So during COVID lockdowns I developed this guilty pleasure of watching YouTubers having miserable times, in the best case vanlife YouTubers.
I’m feeling the old itch, can you help me? Do you know any videos of people on travel channels having really, really bad times?
I prefer vanlife people, followed by boatlife people. But I’m open to different modes of transport. The more privileged the people and the more miserable their travels, the better.
Edit: so I will give you guys something at least, can’t find any of the random small stuff I watched years ago atm. The channel vagrant holiday maybe doesn’t quite fulfill the criteria, because the guy is doing everything consciously, but it’s a fantastic channel, and there definitely is discomfort:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphDhroSqrPWi6RbljtGPnl8xr0pmzyb_
Funny, I ended up going down a similar rabbit hole with minor animal attacks on hikers. I imagine there’s a mental interstice between the two, but animal attacks/stalking certainly left them less enthusiastic for the remainder of their vids.
You have won my heart with “minor animal attacks on hikers”. Hello, friend!
Wild dogs and angry magpies are the only ones that usually seemed to be a consequence of misfortune, rather than fucking around and finding out. YouTube removes most that involve actual bloodshed so “animal attack hiking” offers plenty to chew on.