Did anyone think this was really legit? I can't be the only one who just assumes every product you see advertised in more than one show/media/website is a scam.
I always thought it was BS, because there is no way the Scottish government we going to make someone a lord just for owning a tiny, useless piece of land. I also read that Established Titles would often sell the same plot to several different people too.
I always figured it was the same sort of bullshit as those dumb "buy/name/adopt a star" things. IE, you're paying for someone to write your name on a completely meaningless list and send you a fancy looking piece of paper.
PJW was running these and several others I can't remember right now. I thought it was a fun idea and considered buying one. Good thing I'm a habitual procrastinator.
Its that. Pre them demonotising everything right of Mao a lot of them would be doing very well just off the YouTube ad revenue with their channel sizes
Or they just don't know you retard. Who the hell would care enough to find out that they're fake. This such a weird take. I cannot understand your logic
It's stupid to assume they knew some generic and fairly popular bullshit was a scam and therefore they're "grifting." You also didn't say be skeptical.
Sponsors reach out and offer you money to read their ad.
Same as basically all advertising ever.
Are you also mad at TV channels because a late night informercial convinced you to buy piece of junk?
Sponsorblock or using something like freetube which has it build in. It'll skip sponsored stuff and others people have reported. I've had it with sponsored content, I just skip all that shit nowadays.
Matt and Blonde are the only ones whose ads I trust. The only things that get advertised on their show are businesses run by people who watch the show and are part of that community. Only buy from fellow shitposters.
Established Titles does not plant a tree either. "The only thing established titles does is donate money to an actual tree planting company," Shafer said.
That's more or less what most companies claiming to be "carbon neutral" do, it's hardly a unique scam
Even if they were doing it themselves, a paid employee would be paid to do it. I don't see how paying an "actual tree planting company" is much different, unless they straight up didn't do it.
You probably get a lot less trees out of it. More companies need their admin cuts, so maybe by the end of the line your $100 for trees is only $10, if that.
Meh the only products you should buy is those with a physical asset to them in term of product or service.
If you're buying a 'title' and it doesn't involve bribing government officials then you might as well just get out a piece of A4 paper and write Lord in big letters
I bought someone one of these back in 2005, wasn't from Established Titles though, which came with fishing rights which have been tested and shown to be true.
So I'd say that it is based on a truth, just a commodified truth nowadays.
While there is no practical difference between what is promised and what you get - as mentioned, you'd be a fool to treat this as anything more than a gag gift - that they aren't even doing that in earnest is more than enough reason that they should not get your money.
Did anyone believe they had a recognized title? Seems ridiculous.
It was obvious just one of those things you make small talk about or if you want to appear interesting and funny to some half drunk girl.
I know a guy who was selling stars on the side, you got a certificate that said that a certain star was yours. Same principle.
Seems like a non issue to me. A bunch of people who bought something effectively worthless now find out that it is actually worthless. If you want to support certain content creators, which is just about the only reason I've ever felt tempted to buy things being advertised, best to just donate to them as directly as possible.
Oh you mean that sponsor all the dissident right content creators were using turned out to be a Chinese scam because the Chinese government has an incentive to create discord in the West? Yeah that doesn't surprise me. It does disappoint me though.
I'm such a sucker, I have resisted mighty the temptation to adopt an elephant in a rescue program in Cambodia. Again, habitual procrastination overpowered me.
Even if real, it's the dumbest fucking first world gimmick ever to spend money on.
Did anyone think this was really legit? I can't be the only one who just assumes every product you see advertised in more than one show/media/website is a scam.
I always thought it was BS, because there is no way the Scottish government we going to make someone a lord just for owning a tiny, useless piece of land. I also read that Established Titles would often sell the same plot to several different people too.
I always figured it was the same sort of bullshit as those dumb "buy/name/adopt a star" things. IE, you're paying for someone to write your name on a completely meaningless list and send you a fancy looking piece of paper.
PJW was running these and several others I can't remember right now. I thought it was a fun idea and considered buying one. Good thing I'm a habitual procrastinator.
It'sAGundam too.
He qualified it as a reforestation project with the bonus of getting the title.
Or they just need the money since YouTube keeps demonetising their content.
Its that. Pre them demonotising everything right of Mao a lot of them would be doing very well just off the YouTube ad revenue with their channel sizes
Or they just don't know you retard. Who the hell would care enough to find out that they're fake. This such a weird take. I cannot understand your logic
It's stupid to assume they knew some generic and fairly popular bullshit was a scam and therefore they're "grifting." You also didn't say be skeptical.
Also don't buy random shit
Sponsors reach out and offer you money to read their ad.
Same as basically all advertising ever.
Are you also mad at TV channels because a late night informercial convinced you to buy piece of junk?
The Quartering as well.
He made a rambling video about dropping ET as a sponsor without actually addressing at all what the actual controversy involved.
I identified as a Lord and saved myself the money.
Sponsorblock or using something like freetube which has it build in. It'll skip sponsored stuff and others people have reported. I've had it with sponsored content, I just skip all that shit nowadays.
Matt and Blonde are the only ones whose ads I trust. The only things that get advertised on their show are businesses run by people who watch the show and are part of that community. Only buy from fellow shitposters.
That's more or less what most companies claiming to be "carbon neutral" do, it's hardly a unique scam
If they were scamming anyways, they wouldn't even need to donate somewhere to plant the tree, so, I mean, there is that.
Even if they were doing it themselves, a paid employee would be paid to do it. I don't see how paying an "actual tree planting company" is much different, unless they straight up didn't do it.
You probably get a lot less trees out of it. More companies need their admin cuts, so maybe by the end of the line your $100 for trees is only $10, if that.
Meh the only products you should buy is those with a physical asset to them in term of product or service.
If you're buying a 'title' and it doesn't involve bribing government officials then you might as well just get out a piece of A4 paper and write Lord in big letters
I'll take anal bum cover for $200
Yeah I saw that and said,
Dude,
wait,
What?
It's like a dashcam but for the ass
Colonoscopy posted on Kiwi farms?
Oh nooo...
I bought someone one of these back in 2005, wasn't from Established Titles though, which came with fishing rights which have been tested and shown to be true.
So I'd say that it is based on a truth, just a commodified truth nowadays.
While there is no practical difference between what is promised and what you get - as mentioned, you'd be a fool to treat this as anything more than a gag gift - that they aren't even doing that in earnest is more than enough reason that they should not get your money.
Flintheart Glomgold to blame.
It's how he claims to be Most Scottish. He bought Scotland Twice.
You win. Take the point.
Did anyone believe they had a recognized title? Seems ridiculous. It was obvious just one of those things you make small talk about or if you want to appear interesting and funny to some half drunk girl. I know a guy who was selling stars on the side, you got a certificate that said that a certain star was yours. Same principle.
PJW claimed that the law granted the title to "landowners" -- any land owner and that it would make them a land owner.
'Vanity plots' - e.g. something too small to live on or farm - were excluded. This was always an exchange of cash for a neat piece of paper.
I’ve never understood who was actually buying these. Like a gift card would be a much better gift.
I always thought it was a joke. Plant a Tree and get a Title.
And they sponsored UrinatingTree, one of my favorite YouTubers, too. Always had a bad feeling about someone selling something so worthless.
At least I still own a big chunk of the moon.
I mean, even assuming it wasn't one, Scotland isn't very big and is filled with people.
How much land could be sold, and after seeing this shit for a decade there literally couldn't be any more land left to sell if it was legit.
Seems like a non issue to me. A bunch of people who bought something effectively worthless now find out that it is actually worthless. If you want to support certain content creators, which is just about the only reason I've ever felt tempted to buy things being advertised, best to just donate to them as directly as possible.
Did anyone not think it was? I could have been selling kingships on the moon this whole time!
Hoot Mon!
Here are some genuine Scotsmen: https://youtu.be/Z0PFLdvgxbo
Oh you mean that sponsor all the dissident right content creators were using turned out to be a Chinese scam because the Chinese government has an incentive to create discord in the West? Yeah that doesn't surprise me. It does disappoint me though.
I keep meaning to buy one of the ones from Sealand but I keep forgetting to lol. At least that's an actual peerage. 😏
They never claimed to plan trees in Scottland.
I'm such a sucker, I have resisted mighty the temptation to adopt an elephant in a rescue program in Cambodia. Again, habitual procrastination overpowered me.