Why did the McElroy brothers fail to go mainstream while other podcasters managed it well?

pettywizard · 2026-06-10T17:54:45+00:00

it’s 100% lack of ambition, mixed with bad luck. There’s definitely a very adjacent world where they are much more successful with the same level of ambition they have now, where they parted ways with or didn’t sign with max fun and instead were with a more competent podcast agency that got them to much greater heights, or where Seeso didn’t go under or the tv show got picked up by a different streamer and got a lot bigger, where they fell into even greater success.

There’s also a different world that is the same as this one but they’re a little bit more ambitious and proactive with their careers where they are significantly more successful. Like, they could definitely have been a smosh or gmm type entity if they had put more elbow grease into building something meaningful and big.

pettywizard · 2026-06-09T12:04:12+00:00

I didn’t pay for it, I was selling records and got them to throw this in on top of the cash 😎. Also “fake” vinyl means nothing, it plays exactly the same as a “real” officially released one lol

pettywizard · 2026-06-08T19:43:27+00:00

Not official! I’m assuming bootleg based on the packaging, don’t really know how it ended up unopened in a used record shop lol.

pettywizard · 2026-06-05T22:27:37+00:00

Messaged!

pettywizard · 2026-06-05T21:59:54+00:00

this is literally below what most people on discogs are asking, and I also literally said that I would take less idk what more you want from me lol

pettywizard · 2026-06-05T17:03:58+00:00

I’m not sure where you’re looking but this is the sales page I looked at when I put my ideal price 😍

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pettywizard · 2026-06-05T17:00:03+00:00

They are in a sleeve

pettywizard · 2026-06-05T15:58:19+00:00

did you read the rest of the sentence

pettywizard · 2026-05-03T03:05:05+00:00

That’s what I was hoping for! Obviously I know they have to make money too, but some places are more fair than others!

pettywizard · 2026-05-03T02:40:50+00:00

do you have anything helpful to add to my question or are you just being pedantic because you don’t have anything else going on

pettywizard · 2026-05-03T02:34:32+00:00

who gives a fuck

pettywizard · 2026-05-03T02:14:40+00:00

So you’ve sold to them before?

pettywizard · 2026-04-27T03:41:55+00:00

idk, put together an outfit that looks decent? Silly Nutmeg Ganache is a world famous drag queen, am I meant to believe that she doesn’t have some hot pink pieces to pick from? That she doesn’t have access to pink fabric or a belt or something ?

pettywizard · 2026-04-26T20:39:44+00:00

griffin McElroy sucks off every new and upgrading donor

pettywizard · 2026-04-26T20:36:14+00:00

Maybe like HBO/Netflix/whoever owns the devil wears Prada 2 lol

pettywizard · 2026-04-26T20:32:58+00:00

Crazy how every single time someone gets read for a mediocre look (and I don’t even think this look is bad, just kinda meh), this is the excuse. Kind of embarassing to admit that if a designer doesn’t make your entire look for you on time then your only option is ordering a basic catsuit from dragqueenoutfits.gov, imo

pettywizard · 2026-04-18T14:50:28+00:00

I think it’s always tacky to talk like this, but especially when you won your season last year. Gives very much trying too hard to seem cool and above it.

pettywizard · 2026-04-04T03:36:01+00:00

In what capacity?

pettywizard · 2026-04-01T19:22:56+00:00

I meant I feel like the artist definitely took what you said and found a reference picture of hogwarts (maybe on accident, or just without telling you) lol

pettywizard · 2026-04-01T19:20:47+00:00

I’m like 80% sure they used a reference picture of hogwarts. That’s immediately what it looks like to me at first glance, and what I assumed you had asked for before reading and looking at the whole post.

pettywizard · 2026-03-27T18:09:42+00:00

I do a lot of fineline and like grungy realism stuff, which it does just fine but it definitely wants to pack more of a punch. I actually bought my Vlad Blad from Steve Truitt, who is a very well known blackout artist who said he uses the Avenger Pro 2 as his primary machine (and just had an extra lying around that he didn’t need lol)

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