Yeah, YouTube recommended that video and I gave a fucking pass. I have no interest in watching a paid professional act like a desperate contestant degrading themselves for this dipshit’s billionaire’s petty cash.
hes a billionaire! from what what did he do for all this money
The same thing every billionaire did: He took it from other people.
Geez, I thought Squid Game was supposed to be a metaphor
Stop giving this leech attention. This headline is manufactured for attention.
A stunt man doing stunt man things? Lame
Disclaimer: I hate this guy and all the stupid things he did in the past.
I don’t understand the issue here. Assuming what he is telling regarding the safety features are true, this is not more dangerous than a stunt scene in a movie. If they had hired someone who is not a professional stunt man, I would classify this as ‘dangerous’. But I can’t really see the issue of shooting a ‘stunt scene’ with professionals, just like any action movie will do.
That said, I think this is just manufactured outrage, which will create more views for that video. Probably thile response to the video was underwhelming, and they wanted to drive up the views to ensure revenue.
Yeah the actual production here is us now talking about it. And well, the rest of the internet. The wanker is not stupid, I give him that. He must have known that just filming stunt scenes isn’t good for clicks, but this is.
I’ve not watched the thing itself, but between the article and the screenshot the issue seems to be how it’s presented.
It’s not that the guy is actually in danger, it’s that the content being made and the way it’s framed is at best dishonest, and at worst promotes extremely dangerous behaviour to kids (who are very much his main audience).
It’s unlikely that something with this kind of messaging would be allowed on regular TV, but because YouTube’s approach to safe programming is pretty much arbitrary it’s down to old fashioned journalism like this to flag up harmful shit like this.
I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like they did exactly what any studio would do in a regular shoot.
we are really getting dumber as a species.
“We” didn’t get dumb, dumb people got louder because of technology. They have been empowered with a megaphone with an entire audience of fellow idiots.
Ouch my balls looks more and more appealing by the day.
They really do. ;)
Suck it
We’ve always been this dumb. Just look at the gladiators.
I’m so ready for the influencer era to be over.
It ends?!?! Oh thank god.
Replaced by AI
Holy shit I thought this was satire until I saw bbc at the bottom what the fuck.
Edit: ah it’s not that awful just a wild headline
“$1,000,000 if you let me stab you in the stomach five times.”
“Ok, I guess. My daughter has cancer, and this is the only way I can save her.”
* Stabs him four times. *
“Oh god, it hurts. Ok, I’m ready for the last one.”
“Nah, I think we’re good. So I’ll be keeping the $1,000,000.”
- 1 trillion views on YouTube.
I see now the inflection point where reality meets Black Mirror scripts.
I once posted a Youtube video from this man in my disability-focused community, in which he helped a lot of people get prostheses, because I thought was he did in his video was kind of cool.
I didn’t know him back then. The post and the video got backlash I didn’t expect.
Now I know him and I understand why.
I remember, I called him a charlatan. I didn’t fault you for not knowing, though.
So what did he do wrong
Exploiting the poor for fame and fortune, and making it out as if he’s charitable for doing it.
*It always surprises me the number of people that jump to his defense. Fucking weird.
But how did he exploit the poor? By giving them money for content? Is that what you call exploitation? Wait till you find out what “job” is
Let me guess: you thought that the Front Man was the hero of Squid Game?
Are you claiming he doesn’t give away anything? Or that not everyone wins?
Yes.
Proof?
How’d he exploit the poor?
There’s an interview with at least one of his staff who breaks down over the bullying, torture, etc. he experienced due to needing money.
“exploit the poor” is a bit of an odd way to phrase “mistreated employees”. I have seen stories is the later though.
I suspect the “exploit the poor” accusation also comes from the fundamental premise of “helping people” who need it while actually benefiting yourself through fame, ad revenue, etc. Pretty much the dictionary definition of exploitation to use someone for your own ends.
So he doesn’t actually help people who need it? Or does he help them but he’s “a bit of a dick about it”?
I read that he has his giveaways, but he keeps it or the person that won is his friend or family or someone close.
Trapping people in burning buildings.
He trapped a professional stuntman in a burning building with a pyrotechnics crew, multiple fire suppression methods, and a professionally tested saftey system?
Wait until you hear about what Ridley Scott did to Matt Damon on Mars.
Wait. He really sent him to Mars for that movie?
They’re kidding. Men are from Mars, but once they leave, theyre never allowed back.
And once they try to go to Venus, they die horribly before reaching the surface.
As would all humans and most other Earth species for that matter.
This is the question I see everywhere, and it always ends with no one giving good arguments.
Is he that bad? Like maybe it is a whole “look how good I am” type schtick, but his videos make views, the views make money and at least a portion of that goes towards making people’s lives significantly better. Some people would be fine with appearing in a video in order to get help. It’s not even in an undignified manner either.
I think there are more people to be hating on in this world apart from Mr Beast.
I don’t even watch his content, I just don’t get the hate when there’s worse things going on.
He worked with Jake Paul to sell awful quality overpriced food to children so yeah he’s a pretty terrible individual
agh that’s not good
On the other hand, plenty of companies do that every day without doing any charity in return. I wouldn’t say he’s the biggest priority in the fight against evil yet.
I guess he realised he fares better as a psychopath rather than a philanthropist?
how in the fuck is this not the onion. he’s just doing his own satire now
Yeah, what’s the opposite of eating the onion? I read the headline and went ‘haha good one’ until I saw the community!
edged the Onion
just kidding, don’t let me name things
🫦 peeling the onion
rawdogging the onion. wait. no fuck you leave me alone. I DO NOT WANT TO FUCK ONIONS
Alright, sure, onionfucker.
🫦
🫦
ravishing the onion? shit, no. let’s go with peeling
Must be a slow news day to report on a youtuber commenting on their own production of stunt videos with trained professionals
Nope. This dribble is because they don’t want to talk about what’s really going on.
Portland, Chicago. LA. DC.
A senate that’s protecting a fascist kiddy-diddler, probably because they are too, while at the same time we have the fucking military invading our cities.
Were you trying to say “drivel?”
It’s the BBC, not Fox News
did I say it was fox?
No?
Kay. Would like a list of shit Labour is up to, too? we might be falling faster but you’re still falling to fascism, too.
Trained professionals with specialized on-site safety crews and kill switches. “But think of the children who will recreate this!” 🙄 Manufactured outrage to cash in on the Mr. Beast hate bandwagon.
“MrBeast tries to justify attempted murder” FTFY
Did you read the article?
No, just the headline
Then you didnt FTFY
You caught me
Oh shit!
Uh, now what
This has ‘Late Late Breakfast Show’ vibes. Those around in the 80’s in the UK will probably remember the Noel Edmond’s variety show, a precursor to Noel’s House Party. They had members of the public do stunts. There were regular concerns about safety and eventually someone died.
https://www.everything80spodcast.com/the-late-late-breakfast-show-tragedy-of-1986/
Let’s hope he won’t have his own Michael Lush or Jean Pormanove. It’s not unlikely, though
