TWO-LEGGED SNAKES, HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND AVOID THEM PC#1 EP.1
The Truth About YouTube Snakes: How Manipulative Creators Prey on Viewers
Hey folks, it's Earnest Mann here. Today, I'm breaking down a topic that’s been gnawing at me for some time: YouTube Snakes, or as I call them, the two-legged vipers. These aren’t your average creators – these are polished, articulate, often highly educated individuals who leverage their expertise and charm to wring money from unsuspecting viewers.
What Are YouTube Snakes?
YouTube Snakes are creators who usually possess advanced degrees, excellent communication skills, and extensive knowledge of human behavior and marketing. They often present themselves as relatable and humble, yet their real motive is making money through Patreon or other paid platforms, usually at a subscription rate of $5 per month. The issue? That seemingly small cost quickly adds up, especially if you follow multiple creators. Four subscriptions alone would cost you $240 a year.
Manipulation Tactics of YouTube Snakes
These YouTube Snakes sell relatability. They appear down-to-earth, pretending to be just like you, while subtly pressuring you to contribute financially. Their biggest weapon is their ability to make you feel as though you’ve known them for decades. They create an illusion of closeness to build trust and motivate donations or subscriptions.
Calling Out The Deceit
Unlike these YouTube Snakes, I keep it real. Yes, I joke about ridiculous requests for massive donations like $50k – but it's comedy, not manipulation. Meanwhile, these so-called experts, many of them wealthy professionals or corporate consultants, prey on vulnerable, often financially struggling viewers. They craft persuasive pitches designed to milk you for money.
The Ethical Problem with YouTube Snakes
It’s not about whether or not you give them your money – it’s about being aware of their tactics. They disguise their financial motives behind crafted personas and social engineering tactics, all while portraying themselves as fellow underdogs. It’s a disservice to genuine creators and a manipulative business model that should be exposed.
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Transcript
00:00 hello my name is Ernest welcome well I've finally gotten around to doing what I've wanted to do for some time talk to you at length about snakes the two-legged variety and that's something you sure as hell want to hear about because of all the snakes out there in the world nothing is more treacherous more venomous and causes more harm than the two-legged variety humanist viperous or in the non-Latin human snakes so without further ado let's jump right in if you're even remotely familiar with my
ter and greater authoritarian:01:32 truth one of the things that really gets on my nerves are all the people on YouTube who actually by any ethical or reasonable criteria simply shouldn't be here and if your first thought is asking who the hell am I to say who should or shouldn't be allowed on YouTube i'll just reiterate it's not me it's by what is ethical and reasonable you can hate the message but don't hate the messenger although I'm sure if you're one of the people I'm going to talk about you will still hate me
02:15 regardless i just want to mention before I get going full board that the video in question that I am showing will be in the description below complete with full audio so you can watch it and decide for yourself okay okay now of course I don't have a problem with people making YouTube videos matter of fact I feel that YouTube's permissions on content are rather archaic that's a subject for another time the issue I have very specifically are people making videos for the primary purpose of well of course they will
03:06 vehemently deny this of making money but hold on before you flip that dial i don't necessarily have anything against anyone making some money on YouTube it is a very specific group I'm talking about which I affectionately refer to as YouTube snakes now I'm going to describe what YouTube snakes are and very brief so listen carefully youtube snakes typically have all of the following qualities i'm not saying they will match every criterion perfectly i'm but I'm you know I'm just generally speaking they usually
03:55 do they usually have some kind of professional or advanced degrees they're pleasant articulate and also they are very knowledgeable about human behavior as well as marketing with few exceptions they usually always have a Patreon account how convenient or a Patreon equivalent and love to have you sign up to their subscription service at a seemingly low cost often of only $5 per month which of course sounds much better than stating the reality of $60 a year i'm not going to go into length about the cost but just consider this let's
04:47 say you had just four YouTube channels that you really liked and were subscribed to and each one of them offers a you know $5 a month subscription well suddenly that simple $5 per month has transformed into $240 a year and I don't know about you but that's more than this cowboy can afford to pay in a year just to hear some expert or pseudo expert talk to me hell I can get much better advice at my local watering hole for free except well except for the cost of beer and drinks but at least I know the advice is coming
05:34 from a friend not someone I haven't or never will meet in my entire life but back to the original make no mistake these people are professionals they are very often already wellto-do trying desperately and often very effectively to convince that they are just like you and that is the YouTube snake's greatest power to successfully bond with you as though you're someone that they've known for 30 years and want you to be sympathetic to their needs or whatever it is to help them with what they're
06:23 trying to accomplish sometimes it's fairly direct as in this particular video sometimes they take the long way around but regardless it's always the same slithering up to you and coiling around you telling you what a wonderful person you are if you could just please help make their dreams come true besides this tactic the bottom line is that in one way or the other they want your money whether it be a product or some kind of service they want your money preferably a $5 a month subscription it's quite often that they
07:15 will have you go to a you know different site altogether you know such as locals which is a paid subscription site meaning that you can only get to see the content they're talking about with a subscription by default in conclusion I'll just leave you with this i know from life experience and my heart of hearts that these people are snakes and they need to be called out for that because whether or not you want to give them your money is you know your business but I believe it's the right thing to do to let you know what you're
08:03 actually dealing with in the interest of fairness I want you to know that I personally do try to solicit contributions i ask for a you know cup of coffee or a taco and I make ridiculous request for large sums of money for comic relief i mean you know but hell as I say in the comic relief if you happen to have an extra 50k just laying around I sure as hell could use it and I would certainly appreciate it as I own little and I am disabled mainly I'm just trying to be funny but this is not the case with these
08:53 people I'm going to talk about in this series i feel they are disgraceful and poor excuses as human beings people such as these who have impressive degrees and careers some of them with multiple degrees and many of them currently very you know highly paid professionals or corporate consultants are an absolute disgrace to humanity because they are using YouTube to generate large sums of money using uninformed and gullible people who are already well basically broke to make pay a shellload of money and I wish that these snakes could
09:45 or would spontaneously converse and burn in hell for all eternity but that would be far too much a pleasant understatement so hey thank you for listening all I ask for is you to consider subscribing telling a friend and maybe a you know cup of coffee in my description link until next time folks this is Ernest and I usually always am
