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_

  • AnomalousBit@programming.dev
    7·
    16 days ago

    There was a lot of publicity a few weeks ago about “the year long cruise” that ended. I haven’t tuned in, but apparently quite a few people on the cruise vlogged their travels. There were apparent conflicts, and with both sides wanting to say their part I’m sure more misery was shared publicly than one would normally air. This might just border on reality TV though, I haven’t really looked into it.

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.world
    6·
    16 days ago

    Not so much sailing, but being miserable living on a boat while refitting it on a shoe string budget and no skills. I think this is a suitable entry point to their channel - Wildlings sailing.

  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 days ago

    Yeah, the only one of these I’ve seen has been removed from the net. It was a YouTube channel called pogobat, namely a time period called “Dan Brown 3.0”. He gave his life to the YouTube comment section and you could watch in real time as it ripped his life to shreds.

  • RagnarokOnline@programming.dev
    3·
    16 days ago

    This might not be what you’re looking for, but this couple kind of hits that spot for me.

    Truthfully, I find them very charming, but they often make huge mistakes or risky gambles that backfire. It’s always a bit dire when the things go wrong because it’s obvious they’re not wealthy.

    One such example is when they left a property that they had spent years renovating only to move to Florida (a place they know nothing out) and bought a low-lying property that floods 2ft during the rainy season.

    Here’s that video: https://youtu.be/c0QNHFE5LkI?feature=shared

    I would say the Florida saga starts at this next video and continues on for a couple of years: https://youtu.be/lkkZDUp7fq4?feature=shared

    • sir_pronoun@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      For me it’s a mixture of schadenfreude, having people receive their comeuppance (as another here said) and also sympathy. I have had some bad travel experiences, and just sort of go “Oooh boy, that’s bad, come on, you got this! … but you also deserved this!”, as I might have deserved some of mine.