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I've always strongly disliked Tom, and I don't really know why.
I love many channels with the same kind of videos, it's right up my alley, and I should be a fan. But every time I try to watch any of his videos, I stop after a few seconds and think "nah, I can't stand this guy".
I've forced myself several times throughout the years to watch through whole videos with hope that it'll pass, but it never does.
Everything else that I don't like, I can explain why, but not with Tom and his videos.
The closest I can find is that he just seems like such a smug asshole.
I respect him as a creator and know that his videos are good. There's just something in my brain that strongly reacts to him in a bad way. It so weird. He has covered many topics I'd love to know more about, and I've tried to watch those videos and just focus on the information, but I just can't get past my mental and physical reaction of "stop, get away from this ASAP".
It's interesting how different people interpret attitude in vastly different ways. Because where you (and others I've seen in other threads) find him smug and an asshole, I only ever found him to be extremely sincere and excited to learn and educate.
Although, I'd love to know what channels you watch that cover similar topics! Wasting time on YouTube doesn't feel as unproductive if the videos are educational...
I wonder if it's his accent that people perceive as snobby? And if the people who do perceive it so are American.
The lad’s from Mansfield. I, a south coast southerner, hear his accent and think; “Ah, a man of The North, humble, salt of the earth kind of chap.”
I don’t think snobby.
I’m American and a) don’t equate an accent to a demeanor and b) I find Tom to be a joy.