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Vine is gonna rise from the grave
laptop battery so ass that it went from 99% to 84% in less than 10 minutes
Gonna come back and terrorize everyone
dan
What loll
I need a clock somewhere in my vicinity

Best I can do is a sundial
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Oh you mean tiktok
Yes yes
Ticktock is what I call my clock
yo
people say teachers dont get paid good
why are teachers in my school getting paid up to 120k a year
then the benfits are s ogood
depends on the area or county
its not the size
its the quality
o my school is quality but racist asf

te lowest paid teacher makes like 70k a year but alot of the benfits are like 30k 10k 20k
these teachers make ALOT
in ur specific area prolly
yeah thats ALOT
honestly a big motivator to become a teacher in the US in a good area is prolly the healthcare benefits
its for the whole family too ontop
ALOT of benfits
the real question is how much the superintendents make
they might make 70k a year but they getting like 30k in benfits
the assistant one makes 190k a year
30k in benfits is AMAZING
most of them here make like 400k and up
i know how much healthcare is 
very controversial when it comes to budgeting
$199,280.00 is how much our super attendant makes
There are places with teacher shortages. In the garbage parts of the country
teachersr salarars are between 60k and 120k
they should pay your super attendant less and your english teacher more
i think it depends on their educatiion level and expirence
They pay teachers crap and demonize them
they make alot already
our teachers cant complain about pay
what point are you getting at this is a discord server full of computer nerds
something something rtx 5090 something something nintendo switch 2
OUR POINT IS THE IT PEOPLE SHOULD GET MORE
i think CEOs should get more
yeah you know IT department
id love to work for my schools helpdesk
gotta fix all those dead chromebooks and ipads that students destroy
uh oh
real
our it guy be on dsicord all the time
I think... ima get more tea
Those chromebook fees tend to pay for parts, repairs, replacements, wages and in some cases insurance. Part pricing, especially on things like chromebooks and laptops, can be extremely stupid because of limited sources
its cheaper to buy a new one if it braks 
buy one for $80, if it breaks in a few years buy new one 
In certain cases, yes. If the mobo dies absolutely, but the parts can be less expensive depending on the model
the model it self cost $80
oo i see mines is no longer being sold anymore 
but found it on amazon for $74
lmfaooo
If it isn't being sold by the manufacturer it will not be purchased by a school. They generally do not purchase them from resellers.
its prob even cheaper then 
If they get bulk purchase deals, yes
i cant wait to graduate
ima burn it

i plued it into my monitor to do classwork and it started to lag and not be responsive so i jsut logined on my pc
but in a random browser
they like to take control
Felix why was john fired from his job at the keyboard factory?
Unless your school is wasting a lot of money they generally don't let graduates keep them, so enjoy being charged with damaging school property
Because he wasn’t hitting enough shifts
id pay for it 
if im spending $120 a year ima burning it
BURN THE CHROMEBOOK! dOWN TO THE GROUND
Dang
At my high school the fee for the chromebook was really low. You had the choice between paying insurance or being billed per part if something breaks. And we had a program for students to fix the chromebooks as part of a student IT group
But our school had most of the chromebook program paid for by NY state grants
They'll only be allowed to come back if they sell it to his buddy Elon 
I think we can all live without tiktok
I'm fine without TikTok. I have a problem with how the ban was allowed be put in place 
exactly
im turning my canadian vpn on 
o no, anyways
I don't use TikTok, se eh
Ig reels are better
LMAO. I fixed my g pro wireless! All I had to do was smash it a few times on my desk lol. Thank you, Reddit @random osprey
No Ig for me. I am a Discordite and a Redditor. Fear me
I have maximum gamer brain rot
me and my friends are fixing our tiktoks rn 
time to purcahse a candian vps
soo, i have a feeling vpn sales are going through the roof
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NOOOOO
Calm
Casual reminder that Jan 20 is just around the corner
Last chance to buy tech before tariff hikes
I have my TikTok For you page screen recorded for the last hour of TikTok, selling it right now. LMK if interested
im curious who the hell would buy that tbh 😭
are you interested
maybe if you give me a 4090 bundled in for fitty
5090 or nothing
real
sounds like a bird
Baby Mario from Yoshi's Island
Sounds like a kitten crying?
It's in their TOS that they are logging your inputs
i bet instagram, google, facebook, ect do the same thing
and collecting all manner of personal info to "do with as they deem fit"
i think google has more personal info ngl
Including handing it over to the Chinese CIA
show the part it says they directly give it to china cia
China's govt demands that they do
It literally is
congrats for getting rid of peoples jobs
no its not??
Let's turn it around
Yes turn it around
its a quick google search showing its PARENT company is chineese owned, NOT TIKTOK
If an American company made a not-Tiktok and the CIA demands that a backdoor is installed into it to monitor "potential dissidents" living abroad wouldn't you be pissed?
"TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong counterpart is Douyin, was a Chinese short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance."
It was a rename for a CHINESE app intended for internationals
no i dont really care if they have my data
and once again
Then you're quite foolish honestly
It literally is Chinese though
whatever works i guess 
byte dance does not have access to the data
go on google for on second
google the tiktok comapony
its incoropreted in the cyaman islands
doesnt sound like china
Just because the data is not physically in China it is still hosted on servers operated by people answering to a company that is legally mandated to hand over collected data to the Chinese government
you cant legally mandate a noncineese company to give china data
Strictly for tax purposes
and do u have proof that byte dance has access to the tiktok data?
The entire C-suite is people answering to Chinese law
They own Tiktok my guy
and??
They have this thing called "administrator access"'
Common sense???
not proof
Those maintaining an app HAS ADMIN ACCESS
Why is there a argument about this the app is gone rip 
cuz bro is so ignorant he's comfortable with the CCP using his data for influence operations
OH MY GOD
That’s viable
At that point you were actively asking for it
im also onred note 
And you had the gall to call me a government drone
what can china possibly do with my infomation???
Literal brainrot
awe
Push propaganda to get you to ask the way that benefits them?
i can just ignore the propaganda??
its not very difficlut to ignore things
Bro has no clue
iinstead of banning the app, make laws protecting users data, and if tiktok doesnt comply you can ban them, it benfits everyone, not just banning tikok
hold all these american social media apps to the same standards of data privacy
They literally got shut down because they refused to allow American authorities to look into their algorithm
Go ask Google and Facebook the same question
I bet they will say no too
like the entire point of good propaganda is that you will NOT notice you're being propagandized
the US already has access to their algorithms, same as China
ByteDance grants access to China, but NOT the US
Not at all suspicious I guess
idk guys I got Rednote
So china can say the same thing about us
I feel sorry for you
They banned Google and such for their reasons
The NSA already does. They actively data-mine and have back doors into pretty much every major tech company
Sounds like two Country’s who want to control their people
This TikTok ban is stupid
Oh no they banned Google because they cannot coerce it to not show material like Tiananmen Square and Xinjiang
This is something that has been publically known since the Snowden leaks
I'm not even mad about because I lost some form of entertainment. The whole ban doesn't make sense (we all know why it doesn't make sense)
Yes, my point is that both sides do it, it's only returning the favor
China is censorship and control
USA is control
Frankly tiktok for the whole 3 days I used it was pure brainrot
I do not miss it at all
It actively lowered my IQ
You do you
You have to filter it. Like the things you want to see. Stuff like that
I did!
I feel bad for the small businesses who relied off TikTok to make a living
You mean OF girls lmao
I'm able to build a whole fyp that was straight learning stuff lol. TikTok was my micro-learning app for a fat second lol
Don’t worry, instagram is brain rot too
They use Twitter for that
I don't miss it either. But we gave the Pres. the power to declare a social media company a foreign puppet and ban it in order to get rid of TikTok
Instagram has worse brainrot than American TikTok 💀
no that's "artists creating NSFW art of anime characters"
Fr
TikTok: brainrot idk just some goofy stuff
Instagram: Racism. Deaths. Bullying people with disabilities
Tiktok and Instagram is mostly OF adverts and brainrot
Yeah then you see a random cat meme
I had to block like 20 accounts pushing it with paid ads
But yes social media is in general not a good thing
The TikTok ban us stupid when the congress people ask if TikTok accesses the home WiFi network
People have different feeds, one person's experience may not be another's
You COULD use it for good, but it takes more effort than it's really worth
They don’t even understand what they banned
The caption will be like "I will tickle your balls" and it's some small kitten
They perfectly understand it
Sure
They don’t understand what WiFi is
I don’t believe them
They banned a Chinese influence tool
I can recommend Ryan MacBeth to you
Idk man the TikTok ban is pretty pointless. I get less scam calls than my Facebook parents, who get a few calls per day
maybe you'd learn a thing or two
Iv seen enough congress videos of them interviewing
Facebook is pure boomer material
And asking stupid questions, or asking questions then answering them
like it's so irrelevant at this point
Like you don’t ask a question then answering it your self
You actually do that sometimes and there is a point
And in doing so gave one person the ability to ban whatever they want. But hey no brainrot tiktok amirite?
I'm not going to fully defend congress here but you should consider that those videos were targeted and sent to you via algorithm, likely with little context
See THAT is a good argument about it
time to ban youtube
Iv watched he’s the entire thing
what is going on
Thing is that ByteDance could've sold it to an American company and keep operating
Under US laws
And iv seen the congress videos on American platforms
But y'know, the CCP would rather blow it up than to hand over the algorithm
I remember my friends (Facebook and IG people) constantly getting texts saying "Hi I'm Ted Cruz" from last election and I would always go "lmao idk what y'all are talking about" (I got like maybe one of those messages where they'd get like at least a few a day)
Ccp glory to the ccp
Which opens up the whole is this actually national security or something competitors with the Pres's ear pushing for.
Some of both likely
national security is funni
Why is the tiktok argument back agian
1989 didnt happen
🥱
The thing is that ByteDance is obligated by Chinese law to hand over collected data
Which an American ownership group would not do
I'm guessing because trump pfp guy was coping
i wonder how many of these american companys have chineese investors
Now I wonder why you need VPNs and several layers of encryption to at all access int Facebook, X, Instagram and Google wholesale in China
don't engage with the bait
If they supposedly already have backdoors why not allow it?
because china has the same concerns our governemnt has + some
Tbh I'm close to blocking them lol
Heavily coping in fact lmao
already did
Alright you've convinced me
But yeah this guy is either clueless or an actual malicious agent
and now ur getting butt hurt over my opinion
DID SOMEONE SAY POLITICS
yes theo please janny
idk man I'm still gonna think all of this is because TikTok was "super cringe" because of when it was music.ly back in the day, and then it got bought out and then turned into TikTok, which was still kind of a goofy app until people started bullying the "dancers" from music.ly at the time
nobody remembers this though
this is a tech server
people butt hurt over others opinions and it because political
Oh no I'm not butthurt over your wrong opinions, I'm butthurt over you coming in with the "yoyu government drone" adhominem
alright, no more heated discussions about tiktok for various reasons
I think this a nuanced issue but the real points aren't getting through
sure bud
shhhhhhhh
lets do what the mod said
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Let's talk about something less heated and TOS violating
yes
I just feel like the talk comes from this origination
So about GN and LTT
puppys
like funny LTT video
i love puppys
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LETS TALKA BOUT THE GAMER NEXUS AND LTT DRAMA
yeah I like cats and dogs
idk I just tabbed back
lol
don't know where this started
useless youtuber drama that doesnt change my life
all I know is that it's stupid
time to abuse the poopy youtube blocking systems i suppose
and that's without seeing his messages
anyways do y'all prefer apple juice or orange juice?
@craggy shoal so how are you
depends
o man i love apple juice
OJ all the way
on how much sugar is in them
OJ is toxic orange sludge
sad (cybersecurity and political reasons but we're passed that topic now) (down for a juice debate though)
frfr
apple juice does taste... naturally sugary
unfortunate
@craggy shoal wanan add me on rednote?
yeah DM it to me
I don't actually drink much juice
me neither
bet
i like da jooce
I drink mostly coffee & tea & milk
juice has too much sugar
I drink apple cider sometimes in fall
pulp is disgusting 
I like the pulp
heres some FIBER
nutritious

Pulp distracts me from the terrible taste of the OJ 
Pulp is acceptable, but no pulp is less hassle
Pulpaphobia
It doesn't even taste like oranges
Best argument against veganism
It tastes like chemicals
Tea is better anyways
"that's the food my food eats"
You can be vegetarian if you solely eat a diet of no meat pizza and pasta
When u spend all ur money on rgb
it looks like a gummy worm
twitter.com is the best website ever
No PC looking aaaahhh
Cringe

Is he STILL talking politics?
That'd be rad
that'd be value tbh
This is what the PS5 Pro should've been
Hold on there bucko, upgrade the cpu and the gpu?!?
That is crazy talk
Everyone knows that a refresh console should only ever upgrade one component
lmfao
blergh
upgrade 1 component and then charge extra for another. ps6: $40 for the side panels. base model doesnt come with them
Dbrand still makes better side panels too
doesn't Dbrand make expensive stickers
There's actually an intake for the fan which isn't blower style
They make cases and side panels for the PS5
ooo
wasnt there some problem with them and sony cause dbrand made a spidermand side panel and sony said nah, we have a spiderman playstation coming out
Lmao probably
Sony tried to sue DBrand for making the darkplates
So they made a darkplates 2.0
So it's entirely likely
Didn't hear about that tho
Won't matter tbh

oop ye, spider man 2 face plates
He's not in it for a fruitful discussion
But it's okay, darkplate 2.0 are different bro I swear
dbrand and spiderman 2 face plates. sony just doesnt like dbrand i guess
Man buying a lil space heater was such a great decision I love having this thing on when I shower so it isn’t absolutely freezing afterwards in the bathroom
Lmao
Listening to Linus feeling attacked reminded me that his way of responding to bad publicity is almost like a kid throwing a tantrum
Not that I'm personally any better but it's not very confidence inspiring...

That's the thing
GN can milk him for easy drama
Linus needs a PR guy that just tells him to stay quiet in these situation
I don't think GN is completely justified either
must resist
But I think the way Linus snap reacts is childish
also pretty irresponsible for his brand image
it's not just him he has to worry about
On multiple counts.
Don't get me wrong, I think he has a heart of gold
yeah he just doesn't take drama well
GN threw a cheap shot
if linus stayed quiet this whole thing would've been more in his favour
Mmmm...I wouldn't say, cheap?
It was a bit snide tbh
But I wouldn't say either that he seems to being unbiased
Yeah
It does seem to feel a little targeted
Which video are we talking about? I wanna see
He didn't need to go after LTT specifically
But that said, Linus responds really poorly
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he just needs to take the Mr Beast approach of just
not responding
and waiting until the attack dogs make a mistake
I think Linus is better off responding tbh
But to give a real example of what I mean
When he was posting his "Response" letter
I think it'd be better for his CEO to dictate any response 
yeah the CEO doesn't have enough power imo
Then proceeds to partake by pointing out flaws
That part just paints it so well for me how bad Linus is at reacting
he should have the executive power to veto linus's public statements
at least in regards to LMG
He was basically put there for that reason
Idk, I think it's just more revealing on Linus the last couple days
It redecorates the picture of a child tantrum to me
He can say things better if he wants conflict resolution
Not snap back and continue the snipe volley
And even if he does say bad kneejerk stuff, it'd probably make things go smother if he wasn't as such a big figure in the company. But he is basically the face of it. Which tbf is his right, but still
If Linus was like "Why did you specifically address me when this issue is much larger than the tech sphere"
Also fair point, considering how much he has to do with LMG on the whole honestly
Exactly
Perfect way of saying it
"Why me when there's 30 others?"
If he just, said only that
Instead of the wall of text
or rather
This wouldn't be so conflated
"Why focus on LMG rather than the real issue of paypal?"
LMG is literally not a big part in this
If you listen to the GN clip anyway Steve barely said anything particularly bad
at least not as much as GN makes it out to be
A wall of text and a podcast response which is basically "You suck at everything and are bad" 
it's pretty targeted
my girlfriend just made a new instagram account shes never used the platform before and its alrady recommending people from our school shes never had a meta acount ever
He really could've done way better
Though tbf, right to response should be something Steve should be doing if he isn't
I think he's right to point out what Steve is doing, anything beyond that, petty imo
nah that's wild
Agree
But I can also somewhat see where Steve comes from there
fr
how tf instagram know already
He's trying to be a representative journalist
who sold meta her snapchat data
And he is likely expecting others to uphold a similar standard
thats the only social media i can think of that she might have mutruals on
But therein is the unorthodox
Steve has the right to point out the LMG involvement
come to think of it, Instagram would always recommend classmates, rather than my classmates' parents or other relatives
but this instance is too targeted
Do you give other journalists a reminder how to do their job? That they know well?
fr.. sometimes i dont even.. follow them or know who tf they are
Or do you make it a case of straight to a public execution
but instagram knows who they are
Justified or not it makes GN look petty
I don't think it's all that right either
Steve should give his peers a chance
Since he did other companies
THAT
Is what makes it feel targeted
He showed JayzTwoCents way more courtesy than LTT
Exactly
So I think Linus is right, but childish and really makes it look dumb in how he did it
exactly
And I think Steve is unusually biased and thus somewhat in the wrong
Granted how this played out
Ye, he's just bad at handling drama
Really really bloody bad at it
The first instance of it which he kept recalling was the August 23 video
He went straight on social media
I'd say the previous drama wouldn't be blown out of proportion if he didn't respond in the same way either
Slandered everyone
And he got reeled in by his own peers
REALLY bad look that was
10000% yeah
Well see how this plays out ig
Both sides have ammunition
Resolution would be the best imo, no point in bickering
It is stupid
this is just taking resources away from the honey lawsuit
honey
awe
now LTT is somehow the main target
Megalag also had LTT eyed in on with the original vid
What they did or didnt do isn't really relevant for the lawsuit to come
exactly
Yep
If anything it'll just reflect terribly on GN for the lawsuit
Like seriously it's just a strawman argument at that point
Which is probably what LMG wants
Trying to pin it on specific channels
Drags them both down imo
I'm fine with LTT's content
Supposed to be about the core creators and their affiliation to Honey
I watch one video like every couple months for entertainment
I don't hate either of them but come on
Same
this is so childish
Everyone was involved in "promoting" honey as a platform
I think LTT improved tremendously from all the drama tbh
they did
So if you're gonna blame one blame them all
there's been a lot less slop
They even have LTT labs improving to the point where I am considering them seriously
I'm curious to see how Steve responds
If he gives Linus a chance, this will die overnight
If he decides to snap back this will be an interesting 2025 start
thanks steve
Which he should give him a chance
legal eagle
they should sit down and talk it out
apologise to each other
stop this crap
or even join forces to fight honey
Tech bros should be tech bros
They need to sit down together with someone else to moderate them
Not tech enemies
like seriously it'd turn this drama around and give each other a PR boost
I don't even think Linus' way of handling the honey situation is poor either
No one anticipated this degree of crapery
Would anyone here watch the way honey snatches an affiliate code?
Ofc not
It's not a common sense thing to notice
Like at all
exactly
I mean, I personally think they all should have gone out and told the public about the affiliate stealing if they knew
maybe they were sus
Just a general PSA
but didn't want to make a baseless accusation
LTT saying he will just distance himself is fine imo because it literally caught everyone out
Everyone who ever promoted honey should make a response
I see the same thing from GN with NZXT tbh
Just to let people know
He grilled so many creators for the flex program, which is justified, but the bigger problem is many of those didn't know that's what it had become
Many signed up when it WASN'T the way it is today
He is justified but unjustified there as well
And if they presented the knowledge to a wide audience, the chance that someone would've caught the actual consumer side of the theft would've shot up
Steve getting that 80% accuracy again
He could have done this, but he's not entirely obligated to either
Esp. with the way it blew up
Oh no, he absolutely isn't obligated, none of them are
Literally everyone's been talking about it since it's mr. beast's lovechild
So I just watched the part where he "jabs" at Linus. I don't think he's wrong. I also don't think he's wrong for calling him out either. Linus should have made that video when his team found out.
It wasn't the best way he could have handled it, but I think given the way almost everyone didn't catch it, he's not really guilty of anything
I thought this at first but when you realise he can "jab" at anyone else given their recent history, I can see why Linus feels the way he does
He wasn't wrong, but I didn't think he's perfectly right either
Gamer's Nexus has always been the people to call people out for BS no matter what it is and they did just that. It's no different than any other time he's called people out.
Absolutely
GN is a goat
But he does have a strange track record of not giving Linus a chance
Weirdly targeted behaviour
He certainly gave nzxt a second chance
Again, no requirement from anyone to do anything but I sorta see both sides here
Just Linus is a toddler

In this istance though, Linus was the one who knew long before others did and did nothing about it. Why shouldn't GN call him out? Why should he call someone else out when it's literally Linus that sat on his hands.
Linus asked for this when he did nothing.
That tbf, I don't know when he found out
We can just agree jayztwopoots is the best techtuber smh
But if it was any time after the megalag video I think he wasn't wrong
Just not ideal
From the original video that pertained to the honey scam, it was said he knew for quite a long while.
Jayz has been unusally based recently
was linus oglibated to say anything, persoanlly id keep my mouth shut too
Before the megalag vid tho?
But for how long yeah
Yes, the Megalag video states it
If it's before, you're totally right
States that Linus knew.
Yeah he knew years ago.
I'm 100% on board with GN for calling him out.
I mean personally I gave up on Honey after 15 minutes lol
I'm leaning towards this now, didn't know it was prior
So it’s weird cos it states that LMC wasn’t “happy with the commission” or something, not specifically what they weren’t happy with. The thing is they partnered with another company that does the same thing
After it didn't work like 4 times I gave up on honey
If it's clearly stated what it does in the advertising though it's not a lie
Even if it does the same thing
It was worse than pcpp or my own searching, and even edge's own honey-like shop bot, so I gave up pretty quick 
Well that's unfortunate then, he should've called it out
So GN is even more right to what he did, and right to reply is less deserved in that scenario
Did they call out anyone else knowing prior?
Did anyone else know prior?
This is from one of Linus Team members
Damn Colin
And anyone else that wasn't from LMG?
I'm looking
No worries
I'm just curious if GN was still jabbing for the sake of context or bias or if it's because only ltt was the best example
Some more info from Linus
I'm just curious if anyone else knew
From what I remember it was only Linus, but I'm still looking
The Megalag video does not state anyone else other than Linus.
So it's not a biased jab
Nope
It's just an obvious example
Hm
Right of reply wouldn't do much if it's well known he decided to sit on that information
Rip LTT (again)
So it's probably more likely Steve decided not to waste his time and try and put it in a gentle tone
Which is valid
Yeah
They knew really early on but didn't do anything with it
Why write to someone about something that is clearly bad and you know the answer to
It gets worse when you remember Linus decided to focus on GN as well
This is just such a meme of a bicker
💀
I wonder if GN can just sit this one out
just let the commentary slop tubers take care of it
Actually there was a video by a small creator that came out in 2020 about honey being a scam
He'll need to say something but I reckon he will make a response vid
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Their reviews and endorsements are all FAKE
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Proof that Honey is lying about how it works
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rip
Steve needs to handle this in a way that makes his approach more justified, since there's a lot of he said/she said bs involved
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Vid will start where Linus is
yeah both sides are being very personal here
it rubs me the wrong way
It can definitely look targeted but I think that's just the unfortunate part lmao
like the GN video is very put together
Gn's is warranted though. GN calling Linus out is no different than every other time GN has called someone out for being sleezy
I agree
It certainly looked targeted before full context
But yeah it actually is just normal this time
I wonder how other commentary channels with use this against him tho
without the full context
Because a lot of those sloptubers will just be like
"targeted attack????"
It makes sense to us but those people will take it differently
since GN is focused in the tech space and has more of an interest on techtubers
That'll just turn into good publicity for GN I think
Since sensationalism is built on drama
hopefully he uses it as a boost to the honey lawsuit
iirc doesn't he use the same lawyer that rossmann had?
I really need to rewatch that honey video
Seems that I didn't pay enough attention
I linked it above where it starts with linus
thanks
I wonder how this honey suit would go
Would be amazing to see LegalEagle and GN join forces
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From here I think GN is a lot more justified than I originally thought
LTT already had a chance to right to reply with megalag
so really
Linus's response was basically
"waa why you bully me"
when he's also being petty
pretty hypocritical
watching through the GN video again
I think Steve's just had a chip on his shoulder ever since Linus announced the lab ™️
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Steve had a reason to be personal about LTT
I was ready to throw hands when I watched that vid
I'm rewatching the GN video rn
8 minutes in but
from scrolling through the timeline it seems like GN is more focused on the lawsuit itself
than LTT
This is like keeping up with the Kardashians but for computer nerds
Fr
Neither of them are like this in person lol, but gotta hustle that YouTube money and sponsorship
best case scenario is that it just dies down
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here Steve states that he takes issue with Linus's statement
which is completely valid
seems like this is the only time Linus is mentioned in the video
will keep checking
from here it seems pretty valid to me
He states in the video that this is not a video about Linus. What he said about linus I believe is the only thing in the video
yeah
which now with this context
LTT is the one being petty here
He walked into that
by making that statement
Linus wouldn't even be mentioned in the GN video if he had made a better response on the WAN show
"We don't have enough stock at launch for business orders, or we will look like a paper launch VERY quickly."
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Ah yes, v a l h e i m
Be ready, be gammer
few more days till ff7 rebirth
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Nvidia's next move is to ai generate some gpus
Ai generated people next hot on the table
i want a new game ngl
most games all have this dark gloomy atmosphere
i dont even want to get on cuz i'm tryna escape the dark and gloom from my own life
No
Everything must be very sad and depressing
These are video games, what did you think they were supposed to be? A form of escapism? Don't make me laugh
Idk, to me that "can" seems very, very probable. The only thing known at the time was Honey's affiliate stealing issues, which was well spread on social media when Linus first knew but just not in video form. I'd imagine just about every tech bro, Steve included, saw it and yet basically no one made a video (speculation here tho). Everyone is in the wrong in terms of this "not making a video" business. Singling out Linus, and only Linus, for not wanting to make a seemingly bad business decision to spread news ("please stop trying to save money so we can make more money" is likely the message most people would take away from the video regardless of how it was done, as remember people didnt care as much about YTer income back then) that is seemingly already well known ("seemingly" being the key word here) looks rather immature on Steve's part. This context wasnt well explained when Linus got mentioned, just like the various other times Steve talked about Linus. After so many times of accidently leaving out context which can really twist narratives (this is going back through all GN/LTT dramas), it becomes harder to believe it was accidental
how much time did you spend writing that out
Idk, not that long?
what I took from the GN video is that he had an issue with his response to the affiliate stealing issue
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Idk, saying someone is harmful and disrepectful to others with the out of context proof is what kinda feels not so great
After rewatching everything I kinda shifted from that view. The supplied information especially if you consider what LTT said to megalag really sets GN's tone a lot better
That said;
It should have been probably elaborated on
And I can still kinda see no one is perfectly innocent here
I'd say GN didn't want to turn it into another LTT drama situation
which... is exactly what it turned into
Thing is
GN wouldn't even be able to pull that clip if Linus had responded properly
He always rushes his responses
In fact going off of Megalag's LTT response I think it's even more justified he didn't really need to seek a response. LTT had made an essentially public statement
If you consider this then it speaks more to the reverse
GN saw a way to sneak in a cheap shot and he took it
It's a cheap shot but Linus walked into it
Linus was hurt by all this and decided GN needed to be accountable for saying absolutely anything at all
Most of the previous message I said was context given in that exact same response clip Steve used
Context which IMO made for a fairly proper response
Combined with this, makes me look not so greatly at Steve
even within context I'd still raise at least half an eyebrow
I don't think you're entirely wrong in this, the biggest part of the problem here is definitely poor communication
Linus is well
again
he always rushes his responses
and then this happens
If he had phrased things differently
If either party worded things better it wouldn't be at this impasse
maybe got into more in depth information
But I still think Linus reacts like a child to some things
Cheap shot or not, Linus always walks into these things
"I want no drama" "I won't be a part of this sniping match" "Oh but you also have some problems Steve"
Linus' attitude really bakes this

I just
And again, I don't hate the guy at all
this is minecraft youtuber levels of response
ye
still waiting for LTT labs
so we could have another reference for benchmark data
Steve has a history of failing to provide context and Linus has a history of rushing responses, but tbh Im more willing to take Linus' side with what I currently know (not by much tho lol), cuz it feels like Linus wants to make things right while Steve doesnt (Linus will usually eventually note his wrongs, Steve wont)
This take is mainly when looking at all the GN/LTT drama
Linus' snap back attitude really is his biggest fault
How does one try to make things right by slinging as much mud as possible and tying it up in a bow with I'm just not going to pursue legal action 
I don't disagree Steve doesn't fully clarify, but the whole "Right to reply" thing isn't required when Megalag already reached out
He could elaborate better but I think Steve could've really said a LOT more in that situation
Especially when remembering LTT didn't disclose the honey issues knowing prior to megalag's vid
I would've turned a blind eye had it been after, not before
Fueling the fire is fueling clicks, I'm a bit less kind if it's before the reveal
That is separate from his journalism stuff. It helps show he has a good character, but in a different way, and doesnt really provide anything to fixing his "wrongdoings" of journalism
He doesn't, I think Steve is extremely hard headed in that scenario
It paints him as an ass in that sense
But had either party been better in their clarity this situation I still definitely think would be entirely different
I'm talking Linus. His letter and his WAN response was basically I'm gonna throw as much mud as possible, try and extend an olive branch at the same exact time and wrap it up with I won't sue at this time
I can see that yeah
Eh, to me that was mostly just trying to give context of the gravity on how bad defamation can be, to us, the viewers. And that with Steve's history of poor contextualization and lack of desire in fixing those issues, it doesnt feel like an accident to him
I think his response to Megalag just paints what I'm saying but even worse imo
He's the 3rd biggest party to the honey scam table. Sitting on that info for 2 years with no retraction and claiming innocence is counterintuitive
If it was well known or broken at the time LMG broke partnership I'd be inclined to think Linus is more in the right but not when he's trying to refute his involvement to the whole situation
Especially since Megalag already gave LMG a chance for clear clarification
They took a really meditated decision to not break the news
I'm pretty sure that's what GN takes issue
Less the "sitting on the information part" and more the poorly thought out response part
There is also the fact that a small channel had already broken the news that Honey was scamming both customers and creators
this completely
GN should be a little more clear
But he wasn't wrong
At all
He's not completely right, but his comments were not wrong
Since 2020 yeah
If somebody, anybody big had spoken out about the affiliate stuff somebody would've had to eventually notice what that other guy had said and it'd've been all well known and put to bed years ago now
I can see how LMG would feel attacked by defamation but I think GN is the least of his concerns in that department
This time they'll literally have the whole of the commentary sloppers come after them
Yes, but kinda does go back to what he said as well. He didnt feel the need when it was already seemingly well in the news with other tech people
They're painting a target
Guys is gog a good game store? The outer worlds is free on amazon prime with a gog redemption code
GOG good
Except it wasn't until 2024, they knew about this since 2022
The only thing you have to be careful with GOG, is trying to do smth like play on Steam servers when playing games with friends
Linus was talking about news from 2022
Only a few outlets knew in 2020 and it never gained the deserved traction
Wait is it?
Yeah just claimed it
?
Good game tbh
I should start looking at free games given out through prime this is enticing
Will it get rid of my burnout from playing elden ring for 700 hrs?
How does it work they just give you the code if you have prime?
Yh just gave me a code
You have to manually redeem it
And i redeemed it in gog’s website
For specific stores
Unless Im misremembering he noted how Barnacules, and iirc few other people, were talking about it at the time of sponsorship drop
Then after signing in i hit download and it downloaded this galaxy app first
Then i logged in again
And it’s downloading now
And iirc noted it seemed to have fair bit of traction
Mmm I'm not familiar with that much
The megalag was the big one
Amazon's game service automatically gets added and I think if your Epic is linked it does too
That much is definitely sure
Does gog work on the steam deck?
It'll work on windows ones, not sure about steamos
Really interested in a steam os handheld in the future
Oh there are work arounds
Ic why linux is so loved
Yeah you can just run it through steam
It wasnt video stuff, was from other social media like Twitter
It's not even a linux thing it's just a valve thing
And iirc Megalag was mainly only looking for video news?
I am surprised then because it really didn't feel like it got anywhere
💀
I think it'd be a bit bigger if one of the biggest creator partnerships were disingenuous like it did with megalag's vid
That vid was destined to succeed
Windows what do you want with me
Just basic YT science
big drama
big creators
lots of proof
big enough channel for the algorithm
One of the big problems, the Internet always forgets. Esp when most people seeing the news is likely going to think the message is "please stop trying to save money [the people] so we [the YTers] can make more money"
Just hit the prime option for the first page
Fair
But I still believe this doesn't remove present accountability
Cos if it was formally addressed Linus could've just linked that
We'd not have this perpetual drama situation and instead GN just looks bad
Which would be validated




