| “ | I don't think this is gonna work | ” |
―William Osman | ||
William Osman (born: June 8, 1991), also known as CrabsAndScience, is an American YouTuber well known for his crazy "experiments" and exciting videos. His usual style of creation is electronic, but if he's not doing that he might be enjoying a ride on his Roomba Bicycle or dropping eggs from his roof.
History[]
William Osman created his account on November 25, 2013. The first (publicly available) video uploaded to his channel is "Laser Cutting a Skateboard", posted on August 29, 2016. William started off by making more serious educational videos, but would start to gravitate to more comedic educational videos by the following year. Seemingly, his first successful video was "Can a Laser Melt Sand?", which was also posted in 2016. In December of 2017, William's house burnt down, on which he made two videos about. He quickly came back to making content afterwards. Over the following years, he gained more popularity. Not only did many people find his content entertaining and interesting, but he also collaborated with many popular YouTubers (mainly fellow comedy tech YouTuber Michael Reeves).
"I'm Done" and hiatus from YouTube[]
On October 25, 2021, William posted a nearly 23 minute video simply titled "I'm Done". In it, he describes how many hateful comments he had gotten as of recently had taken a toll on his mental health, and that he was indefinitely stepping away from YouTube content. The video was meant to serve as a message against cyberbullying, and William brought many well known creators, such as NileRed and Ludwig. The video received overwhelming positive attention when it first came out, which many supporting William. William has posted a Video about the fact he helped on Mr.Beast's Squid Game Video and planned to upload a Video on it sooner but the entire footage was more than 7 Hours long.