Right, I was mostly making a meta point that the media kids consume these days is overwhelmingly shitty. The most popular youtuber for kids is mrbeast by a wide margin. I cannot think of a worse role model or many worse human beings.
Man Jmakin you really have both some of the sharpest and some of the dumbest takes. You canāt think of a worse role model than someone who makes videos about building houses and curing blind people?
that is not what he does. You must not have been following the whole MrBeast saga this past year - lots of stuff has come out. His playbook for running the company was leaked, itās essentially crafted to be as highly addictive to kids as possible and goes into extreme detail as to the techniques used (which are full of dark patterns were not really a secret, itās spread across the entire content space now). Also wasnāt really a āsecretā that all of his videos are heavily edited like reality TV and almost entirely staged. Then the nasty stuff about him covering for one of his staffās umā¦ pedophilic habits. Thereās a massive lawsuit brewing about inhumane conditions at his latest hunger games thing that amazon was sponsoring. Itās outside the context of this thread but he is really terrible and Iād bet my meager net worth that he has someone locked in his basement.
Of course I can think of worse though, sorry for my hyperbole and thank you for the backhanded compliment lol
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Yes I understand that heās good at exploiting the youtube algo. Thatās what makes creators like him successful. How does that take away from helping a bunch of blind and deaf kids? The pedo stuff as I understand it was him trying to support his trans friend? and not realizing what was happening 
Idk hard to fault him too hard without playing into a bunch of right-wing stereotypes.
Yw for the compliment, looking forward to you posting more here again.
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Iām probably heavily biased even before this stuff came out because I absolutely hate how heās hacked the content algorithm in a way where I donāt want to create content anymore or could never succeed without being extremely scummy
I think thatās the problem in a nutshell. You canāt campaign or message around a public thatās fundamentally misinformed. And I donāt know how you inform people that are either completely tuned out or getting news from billionaire perverts. Think we have a voting public that is dumb/misinformed in a way that isnāt fixable.
Mr. Beast is such an obvious heel, Iāll bet dollars to donuts his charity stuff is a tax dodge or some other complicated grift. I guess heās a better role model than Andrew Tate or the public nuisance Kick streamers.
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Must be old because allowing dogs is kind of trendy now.
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You could be right. I sure hope so. Iād feel more confident if we didnāt see this global trend of incumbents losing. Maybe itās an inflation specific phenomenon, but Iām skeptical.
We all have little outrage machines in our pocket now, constantly reminding us that everything is bad.
Man you realllly havenāt kept up with whatās going on with Mr. Beast lately, have you?
Iād rather my kids look up to Jack Doherty.
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I have never actually watched a Mr. Beast video. But isnāt his deal basically torturing people for prizes and taping it?
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I donāt think heās some hero and no I havenāt kept up with whatever new scandals he might be getting into - the Lunchly thing? idk - but I do think the left likes to pile on irrational hatred onto popular, successful people that donāt neatly fit their world view. This includes Rogan.
Lunchly shit pales in comparison to selling gambling to children (illegal lotteries) and knowingly hiring registered sex offenders to work for a brand marketed at children.
Every quintile of household income has more buying power now than they did in Jan 2019.
Come on, this is exactly what Iām talking about. Sound like what people who banned online poker were saying.
Whatever man. You donāt want to look up the shady shit heās been up to, thatās your call.
All I know is if I had a kid who looked up to Mr. Beast, Iād be wondering how I fucked up as a parent.
So glad not to be one and not interested in becoming one.
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I have looked it up, do you want to elaborate or are you just spreading grievance outrage?
The horror!
Guy helps 1000 deaf people be able to hear, but because he offered a sweepstakes for people who bought one of his shirts, heās an awful person.
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The chart I saw showed the top quintile of wage earners actually went down.
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This is another example of trying to quote economic stats to someone feeling a pinch. I am not sure how buying power is actually measured, but the stuff I actually want to spend my money on has gotten significantly more expensive the last 4 years. I canāt buy as much as I used to. My salary does not go as far as it used to. You can tell me all day long that inflation is down and buying power is up but if Iām personally struggling to make ends meet more than I was a few years ago, it doesnāt fuckin matter. I didnāt vote for Trump, but I am very skeptical that these measurements of buying power are a true reflection of reality. I guess gas is a bit cheaper though?
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