Even better when it’s a straightforward text post :’) genuine heroes.

This is the exact opposite of this comic

They're the opposite of people who post "nvm fixed" on their help requests.

I sat hunched under my elderly mother's car, video running on the phone in one hand, showing how to remove a ridiculously complicated headlamp cover, just to replace a busted headlight. Hand scraped and bleeding, but it got done. Would have NEVER figured it out otherwise.

Thanks that one YouTuber.

I once heard it described as “there’s no computer problem on Earth that can’t be solved by watching a YouTube video by a random 13 year-old Indian kid“

and a couple weeks later there's a Louis Rossmann video on how the video uploader is getting sued by the dehumidifier company

I was trying to fix an old Dell Digital Jukebox and was saved by a random internet comment with a link to the firmware files the commenter had dug up. There's this concept called net utility - that dude definitely increased the net utility in the world, even if infitesimally

The guys who make appliance repair videos and sell the exact part you need, and you can get the part number and find it cheaper somewhere else. But, thanks for the video.

There really is an xkcd for everything.

God I hate video tutorials. I can't print you out to distribute to my minions so why would I want you?

Now if someone takes that video and makes an article I'll get on my knees for that person.

And fuck using AI to do that.

Edit: I'm talking for needing info right now, I watch alot of repair vids but mostly for shit I don't actually fix or repair it's just more entertainment. Good to have the knowledge for the future but I want that knowledge now dammit

OMG, I fixed a specific whirlpool fridge by searching the model name and hum click on youtube.

There's a tiny heater disk that makes a thermistor boost in value to change over from start to run windings. It was a $7 part available on amazon or half a dozen parts sites.

Local service techs get $120 to knock on the door.

Sometimes I will watch an instruction video on YouTube and say "Nope, that's worth paying a professional for". Other times it's very useful, such as when the flame sensor in my furnace needed to be cleaned. It's a wonderful resource, really.

You too can be a statue candidate by not fearing the screwdriver

Is your door hinge making a weird noise?