Discussion Favorite Video Essays?

[Unsure and Useless]

I don't know if anyone else does this, but I really love listening to video essays, both as primary entertainment and as background noise that I listen to while doing other things. Granted, this probably puts me in the "Got My Opinion from a YouTuber" camp, but with how articulate these videos are, I feel like I'm just believing the facts presented ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways, I just wanted to share my favorite video essays while encouraging anyone here to do the same!

"If Pretty is a Privilege, Ugly is a Curse" by Olurinatti

I really liked this video essay because I've lived as an ugly person all my life while simultaneously being gaslit about my life experiences, so watching this video was like finding a way to properly verbalize what happened to me​

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"The Worldbuilding of Avatar: Authoritarianism, Corruption, and Propaganda" by Hello Future Me

I just find this relatable considering the condition of the majority of governments all over the world. Plus, there is no war in Ba Sing Se, and there is no discrimination of the mentally ill.​

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"why obsessive love feels comforting" by bazazilio

I just like yanderes. I said what I said​

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"How Private Equity Made Piracy Great Again" by GEN

No comment​

"How 'No I'm Not A Human' Explores Discrimination | Psychological Horror Game Analysis Explained" by DreadWick

I love video game analysis videos​

 

[KinderEgg]

It's a recent one but it's pretty good.

 

[Grimlock]

 

[MeSauce]

anything by exurb1a on Youtube

 

[girlsrituals]

eddy burback my beloved. all of his videos are really good, but this is one of my favorites.

 

[Sasha Swift]

This one is really chill and thoughtful. I like the authors vibe and I've never been disappointed returning to this vid. I know, I know how cringe could a video essay about romance be, but trust me, sometimes it's nice to think about something far removed from your life lol.

 

[AS.star]

I love watching video essays about the brine shrimps
they're not so hard to maintain and they're cute

 

[nobody_oac]