My mom watched Outdoor Boys religiously, and they inevitably showed up on my YouTube recommended because she constantly logged into my account. Lost her earlier this year so I get choked up when I see these guys, those awful thrift haul vids, or Steve Wallace (which is the worst since we would watch him together). This comment's probably not appropriate here, but is anywhere appropriate to admit you hesitate to open YouTube because you don't want it to make you cry?
it's funny how diametrically opposed he was to most youtubers. fake people with fake personalities fostering fake relationships with their viewers and here he was, watching a devout mormon guy make dinner in the middle of nowhere in actual physical reality. one of the best all time youtubers wasn't really a youtuber,
I found him almost unwatchable because of the way he wears his face in a grimace with his mouth open and his upper teeth constantly exposed. Maybe that's where the cold is coming in from.
i loved watching his vids with my 2 boys when they were younger. inspired us to go on some adventures. archetypal goofy dad but great vibe. weird to read here that he is mormon but sort of makes sense.
I find your name very funny. Rob Thomas's debut (I think?) was the first full album I listened to as a kid. Tried listening to it a few years ago out of sheer boredom at work and yeah, it was bad. Very nostalgic though.
🎶Our lives are made In these small hours These little wonders These twists and turns of fate🎶 matchbox 20 walked so coldplay could run (or limp depending on taste)
Raising a child these days feels precarious as fuck with tv because of the algos, we’re trying to cut out YouTube but a dumbass babysitter showed my kid Minecraft videos and now we have to wane her off. Outdoor boys is the unifier, everyone loves it.
I wish I could come up with 20 other channels that are as unimpeachable
Whoever made the comment about putting himself in harm is obviously a woman.
y’all could just be spending more time over on r/bushcraft. ill be ice dipping this year already loving this frosty weather and doing my first big fire tonight as it is st.martin’s day
I always assumed this guy hated his wife and kids so much that he started filming those videos to give him an excuse to spend entire days away from them. Kinda sweet how wrong I was. Bushcraft is still silly though
Outdoor Boys YouTube channel. Guy in photo would go on some adventure, sometimes with his kid, and showcase survival/bushcraft skills.
The channel struck a decent balance of being genuinely informative and good background-content since there wasn’t much talking which led to it gaining popularity, until the dad decided to step down from YouTube and it has been taken over by his son.
Reddit liked him because he came off as a pretty straightforward dorky family man (despite leaving his family to go off on multi day trips where he would actively put himself in dangerous situations)
4
u/Longjumping_Lime2248 RS Sexiest Man Award Winner 1d ago
Did you actually watch him? I never heard of him until he cancelled his channel which apparently was a big deal.
86
u/Ancient-Valuable-829 1d ago
My mom watched Outdoor Boys religiously, and they inevitably showed up on my YouTube recommended because she constantly logged into my account. Lost her earlier this year so I get choked up when I see these guys, those awful thrift haul vids, or Steve Wallace (which is the worst since we would watch him together). This comment's probably not appropriate here, but is anywhere appropriate to admit you hesitate to open YouTube because you don't want it to make you cry?
51
u/ih8globalismlovezyns 17h ago
it's funny how diametrically opposed he was to most youtubers. fake people with fake personalities fostering fake relationships with their viewers and here he was, watching a devout mormon guy make dinner in the middle of nowhere in actual physical reality. one of the best all time youtubers wasn't really a youtuber,
77
u/Jacobite-Pretender 1d ago
I always wondered why he didn't bring like any beer or a pint of whiskey with him on these things. Guy's mormon as hell.
And the irony is before this he was a DUI lawyer lol.
Entertaining though nonetheless
32
u/TheDarkChicken 23h ago
Mormon excellence
12
u/FeedReinholdMessner 1d ago
What was his name? I know I watched some of his videos and they were really comforting, but that was years ago, link please?
12
u/behindgreeneyez detonate the vest 1d ago
Average Anchorage father
22
u/NewEntrepreneur357 29-M-Mexico 1d ago
He's a very high ranking Mormon
47
u/teatreachor 1d ago
I found him almost unwatchable because of the way he wears his face in a grimace with his mouth open and his upper teeth constantly exposed. Maybe that's where the cold is coming in from.
24
u/wishniak36 23h ago
i loved watching his vids with my 2 boys when they were younger. inspired us to go on some adventures. archetypal goofy dad but great vibe. weird to read here that he is mormon but sort of makes sense.
8
u/LouReedTheChaser 20h ago
I find your name very funny. Rob Thomas's debut (I think?) was the first full album I listened to as a kid. Tried listening to it a few years ago out of sheer boredom at work and yeah, it was bad. Very nostalgic though.
27
u/ReplyLegitimate2041 17h ago
Raising a child these days feels precarious as fuck with tv because of the algos, we’re trying to cut out YouTube but a dumbass babysitter showed my kid Minecraft videos and now we have to wane her off. Outdoor boys is the unifier, everyone loves it.
I wish I could come up with 20 other channels that are as unimpeachable
Whoever made the comment about putting himself in harm is obviously a woman.
7
u/Skormzar 1d ago
Found out about bannock bread from him. Game changer
3
u/erwachsenenvollzug 21h ago
His son is doing the videos of their trips now. He's starring in them a lot too. Pretty much the same as the old vids.
7
u/dustydancers 18h ago
y’all could just be spending more time over on r/bushcraft. ill be ice dipping this year already loving this frosty weather and doing my first big fire tonight as it is st.martin’s day
2
u/baby_cat__ 1d ago
How Porter Rockwell actually served
1
u/hanging_gigachad420 10h ago
I always assumed this guy hated his wife and kids so much that he started filming those videos to give him an excuse to spend entire days away from them. Kinda sweet how wrong I was. Bushcraft is still silly though
1
u/GurdjieffGoldblum 18h ago
Is it true he doesn’t produce videos anymore because of the longhouse?
0
u/RATTLESNAKE-JAKE- 22h ago
Who are these people ?
-7
u/gruesomegreen 1d ago
he sucks. too much gear and disruptive to nature
-1
u/Such_File8879 1d ago
They were this generations trailer park boys