If you ask for a slice of cake or bottle of wine from Joseph Herscher, you’d better be prepared for a lot of falling objects.
That’s because Herscher’s favorite way of getting tasks done on his channel Joseph’s Machines is via Rube Goldberg contraptions—machines which perform simple tasks through a series of complex chain reactions.
And while those tasks sometimes result in laptops smashing to the ground or wine glasses shattering, they’ll eventually get the intended job done.
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Herscher’s machines may not be the most sensible way of making a sandwich or turning a newspaper page, but the number of twists and turns make them impressive. His creativity in using a variety of objects is fun to watch, and it’s interesting to see how he works through making each machine do what he wants it to do.
Herscher is gay, and we see a couple of videos depicting his contraptions helping him pour a glass of wine for another man who is visiting for Valentine’s Day. They nearly kiss, but the wine gets thrown in their faces. Likewise, another machine pushes his male partner out of bed after the man hogs the bedsheets.
In one video, Herscher’s machine helps him get ready for the day, and he spends most of the video in heart-covered boxers.
As stated before, a couple videos include the use of alcohol, such as wine or whisky.
We heard a misuse of God’s name. We likewise heard Jesus’ name used inappropriately, too.
The number of tasks involved for each one of Herscher’s machines will make a viewer wonder just how long they took to set up and get working. But beyond the entertainment factor here, because of this channel’s content issues (occasional visual allusions to homosexuality, a video showing Herscher in his boxers, drinking and a bit of profanity), many parents may not find Joseph’s Machines appropriate for their kids.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
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