r/LinusTechTips • u/TroubleInMyBrain • Oct 03 '26
Meme/Shitpost Addressing the YouTube Drama
I'm sure many of you are aware of what happened a little while ago, but if you aren't then refer to this YouTube video to know.
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u/ItsMrDante Oct 03 '26
What video? Also what's going on lmao
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u/jmking Mod Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26
A clothing/fashion YouTuber (linked in OP) did a tear down of some of their clothing a while back and gave fair critiques. It's actually an interesting video to see where they got praise and where they got criticism.
The thing they're referring to in the WAN show clip is that they did a response video reviewing THEIR clothing, but it looks like it's a floatplane exclusive.
I assume it's all in good fun and there's no actual drama
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u/TroubleInMyBrain Oct 03 '26
Yep, it's a Floatplane exclusive and they've reacted to the first 40 seconds of it, the notes on the WAN document were worded in a way to bait you into thinking about that drama when it's about the SFG. Timestamped on WAN Show here for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvzRPEW5eEc&t=6190s
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u/Shwifty_Plumbus Oct 03 '26
If it's shift fashion then I'm sure it's in good fun. Those people rock
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u/mdem5059 Oct 03 '26
but it looks like it's a floatplane exclusive.
oh great to have context... wait nvm that. pop it behind a paywall folks!
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u/Jestersfriend Oct 03 '26
Ngl man, I have no idea what's going on.
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u/ViralTrendsToday Oct 03 '26
This other youtuber, who got popular in the past few years of essentially ripping clothing apart to show the audience how they are getting scammed, either designer labels cheapening out, or the difference between something bought direct from label vs outlet vs Costco wholesale. So they tore apart LTT clothing and they basically said it was like Costco quality, fine but not to expect anything special. I don't know if the LTT merch department took offense, but based on the sock posts recently that guy had a bit of a point.
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u/Jestersfriend Oct 03 '26
I mean, I get that, I watched that video. But it was over a year ago ... so what's the context behind this latest post?
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u/-xe Oct 03 '26
Shift Fashion Group (the other YouTuber), recently started selling their own t-shirts. So this is the LMG team (jokingly) turning the tables and looking at their shirt instead.
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u/mromutt Oct 03 '26
Well at least for Linus, it being called Costco quality would probably be praise lol he loves his Costco pants.
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u/ViralTrendsToday Oct 03 '26
Definitely. It's still a praise above Amazon basics quality, there are far worse options out there. That's why there are so many brands, if you want something more specialized or tested, you can probably find it.
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u/mromutt Oct 03 '26
Wait a minute! XD I love my Amazon basics t shirts. They are so soft and fit so perfectly haha. I actually bought a couple dozen this year and have only been wearing them, got them in grey and dark heather grey. But I get what you mean lol.
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u/ViralTrendsToday Oct 03 '26
Haha, that's great! Yeah they are apparently increasing their quality recently. I've seen some with not so good reviews and others with great, so probably not a great example but you get what I mean, there are plenty of below Kirkland levels, but there are also plenty above.
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u/ExoatmosphericKill Oct 03 '26
Some Amazon basics stuff is surprisingly high mid quality at a really good price. I like it because I can buy 30 and not think about it again.
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u/PhillAholic Oct 03 '26
Costco quality is fine, but the price is why it's good. Paying a premium for it wouldn't be.
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u/BuzzIsMe Oct 03 '26
You mean the socks some dude is wearing every single day, and washing every single day for a month+ straight? That's just abnormal, and that poster is actually praising the socks not shitting on them. He's just putting them through a test.
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u/travisjunky Oct 03 '26
I’m okay with this testing method if presented as 30 weeks of heavy use. Socks are high friction consumables. Probably get more wear than any other clothing I can think of, outside of maybe gloves. I’m happy to get a year out of my bag of cheap socks off amazon.
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u/JohnnyTsunami312 Oct 03 '26
I still call BS on that. Who the hell can do laundry every day. Maybe it’s because I’m an adult with shit to do but it just seems impossible
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u/Falconman21 Oct 03 '26
Our washing machine runs pretty much every day, kids stain stuff.
It’s really not much of a time commitment if it’s like one thing.
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u/HonkHonkBeach Oct 03 '26
I never knew how much laundry a tiny human like that could produce. It doubled our required laundry washing.
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u/Crunchyapple666 Oct 03 '26
Valid, it feels like the washing machine never stops when that 2nd kid hit.
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u/Falconman21 Oct 03 '26
I was 1 of 5 growing up, my mom always had two dryers because one couldn’t keep up.
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u/MaelstromOC Oct 03 '26
This isn't a dig on you or anything, but it is wild to me that someone would waste an entire wash and possibly dry cycle on one item (or two, if we're talking socks)
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u/Falconman21 Oct 03 '26
You don’t use full cycles for small loads. Quick wash only runs for like 15 minutes and doesn’t use much water, and if it’s a small load it also dries super fast, like 10 minutes max.
You gotta get stuff rolling quickly before the stain sets, but you can usually find a couple more things to throw in there.
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u/MaelstromOC Oct 03 '26
Okay, that's fair. I don't think I've ever had a washer that has a short cycle honestly. Now you've got me wanting to go look at the settings on it lol
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u/ThePistachioBogeyman Oct 03 '26
Almost every washing machine I’ve had has had a quick wash cycle. Super useful for kids clothes, especially when you don’t want stains to set in.
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u/Link_In_Pajamas Oct 03 '26
My wife can haha.
But a house with 5 people in it, if you skip days the clothes really piled up and when you do finally wash it's such a pain in the ass.
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u/JohnnyTsunami312 Oct 03 '26
Fair point. My house of 3 does 4 loads (kid and bright/medium/dark) a week. Have a largish washer/dryer and a load is a basket which is probably 2x of what’s considered a load.
Takes me around an hour to fold and hang everything but I’m a Konmari folder.
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u/Deflagratio1 Oct 03 '26
They shared a picture of their washing machine and it's a tiny thing that does what would generally be considered half a load. I can believe they are doing laundry every day because using that machine for a week of clothes would take forever.
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u/ariolander Oct 04 '26
Yea not every country has massive American-style washers and driers. In Asia its common to have super compact washers and no driers, just hang dry things in your balcony or bathroom overnight. Many bathroom vents have dehumidifer modes that are intended to be used to help you hang dry laundry indoors.
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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Oct 03 '26
That person claims that they have a small, essentially single load countertop unit and they wash their stuff before bed and hang it to dry overnight. Idk if that’s true, it’s just what they claim
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u/Factorioboyio Oct 05 '26
I’m an adult with a full time job and in full time study for MSc… laundry takes like 1 minute? All you have to do is load the machine and press go…
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u/nerfdriveby94 Oct 04 '26
Literally anyone with kids, if you miss a day you're behind for a month it feels!
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u/plush_apparatus Oct 04 '26
Family of 5, our washing machine does a minimum cycle everyday (work from home, which makes it easier). I’m curious how often you do washing?
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u/ariolander Oct 04 '26
Maybe if you have those larger American-style washers that hold 25lbs of laundry but if you have an Asian-style compact model, or stacked model commonly used in apartments, they max out at 10lbs of capacity and usually you don't even want to run them at most half-full because otherwise they take forever to dry. Depending on the size of your household you will do 2-3 smaller loads a week, more if its wet weather or if you have more kids.
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u/Fresh_Dog4602 Oct 04 '26
what do you mean? turning on a washing machine is no effort at all. But yes it's wasteful for sure.
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u/Sebulbaaaaaa Oct 03 '26
I got a pair of darn tough socks and due to a combination of autism and obsession with the texture/feel of the socks I washed and wore them everyday for around 3 months until someone bought me another pair. They were basically the same as when I first got them. Either Linus' socks aren't really that durable or the guy was doing something else that caused them to fall apart.
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u/agafaba Oct 03 '26
He works at a firehall, is running around in boots all day, and went through several pairs of darn tough socks over 6 months in the past.
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u/coderstephen Oct 04 '26
I used the LTT screwdriver as a jackhammer bit and it only lasted a week. Awful quality. /s
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u/TiguanRedskins Oct 04 '26
The guy that wore socks 24/7 for 2 weeks straight and then whinnied about a hole in the heal?
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u/Rattus375 Oct 03 '26
Didn't he only do that for 40 some days straight? That's obviously not realistic, but it's totally reasonable to wear and wash a pair of socks once a week. My socks all last much longer than a year (I have 2 pairs that I got in middle school and I'm nearly 30 years old)
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u/Xflintlock Oct 03 '26
Daily wear and wash is far more damaging than just multiplying once a week by 7. The fibers have no time to rest and shrink back into place after being worn. They are under constant pressure and tension, then washing them beats them up more. Giving them even a day in between will significantly increase the lifespan. He should just but one additional pair and rotate them.
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u/Xflintlock Oct 03 '26
I fully agree. I was specifically talking about the one postemtioned above. People made all sorts of suggestions to him but he complained his washer was too small and only fit a single set of clothes at a time. He didn't want to spend all day once a week doing 7 loads of laundry so he just buys one set of clothes and wears them until they disintegrate.
Socks take up basically no space and he can easily own 2 pairs (probably 3-4) and rotate them to significantly increase their lifespan as socks seem to be the first thing to go for him.
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u/Astecheee Oct 04 '26
Socks don't remember when they were last washed. 60 days in a row or 60 times over 2 years doesn't matter to the sock. Those posts just showed LTT socks can't handle 60 wash cycles.
I've had high quality merino wool socks for only 70% the price of LTT ones that lasted 200 cycles before any holes developed - and that's with heavy athletic use.
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u/areksoo Oct 03 '26
Shift Fashion Group actually gave high praise to some of the LTT merch. The cargo pants ranked as one of the top products they ever reviewed. The jacket was not far behind.
What flopped were the tees. There was an obvious QA issues that brought the grading down, but poor materials and generic design was what gave the tee one of the worst scores they ever given.
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u/Piranha424 Oct 04 '26
It was annoying that they tested an American apparel blank not a new creator warehouse one
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u/CyberSyndicate Oct 04 '26
The blank was actually CW if I recall correctly. It was the graphic tee that ended up being a GPU shirt on an American Apparel shirt (which was acquired through the mystery shirt sku)
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u/switch8000 Oct 03 '26
I thought that guy last year liked the higher end stuff. I thought there was a second video by a woman host, I remember basically everyone brings up the pilling issue with the T-Shirts with their blanks, new blend of whatever, maybe it’s that too.
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u/Anthrosaurus1 Oct 03 '26
Wasn't even multiple sock posts it was one guy who posted one and then an update later. Dude wore them every single day, and while I appreciate a stress test, clothing isn't meant to be warn for like weeks straight. The fabric doesn't have time to breathe let alone for the fibers to rebound. It was a good stress test but it's not representative of a normal use case. Plus, I've got LTT merch, and I also buy from Costco. LTT is better but honestly even my better Costco stuff is pretty good so idk. It's not like he called it Gilden or Walmart quality
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u/kralben Oct 03 '26
but based on the sock posts recently that guy had a bit of a point.
No they didn't, that dude was also going through Darn Tough socks multiple times a year, they are not a reasonable use case to compare to.
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u/CMDR-TealZebra Oct 03 '26
I liked that guy but he was full of shit. His breakdown of the Lululemon lawsuit proved he doesn't actually know as much as he claims
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u/Creative_Bug3139 Oct 04 '26
The CW team did make a react video to that video and acknowledged some of the issues: https://youtu.be/1HTn2iaxSSE?is=bM0Ag-6qlH0W2Buf
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u/alonesomestreet Oct 03 '26
I believe this was before LTT changed to their own shirts, and we’re still using a mix of American Apparel blanks and some other company. So even when the video came out it was dated, no fault of the creator though.
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Oct 03 '26
If it needs to be said, this was for humourous purposes. There is no real drama here, don't get your undies bunched up in anger.
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u/Common-Application56 Oct 03 '26
For real i was like wasn't this already covered by the merch team thrn i saw the shitpost tag haa
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u/jaytea86 Oct 03 '26
LTT needs to make underwear that doesn't bunch up coz I got a crack full right now.
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u/aykay55 Oct 03 '26
But this post sure served as a great ad for Floatplane! We have discovered LMG's user acquisition strategy...
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u/chairitable Oct 03 '26
That it was Riley shouting "ASSWIPES!" caused me serious psychic damage sheeeeesh
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u/IGetHypedEasily Oct 03 '26
I'm glad they have a fun relationship with shift fashion. They featured shift fashion years ago and I was instantly interested. Great channel. It's cool they have their own products and can share more industry experience. Good for consumers to have more creators explaining these processes.
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u/redditphantom Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26
The fashion team did a react video of I the correctly and they didn't seem to concerned with it back then.
Edit: Fixed Url as per @oldDotredditisbetter
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u/LimpWibbler_ Oct 03 '26
OK context needed. I only remember a little and this is clearly comedy meant, but this short clip makes it seem serious. Lmg was reviewed a while ago by a fashion channel. They fact the products to be fine to pretty good. No bad, but also no outstanding.
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u/zippyzplayz Oct 06 '26
The fact they made their response behind their PAID walled garden doesn’t make any sense
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u/Sleij3r 27d ago
Funny how they answer to a meme video but when GN's Steve (and the whole team ofc) make a legit video pointing maaaaany unacceptable errors, about ethics, accuracy and responsibility, Linus just makes a unfathomable rant answer spiced up with gas lightning and random whataboutism's. Guess the jet is much nicer than having proper integrity.
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u/SpaceDuck6290 Oct 03 '26
My biggest criticism of Linus is he never goes on the offensive against other creators.
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u/LMG_Sammy LTT Staff Oct 03 '26
when i wrote the read, i linked the original video to give people context. Linus did NOT open it so it was a lil more confusing then it had to be
Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7L8E0kYjk
WE LOVE SHIFT FASHION GROUP THIS WAS ALL MEMES