Kraut_and_Tea

Second round of voting on video topic

Thank you for voting in the first round of voting. I wanted to inform you that the script for the topic "How the Congo predicts the future of Saudi Arabia" is already fully writen. So, I decided to make it anyway. It will be a short video so I can make it easily on the side. 

But concerning the main video that ought to be next, you voted for two topics that are video series. You should be aware that this will mean 3-4 months in which 7-10 videos are made that only cover this topic....

First round vote on the next topic!

Hey there! It's time again! We shall vote on the topic of the next video. As we did previously, the high tier patreons and channel members selected topics from my to-do list. I will now post a poll on Patreon, and a poll on the youtube channel member page with their selections. And you all get to vote on what the next video topic will be. Remember that there will be two rounds of voting (like in French presidential elections). So the top two picks of this poll, will be voted on in a future se...

Sorry, I made a mistake

The last post I made was only supposed to be seen by high tier Patreons who contribute 20$-50$. Part of their high tier Patreon priveledges is that they get to pick from a list of topics what everyone else gets to vote on. My appologies for this mistake. I will have to make the post again, correctly - so only the higher tier Patreons can see it.

The rest of you at least now know what the list of possible topics is :)

But you will have to wait for the higher tier patreons to decide...

Picking the next topic.

Hallo my dear high tier Patreons :) 

It is time again! Thank you for sticking around despite the hard month I had. Please select the topics you want on the vote, and post them in a comment. I will collect your choices at the end of the week, and then all the patreons will do two rounds of voting.

Here are video topics I have basically already researched and could go work on faster than usual:

The Origins and Decline of German Militarism: A video on how the G...

Voting on the next video

With all the chaos of the last month I forgot that we have to decide what the topic of the next video after the discourse on the dangers of oligarchy will be. I am going to compile a list of video topics, the higher tier patreons will make their picks, and then you all get to vote on the topics. 

Please be patient, I am working my ass off

If I don't respond to private messages or emails in the coming weeks, I am not ghosting you. I lost 3 weeks of work due to covid, and I am working my ass off to catch up.

I am sorry I did not finish the video I promised for this month. I am working hard to get it out in early may.

Server and Streaming

Hey, as I said when I was preparing to move in to my new place a few months ago. I will be doing more live streaming. The way I will do it is that I will jump into the voice chat of the Patreon server, and will chat with whoever is online at the moment. I will announce an hour or two before I stream that I am going to stream, but in general the hours will be random. But of course, I can also stream on specific times when requested to discuss specific topics.

So, please join t...

Collab on Chernobyl

I had to promise to keep most of this secret, but there are things I can share with you. I was invited by a big youtuber to work on a sort of collab about the history of Ukraine. I would have to make a video, about 15-30 minutes long about Chernobyl. Eventhough I have other projects planned, I want to try my best to seize this opportunity and work on this project, as it could provide my channel exposure to a wider audience.

I am writing the script for this project here: 2022-04-16 13:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Hiring an editor?

I am starting to recover from covid. This disease really hit me hard. From loss of voice, to constant headaques, dry caughs, and everything tasting like plastic, it was quite annoying. But never the less, I wll be able to return to work soon. Probably wthn 1-2 days. 

I checked my work email and DMs today for the first time in ages, and as was to be expected after almost 2 weeks of not reading them, it is hopelessly clogged up with messages.

There is one that stood out. This v...

No April Fools Joke

I know I said I would make an April fools joke video. I planned on making a satirical history of the Netherlands video dedicated to a Dutch friend of mine.

But I decided against it.

Recent events have in many ways convinced me that now is not a time for silly jokes on my channel. Let us hope that April 1st 2023 will be during a new age of peace.

Moving into a new Appartment

I am currently packing all my belongings into boxes and am visiting relatives where some of my belongings are stored. I am preparing for a long trip back from the countryside to Vienna on sunday. I will spend monday collecting all my things and sorting out my new home. My 4 month long countryside break is hereby over.  Will be working more starting next week.

Kekkonens Nightmare

At the end of the last month Putin didn't just start another war, he tore to shreds the foundational agreement that European peace is built upon. And we ought to discuss how we can build a new lasting peace after this war is over.

About the Sponsorship

Some of You have asked why I took a sponsorship for the quick video I am making on Ukraine. It's because it isn't really an opinion piece anymore. At löeast, I would say so. I put extra effort into being objective and neutral, to try and present all sides of this conversation. And also, I try to encourage conversation ammong the audience.

Do you diosagree?

The final script on ukraine

Here is the final script I made for a quick series of videos (or one long video) with my thoughts on the war in Ukraine and it's consequences. If you approve of this, I will make the video. It will however be without Polandballs and edited in a lesser quality so it can be finished faster:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NkVyBMfQxZt40hHrSHAkjRWjguJ83kKzw1z...

Ukraine and the security architecture of Europe

I am finishing up the script for a short video I want to make as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I decided not to make an opinion piece. Instead it is going to be more of an explanatory video on why the security architecture of Europe is now broken, my fears over what the consequences of that may be, and I may also debunk a few myths about Nato. 

Will make the script available to all of you soon.

Housing Ukrainian refugees

Hey, I registered with my local council today as a place that is willing to house refugees from Ukraine. It is possible that a Ukrainian family will be sent to me in the coming weeks to live with me until proper refugee homes are finished. If that should happen, I will be very pre-occupied with it and considerably less available. Just a heads up.

Video releated to events in Ukraine

I have been debating with another creator for days on if it is ok to make a video on the current conflict, or releated to the current conflict, in Ukraine.  The videos I would have in mind would be either "In defense of NATO" or "How Russian Propaganda built up for the war"

But, either way, I do not know and have not come to an conclusion on if this is ok. So I am leaving the choice to you.

Should i interupt my current work and make those opinion videos?

Sorry for posting pics of my injury

I just realised how gross that is. if you want I cvan delete that post.

Unable to draw due to injury

I managed to burn my right hand (drawing hand) with hot cooking oil. I did not go to the doctor at first because I mistakenly assumed it would just be a few little blisters. Instead it started to swell, itch, and fester. I went to the doctor today and it turned out to be second degree burns. Got some treatment, but my arm is all wrapped up in bandages and very stiff now. I am also supposed to rest my arm as much as possible. Unforunately this means I am unable to draw art for videos for the n...

Patreon Server Updated

I finally updated the patreon Server, sorry for taking so long.

Invite: https://discord.gg/bBDdWmwNNC

In here we will:

-discuss videos

-organise the individual video servers

-organise artwork and artists

-discuss sponsors

-discuss topics

-make a to do list

-discuss topic suggestions

-chill

-and once I move, finally do the patreon live streams

The Origins of the Greek debt crisis

Finally! After all the delays it is finally finished!

my apologies for all the delays. I hope you enjoy this video! I will publich it on thursday!

A bit personal, but necessery

I have tried to push out making this post for a very long time and can no longer avoid it. I am exhausted and burnt out.

I believe this is the main cause for why there have been some substancial delays in making videos recently. I have not had a real holiday in years. I do not have youtube as my main job, eventhough I registered this channel as a business I continue to work a day job. If we consider the work I do on the videos actual work, and add it up with the work I do offline, I hav...

The Next video. A critique of Liberalism

I have started writing the next video after Greece, since I finished my art and am waiting for paid artists to finish now. So I shall give you access to the work server, and also to the script.

Server: https://discord.gg/TSJEbX4cAq

Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMP6rw...

Appologies for the delay

The video on Greek debt is now 2 weeks late. It is entirely my fault and because of personal reasons. I will however not expain those reasons yet because I am not here to give excuses, I am here to appologise for the delay.

Know that we are working on finishing the videos as soon as possible and we will do our best to make it available within a week.

Why I do not collaborate with many Youtubers

A lot of you have asked me to reach out to other youtubers and collab with them. Or asked me why I do not collab with more creators. The truth is that I do speak to other creators, and had creators reach out to me for collabs requests, but those go nowhere. And there is only one reason for this.

I used to be an anti-SJW youtuber. During that time I made a couple of angry tweets that are very regretable. This may have been many years ago, but the nature of the internet is such that thing...

Discussing Sponsorships

I recently noticed that it has been almost a year since I started doing sponsors on my main youtube channel. And I wanted to take a moment to share my experiences with you and to talk to you about the future.

Overall, I am very disappointed.

I almost never ever engaged with the companies personally. Sponsorships are almost entirely handed out through advertising companies. If you do not know what these are, basically they are companies that you go to as a business if you want your...

Topics of your interest

I keep posting topic ideas and stuff I read books about. But, I just noticed, I never asked you.

I am sorry for that. My appologies for never taking that into account.

Are there any specific topics that are of interest to you, and which you believe would make a good foundation for a video topic?

A question for other creators here

Do you also get DMs from people who pretend to be your patreons and threaten to stop giving you money if you don't make videos praising Assad, claiming 9/11 was an inside job, or promoting antisemitic conspiracies?

Discussing upcoming video and video ideas

Doing the research for the upcoming video there are a few things I wanted to discuss with you, and I also wanted to talk about some video ideas with you before I put them on the to-do list.

1. Regarding the next video after Greece. My main intention in covering the collapse of the Hungarian kingdom and Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, was to show how the aristocracies of those two countries undermined the central state and thereby created an economic and political enviorment that caused ...

I am not doing the copyright thing

I was contacted by one of you who discovered my channel through one of the better and more informed react streamers, and he made a very compelling case for why I shouldn't do this. His case mainly revolved around the fact that doing this would unnecesserily harm some very good and well meaning creators. And I agree. He also made a good point about the fact that with this system, response videos would also automatically get claimed, and the revenue from those videos would go to me. That could ...