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On Mr. Beast and being alone in a circle for 100 days

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Re: On Mr. Beast and being alone in a circle for 100 days

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Post by SkipperCat »

pjc50 wrote: post #38

> "Whenever I watch these videos I’m awed and scared at the lengths to which humans in the twenty-first century will go to slurp up the drips of unimaginable wealth that the algorithm leaks out through Mr. Beast." That's it, isn't it? It's the exact opposite of dignity of labour: it's compensation for degradation. The "voluntary" part is just highlighting how willing people are to trade in unnecessary misery for the…

On many levels I agree with you. But, you can also look at this thru the paradigm of the "hero's journey". A normal person, plucked from the masses is given a harrowing mission. If they survive, there is glory ($$$), if not, then there is failure (Internet ridicule).

Granted, Mr. Beast is not giving us the story of Luke Skywalker, but I can understand the rational of the person taking the challenge.

For most people watching, it's just torture porn, but content providers have to give the people what they want to make a buck....

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Post by em-bee »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #24
throwaway12388 wrote: post #11

I never watched his videos. Do yourself a flavour by blocking his and similar channels they all produce nothing but crap.

I really try to block them but somehow Youtube keeps finding new ones to put in my feed every single day. How can I tell Youtube: * I will never watch a Mr. Beast video * I will never watch a music video * I will never watch a sports video * I will never watch a video about cars * I will never watch a video about Minecraft, or any video game at all

not having a youtube account seems to help. i watch different types of videos in different firefox containers and my kids watch on a different laptop. they see mr beast all the time, but i never notice him showing up for me.

Re: On Mr. Beast and being alone in a circle for 100 days

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Post by robotnixon »

montebicyclelo wrote: post #70
bb123 wrote: post #29

This blogger is acting like traditional network television has never mentally tortured people for our viewing pleasure. Have they never seen an episode of Hell's Kitchen, Dr Phil, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here or Big Brother? Basically the entire reality TV genre is based on that premise. Edit: Seeing as they mention Joe Rogan, Fear Factor is another great example of a reality TV version of basically the same th…

Contestants on the reality TV show "The Island with Bear Grylls" get lightly starved. And if you get to the final round of "SAS: Who Dares Wins" you get to be lightly tortured (kept awake, loud music, people shouting at you, bound, blindfolded..). (But they do have medics on hand at least...)

The show "Alone" is pretty much a starving contest. In recent years contestants have started packing on weight prior to filming so they can rely more on fat stores when their food supply dwindles. Typically one or two contestants a season get pulled for medical reasons due to excessive weight loss.

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Post by Euphorbium »

shitloadofbooks wrote: post #52

I watch most of Mr Beasts videos (primarily because "the algorithm" throws them at my face until I give in), but his recent interview with Graham Stephen[1] shows another side of him. He lives in his office, doesn't care about personal wealth and is absolutely dedicated to making YouTube videos. He's definitely an odd fellow. [1] https://youtu.be/yADi4cs4Dhw

“Do not recommend channel” is an option hidden in a three dot menu on the video thumbnail. Without it youtube is unusable. You do not have to consume the shit it forces into your eyeholes.

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Post by n-i-g-g-e-r »

Euphorbium wrote: post #84
shitloadofbooks wrote: post #52

I watch most of Mr Beasts videos (primarily because "the algorithm" throws them at my face until I give in), but his recent interview with Graham Stephen[1] shows another side of him. He lives in his office, doesn't care about personal wealth and is absolutely dedicated to making YouTube videos. He's definitely an odd fellow. [1] https://youtu.be/yADi4cs4Dhw

“Do not recommend channel” is an option hidden in a three dot menu on the video thumbnail. Without it youtube is unusable. You do not have to consume the shit it forces into your eyeholes.

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Post by citizenkeen »

gjulianm wrote: post #47
dustedcodes wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MrBeast is pushing the boundaries on the ethics and morals of how easily people with money can coerce poor people who are in dire need to perform extremely questionable things for the sake of his own amusement. Personally I don’t think this is good in any meaningful way. You could only rationalise such behaviour with the same arguments that other forms of exploitation are explained.

I'm not arguing that it's good, only that it's not as exploitative as the parent made it to be. Also, until now, the most questionable thing would be the 100 days in a circle one, and the reward is $500k. I think most people, even if not in dire need, would happily go and do that. Here in the comments you already see examples of that. And, most importantly, I don't see the "coercion" anywhere. Most of the people part…

The argument is that money is coercive.

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Post by n-i-g-g-e-r »

tenpies wrote: post #58
bambax wrote: post #48

> How does Mr. Beast have the money to create these videos? He’s the fifth most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world. I had never heard of him or watched any of his videos. And now I have, and I'm afraid YT will recommend more. Not that I would ever watch one again except by accident, but still. I feel dirty. Also, about this: > t’s terrifying that a man spent one hundred days in a small circle in an empty fiel…

At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that there is a layer of distribution deals and sub-channels (I mean there's even a Mr. Beast in Español channel). I suspect that early on much of it was carried on the back of personal and business debt, but once the fast food division took off it all made more sens…

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Post by simplyinfinity »

prepend wrote: post #68
shitloadofbooks wrote: post #52

I watch most of Mr Beasts videos (primarily because "the algorithm" throws them at my face until I give in), but his recent interview with Graham Stephen[1] shows another side of him. He lives in his office, doesn't care about personal wealth and is absolutely dedicated to making YouTube videos. He's definitely an odd fellow. [1] https://youtu.be/yADi4cs4Dhw

He says he doesn’t care about personal wealth yet doesn’t donate to charity and instead amasses quite a bit of wealth. He’s not odd, he’s just a YouTuber who is really good at SEOing youtube and getting billions of views.

Oh, belive me, he does donate to charity quite a bit. Check out his charity channel and videos. He has a charity manager that distributes food and do food drives in a couple of states.

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Post by Krighsu »

tenpies wrote: post #58
bambax wrote: post #48

> How does Mr. Beast have the money to create these videos? He’s the fifth most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world. I had never heard of him or watched any of his videos. And now I have, and I'm afraid YT will recommend more. Not that I would ever watch one again except by accident, but still. I feel dirty. Also, about this: > t’s terrifying that a man spent one hundred days in a small circle in an empty fiel…

At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that there is a layer of distribution deals and sub-channels (I mean there's even a Mr. Beast in Español channel). I suspect that early on much of it was carried on the back of personal and business debt, but once the fast food division took off it all made more sens…

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Post by sumedh »

gjulianm wrote: post #27
isitmadeofglass wrote: post #2

A lot of Mr. beasts content feel like reverse kidnapping and mental torture situations. And the only “mental trick” you need to pull to illustrate just how horrible a human being he is, is to imagine he’d given them the money up front and told them that to leave his enter-torture-ment they have to pay up a ransom matching the initial gift. That’s what he’s subjecting poor people too, for fun and profit, because he kn…

While I'm no fan of him, I think you might be too harsh. > is to imagine he’d given them the money up front and told them that to leave his enter-torture-ment they have to pay up a ransom matching the initial gift. People enter those challenges fully knowing how they're going to go. It's random, rules don't matter, you might get money you don't expect or not get money you expected. The point at which they get the mon…

> He says that a lot of his videos lose money and I honestly believe it.

Lot of big Youtubers say that the videos themselves dont make lot of money but the more views a video has the more merch they sell, that brings in the profits.

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