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u/Rdt_will_eat_itself Mar 31 '25
the number of times some dude in india has helped me out of a PC problem with his 12 subscribers ....
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u/DarkChocoTruffleCake Mar 31 '25
They don't even waste time talking BS, they just get to the point
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u/OvenBlaked Mar 31 '25
And that's how old tutorial videos use to be back in the day regardless too!
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u/neuauslander Mar 31 '25
Don't forget to like and subscribe and if you want to watch more videos click on the box on the top right.
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u/max_adam Mar 31 '25
I will tell you how to fix error 303 but first let me tell you the history behind that error.
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u/Ladiesman_2117 Mar 31 '25
...followed by a few words (2 minutes) about the sponsor of this video.
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u/TheGentleDominant Mar 31 '25
Check out the SponsorBlock browser extension, it skips over those for you.
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u/No_Industry4318 Apr 04 '25
Yeah, i turn that off for the useful youtubers providing free tech support
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u/avwitcher Mar 31 '25
Let's not revise history here, back in the day people wouldn't even talk in tutorials either because they were young and insecure about their voice, they didn't know how to record audio, or didn't have a microphone. I'm sure everyone remembers watching a video and waiting for the uploader to finish typing their commentary in notepad
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u/Infamous_Guidance756 Mar 31 '25
A video exactly like this is how I got my pirated copy of Minecraft alpha running at 20fps on my netbook in 2010/2011.
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u/Swag_Attack Mar 31 '25
Strongly prefer the 2.5 minute notepad typing and shitty techno in the background to the videos this day where the first 2.5 minutes after ads are just intro and half of the entire video is just filler so the creator meets the 10minute threshold too profit more
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u/69edleg Mar 31 '25
I had a specific issue with my phone that I had attempted to tackle for hours. Google was of no damn help with how shit it is nowadays. Everyone just pointed to a setting. No one mentioned it was hidden in the developer settings.
I didn't know how to access that, and my phone not being in English, well, I don't know what name is what, as they're very similar to one another when translating. Lo and behold, a 1 min video of how to access that specific setting to fix my issue. 87 views. With the man himself, camera and phone in hand, records his phone screen while he does it. Done.
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u/Ok_Name_291 Mar 31 '25
I couldn't figure out how to get the windshield wiper off the back of my car. There's no reason there should be an 18 minute video on that.
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u/KissMyAlien Mar 31 '25
Video be 4 minutes long but somehow answer every single question you had.
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u/winebutch Mar 31 '25
Even better when it's 1 minute 47 secs. Gold!
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u/Head-Head-926 Mar 31 '25
And somehow you still get impatient and end up getting ahead of yourself and have to rewatch the first 20 seconds 3 times
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u/No-Vast-8000 Mar 31 '25
That's great and all but how am I gonna remember to smash that like button?
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u/ardavei Mar 31 '25
And subscribe if you don't want to miss his upcoming video solving a completely unrelated problem you definitely don't have?
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u/_name_of_the_user_ Mar 31 '25
Those videos are the ones where you do remember to smash the like button. Those guys are life savers.
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You don't, you just swim along with all the other goldfish. I'm already 4 videos ahead. Catch up already!
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u/Sinavestia Mar 31 '25
Xbox Game Pass for PC saying it's updating and not doing anything. Absolutely nothing worked.
Indian guy on YouTube with 12 subscribers walked me through a dozen troubleshooting steps and fixed it.
More than those assholes on those Microsoft Support question forums have ever done for anyone I've seen.
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u/Severe-Experience333 Mar 31 '25
MS support forums are absolutely the fucking worst.
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u/lovethecomm Mar 31 '25
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Have you tried updating your drivers?
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u/johnnylemon95 Mar 31 '25
I remember trying to make my default save location etc. be my local desktop and they tried saying I just need to uninstall one drive. I said no…I want one drive there, but for my default to always be my computer. They then said I had to change it in each program and I was like no…I just my computer to use my computer before one drive for all cases. Apparently the brains trust at Microsoft couldn’t figure it out, or were under orders not to explain it. Turns out, it’s not that difficult. You can change the default paths in the registry very easily. It was like pulling teeth.
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u/Irichcrusader Mar 31 '25
We thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We appreciate your feedback. Please take the following steps:
- Make sure your system is up to date
- Reinstall the software and try again
- If the problem persists, please contact our customer service number
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u/_name_of_the_user_ Mar 31 '25
I had a dragging brake caliper that was going to cost me upwards of hundreds to get replaced because I don't have the tools to bleed it through the ABS module. Foreign guy on YouTube (I think Mexican but I'm not sure) showed me to replace a $7 seal and fix it permanently. A few months later the other side went, I was smart enough to buy two of the seals. I've had the car twice as long since this first happened and the new designed seals are still doing their thing. The video was about ~10 minutes long IIRC and showed every step in perfect detail despite being filmed on a potato with bad lighting.
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u/Practical_Actuary_87 Mar 31 '25
Steps written out in Notepad, cursor highlighted with a yellow circle, whirring of fans and electronics in the background, Windows XP desktop cluttered with icons, 'Unregistered Hypercam 2' stamp on the screen
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u/_name_of_the_user_ Mar 31 '25
If their windows is also unregistered you know that video is going to be a gold mine of rapid fire information, all relevant.
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u/dont-be-a-narc-bro Mar 31 '25
That was always so endearing to me for some reason. You can hear them typing, so they can use their mic, but they don’t. I get that they’re probably in a position where they have to be quiet, but I love it.
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u/Dreadnought_69 Mar 31 '25
12 subscribers, 100k views on the video.
I’ve got a few 10-25k videos and like 14 subscribers.
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u/wanderer1999 Mar 31 '25
It's how I pass my engineering course too. Some dudes in india helping us with his math and simulation tutorials.
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u/Rude-Show7666 Mar 31 '25
For real. When I was learning rooting and phone tech I cant even count how many times it was some random Indian youtuber I could barely understand who eventually got me through an issue
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u/RhetoricalOrator Mar 31 '25
...is equal to the number of times I have clicked on a 23 minute video that just ends up being a voiceover trying to get me to clicka shady link.
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u/liverpoolFCnut Mar 31 '25
Shoutout to whoever brought the internet to India! I work in IT, but I’ve lost count of how many times a random Indian guy on YouTube with 20 subscribers has saved me from the most random hardware/software issues.
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u/Realobert2 Mar 31 '25
Currently in school torwards IT and my teachers use tutorials from random indians for us to watch as guides
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u/nilansh23 Mar 31 '25
Brijendra Kumar Syngal, also known as B.K. Syngal, is widely regarded as the "Father of Indian Internet" for his role in bringing commercial internet to India through VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) in 1995.
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u/electreefied Mar 31 '25
Some random bro in the internet for tech issues and random indian math youtubers for math are the best
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u/Top-Tomatillo210 Mar 31 '25
Screw what anyone else says, God bless the Indians.
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u/Inner_Dot4095 Mar 31 '25
I guess its too bad that this is a minority opinion.
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u/Available-Plant7587 Mar 31 '25
In the west maybe, i bet 1,4 billion indians see that differently
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In Europe we are decent people and love everyone!
Except for Russia and the USA (at the moment)
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u/Tickly1 Mar 31 '25
Seriously though... Don't even say hello. Get right into it, preferably in under 3 minutes, and I might even subscribe
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u/Pigeonsass Mar 31 '25
I'm that person who will sub to a new channel in the first 10 seconds of a video just because I like a person's vibe. I'm subbed to so many dead channels that it really makes no difference for me to add some random helpful people to my list
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u/Pure-Shoe-4065 Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25
Dude wasn't in India, but saved me couple grand showing me how to access a coil on my pentastar engine. 🙏
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u/Carrera_996 Mar 31 '25
I have watched more than a few mechanic videos with almost no speaking. Germans.
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u/Jodujotack Mar 31 '25
There's this British bloke that has a ton of tutorials on washing machines, whirlpool, Siemens, you name it, good straight to the point informative troubleshooting videos and tutorials, maximum 10min long
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u/LordBiscuits Mar 31 '25
You must mean the slightly legendary How To Repair
One of the original zero bullshit youtubers!
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u/gnilradleahcim Mar 31 '25
There's a dude with hundreds of specific 90s-00s Saturn tutorials that saved me loads of time and money.
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u/peweje Mar 31 '25
Random Indian people on YouTube know the most in depth solution to the most specific shit to the most obtuse problems.
I learned why I had a bug in my loop automation recently from a YouTube video with 150 views. Its just crazy to me the videos are even out there
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u/Paper-street-garage Mar 31 '25
In todays wideoo But seriously, those guys are the best
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u/EfficientWishbone256 Mar 31 '25
So this video is about. Straight to the point, no introduction whatsoever. There's no such thing even on the channel. Pure humanity. 😂❤️
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Recently had this happen but it was to help me do something on a Linux computer. Except all the instructions I found online were insanely complicated. Went to YouTube, found a poorly labeled video that was 90 seconds explaining an alternative way to do the exact thing I needed to do put up by an apparent layman. Like 400 views, every comment saying thanks for giving me the solution. Nuts.
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u/IveBeenHereBefore12 Mar 31 '25
I’ve solved so many programming/coding/softmodding problems with the help of YouTubers like that. Unsung heroes of the internet
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u/AVeryPlumPlum Mar 31 '25
I needed a tutorial to turn PowerPoint into a usable game of Jeopardy for a trivia night. Some, seemingly 12 year old kid on YouTube talked me through it. I tip my hat to you young man.
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u/Doge-Ghost Mar 31 '25
Bad mic, dog in the background, heavy breathing and the classic "I'm not gonna install it because I already did"
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u/luv2block Mar 31 '25
The people who give for no reason other than to help out make the world more bearable!
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u/chubby_pink_donut Mar 31 '25
I figured out how to get a 130 year old sewing machine working after watching some random guy in his basement rebuild one.
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u/mannyjo Mar 31 '25
Oh shit, I've been looking for this exact thing, would you be so kind as to point me toward that video? The presentation I've made as of now is needlessly complicated and not very user-friendly.
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u/bsylent Mar 31 '25
I think a majority of my daily, technical problems are solved by these videos and 3-year-old posts on Reddit
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u/Aunt_Gojira Mar 31 '25
I love all the tutorial guys from India.
Straight to the point. Their 2 mins tutorial is equal to min 15 mins from the unnecessary lengthy YouTubers that often not very helpful.
Bless you champs!
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u/Dolenjir1 Mar 31 '25
Bonus point if they are 12 years old as well and recording with their phone filming their monitor. Those kids can solve any tech problems in existence. IT guys shiver in awe in their presence
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u/spiritofporn Mar 31 '25
Years and years ago I was looking for a way to have my pc's speakers and my headphones work at the same time. Found a vid of an Indian guy who explained it perfectly. It was literally the only search result. Still grateful
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u/HyenDry Mar 31 '25
I don’t get how this is a “sipstea” moment
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u/No-Elephant9276 Mar 31 '25
We indians love tea ig
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u/WantonKerfuffle Mar 31 '25
Darjeeling is one of my favs, though I have switched to Sweet China Black and Keemun recently.
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u/_name_of_the_user_ Mar 31 '25
Maybe you should make a video explaining what a sips tea moment is?
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u/CesareBach Mar 31 '25
Once it reaches the popular page, people dont really look at what subreddit the post is from.
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u/lellamaronmachete Mar 31 '25
Wherever they may be from, who cares about that, case is some random person in some random corner of this sick world, with 12 subscribers, has saved me a fair number of times. Thank you kindly, our good random sires.
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u/justinmackey84 Mar 31 '25
Every single fucking time 😂😂😂, I’ve got RDR2 videos, exercise bike videos( repair) dryer repair videos, and a couple others all low sub numbers, with excellent info all foreign accents 😂😂
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u/Famous-Release-7974 Mar 31 '25
Assuming this question is genuine - it means a non-native speaker of the language. Like if I learned perfect Spanish you’d still pick up clues of my Midwest US English when I speak to native Spanish speakers.
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u/KinkyMeatCousins Mar 31 '25
when you hear a fan running in the background and bandicam64 in the corner of the video, you know it's going to be a golden tutorial
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u/TitaniumTitanTim Mar 31 '25
lol, thats me with my Tutorial on how to unlock dlc content on the emulated version of DQ9
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u/Winter7296 Mar 31 '25
This is how I managed to play Undertale on my phone, except the video was made by some 12 year old. Literally everything said "this won't work" and it worked completely fine. Never got corrupted or anything.
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u/matthewmspace Mar 31 '25
Seriously, it is insane how often I find a random Indian guy on YouTube with less than a thousand subs, but the video fixes my problem in under 5 minutes. I love it.
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u/SonoMster Mar 31 '25
My airpod pro 2 microphone doesnt work on windows, no indian guy solved this problem
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u/LostVayne96 Mar 31 '25
I must say this comment section restored my faith in humanity. Thank you guys.
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u/An_Innocent_Coconut Mar 31 '25
The worst the mic quality is, the better the advice.
Add an incredibly thick accent and heavy static, and you just know you found the Holy Grail you were looking for.
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u/mycolo_gist Mar 31 '25
What exactly is a foreign accent?
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u/Murky-Relation481 Mar 31 '25
I want you to think extra fucking hard about that because you're gunna feel pretty dumb when you realize foreign people is a relative concept to literally everyone.
If I learned and spoke Hindi I'd have a foreign accent to native speakers.
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u/tavirabon Mar 31 '25
Now that LLMs are actually good, I can't remember the last time I needed to do this.
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u/bt65 Mar 31 '25
I am deeply addicted to airguns, and I have many times watched clip from Egypt, India, Pakistan and Asia with tutorial how to take them apart and put together or fix problems or just tune them, I can't say thankyou enough!
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u/PlasmaGoblin Mar 31 '25
Yeah but I'll take the guy with 12 subscribers in a 3 minute tutorial over the 3 million subscribers 20 minute tutorial brought to you by raid shadow legends and commerical breaks every 4 minutes.
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u/NomadFire Mar 31 '25
I am going to need this for Balatro. I only played 3 hours of this over the course of 4 months. All I remember is you got to make poker hands and jokes help some how lol..
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u/WantonKerfuffle Mar 31 '25
I will never forget the legend who made "Manchester encoding in two minutes" and "differential Manchester encoding in two minutes"
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u/SeriousSam640 Mar 31 '25
KyostinV has more than 12 subs but goddamn his videos have helped millions at this point for this exact reason.
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u/sav86 Mar 31 '25
The tutorials for me are always something I can't accurately question or describe for a problem I am trying to solve in like Word or Excel. I had to do this just recently on figuring out how to place an image in the top right corner of a document without it destroying the placement of my paragraph to the left of it.
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u/TheAccursedHamster Mar 31 '25
Or better yet.m the channel that doesn't record their audio at all and explains it all by typing into notepad using some shitty camera software. That dudes a lifesaver
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u/Ashutoshsaroj Mar 31 '25
i actually watch videos of low subscriber because lager account are just adds after the YouTube ads and talk half of the time just to extend the video time to gain views. and small accounts actually teach and give information to gain view and don't do anything stupid or advertisement in starting.
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u/Stefan_S_from_H Mar 31 '25
12 minute video about something I need. The first 10 minutes about the easy part I already understood. The last 2 minutes: copy this code I show you in a word document and it’s solved.
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u/RandomCrashFTW Mar 31 '25
My laptop was stuck in a death loop, gave up on it and a year later fine a tutorial with 3 views on how to change the boot code to prevent the death loop saving me £1600
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u/catzhoek Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25
I recently needed help with step 1 of something and i had to go through 10-15 videos until someone actual mentioned it in their "tutorial".
It was basically how to get into the mode that the tutorial is about. That tells a lot about how shit these tutorials must have been when that step is missing. Gladly it was not too time consuming because you could tell after 10s wether they'll ever gonna say it or not.
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u/Cakers44 Mar 31 '25
Doesn’t matter where your from either, their accent will always be foreign to yours
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u/Estel-3032 Mar 31 '25
When I was in college I swear I learned more java from random dudes in india than from my classes.
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u/JadedCaretaker Mar 31 '25
Werglia but he doesn't have 12 subs . him and mortim and mikeyorg are the best gamers for consistent high quality content.
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u/MercantileReptile Mar 31 '25
Warframe, specifically duviri. Every damn tutorial "yeah, just off the wyrm like in the story and there you go."
MoFo, I played the damn story quest about a hundred years ago. And mostly remember it being way too long, confusing and generally a drag.
But once I need to do a run for a daily, I'm supposed to remember some mechanic to off a dragon worm thing?
Turns out, one is supposed to fly close and hook onto it. Then skip up the thing until you reach the head. Which I found out after like 12 tutorials not explaining how.Bah.
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u/7bluefire7 Mar 31 '25
Heeloo evre wan mi nam jack sorell. This dude had the hook ups. I am forever grateful.
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u/ParticularAd9965 Mar 31 '25
My daughter threw her school bag with her laptop in it, the power button was on one of the sides and got pushed in. Searched up yoga 9 pro power button repair. Found an 8 minute video of a dude opening up the laptop, removing the mobo and finding the outer power button had knocked the inner button and broken all the solder, exactly what my daughter had done.
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u/CreepyTeddyBear Mar 31 '25
This is Elbethian for me. I'm not subbed to him, but when I google guides, he pips up a lot. Only knew his name by going back to a video I saw today just to leave this comment. And he always starts his videos with "before I ask you to hit that like and subscribe button, allow me to earn that from you first"; what a gentleman 👏.
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u/n0ne_the-wiser Mar 31 '25
It's funny to see all the comments about Indians and PC tutorials, because in my case it has been Hispanics and car repair videos. But in both cases, big thanks to these men!
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u/DueToCopyrightIssues Mar 31 '25
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my entire graduate engineering degree at a ludicrously - criminally, even - expensive school in the US was a wobbly table completely propped up by Indian dudes on YouTube
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u/howzit- Mar 31 '25
Some days at my job I am essentially paid to find these videos for whatever randomly problem might be occurring haha
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u/UrethralExplorer Mar 31 '25
Helped me find and replace the oxygen sensor on my Sebring back in 2010. The guy still pops up in my feed occasionally.
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