• LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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    3 years ago

    The "ten years" it took to "make" was mostly just it not being picked up for 9 years and the writer playing with the script and updating as necessary. Even if you include that in the time, it isn't exactly a 1:1 considering the time, effort, and skill it takes to create a single shot of higher quality TV vs a reality tv show rip-off of that same tv show.

    Shaun's tweet put it nicely

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Wow, amazing how fast you can do something when you steal someone's elses successful idea!

    What a piece of shit.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      It's a signal of where the medium has been headed for a while. We will produce a piece of media that takes ten hours to watch and spin off a thousand hours of punditry around it.

      The quality of the content pales beside the volume of interactions.

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      Guy who is famous seemingly just for being rich. It’s the worst.

      • Three_Magpies [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Respectfully disagree. Squid Games itself is proof that there's still original stuff coming out -- sure there will be a lot of garbage out there but it seems presumptuous to declare the death of entertainment when this video was based on a "good" piece of entertainment that came out ~2 months ago.

    • Animasta [any]
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      3 years ago

      You might not like it, but technically Mr Beast's Squid Game thing is independent cinéma d'auteur.

  • Three_Magpies [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    A home-made dinner with vegetables and healthy ingredients takes ~ 1 hr to make and has ~800 calories.

    An XL order of fries, large Pepsi, and 3 different kinds of dipping sauce, I can get in 5 minutes and has ~1000 calories.

    More nutrition, less time working, freedom from toil. That’s the promise of the foodnow economy.

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Damn, life is smooth sailing when you can just steal someone’s idea

  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Kind of a metaphor for our economy though isn't it. Just have Asia do the hard work, then have Americans sell it to other Americans and call it inventiveness.

  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    If Community was still on, there would definitely be a Squid Game parody episode. And it would likely be more entertaining, and would reflect more of what made Squid Game entertaining, rather than superficially imitating its visuals and the rules of the games.

    • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      If that was to happen it would be clever. Something in the vain of paintball or pillow wars.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    people talk about how nuclear winter would be so terrible, but at least this asshole would starve to death

  • ComRed2 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Wow it's almost like he didn't think up the concept himself. 🤔

  • ratmfan [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    one is a very entertaining piece of art, and the other is a YouTube video.

    if we live in a world where YouTubers become the main form on entertainment then just please kill me

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      well hopefully it gets reality tv shows off normal television, but with Netflix's current reputation of canceling shows people actually like, it might be a race to the bottom all around..

    • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      if we live in a world where YouTubers become the main form on entertainment then just please kill me

      There are some good YouTubers (BDG, ProZD, Kruggsmash, GMTK, probably a couple more) and I will die on this hill. Do I want YouTube to become the only form of entertainment? No, of course not. But is it a staple in my entertainment diet? Absolutely.

        • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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          3 years ago

          Ok!

          Some of my favorite YouTube videos, organized by creator:

          --- Brian David Gilbert ---

          This is just a small sampling. Everything he touches is pure gold.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHjRQwEQjJI

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfu39l0kxg

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV__C64Ni50

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHK494AUxE

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgfl_SbKYzk

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zUh7tWXK1I

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cT6ULpScZA

          --- ProZD ---

          Here's a playlist of all his skits. The rest of his channel is fun too, but start by going through whichever skits strike your fancy.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQlqrDL5N9Q&list=PLhyHc3W8oSov-ucuA2YzzFMTJPZ6GNXJy

          --- Kruggsmash ---

          Here's one of his more recent, more involved forts, Scorchfountain.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojT99rDmq5M&list=PLXX7Rp0iXj0l998LmVC6xIRHjtj2Pr2VI

          And here's a recent, less involved fort, Murderhall.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHHw_I0u0s&list=PLXX7Rp0iXj0lq4tQhZCNqZYYD5_0nhsTr

          --- Game Maker's Toolkit ---

          I really like Boss Keys in particular. Here's the playlist.

          https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc38fcMFcV_ul4D6OChdWhsNsYY3NA5B2

          --- Two more creators I totally forgot about until I opened YouTube ---

          -- Viva La Dirt League

          It's all good. I particularly enjoy Souls Logic and also the amazingly well-produced short film they made, Baelin's Route.

          -- Daniel Thrasher

          Again, just a random trio of videos by him I enjoyed. These are definitely not the only good ones.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT6JjvbFuaU

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSJOWQ3MCo

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzU8TeeL20

    • Animasta [any]
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      3 years ago

      Come to think about, YouTube is basically broadcast tv on demand, considering it's mainly supported by ads. This kind of model used to support many great shows. Wonder why the whole "YouTube show" didn't make splash in the same format. Is it Google's money-grubbing ways?

  • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    No it took beast man atleast 10yrs and 7weeks to make his version. Interesting.

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    If I were playing minecraft with Mr. Beast and Henry Kissinger, I'd pickaxe Mr. Beast twice.