Ep. 77 Premium - aiden W [VIDEO]

oh by the way, the "mostly inclusive slur" is gōy and basically means "dirty blood" or "not jewish" which is like 99% of all people

Khole Cupp

i love that slime and nick were so ready to run two minutes of silence at the end

capnsquishy

All I ask is for Ludwig to have one actual take for once in his god forsaken life. Aiden Ross is such a bad person and Ludwig refuses to say so. Centrist people-pleaser scum.

CeraVe

You hit the nail right on the head for why this bothered me as much as it did. Being a woman is pretty terrifying, particularly when you're out doing things alone. Nevermind issues socially like i the workplace and elsewhere, it's physically on a day to day basis genuinely fucking terrifying sometimes with sex trafficking becoming a booming business more recently and things like that. It's awful being able to witness misogyny being normalized for adolescents by notable people who keep getting the time of day, and I hate hearing the excuses that "It's just what he prefers" or "It's not like he's stating a fact", like holy shit dude, I've genuinely argued with a grown ass man about how Andrew Tate actually isn't a good role model for men, and the mfer said that he's just reminding guys about how to be manly. There honestly isn't anything he could do that would change the way people think about him en masse

Skiddly Winks

bro is in the patreon hate watching, that's crazy

Skiddly Winks

It's very similar to Leafy, and when these kids grow up they'll either realize they were into some cringe shit when they were younger, or it'll be more similar to Andrew Tate's audience that consists of a decent amount of adults as well

Skiddly Winks

Well the problem is that the majority of her hate comes from people tweeting things like "You're ugly and unfunny" which clearly comes from a sexist place. If you don't like her for your own reasons that's fine, that's not what they're talking about

Skiddly Winks

Adin Ross is a complete piece of shit. I watched a kick stream of his once and it was literally slur nation the whole time in his audience/on stream, with him just saying AYOOOO like he has 2 brain cells. I get that Lud hates making declarative statements about people, but Adin genuinely enjoys being a jackass. He doesn't feel bad about it, and shows that he likes his online personality as is. There's no reason to play devil's advocate for him

Skiddly Winks

20:05 Luddy said “it’s not like (Adin Ross) paints himself as a point of information” as he may not intend to, such as a person like hasan. Having the culture and community he does, you even point it out, it’s what the “in crowd” watches and takes in for media. Adin does shape youth culture he was just getting big beginning of my senior year and could honestly see the impact. I think the concerns aimen shares is valid.

A55A553N

I desperately need the yards version of Kanye West's discography

JustQ

i HOPE YOY GUYS PLAY DND!!!

Mettle Dawn

Yes Nick. So white.

Shelby Nicely

Yeah, there isn't any point in being vocal about it but it isn't even an option unless you are willing to get lumped in with the sexists. But ultimately it doesn't matter because it wouldn't change anything anyway and whether you like her or not she doesn't "need" to change either

Pla1n

I just think its like, if you dislike her content why would you feel the need to publicly share that. Unless you genuinely feel that she's making a negative impact or hurting people and by speaking out against her you are going to help, sharing discourse about why you personally dislike her is kind of meaningless. But more importantly, you need to keep in mind that since a large majority of the people that hate her online ARE doing it because she's a woman, if you want to discuss why you dislike her (Even if you hold it's for other reasons), you are contributing to the power of that sexist sentiment. So nothing wrong with disliking her, just be cautious about why/where you are sharing that, and how that can contribute to a larger harm. Smiley face

Kelly Garnand

Personally, Pokimane rubs me the wrong way but it has nothing to do with her gender. I think there is a large portion of people who don't like Pokimane for reasons other than her gender but whenever it is brought up people just dumb it down to "it's just because she is a woman" which makes it nearly impossible to say anything negative about her without being wrongly accused of being sexist.

Pla1n

Aiden my goat

Mejiokre

Same with my 16y/o cousin (idk if he knows Adin but he knows Tate and thinks there's nothing wrong with him even when I tell him), it does indeed suck. He still seems like a nice boy but who knows how often he consumes that stuff and if it will alter his behaviour/outlook in the future.

Alanna M

Exactly

Alanna M

Aiden goat

JoeCoolKids

Hey just shooting my shot, I make custom hand made resin dice for dnd and would love to make the yard boys some dice if y’all want them. I’ll do it for free if y’all pay for shipping lol

Preston DiceFix

4 white guys sitting in a semi circle talking bout "how will this affect armadas legacy"

Zeb

the problem with the jkrowling situation isnt giving her money, it that she has directly said on social media that the she sees all the sales of her products as support of her views and transphobia. So whether you agree or disagree with her opinions, you buying the game or the movies is more fuel for her fire.

Doc Rocko

Nah im not that brain rotted yet, weeb :)

Daniel

No he states it as fact when talking about things going on in the world. Most recently being the Andrew Tate arrest. Was Alex Jones “just giving his opinion” on the sandy hook shooting, or was he spreading misinformation?

Daniel

bro watches adin ross :skull:

heat_death

Wow the Antwon discussion caught me offguard. I remember hearing about and it was just sad because Lil Ugly Mane, Antwon, and Wiki had a trio called Secret Circle who had stockpiled a bunch of music to release. And after what happened they just deleted them all. 100% the right move by Lil Ugly Mane I just remember being hung up on it for a while

Mark Aberin

I really appreciate you guys talking about the Mango/Armada beef on this episode, I was really sadge after the main episode when it didn't come up thinking you guys were just gonna dick ride Mango since he's your friend, but I really did appreciate the way you guys talked about it. I will say I think Mango's response was terrible, I think it was mature of him to extend the olive branch to talk privately, but the way he made it sound like both of them had made mistakes instead of just owning up to his own was super cringe.

Quinn

hasan has the largest live audience for his politics...

O

I would definitely pay to watch a DnD campaing of this guys

Ryan Nogueira

I was a massive Kanye fan when I was younger and have the same issue as Aiden where I love his music a lot but don't want to support him financially. Now, when I get the itch that only Kanye can scratch, I listen to his albums via a Patreon channel called turning the tables, which is a son showing his dad albums he loves. I know it's weird and convoluted, but hey, it helps me sleep at night 👍

Mina Draskovic

D&D would be hype. Although Wizards of the coast be doing some corporate nonsense at the moment

Rahul Ramkissoon

Inside scoop from a highschooler, although it may be different where you are at: Little annoying freshmen fw Andrew Tate, everyone else doesn’t. Aiden Ross has been whack since the get go, Kai is cool, and Brucedropemoff is the Goat.

W3TB4115

DnD yezzzzz plzzzzz

noshawty

Everyone who does not like mang0, has not met him yet

Dalton Carrick

HUH?

O

I still enjoyed this ep, and I think generally the guys have very solid and sensible takes on most important things. I think they do here too, but also I find that talking about people like Adin Ross and Andrew Tate the way the do - in a kind've trivial or flippant way - highlights that they'll never be effected by it. I get as angry as Aiden does about this stuff because every person they influence in a sexist or homophobic way could grow up to have serious repercussions on my life, and the way anyone who isn't a straight man lives. I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what they're saying, but I found that section kinda hard to watch knowing that there could and will be real life implications of people with platforms spreading misinformation and hate. I'm not super sure why I feel the need to comment this, but maybe it would help everyone a little bit if we remember where we stand as individuals when we give public, or I guess any, opinions. I think it's especially relevant with the recent onslaught of sexism and sexual harassment/assault that's been brought to light in the streaming community, and the horrible 'backlash' many of the women who've spoken up have received. Also, because this is the internet I feel like it's important to say that I'm not accusing anyone of sexism or anything bad, and I don't think the discussion was at all overtly bad/damaging. I can surmise from past eps that they are very supportive of equal rights and generally the right thing in most situations. I guess I'm just say I've never felt more like I was watching 4 white guys on a podcast then I did just then.

Alex

Damn, what timing with the D&D group idea and the OGL changes, Fuck Hasbro Fuck Wizards of the Coast!

Caleb

I would argue aiden isn’t bisexual enough.

Nick Earley

I personally think Aiden is perfectly bisexual

Lousy

Any ID on the jacket Aiden is wearing? I really fuck with it

Thomas Stone

Big oof on Kai being aidens new favorite streamer. It’s like the universe was just waiting for aiden to say it so they can take a big steamie poop on him.

That_one_dude_never_home

D&D please

Matthew Jones

Love how hard and real this ep is

poopfart228

I would sign up for a whole other patreon for yard D&D

JoshN

You talked about learning sign in the regular ep. I learned some for my ex who was hard of hearing and honestly it’s so much fun and incredibly useful. I found it pretty easy to learn. 10/10 would recommend if you’re serious. We had classes together and would sign back and forth the entire time.

mike Hebb

Yard D&D would slap

roundy

Adin pretty clearly is giving his opinion not stating fact. He's not spreading misinformation on purpose. I mean that's why Ludwig and Mogul Mail are two different things

Alex Jones

Aiden saying "their audience is 14-22 and they're impressionable and the influencers wield their opinion" is fucking hilarious. Look in the mirror for one second.

Alex Jones

The Yard D&D would be awesome. They would never run out of bones

this adin ross thing gotta be one of luds worst takes yet. just because a man does not exist as a "news source" does not mean he doesn't hold massive sway and influence on what impressionable youth think about the world (especially if they themselves do not care to get involved with any actual news). with a degree in journalism AND a massive following, i feel like he should be more aware of that than he seems to be

Michael Schuhler

The aiden curse continues, he’s not allowed to like streamers anymore

jacob crahan

pele died he not a living legend he dead legend

Andre D

Ignoring the actual takes themselves holy fucking shit the first 30 minutes of this episode are actually amazing. It's really cool to hear them take time to have a serious conversation about something going on, and each of them providing arguments while not being a dick about anything is just refreshing. Ig it's the whole point of the yard where it's just like hearing a conversation with your friends about something serious but I really enjoyed hearing their takes on it while also still throwing in some jokes n stuff. Very cool ep Also ik everyone else has had their turn throwing their opinion at this but I don't think it matters whether they grow up and change bc the number of kids who watch Adin Ross will still at some point have fucked views on the world regardless on if they change later in life. The number of people who will change too I feel like are smaller than Ludwig thinks. Regardless fuck Adin for supporting that cunt

Erik Rockey

Slime name dropping Shannon Sharpe was so crazy because its such a deep pull and so extremely right at this moment

Matt Hutsell

I think it’s absolutely wild that Ludwig defends Adin Ross spreading false information to the masses, while simultaneously being one of the biggest critics of Train. It just doesn’t make sense to me. What is the difference?

Daniel

Play the harry potter game, donate all proceeds to the Trevor foundation or something to the likes. Alternatively, buy Aiden something nice.

Joshua Billingsley

i love cracking them when they recently found their whole fragile personality in misogyny ..

Cece

As a woman I want to respond to Ludwigs take that the kids will "grow up and be fine." I appreciate the optimism but I think it is ill placed especially in a time when women are facing increased social, political, and economic constraints. If we are to believe that the kids will be fine, then I have to ask what about in the meantime? As another commenter Evan Hamilton said, Andrew Tate is already having real world impacts on how young men behave in school, and therefore how they behave towards women. Saying that they will grow up to be fine leaves young women to deal with the negative consequences. Casual sexism and misogyny has always been rampant online and especially in gamer/streamer spaces. It has ramped up in recent years due to the push back and progress that has been occurring. If we want positive change for women working and participating in these spheres, this cannot continue to slide. Misogynists like Tate and Ross need to be given hard lines: educate and change yourself or be blacklisted from the industry. It is beyond optimistic to think that this is achievable from an industry perspective, but from an individual streamer perspective I think its not that difficult to refuse to work/collaborate with somebody who has made the same mistakes over and over again. I understand this is a long and unprovoked response but again as a woman this kind of normalization is not simply a nuisance, its scary and outright dangerous.

Cecilia

Yeah essentially. I think a better way of saying it might be that a concerning percentage of my students will not have the skills or capabilities necessary to be successful in whatever they may choose to pursue. And that largely they will not be able to be more or, in some cases, as successful as the last generation was.

Ben Dobbs

What do you mean? Set up for bleak future like low socioeconomic status and educational outcomes?

William Lynch

I feel like there the public discourse about Kanye west has wayyy to much to do about what he is saying, and way to little to do about how extremely mentally ill he is. If you watch the clip where he talks about Netanyahu and then brings out a net and a Yoohoo chocolate milk, you can really see how unstable he is. His inner circle needs to stop letting him go on things, and people need to stop taking advantage and bringing him to interviews when he is clearly not well. The last thing ill say, is if a mentally ill homeless person was spouting the exact same things, you would probably be like "wow that guy is extremely ill and messed up" you wouldn't have the reaction like we are with Kanye, but because he has more of a platform, we somehow think he is in more control of himself than a mentally ill homeless person. We should stop spending time on debating if listening to Kanye's music makes us a bad person, and focus more on talks about mental health, and how Kanye severely needs professional help.

Dimitri N

Rare based Aiden take

Jullian A

I like the idea that if aliens asked for someone to recite all the words to a lil Wayne song we’d send slime instead of lil Wayne

Nate Cruse

as a huge new-age D&D nerd, I was surprised that Nick would be interested in it. This makes me excited.

Koala

she is still going to be making money off the game due to the fact its her IP, and idk about you but i'd rather have my brains blown out than give a cent to a terf.

heat_death

I wonder if all of them hmmm the same

ETK

DAMN the kai comments are poorly timed. sry aiden lmao

ENT

my nephews are 13, 15, and 19 and they all know who Tate is and think he's "funny", they all watch adin and it sucks

dee

i have brain rot so im going to share to the void: im 20, in college and I really only consume ludwig related content (u guys r funny), chess videos, and northernlion vods. when i was younger I watched a lot more diverse amount of content but I have such limited time as an adult it has to be limited to a smaller crowd. ok by love you

cdbre

Felt the same way. I work with an Andrew tate fan and he consistently makes me uncomfortable and tries to bait me into conversations about how women and men aren't equal. The things these misogynistic influencers say have real life consequences and its sad to see that other men see it as "just a phase".

Meghathron

my goat

Tage Graham

cant wait for slime in dnd

Tage Graham

Also i think i heard that jkr said that she sees a direct connectetion between her views and the money she makes. So maybe it doesnt mean anything to her monitarily but she definetly sees the money as a validation of her views.

Quaintchair

Totally agree. When they try and identify big macro trends like whether the impact of these ideas will be lasting they are missing the real lived experiences of people these ideas directly harm. They are thinking about the guys watching ross and tate not the people that those guys will interact with.

Brinks

I definitely see the perspective. But avoiding something that's decades old that you've enjoyed because the creator lost their mind more less is in no way a validation of their behavior or supporting that person. The same thing happened to millions of people with Michael Jackson, for example. You can both love thriller and be disgusted by the person he became. By liking thriller, you are neither validating or supporting that person's current actions. They can be mutually exclusive. Like I said, I personally draw the line at now that we know the type of person JK is I will no longer support any works that she produces or creates. While the person is greatly diminished in my eyes and no longer worth supporting. Previous works that are already a part of our culture and society and our lives are very different than current or upcoming projects. It's very weird to me to think I should retroactively hate/dislike something. Her actions don't diminish the quality of previously existing works. But does make it so i feel that regardless of the quality of her future works I will not partake. And for example while she does own the IP of Harry Potter she is not a part of the hogwarts legacy team at all. She had no oversight besides signing a paper saying it's ok to use the IP. So by refusing to play the game, im hurting a perfectly good and dedicated team of game developers who are pasioante about a project while having near 0 impact on JK. There are people who got the inspiration to pursue their goals from that IP. Maybe to be a writer or a director for example. And your perspective of retroactive dislike invalidates those people as well. There degree, there ambitions, pissible deacdws of their lives, those are tainted now with that logic. And thats not fair to anyone either ya know?

Thrill_I_Am

had to deal w a huge increase in sexist thinking/passive remarks because of tate in college

mayo

ludwig’s take at the beginning doesn’t make any sense to me as a 21 yo female. just because SOME of these boys will eventually grow out of tate’s/ross’ ideas doesn’t mean that they all will and that they’re not actively harming women/girls that they interact w in their own age group.

mayo

Even IF jk wasn’t being firing monetarily from Hogwarts legacy (which she very much is) the actual story of the game is horrible and antisemetic in every way. The game ITSELF is awful. Plus the writers/creators of the game are awful people as well

Jaded Kills

Not to argue in the yard patreon comments, but it is still validating and supporting her. Its her IP and everyone knows it, so not only are you supporting her visibly but also monetarily. And for trans people in your life, that can be very alienating.

fidelis

No money to terfs. Aiden be mooooore bisexual.

Anastasia

Nice episode but Aiden was a little too bisexual this episode. L

BurlierAndres

My approach to issues like with JK is that I'm not going to give up on things that existed prior to there "fall" ill call it. That's not fair to me or to the product that I've enjoyed for years. What I do, however, is no longer offer support for future endeavors that people like JK are responsible for. The Hogwarts Legacy Game for example has no connection to JK outside of being a Harry Potter IP. She is not credited for this game in anyway, nor are we validating her directly in any way by playing it. Now, if she released another book series, for example, that's getting shelfed for me.

Thrill_I_Am

Hogwart's sponsor is chiller if you take it and donate what you get to Trans charities imo but even then its still questionable

Civo

Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Yezzys

Lukas Gallegos

I'll say with regards to the harry potter shit - unfortunately JK Rowling has said she sees the continued success and sales numbers of HP stuff as a sign that people agree with her which is ridiculous but yeah

Skye

i think in this bonus ep we witnessed the catalyst for the yard members becoming boomers

Abe

As a woman, Adin Ross’ change scares me. The more people endorse him, the bigger the problem becomes. Not fun, possibly very worrying

TransponderSnail

Aiden Hutchinson on the Detroit lions most famous Aiden 😤

Chad Pridgeon

YO IF YALL DO A DND CAMPAIGN I WOULD TOTALLY GO UP ANOTHER TIER

HoneyDapp

She's so much more than a rat terf bitch making profit. She's a rat terf bitch who has a platform and is part of making transphobia seem "reasonable" in the public eye. Fuck her and everything she does

John Braddock

Didn't know about the shit with antwon and niw I'm gonna take his songs off my playlist with. Thanks slime!

Earl

I really enjoyed this ep; was a bit more like serious than usual (still funny, obviously) but I liked seeing the like mature discussion going on as well. but yeah, monetary support isthe line for me and most I know. Write your hp fanfic if you want, if it's not tainted, no judgement, but the moral culpability is providing the monetary support. or, like, lie, yea, but if you have to lie about it, i think you kinda know you're answer, right?

Fergus O'Loan

bars

Fergus O'Loan

This was a really good bonus ep. I like when the boys weigh in on political topics, or just more nuanced politics-adjacent stuff like the W community's rampant misogyny and its impact on the viewers. I'm definitely in agreeance with Lud's stance that it's okay to consume privately, but you should avoid promoting or championing problematic shit.

Skeleton

as a current highschool student, andrew tate and adin ross have such an insane impact on just how other students act, people now generally take their opinions as facts and look up to them as like gods because they tailor themselfs to younger people with fancy cars and hanging out with pop culture people like rappers. andrew tate saying women are worse at driving pretty much spiked sexism at my school to the point where teachers legit had to sit down and tell their class about andrew tate not being a good person. Another thing i see is people saying andrew tate is being wanted by the "matrix" and hes innocent, the man is detained right now for a sex trafficing investigation. the affect they have is crazy and sad almost to watch

Evan Hamilton

This is my favorite episode of the pod, bonus or not, bar none.

Colin Maher

I'd go for the higher tier on patreon if you guys played dnd for sure

Malabrah

Yea but he is cracked at melee

Smithy

Nick just casually dropping that he believes in the Abominable Snowman

Kyle S

ngl a yard dnd podcast would make me upgrade my patreon

Riley Davis

I would actually love yard dnd. That sounds amazing

Blake frost

I teach at a 6-12 school in a small city, just know that probably less than 20% of my students have ever used twitch. You don't understand how bad things really are. I love my job, and my students, but the bleak future that these kids are being set up for goes far deeper than stupid man on screen hates women.

Ben Dobbs

I am a trans viewer and I feel similarly to what Taylor Holt said in these comments. JK Rowling's transphobic influence has been felt in my real life in my community where an anti-trans rally was held where JK Rowling was cited. It's not just her influence on UK politics, it's being spread everywhere. The video game also has strong antisemitism that people have talked more in depth about. It is difficult to find spaces on youtube or twitch where there is such a sense of casual allyship with the trans community and It would be disheartening to see that come into question based on a sponsorship

furbytoothpaste

I want you to know…. I would pay an absurd amount of money for DND content

Joe R

I don’t know if anybody has seen heelmike but that’s all I think of when they go “CAWWWW”

Kalob

armada sounds like arm oughta

Camdyn Wagner

I know nothing of smash besides what they talk abt on the podcast and the times mango comes on stream. Mango is an insane, egotistical asshole. I would imagine their bias towards him invalidates any opinion they have, I would assume he is completely in the wrong.

Nate Van Raalten

F u Stephen

deegy bruh

"is slime super blue pilled" go outside

Steph

rest in peace secret circle 😔

jbinuya

As a trans viewer i'll just say, though ludwig probably will never see this, that I would be DEEPLY disappointed to see a sponsered Hogwarts stream. Ludwig for so long has been a safe space for trans viewers since the very start. Man you had a transflag for your whole time. But literally promoting something that directly fills her pockets with money, while her number #1 export is hatred of people like me, to the point of wanting to forcibly detransition me, would feel really fucking bad to me as a trans viewer.

Taylor Holt

Because of the fellowship of the ring... I agree

Liam Tierney

talking to a 19 year old like he’s 12 is so funny

olive

I don't care what tier i would have to subscribe to, get a yard D&D group together, hire Brennen lee Mulligan as host and i'll pay whatever amount is needed

Buez

The Yard D&D please please please and thank you

batu

he used to be one of my favorite yters even when he was wrong he gave really interesting takes, but he's gone down the pipeline to become a bot

Daniel Israeli

The yard D&D would go hard as fuck!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Xiraqian_makeouthill

Sneako made more than just man on the street interviews, he made some very artistic, introspective, motivational content. Seriously, he used to make some of the best, most artistic shit on this platform & he was doing it since he was like 14! But yeah, he eventually transitioned into an Andrew Tate clone & ruined all good will he had with most of his original audience.

Xiraqian_makeouthill

As bad as Qatar’s human rights abuses are, that World Cup did go hard as fuck tho!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Xiraqian_makeouthill

i'd pay 1 million more dollars a month for yarDnD (this is a lie i am not money) incredible idea

Mj Gonzalez

Tom Brady is a great example of a “Living Legend,” cuz he is damn sure not @ the top of his sport nowadays. Why didn’t you bring him up Lud?

Xiraqian_makeouthill

Please follow through on the D&D content 🙂

snowdogz95

Chuckle sandwich does a dnd episode yearly but I thinks it’d be fun if y’all did it fr

Aidan Flynn

Hearing slime bash on jk Rowling made me tear up. I’m so happy the hard boys defend my community

ChloInTheFlesh

Aiden just has to listen to Kanye whilst shaking his head

Phiash

Slime pilled 112% in the JK Rowling Convo. Honestly might send it to people on why they shouldn’t give her money

Todd Sutherland

i do feel like accepting the hogwarts legacy sponsorship would be horrible because u would be advertising the game to tens of thousands of people, and most likely hundreds, or even thousands of those people would buy it because they saw the stream, which is money that's going directly towards jk rowling. she will then use that money to fund anti trans and other anti lgbt groups that will push for legislation, which has already happened in 2020 when the gop senator of oklahoma cited her while he blocked voting for an lgbtqia+ bill. her bigotry is having a very real effect on the lives of queer people all over the globe and it would be awful to see ludwig accept a sponsor, considering that i, and most likely a lot of other queer people, have seen him as one of the few content creators that is openly supportive of us.

cat lover

kind of cringe takes on adin ross by ludwig sad to see him defend him

Ian Minier

W

Aaugustana

Aiden and his brother both do the "uuuuuuum" thing the exact same way

Scumpf Lovely

In regards to the protect the kids movement. I just had an argument with someone who believe that edibles should not be allowed to be sold, because they look too much like candy and kids will eat them. She didn't care if people never had kids in the house or anything, edibles were just too dangerous because of the children.

Micah

Adin's quick comment about Pele r.i.p.

BlooAS

I totally agree with Aiden about how when someone does shit like JK Rowling or Kanye it becomes all you can think about and u can’t consume their stuff without that guilt. Happens with a lot of content creators I watch too

KCK Dumas

holy shit the nanny

Reek

as a top level sm64 runner i think it's safe to say armada is a pretty damn high level runner although he's about to hit a giant wall which will require him to basically relearn all movement to improve his times so it's hard to say if he could have a record in the span of 2 years

Paracusia

im 19 and i can confirm the 19 streets watching Ludwig

Emil Jansson

prisoner of azkanban gas tho am i right

deegy bruh

More than not giving her royalties is not giving her the legitimacy of cultural relevance, Jessie Gender has spoken on it much better than I can but giving her and her properties money and attention causes outside people to take anything she says more seriously than some random dumbass bigot out in the wild

Alys

slime fw lum so thats all that matters

deegy bruh

My guy, she's literally out here in the UK trying to remove legal protections for Trans people. Let's not continue giving her royalties from HP maybe?

Skye Adamson

i think ludwig specifically is in an interesting position for the hogwarts legacy shit because ive seen a notable amount of trans ppl attributing his allyship to them getting into his content in the first place. so for him more than most other streamers it'd feel like a betrayal to promote the game [cringe incoming] personally as a trans guy, i got into ludwig's content at a time where i thought every internet space id participate in/creator id like watching in the domain of my interests would be at best vaguely uncomfortable with trans people. so finding ludwig's content and enjoying it and then seeing him explicitly be pro trans was very surprising and touching and sort of gave me hope and all that cringe shit. which isn't to say that's the sole reason i got into his content, i just genuinely enjoy his streams (besides tiktok time please god make it stop) transphobia is the first thing my brain goes to now when i hear anything about harry potter, even having grown up on the books. its just entirely inseparable and unenjoyable. so i would feel pretty fuckin bad if ludwig promoted hogwarts legacy. the difference in it being sponsored seems arbitrary if ur just doing the shit theyd pay u to do anyway minus ad reads, but idfk how marketing works but ultimately playing a video game is trivial in the grand scale of things and it seems unfair to hold ludwig to a higher standard -- i wouldnt feel as bad if i see moist critikal playing it for example, even though im a fan. and trans ppl make up a tiny percentage of ludwigs audience, most people probably wont give a shit sorry for being a redditor this is the longest comment ive written in years but i felt compelled lol. alright man 👍

conner

SLIME FW UGLY MANE THATS CRAZYY. my goat

deegy bruh

Nah, he can't take the sponsor and then shit on JK and Harry Potter. Not a good look for future companies. Long as the charity stream makes more than the cost of the game, he's done more for Trans people than the damage the royalties from this will do for her

Skye Adamson

the adin ross clip of him thinking 100,000$ a year is average is crazy

Romeo Mitchell

As a 19 year old female, the streamers I’ve heard the most about at college are Ludwig, OTV and friends, and Hasan.

Emilie P

Sky people

sagehoge

first i will say slime is the funniest. but 2 what did she say thats fucked up? receipts, all i seen is she said she would march with them if theyre discriminated against but also say pride in being a women … am i missing something or is slime super blue pilled lol

deegy bruh

I agree, and to make it even better, bring back the trans flag in the background and put like "fuck JK Rowling" in the corner of the screen lol

Jake DeVries

slime needs to learn to separate the art from the artist. i love me some harry potter hos

deegy bruh

This would be a pretty great idea. What about taking the sponsorship, donating all of the money to that same charity and also having the sponsored stream be a charity stream as well maybe?

Joshua Carlson

DND name should be “the fellowship of the yard”

Joshua Carlson

Unironically, as a 19 year-old with 19 year old friends, Ludwig he’s probably the biggest streamer/YouTuber in my demographic. Even random people I meet at college I can connect it’s up because most of them know who Ludwig or atrioc is

Tony Lozano

I would pay a large sum of money for a the yard Ye discography

drew

The yard x chuckle sandwich d&d?

Will Costa

Damn Aiden's brother said XQC switched

RedBoi

The for the kids argument that Ludwig said makes no sense because there’s a bunch of racist sexist adults, I get his point but it seems pretty stupidly optimistic to hope all of them will be turn out like that.

Steven

It’s crazy to think that there’s probably someone out there who’s going through the Kanye/World Cup dilemma they have at the end of the ep but instead they’re like mizkif is fucked up but man “Amouranth reviews my MOST DISGUSTING Ban appeals” was there for me in a dark place

Ryan Grohe

While I generally agree with the boys' take on online rabbit holes, I think Ludwig is dismissing the fact that we havent had an online network working this hard in the midst of it before; that doesn't necessarily make it worse, but we dont know if these kids will pull themselves out.

Alex Fox

Actually tho

Thomas Burton

DnD would be fucking hype.

Thomas Burton

Fucking ridiculous allegations that Aiden is "too bisexual." who is saying this?? I've held my silence for the last dozen or so episodes, but I can't anymore. He desperately needs to be MORE bisexual.

nicole

Cawww 🦜

RazorGuild

dnd would be cool

sugarcontent

fran drescher hive eating good today!!!!!!

jordan

The Harry Potter spons would not be good to take honestly. It's not that we want people to not like harry potter anymore (a lot of trans people did/do) but it feels like recently JK Rowling has been pushing harry potter more and anti-trans bs more cus she knows those two things get her more public showing and more money. She's been given the soft punishment for too long.

Funkylimon

Vouch for Ludwig on his argument, back in middle school I 100% would have loved Tate and Adin Ross cause I was in the pipeline DEEP. But I'm normal now, as are many of the friends I made during that time. Obviously, my experience isn't gonna apply to everyone, but he does have a point.

Ty Etherton

I was really happy to hear Slime come out in defense of trans people this ep. Happy to hear their discussion about that whole situation

Joseph Lupo

as someone in the 19 year old streets I agree with your brother and I think the commentary youtubers are huge too like Danny Gonzalez and Kurtis Connor.

Alexia Q

Trans person take - Hogwarts Legacy sponsored stream is crossing a line but doing a non-sponsored charity stream and donating part of the revenue to a Trans charity would be fucking great. If Lud wants to play it, might as well spite J.K in the process

Skye Adamson

I love that the guys arrived at “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” organically.

Jacob Tubach

please do dnd, I would for sure watch that

Mr. Alexander

Please please dont do a Harry Potter sponsored stream, I honestly wouldn’t have ever started watching lud if I hadn’t seen that trans flag in a thumbnail from years back, alone was completely correct in his take and it would be fucking heartbreaking (in the way that online things you like can be) to see lud tangentially support that franchise at a time where JK is using all of her clout and influence (which is boosted by here properties doing well) to harm trans people

Alys

I would absolutely love to see you guys do dnd, would 100% bump my tier up to watch that

Ray Charles

Pappou (παππού) is Greek for grandfather

Holthis

earthwalkers in paris

protodrew

I would love to see the Yard play Dnd.

Thomas

It's not that you can't like Harry Potter. The game is about stopping a slave rebellion which is why people are against Hogwarts Legacy

Sam Beaver

DND would be sick, been a fan of a few other campaigns but never played myself, always looking for more

Ehmrow

Yard DnD would be so sick

CountJest

Lud has the worst English for someone with an English degree

Perry Gray

A few of my friends and I just started playing DND for the first time over new years and I would love to see you guys do it

Taelor

DnD sounds like an amazing idea please please please

Sous Vide

Love a good lud rant about how the kids don’t matter

Will Cranston

A dnd podcast would be a lot of fun. With the way that Slime gets into stuff it'd be fun if he became a dnd guy.

Liam hession

could you guys start posting adless versions of the main episodes to the patreon?

Paul Lefforge