• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mr Beast really just gives me the ick. I can’t really explain it and anytime anyone says anything negative about him tons of people come along to say “but he paid for people’s surgery!!!1!!” Like it makes anything else he does perfectly acceptable.

    I just really don’t like him and feel like he would be a shitty person IRL.

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      1 year ago

      In my experience, people who make a big deal out of their philanthropy are typically doing it to compensate for some other moral deficiency.

      What really started to bother me was when he started to make a game out of his giveaways, like “Last person to stop touching the Lamborghini gets to keep it!” and things like that. It just feels wrong, and I can’t quite explain why.

      I hope I’m wrong, and so far there is no evidence he’s a secret dickhead, but something about him seems off.

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        It just feels wrong, and I can’t quite explain why.

        It’s essentially throwing a slab of meat into an arena and watching the starved poors fight to the death over it, then watching while you’re served the equivalent of thanksgiving dinner by your butler/maids in a safe climate controlled room.

        There comes a point where “philanthropy” simply becomes rich people making games for the poors to win a “prize” and seeing how they react for their own entertainment rather than any sort of benevolence. The lambo example seems pretty much spot on for that.

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            1 year ago

            Nah hunger games was to impose fear and prevent a political uprising and revolution. Mr Beast is just the old bloke from squid game lol

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        I’m indifferent on the guy.

        Glad he’s using his money to do shit that makes some people’s lives better. Strange that he uses it as content… but better than musk hoarding wealth and belittling people on twitter.

        So I guess better than my bellwether for a shitty person.

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        1 year ago

        When people use the argument of “oh, he does a lot of philanthropic work” as a means of defending someone, I just counter it by pointing out that Jimmy Savile did too.

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      I usually don’t watch or follow such influencer shit. But couple days back I watched it to see what’s all the fuss is about and his smile gave me chills. I don’t know if anyone paid any attention or if it’s me but his smile looks like something plastered on to his face. Looks so artificial… His smile reminds of the movie American Psycho.

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      I just can’t stand those annoying ass youtube thumbnails. I only see them when I’m a private browser session (my logged-in suggestions are totally different). But they are so annoying and stupid looking that I never, ever click on them.

      Sadly and clearly that stuff works, though, because MrBeast is the most subscribed-to individual on YouTube.