What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?

Journey to the End of Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA&t=1559s

Veritasium on Thermite reaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBz04LlLVk

Problems of a Shared Office - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD_VX9SLfsc

History of the entire world, I guess - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs

Colin Furze Underground Activities - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGjbAdaOBLBlS1MPKXYmq...

Future of Reasoning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArVh3Cj9rw

Sex in Trek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqQwAVEbM8

Design of the aluminum beverage can

https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw

For everyone else, thanks for sharing! Normally i think sharing videos is bad mojo--the Internet is so personalized that favorites are difficult to share. But I really enjoyed most of what has been shared so far!

The King of Microrhythm -- composer David Bruce discusses J Dilla (and many others), and how to compose and play (!) off-grid.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...

Oh, the Places You'll Go at Burning Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahv_1IS7SiE

Microservices by KRAZAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ

RedLetterMedia Phantom Menace review. A remarkably unique mix of comedy and genuine insight.

I feel like the Star Wars prequels were largely ignored culturally for years, but after the Plinkett review they keep coming up. There are even weirdos who insist they're good now.

Ultimate dog tease https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw&pp=ygUJbWFwbGUgZG9...

RIP

I don't know about favorite ever, but I've discovered Harry Mack freestyling about a year ago and have spent dozens of hours catching up on the entire backlog, this man is a genius (and this is not a music style I even care for) . This particular video is my favorite of his due to the infectious beat and sheer positivity: https://youtu.be/dxYah-Tlkmc. Everything he does is an instant classic though.

Scenic train ride from Bergen to Oslo (Norway) - 7 hours and 14 minutes of beautiful Fjords and trees along side the rails. As near as I can tell, this is the original from 2014 that kicked off the slow video movement.

The tunnels they've constructed are impressive.

I've often wondered how good the 3d model you could build from the original 250 gigabyte file would be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisVS_DKpJg

Russ Olsen, author of Getting Closure, Eloquent Ruby and Design Patterns with Ruby, telling the story of the moon landing as a conference talk.

Inspired me beyond measure and brought tears to my eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3XwpSKqNZw

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George Lakoff’s lecture on Moral Politics. Instantaneous understanding of political language and identity politics. Incredibly important, especially today in time of extreme polarization.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM

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Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&vl=en

Björk talking about her TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y

Queeblo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ANZ8Osnz4

Oh my gah!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlLhw1mtCFA

Lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc61ONXClhA

Destino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_TlaxmOKqs

I've got a whole playlist of my favorite Chris Turner's freestyle raps. but if I get to pick one it would be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD9uFiiw1mw

John Cleese on Creativity In Management > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g&ab_channel=Video...

Glow sticks in a toilet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezWHPJPfo54

2 Cars Play System-Linked Halo On Highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdEc2-tms4

Real Life Goldeneye 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RR5V0rmN4o

Clearly, I'm stuck in the early 2000's.

Peter Skillman Marshmallow Design Challenge

From a TED talk in 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p5sBzMtB3Q

Only 3:31 - a great 'how to build' especially the part from 2:05 to 2:15.

There have been several follow up videos by others, my favorite that expands is only 7:22

Build a tower, build a team | Tom Wujec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yKBitO8M

There are probably others

Two with little to no redeeming social value that I love anyway and watch often:

Werner Herzog discusses chickens: https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM?si=hG_1peHgNu5Oh1zK

Two women trying to chug a bottle of Sprite: https://youtu.be/9N3Cc4A-6yo?si=B_GT3ecJK-hXuCrt

https://youtu.be/dyMXYE_50Ts?si=_uMtKO5oyR8L3l4e

Funny goats screaming like humans -

https://youtu.be/nlYlNF30bVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

probability of someone getting rickrolled in this thread is very high

Gucci Mane explaining "the sauce" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-F88c6Hrk

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ihrGNGesfI

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33509164

4k walking tours.

There are too many.

I find myself looking up Japan walking tours and getting “lost” there. So wonderful.

This 4-part documentary on Napoleon.

https://youtu.be/MrbiSUgZEbg?si=QKXNuO2Gqxa9ffLL

Interview with Senior Rust Developer in 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfQu0bQTKc

(not really)

Solopreneur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtjKbXKqbg

Hard to choose, but I always enjoy this one:

https://youtu.be/Jb4prVsXkZU - how to land the space shuttle

30 Days Timelapse at Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHrCI9eSJGQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z8KdmMlqEY

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bcantrill's "Shouting in the Datacenter":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

And anything by KRAZAM.

The Mentos video.

Now whats your favorite colour, ever?

> Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?

I go to youtube only for the ads. /s