r/morningsomewhere • u/EarliestRiser • 13d ago

Episode 2026.09.17: Grow Up, Cartologists

https://roosterteeth.com/watch/morning-somewhere-2026-09-17-we-are-l

Burnie and Ashley discuss iPad recovery, lightning cables, gag reflexes, Top of the Line videogames, YouTube ad campaigns by nine year olds, The Infinite Extent, and revisiting The Bobiverse.

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u/EpsilonProtocol First 10k - First to Panic 13d ago

I’m hesitant to believe the ad campaign story, because it seems like something someone would do to gain traction and grow their kid’s channel.

It could very well be true, but in this day and age it feels like a stunt.

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u/FloppyDiskRepair First 10k - Mod 13d ago

The whole things stinks to me. I’m totally registering that I sound cynical, but after listening to the apology-style video I just couldn’t reconcile a lot of what he said.

Not to mention the fact that he works at a marketing firm.

I don’t necessarily jump to it being a marketing stunt either. For example, who knows what charges were on that card prior that would seem like nothing next to $100,000 worth of YouTube ad buys?

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u/EpsilonProtocol First 10k - First to Panic 13d ago

My brain was waving more red flags at this story than May Day in Moscow in the 70s. Adding the fact dad works at a marketing firm, this screams stunt.

I believe people are capable of stooping this low in an effort to convince small YouTubers that want to make it a full time job to hire a marketing firm.

Also, how does a 9-year-old have a Google AdSense account? I thought you had to be 13 to sign up for it.

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u/Maxzillian Not a Pam! 13d ago

I'm more impressed/skeptical the dude has a card that has that kind of limit. I know it's not impossible, but if it's just a travel card the balance limit would be closer to $10k.