Good A plot, bad B plot, and a C plot that should have been cut entirely.

Fuck that. Fascists don’t deserve the benefit of political decency.

Horseshit. They are not being honest about clearing government waste. Any talk of reducing government spending without significant cuts to the military is a fable.

Any minor good things they do will be completely overshadowed by the pilfering of the country for a select few.

Feb 2009: “I hope he fails” - Rush Limbaugh

Also Feb 2009: Every single Republican member of the House votes against Obama’s stimulus package

Sept 2009: Republican member of the House Joe Wilson is sanctioned for shouting “you lie” during Obama speech to Congress

Oct 2010: Republicans pledge no compromise with Obama in their takeover of the House

Nov 2010: Mitch McConnell’s goal is to make Obama a 1-term President

Shall I continue?

Yes. COBOL can be excused because it was the first time anyone was going down that path. Everything that comes later, less so.

Side effect of him stepping away from the CEO role, I guess.

That’s actually a very nice screwdriver. Nice ratchet screw drivers do cost that much. I have one, but given where LTT is these days as a company, I don’t recommend buying it.

I would be very happy if creators were able to fund their operations off their own merch rather than outside advertising. That seems to be what Gamers Nexus does, or at least heading that way. What LTT does, though, is use it as an additional revenue source on top of their other advertising sources. Doing it right means resisting the urge to consume more and more, and LTT is not capable of that.

I don’t mind things that are an actual thing to buy. I want to research it first–you can get a better electric razor than Manscaped for not much more–but at least it’s clear how they make their money. Honey was obviously getting money from someone other than their users, and that’s an immediate red flag.

They didn’t hide it, but a huge portion of their audience doesn’t read the forums. A 10 minute video of Linus ranting about them would have opened this scandal to a wider audience years ago.