Ordinary Things

Josh Otten,https://twitter.com/ordinarytingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2nszH7Kv8M&t=5523 better known as Ordinary Things, is an English YouTuber who is known for educating his audience about the history of companies, food, fashion and other mundane things in an interesting way.
==Content==
His first video was analyzing the history of onions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNcTgt3Eew He went on to make videos about the history of neckties,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDnHjzdciU cellarshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4awPGOMA0mE and fedorashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOuWr99JSNE but became the center of fame with the video "The Evil Business of Breakfast Cereal".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNJZTmUU2g His popularity grew thanks to a shoutout from Internet Historian.https://twitter.com/ordinarytings/status/1331966377033412608 A lot of his videos were critical of corporationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX4vseaNJKYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAWYBLymYw and lack of privacy,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgT-wR29aIUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_NY_G3ItVohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQofKTBl0SM especially corporations that make use of slave labour and engage in extremely unethical activities such as Nestle.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoKLovtnbGY A lot of his content focuses on the unethical business practices occurring in the food sector.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYYKy7cA9oghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ni6C2g4Az0
His criticism extends to websites that profit off of human loneliness such as Tinder,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnLpylrZ028 or apps like Quibihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ4lR0G3ytE and Uber,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG8uLKfZAh8 things in the modern day and age such as mallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su0XZzzmMC4 and offices,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmqUWE1qha0 or investigate the origin of things that are common all over the world like Hi-5s.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdlIywg3qU Also a critic of wealth distribution,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F2Q5ysdweo he has covered the bizarre businesses of bitcoinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCuGpfMSmck and trading cards.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7JM3U_4y4I A few non-mundane things he has talked about include the Nintendo gamecube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBhCVay5CKE
He has his own podcast, Sparkling Form,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZa8a0Fey9M and has appeared on several others such as Lars from Norway's The First Podcast.https://twitter.com/t1podcast/status/1345806382897852417
Generally, he has been described as a British version of Adam Ruins Everything.
== Quotes ==
* “Luigi’s Mansion, where you ran around a dilapidated building sucking off ghosts”
* "If you wanna touch something just get a cat"
* "The SAT may be pointless, but at least it isn't cruel and unusual punishment"
* "The numbers of traditional smokers have decreased, both through choice and being dead"
* "Don't you know weed is legal in your country!?"
*"Last time I saw something snort up powder like that, it cornered me at a house party and tried to explain why 9/11 was an inside job"
*"...making releases like: pointy stick, pointy stick chrome, and of course, coins."
*"Thanks to our above ground partners like Glencore and the Chinese Communist Party; shout out big Xi!"
*"The last time I saw [Boris Yeltsin], he was getting loaded with some American pervert."
*"We slot greasy DNA discs under a thick ham flap, and then squeeze it between some hot English muff. Oh, my God, I am loving it!"
== Trivia ==
* He adores Meowth, and this is referenced in several of his videos
==Subscriber milestones==
*29th November 2020: 60,000 subscribers
*1th December 2020: 100,000 subscribers
*7th December 2020: 200,000 subscribers
*31st December 2020: 300,000 subscribers
*25th Febraury 2021: 400,000 subscribers
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2019
Category:One million subscribers