the total dollar amount for irl is higher with sponsors and shit. it also costs way more and requires a lot more staff to run (and they seem to fuck up a lot costing even more money). so the morning show relying on views and super chat shit makes less total money but generates a much higher profit.  tim is just realizing (because he is dumb) that bigger projects require much more capital. all his side projects seem to be falling flat too.
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