Exurb1a

Alexander McKechnie , better known online as exurb1a, is an English educational entertainment YouTuber, author and podcast host from England, currently living in Bulgaria.
==Videos==
Exurb1a's videos vary in structure. Some began as short stories, often exploring artificial intelligence and humanity's future (e.x. Humanity: Good Ending). Physics and biology in relation to human consciousness is a common topic. Time travel and human civilization are often paired together. All videos are narrated by him, delivering mostly dry humor through juxtapositions, nonsequiturs and untimely swears and profanity, with adult humor. The videos on his second channel include music and some random videos. There is also some music on the main channel, such as "A Song About Rockets".
==Books==
Exurb1a has published a number of works, including Bridge To Lucy Dunne, The Prince of Milk, Logic Beach, and The Fifth Science. Some of his works are a collection of short stories, others are typically structured narratives. All his works explore similar ideas on his channel, especially emphasizing romance and human connection. Consciousness, futurism, and the relationship between humanity and advanced technology is a core theme of the books. The question of what defines a human is explored through many situations, such as teleportation/cloning and digital representation of brains. 
==Podcast==
Exurb1a hosted the Half Drunk And Curious podcast in 2016, with his then-girlfriend.
==Health issues==
Due to a genetic condition, Exurb1a was born more or less blind in one eye. He described the blind eye "[wandering] off sometimes if it got bored." As an adolescent, he became self-conscious about this, and had an operation to fix the laziness. However, he still cannot see out of it. He has stated that if given the option, he is "Not sure he would have it (the mutation causing the visual impairment) removed. Or would need to give it a very, very long think." Exurb1a suffers from sleepwalking and hallucinations and has claimed to have broken into a house while sleepwalking.
==Controversy==
In 2017, YouTuber Pieke Roelofs filed multiple police reports against him. The filings range from harassment to rape. Exurb1a has yet to acknowledge accusations against him, though he was banned from his own subreddit for deleting comments. The duration of the case is allegedly due to police not being able to locate Exurb1a, despite having published multiple works in that time. In 2018, a third hearing took place. In October 2019, exurb1a went to the police after having avoided a summoning in Bulgaria. In February 2020, journalist Tonny Mee published an investigation into the case.
==Quotes==
*"Anyways, what did you ever do? Bugger all probably, so just shut up."
*"The universe is as mad as a bucket of coked-up ferrets."
*"I consider internet on mobile phones to be the pinnacle of millennial degeneracy."
*"You're not a planet Pluto. You're done mate. It's over. Yeah?"
*"Nothing means anything and we're all gonna die."
*"If you can do language, then you can do myths. And if you can do myths, then you can conquer the world."
*"Isn't it nice to admit we don't have a handle on anything yet?"
*"Fun fact: If you held your breath while falling into a black hole, you would die. Obviously."
*"Mental well-being is, I would argue, the most important factor in being alive, because it's the first thing that makes being alive WORTH being alive. Like, if you weren't conscious, nothing else would matter."
*"We are a uniquely batshit species, and that is lovely."
*"Ultimately it doesn't matter which telescope you look up, the most complex thing we've ever seen the universe make is looking up that telescope."
==Trivia==
*He owns a cat named Freya,https://www.patreon.com/posts/whattup-update-19771584 once described as a "f***ing sociopath."
*He uses, and frequently complains about, British trains for raising their prices.
*He has a philosophy degree.
*He frequently shows pictures of the Norwegian flag throughout his videos.
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:One million subscribers
Category:Two million subscribers