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thrawn ,

I’m not a YouTube guy; I only follow one channel I found during the Covid lockdowns, this kid called Technoblade who was low key while being really good at the game Minecraft. They worked together sometimes. Didn’t make Mr Beast seem very cool.

From what I’ve seen, he just inserts his loud personality into things by throwing money at people. It was never “hanging out with Mr Beast”, but “Mr Beast is giving out money”. Those guys are generally bad people, I cannot think of an exception.

anas ,

I’m going to preface this by pointing out that I don’t watch Mr. Beast, and I didn’t watch either of the two videos. My only comment is that it’s a little suspicious that this person is stretching out the accusations across two (three?) videos, across multiple days. Feels like they’re farming for the drama views for as long as possible.

fhqwgads , (edited )

Ill post this comment here too since it’s the same video, but you might want to put a content warning on this video, it’s pretty rough.

The first video is largely about him running illegal lotteries, which is pretty terrible given the scale they operate at, but it’s something that the average person might not know about or really think about it being essentially child gambling.

This second video is an interview with a former employee who was put in solitary confinement for a video that never made it to YouTube because it was actually just them torturing him. Like, legitimate Geneva Convention war crime torture. Constant noise, no idea what time it is because you can’t see the sun, constant lights so you can’t sleep, constant monitoring, and him running until his feet bled.

If any of it is anywhere near true they need to be sued off the face of the planet in addition to going to prison.

ZhaoYadang ,

No shit. Billionaire pays poor people to embarrass or endanger themselves, uses it to promote himself.

Here’s an idea for a video: Mr. Beast and the Box of Knives. Him, the people he exploits, and a box of knives. Whoever kills him gets to keep his money.

That’s the content I want to see.

jerkface ,
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the guy who got famous by reading the entire dictionary and counting to a million on live camera is a sociopath?! i did not see this coming. /s

AsakuraMao ,

What's with the recent traction for the Mr Beast hate train? There have been a few posts lately talking about how bad this guy is.

TheMinions ,

There’s a part 1 to this video that goes into it. Basically:

  • videos are faked (reality level TV stuff - making the timers look like they’re still counting down)
  • there was a person who was recently on staff who was a sexual deviant named Ava Kris Tyson who also seemed to be obsessed with teenagers and ran a discord server talking about inappropriate stuff (this is worse than my description sounds)
  • Beast was on this server for a time but doesn’t seem to have been an active participant
  • Illegal lotteries from the Streaming “giveaways”
  • claiming his chocolate is “healthy” and encourage kids to eat it to have a chance at randomly winning a prize
  • in Aus, having an app for the chocolate that says you win a prize when you pull the slots but you actually don’t win anything (basically getting triple 7s and getting told you win nothing)
  • safety issues with the beast games, moving to Canada so no union workers can join, etc.
  • this video explains some horrible stuff Mr Beast and team did for a single video

Really the biggest deal I think is the illegal lotteries. Because those are actual criminal acts

QuadratureSurfer ,
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Part 1 also shows some evidence of fake contestants (who are actually actors) that end up winning the prize.

Iapar ,

Just people finding out that Santa isn’t real but in fact a company which uses psychological warfare to sell you something that is bad for you.

A story as old as capitalism.

jprice ,

Jimmy has done plenty of interviews where he says he is a degenerate. He doesn’t hide it. He’s a dirtbag. If you just watch his videos you may not know, but it’s pretty much in plain sight.

TheMinions ,

I think doing war crimes on someone is worse than being a degen.

cyborganism ,

I’ve never watched a single video of MrBeast. The topics just don’t interest me at all. I really don’t see the hype.

sunzu ,

Showing your age bro...

His audience are kids, maybe early 20s now

You have to be a kid not to see the grift

ChronosTriggerWarning ,

His audience are kids, maybe early 20s now

It’s funny you say that, because last summer a coworker of mine became completely obsessed with Mr Beast. He’s a 50y/o retired marine captain. Not the kind of person that fits into the normal beast demographic.

cyborganism ,

Hahahahahaha ok I should take that onion off my belt. I guess it’s not in style anymore

snooggums ,
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I have no idea who the guy is, but why is anyone surprised that someone who goes by Mr Beast is living up to his stage name?

phdepressed ,

To my understanding he got his internet fame primarily from videos of giving people money. Never watched his stuff though.

jerkface ,
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No, he got his fame (which ENABLED him to start giving away stuff, which became his formula, but didn’t bootstrap him) by performing superhuman feats of will and mental and physical endurance. Seriously. The man is not like most people on the inside. I won’t speculate what’s there but it’s different.

psycho_driver ,

Mr. Beast performing superhuman feat

li10 ,

I keep thinking I should look into this MrBeast drama, then I remember I just do not give a single fuck.

I went through a h3h3 phase when I was like 20, then realised that any YT drama is just toxic and it’s best to avoid it entirely.

I miss Tom Scott, just made quality videos with none of the BS. Nothing over the top, just interesting content from a genuine guy who cares about his audience.

technohacker ,
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Technology Connections is a nice breath of fresh air in the YouTube space if you want something tech related

Agrivar ,

He’s GREAT! I just wish he had more content… but then it probably wouldn’t be as good. I guess I really wish I hadn’t already binged his whole channel!

Dark_Arc ,
@Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

Same honestly 😂

el_bhm ,

Cathod Ray Dude.

Disregard3145 ,

I also like Tech ingredients, thought emporium. Though more on the practical here’s what I did rather than informational/educational

HEXN3T ,
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I love how subtly unhinged he is.

https://tenor.com/bZ81Y.gif

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Dead link

pwnicholson ,
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Destin at Smarter Every Day and Steven Mould seem like solid guys, and content similar to Tom Scott if you haven’t seen them.

Lupus ,

Destin at Smarter Every Day

I enjoy his content and like him and his style but I still have a bitter taste in my mouth from him being a former missile guidance engineer at Redstone and making this low-key military ad series. I mean he has been pretty upfront about his past career and such but he also knows that his channel is probably watched by a lot of children.

I don’t know, something feels off about it.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks ,

Destin’s religion is a turnoff for me along with the inclusion of children. His reactions are way too over the top, too. Used to watch it a bunch but have slowly drifted away.

jerkface ,
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Destin is so American and military power it creeps me out.

teft ,
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You might like Anton Petrov. He’s a science youtuber that does a different video every day. He mostly focuses on space science but he’s pretty uncontroversial. I like his videos a lot.

very_well_lost ,

Anton is the GOAT if you’re into space. He basically spends all his time reading recent scientific papers and then summarizes them for a general audience without exaggerating or editorializing like you see with most other science reporting.

He’s perfect for anyone with a deep love of science who wants to keep up with the very latest developments but doesn’t have the time to keep up with the ‘literature’.

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

If you’re into space youtubers i also recommend Dr Becky. She’s an astrophysicist who specializes in black hole research.

MissJinx ,
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I keep thinking I should look into this MrBeast drama, then I remember I just do not give a single fuck.

You represent me

Donkter ,

Tom Scott was a good YouTuber because his ego was able to handle him voluntarily stepping down.

funkless_eck ,

you can just make up two stupid names in your head and get all the benefit of youtube drama - here:

did you hear than Zzzamboney copied a video from Mr457? Turns out that the latest in ZB’s “I’m a chicken” series is actually 457’s “Birdalike” vid but with the turkeys swapped for chickens.

Guntrigger ,

10/10 would be outraged again

Nougat ,

If you like "car stuff," Sleeperdude is top of the charts, and I've got a list of other channels too many to list here. Language? RobWords. Math? Numberphile and Stand-up Maths. General interesting stuff? Joe Scott (unrelated).

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