What video are you watching on YouTube?

[Jacob Petersheim]

 

[Don Alaska]

Another thing I want for Christmas. My daughter became allergic to sledge hammers and wedges.

When I had sons at home, we could split wood faster than any log splitter, but no that I am old. I bought a little electric job that does the work just fine. After the back surgery and all, I could no longer swing a maul. This thing works just fine, and, since it is electric, I can even split wood in the heated garage if it is too cold or raining hard.

 

[Mary Stetler]

Where did you get it? If it fits in my stocking maybe a small back hoe will fit under the tree. Renting them is a pain.

 

[Don Alaska]

Where did you get it? If it fits in my stocking maybe a small back hoe will fit under the tree. Renting them is a pain.

I don't remember where I got the splitter. Home Depot maybe? We used to rent small excavators to clean the barn, as the ceiling is low to conserve heat in winter. We bought a small tractor to do that job, and no longer rent the backhoes. There are backhoe attachments for the tractor, but they cost as much as the tractor originally did, are a pain to take on and off...and don't do as good a job as a small excavator. The little bobcat excavators will be my option if I really need one. For big jobs, I would just as soon hire someone to do the job.

 

[Mary Stetler]

I don't remember where I got the splitter. Home Depot maybe? We used to rent small excavators to clean the barn, as the ceiling is low to conserve heat in winter. We bought a small tractor to do that job, and no longer rent the backhoes. There are backhoe attachments for the tractor, but they cost as much as the tractor originally did, are a pain to take on and off...and don't do as good a job as a small excavator. The little bobcat excavators will be my option if I really need one. For big jobs, I would just as soon hire someone to do the job.

I agree.
Daughter works at a Menards which rents a lot of stuff but no log splitter. Probably because of insurance.

 

[Joe Riley]

 

[Tony Page]

I recently watched a YouTube video about a 5,000 year old map recently found in an Egyptian tomb carved in stone only found in an location in Peru. The map accurately shows the world as it is layed out as we know it today. It showed North America, South America these are areas never thought explored that far back.

How could they show a bird's eye view of the world at the time when man supposedly wasn't airborne.

They claim this Map was hidden for 5,000 years for an unknown reason. There was a lot more mystery to this story then I can remember right now, but if you get a chance you might want to take a peek it's only about 20 minutes long.

I have not heard about this except on this on this video. I wonder how much weight you can put on anything showing on YouTube? If it's real it will change the history of the world.

Link below.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I wonder how much weight you can put on anything showing on YouTube?

This puzzles me.

Would you trust it more from The History Channel? From Rachel Maddow? From the Vatican? All three of those (and more) have been demonstrated to spew disinformation and nonsense for a very long time. All of them completely monetized as well!!!

It reminds me of an economist who has studied the petroleum industry and regulation within California for decades. He has pointed out the realities and been discouraged and canceled along the way for 30 years. Right now they don't want to admit the reasons he's exposing for the refinery closures in California, much less the black hole of the State's energy policies in general.

So because he has recently been interviewed and those interviews aired on YouTube... we should discount everything he says?

People need to get over this mantra that YouTube, Rumble, and on and on are platforms of disinformation.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

How could they show a bird's eye view of the world at the time when man supposedly wasn't airborne.

Haven't you heard? Aliens loved the Egyptians. Or perhaps they were the Egyptians? Who knows?

Would you trust it more from The History Channel?

I absolutely agree with you there. Have you ever seen their show "How the Earth was Made"? There are some episodes that are questionable at best, but the one on the Yellowstone hotspot was pure bullskit. It wasn't accurate when it was made, much less now...

 

[Tony Page]

If the story is real, that's why I said "when man supposedly wasn't airborne." I agree one explanation is ET's if they are real.

I've been fooled a few times with unbelievable stories on YouTube.
How many times was I fooled by fake celebrity deaths, hoax UFO and Bigfoot sightings, switch and bait stories and on and on.

A report on the internet

• A 2023 report by DeepTrace Labs found that YouTube hosts over 96% of all online deepfakes.

96% sounds high to me, for me any percent is too high.

With that said I still enjoy watching videos from legit organizations.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I think this DeepTrace Labs is out to make a name for themselves, and don't believe that 96% of YouTube videos are Deep Fakes. However, I do believe that a vast number of YouTube Content Creators (I call them "Tubers") are only in it for the money, and much of their content is fake. The Like and Subscribe game... If you are entertained by fake material, then by all means click away. But as I've said many times, YouTube is not a good source for News. Even low budget local TV station's News is more accurate than YouTube.

What bothers me about it is the people who lie to you, and say what they are saying is based on facts, without citing any sources to back it up. I bet Walter Cronkite, the CBS News Anchor who became known as the "most trusted man in America" is doing flip flops in his grave now days.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

The Like and Subscribe game...

If you've paid any attention, they don't do this for the hell of it. YouTube's algorithm for suggesting videos to viewers requires this of people posting content. It's just the game, and everybody finds it incredibly annoying. The ads don't just line their pockets with money, they pay for the storage, bandwidth, and overhead of running a service like this.

Nobody wants to be mislead, and some of the stupid scripted "robot voice" videos insult everyone's intelligence. My guess is that most of these are coming out of third world countries, trying to mask it with a western-sounding voice and in it entirely for the profit. They often do nothing but regurgitate crap you can find with any Google search on a couple of keywords.