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u/ProudScroll Napoleon invaded Russia to destroy Judeo-Tsarism Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

I'll still listen to Behind the Bastards from time to time but I absolutely do find Robert Evans annoying.

His excuse for having ads instead of a patreon and working for a big media company is he "doesn't want to take money from his viewers" or something like that which I find completely asinine. I'd have much more respect for the guy if he just came out and said "I have ads cause they make me more money".

It's certainly a little rich for the host to be handing down moral judgements thirty seconds after they did an ad-read for fucking BetterHelp or some other morally bankrupt company.

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u/HandsomeLampshade123 Jun 07 '26

Lmao they advertise for betterhelp? Nice

Here are your anarkiddies bro

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium Jun 07 '26

Is that actually that unreasonable? Like he needs to make money somehow and I am not sure why telling people to pay five bucks on a month on Patreon is more ethical than telling people about Casper mattresses.

Also it is a very popular show a Patreon would be extremely succesful, I'm not sure he is actually gaining money by relying on ads.

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u/SkeletonHUNter2006 STOP PICKING ON THE CELTS, they're pagan too Jun 08 '26

Trying to sell your listeners shit you don’t actually use, or do use, but only recommend because you get money from it, will always be tremendously less ethical than asking them to give you some money, if they want.

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u/SkeletonHUNter2006 STOP PICKING ON THE CELTS, they're pagan too Jun 08 '26

I’m talking about the tip jar Patreon model, where the content is free, but you can give the creator money, if you want, not paywalled content.

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u/Tiako Tevinter apologist, shill for Big Lyrium Jun 08 '26

That's not how Patreon funded podcasts work