At least they were able to change but keep their popularity with their older fans.

here's a banger from their second album https://youtu.be/SOqenYis1iQ

actually, it's the album opener after 3 years of wait since the last one

common themes from Tomas Kalnoky (singer and lead songwriter) vary from God, death, change, life, finding some meaning

Lots of anger but he's got one really happy one in the third major album about someone growing up, realizing they have to leave home to find themselves, and raising their kids in a way where they won't feel restricted like the narrator was

So it's not *all* downer tracks

Their top song on spotify is a plea for an alternative to suicide, even.

Ska's good like that.

Jeez

I mean, plenty of those exist, Don't they?

it's a great one, trust me

https://open.spotify.com/track/1NM2qI63ylqg62yxpEvTXu?si=l9yRusbuSW6HVUirAZQqVw this one's a cheery-as-fuck bop about contemplating death with an "audience-join-in" chorus like few others, IMO

Which reminds me

Did you see

TYT put on great recruitment drive

To get more members

tyt?

And nobody is joining

The young turks

oh those dumbasses, ya

Their target is 100 000

But are stuck at around 30 000

lol, they havent even hit 100k?

losers

Oh they have the subscribers

This is for the paid members

Oh i hear ya, i thought under 100k seemed low for them

i wonder what award youtube sends you at 100k paid customers

a big ass gold pacifier?

How many of those 30k are bots or sock puppets, would you say?

oh wait, nope, a golden dildo

Its outside of youtube i think

Also none

cant get a bot to pay

Those ppl pay monthly subscription

Maybe they're puppets setup with a one time payment. Like when you put a tip jar out but you put the first few bucks in yourself.

I doubt that, but who knows

i would bet youtube is pretty quick to pull the status without the money

oh your check bounced? See ya

hard to say though, does make me wonder how quick my little patron tag would go away if i canceled

You're a patron of The Young Turks?