youtubers .002 seconds after promoting a scam

[@greath7513]

I heard that Lockheed Martin doesn't even employ real therapists.

[@Novenae_CCG]

It's true, they intercept therapy recommendations and insert their own affiliated 'mental health professionals'.

[@adrianagius7969]

And they leak private information of their victims

[@PixelKey]

"Speak all your dark thoughts into a phone, instead of fucking deal with them. Better Hel-, i mean Lockheed Martin."

[@NothingXemnas]

Look, I am not going to say they are terrific at what they do, but the results are sure to blow your head off!

[@PixelKey]

"Speak all your dark thoughts into a phone, instead of fucking deal with them. Better Hel-, i mean Lockheed Martin!"

[@TheMajorStranger]

Man I'm so happy you accept the Sponsorship from Lockheed Martin. I've been waiting for a referral code to buy a F-35.

[@zachswanson6643]

Don't forget to use honey to see if you can save money!

[@dolph7529]

AITA used his referral code for Lockheed while still having honey Installed so does he miss out on 10 mil? Because I bought a jet When the code only saved me 3 dollars?

[@theforesteldritch6272]

@@dolph7529 3 dollars less on your jet is 3 dollars more in your pocket, savings are savings!

[@TheLumberjack1987]

even 1% off could save you billions!

[@ryvyr]

@@TheMajorStranger As a former Loadmaster, C-130s are highly recommended, though keep an eye out for deals on the Dramamine and molding ear foam protection add-on

[@Blusterberry]

Also it turns out Raid: Shadow Legends isn't a real game. It's just a thing KZbinrs talk about when they can't get a sponsor.

[@brittb1696]

I gave you a thumbs-up when you were at 69. I can never apologize enough.

[@Reubentheimitator6572]

umm i've i've played it

[@rainbowlack]

​@@Reubentheimitator6572 no

[@Snowstorm...]

​@@Reubentheimitator6572 No you haven't. Ignore that red dot on your chest, you're just seeing things

[@SimonBuchanNz]

​@@Reubentheimitator6572clearly a corporate plant

[@prabeerbhutani3677]

Squarespace being a scam has the potential to basically shut all of KZbin.

[@3Prayt]

oh my god

[@ponfi0275]

It is kind of a scam since you can just make a website for free (or at least cheaper than Squarespace) if you learn about programming, but I guess some people don't want to learn that. It's fair, since HTML and CSS are, in my opinion, the most boring forms of coding (don't correct me about it being coding because I literally have no other words to describe it).

[@koolaid33]

Nah, that's NordVPN. I swear to God, every single video I have ever watched has a Nord sponsorship. Might as well throw in SurfShark, Raycons and Displate while your at it. Raid Shadow Legends is pretty obviously a scam so it wouldn't do too much damage.

[@HonneTapža]

Why did I read that as Squarepants? (This isn't a joke, I'm just dyslexic)

[@wpjohn91]

Or both the VPNs

[@Malurth]

I am stealing "I'm ready to conclude our dialogue." for daily use

[@deconstructing7307]

I like your persistence.

[@jmckendry84]

Always be ready

[@hazukichanx408]

Gosh, I wish I'd known that one when I was growing up. It would have made life so much easier!

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Let's stop talking about it.

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

I've learned to talk so much more good since coming to this channel I have to think Man for that! I agree, if only I had known these zingers sooner!

[@BlueJayYT]

This is why I only promote companies with overt ethical violations, can't get blind sided by De Beers when we already know about blood diamonds

[@StylishYeoman]

All you have to do is tie up another Timmy and force him to make you an apology video. Problem solved!

[@sirllamaiii9708]

De Beers did nothing wrong

[@emmaisalone]

That is such a BlueJay joke

[@sirllamaiii9708]

@@emmaisalone more like bluegay gottem

[@JustChadC]

I can’t like this because it’s at 869 (heh, nice) likes.

[@PillarofGarbage]

not quite Lockheed Martin but barely 2 weeks after the Luigi Mariokart incident I started getting sponsorship offers from a U.S. healthcare-adjacent company of questionable repute like, come on guys, _read the room_

[@ariannepady3962]

Omg I love your videos

[@jame5880]

You went with lugi mariokart when luigi's mansion is right there?

[@mouf725]

​@@jame5880 Ikr 😭

[@sabsajosubjeckt]

​@@jame5880 I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who calls him Luigi's Mansion

[@nicholaslogan6840]

@@jame5880 More syllables, closer to the real name. Plus it's already overused and is partly to avoid the potential for censorship

[@youngThrashbarg]

"My Ridge wallet had been feeling a little light."

[@alexanderguerrero347]

Those guys were fun

[@Dargonhuman]

I have one of their backpacks through a sponsorship and, honestly, it's a damn good backpack. I got it for work, so I use it 5 days a week and after almost 7 years it's still doing great. I don't like the designs of their minimalist wallets though and refuse to try one.

[@CosmicAggressor]

I actually thought those were basicly a scam from the start. What is the point of a wallet that can not hold cash. It is like having a cup you can't pour water into.

[@BlakJak206]

@@CosmicAggressorYou can get them with a money clip if you want. Also it's 2024. Hardly anyone carries cash anymore and some stores don't even accept cash.

[@nuclearshiba3222]

i been using my brother's old ridge wallet for a couple years now and its been pretty fucking great. definitely my fav wallet ive used, since i only take cards/id

[@fickle_narwhal788]

As a fan of the Old Testament, I appreciate your promotion of a website celebrating the story of Adam and Eve.

[@itsmeloart]

LMAO

[@Rafaelforte-hs4bv]

I know right? So wholesome

[@Amthepope]

The Hebrew Fandom

[@Mikewee777]

The bible talks about a jeweled sex toy idol . You are clearly not reading the same pages I am reading through. The bible was banned in schools because of all of violent pornography.

[@LuisSierra42]

I am up to date with the lore

[@phenomenal-flop]

If i took a shot everytime a youtuber made a ad that turned to be a scam, I would be lying in a unconfortable hospital bed in a coma.

[@Amitkbe]

I mean this guys are funny and goofy and the information that they provide is a lot of time really great but that doesn't mean that they are some kind of authority figure that are right about anything I mean they are just people on the internet we just consume and the upload that's the only difference between the two internet users they don't have any responsibility or accountability for your actions you can also upload a video promoting some company and some person who just consumes videos rather than uploading and being part of the internet on the uploading side can get influenced its just about what side are you on

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

This made me laugh more than it should

[@TheRealOne1010]

Don’t let no depressed Japanese boys enter the (hospital) room

[@phenomenal-flop]

​@@cheeseburgermonkey7104Thanks!

[@t.wcharles2171]

If i had a dollar for every time this had happened, I'd be rich

[@rebeccasteen]

I'm not sure if people are ready to move on to the Honey scam because there are still so many creators who don't know/care about the Better Help scam.

[@Liggliluff]

Worse are creators who are concerned about people's well-being and right, to then promote Better Help. Trans-creators promoting it despite it being transphobic. It's ridiculous. Creators who call out people for doing evil acts for money and they don't want to do that, to then promote harmful services for money. The hypocrisy.

[@warbossgegguz679]

I genuinely just don't care at this point. Just accept they're just trying to make a living, never buy into something just because a KZbinr told you so in a sponsored segment, and move on. The weird policing people do to youtubers but not "real" celebrities is bizarre to me. If you went through and chastised every celebrity that promoted a product they didn't actually use and/or turned out to be a scam or misleading, you'd have several lifetimes worth of complaining to do.

[@jaschabull2365]

Didn't some of them sign some sort of long-term contract with Better Help before the scam stuff came out?

[@charlesparr1611]

IT's hard to believe anyone fell for better health when there was no reason to think they would ever be legit. No governing body, no legal framework, no way to chase after them if they did just provide unqualified idiots on an expensive chat call.... I mean, if you believed better health, you probably also believe that adult film actress is still a teenaged virgin after her tenth film appearance.

[@KittyKatty999]

Like Daniel Thrasher...

[@haph2087]

It only counts if you say you think something is off *before* they get exposed.

[@under.the.oaktrees]

Markiplier

[@VolkMate]

markip .

[@UserAccount-ThisOne]

@@under.the.oaktrees aside from markiplier essentially predicting how awful honey was just out of sheer skepticism, i REALLY hate it that any amount of skepticism in society now is seen as "Weird" or "not normal" and is compared to conspiracy theories.... it seems like an awful idea to say that you shouldnt be skeptical of anything at all.

[@thecaptain6520]

​@@UserAccount-ThisOne the problem is when people are skeptical about everything

[@stormhought]

Mar

[@dimitrijekulak3347]

Can't get scammed by sponsors if you don't have them - Man Carrying Thing (probably)

[@IsuiGtz]

sponsored by baby

[@anternet104]

You never what might turn up about Costco

[@roadsidegarage69]

man carrying no money

[@felixdaniels37]

​@@anternet104 Don't you out that evil on me Ricky Bobby. DON'T PUT THAT EVIL ON ME!

[@AchedSphinx]

to be fair, the sponsor segment would be longer than the video.

[@taylorgabbey2371]

I remember Dan Olsen casually calling out Honey as a "data harvesting scam" during his video on Nostalgia Critic's review of The Wall. I never looked deeper into it myself (coupon hacks mean nothing when you don't like online shopping) but hearing the guy who'd go on to demystify bigger financial scams like NFTs and the Metaverse say it was sketchy always stuck in my brain when those sponsorships popped up

[@derpstick5467]

What don’t you like about online shopping? What’s your job or hobbies that don’t require you to engage in online shopping? Live close to major stores?

[@noctisthedevious]

​@derpstick5467 Why are you interrogating a random stranger on the internet 💀

[@ryelor123]

Everything KZbin clowns shill always ends up being either a scam or just an over-priced piece of garbage. I think the real issue is that actual companies don't want to deal with KZbinrs for legal and financial reasons and thus only bad actors do the sponsorships. Otherwise, companies like Walmart would be sponsoring videos that show how to make neat things from stuff bought only in their stores.

[@TheGreektrojan]

@@derpstick5467 Its more like they don't shop frequently enough to need to clip digital coupons/chase deals with addons like Honey. You can simply search promo codes or use price tracking websites to see if they run deals.

[@derpstick5467]

@@ryelor123 I swear I’ve seen sponsors from places like Walmart appear on KZbinr’s videos or ads appearing from Walmart that youtubers or influencers helped make. But regardless yeah i guess never buy into whatever a KZbinr shills, are you subbed to anyone that takes a sponsorship deal? Probably, I mean can you really fault them for taking an easy paycheck?

[@the_pinkerton]

I still remember when Established titles turned out to be a scam

[@rateeightx]

All things considered it was one of the better ones though, Like, If I'd fallen for it, I probably wouldn't be complaining tbh. Sure, I can't call myself a lord, And I don't own a miniscule amount of land that was useless anyway, But those don't really matter to me. As far as I'm aware they *were* actually donating to charity and working to preserve the environment, Which I feel like is really the important part.

[@Chaotic_Overlord]

Fun fact: Established titles Is still going but now it's advertised as a gag gift; something you give to a friend to take the piss out of them. So basically they backtracked all their advertising and said:"It was a joke all along, why aren't you laughing?" I'd recomend this video about this, it's pretty good: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHjZZqqibcyHaa8si=bEcPZieS-6MbKPzK

[@Liggliluff]

It's also sad that's the biggest controversy because there's so many other terrible scams and bad business being promoted. Plus in general the sponsored products and services are expensive and of lower quality than the competitors (that are cheaper and of better quality).

[@zooycuddle9207]

@@rateeightx They actually misled the customer on what portion of the proceeds went to environmental causes in their fine print. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I remember it being quite misleading. Hope that helps. :)

[@rateeightx]

@@zooycuddle9207 I see, So by no means good. But could still be way worse.

[@doomslayer9138]

In my country there are a lot of KZbinrs advertising for casino sites and they continue even after a certain site has been exposed.

[@dopey473]

Are you perchance from the Balkans (I ask cause I am)

[@dan_asd]

Are you perchance from the Brazil (I ask cause I am)

[@ponfi0275]

Are you perchance from America? (I ask because I'm not)

[@UselesStranger]

Are you perchance from Russia? (I ask cause I am)

[@CrabMushroom]

Who the hell says perchance

[@pripdipstick]

I think Markiplier can have some roses for actually publicly predicting this, not so much the random KZbinrs who say they saw it coming and just had never mentioned Honey.

[@LittleMan2300]

You mean the company that says it's only purpose is to help you save money is actually dodgy? Real shocker there.

[@jackhammer4499]

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ask where the money is coming from with EVERY company that claims to be doing something new in EVERY INDUSTRY EVER. Good on him for having that insight.

[@FictionRaider007]

Yeah, there is video evidence from years back of Markiplier going on a full Charlie Day-style conspiracy rant about Honey with his own chat calling him mad at the time which ended up being bang on the money. For the rest hindsight is 20/20 so they can retrospectively claim to have had the same suspicions to look smart when in reality they never even spared it much thought in the first place.

[@bryanlinsmeyer3521]

I can't really see a world where it doesn't raise flags when all a company seemingly does is give people free discount codes for whatever site they're currently on and they're somehow making enough money to not only stay afloat but pay a ton of creators to promote them

[@BrownieX001]

Over 3 years ago people already had proof that honey was not good. The community was active about one part of what megalag had explained. We now learned there's more to the story. But when that dropped years ago lots of brands stopped working with honey.

[@JasminMiettunen]

0:37 at least one Markiplier can say that now, he knew years ago 💀

[@RomnysGonzalez]

KZbin comments went a KZbinr do something wrong "I knew it. I always knew he was off. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but i knew it!. He always gave me that bad feelings"

[@karlneff]

I’ve been calling it on Kurtis Connor for years, still hasn't done anything bad yet. I have a perfect track record of predicting which KZbinrs would have scandals! (excluding him) If only that darn Kurtis Connor fellow would do something terrible.

[@karlneff]

Kurtis Conner! Probably conning people into attending his stand-up shows. Glad I figured that one out.

[@thelemurofmadagascar9183]

Well most people get shouted down and drowned out when they criticize a popular KZbinr.

[@RochRich.]

KZbin comments when a KZbinr is absolved from doing something wrong: “I knew it. I always knew they were innocent. They were falsely accused, I knew it. They would never do something like that.” Almost like commenters are not a hive mind.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

Who are you talking about?

[@thewatchtower4949]

I am truly shocked by how many KZbinrs were openly promoting Boeing aircrafts

[@arandomperson920]

Boeing right now is just McDonnel Douglas in disguise tbh.

[@Ormil]

@@arandomperson920 in disguise?

[@arandomperson920]

@Ormil what im saying is Boeing is acting exactly like McDonnel Douglas used to. McDonnel Douglas is owned by Boeing now but i feel its more McDonnel Douglas has become Boeing.

[@Ormil]

@@arandomperson920 yea i get it, which is why i asked about the disguise thingy, they literally acted NOT like in disguise 🙂

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

😂 yeah how could they encourage people risking their life so openly like damn get a sense of responsibility already... "When it's important for your sense of adventure NOT not to have your physical arrival in one piece guaranteed, BOEING! IF IT'S BOEING, MAYBE YOU SHOULD RETHINK GOING®!" Or, "hate someone? Buy them an all-expenses paid vacation trip to an exotic location flying on Boeing aircraft! Now it's anybody's guess! Hilarious!!"

[@teal_m_101]

May there never be a point in my life where I must advertize thirst trap AI chatbots.

[@fyzix4277]

You'll never become a billionaire with that attitude

[@Samuel-p17]

They don't need KZbinrs, they buy just every ad there is on this platform

[@esosique5]

They sell themselves!

[@HOTD108_]

Considering that you're a dead channel, I doubt you'll ever find yourself needing to choose.

[@teal_m_101]

@@HOTD108_ You didn't need to cut that deep. Now I'm sad.

[@madmouse4465]

Sponsorships are great because they act as reminders towards the companies I should avoid indefinitely.

[@rinna6575]

Adam and Eve does sell some unsafe sex toys though. They've marketed toys using porous material, meaning you can't properly sanitize it which may lead to infections on subsequent use as "reusable". They refused to take it down or change the listing when one was brought to their attention.

[@fukhyu3330]

Deserved get some real 😺

[@JamesBurks]

"Adam & Eve Harvey co-founded Adam & Eve in 1970 with Dr. Tim Black, a British physician. The company started as a small storefront in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and grew into a mail-order catalog and a retailer with over 40 franchised stores. Harvey used profits from Adam & Eve to fund a worldwide family-planning network. DKT International Harvey founded DKT International, a Washington, D.C.-based charity that provides family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs in developing countries. Harvey donated about $50 million of his Adam & Eve profits to DKT International" I think I'll take my chances, they actually put their money where their mouth is the majority of the time unlike the majority of the rest of the world.

[@sebastiangibson9671]

​@@fukhyu3330 speak the truth brother

[@Fishy-i2g]

@@fukhyu3330 I guess you have not had enough to understand that couples use sex enhancing toys aswell.

[@Gatorz_Gaming]

@@fukhyu3330 no. Let people use whatever they want, it needs to be safe tho

[@The_Original_Trippy]

Markiplier being suspicious of honey 3-4 years ago has aged like fine wine

[@danfelder8062]

I thought everyone was! Any company that advertises so much while seeming to only give you free stuff has got to be shady. It'd be one thing if it was made by a few engineers and spreading by word of mouth, but *advertising* as crazy as they did? I installed it originally because of word of mouth but once I saw it showing up in ads I uninstalled it instantly. I was shocked to find out Markiplier was an outlierplier here.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

To be fair, it's not too hard to be suspicious of the Free Money Button. Kind of a shame it didn't immediately transfer into suspicion of Mr. Beast.

[@boopdoop2251]

Markiplier has also aged like fine wine.

[@SporianSummit]

@@boopdoop2251 nah he's aged more like a truly mighty oak

[@EspeonMistress00]

But he promotes better help

[@ScadrianGhostblood]

And that's why you never use products that are mainly promoted by youtubers.

[@ian_b]

Wait, is something wrong with all the thousands of dollars I have spent on Raid Shadow Legends?

[@Verxinn]

so you're saying that i should refund my f-35?

[@TiredofGaming]

​@@ian_bimpossible, me and all my friends and everyone you've ever met plays that game regularly. Seems fine to me

[@CosmicShadowMari0]

If you ever feel like spending $40 on an order of bad cereal, Magic Spoon has your back

[@smilingstingray5537]

so you're saying that buying a small piece of land in Europe didn't legally make me a Lord?

[@FutureSoap]

I don't care, I'll keep supporting man carrying pyramid!

[@OffGridInvestor]

I put all my money into "man carrying thing" coin

[@heyaeric]

More like “Man carrying pyramid scheme” give it 5 years and he’ll be in the same spot as honey 😂

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

​@@OffGridInvestor ManCoin! It's the people's coin!

[@Galimeer5]

If something is free, YOU are the product. Always remember that.

[@bzipoli]

this wasn't the case btw. so what you said is pointless. this pertains to selling your data. as far as we know they didn't do that. they just ROBBED people blind

[@NazarNovak]

Wow, Lockheed Martin! A partnership like this just doesn't fall out the sky, you know!

[@hazukichanx408]

_Weeell, actually..._

[@randomlyfactual1943]

That's Boeing😂

[@RaglansElectricBaboon]

@@randomlyfactual1943 +1

[@ODISeth]

0:31 I always forget that Adam & Eve sponsors KZbinrs

[@markojojic6223]

Me too man

[@Snowstorm...]

I've only ever seen it once and the whiplash made me click off immediately. It was some random, completely innocent video too. The kind of casual videos I've watched since I was a kid

[@Hadeshy]

Same. It always made me so uncomfortable. Like, I'm all for being more open about it but not THAT open

[@AveragePerson68]

And it’s always the child KZbinrs who are trying not to laugh mid ad read

[@EspeonMistress00]

​@AveragePerson68 I only ever saw adult YTbers do it what are you watching.....

[@MarkSafi-k3j]

I love the 0:15 part, cause it basically hits KZbinrs the most. Consumers just got scammed by not getting the best discounts out there, as Honey advertised.

[@Kpazz]

I'm glad someone else is saying this, from the start i've asked... "How are the users of Honey getting scammed?" the answer is that they are not, Someone who would otherwise never look for discount codes is always better off with honey because at least there's the chance of getting somehing cheaper ( even if it isn't the best discount you could find manually ). KZbinrs are mad that they are losing out and trying to make us care about it. Like a game dev expecting us to feel bad that Steam takes a cut of their sales.

[@xvx4848]

Yeah this is pretty much what I've been noticing. Every single large KZbinr who's been promoting these things is now making videos pretending they never supported it and in fact thought it was shady all along. It's almost like they don't really care about us and are just squeezing us for views and money. Who would've thought? Also, they only seem like they're really mad about this whole thing because THEY got their affiliate links taken, not that their viewers got scammed.

[@deadvirgin428]

I mean, the viewers didn't really lose any money in this case, so yeah they were "scammed" but also they didn't lose anything. Like you said they're mostly mad that honey messed with THEIR affiliate links.

[@themindeclectic9821]

Their viewers didn't get scammed. Honey did not scam it's users at all

[@TheAngryXenite]

​@@themindeclectic9821They did, though. Honey would give people worse codes to use for discounts because they were paid to by companies.

[@derpstick5467]

@@Jose04537what is magelab? And lol seems like Charlie (moist critical right) has lost another sub lol.

[@tallemajas]

@@Jose04537 He literally apologised in the video he made about it, what are you on about lol?

[@selunescorpio]

0:46 Like a snake eating its tail

[@thelastjarofmayonnaise5066]

But you're so supreme I give my life Not for honor, but for you (snake eater) In my time, there'll be no one else Crime, it's the way I fly to you (snake eater) I'm still in a dream, snake eater

Fun fact: Lockheed Martin was once a sponsor in Task & Purpose for our average infantryman Chris Cappy.

[@a.bastianwiik5592]

And I am 100% OK with that: defence contractors advertising to defence nerds like me. No wallet, VPN, freemium game, casino or alternative medicine, just guys who make jet fighters, telling people who are intereste in jet fighters, they are making jet fighters, on a military-themed channel.

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

​@@a.bastianwiik5592 it does seem rather fitting. Nah, give me a bizarre woo-woo product instead, you never know when magnetic beads are gonna change your whole existence

[@ew3612]

I have been subscribed to task and purpose for years and I somehow missed that sponsor. At the very least, I dont remember it.

[@ValueNetwork]

The fact that Linus tech tips realised that Honey was a scam and ended their contract with them… but instead of ringing the alarm and letting people know about the scam they kept the info private and signed with one of honeys rivals that has the same business model and pulls the same scam, is definitely one of the KZbinr moments of all time

[@ot7biasedmashups]

I genuinely don't understand what would compel them to do that... The only logical reason I can think of is that they felt petty and wanted other KZbinrs to lose money as well. Bc there literally NO reason not to talk about that publicly???​

[@SpyroTheEternalNight]

WHAT? can someone confirm this? that's absolutely insane if true

[@burkino7046]

@@ot7biasedmashups It's simple, they don't want to be involved in drama. If you call out 1 sponsor you'll likely lose out on other sponsors. Plus if they're wrong about it that's grounds for a lawsuit.

[@UselesStranger]

@@SpyroTheEternalNight it was in the first video about Honey scam, Megalag channel, if I'm writing the name correctly

[@Michael-wo6ld]

Honey’s not a scam because it steals affiliate revenue, though? That has no impact on the end user at all. It’s a scam because they deliberately don’t give you the best deals, which I doubt LTT was aware of at the time.

[@ReeshaDyer]

The hilarious irony of getting a betterhelp ad before this video

[@CaptHayfever]

IIRC, most KZbinrs don't have any say in pre/mid/post-roll ads, only in-video plugs.

[@ReeshaDyer]

@CaptHayfever oh no, they absolute don't. Which is why this is funny, better help absolutly failing to get an ad onto a good video for them.

[@GameRusher1234]

"You promoted a scam" -"oh no.." "it also stole from creators" *aggressive lawsuit* this is what bothers me about the selfishness of ppl

[@naterksmr]

"What did Better Help do this time?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

The question we're all ready to ask

[@LucasAndrew]

Was this one also filmed weeks ago before Man went on paternity leave? He never misses

[@crow-dont-know]

No no, he actually recorded everything about two years ago. He’s been secretly losing weight and will surprise everyone with a reveal soon where he’ll astonish us with his dramatic body change while delivering a slightly ominous speech about always being two steps ahead

[@Boarbatrice]

@@crow-dont-knowIf Man Losing Weight loses the same proportion of weight Fre Shavacado lost, he’ll be a skeleton. Wait… does this mean… THE SKELETON WAR IS BACK ON!!! I CAN FINALLY SHED THIS FLESHY DISGUISE!!!

[@themindeclectic9821]

​@@Boarbatriceman not carrying weight

[@angles18]

The absolute legend!

[@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514]

*Maternity

[@hotpocketsat2am]

innacurate, that implies betterhelp shillers actually care aout their morals

[@lhsanSW]

"IF IT FREE, THEN YOU ARE THE PRODUCT!" an old saying

[@redred7702]

My junior robotics club was unironically sponsored by Lockheed Martin one year,

[@ryvyr]

00:50 I should not have laughed so painfully hard, and yet

[@Curiopus]

SAME

[@ryvyr]

@Curiopus What made it so forceful is being a former Loadmaster, a surge of memories layered atop brilliant set up in the script ^^;;

[@MindlessMagic]

What is Lockheed Martin?

[@Akabeche]

​@@MindlessMagicAmerican company that makes among other things, heavy weaponry like missile, fighter jets, or artillery pieces

[@dezcubing5844]

I sure wonder what could’ve inspired this sketch.

[@aluhearriaga3955]

Lockheed Martin.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

A Marmite sponsorship.

[@SianaGearz]

@@CathrineMacNiel HipTang.

[@HenryMusgrove]

The betterhelp slander is continuing to be great

[@lucasburgan1450]

slander implies its not true

[@ruroruro]

it's not slander if it's true

[@Orson_Welp]

Slander implies that the criticism is untrue Fortunately, wrongfully accusing Man of slander in a comment section is also not slander... Since it's written, it's technically libel

[@FriedNoodlee]

@@Orson_Welp "It is not. I resent that!... Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel." - J. Jonah Jameson

[@matthewmills5786]

Comments really are a hive mind, huh

[@santuros]

*Me:* BetterHelp NOOOO!! *Scam(BetterHelp):* What? *Me:* Sorry, Force Of Habit

[@NFSHeld]

On a serious note, the sad thing about the Honey scam is that A) it doesn't only scam the creators who promoted it, but ANY affiliate link when the users clicks on "search for coupons". And B) the owner company of Honey is PayPal, so the money scammed away from content creators (some of them dependent on the proceeds of affiliate links) goes to a multi billion dollar company.

[@Cobalt985]

If you know anything about modern monetization practices, Honey was obviously off from the start. They had way too much money for advertising. Like Raycons just being $20 Aliexpress earbuds sold for $160.

[@undercover-cowboy]

reminder that Pie is started by one of the founders of honey so its also probably a scan

[@potatojuiceultra]

yeah I get so many ads for Pie, when I found out they were made by the same people it made me a lot more suspicious of both because there's no way a company could create a "free money with no ramifications" app TWICE then Honey got exposed and my trust in Pie is in the negatives now

[@lassoroot]

Also reminder that Pie's ads are so freaking annoying - if you haven't seen one be grateful

[@undercover-cowboy]

@@lassoroot they really are

[@asfdhahhahaha]

youtubers promoting a clear scam product like honey: ☺🥰😙 youtubers when they find out the scam product is scamming them instead of the viewers: 😱🤬😭

[@shadowbyname2802]

Yeah this incident with Honey really puts things into perspective. Not only are KZbinrs who take these deals selling us a mediocre product/service, now there's a high chance they aren't even getting paid for it. Like how many other sponsors are doing the same exact thing Honey did? This needs to be discussed honestly and openly now more than ever.

[@themindeclectic9821]

Honey is a fine product, been using it for years and it's saved me soooo much money. I could use other coupon finders, but I don't. I go to Honey.

[@venomousbunny9875]

That's about as likely as Logan Paul dy!ng in the near future

[@Dynamick65]

Can't believe barry got pooh arrested for stealing honey. Pooh was clearly trying to do the right thing as he was trying to take and dispose of Honey.

[@tirsden]

It was actually a conspiracy cooked up by Big Sugar. 🤨

[@axelprino]

At this point we might as well start listing the sponsors that aren't some sort of scam

[@thehousecat93]

I’ve been using a Trade coffee subscription for a while. The coffees are great and cheaper than it would be straight from the roasters.

[@Badficwriter]

Grounded sounds nice? I assume the 'scam' is that the creators are libertarian political junkies who want subtextually lecture everyone.

[@FarfarFafa]

Literally moist critical, his whole video was just him summarizing whatever megalag said and then talking about how he is disgusted in between.

[@MedusoJuegos]

No joke, the first time i hear about Honey i figure they were one of those apps that just collect your info to sell it or something like that, since the idea of a service that gives you coupons/discounts for free with nothing in exchange just didnt seem right. I mean, where would the money came from if not from something weird or shady like that?

[@B4Cooties]

Man will you ever promote ball trimmers?

[@SolarBoy204]

You mean Manscaped?

[@Phoenix-et1vw]

💀

[@Jose04537]

​@SolarBoy204Unironically, it's dangerous and not recommended to use an electric shaver down there because it can nick you.

[@Badficwriter]

@@Jose04537 How else will you increase your speed?

[@PixelKey]

In this world only one sponsor can be trusted and that is "Bad Dragon"!

[@Eschatonin6666]

Just checking, is this satire, or have you not found out?

[@Cobalt985]

Oh, believe me there's drama about BD in the furry community too...

[@antonn.mp4]

@@Cobalt985bro how the actual FUCK is there drama about monster dildos 😭

[@victorassemble352]

@Eschatonin6666 kinda obvious they have. If you have been on the internet long enough, you know what bad dragon is

[@victorassemble352]

@Cobalt985 what's the drama? are their products not anatomically correct?

[@phothewin6019]

Raid Shadow Squarespace and their selection of Honey D-Brand skins to help you get Better Help.

[@novideostoday]

Don't forget to drink your Athletic Greens!

[@Shallow_AN]

I don't know why this video popped up in my feed randomly, and the first thought I had was, 'damn this dude looks like a typical discord mod' subscribed!

[@derpstick5467]

So should he take that as a compliment or insult? At least he’s not as deranged as a discord mod.

[@thehousecat93]

I for one would take it as a mortal insult to be compared to a typical discord mod.

[@CrabTheSecond]

Man carrying discord server Man carrying insults

[@dlxmarks]

I'm impressed by Ryan Hudson's hubris for mentioning he created Honey when promoting Pie which is something else that doesn't look quite right to me.

[@AboyfromFlorida]

he never scams, the absolute legend!

[@gammaphonic]

It’s almost like an ecosystem of advertising with little to no regulation or oversight would specifically attract scam businesses.

[@kieffer9705]

0:37 this line is literally Markiplier.

[@dubemelchi]

Same here. Honey had “scam likely” energy from day one.

[@joaovitormatos8147]

At least Lockheed Martin isn't into any shady or secret misdeeds. All of their misdeeds are public for decades

[@rfak7696]

At least he's promoting an honest and hard-working weapons manufacturer

[@TheArklyte]

And now all the adverts I see are AI made and voiced promos for AI made mobile casinos. Promoting ludomania to minors sure is profitable, right, KZbin?

[@galaxyproductions2076]

Live, Laugh, Lockheed Martin

[@SimplyDuker]

The moment Honey was first introduced to my face, my immediate reaction was "yep, too good to be true so fuck that" and this has been my stand towards this title ever since.

[@mmd3585]

As a foreigner, the ads are just time skips of the video for me, whatever company they are, because they do not offer support in Brazil and I just don't find use in anything that people sponsor. For creators like Future Canoe, I like that he gets some money to keep the good content, so whatever works for him, though.

[@MrPolluxxxx]

Laughed out loud at the "Lockheed Martin" good timing

[@megaclodsire]

0:17 BRO Wendover Productions and LegalEagle are actually doing this!!!!!

[@DanFarrell98]

I find it to be a valuable service that they provide. It’s a good way to know for sure if something is a scam if it is a KZbinr sponsor

[@astral7002]

viewers 5 minutes after man carrying thing uploads

[@TakaD20]

Do you remember Established Titles? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@Ana_Ng]

i can't believe that an application that offered you free money at no cost wasn't above board.

[@real_life7541]

he never misses, the absolute legend!

[@AboyfromFlorida]

he never misses, the absolute legend!

[@varsoonhks3211]

As that one trash friend we all wish we didn't have says, "If you are not paying for anything, you are the product."

[@thepoetesskhansaa]

I would be that friend if I had friends

[@garden_creature]

I struggle to see how someone saying that makes them a trash friend. They're trying to help you avoid scams?

[@Alyssa_Swift]

"Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point"

[@FriedNoodlee]

THIS JUST IN!!!!!! Being a skeptic makes you subhuman.

[@AnglosArentHuman]

​@@FriedNoodlee No, being white does.

[@iheartlreoy8134]

Finally a sponsor that speaks to me and my intercepting missile needs

[@kaptan-chauhan]

society would change overnight if more people read the book Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki

[@LocalSlasher]

Is that your sponsor?

[@IgotLokdout]

not the pie ad before this video 😭🙏

[@psychlops924]

What’s funny is there’s a guy on here that’s literally sponsored by Lockheed Martin. He’s active military (Air Force), and his channel is basically showing off military vehicles (which I find to be super cool), but all his sponsors are like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, all the branches of the US military. It’s just really weird to see on a YT video lol

[@Badficwriter]

The military brass get bribed all the time, but my favorite was when a general got bribed by some garment maker and changed the whole uniform we had to wear. 😄

[@Sylvie_without_surname]

It took me a while to realize that most of the companies sponsoring the PBS shows I watched as a kid were monstrous arms manufactures. Like, I assumed that when this program was brought to me by Northrup Grummond and Lockheed Martin that they were boring adult companies that did boring stuff, not people making actual weapons used to kill other kids. It was severely fucked up that they were sponsoring kids programming

[@TukaihaHithlec]

Which PBS show?

[@hithere6482]

Are you sure? I couldn’t find any info that Lockheed Martin has ever sponsored pbs

[@username7763]

I'm old but I still remember it was all sears roebuck and co. The fact that I still remember means it must have been effective... other than sears almost not existing anymore.

[@ThatPhatGoose]

What’s crazy to me is I’ve seen someone sponsored by Morgan & Morgan

[@CalumMelrose]

this video genuinely made me laugh thank you Man

[@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514]

Ive heard that lockheed martin steals your money instead of giving you discounts for their F-22 Raptors!

[@Somebodyelse141]

Lockheed Martin!! Lmao. A representative came to talk to us about how great working for them was when I was in a summer high school program at MIT

[@MustacheDLuffy]

I suppose that was rather ironic

[@space_1073]

This feels like those backstories where 9 brothers tried to rule a kingdom and one turned evil and killed the others. Honey was supposed to be one of the best of them.

[@cmnzzz]

Literally this. The first scam that affects them, and the first they are appalled with.

[@TheLumberjack1987]

meanwhile Markiplier actually called it a few years ago, "nothing in life is free, where is all that money coming from?!" was a legit question back then

[@ThatRealDudeCoop]

Fitting… Honey was slimy, sticky, and got everywhere.

[@HoneyBeeFlanzman]

Ironically how most encounters with products from Adam and Eve end

[@CathrineMacNiel]

Honey may be slimy and sticky but it is damn delicious, and makes great Mead.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

Anakin honeywalker, is that you?

[@FriedNoodlee]

@@HoneyBeeFlanzman D:

[@jadot_5]

This could become really awkward if something happens with Nebula in the future

[@IDKisReal2401]

”I always felt like I was some sort of confidence trick”

[@SeveralGhost]

We'll look back on this someday as a cry for help after we learn how tightly Lockheed Martin keeps its grip on Man

[@AT7outof10]

Literally got a betterhelp ad before this video...

[@Scott.E.H]

Yeah it really does feel like the whole betterhelp thing actually causing harm to vulnerable people getting way less attention than this is very telling about people's priorities

[@Winterfang]

Me learning Honey is stealing money from the influencers was my biggest "so what" moment of 2024.

[@genericname2747]

I wonder how much money Mr Beast lost

[@neehaa]

@@genericname2747not enough

[@DuBstep115]

Everyone acting like honey is a scam when it literally saved people money and only stole money from influencers. Good, they deserve it.

[@RochRich.]

⁠@@DuBstep115 You didn’t watch the MegaLag video, did you?

[@elnatanbitensky8314]

They also cheated customers by finding them only mediocre coupons and purposely not the good ones they would've found if they searched by themselves

[@lemonfork1152]

0:29 Ironically they're also not that good, turns out some of their toys are made of unsafe materials

[@laytonjr6601]

Even if you yourself didn't promote honey, if one of your viewer uses it because they got it recommended elsewhere they will steal your cookies from that user

[@inverseK]

Thank you. Keep this up!

[@RealBenAnderson]

This 50 seconds was a better commentary on the Honey controversy than any of the 11-minute videos the Tubers are making

[@DutchPatterson]

What's frustrating is it's always the best KZbinrs