Yeah we all hate the guy but I'm having trouble explaining exactly why he's so despicable, like in a cohesive way. Yeah he makes people jump through hoops for crumbs but that feels like it's not the whole of why he's abhorrent.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    He's the Elon Musk of kids youtube. Born into money, does all of the cringe thing that youtubers who target kids do, but gets a bigger result despite having half the talent because he can put on a bigger show than any of them can hope to. Unlike the paul brothers who constantly upped the ante with negative behaviors, Beast constantly ups the ante with "wholesome" ones - but his giveaway videos are equally as fake as their pranks were. Like Musk whose antics are to build a brand as a smart rich tech guy, Beasts antics exist to build a brand of a rich saint. There's something deeply insincere about his whole online persona, from the way he poses in every thumbnail to his big gotta-keep-the-kids'-attention energy as a presenter.

    You could also argue that he launders the image of a nice rich guy in a time when we need to be building a universal underrstanding that the rich are our enemies, but I think that that argument pales in comparison to this one: he's cringe.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It chills me to the bones to see juice boxes with his face on them next to :heated-gamer-moment: branded juice boxes when I go grocery shopping. And yes, kids ask for him by name. :agony-minion:

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yes. I see it every time I go grocery shopping. :joker-shopping:

          I live in the shadow of Silicon Valley, so there may be some market differences. It may not be nationwide. Yet.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      He’s the Elon Musk of kids youtube.

      It doesn't surprise me how much he jerks off :my-hero: on Twitter, too.