Oh look a rich person controlling other people with money. ๐คฎ
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Basically a gladiator spectacle but with less obvious class dividers.
I mean it's from top to bottom, including the reward (monetary instead of livelyhood)
That sounds like what happens to me at work. I don't like it
entertainment is something everyone can enjoy, like human suffering or camping
I really cannot wait until this guy's audience grows out of his stupid garbage. Though unfortunately, it's going to leave an entire generation of people who will value money over everything else.
Back during the George Floyd protests I was watching a live stream from NYC. Several people in the comments were saying the store owners should shoot the protesters if they broke windows. I asked chat, "Do you really value property over human life?" No one said "no", and three explicitly responded "yes!" to me. I'll never forget that, I was a bit shocked.
it's going to leave an entire generation of people who will value money over everything else.
Yes because that doesn't already exist...
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Dude you obviously have not seen game shows from well forever the last 50 60 years at very least. Mr beast is just a continuation of those game shows. I for one had never really heard or watched him before beast games came out. And then I started saying more and more of his stuff. But it's always been a part of game show culture and everything else culture to value the game and the money over anything else. However even watching those games and even his games you'll see quite a few people that value other things over the money.
I was born in the '70s. I grew up on those game shows. They do not hold a candle to the brazen contempt for humanity that Mr Beast videos have.
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The funniest/saddest thing is hearing stories from niche youtubers that did one of his events talking about kids they meet finding out about it and immediately asking them for money. Just an instant switch from bored disinterest to excited begging.
All of these are just working people being toyed with by the rich for their entertainment and profit
Dude literally watched Squid Game and said that shit would be better if it were real then set out and did it.
I watched a video about it, and what's interesting to me is that he had an enormous budget for this Squid Game remake. He spent it on setting up hundreds of cameras, building a whole set where the game would take place, hired all kinds of camera operators... but didn't do even basic play-testing of the games he was going to have people play.
As a result, some challenges that were supposed to last for an hour or so ended up taking more than 12 hours. Some challenges that were supposed to eliminate half the contestants instead eliminated over 90%. Some challenges didn't work because people refused to eliminate their friends.
But for 5k a day.. Yeah, I'd waste three months of my life for that kind of money
Of course you would. I probably would too. It's life changing money. But the morality of these 'challenges' is extremely fucked. And $5k a day is pocket change to Mr Beast who makes $1.6 million a day ๐คฎ
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A 2.5 million private jet is, uh, probably not new.
The smallest Very Light Jets, like the Cessna Mustang or HondaJet, start around $5 million new.
So you're probably looking at a decades old plane, almost certainly not enough room to fully stand up, and possibly no lavatory.
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This guy has half a dozen people locked up for "content". Is anyone else seeing how this is hugely problematic?
Yes, in fact there's a whole genre of video essay where people explain how Mr Beast is problematic.
But to be fair, he's just an extension of the last 30 years of reality tv. Lure some desperate people with a large sum of cash, make them suffer in front of the camera, edit liberally, air for the entertainment of millions.
Additionally, one of the most popular tv shows of the decade is a criticism of exactly this phenomenon. Mr Beast did a whole tv series that tried to be Squid Game unironically, completely missing the moral of the story and spawning another round of criticism. Something something Guy Debord, something Jean Baudrillard something.
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If Mr Beast was twenty years older, he wouldโve been the one paying bums to fight.
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A 2.5M jet's gonna cost so much in maintenance, if the pilot gets it, it's gonna ruin them :|
Uh if you can pilot that jet and own it outright, you have a whole-ass business. They'll be fine.
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Because he's just a boy in a basement. Don't judge, you'd keep a boy in a basement if you could, too.
If you criticize him for having a boy in a basement that just means you're jealous of his success
I upgraded to an Attic Lad -ages- ago. Those squirrels never knew what hit them.
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Who wants to watch any of this crap?
children let loose on an unrestricted internet without familial oversight
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A criminal living in jail to win 500k? Itโs not like he can leaveโฆ..
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Why any of these? I am confused. Seems like anyone living in a gym and being paid money would lose weight. They all sound pretty stupid.
Jimmy is a fucking idiot. See any of the behind the scenes stuff and weird attempts at making Beast Games work. No planning, no actual experience with logistics, game design, filming, editing, etc.
He's just some schmuck with money, and people keep giving him more.
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