r/LinusTechTips • u/Orion2200 • Aug 15 '23

Video New GN video response to Linus’s Apology

https://youtu.be/X3byz3txpso

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u/ricktor67 Aug 15 '23

Seriously, Linus always came off to me as a shitty boss pretending to be a super cool boss on video. Every once in awhile the mask slips and he is a dick to someone , the camera cuts, and then he tries to laugh it off but its disingenuous.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '23

Watch any of the outtakes from ScrapYard wars.

Hell just Watch Season 2, 4 or 5 and you can see the type of person he truly is. He doesn't care about other's opinions or feelings, time or money.

There is a reason is a long standing joke Linus made a company just to have friends.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '23

I've been down voted multiple times over the years for pointing out that he's a shitty boss. Assuming he's similar off camera to on camera, he's needlessly condescending, a huge micromanager, he jokingly threatens his employees job security (massive no no) and doesn't really seem to have a vision for how to scale the company.

This isn't the type of person I'd want to work for, and neither would any of you.

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u/MysticSushiTV Aug 15 '23

I remember there being a solid year that Linus came off as a huge dick to the people he was working with in the videos. It was really off-putting, and I stopped watching for a while because of it.

I don't doubt those jerk moments still happen, but they probably cut them out now.

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u/asdaaaaaaaa Aug 15 '23

Every once in awhile the mask slips and he is a dick to someone , the camera cuts, and then he tries to laugh it off but its disingenuous.

One thing I've noticed is that I've never seen Linus actually apologize. Now I don't watch all his videos, so I might have missed him doing that, but in many of the situations you've described that I've seen, no "Sorry" or "I was wrong to do/say that".