Not listing alternate units second, not converted on screen, not called “freedom units” and not hiding behind the excuse of “most our audience is in the US”

Mostly thinking YT channels like Wendover, Bluejay, sometimes Practical Engineering and even some European ones like TLDR News

The difference between a meter and yard is less than that of a measured vs “eyeballed” yard and everybody knows what 0 C and 100 C are so the learning curve is also massively (by at least 50 kg) exaggerated

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    10 months ago

    Unfortunately the most popular content creators are the ones that cater to the lowest common denominator, so making your videos as broad as possible is best.

    If you look at the top videos around they’re often not popular because they’re good, often just that they’re so stupid anyone can understand them like the whole focus on prank videos.

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      10 months ago

      Can’t say I’ve noticed this turn in any of the channels listed but I’ll take the opportunity to add Oversimplified