23 points

So he’s a dick. I guess you kind of have to be a dick to be rich.

I’m not a subscriber of his so I’ve only seen a video or two, is his not apparent in some of his other more popular videos?

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26 points

I’ve never seen any of his videos, but from what I’ve heard he’s most famous for big charitable stuff, including “#TeamSeas” and things where he gives a heap of money to viewers/randoms with medical bills or something like that.

Obviously, the cleanup project from TeamSeas was actually basically a scam, but it’s not clear how much Mr Beast knew that. Or even, frankly, how much the person behind the cleanup project knew it couldn’t work; whether he was hopelessly naive or wilfully pretending the criticism didn’t exist. And individual philanthropy is a highly inefficient use of money in terms of aid, that might be popular because it has a much higher benefit to the donor (in terms of social credit and thus in terms of ad revenue on YouTube) than working with efficient charities. So from someone paying attention, criticism of him and his intentions could have come earlier, but it was always easy to brush off for those going into it wanting to trust him, presumably because he’s entertaining and comes across as likeable on camera.

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I don’t know what’s weirder, seeing a grown man flip a children’s table over a tantrum, or the fact that he asked to do it first.

Wonder what’d he’d do if they’d said no.

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40 points

He’s not just an asshole. He’s a sociopath.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a fake smile like this. Notice how only his mouth moves into the shape of a smile, where a normal person sort of smiles with their whole face and a number of different facial muscles.

This is legit terrifying.

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11 points

Grifter being exposed for grifting.

Suprised it took this long.

Also taking down a lot of his acolytes… Seeing Coffeezilla and others simpl for this trash was not cute. people with allegedly decent critical thinking skills went on camera to say good shit about his “charity”

🤡🤡🤡

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21 points

I’ve never understood his appeal. He always gave off a vibe that he was faking being nice or happy or whatever. Like when you have to fake a good mood for work when you’re having a shitty day.

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