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WHAT: Father-son bonding through food.
HOW MANY SUBSCRIBERS AT TIME OF WRITING: 311,127 and 451,612 respectively.
WHY SHOULD I CARE: The bond between father and son is a special one. Depending on the person, it can be good, bad, coarse, loving, tragic or any of the other things, and you learn to deal with the emotions involved over the course of a lifetime. If I'm to speak traditionally and heteronormatively, which is frankly the only way I know how to experience things, the role of the father generally tends to be one of stern fun. He'll throw you in the air and play football with you, but if he has to get up from the sofa to get you to go to bed, you know you're in for some shit. In this tenth edition of YouTube Channel of the Week, we look at two slightly different father-son relationships which kind of play out online.The Crude Brothers are not brothers at all. Nick and his dad 'J' came to prominence a couple of years ago after Nick's ability to resist reaction to extremely hot substances gained them a following. The young man would taste extract sauces of half a million Scoville units and barely break a sweat, giving the sort of 'meh' review of it that only a child could. His dad, on the other hand, sweats and cries profusely, gasping for air, looking to the heavens for a release that just doesn't come.The pair have expanded into other things, like eating bits of snake or sweets that taste like sick, but their true draw is eating spicy foods. Perhaps even more than that, though, is their comfort of their relationship. People are drawn to their on-screen patter, chatty with no showmanship present. Watch the way they interact with each other. Pure trust, no sly digs, no vying for attention - just some guy and his kid sitting in their kitchen eating chilli peppers. What's not to love?
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