1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:08,560 After yet another year unforgivable controversies, becoming a Reddit mod, 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:11,960 buying a content house, getting braces, 3 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:17,960 it's clear that we need another major change here. In spite of being so 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:19,280 obviously problematic, I owe it to what 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:24,480 little remains of our original world-class team to try to grow this 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,920 company and create new opportunities for them. 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:32,920 That's why when Financial Optimization and Market Operations Foundry approached 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:36,440 us about an acquisition with a deal that was 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:40,440 sweet as honey, not to mention some great new ideas for helping to maintain 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,920 our financial solvency, I just couldn't sign the deal fast 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:48,320 enough. In the short couple of months since they took over, we have synergized 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:51,760 our efficiencies with the power of AI. We've streamlined our payroll 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:56,360 optimizations and today, I'm actually really excited to 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:01:02,960 tell you guys, we're announcing Linus Coin, a web 6.9 initial coin offering 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,720 that I've been told that legally I 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:10,120 cannot say is guaranteed to double your initial 17 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:15,400 investment or more. All you have to do is buy your token 18 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:20,280 today, wait some period of time, and then redeem it for double what you paid 19 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:24,840 or more on lttstore.com. 20 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:30,000 So, let's talk about that and everything else that I'm excited to share about 21 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:32,320 this next chapter of Linus Media Group. 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:36,800 Including this exciting segue to our sponsor, 23 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,160 dbrand. Their unhinged touch grass skins 24 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,600 are back for a limited time only. So, make sure you pick one up now. So, the 25 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,920 next time someone tells you to touch grass on the internet, it'll be right 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:53,120 there. You don't have to go outside at all. You can get them now at shortlinus.com. 27 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:57,400 While skyrocketing prices for RAM, SSDs, hard drives, not to mention basic 28 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:02,200 necessities have put a lot of pressure on our writing department. FOMO Foundry 29 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:05,040 showed me that with the power of AI, I don't have to see them struggle 30 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,479 anymore. That's right. The departures you guys 31 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,840 saw recently, those were just the appetizer. And I'm 32 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:18,160 proud to announce that our writing department is the first one that was 33 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:25,040 successfully completely replaced by ChatGPT. I mean, sorry, I shouldn't say 34 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:27,680 completely replaced by ChatGPT because 35 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:32,520 YouTube themselves also contributed to our uh 36 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:37,400 streamlined new workforce through their inspiration tab. 37 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:41,200 Now, I won't lie. I was a little bit apprehensive when we started going in 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,640 this direction. But, when you consider how our views have 39 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,880 only gone up since we started this transition, 40 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:51,120 I don't see a downside. I mean, check this out. 41 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:06,959 And print it. Ready for the teleprompter. 42 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:12,680 On the subject of printing, why use graphic designers who need 43 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:14,600 chairs and food and drink and money when 44 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:19,280 you can just do everything yourself? Watch this. 45 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:21,600 Cute computer giving thumbs up t-shirt 46 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:27,959 design. I just typed that into our proprietary LTT LLM and 47 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:32,480 click send. That was funny. For some reason, this 48 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:37,280 LLM is really expensive. And kind of slow, but it does a great 49 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:40,200 job, so we're just going to keep using it. 50 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:45,320 You can get this shirt today, by the way, for a limited time at lttstore.com. 51 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:50,480 Now, this is a perfect time for us to address the elephant in the room. If you 52 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:54,920 saw our how LTT makes and spends money videos, you'll know that we pivoted from 53 00:03:52,840 --> 00:04:00,560 being a media company to a product company ages ago. And during a recent 54 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:05,880 executive meeting, FOMO Foundry outlined their strategy to double down on that. 55 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:10,720 Hey guys. Where's Terrence? 56 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,880 He is on, let's say, vacation. 57 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:17,880 Oh. That makes sense. I mean, you guys have been doing such a great job without him. 58 00:04:15,959 --> 00:04:21,239 This new scheme of yours, brilliant. It's going to fund the 59 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:28,680 company for the next six, seven years, easy. It's the LTT 60 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,880 Challenge Coin. And before you think 61 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:35,000 this ICO is going to be yet another rug pull, 62 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,400 it's not. This is the real deal, and 63 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:45,080 FOMO Foundry has been a huge help getting this coin made. Great job, guys. 64 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,240 Remember when I got the shaft on our 65 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:51,000 original screwdriver production run? They made 100,000 66 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,840 defective shafts that we ended up repurposing to make 67 00:04:52,919 --> 00:04:58,160 the Screwdriver Pen. Well, 68 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:05,560 what I didn't tell you is I got railed twice. That same 69 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:08,440 up supplier also made 100,000 70 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:12,680 faulty zinc ratchet housings. As for our engineering team, 71 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:19,200 they had over 3 years to figure out what to do with these. FOMO did it in a day. 72 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:24,960 That's why they're gone, too. Melt them down into a coin. Yes, melt them all 73 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:28,520 down. And melt them down we did. The zinc housings, of course. 74 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:33,360 We worked with an incredible coin minting partner down in the 11th 75 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:35,720 province and crafted 10,000 of these 76 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:42,440 standard coins that are redeemable at two to one, along with 100 rare coins 77 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:44,840 that can be redeemed four to one, and 10 78 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:50,920 ultra-rare coins that can be redeemed at a 10 to one rate on lttstore.com. 79 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:56,240 I actually tried asking for one of the ultra rares for myself, but they said 80 00:05:52,800 --> 00:06:00,640 that and this is a quote, my meat bag 81 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:02,520 performance was a little underwhelming. 82 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,520 But uh hey, at least you guys will get a chance at one. 83 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:11,160 One per customer. Enough about this though. Let's shoot 84 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,800 that video that I wrote earlier. 85 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:17,240 Actually, kind of think of it. There is one thing I'm finding a little bit 86 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:22,280 confusing about this. The AI executives say that this will fund the company for 87 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,640 years, but if we're selling it for half 88 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:26,919 of what it's worth, I won't we be losing money? I don't 89 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:32,800 really >> Don't Don't worry about that, Linus. Just send it to the No, but the math is simple. 90 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:36,640 Less than and then selling for but No, that doesn't make any sense. 91 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:43,080 That's right. You'll be getting a cool collectible and doubling your money 92 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:45,240 in credit on lttstore. Now, I legally 93 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:50,680 can't call this an investment, so why don't I show you guys this cool video 94 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,680 about the origin of challenge coins? 95 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:57,240 While many stories have appeared over the years, the most common is that the 96 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:02,880 challenge coins were used to identify oneself in the absence of military ID. 97 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:06,120 A World War I soldier had escaped German captivity 98 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:10,520 and managed to make it back to a French outpost, according to the story. The 99 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:15,040 French were going to kill the soldier until he showed the squadron medallion 100 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:20,280 around his neck, which was enough proof to look into his claims. 101 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:24,760 Which would have helped Elijah in this case, but he doesn't have a Linus coin 102 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:30,040 on him. And in a world where companies are using AI to impersonate people, you 103 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:33,400 can never be too sure who's real and who's not. 104 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,880 TAKE HIM OUT. NOW, you may be asking, how the heck are 105 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:42,080 you going to make any money off this, Linus? Don't ask that. 106 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:45,720 Instead, look at this helpful diagram the FOMO executive team gave me to help 107 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:51,360 explain it. As you can see, FOMO invests in Linus 108 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:55,880 Media Group. Now, they own us. We make products for them, like the challenge 109 00:07:53,440 --> 00:08:01,440 coin. We then sell that challenge coin at a loss to get people hooked on FOMO 110 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:06,600 Foundry. FOMO Foundry takes that money and reinvests in us here. Literally, 111 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:11,000 everyone makes money this way. Nobody gets stuck holding the bag. 112 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:16,720 So, get yours today because I really did lose a ton of money buying 113 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:19,960 those zinc housings, and I just plain 114 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:22,400 can't keep myself out of mild, boring 115 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:26,080 controversies. So, I really need this cash injection if I'm going to make the 116 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:29,880 Gamer Jet a reality. Which I did, by the way. 117 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,520 Cute, isn't she? Can't do the tour today cuz well, 118 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:39,840 you know how it is. So, the full video is coming tomorrow, but only if we get 119 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:44,000 enough people to visit fomofoundry.ai, our new parent company's website. So, go 120 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,560 check that out, and I will see you guys there. 121 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:51,640 But, not before I tell you about our sponsor, dbrand. 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