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There are creators I follow who don't make videos full time because the money isn't there yet for them, but they make good videos. Sponsoring them on Pateron helps them financially, but doesn't help them grow. if I can signal that this is good content and more people should see it, that helps the creator out and encourages more of that type of content to be created.

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Whats the most disgusting thing you've ever put in your mouth?

When I was like 8, I was playing with my remote control car, one with a battery pack you had to unplug from the car and use a special charger in the wall. After I recharged it, and was getting ready to drive it around, i noticed I had what I thought was leftover chocolate on my finger. I licked the drop off my finger and immediately realized it was battery acid or some residue from the battery, it was the worst taste ever.

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Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?

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FWIW, his passport was revoked while on a layover in Russia from Hong Kong to Cuba for an intended final destination of Ecuador. This is what caused him to seek asylum in Russia because that was his only option. His involvement with wikileaks during this time is suspicious knowing what we know now, but it seems to me he either got stuck in Russia because of the US or because of Wikileaks, and he didn't knowingly have a relationship with Russia before getting stuck there.

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Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?

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It may seem like not much changed, but it was one of the motivating factors for the big push for TLS everywhere after it was revealed that PRISM was tapped into and mirroring unencrypted communications. Also Signal probably wouldn't be as popular as it now, with people still using unencrypted communications.

One of the NSA's missions is to protect all of the federal government's computer networks from cyber-terrorism. You could argue that in light of what Snowden revealed, the increased focus of security and encryption did more to protect all of the federal government's computer networks from cyber-terrorism than any other NSA initiative ever.