would consider his achievements to be noteworthy. If you look at other notable recipients, they all had careers spanning many decades, and the ones in entertainment all have backgrounds in more "classy" vocations (theater, film, music). I'm not sure they'd consider "some guy posting videos on the Internet" (from their perspective) to be of sufficient pedigree. That, and occasionally poking fun at the government and royalty probably hasn't put him very high on the list.
However, i think that even if he was offered knighthood, he'd probably decline it, either because he thinks he doesn't deserve it or because he would be too nervous or embarrassed to accept it.
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Pour one out
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Definitely going to miss Tom.
Legend.
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Awww damn.
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just like lord buckethead is the only heredity peer i recognise
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The Tim Traveler is another youtube channel with the same exploration of interesting places, but smaller and more European Centric.
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Maybe you missed it, he put out a video today where he spends several minutes elaborating.
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Name every British person
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I also love his videos!
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@testeronious@lemmy.world just testing
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how about mrwhosetheboss for making a video on calyx
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Saying that Tom Scott "refuses to elaborate further" may be the biggest stretch I've ever seen on the Internet.
I thought the guy was meh. Very much the middle of the road for big sci-comm Youtubers. Less annoying than some of the other really big ones. Him dropping the weekly cadence is only a bummer because I'd been tracking the passage of time by his receeding hairline, like counting rings on a tree stump.
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Who are you?
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Really, Redfugee42? At least buy me dinner first. Right out of the gate with the personal questions.
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I might have teared up during the montage.
It's like the end of an age. But as he literally said it's not.
I've almost never been this conflicted in my life.
For the past decade I've been waking up to a new Tom Scott video every Monday. The positivity and curiosity helped me start my week. I'm really going to miss it.
I remember someone telling a suuuuper dumb joke and then linking "two drums and a cymbal" several years after he made the video, and I'd see vids occasionally.
It wasn't until "Danger: Humans" that I went through all his "things you might not know" he had at the time, and subscribed.
I'll just have to binge the channel some more.
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
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.
I had to turn it off when that started. Noped out of there and the nieces and nephews came in from outside asking me what's wrong.
Gonna try again during a later, more private moment.