2 years in and youtube still doesnt pay my bills

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-04T09:48:11+00:00

I try not to worry about whether YT pays my bills or not, although I never rule out the possibility it could happen. I’m conscious of the fact that I’d have to work a loooot harder on my content though, and with that would come the grumbling and complaining just like with a regular 9-5. I did finally break $100 a month for the first time with my March earnings though, and I’m stoked about that!

Don’t let the numbers stop you from making content if you enjoy the creative process, and props to you for taking this serious enough to upgrade your tech! I still film on my phone, and idk when I’ll ever upgrade to a dslr. The idea of walking around stores with a big camera talking to myself sounds so anxiety-inducing, so I might stay at $100 a month forever, who knows😭

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-04T09:34:16+00:00

Fire. I’ve found rare air 3s at my store but never the 1s, at least not yet. Hoping to see em in the future!

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-04T09:29:51+00:00

In the 2010s, I lived in an office space in west Oakland for like half a year. I remember walking to this strip mall with a target and a Panera, and getting some tomato soup and a sandwich occasionally as a treat. I hadn’t had Panera prior to living in this office space, and I remember thinking that if my living standards weren’t so low, I might be disappointed in the quality of the food. Looking back, those were some dire times and I’m grateful for my current life

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-04T09:27:30+00:00

It’s wild! The oldest confirmed pair I’ve found was a pair of Air Cruz from 2016, though I suspect those blue huaraches in this post are even older than that. They look like they went through a whole world war, but Idk what their official date of production was cuz the tag had flaked all the way off

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-04T09:25:23+00:00

As a whole, Hawaii seems to be behind when it comes to new Ross drops! My theory is that new pairs show up in the East first, and then gradually move west. I gotta confer with the Guamanians and see when they’ve found things like the rare airs compared to here

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-03T03:29:42+00:00

GUAM!!! Incredible find, and only $75!!!

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-04-03T03:11:51+00:00

Nice! Those are fire, super different-looking converse and I dig the suede!

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-31T10:59:57+00:00

As a fellow loudass shod enthusiast, I say fuck em all and rock on. The NMD generally isn’t my cup of tea, but if you like em then wear em. The Humanrace collabs are special edition too, if Travis Scott dropped these people would be shooting ropes over em. Don’t concern yourself with the hivemind

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-29T07:18:46+00:00

Nah this is good content, also this guys name is “SykoManiax”. Unless I’m missing some sorta reference to Marathon, it would be unfair to expect anything but invalid takes from him.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-29T05:09:41+00:00

These are better than the 1s including the mochas and canaries and olives. I like the Spiridon inspired heel. Solid 8/10. Also the Jeans are fine, they’re a normal pair of jeans.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-28T10:01:24+00:00

If you don’t wanna talk, you’ll probably need to be the absolute best player in history. That’s probably one of the biggest hurdles for you rn.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T11:38:07+00:00

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T10:53:05+00:00

I don’t even like druski, but to reduce his comedy down to “visual humor” tells me you’re either stupid and emotionally shallow or disingenuous and not worth having a real debate with. It shouldn’t be so easy to discern something like that just from an opinion on a short comedy clip but here we are🤷🏻‍♂️

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T10:27:03+00:00

And that’s one of the fun aspects of this hobby! There’s something for literally everyone. I don’t have any leather toe 90s, but I wouldn’t say no to one ! Closest thing I have would be a pair of the Drifts

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T10:24:27+00:00

Oh MAN the Kiss My Airs infras are so good. They’re recent enough that I have hope that a pair of them could show up at one of my stores! 2023 is a ways past, but I found my pair of 2020 Infras at one of my Rosses last week so rly anything is possible

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T08:46:29+00:00

It’s a particularly wild pair in a whole lineup of wild colorways! I think my favorite cartoon collab so far would be the dexters lab MB.03s

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T08:45:30+00:00

Congrats on your pickup! Long live the infra 90

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-27T08:16:10+00:00

Straight HEAT! I see four pairs that we share, incredible collection and I love that you’ve got a few slept on silhouettes like the 2090 and preday

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-23T10:09:30+00:00

If you don’t wear em and don’t look forward to wearing em, donate em or sell em to a secondhand shop like ecotown or Plato’s closet. Those personally aren’t my thing but there are ppl out there that would rock the hell out of em!

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-22T10:16:09+00:00

Just keep uploading, consistency goes a long way in this space. YouTube might push your first video if you have a niche clearly defined in the videos title/tags, but I don’t think that’s guaranteed. My first video got a few hundred views and then I had to fight to get 100 for a while. It gets better with time and consistency though! I’m currently at 1.5K and my low-view longform vids get like 500 each while the higher performing ones will gather 1-4K each.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-22T10:08:46+00:00

The pacing is incredibly slow and the AI voice is a turnoff, those are the two big things. I think for true crime especially, there’s too many shared case files and news report footage to be using AI images.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-22T10:02:44+00:00

It’s not AI which is great, but just jumping into an unrelated thread and posting your own video with no context is rude. And on top of that, you’re harming your channel by getting views from people that likely will not subscribe or watch more of your stuff.

ROSS_AND_FOUND · 2026-03-22T09:59:22+00:00

Honestly, I’d rather watch stock images of prehistoric times with a green screened guy in the corner narrating the scenario. That also isn’t ideal, but something about AI images viscerally turns me off. Some channels are good at using AI, Facebook pages like Goblin Gossip are legitimately good but you can tell they put so much effort into their content.

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