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Squonkamaniac
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You can Lannie could make videos of your day's expeditions, prolly make a fortune.

You cussing about the heat, cold, being sore.....hell, you may even get donations.....:giggle:

Most of them have links to paypal or some other payment gateway, people send the fuckers money...!
 

Lady Sarah

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You can Lannie could make videos of your day's expeditions, prolly make a fortune.

You cussing about the heat, cold, being sore.....hell, you may even get donations.....:giggle:

Most of them have links to paypal or some other payment gateway, people send the fuckers money...!
I ain't so sure Rich is outlandish enough to keep the young punks entertained enough for him to make any money off YouTube.
 

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You can Lannie could make videos of your day's expeditions, prolly make a fortune.
You cussing about the heat, cold, being sore.....hell, you may even get donations.....:giggle:
Most of them have links to paypal or some other payment gateway, people send the fuckers money...!
I just never was one to ask for charity and I am not into robbing stupid people either.
 

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Some guy had a video uploaded about a gecko growing it's tail back, he had 3-million hits in a week....300K in the bank.
 

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All walks of life watch those videos, the crazier they are the more money ya make.....:teehee:
I think, over the years, I might have watched all of a dozen (different subjects) YouTube videos total, and decided they were all stupid, so I don;t even go there anymore. And, like Sarah says, I can't even pretend to be enough of a dumb-fuck to get away with that weirdness.
 

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I think, over the years, I might have watched all of a dozen (different subjects) YouTube videos total, and decided they were all stupid, so I don;t even go there anymore. And, like Sarah says, I can't even pretend to be enough of a dumb-fuck to get away with that weirdness.
You been watching the wrong videos.
 

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I mean you can find a video of a guy explaining how to grow bananas, he might get 500K hits in a certain time period, it's good info, and pays well if you have a decent amount of knowledge about any particular subject.
 

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What type of video could a normal person make that could bring profit on YouTube? I posted maybe a dozen videos, and still got less than 100 views total.
 

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Hell, just type in a search for growing maters or peppers (et al) on youtube, you'll find thousands, and some who have made 100's of thousands of dollars.
 

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Hell, just type in a search for growing maters or peppers (et al) on youtube, you'll find thousands, and some who have made 100's of thousands of dollars.
So, if Lannie made videos on mixology, they might have a small chance of making money. I wonder is she has any crazy hats or glasses she could wear, just to make it interesting enough for idiots to watch.
 

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I watched about 50 videos about growing bananas before they were planted. Some really good advice available. I'm not sure what you mean about crazy, the people were serious, and correct....ours are thriving.
 

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I really dont know, I assume a subject a lot of folks would be interested in watching.
And therein lies my problem. The subjects in which I am sufficiently expert to make a good presentation would be electronics, math, physics, astronomy, meteorology, etc., and let' s be realistic, no one out there today even wants to know about those things. If I made a video of Life on the Farm, I would have to wear a Mighty Mouse costume (truth, justice, the American way... HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY!!!) and find a humorous way to mend fences. No one wants to hear me bitchin'...
 

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And therein lies my problem. The subjects in which I am sufficiently expert to make a good presentation would be electronics, math, physics, astronomy, meteorology, etc., and let' s be realistic, no one out there today even wants to know about those things. If I made a video of Life on the Farm, I would have to wear a Mighty Mouse costume (truth, justice, the American way... HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY!!!) and find a humorous way to mend fences. No one wants to hear me bitchin'...
You might be surprised.
 

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Here's one I just grabbed,,,1.6 million followers...she made good money...but I didn't watch the video....just using the first search term as an example.

 

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If you can bitch in a goofy way, they might watch. Part of why my videos being viewed may be because I didn't pay YouTube to promote them. But then, I wasn't trying to profit from them either.
 

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If you can bitch in a goofy way, they might watch. Part of why my videos being viewed may be because I didn't pay YouTube to promote them. But then, I wasn't trying to profit from them either.
If you make a good video, about a good subject, you don't have to pay jackshit.
 

Draconigena

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You might be surprised.
I really would be. I know you are amused by my bitching, but I cannot imagine making money doing that. I was a comedian in high school (in the hallways, with the girls, a geek in the classrooms) but that's the way most fat boys were. But I grew up and I just don't have it in me to take people's money for selling them idiocy. Right - I would never make it in Hollywood. And, as far as I can see, the majority of people in this country want something I don't want to give them: mindless entertainment.
 

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Twenty years ago, I wore a lab coat at Pine Mountain Observatory, messed up my hair to look like Einstein, spoke in a bad pseudo-British/German accent and, using projectors and star maps, gave the tourists a quick trip around the galaxy before sending them out to look through the real telescopes. They ate it up. My name tag said Professor Kwant M. Fuzzix (say it fast... professor of quantum physics). After I returned to my real self and flipped my badge over (Rich Amber, Pine Mountain Observatory Guide), I walked around helping the tourists find things (or answering questions) and could hear children (and some adults) asking the telescope operators to show them Andromeda (pick a celestial object) with, "That Science Guy said we could see that tonight."

It is not negativity, Dale. It is that I simply don't want to play that game anymore. I am content to snuggle the kittens or scritch the cow under the chin. They appreciate me far more than other humans do. And I care about them far more than I care about the overwhelming snowflakes using their smart phones to play internet games...
 
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I guess the night shift is now over and everyone has turned into a pumpkin, so I'm gonna log off here and go snuggle Teddy.
 

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Husband utilizes you tube videos on "How to" projects. I just bought a used Toro electric start personal pace but the drive belt needed replacement. You tube to the rescue. Some of the videos make work out of it. Reading the comments help determine if the fix is worth it. Now I have two identical lawn mowers (one is electric start/the other is not). SO wanted me to get a electric start because I don't have full mobility/range of motion on pulling the cord.
 

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Husband utilizes you tube videos on "How to" projects. I just bought a used Toro electric start personal pace but the drive belt needed replacement. You tube to the rescue. Some of the videos make work out of it. Reading the comments help determine if the fix is worth it. Now I have two identical lawn mowers (one is electric start/the other is not). SO wanted me to get a electric start because I don't have full mobility/range of motion on pulling the cord.
I also view some of the how to videos.
Some of the makers of those vids are idiots. A few are good.
 

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I am, but I was talking to the moderators about making something in the forum software so people could create save and share recipes.
It seems to me that saving recipes posted on the forum should be super simple. Open a Word document and leave it open in the background while reading the recipes thread. When you find one you want to keep, swipe across it and CTRL-C (copy), then click the Word doc, place your cursor where you want it to appear and CTRL-V (paste). Done. To post those recipes you already have saved, do the above (copy from Word and paste in the thread), then hit Post Reply. Piece of cake.

Or did I miss something important?
 

Lady Sarah

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I am, but I was talking to the moderators about making something in the forum software so people could create save and share recipes.
I'd be hoping moderators would look over those recipes, to eliminate information that could be dangerous. We all know not everybody is going to post healthy ideas. That's human nature.
 

Draconigena

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No way. That suggestion would imply that the moderator must be both a chemist and a doctor, and if anyone wants to hold the forum responsible for their health, then the only answer would be to shut down all recipe threads.
 

Lady Sarah

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No way. That suggestion would imply that the moderator must be both a chemist and a doctor, and if anyone wants to hold the forum responsible for their health, then the only answer would be to shut down all recipe threads.
In a juice recipe, PG, VG, nicotine, and flavor should be the only ingredients. However, some asshat may be likely to include chlorine or ammonia in a recipe. Not everybody is bright enough to know those don't belong. Don't forget the idiots eating Tide pods.
 

Draconigena

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While you are right that there are indeed some royal assholes who might put that shit in a recipe just to screw with other people, I tend to believe that vapers who DIY their juices would never be stupid enough to include such ingredients.You have just barely started DIY and you already know what should and shouldn't be in there. I suspect the stupid types are buying their "TidePods" (pick a poison of your choice) from the store, not making their own. The ingredient that might slip by is MaryJane juice... o_O
In a juice recipe, PG, VG, nicotine, and flavor should be the only ingredients.
Also, you can add water (preferably distilled) and sweeteners.
 

Lady Sarah

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While you are right that there are indeed some royal assholes who might put that shit in a recipe just to screw with other people, I tend to believe that vapers who DIY their juices would never be stupid enough to include such ingredients.You have just barely started DIY and you already know what should and shouldn't be in there. I suspect the stupid types are buying their "TidePods" (pick a poison of your choice) from the store, not making their own. The ingredient that might slip by is MaryJane juice... o_O

Also, you can add water (preferably distilled) and sweeteners.
By the way, I mixed my first batch Monday night. Still ain't Vaped it. I'll be trying a sample later today.
 

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People that DIY should research the ingredients in a recipe if they are not familiar with them.
If they want to pull a Darwin and just try anything and inhale it then that is their choice. We are an 18+ forum.
There are oil based flavoring out there that should not be used in vape juice..
And some of us have problems with artificial sweeteners in ejuice. So I believe that all ejuice or flavoring should state if they contain artificial sweeteners?
How far do we go with trying to protect humans from undesireable results of their own actions?
 

Draconigena

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I mixed my first batch Monday night.
Keep us posted.
If they want to pull a Darwin and just try anything and inhale it then that is their choice.
Here! Hold my beer and watch THIS!!!
How far do we go with trying to protect humans from undesirable results of their own actions?
Let the buyer beware. I am one of those weird guys who believes that no one on this planet is responsible for me except me. While I would like it very much if manufacturers of all products could be held legally responsible for putting poisons in their products, it is up to me, the consumer. to read the ingredients list AND UNDERSTAND THE NOMENCLATURE (e.g., HFCS - high fructose corn syrup - has a sufficiently bad name now that FDA was petitioned to allow a name change, so if you see "fructose," "fructose sweetener," or "corn sweetener," assume that it is HFCS. "Fructose," as a stand-alone word, normally means it is a natural sweetener in fruit, but FDA is allowing it to be used to describe corn sweeteners.) I do note now, that due to the large amount of people with peanut allergies, many products now have (very small) consumer warnings that "this product was made on an assembly line that might have had peanuts on it" (or some such warning).

Maybe I should do a YouTube video to help people understand deliberately deceptive ingredients lists, huh Dale? :D
(and then how long before the manufacturers sue me for exposing their lies?)
 
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Ohh there are a few more consumer protection laws I would like to see. Becuase industry will NOT regulate itself until after many suffer or die.

One I would like to see is for it to be a felony to mislabel or knowingly sell or distribute a mislabeled Li battery as to it's capabilities.
 
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Lady Sarah

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When you put 100 ml of VG/PG in a bottle, how much flavor concentrate do you add so you can taste it? To hell with website recommendations.
 

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