• edric@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I honestly can’t watch an hour long video right now. Does anyone have a TLDW? I skimmed through the first 10 mins and it’s all about his videos being scripted, edited, and using paid actors. That’s not really surprising. What I’m curious about is if he really gives away all that money and stuff (i.e. cars, houses) to people. The video probably goes into that later on but I haven’t gotten to it.

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      2 months ago

      The TL:DW is Mr. Beast is a master of using gambling psychology to capture kids’ attention, to then sell them horribly unhealthy foods. His contests and giveaways are largely fake and/or are rigged to favor other creators, friends and family. He constantly fails to deliver promised prizes, and he runs live streams that are essentially child gambling masquerading as sweepstakes. He violates sweepstakes laws all the time but seems to get away with it by taking down old streams, and DMCAs any clips that get uploaded by others. He has also promoted a scheme to get his fans to act as child labor and stock/organize his products at Walmart.

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        2 months ago

        Damn how is this just now coming out?

        Like I figured most of it had to be bullshit when I found the “Mr. Beast Burger” ghost kitchens on Uber eats.

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          I ordered it once and I was very disappointed when it wasn’t actually ground Mr. Beast.

          0/10 and have started a class action lawsuit if anyone wants to join.

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            2 months ago

            Can we file joinly against the Girl Scouts?
            There has to be some kind of violation of the Mercantile Act.

            Somoas indeed…

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      2 months ago

      The video author posted this comment under the video which goes over his main claims:

      "Claims I provide evidence for in this video:

      1. Many MrBeast videos are fake, contests are unfairly rigged, and contestants are often undisclosed friends and family of MrBeast employees, or employees themselves.

      2. MrBeast has run multiple illegal lotteries targeting children. (I estimate they profited over $10,000,000 from these lotteries)

      3. MrBeast knowingly sold merch with fake autographs while claiming on his website that “The autographed piece is genuine”. (fraud imo)

      Also MrBeast knew about Kris being a pdf"

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        2 months ago

        Add onto this that he is using lotteries to get people to buy his chocolate (even though its consistently rated as not as good as others) and he is lying about the healthiness of said chocolate.

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        2 months ago

        "The autographed piece is genuine”. (fraud imo)

        The PIECE is genuine. The autograph isn’t! Lmao

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            People saying pdf file instead of pedophile because of internet brain rot. What a cool thing to discuss serious topics and call them stupid fucking names in the least serious way possible.

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              I really hate the culture of self censorship people are developing. Fuck the corporate clean Internet.

              I’m not advocating for being uncivilized but we should name the things we are discussing by their names.

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          2 months ago

          Right click on him and click “print.” Then where you pick a printer choose “convert/print to PDF.”