Thank You for 10K Subscribers!

Wow! Thank you so much for 10,000 subscribers. On June 3rd, 2024, my YouTube channel reached this incredible new milestone and I'm very humbled by the amount of interest and followers I now have. What an amazing coincidence too that it occurred during Pride Month, when I have always spoken up for people with alternative identities and interests.

I've always said that being a YouTube creator was never a numbers game for me in terms of subscribers, likes, and view counts. The numbers that mean the most to me are the amount of people that I make a positive impact on -- the lives I change for the better, the minds I open and enlighten, and the good feelings I instill in those who find me online. That's what truly matters to me, but I'm still very happy to know that so many people enjoy and appreciate me enough to have clicked the subscribe button and show me support.

It means even more to me since my content isn't trendy or mainstream. I'm an underground video artist who handles everything myself, including all the filming, editing, operating of the channel and this website, posting on Patreon, and responding to the YouTube comments and business emails. I've never partnered with any company to help boost my channel or inflate my numbers like many mainstream YouTubers do. I've also never accepted or filmed any paid product placements or brand deals. Everything about The No Deo Hero is as proudly 100% independent and DIY as a true punk band that never sells out.

With so many people on YouTube signing their brands away to big companies promising them viral views and major marketing support, while shilling random products in the middle of their videos and trying to get you to buy them so they can earn commissions on them, it means the world to know that so many of you are supporting an independent brand that's completely operated by one person -- me. I will never sell out to the unending stream of companies that continuously email me trying to lure me in with their sales pitches. If I do mention a product in a video, it's either because I'm making a comedy skit about it (like with the handheld toilet bidet I bought on a whim) or trying to pass on useful information to other people who could benefit from it (like with the mesh gnat-protection headgear that has helped me).

I don't need any of that. YOU guys are my sponsors. You make this possible by showing me years of unwavering support by making time to watch my YouTube videos, commissioning me for custom videos, purchasing access to behind-the-scenes extras, pledging to my Patreon, and buying clothing from me. By selling my own clothing directly to my fans, I also get to avoid the mainstream merch method of selling overpriced t-shirts with my brand name on them through a third-party company who takes a chunk of the profit. Instead of going that inauthentic route, I wear the clothing myself and then mail it to my fans, continuing the independent nature I've always maintained with my show.

Thank you again for supporting an independent, freelance video artist and content creator. I'm living a dream by having the opportunity to do this full time and make a worldwide impact on all of you instead of working a local job and making a greedy corporation rich like I did before. This adventure is 8 and a half years in, and I have no plans of stopping or slowing down. In fact, this motivates me to passionately continue even more, so stay tuned because there's so much more on the way.

Sending 10K's worth of love and support right back atcha,

Primal 💚

An additional special thanks for the new record view count for another month in a row!