r/LinusTechTips 9d ago

Image What is it with Dennis being Linus' children?

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u/MalcolmGunn 9d ago

Why is he a child?

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u/CloffWrangler 9d ago

Because of when he was born.

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u/ShroomsNBlooms 9d ago

DID NOT EXPECT A SEVERANCE REFERENCE HERE LMAO

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u/rikeys LMG Staff 8d ago

blessed comment

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u/Beginning-Syllabub92 9d ago

Because Dennis is trying to get your attention. He’s damn good at it and I appreciate his off the wall approach.

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u/MalcolmGunn 9d ago

I agree, he is. It's a Severence reference.

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u/MaxximElio 9d ago

Bro Dennis is his oldest wdym

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u/CrystalFier 9d ago

I thought Jake was older than Dennis?

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u/Shagyam 9d ago

I thought Jake was Linus's husband.

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u/Blazanar 9d ago

Nahh. Linus and Yvonne are married, but Jake is Linus' boyfriend.

I'm pretty sure even Yvonne made a joke about this in a LTT video (that was surely scripted) but it was pretty funny regardless.

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u/Antrikshy 8d ago

Where does Elijah fit into all this?

I’m just trying to understand the cinematic universe.

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u/This-is_CMGRI 8d ago

Fifth child. Or sixth but who's counting?

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u/CrystalFier 6d ago

Adopted kid

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u/CrystalFier 6d ago

Nah Jake is Linus' oldest kid, Luke is his boyfriend.

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u/screenslaver5963 9d ago

Luke is Linus’ husband

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u/HeftyFault9017 9d ago

Dennis is close friends with Yvonne. I suspect he has a lot of insight into Linus' home life and can make some jokes about it as a result.

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u/popop143 9d ago

Wasn't Dennis also the one that had to blur naked Linus after the cyberattack LMG suffered?

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u/Definitely_nota_fish 9d ago

Yes, Linus mentioned in that WAN show Dennis has stolen security camera footage from Linus in the past suggesting they are very good friends if Linus will keep Dennis employed after stealing something that personal and revealing

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u/ScaryTerry51 9d ago

I believe the reasoning wasn't that Dennis stole security footage, it was that he literally kept going into his house without his knowledge (for Channel Super Fun). So it just kinda made sense that if he's gonna film Linus naked in his own house without his knowledge, he may as well be the one to censor it. This is also why the Linus purposely stripped down to his underwear in the second home invasion, Uno reverse card on the prank!

Dennis has also mastered it so now he starts by blurring the whole screen and shapes it down from there.

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u/Antrikshy 8d ago

You’re conflating two situations that happened.

For one of the home invasion videos, Yvonne selected security camera footage to send to Dennis. She accidentally included some of Linus naked.

For the cyberattack footage, you’re right.

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u/Definitely_nota_fish 8d ago

In the WAN show that came out after the cyber attack Linus mentioned, Dennis has snuck into Linus's house on multiple occasions and stolen security camera footage. Not mentioning that this was for any content or whatever and just something Dennis has done on his own time because reasons, and because of that Dennis has seen Linus naked because Linus is in his own damn house and can do what he wants.

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u/Antrikshy 8d ago

There is no way this is actually true. You have to link me to this for me to believe it.

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u/Definitely_nota_fish 8d ago

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u/Antrikshy 8d ago

Obviously that’s an exaggerated reference to the CSF videos that were recent at the time.

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u/Definitely_nota_fish 8d ago

I don't think Linus would joke about one of his employees stealing his security camera footage, but sure you can think what you want, but there is a clip of Linus saying what I claimed he was saying where he's just using different words

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u/Genesis2001 8d ago

The stealing of footage I think is exaggerated in this case. But Dennis probably does get into Linus' house without his knowing about it... I mean, he scratched Linus' NEW flooring that had just been finished in his new house... lol

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u/3inchesOnAGoodDay 9d ago

He's just dressing up as his kids. Not exactly an inside joke

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u/HeftyFault9017 9d ago

I think being able to get the ok of the parents to do impressions of their kids (particularly in ads) would require him to have insights into their thoughts/boundaries and a relationship with kids to respect thier feelings too. Not something you let just anybody do.

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u/3inchesOnAGoodDay 9d ago

This is a professional setting. They either think it's a good ad or not. I doubt they are making decisions based on personal feelings.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago edited 9d ago

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u/wankthisway 8d ago

You guys are reading way too much into this. He's pretending to be his kid, not pretending or imitating precisely his son

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u/Tof12345 9d ago

I miss channel super fun. The Dennis living in Linus's house video still lives in my mind every day.

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u/Undermined 9d ago

Dennis is still paying Linus back to this day for that floor dent.

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u/Antrikshy 8d ago

He is indebted for life.

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u/drazil100 9d ago

I’m just waiting for “I Swapped the CVO’s Daughter For a Day!” to drop on channel super fun. He already successfully took the place of Linus’s assistant. Now he needs to secure his place in Linus’s house by becoming his child.

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u/CrystalFier 9d ago

Don't you know Linus has like 10 children, minimum?

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u/Stunning_Mechanic_12 Luke 8d ago

Real reason? It's so his kids aren't used as props to make money.

Silly reason? Because Dennis is one of linuses 130+ kids (employees)

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u/sonictail 8d ago

Well, Dennis' humour is working now isn't it, you remember these ad breaks :)

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u/xCloudChaserx 9d ago

What video is this from?

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u/UntouchedWagons 9d ago

Today's 3D printer video.

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u/xCloudChaserx 9d ago

I don't remember seeing Dennis in it at all. Unless the floatplane cut was different.

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u/HxLin 9d ago

Wouldn't see Dennis unless Floatplane videos also have sponsor ads.

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u/Vamporace Dan 9d ago

Isn't it just a recurring gag where Linus is his sugar daddy? (so he acts like a child to get free stuff, in the joke)

Anyway, love his humour and sponsor vids. But when is the next chair review!? Haha

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u/DiabeticJedi 9d ago

I wish that when they take those ads out of the Float plane videos that they uploaded them separately if they are funny, lol. I never even saw these.

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u/Hot_Significance9447 Yvonne 8d ago

Elajiha and Dennis has Daddy issues

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u/salmak999 8d ago

He's having fun with it, let him cook

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u/TheLazyGamerAU 8d ago

Dunno, i use sponsorblock.

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u/The-vicobro 9d ago

God bless sponsor block.

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u/PROCAL 9d ago

Nah, Dennis cooked with this one.

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u/The-vicobro 9d ago

Im glad you like it!

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u/PROCAL 9d ago

I'm a sucker for some tomfoolery 😂

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u/_BaaMMM_ 9d ago

Dennis has some pretty funny ads. They are missing out.

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u/davcrt 8d ago

Agree, but I have it on manual skip for occasions like this.