Understandable. The one and only time I visited Philly (shithole), most shops were still cash only. Where I live now, I can't think of a single place I've been that was cash only unless it was because their credit card reader wasn't working. But the ridge doesn't stop me from using cash, just makes it a little bit more awkward since you have to fold the bills up in half twice to fit them.
It's a European carry-all!
Linus is absolutely retarded if he didn't take that cash. Barring a conspiracy theory level of confidence in mass economic collapse of the world system as we know it, a nine figure offer for a company that probably turns ~$10m-$15m a year in revenue at most , minus expenses which appear to be significant from retardation if nothing else, is extremely good. That's a good cut above what that revenue should really be offering, especially when you account for the volatility of youtube as a platform - a few adsense changes could shave literal millions off that revenue irreversibly in a day, without notice. That's an offer that is really treating LTT as a tech startup and not a media brand, and Linus should know better than anyone at this point with his experience and observation that the whole industry is fickle, and that lasting for decades is the extreme exception, not the rule.
If I was Linus, would of taken the money and ran. LMG is a money sink and anyone willing to take Linus' mistake off his hands is a fool. I know he wants to keep the brand going until he can hand it off to his half breed kids, but it might only be a few years until LMG is dead due to changing YT winds and the money sink known as The Labs.
Please don't think all Russians are awful just because someone probably raised in Canada is. He doesn't represent us.
We don't have one for just getting wounded, but if you got wounded while trying to help or protect someone, you're eligible for the Орден Мужества, "Order of Courage" (you could also interpret it as "Order of Manliness", the word for courage derives from the word for man). The criteria is "showing bravery to defend others", and it's not just for soldiers, civilians can also be awarded it. For example firefighters often are, or volunteers who risk their lives to help erect barriers during a flood.
I stopped watching LTT when I could not take anymore the cringe from the sinking ship of The Labs idea and also when I realised there were going to be more and more videos on the mansion.
I don't even think you'd need to throw big piles of money at him directly. Just offer him some funding to do the floatplane idea, but do it right with an actual support structure instead of Linus and his fickle whims. Luke seems the level headed type who actually enjoys building up a company, but has obviously been stifled by Linus and his autistic ideas.
I keep seeing people say his son has issues, but I haven't actually seen any evidence of those issues. It seems like any thing he does is attributed to behavioral problems (even what side of the couch he sits on), but do we actually know if he has a diagnosis?
Because at the end of the day, its more fun to roll with the prevailing evidence that the kid is a dick. If your running around kicking animals and being a dick, I'm not going to give the benefit of the doubt that we're only seeing your worst, when its being shown by a father who should understand the impact of how you present yourself on social media.
