- What's up guys?
I'm Linus Sebastian and today
I'm gonna be replying to my
top 1000 YouTube comments.
You guys did not tell me that
was what was happening today.
I'm not doing 1000 comments.
We're gonna do some though.
It's gonna be great.
[upbeat music]
The following comments came from the most
viewed video on your channel.
What video is it?
This is gonna be from my strange
parts building a PC in China video.
Holy shit.
Is this thing like $300?
- [Man] Yep.
- Wow, how much is a Ferrari
definitely real Ferrari
power supply to go with it.
Dang!
If I could pick the most
viewed video on my channel.
This wouldn't be it.
That was one of the few
times in my life that I have
been as frustrated making
a video as I was yesterday
making the video that
I was working on until
three in the morning last night.
It was my collabed with strange parts
and we were about half of the way through
our scheduled shoot.
I had a plane to get on out of the country
and we basically had no video.
So we pivoted, we did a
completely different concept.
I was supposed to be trying
to build a computer using all
parts, weird Chinese
parts I didn't recognize
and then we went to the
tech mall that turned out
it was all just the same
stuff at the same prices
as if I was in Aberdeen
Center in Richmond, British Columbia.
None of this is off brand.
This is like Lenovo, Samsung, Asus, Dell.
Here's one of the first
comments on that most viewed video.
You know, you guys
aren't gonna have an easy
time surprising me
because I actually read probably a solid
50 to 70% of the comments
on the channel still.
So, let's see how this goes.
Linus is so stressed out
in the beginning L-M-A-O.
Edit JK he's stressed the whole time.
That pretty much sums up that video.
If you watch the uncut footage of that,
I'm freaking out the whole time.
It's even worse like Scotty
I don't think there's a video here.
We're just building a computer.
It's nothing.
Yeah, it's not my finest work.
There's a lot of comments
on that video pointing
out what a dick I am.
I like to think that I'm not,
I was just having a rough day.
And don't worry, me and Scotty are good.
We're good.
Next question.
The following comment came from the second
most viewed video on my channel.
What video is it?
It's gotta be the fire truck.
16-K gaming might have overtaken it.
It's gotta be the fire truck still.
Sorry.
Okay, okay.
Here's one of the most liked
comments on that video.
Yes, please hit me it.
Everybody is asking why this
is the most popular video
and I don't see a single answer.
So, I'll ask why is this
Linus' his most popular video?
Look, I only made this video
because the product
manager for Arctic cooling
who makes heat sinks like that
Arctic cooling for computers
had for whatever reason
gotten it into their heads.
That they could source
cheap RC crap from China,
rebrand it Arctic hobby,
which as far as I could tell,
was only present on the actual box not
even on the product itself.
They didn't even bother to go that far.
And she brought in a bunch of
units for the holiday season
and we like couldn't get
rid of them or something.
And she wanted a push.
And so she was like, "Can
you make videos about these?"
And I was like, fine, I've
got to hit my video quota.
Anyway, I don't even care
if it performs like garbage, whatever.
I'm just gonna spam,
upload spam on the channel.
It ended up being my top viewed
video for almost a decade.
The only possible
explanation that I can come
up with is that small
children unlike YouTube kids
or something are just
interested in fire trucks
and this video comes up.
Yeah, I haven't shown
you guys the horn yet.
Hold on.
Wait for it.
[hooting]
The watch time stats are terrible.
The engagement is terrible.
Like for the number of
views on this video,
the number of comments makes no sense.
Like it looks like I paid for the views.
Looks like I boosted it.
And the like dislike ratio is awful.
Nobody understands why this
is the most viewed well now
second most, thank goodness,
most viewed video on the channel.
It's inexplicable.
YouTube's algorithm
works in mysterious ways.
That's the only explanation I can offer.
Here is the next one.
This is the first video
posted to your YouTube
channel 12 years ago.
Yes, it is.
The undisclosed AMD
processor with the electrical
tape on the screen.
I have been questioned about
my results on an undisclosed
AMD processor.
Tell us the story behind the first
video you ever posted to your channel.
AMD told me, "If you show the
model number of this thing.
You are never getting an early
sample of a CPU ever again."
And I took that very seriously.
So, seriously that I couldn't trust
myself to not accidentally show it.
So, I put tape on that screen.
You can see the CPU details.
Well, the once that I haven't
blacked out right here.
To make sure that it wouldn't get leaked.
And of course, I had no
video editing skills.
So, blurring it in post was not an option.
This is the very first comment
ever posted on your channel.
Man, is it gonna be
acknowledging the cheesy
laugh track or?
I don't know.
It's probably just hashtag first.
Alright, hit me.
CPU-Z 1.41.
So, I was probably being lazy.
And I was probably just using
the USB drive that I carried
around in my pocket to
load all of my essential
applications on this test rig.
So, it was probably an out
of date version of CPU-Z,
which is a utility for reading
the specs of the CPU from within Windows.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
Golem 72002 appropriate
username by the way.
I can't imagine why they
felt the need to post that.
I can't imagine why most
people post YouTube comments.
I mean, I read them but I
think most YouTubers don't.
And even I almost never reply to them.
And so many of them are like directly
addressing the host of the video
as if they are expecting a reply.
And it's like, "How many times
are you gonna post these?"
Sort of shouting into a void
until you realize that
nobody's gonna reply to it
unless of course Ars Technica calls up
and is like, "Yeah, Linus,
we dug through your channel.
We found some comments
for you to reply to."
Even then that's like a
one in a million shot.
Alright, what's next?
Here's some of the most liked
comments on the first video.
Thank you for joining me crash
and thus the legend was born.
I have always loved that kind
of Camp humor and that style.
Thank you for joining me.
[crowd laughing]
The potty humor too.
It's really amusing to me
because like I said before we started.
I read a good 50 to 70% of
the comments on the channel.
And so I very often see
the one that goes you know,
I used to like Linus when he was serious
about reviewing tech
and didn't have all the
childish jokes in the videos.
I said just pardon cause
it's always been like that.
Day one, the first five
seconds of the first
video on this channel has
me turning around doing it.
I didn't see you there, bumping the table
and a laugh track going off.
What did you think you
were subscribing to.
Tell us about the trope
of you dropping things.
Oh no.
To build something that.
- [Man] Wow.
- There have probably been
about, I don't know, two or three
instances of me actually
dropping something on purpose.
And it's not that I'm particularly clumsy.
I'm actually fairly well
coordinated as a human being.
I just am often in a hurry and distracted
and I'm a fidgeter.
So, you combine being in
a hurry, being distracted
and fidgeting with things to
end up dropping a lot of stuff.
Okay, well that was exciting.
What's the priciest thing
you've dropped either on
or off camera over the years.
Now I know that off the top of my head,
it was an Intel Xeon Platinum 8180.
That's a 28 core processor that was worth
about $10,000 at the
time that I dropped it.
And the reason it stands out to me
so much is that aside from the price,
I really needed it for a project.
Intel wouldn't send me a new one
cause they were like,
seriously, dude, for real?
No.
And because it was one of the
few CPUs that I have dropped,
I have actually dropped multiple CPUs,
but it's one of the few
that I have dropped,
that actually was destroyed.
Unless it's got pins on the bottom.
A CPU if you just drop it
on to like a carpeted floor,
very unlikely to be damaged.
But wanked something on the way down
and it actually kind of separated
some of the layers of the substrate
and it does still work.
But one of the memory channels is dead.
And you're not gonna use
like a $10,000 CPU with
like a busted memory channel.
You got that kind of budget.
You know, what is it you know,
you're gonna go shopping
at Phil's discount.
$10,000 CPUs.
It's only $8,000 it's
missing a memory channel.
It's basically right off at that point.
It's painful memory.
All right.
The following comments
came from your exposed
studio tour videos.
Those are so much fun to make.
Exposing Deadmau5's studio spoiler.
He's a huge geek.
Totally true.
This was so much fun to make.
Joe was kind enough to
give us an in person
demo of how something like this works.
- So, I'm just going from one
module to the other if I just
say and now I wanna change
the pitch of it to be like a tune right?
So, this is a one V Oct, which
means one volt per octave.
- Some of the most liked
comments on the Deadmau5
studio tour, please respond.
When Deadmau5 composes music
power in my city goes out.
Yeah, sounds about right.
That guy's place and not just
when he's composing music,
right?
Like, when he fires up the
land Center in his basement,
or like that helmet that he wears.
That thing is probably got
enough LEDs in it to light
up a city block.
Like for real, there was so
much that I wasn't able
to include in the video,
because I was supposed to be there for,
I think like a four hour shoot
or something like that.
Four to six hours.
Like it was supposed to be in and out.
And then as soon as I came in,
and I started talking to him
about the stuff that he really
wanted to talk about.
Like, we hit it off as soon
as I walked into his recording
room, and I was like, man,
where are all the cable runs
for all this stuff?
And he was like, "I'm so glad you asked.
Let me show you."
Because that was quite
a thing for me to solve.
And so we ended up
there for like 14 hours.
I didn't leave till
like two in the morning
or something like that.
There is so much material that we'll never
see the light of day but
let me just say this.
He's a super cool guy and I like him,
respect him a lot.
Finest socks and sandals
on for this occasion.
Of course I got to dress up
if I'm gonna be hanging out with the one
and only Deadmau5.
My Canadian music king.
That's just what I wear.
Ironically, all the time, I've
been meaning to make a video
about it with the 10 reasons why socks
and sandals are superior to
any other style of footwear.
I shouldn't use the word style.
Any other type of footwear.
Let's leave style out of it.
But I just haven't
gotten around to it yet.
I will someday, I promise.
Next question exposing
MKBHD's his fake videos.
Does he even shoot at 8K?
Yes, he does.
So, this is it.
The MKBHD Studio every bit as stylish
and immaculate as it
appears in the videos.
At least on the surface.
But there were lots of other
things that disappointed me.
Here are some of the most liked
comments on the MKBHD Studio Tour.
Please respond.
Orders one $8,000 red cable tie.
That does seem like the
kind of thing he would do.
But knowing him personally,
he's actually a little bit more
practical about certain things.
I think he probably went with cable ties
from lttstore.com.
Actually, those are really
expensive cable ties,
they probably got cheaper ones.
According to Marquez, you
recently pranked him by putting
a "sub2ltt" plate on his
Tesla and a pack of Linus tech
tips underwear on the hood.
Can you tell us this story?
Alright, so we were
having a friendly race,
which I thought would be closer.
It ended up being kind
of a one horse race.
He won.
To 10 million subscribers.
And as part of that,
I had really wanted to
do some kind of in person
prank because I knew that
would be totally unexpected.
We live like 3000 miles
apart or something like that.
So, it just happened that I
was in town for a sponsored
video in checking out the looking
glass holographic display.
And it had like, two hours
or something like that.
We were to jet over the carny.
And I distracted him.
I made sure he was at the studio
by claiming I was gonna
borrow a phone from him.
And then I went up and my guys went,
found his car in the
parking lot, decorated it
and then we bailed.
And then we were just like
sitting there watching
Twitter for like the
entire rest of the evening.
When is he gonna leave the office?
That guy is like a workaholic.
He didn't leave the
office till like 11 p.m
or something stupid like that.
And then finally we were like,
yes, got him, but then he won.
So, got him,
you could say his retaliation was beating
me to 10 million subs.
But I don't know when this
video is gonna come up it might
be already past by the
time it does about I think
I might beat him to 11.
Whose home studio or company
do you wish you could tour?
I could give you like a silly answer,
but I'm actually gonna
give you the straight one,
just in case someone who
can hook me up with this,
sees these video.
I want to see a fab at TSMC or Intel.
Those are some of the most
secured places on the planet.
And I would give maybe not my right nut,
but probably my left nut
to be able to go in there
and make a video about
how it really ticks.
Well, I double clicked it's gone.
There we go.
Answer the following comments
as quickly as possible.
Because otherwise we'll be here all day.
Fair enough.
But, does it run Crysis?
Yes.
But is the RGB RGB?
Yes, of course.
What's next?
RGB socks and sandals?
We are working on sandals.
It's hard.
Hey Linus.
I was just wondering, do
I really need the wrist
band my friend told me to buy?
I mean, it was only $5.
But I never see you wearing one.
It's supposed to be safe for your part
so I didn't hesitate to buy it.
Yeah, I can't possibly hurt
anything to use an ESD wrist strap.
I just am lazy so I often don't put
them on part of the whole
being in a hurry thing.
When I'm actually trying
to do things right though
I prefer to have my hands on encumbered
so I like to wear it on my ankle.
You forgot one of the stats
line is how many lambos do
you own now?
I actually don't even own
the original Lambo anymore.
I am a Lambo free man.
But the real question here, is
Linus wearing LTT underwear?
All right, well, you knew
this was gonna happen.
Here we go.
Yeah.
I mean, if it wasn't good
enough for me to wear,
I wouldn't put it on the store.
I could have done this
without undoing the belt.
To conclude, we found these
comments on your recent 10
million subscribers video.
Are they from people who
didn't watch the whole thing
because I happen to know for
a fact that only 20% of people
watched the whole thing and
got to the end where I said,
No, I'm not in fact retiring.
So, half the comments
are like, is he retiring?
So, I'm not retiring.
That's why I've the stream,
which is not click bait is titled,
I've been thinking of retiring.
Linus out of 23,000 comments,
you're probably not gonna read this.
I probably did.
I read almost every comment on that video.
But I want you to know that
you probably single handedly
inspired me to pursue a career
in Computer Engineering.
You're awesome.
Thank you, Liam.
And those, honestly, are
the kinds of comments
that are the most
meaningful in what we do.
Those are the ones that remind
me that we're not just goofing
around on camera playing with technology.
And I get them actually,
surprisingly often,
which is kind of what keeps me doing this.
The fact that people are
pursuing degrees in everything
from electrical to electronics
engineering to computer
engineering to System
Administration roles.
It seems to me that Linus Tech
tips for all of its fumbles
does seem to be growing tech as a whole.
And that's what it was all
about from the very beginning,
making money.
Of course, it's always been a business,
and just sharing my love for technology
because I wouldn't have
been chosen for the video
role at NCIX.
If I wasn't one of the only
people in the business team
who actually cared about this stuff.
You changed my life.
I was stuck in a dead end job.
Then one day I stumbled across
this channel and it taught
me everything I know about PCs.
I left my job I hated to
work for a local tech company
where I build PCs all day
with like minded people.
And because of you, I'm
now happier than ever.
You know what, that's basically my story.
I've talked about this a
little bit in the past,
but the thing that always
made me happy was hanging
around on the NCIX tech tips forum.
Back when I was in high school,
and I was starting at university,
and my job that I hated was
running, painting business,
painting houses,
just one of those like
student painting companies.
I'm not down on them or anything.
I just wasn't ready for
that kind of burden.
I got stressed out, I got depressed.
And the only thing that ended
up making me happy was running
away from it, which wasn't
a responsible thing to do.
I violated the terms of my contract.
I shouldn't have done that on paper.
But I don't know if I would have made it
if I didn't do it.
So, I ran away.
I got a job at the local
computer store, you might have
heard of them, NCIX and
the rest is history.
Right?
You gotta do what you love.
It's been a month or two
since I made that video.
And I will say that the mental read
adjustment that I resolved to make at that
time has actually been
going pretty well for me.
I've been enjoying my
time self quarantining.
You can see I'm working on my home right
now rather than the office.
I've been working more,
but I've also been enjoying work more.
You know, having to do everything myself,
getting my hands dirty, a little bit more
spending less time with the business stuff
and more time just
playing around with tech
and making videos.
So,
if you guys were worried
that I was gonna be retiring
anytime soon, put it out of your mind
cause yeah, that ain't happen.
[doorbell ringing]
I need to go get my doorbell.
Hey Mateus.
Yeah, this is the workstation.
And here you can take this box too.
This is part of it.
Yeah.
I was sitting on a monitor
box the whole time.
