The Parasocial Relationship

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

00:00 Chapters

01:53 Intro

02:27 Topic #1 - xQc's "reaction" called out

04:04 Reactors' impact on viewership, transforming content

06:38 H3H3, Linus's history, xQc & Hasanabi criticism

08:42 Ethan's debate, xQc replies with "the worm"

10:08 xQc leaking his DM with Ethan, LTT's GPU meme

11:06 Drama, Linus's thoughts on xQc's invalid defenses

16:15 Danger of "supportive" people ft. Linus's & Luke's story

24:39 Linus's community ft. Rod, Brian, Ed

27:56 Whose fault is this? What is the fix?

33:16 Topic #2 - CNET removing old articles

33:43 Linus on the difficulty of looking up stuff online

36:03 CNET's representatives answers, Google's tweet

38:52 Linus polls chat, archiving the internet

43:14 Merch Messages #1

44:58 Clear screwdrivers ETA? ft. "40k backpacks," reinventing the wheel

51:27 LTTStore's new keyboard pin

54:54 Linus on the store's product photography

58:14 Linus's home theater ft. EP, tapes, collectibles, Barbie merch

1:14:36 Linus explains reasoning behind C$ on LTTStore

1:16:54 Pins sold, TS' cassettes, 1st gen iPod

1:20:28 Linus sees the pin colors, C$ 0.01 more

1:21:25 Topic #3 - Bots do CAPTCHA better than humans

1:22:34 Possible alternatives, Luke discuss passwords

1:26:32 Topic #4 - ShortCircuit's Pwnage mouse video edited

1:30:25 Sponsors

1:35:53 LTTStore's weekly deal ft. Dan is getting powerful

1:38:07 LTTStore products on Amazon, Linus V.S. Linux

1:41:13 Topic #5 - YouTube limits links on the platform

1:43:38 Hipyo's tweet on YouTube's decision

1:43:48 Amazon screwdriver seller is NOT LTT

1:45:33 "This ends channels," YouTube V.S. TikTok

1:47:29 Linus on Shorts revenue, scams, account breaches

1:50:59 Linus on comment's visibility, hearts, pinning

1:53:46 Jeff corrects Linus about betting ft. Timestamp guy

1:59:29 Merch Messages #2

2:01:12 YouTube Shopping & revenue

2:03:37 Floatplane's development history

2:09:14 Put in charge of Federal internet funding, what would you do?

2:11:52 What would it take for Starfield to be a success for Luke?

2:14:04 Should Linus edit a video? ft. Who would Luke backup?

2:18:08 Topic #6 - $300K of M:TG cards stolen

2:20:36 Experience, revenue from TV, strikers, unions

2:25:48 Topic #7 - Intel "Downfall" vulnerability

2:26:57 Topic #8 - A.I. can read your keystrokes

2:31:09 Merch Messages #3 ft. Accidental outro, WAN Show After Dark, extra bins

2:33:12 Impact of LTT's reviews on your relationships ft. Linus & Luke reminiscing their past

2:57:27 Steam Deck's impact on third party launchers

2:59:25 WAN Show on-time ft. Linus's family, gifted people, Yvonne, work culture

3:24:48 Do you ever get tired of your job?

3:26:34 Thoughts on branded hardware?

3:30:34 Favorite CPU socket & peripheral connector?

3:31:22 Challenges with NVIDIA & recording a live event

3:35:14 Luke's advice on owning budgies

3:37:30 How many LTX-edition screwdrivers have you sold?

3:41:17 LTT LTX staff pins history ft. Nick's e-mail

3:44:23 Auction items that you were saddest to see go?

3:45:06 Pointless A.I. implementations? Pointless A.I.? ft. Hackathon, driving Linus home

3:49:12 Is Luke doing more reviews due to FP or the CEO?

3:50:58 Why has Samsung's phone box gotten bland?

3:52:48 Lux backpack update

3:53:59 Where to put the Steam Deck in a backpack without a case?

3:55:42 Changing Linus's midname to "Tech Tips" after purchases from LTTStore?

3:57:06 Do you see LTT merch as a reflection of yourself?

4:00:59 An experience you wanted to have but had to turn down?

4:02:18 Brandless LTT backpack? Video without excessive LTTStore branding?

4:03:42 Outro

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