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This video by the dude it happened to is, imo, more interesting than Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAg1aVnnH4

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It has things happening, making it interesting. I dont get why people would sit and watch someone sit and talk

Lots of people listen to the soundtrack of YouTube videos while they do something else.

...this. I have 10 hours a week in the car commuting and since there is a lot of podcast on video now I split my time in half. Half podcasts and half youtube. Sometimes I have to watch sections at home or work with code or equations but all in all it works very well. Probably not a new habit for others but the last two years I have been pulling in a lot of youtube "talks".

I find youtube releases of D&D streaming sessions to be a good road trip background noise. It keeps me more engaged/awake than a podcast/audio book. It also helps that I'm super far behind on many D&D streamers so there are 50+ 3 hour long videos in my que sometimes for stories that stretch across multiple groups of players.

I like watching Louis Rossmann sit and talk. I watch his other content, respect him as a person, and share many of his opinions. So I enjoy his commentary.

He seems fine, but I don't think he is saying anything an average HN reader wouldn't already be aware of.

Louis Rossmann has a successful cult of personality.

His brand is the pinnacle of “righteously angry IT guy who suffers injustice” and a lot of people vibe with it.

Why am I getting the impression you're implying he's a villain here?

We can turn this around and ask "why make a video when you are just going to talk to the camera?" and part of the answer is "that's where the money is", as Willie Sutton apparently did not say.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#%22Sutton's_law%...

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