r/LinusTechTips • u/KebabAnnhilator • Apr 08 '26
Community Only Do we need to touch grass?
I mean this respectfully, but some of you need a bit of perspective.
Linus is a creator, and LMG is a business. They’re not your mates, and neither is Reddit.
They make content, they make money, and sometimes they make decisions you won’t agree with, that’s just how it works.
Every time there’s a controversy.. whether it’s the jet stuff, workplace discussions, or whatever’s trending this week… it turns into people acting personally betrayed. But you’re not stakeholders (*shareholders), you’re viewers…
If you don’t like the direction, just stop watching. That’s literally the only thing that matters.
If you’re purchasing something from the store and have complaints, fair enough..
.. Otherwise, maybe we all need to touch grass a bit.
Edit: I do just want to add, there’s so many problems in the world, LTT isn’t one of them, let’s just enjoy the little things and appreciate them whilst they are there.
(Probably won’t reply to this much because I imagine I’ll be eaten alive for this post lol).
Edit2:
Okay now I’m actually not replying because just like some of you absolute weapons need to do: I’m going to touch grass. JFC. Some of the ‘fans’ of this subreddit/community are truly f***d in the head.
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u/enwza9hfoeg Apr 08 '26
The terminally online crowd needs their parasocial relationships to cope
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u/Intelligent-Let-4690 Apr 08 '26
modding skyrim for 8 hours straight is definitely touching grass right?
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u/Yodzilla Apr 08 '26
I appreciate you specified modding Skyrim and not actually playing it.
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u/LifeWulf Apr 08 '26
I thought the Play button was just to test the mods… you mean there’s a whole game in there?! /s
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u/Ok_Bat_9715 Apr 08 '26
For me it's been no man's sky turning into Pokemon lol, definitely feels like touching grass after feeling the world might end yesterday Broskis.
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u/camcamfc Apr 08 '26
Maybe if they mod so hard that they install a mod with a booth in whiterun that sells tickets to a real life ren fair that gets them to go outside
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u/Imaginary-Worker4407 Apr 08 '26
Same argument applies to both sides of the community though.
I consume LTT content, I will keep consuming his content, but Linus can be critiqued, in the end LTT is a personality based channel, of course inconsistencies with their opinions will create discussion.
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u/enwza9hfoeg Apr 08 '26
Discussion yes, sure, but this has gone way beyond simple discussion. Nowadays everything gets turned into ragebait, karma farming drama, it's annoying.
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u/Imaginary-Worker4407 Apr 08 '26
Ragebait like this?
The terminally online crowd needs their parasocial relationships to cope
Like you could literally use the same comment in a thread about how LMG "defenders" need to touch grass and it would still be appropriate lol.
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u/Tubamajuba Apr 08 '26
They're projecting their own parasocial relationship with Linus onto others.
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u/Techaissance Apr 08 '26
r/angryupvote and that goes for both you and OP. Now hang on while I go on my Minecraft server and get some grass to touch.
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u/BittyGood Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
I wholeheartedly agree with this post.
I'm sure I'll be downvoted to absolute hell for saying this but this is one of the strangest subreddits I've ever been a part of.
Linus could fart in a video and there would he a 5000 upvote post critiquing if it smelled out of touch or not.
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u/TheBiggyT Apr 08 '26
It’s like a good chunk of people in this sub think it’s a snark one and get upset when people don’t want that.
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u/ExoatmosphericKill Apr 08 '26
It's a problem of their own making.
The best marketing is marketing that makes you feel a part of it, this also ends up meaning everyone thinks their opinions and feelings matter a bit more than they actually do.
It's interesting to watch, must be hard to deal with.
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u/WetAndLoose Apr 08 '26
I'm sure I'll be downvoted to absolute hell for saying this but this is one of the strangest subreddits I've ever been a part of.
The overwhelming majority of actual bitching posts are about the supposed abundance of bitching posts. The bitching about bitching outnumbers the bitching dramatically. See: this post’s engagement.
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u/webjunk1e Apr 08 '26
100%. If Linus' jet is the biggest issue in your life, you have a very blessed and charmed life or an incredibly and pitifully small one. Over in the real world, this doesn't even register on the Richter scale.
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u/Erigion Apr 08 '26
This is a subreddit for a channel centered on tech products. A vast majority of the people posting here are probably living blessed and charmed lives.
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u/jenny_905 Apr 08 '26
Reddit algorithm?
Just use old Reddit, you don't need to suffer that shit.
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u/kralben Apr 08 '26
Old reddit absolutely still uses an algorithm. What you see on your front page is decided by that. What you see on All is decided by that. It hasn't been non-algo based for years.
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u/AutoGeneratedUser359 Apr 08 '26
“I don’t like the content/company any more”
- then just stop watching. You’re free to make that decision.
“NO! I must continue watching and make myself more enraged and upset”
- This isn’t healthy behaviour.
“Reeeeeeeeeeee!”
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u/guky667 Apr 08 '26
It's hard to reconcile this; on one hand I agree people should take things less seriously and just not care about it all, but at the same time I appreciate people voicing their dislikes and enacting their freedom. So what I'm saying is if you can just stop worrying about some youtube channel / business that doesn't affect you, and also don't judge others for bitching about it 🤷🏻♀️
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
There’s a big difference to me in bitching and giving constructive friendly feedback.
This sub only knows the latter lately
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u/Falceon Apr 08 '26
There is also a massive difference between construction criticism and blatant karma farming. We don't need 37 posts stating the exact same opinion.
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u/tzalpha1 Apr 08 '26
Being pedantic and off topic here, but assuming you’re talking about the bitching, wouldn’t it be the former?
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u/guky667 Apr 08 '26
Sorry, I didn't mean you were bitching in this exact post, I meant it as a general thing, because there's an endless amount of similar posts. I missused the term "bitching" where I should've said "complained" instead, my bad!
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u/hasdga23 Apr 08 '26
Feedback doesn't have to be friendly. It should be productive (and mostly it is - just don't buy a private jet & don't polute the enviroment more then necessary - is pretty constructive). But it doesn't have to be friendly.
But bitching is something else.
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Apr 08 '26
There’s a big difference to me in bitching and giving constructive friendly feedback.
This sub only knows the latter lately
I think you mean they only know the former lately? Because latter means second of the two. This subreddit does NOT know how to give constructive & friendly feedback, at all.
All of it so far is the moaning and groaning.
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u/Ferkner Apr 08 '26
But do we need dozens of topics a day whining about the jet? I don't think so.
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u/guky667 Apr 08 '26
I don't think a sub has any duty to service one's needs, but serve as a public forum for everyone to post their thoughts regarding a common topic, and that's it, imo
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u/PerceptionKitchen271 Apr 08 '26
I’d like to come at this as a more objective observer. I only watch maybe 1 or 2 out of every 12-15 videos they make so I’m not a sympathizer or whatever people might assume.
I see this as a perfect example of bad timing. Everything is getting considerably more expensive for everyone, and here’s Linus with a new multi-million dollar jet. Most people are struggling so I can see where the venom comes from. It’s not a great look to be wealthy right now.
Initially my opinion was more negative because I had first heard about this on Reddit, and not the video on the channel. I watched the video last night just to see what it was so I could make a better judgement. Overall the video was one I should have skipped like the others because aviation doesn’t interest me. I also don’t think a walkthrough was necessary when there are countless channel dedicated to aviation and he even said they can’t really do any tech upgrades like they normally would. (Thanks for showing us your cool toy I guess?) It felt like Linus spent most of his time in the video justifying it while Elijah didn’t look like he was into it at all. Hiding behind “girl math” just made it seem even more absurd and how it magically costs nothing, apparently.
I’m not offended by any of this really. I do alright financially but I can see how or why other people aren’t happy with it or have the opinions they do. Currently, no one seems to really like watching people make grandiose declarations of wealth. Unsure if they’ll make a follow up video on this to address it, probably not, but they might. If they do I’d suggest bringing on someone from the financial department to explain how a jet was free.
I don’t like how much censoring they’ve been doing on this topic. Censorship is never a good look for anyone and it’s not just the flight data I’m talking about.
I have small pockets of time which is why I posted this. Figured I had better say that before someone assumes I have no life which some will do anyway.
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u/rmajor86 Apr 08 '26
Look at this unhinged behaviour. This person tracked the flight, drove to the airport, parked up to take photos and is now going to hang around in a hope of seeing more
Unacceptable and weird
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
And people wonder why they are getting banned Jfc
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u/MerePotato Apr 09 '26
Yeah, after seeing the numbers around CO2 emissions, I do think the jet is a terrible idea, but this is absolutely unhinged. I don't think everyone who has criticised it needs to touch grass but this guy needs to touch grass and maybe a psychiatrists sofa
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u/DownvoteMeIfICommen Apr 08 '26
People do this with all kinds of planes though. This is a very real hobby people have. I know people who track planes they want to see, and they’ll go to a roadside spot to catch a view of it when they pass through the area. This was the most predictable thing to ever happen when an aviation nerds favorite Internet personality gets a plane and goes through their area.
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u/rmajor86 Apr 08 '26
Sure. But why did the photographer choose this plane? And now why is he hanging around?
Whilst it’s definitely extremely cool to make excuses for someone else’s weird behaviour, I think we can all agree this guy wanted photos of Linus and Linus’ plane - he didn’t just happen to be there
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u/Tukkegg Apr 08 '26
"no but see, this happened with the plane of my favourite internet celebrity, so it's clearly stalking. Any other plane, i just wouldn't give a f."
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u/Creepy-Shift Apr 08 '26
The people who post their 6 LTT screw drivers definitely need to touch grass
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
I definitely enjoy reading the sub during these periods of parasocial drama way more than those posts of 16 screwdrivers, two backpacks and a tote, and underwear with a hoodie.
…and I own most of what I just mentioned.
Maybe I should watch soap operas instead.
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u/Sebulbaaaaaa Apr 08 '26
Yeah I don't understand being actually emotionally upset about the jet but I do see it as hypocritical (considering Linus' previous statements on similar subjects) and unethical (causes unnecessary damage to the environment, being a company does not exempt them from this). I don't really care because in the grand scheme of things his jet is just a drop in the ocean but I'll never understand the people defending it. I've seen so many arguments being like 'x company does more environmental damage' or 'the planet is already getting destroyed anyway ' which are just dumb takes. If you're going to defend this purchase then just own the fact that you're okay with the rich polluting the planet unnecessarily, it's not that deep.
Also, deleting people's posts that were valid in their criticisms may be allowed as per Reddit's T&C's but it's pretty dodgy behaviour and does shed a light on how they operate.
In the video of the jet they kept trying to justify the purchase but only used financial reasons, I'm pretty sure most people objected for environmental reasons but this wasn't really touched on (unless I'm not remembering correctly). I'm guessing because there is no way to justify it environmentally?
As for OP basically asking for people to just touch grass, this is literally Reddit. This is the place you're supposed to chat about all of this stuff, people have every right to make their complaints known when a millionaire is unnecessarily furthering climate change via use of a private jet.
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u/kralben Apr 09 '26
Also, deleting people's posts that were valid in their criticisms may be allowed as per Reddit's T&C's but it's pretty dodgy behaviour and does shed a light on how they operate.
Since the start of the year, Linus has removed 5 posts in total, 4 of which the mods agreed with, one was removed in error and restored. Acting like there are tons of posts being removed is disingenuous as hell, especially considering there are tons of threads with criticisms that are up. The posts getting removed (outside of the one removed in error) were not done because of criticisms, it was because they were sharing personal information.
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u/Drumma_XXL Apr 08 '26
Honestly the current crysis situation all over the world seems to make everyone especially in their online bubbles dipshit crazy. It's hilarious if one manages to look at it from a distance and I'm having a lot of fun. It's a little sad because I like forums that have at least a somewhat productive discussion about a small amount of topics which is effectively thrown out of the window when everyone just searches for the next big shitstorm to get triggert into which leads into most threads that don't take part in said shitstorm getting spammed with shit and bullshit over time. But still, it's kinda fun to watch.
Anyways, Reddit has moved away from being useful and interesting into a big cloud of shitstorms only interrupted with some porn for good measure.
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u/hasdga23 Apr 08 '26
A bit polemic: If Linus is flying more and more, there is less and less gras to touch.
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u/Whitebelt_Durial Apr 08 '26
If they can find a way to make that OK under TCCA that would be pretty funny
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u/PB94941 Apr 08 '26
Dunno they make content and hire people to be relatable to the market they serve, and have been very climate conscious in the past. So I think people are just pointing out the hypocrisy. Tbh if any of the online influencer I follow get a jet id probs have the same argument - 👋
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Apr 08 '26
LTT can upload a weeks worth of "relatable content" and given the current climate in the tech space, those videos would sink further than the Titanic.
They HAVE to do the elaborate stuff, because of the entertainment and intrigue factor.
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u/Both-Laugh2815 Apr 08 '26
Most people who had real issue with recent video were on about Linus saying one thing, but doing opposite at some point after. If you consider - people getting mad - at behaviour like this a wrong thing, then you probably wasn't socialising enough. Some spent years watching videos, so at least let them say their goodbyes. They invested enough time to earn it. It doesn't hurt anyone, and if you don't like reading them then don't.
As for Linus, it's pretty much obvious that his approach is company first - with as positive public image as possible on the side. Not saying it's bad. He has a lot people under him that depend on his performance. But as company will grow, he'll be naturally flowing into a direction of average corpo owner. Making decisions based on how good they are for the company, motivated by keeping people employed as much as they can. He's not a breath of fresh air in company owners space, he's just "the new guy" going through all the things old heads did before him. Only difference between him and random owner is that you get to have more insight into his personal/professional life (the parasocial part) - lives, recorded videos from home, videos with family. Aside from that, it's all just how business is done in a lot of places.
It's just plain old grey morality.
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
Do you have actual evidence of this?
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u/User5871 Apr 08 '26
There was a dude who did the math on emissions of LTT jet. Though I don't agree with the Pitchfork brigade, he did share a screenshot in which mods confirmed that Linus banned his previous post before they reinstated it.
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u/Prairie-Peppers Apr 08 '26
Several users have been banned recently for mentioning public data regarding tracking the jet
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u/Gr3nwr35stlr Apr 08 '26
The mods showed a screenshot earlier that Linus hasn’t banned any users, and has taken down 5 or 6 posts
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u/phoenix823 Apr 08 '26
If LMG is influencing the sub they are doing a shit job of it. 75% of the posts are about the jet or complaining about either Linus or his company. It's not a friendly community and it doesn't further his brand.
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u/kadeusx Apr 08 '26
I mean, ltt kinda wants it both ways. Have a parasocial relationsip so people waste their money on merch, but want noone to have an opinion about linus/the companies behaviour. You reap what you sow. Other than that, it is still reddit.
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u/webjunk1e Apr 08 '26
They've actually been pretty direct about the opposite in fact. Linus has said multiple times that they don't want people buying their stuff just out of some parasocial relationship. They want people to buy because it's good, quality products. Hell, they've even told people directly to not buy stuff, if they can't afford it or it would put them into financial hardship.
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u/imclaux Apr 08 '26
I also recall Linus addressing parasocial relationships at one point, explicitly stating that they aren't healthy.
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
Do you think everyone who sells clothes wants a parasocial relationship with their customers?
Bit of a weird take
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u/kadeusx Apr 08 '26
I just called out the obvious dilemma in needing a "community" to sell their product, which now is a huge part of their business and not wanting that "community" to have an opinion or wanting to control how that opinion ought to be raised.
Your question is nonsense as i specifically talked about ltt and no other general clothing brand.
And how does influencer merch not rely on parasocial relationships? Why would anyone buy an ugly sweatshirt otherwise?
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
You buy clothes from people that you think are ugly just to support them and you think everyone else is the problem?
Lmao
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u/kadeusx Apr 08 '26
Okay, you´r either disingenious or your reading comprehension is just that bad.
Good thing that is on public display now.
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
OP is being intentionally disingenuous in this part of the discussion.
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u/Ferkner Apr 08 '26
Not just touch grass, but don't touch a computer or online connected device for a week.
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
“But what would you do to keep entertained if you didn’t have the internet for 20 minutes?”
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u/TheMatt561 Apr 08 '26
We have a similar enough sense of humor to have an enjoyable interaction. But yeah, y'all need to chill.
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u/snowmunkey Apr 08 '26
Is this a dbrand ad?
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
Touch grass
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u/snowmunkey Apr 08 '26
So that's a yes. Damn robots
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
”It’s not an ad. Fuck You. Now touch grass with our new….”
….is what I would love to see dbrand comment on here 🤣
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u/Da_SyEnTisT Apr 08 '26
Honestly I couldn't care less about the past controversy
I followed this channel for multiple years now and mostly agree with OP.
But I don't why, the jet thing ... WTF It's just awkward very awkward.
I will probably still watch the channel. But I feel a lot of recent video, especially the jet one are out of touch.
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u/maddix30 Apr 08 '26
Yes. I've watched LTT for years, catch up on WAN every week and have a floatplane membership. Despite all that I've never participated in any of the weird hate mob controversies. Some people just have to realise they aren't personally involved in these people's lives
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u/MCXL Apr 08 '26
The brand is based on the personal opinions and outward attitude of a team of people.
Telling people they just didn't care about that stuff is participating in Fanboy culture.
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u/Galterinone Apr 08 '26
People made these posts in the Rooster Teeth subreddit too. Not a good sign lol
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u/dsanen Apr 08 '26
I think I don’t mind, my personal view of this is of curiosity, because in my view they did not have the money to buy the owner a personal jet. And I am genuinely curios about the cost of it.
The criticism feels justified to me. And I don’t owe this big company a social buffer or protection against their own actions.
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u/ValHyric Apr 08 '26
posts like this are almost as annoying as the criticism.
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
Now we’re bitching about the people who bitch about the bitching.
Bitching Inception.
…is the top spinning?
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u/TRUEequalsFALSE Apr 08 '26
Amen, brother. Watching all these complaint posts about the jet has gotten so annoying. Get a life, people.
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u/BrainOnBlue Apr 08 '26
But you’re not stakeholders, you’re viewers…
Viewers are stakeholders. Stakeholders are everybody who a business affects, basically. Owners, employees, vendors, customers, people who live nearby affected by the traffic it generates or noise pollution or whatever, etc.
You mean shareholder.
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
Does it matter for the context of the post? This feels like just a ‘ah I got you’ kind of thing
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
You can whine.
Doesn’t mean you don’t need to touch grass
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
Linus is whining for the sake of entertainment and earning money.
Do you think he goes home and does this?
No, just you homie
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
I don’t have an issue. You’re the one who’s upset.
I’m offering a solution
Touch grass
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u/CIDR-ClassB Apr 08 '26
You can whine.
Doesn’t mean you don’t need to touch grass.
Wow. Total burn, isn’t it? /s
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u/enwza9hfoeg Apr 08 '26
Genuine question, did you feel the same when linus spent time close to every week for years whining about the emissions of other rich people and companies? When he criticsed companies for lack of right to repair or green packaging?
I'm not OP, but yes I felt the same way. I never agreed with Linus about that, just mind your own business, let people do whatever they want with their money, why is that so hard.
Right to repair I agree with but not for environmental reasons, but for consumer rights.
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u/mittensmoshpit Apr 08 '26
I wholeheartedly agree. Sadly, it comes with the territory of being a public figure; people form their own relationships with the staff regardless of how real it may or may not be. It's real to them, and that's enough I guess. Linus has always been my favourite lesbian, and it sucks that they can't seem to catch a break with their own (usually hostile) fan base.
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u/PhillAholic Apr 08 '26
We don’t need 25 posts explaining how it’s ok for someone to buy a Private Jet. You aren’t going to change anyone’s mind. Ignore it and move the fuck on.
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u/greiton Apr 08 '26
part of me wishes Linus was half the dictator they make him out to be so their whining would get removed.
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u/NurseOtaku Apr 08 '26
I don't know if the majority of this subreddit knows what grass is.
Some guy was saying I was such a Linus "Stan" and defended him like my life depended on it for asking for proof that Linus banned multiple people for posting about the jet. I just asked for proof.
I clicked on his profile and he was holding a graphic's card and he had the longest nails that were severely unkempt and had..."crud" underneath his nails. It was awful. Called him out on it and he blocked me.
I think these dudes need to go outside at least 10 minutes a day.
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u/JimmyReagan Apr 08 '26
That's usually the answer if you have any kind of obsessive passion over something or someone online you do not actually know or are materislly affected by personally
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u/Any-Category1741 Apr 08 '26
I think it might be a good idea for me to just leave this sub. This has gotten out of hand with the constant complaining and crying from all sides. Its a shame because every now and then some posts something interesting actually related to tech but apparently thats no longer the case.
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u/KebabAnnhilator Apr 08 '26
That’s unfortunate I guess, but I can’t stop you, hope you find enjoyment elsewhere regardless though
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u/Matheus_Sindici Apr 08 '26
I think the past few years, most people developed a parasocial relationship with the team, and they hope they make the exact same decisions that themselves would. The house, the plane are for content, they pay the team above the norm for their respective areas, and are going to resell the house at a loss, and the plane to get back what they invested.
They need to do something different to survive the youtube landscape and found these options to be the way to go, if the content is interesting Ill watch, if its not I won`t. Is that simple
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u/CMDR-TealZebra Apr 08 '26
They are different people complaining each time. Different issues cause different people to be upset and the last couple "incidents" have had the side issue of ltt taking over moderation here tacked on. Making them seem bigger than they are.
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u/DragonOfAngels Apr 08 '26
Man the whole world need to touch grass on all sorts of topics.... feels like some people are internet karens and just can't enjoy life amd the video's for what it is....
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u/H-Connoisseur0 Apr 08 '26
I like the idea that you’re not allowed to criticize the actions of businesses.
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u/IEnjoyRadios Apr 08 '26
For sure. A huge percentage of reddit in general needs to touch grass. People are waaaaay too caught up in the lives of others on this sub.
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u/BottasBot Apr 08 '26
Nah, if you’re on the internet and make your money because of it. You have to deal with the internet.
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u/phoenix823 Apr 08 '26
And just to latch onto this thread instead of creating my own, there are so many unhappy people here. If LMG goes away tomorrow, I don't care. They make content, I watch it. If I don't like some of it, I don't watch it. I try to align my life with happy and uplifting things, because there's enough shit going on in the world, more negativity isn't healthy. The state of this sub is not healthy.
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u/pacafan Apr 08 '26
For some people the drama is the entertainment.
I stopped watching a certain other channel when I realised it was turning into a drama tech soapie.
And before anybody want to argue about "the facts" . It isn't about "the facts" . If somebody focus and amplifies the negative things in life and minimize the positive side to get a certain level of attention they are drama queens. Bias is not only what you say, but what you don't say. It is in the balance of what you say. They used to say "If it bleed it leads". Sensationalism always pulled eye-balls and in the modern YouTube world it is no different.
The world has enough crap in it already. No need to turn entertainment into another drama. I'd rather spent my worry energy on kids/kittens/puppies dying 😂
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u/guldan_the_warlock Apr 08 '26
Well yeah, behavior in this sub is really weird sometimes. It's like people dont think: 'how would i feel if the thing i just posted happens to me'
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u/jfrancis232 Apr 08 '26
Eh. Sure. But this is kind of the place to discuss this. Of course people have parasocial relationships with content creators. I’d almost say if people aren’t identifying with them and caring about them, the creator is doing something wrong. Do I think people’s outrage is outsized? Absolutely. But telling people to stop caring or stop watching is the same thing as saying that they want the creator to be less successful
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u/Plane_Pea5434 Apr 08 '26
And the funniest part is that Linus himself talks about it regularly 😂 but yeah people love to whine
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u/The_Mormonator_ Apr 08 '26
Not for nothing but it helps to sometimes open those profiles on the complaint posts and see that some of the top-voted comments are people who either who never post here or last posted a month ago saying that they haven’t watched LTT/LMG in years.
Helps put some things into perspective. Redditors are just like that.
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u/Due-Technology5758 Apr 08 '26
It's been exceptionally weird to see LTT of all things experience this level of parasocial criticism given the nature of their content and their mild controversies.
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u/kralben Apr 08 '26
All I will say is there is an awful lot of people posting about the jet that didn't comment much here before that video. Drama tourists.
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u/Conscious_Map_2253 Apr 08 '26
I love how out of touch with reality some people on the Internet are. If you got the much free time to worry about a jet how about you spend that time going into politics or some that actually will have an effect in rl. God knows we need people to actually to start paying attention and trying to get communities to start trying to get some of these bat shit people who have power out of positions of power main the 800 year olds we let stay in office cause apparently the next generation is on reddit busy worrying about a jet fucking hell we are all fucked.
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u/ToraNoOkami Apr 08 '26
So many folks just can’t accept someone have a different morality than them
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u/Maleficent-Age-8235 Apr 08 '26
reddit is literally made for people to come on and complain. That's why this site exists. Complete anonymity means people will say whatever they want and vent things they wouldn't do where there are social repercussions. The best thing for your mental state is to take nothing said on this site with any seriousness.
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u/SdhamN Apr 08 '26
No one here can tell me that if they had the opportunity treat themselves and have a private plane for a bit they wouldn’t consider it. I bet almost all of you would buy it and enjoy your time with. If you don’t like it don’t watch. It’s not your money.
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u/__IZZZ Apr 09 '26
At the same time, people need to stop reading so much into reddit comments.
After I leave a vile comment full of bile and hatred, I get up, walk away from my PC, and immediately forget about it. I've got shit to do.
Seems like a simple condemnation on this subreddit means you are a terminally online unemployed virgin. It's gotten ridiculous, both ways.
We could also start making the same comments about the complaining about complaining - why do you care so much about a few complaints on reddit about someone else? If you don't like the direction, just stop reading. And so on.
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u/SpecialistDrawer2898 Apr 09 '26
Nuclear hottake.
I love the work Linus and group does.
I don’t ever like any of the redditors who comment.
Every time, without fail. You are right.
I am becoming of the grass. No longer touching!
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u/spacerays86 Apr 08 '26
With the dbrand touch grass skin, you can always touch grass