@Mogswamp Fair enough! It did take 9 years to get to that point though. After THE short it only took 1 month to get to 2 mil. At that time your content was really good so you did deserve it, maybe even more.
It's funny to me that people think there is so much luck involved with YouTube when it is basically the only true meritocracy I've encountered in my life.
It's almost never about connections or who you know, unlike most other "meritocratic" systems like sports