Video Essayists Answer Your Assumptions (

[@thomasandrewclifford]

Seeing Hbomberguy interact with anyone outside of his usual space is like seeing a teacher out at the mall.

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

But it's your favourite teacher talking to your like, favourite librarian, so you're both mystified and delighted

[@matthewbrooks5470]

If you want to hear more of that, he was on a Mega64 podcast shortly after the Tommy Tallerico video and a couple episodes of another podcast called Please Stop Talking

[@ingvildkvakestad]

@@matthewbrooks5470what episode of mega64

[@TheCyberQuaker]

He was also on an video with LegalEagle

[@TheHiroBlade]

Look, I get it, but us teachers like to go to malls too. Talk to me, I'm a person. Introduce me to your parents.

[@robotdowney]

Side note: I find Mina Le very positive rather than negative. She's such a passionate fan of art, fashion, and creators behind it all.

[@gemgarrett01]

same!

[@halane4790]

She is fantastic, and I never get tired of just looking at her because she has such a personal style.

[@liliesstarlight]

same!! whenever i recommend her to a friend i always mention i love her because she's always super positive about everything. i usually watch her whenever i wanna see something light hearted since the video essayist space is usually very critical about stuff (as they should ofc) so seeing her smile and laugh always makes me so so happy

[@Laura-dc1op]

@@liliesstarlight Girl also is super heavy on sources and research - antithesis of 'essayists' that just make claims with zero evidence. Plus her essays are more... not sure how to say this... but I walk away usually feeling like the topic is more complex than I would've assumed and I have no new strong negative convictions. Never feel like I've been preached to.

[@Lokeiy]

This interview just delayed hbomberguy's video by a year

[@rob999909]

😭😭😭

[@janewaysmom]

I think it was daylight savings time that did it.

[@mariamatedei]

Lmfao

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

365 likes 🫡

[@JaydevRaol]

😂

[@dustyfairywingstoo]

“I don’t consider content farms competition.” -hbomberguy That was cooold lmaooo but true

[@Cera_01]

If ANYONE can say that, it's him.

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

seeing as he’s an organic locally sourced windowsill content garden

[@KOTEBANAROT]

Hbomb is a curious case because normally channels that rarely upload have a VERY hard time keeping up. He managed to build enough hype that every video is a massive event

[@mhawang8204]

@@KOTEBANAROT Hbomberguy and early “BreadTube” (sorry) creators must have a high subscriber click through rate. Their audience don’t mind waiting 1 year for a 3-hr documentary. The annual upload gets millions of views, and then the algorithm picks it up, too. I’ve seen dozens of videos reacting to/referencing his plagiarism video. You can’t buy that kind of engagement.

[@drartemisa21]

​@@KOTEBANAROT yeah he's like a yearly cinematic event that whatever he puts out, regardless of how niche it is, you HAVE to watch it

[@windowplant2650]

THE never ending blunt rotation

[@Chiggianya]

LMAOOOOOOOO ICONIC

[@zhalosc]

damn never ending is a long time lol

[@Emkito]

doing shrooms with these 3 would go so hard, honestly

[@ziwuri]

these mfs is high on life

[@ElissaBlankenship.]

@@Emkito 😆😆😆

[@middlenerd178]

HBomberGuy came out of the cave he lives in 360 days of the year! Too bad his next video will now be delayed at least a month due to this sacrifice.

[@zeta0590]

This was one of the 5/6 days he comes out lmao. Also rip next video, it is going in the script pile

[@burrit01]

gotta be honest, not used to seeing D'Angelo in a normal environment and not just the upper half of him

[@ilexdiapason]

he has d'angelegs

[@ActuallyHoudini]

LEGS

[@snarkishark]

He has a whole body 😮

[@JaydevRaol]

Same 😄

[@Azcamand]

Didn't think he had legs

[@andycrain3315]

Mina assuming Harry being bald was just a really long bit is sending me

[@Autumn-u7z]

Yessss he's a baby

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

That was sarcasm 😅🤦

[@ihatemickiegee]

@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 it was fantastic sarcasm tho 🧚🏼‍♀️

[@dellarae]

Seeing D'angelo in different lights and new angles is wild. He is so charismatic.

[@toniwilliams3469]

He looks so cute!! It's awesome that he is so tall😊

[@BaileyB1011]

I feel like a fourth wall has been broken 😍 so cool seeing him like this

[@bear33333]

He's one of those people you forget has legs

[@kilgore_trout_37]

Seriously handsome fellow! I def thought that before, but it is different seeing someone semi-casually.

[@cozymoggele]

like 🫣

[@roachno.24]

harry: assumes every other video essayist is more professional and intimidating than him also harry: is the most professional and intimidating guy in the room

[@grmpf]

True, but also, from basically everything I've ever heard about it, 80% of the professionalism part is Kat.

[@DrSpaceman42]

@@grmpfwat

[@grmpf]

@@DrSpaceman42 Kat is Harry's producer.

[@DrSpaceman42]

@@grmpf yes but to say she’s responsible for 80%? I’d say 50/50. I mean I’ve been watching him not just bc of the editing and research..

[@grmpf]

@@DrSpaceman42 I think we just have a different model of what we mean by "the professionalism part".

[@corynt6122]

i feel like this video was made specifically for me

[@1sleepyguy42o]

Frrr

[@shinstantramen5169]

Real

[@bailagringacovers]

Mood

[@goodnight.socialite]

literally… including spencer too?!

[@latissimusdomsi]

+1

[@PosiWritesStories]

I think Hbomberguy saying he was nervous to meet up with D’Angelo and Mina because he thinks everyone else in the space is more professional and skilled than him might have killed my impostor syndrome for good.

[@ornamentalhermit333]

I mean.... Mina does her own research, while hbomber has someone else do it, so yeah, to some degree there's more professional and skilled people in the space

[@nikkoa.3639]

​@@ornamentalhermit333Harry does his own research too, though Kat oversees and aids in it too.

[@hanazupan2879]

mina, d'angelo, hbomberguy AND spencer hosting is such a wild and beautiful crossover

[@JaydevRaol]

Agree!

[@citrusune]

ICONIC

[@KimmikooBlossom]

I was just about to say this. All my fav genres together.

[@Username-1939t9]

i would have never expected to see them all in the same room together, their content is all so varied

[@genesprouts]

facts

[@hpoz222]

"I'm sorry to everyone who FEELS burned to death by my actions" is incredible

[@AW-sx8hm]

I'm not that far in but I'm betting it was Harry who said that.

[@degg6069]

@@AW-sx8hm I'm sorry for who hpoz have made you thought of to have been credited with what was written by hpoz about this video 😔

[@libercriticae]

i love Mina, she knows how to analyze but more importantly WHEN to analyze.

[@aviannte]

The moment when the algorithm suggested that I watch her videos changed KZbin for me forever. So many thoughtful videos!!!

[@inosuhi1]

MY QUEEN

[@anastasialovesoranges]

8:42 I'm sorry but asking a guy who went into a 4 hour rabbit hole about plagiarism on youtube if he fact-checks the content he consumes is extremely funny

[@erraticonteuse]

It was also funny when they brought up the Wikipedia thing, because he also went into DETAIL about how lazy video essayists and plagiarists use Wikipedia.

[@oskarsalas3059]

This is an Avenger's level union.

[@junk_bunk]

33:07 I gasped when D'Angelo flipped his hair and revealed his earrings. He's so beautiful ✨

[@NoFirstNoLastName]

Those earrings are BEAUTIFUL.

[@singlereedenjoyer]

Yeah coming from a straight male that dude is hot omg

[@soltrice]

he is so beautiful

[@skzanarchist]

so pretty omg

[@halane4790]

He is pretty but he also picked everything just right, those earrings were A DREAM

[@honeyswann]

I don’t know how to explain it but these are people I thought id never see together haha. They all talk about different topics in their video essays.

[@-swxtchblade-]

Right? I don't know who the middle guy is at all

[@samt3412]

​@@-swxtchblade- I have never heard of the girl on the left, but I've watched Hbomberguy a lot and a few D'Angelo videos

[@nikotatara4185]

yeah same! i love all three of them and it's such a nice surprise that they had this long talk with each other :)

[@riftintimee]

honestly both hbomberguy and gremlita's videos are great and def worth checking out!!

[@babycakelings]

@@-swxtchblade- Highly recommend him. He goes wild in his video essays. His last 2 have just been he disappears for a year then comes back with evidence that ruins peoples career (they deserve it dw). Like he outed a known video essayer for plagiarizing pretty much every script they've made from other smaller creators.

[@lDagon]

Yeah this is the only Hbomberguy video we getting this year

[@shotgun6X]

Patreon only video came out about Newgrounds

[@ames-inthe-grass]

@@shotgun6Xoooh yay

[@MissJoyce88]

@@shotgun6Xis the pattern actually worth it? I don’t feel like paying monthly to only get a video once a year a bit earlier than the rest

[@theboogster2]

@@MissJoyce88 he has full videos that are only on there. you also get sneak peeks and stuff.

[@schippai3308]

@@MissJoyce88 he doesn't mind if you pay once a year to watch the backlog and stop paying once the month is over - assuming the only thing you want IS them videos

[@sammoya_]

I love how they´re so giggly they seem genuinely comfortable with each other

[@Century_Chicken]

Right?? It's such a fun vibe 😆

[@thestitchwithsami]

Giggly is usually an indication of nervousness, but I do like the vibes.

[@greta1467]

@@thestitchwithsami yeah that's the vibe I got from DAngelo

[@cristysingalong]

Mina, Hbomberguy, and D’Angelo together got me to click on this channel for the first time ever! Shout out to whoever’s idea it was to get these three together!

[@mimze]

Same!

[@allisonskyes]

spencer hosting this assumptions ep before he's been on an ep himself 😭😭

[@jnicole510]

HELP

[@remi.father]

it gen caught me so off guard when he said hey

[@Jenna-fq4qu]

Why does d’angelo look even more handsome in this video than in his own videos? The face card never declines

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

better lighting perhaps? (no shade on his normal lighting, I didn't know who he is before today and haven't seen his videos yet)

[@ponyoholt1846]

I think its because in his own videos he only has a front facing camera and here you can see him in a lot of different angles and also he’s smiling a lot more :)

[@Jenna-fq4qu]

@@ponyoholt1846 yeah I didn’t realize how nice his smile was… lowkey falling in love with him LOL

[@sophspice32]

i just knew mina would someday pop out with a sailor type fit

[@JaydevRaol]

😂

[@studybeanie]

Its such her style I didn't even notice it was a sailor fit

[@LiqouredDuck]

For me D'angelo may speak about drama in the sense that so much worth commenting on tends to be dramatic in some way, but what's different about him is his ability to break it down, strip it of the sensationalism social media tends to add to it and then deliver it in a calm, rational and relatable way so that situations aren't outshined by the celebrity around them and we start viewing the humanity in the problem and the real life consequences or lack thereof. Critical thinking and common sense are things we don't really see anymore in the 'typical' drama channels so I appreciate a person who will call a spade a spade without bias or fear of uncomfortable truths.

[@JaydevRaol]

Agree!

[@priskruger314]

He has that intj vibe cool chill analytical

[@cecizilla]

THIS IS THE WILDEST COLLAB OMG LOVE

[@ElfInTheFlowers]

12 minutes in. Academic here! Fields such as Media Studies, Folkloristics, and Cultural Anthropology are catching up with the online world (most academics are terminally online as well). At least the Chicago Manual of Style has begun incorporating online/social media post formats as primary resources. I cited memes in my dissertation in folklore studies, it can be done! There are free quick citation guides provided by different institutions that are updated yearly. I personally love using select KZbin videos in class along with podcasts as supplementary materials to reading. Each of these has to be carefully selected, vetted, and their bibliography checked. It can be done and provides fresh lively discussions. I know quite a few people who use HBomber and PhilpsophyTube when teaching at a university level! :) Loving this video btw!

[@heatherlee2047]

+

[@veloriahex1593]

Oh, that's brilliant! That would have made my life easier when I was at uni back in the day. Figuring out how to reference internet ephemera was a nightmare. Also, memes and folklore, that absolutely slaps.

[@JaydevRaol]

Thanks

[@MyoticTesseract]

cool thing about people like hbomb and abi thorn is that not only are their videos S tier, but they _deeply_ encourage you to seek out the sources they cite for yourself to the point that it's really easy to use them as jumping off points for research too i get a lot of freedom essay-wise next semester and i'm excited to just go ham with citations lmao

[@cherry_333]

APA has a an official citation method for instagram posts/tweets/youtube videos, this i know for sure cause it’s in my apa citation style book haha

[@moistsquish]

D'angelo AND MINA??? Oo gonna be good

[@HighFiveTheHorizon]

"Geraldine Coster failed to consider the vibes" is such an HBomberguy phrase, it's amazing

[@shi_.]

my girl mina absolutely killing it

[@bonnieost]

The charisma- and she looks SO GOOD TOO

[@potatopotayto8332]

YEESSS SHE'S SLAYING SM

[@pdb189]

Hbomberguy just has an aura

[@z4cte]

menacing

[@StrikeWarlock]

To quote the guy, if you're on the Internet, he can destroy you. Where are Tony Tallarico and James Somerton now?

[@uchihabomber1296]

Honestly never in my life did I expect to see these 3 in the same room.

[@girlpoundcake6275]

D'Angelo talking abt honing English + writing as a way to be able to explain anything in a way people can understand like he really read my brain with that one wow

[@catttyun]

Mina Le and Smosh collab is not something I ever saw coming but I love it!

[@EatinPaste]

Yeah. Mina on a Reddit Story would be killer!!! _And so would D’Angelo tbh._

[@kurasuta3715]

@@EatinPaste Mina on a fashion related Reddit Stories soon maybe?👀

[@ananyasrivastava8771]

@@EatinPaste I NEED this to happen!

[@anewhero1216]

@@EatinPasteany of these three, honestly, hbomberguy on Reddit Stories would be so fun lol

[@Heyheyhaleyd]

@@kurasuta3715I would love this so much!!

[@dinodm4083]

I hope they discuss how Harris Brewis created the greatest KZbin video ever made: “Pathologic is Genius, and Here’s Why”

[@Limonenmixgetraenk]

It's true, though. I don't play video games, I had never heard of Pathologic and that video haunts me and I have never thought of eggs the same way again.

[@Alice-ru6lb]

That video made me buy both Pathologic and Pathologic 2 even knowing I would just die repeatedly and never completing them😂

[@NapnCat]

“Oooh, a lemon 🍋!”

[@mayvalley]

Daniil Dankovsky’s fun steppe vacation was just the tutorial…FOR ARTEMY BUROKH’S TORMENTOUS NIGHTMARE

[@norang3639]

@@mayvalley his video influenced the way I write my own essays/arguments/discussions for a little while 😭😭

[@StinkyBuster]

My assumption is that Big Joel was too big to fit in the studio for this episode and they couldn't find Little Joel

[@ripple329]

If they don’t step out soon I fear they’re never gonna beat the allegations that they’re both one medium Joel

[@CoinMatze]

​@@ripple329 Little Joel hasn't been on camera for the last few videos, so I have to assume that he's stuck mid transformation

[@exxsimp]

id love to see hbomb and big joel interacting, i feel like they analyze things in a similar, see-through-your-nonsense kinda way

[@mammoneymelon]

he's too little to find

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

has anyone seen Big Joel and Little Joel in the same room together?

[@chuutruther]

D'Angelo genuinely looks so gorgeous in this lighting, im still in awe. 😭

[@Raymando]

We got D'Angelo and hbomberguy in the same video before GTA 6

[@vitaminwater9662]

Can we get a new joke before gta 6 tho

[@followthegourd1102]

The new joke comes with a copy of Silksong. ​@@vitaminwater9662

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

​@@vitaminwater9662 Depends on what the Focus is, Vitamin Water.

[@Cheshieruu]

@@PanAndScanBuddy i really, for a sec, thought you typed Ford Focus and I was like: hmm

[@Raymando]

@@vitaminwater9662 we got gta 6 before a new joke

[@juno5756]

One quick comment about the academia comment: we don't look down on the Internet! there are many, many parts of academia actively looking at the internet, and we have been for just as long as the Internet has existed. the popularity of older academics (who focus more on their area of expertise, ie typically older topics) and the time it takes reference styles to update can make it seem like academia looks down on the Internet, but I cannot emphasize how much that is NOT the case. it also just takes a second for people who want to talk about newer topics to get through the peer review process. there are academic articles about video essays that were written over a decade ago!

[@corvaes]

yep, the journal i published to included video essays as a format option. and mla and apa formats includes tons of detail on how to cite from the internet. the internet matters in academia and is valued as a source of info and culture

[@lenalovelis]

D'Angelo....... Respectfully.... Spare hand in marriage sir?

[@rayediance]

Damn, beat me to it. 😢

[@Dingudongo]

D’Angelo def a qt

[@sourlimerick]

I’m afraid he’s married afaik lol

[@yamigurl822]

@@sourlimerickwhaattt he’s married??

[@ripple329]

@@yamigurl822he got a ring on it!

[@jellham4408]

Hbomberguy exists? Doesn’t just spawn into existence every year or two with a multiple hour masterpiece of a video? Shocking

[@helloerika]

this was such an unexpected and charming selection of people. I feel like the on their channels they all seem so confident and potentially intimidating but they were all such sweathearts

[@JaydevRaol]

Agree!

[@teddiespicker]

it’s unexpected because of how little overlap each of their essay topics have but at the same time it’s kinda expected if you see the way they carry themselves in their videos ykwim?

[@HomoAlone1]

I actually wasn't expecting D'angelo to be this giggly and Hbomb to be more giggly I think my assumption is that

[@greta1467]

Comes across as nerves I think

[@TheStickbug_]

A second host has hit assumptions

[@neartheplumtree]

third

[@crodudebro]

Nicole is the og host you can't forget her.

[@Friendlytrevor95]

collect his pages

[@gabbieblue]

oh goddammit

[@morrison420]

@@Friendlytrevor95collect my hosts

[@BritInvLvr]

I follow D’Angelo and HHbomber guy, but I never knew about Mina. She’s delightful and intelligent. I need to check her out.

[@yuvipanda]

Same

[@jaimeh387]

I had seen hbomberguy before but clicked because of Mina.

[@robertfaulkkner5508]

You got D’Angelo and Tommy Tallarico in the same room? Incredible.

[@Itsthewayofallthings]

Never gets old

[@Rynkhora]

Unfortunately I did laugh out loud at this

[@muhash14]

His mother must be very proud

[@Nocturnal_Mee]

ITS ALWAYS JOEY

[@veggiebr0th2]

they were the first americans!

[@rencarnation]

my god the video essayists are maximising their joint slay

[@lidu6363]

"X is garbage and here is Y" is a genious sentence 😳

[@Account81658]

Make it happen, @hbomberguy

[@amysand5400]

genious…

[@swiftlyginger]

Funny seeing them talking about being cited, my university feminist philosophy course had a Mina Le video listed as a required course viewing lol

[@lilanh]

Which one?! Haha so cool

[@swiftlyginger]

@@lilanh was at edinburgh uni lol, and it was the femme fatale video

[@Cado303]

I think the best part about this is that its nice to not see them exist in the vacuum of making solo videos and actually see them interact with others and bounce their thoughts off each other

[@user-kw5jl5wt9f]

Sometimes I forget just how British hbomberguy is

[@TheStarBlack]

So does he

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

he is one of the english people of all time

[@zim00123]

they all look so radiant in this vid 😭 D'Angelo's smile lights up the room

[@roytbull]

Thank you Tommy Tallarico for these prompt questions

[@kirrb-dot-exe]

This is my avengers endgame

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The fact that I know these 3 awesome people means I’ve achieved peak online media literacy

[@aviannte]

You're joking but there're only so many channels that view topics critically in an almost academic sense, so you're correct.

[@GLUBSCHI]

Damn you got hbomberguy?

[@GLUBSCHI]

Nice

[@theplayer7127]

Your based for gd pfp

[@vitaminwater9662]

​@@theplayer7127 epic freakin chungus pilled

[@YamiNoDaisuke]

This is such an amazing collaboration between these video essayists and Tommy Tallarico. Their mother's must be so proud

[@gleekthemonkey4570]

I thought D’Angelo was short.

[@Garlic_bread_7012]

I know right! We always only saw his upper body and now we're seeing his legs too. Kind of trippy.

[@D415h4n34]

He posted a group pic from vidcon this year, on his community tab and dispelled that. This reminded me of the caption on that pic cuz I never thought about his height😅

[@Man-ej6uv]

a fashion girl, a fashion guy... and someone's weird uncle

[@Vivitribal_lame]

getting HBomberGuy to do anything seems impressive

[@foryouphilanything]

omg please give us mina styling hbomb (and d'angelo too tbh) that'd be fire

[@AmericanArchon]

17:30 I wouldn't consider Smosh in that same category as "content farmers" -- they are entertainers, and they come up with skits and faux-games to entertain people. The three essayists are a mix of entertainment and actual education -- I wouldn't consider Smosh to be competing with or parasitic with essayists.

[@janewaysmom]

I agree. I would consider content farms in this type of question to be like iilluminatii used to be, or similar types of commentary channels. Going to their answers, I only really knew iilluminatii in that type of video, because I'm a big fan of video essays, and when I suggested my friend to watch a video essay after she told me about iilluminatii, my friend said it was too long and she didn't feel like watching it, so at least between myself and that friend, they're exactly right.

[@bisma1352]

Well Spencer is a bigger athourity on it than us as he's involved in producing it. I think he's right because content farm isn't a negative thing unless you give it that association. They do make frequently producable, reproducable shows, unscripted content without many props needed on pit. The quality comes from the amazing staff they hired. I feel they're like a good tv show while the 3 essayists are making movies. Both are great entertainment in their own right and have the same retention of audience because we trust the creators. As for content farms being necessarily in the essayists lane, i think that's only one genre of content farms while Spencer probably compared to content house content

[@WeebishSwed]

​​@@janewaysmomilluminaughti was probably content farm-lite, mostly cuz she still (sadly) knew the writers of her videos. I am not exactly sure what the definition of a content farm is though, and it does very much seems she made her videos just for money.

[@eita.jovana]

May I just say, Mina's essay about Catholicore is just living rent-free on my mind for monthsssssss

[@nazathelivingcorpse]

HOLY SHIT HBOMBER GUY AND D'ANGELO WALLACE IN THE SAME ROOM????????

[@bondickle]

I KNOW! Plus Spencer, all my worlds are colliding in a way I never expected... on a video together sure but PHYSICALLY in the same room? Never! 😂

[@_G4.R4_]

what is this a crossover episode?!?

[@jonsible]

"Turns out when you're the youngest person in the room for 10 years, you become the older person." I dont know if this even makes sense but I felt it deeply.

[@Paper_Frogg]

for some reason it feels weird to discover that Harry is just like a regular guy normally

[@wiltedwoods]

Seeing D’Angelo like this is so jarring, he’s so animated when he speaks, and my god how tall is he, man looks squished!

[@jenniferlee8151]

He’s 6’ 1” iirc!

[@blahblahblahEMILY]

i'm lowkey surprised he's so tall. i thought he was a short king for some reason

[@atlantictiger]

OBSESSED WITH THIS TRIO ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

[@randomperson8733]

It's nice to see hbomberguy interact with other KZbinrs like Mina and D'Angelo, he really seems respected and appreciated within the community and deservingly so.

[@redwiltshire1816]

I don’t think any of these people even count as drama channels they all make essays a drama channel is someone who reports on drama in it’s simplest forms

[@sarkaztik3228]

I don't know about these days, but years ago D'Angelo was most definitely a drama channel in the most generic sense of the word. I stopped watching him, but maybe his content got better.

[@leonardozhang]

​​@@sarkaztik3228Yeah, I remember he started off doing art and art drama videos, then transitioned to 10 minute "topic of the week" videos and now he does longer form video essays. If you enjoy deep dives, I'd recommend checking out his newer content.

[@redwiltshire1816]

@@sarkaztik3228 Ive only seen the recent stuff Hbomb is the only one i fully know

[@JJ-ec9lp]

Sometimes it’s drama but cultural analysis and politics is not drama and calling out crimes (like the Cody ko or Shane Dawson videos), or talking about TV and video games, isn’t drama. So I don’t think they’re drama channels, but sometimes they cover “drama”

[@samt3412]

​@JJ-ec9lp and Harris himself is extremely averse to the label, he says as much in the plagiarism video

[@Koshiso]

D’Angelo is the guy who would be a ‘pleasure to have in class’

[@wotameline944]

omg mina AND d'angelo what!!!!!!

[@seri-ously8591]

Hbomberguy is definitely a mood here. He's so laidback.

[@TheStarBlack]

Aka British

[@samyeule]

this video is stacked dude

[@Panheim]

I’m a student at Oxford University and honestly believe KZbin video essays are one of the most effective tools for learning. The combination of aural input, visual stimuli, subtitles (if you want them), and narrative result in a remarkably high amount of memory retention from the perspective of the person watching. In Oxford my friends are always impressed by how much I know about a wide breadth of topics - some of them relevant and some of them irrelevant to my own research focus. Also, video essays are obviously not by default reliable sources, but people do seem more cognisant of that fact than any kind of written research or news article. Those can be full of BS but just because it’s written in an academic font you should believe it? Even a lot of peer-reviewed studies thrown around on the internet (including KZbin video essays) all the time just cite a single study with a limited sample size. People, including myself, are simply not trained to be able to read between the lines to the extent necessary in modern society. I know enough about it only to say that I don’t know enough; we should always remain skeptical.

[@moeezS]

Stories are memorable, and with the storytelling capabilities of video essayists, it makes sense that it would be easier to retain information.

[@Samantha-vlly]

I had this thought weeks ago, questioning if it’s “ethical” to use their video for education content. I followed Mina Le, oliviasun, Shanspeare(and the other videos I find interesting) and I wouldn’t be surprised if these people helped me formed thoughts in clear and accurate as possible for the half of decade using KZbin(and using English in this platform all the time)

[@VegetarianTrex]

Fun fact about Inferno, its basically the foundation of Modern Italian. You can read it in Italian today and understand it (if you speak Italian) and I know because Ive done it. Incredibile piece of literature. Also very much written out of spite. Half of it is just 14th century Flourintine politics. Its great.

[@clinicallyarsonistic]

I like how everyone is so dressed up while Hbomberguy just walks in bald with a shirt

[@anarchohannibalism]

at least his shirt was freshly ironed 😁

[@turtlepenguinXkizuna]

I like that you say this as though hair is part of the dress code 😂

[@thewingedporpoise]

he's wearing the white guy uniform, monochrome T-shirt and jeans (I assume)

[@TheStarBlack]

He doesn't have much choice about being bald does he. What did you want, a wig?

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

​@@TheStarBlack now you mention it, yes

[@d.o.m.i.]

I can't believe anthony padilla got me to see hbomberguy in a video again this year 🤧 ty anthony

[@LibertyMonk]

"when you're the youngest person in the room for ten years, you become the oldest person in the room" is so true though. Often times, it's closer to two years, especially in rooms with high turnover rate.

[@lemon_3612]

Mina Le appreciation!!!

[@VeSpEr7iNe]

I just realised that I've never seen D'Angelo from another angle before...he is ✨flawless✨

[@colorfulmoth]

Using "Skyrim is Garbage" as the example in the video made me cry 😭😭😭

[@raputha1148]

Its one of my favorites

[@Helperbot-2000]

Now THATS an hbomb classic. Everyone needs to watch that one

[@nikolascannell]

D’Angelo is so sane. So healed and level. And real. Love it

[@Bushuschild]

I remember watching D’Angelo when he just started, cool to see him widely recognized within his field!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

So nice to see Miss Mina featured here! The doves are beyond happy to see this, for sure!

[@toxicallypink]

D'Angelo has no right being so damn cute

[@bradugar]

The Ben Shapiro Wall Break being not planned makes it 10 times funnier

[@AdThe1st]

Everytime I see Hbomberguy I have the itch to rewatch the New Vegas video

[@aaaaaikaaaaa]

8:08 **BRITISH PANIC AFTER MAKING A 9/11-INSPIRED JOKE**

[@erraticonteuse]

He gets a pass because we were making those jokes about his plagiarism video and Todd in the Shadows's James Somerton video😅

[@CaterinaMastrogiacomo]

INCREDIBLE essayists to have on! It feels like videos being photoshopped together. How do these three people exist in one room Love how now it's THE plagiarism video

[@alexacrdro]

If your essay has no thesis or conclusion, than it's commentary and/or drama, which should be a more neutral statement. I will say though that it is frustrating from a viewer's perspective to have videos that advertise themselves as essays but aren't. Genuine, well-researched essays can be hard to come by

[@TheSunBoi]

I am a simple man. I see D'Angelo, I click

[@ilikeyoshi]

the "writing the script versus _speaking_ the script" section is so interesting to me as a creative writer, because one of the exercises we're commonly taught is to read our dialogue out loud precisely _because_ doing so helps us determine if it actually makes sense or sounds good. like, in hindsight, of COURSE essayists would have the exact same problem and solution, but i'd never thought about it until now and it's just fascinating the heck out of me, the way we can write something and then hear it back and go "what the fuck?" :D

[@maryjones9477]

D’Angelo is so tall oh my god

[@Grace-px5ck]

D'Angelos hair just keeps getting longer its so pretty

[@izzyisnthome]

D'Angelo looks GOOD

[@thomasandrewclifford]

Me discovering Hbomberguy: "How does someone make a 2 hour video on one topic?! This must be trash" Me after discovering Homberguy: "please either give me a 4 hour breakdown of pikmin or the EDL"

[@Consey]

HBomb: The History of Pikmin (A Measured Response) *somehow goes into a rabbit hole destroying the EDL in the same video*

[@Simsrockslol]

D’Angelo is so pretty wtf

[@faizahmohammedaruwa]

The scary realization that if this was filmed like a year ago, Illuminaughty might have been here 💀