Lookner Completes Some Errands

The Lookner channel on YouTube features a new live stream video entitled “Got Haircut AND Returned Microphone! (Live Breaking Lookner News)":

The video starts with Steve wearing a winter hat to hide his hair, presumably because he’s gotten a haircut, like he had been talking about needing in other videos, and will reveal it later in the video. He shows how he figured out how to use YouTube cards to add links to other videos, and demonstrates this by playing one of his earlier views that now has a card.

Steve mentions that one time after college, he died his hair blond, and might do a stream about it. He says that if he got enough financial support, he’ll consider dying his hair again. He also mentions that he’s planning Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve live streams on his other Agenda-Free TV YouTube channel.

The background of the video alternates between two short videos of Atlanta filmed by Steve on his phone while running errands. One shows the haircutting establishment where he got his hair cut, and the other shows the Amazon store where he returned the microphone he unboxed earlier but noticed some problems with.

Steve talks about feeling productive after getting the two errands done. His sleep schedule is unusual due to news sometimes happening at night, which can make running errands during the day more difficult.

While running errands, he also stopped to check his PO box. He got a yellow notification card, but the reason for getting it isn’t checked off on the card! The post office was too busy for him to deal with it at the time, so he might do another video when he goes to figure out what the card is about.

He gives some references to other videos to watch to understand what’s being talked about in this video.

Steve starts talking about how his haircut went. He used one of the prepaid discount cards he’d bought earlier. One of the viewers asks in the live chat about the hat that he’s wearing to temporarily hide his hair. He finds it on Amazon, and adds a link to the video’s description. He also talks about how he’s made $48.80 in Amazon referrals, showing the report screen.

While on the topic of Amazon referrals, he also looks at the list of items that people purchased that he received referral money for. These items include a key organizer, butter powder, a gold jewelry tree stand, a vintage pickup truck with Christmas tree shaped cookie cutter, and a pair of crossword puzzle books! He also indicates that he’s received the new microphone he ordered, and will unbox it later.

He gets back on the topic of his haircut. He thinks that there may be high staff turnover at the haircutting places he goes to, as he never gets the same haircutter. While getting his hair cut, he started talking to the haircutter about a trip that the haircutter is planning on taking. There were other customers in the store waiting, and Steve thought maybe he was annoying them by talking to the haircutter. He also notes that it’s too soon to tell if it’s a good haircut, as he’ll have to wait about a week and then see what it’s like.

Steve asks viewers in the live chat if they like videos about the mundane errands and other stuff he does. There are differing views, where some like such content, and others say they don’t. He also talks about notifications on YouTube and Discord. In addition, he set up a Twitter account that he’ll use to tweet when he’s coming on the air with a live stream. The Discord notifications are tied to tweets. He indicates that he won’t use this Twitter account for other content; it will just be for notifications.

As seems to be the case with his videos, it takes a while to get the main event. Steve finally starts the haircut reveal, but drags it out. He takes off the hat he had been wearing, and his hair is messy. He has to fix it as best he can. In the end, it looks like a typical haircut.

He briefly talks about baldness, and how he thinks that once there’s a cure of baldness, then pictures of bald people will look unusual in the future, like old photos of people riding pennyfarthing bicycles. He thinks it’ll be the same for driving using a steering wheel when self-driving cars become widely used.

While talking about haircuts, he mentions he once got a haircut in Los Angeles, at a place where celebrities got their hair cut. It was expensive, but he didn’t notice any difference with cheaper haircuts.

Steve discusses how he has a weird schedule due to the news coverage he does for his Agenda-Free TV YouTube channel, and this can make it hard to run errands. He talks of wanting to move somewhere where there are 24-hour grocery and other stores nearby, so he can go whenever he wants. When living in Los Angeles, he says he got used to going to a 24-hour grocery store at night, and lost patience for checkout lineups during the day.

He moves on to talking about his visit to the Amazon store, to return the microphone he had bought earlier but didn’t like for a variety of reasons. He said it’s a busy location, but he found it easy to return the package. It’s the kind of errand he says that wealthy people would have their assistants do. Steve says that this gives the wealthy people a lot of extra time and productivity, and thinks it’s a disadvantage for poorer people who don’t have assistants.

Near the end of the stream there is some breaking news: he gets an email saying his Amazon refund has been issued, and that the return is complete!

He wraps up by thanking donors and various viewers.

• Karl