have you thought about expanding your patreon page (e.g., adding some info about who you are and what you do, what the money goes towards, goals to let us know when you can live off of patreon money and be able to create full-time) and/or making a video on your channel advertising your patreon? i respect your anti-ad stance and decision to stick to your artistic integrity, and I bet a lot of people who watch your work, if they knew you weren't making money from your videos on youtube, would understand your anti-ad stance and pitch in so that you can create full-time (i only know about your anti-ad stance, for example, from reading this questions page; otherwise, i might've thought you were doing pretty well-off after releasing the History of Japan). i don't know, maybe that's something you think is lame or tacky or just a different kind of ad, but when someone encountering your patreon is confused as to if it's your real patreon or n
ot, i th
ink maybe you can stand to make donating to you clearer on the user-end.
all that stuff seems gross to me. i am very pleased that i was able to make it as minimal as it is.  working on making the lectures stop