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[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 148 points 2 months ago

the absolute blessing of never seeing Mr. Beast's face whenever I am signed in.

[-] Norgur@fedia.io 54 points 2 months ago

And the sheer amount of weird pseudo-reality-show-shovelware! Good grief, people! If you want made up content that's supposed to look like the real thing, watch porn!

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 39 points 2 months ago

I didn't even know who he was until recently. I don't even understand why he's popular.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago

His early videos that got him popular were insane and novel. I watched them from curiosity. As for why he's still... I have no idea. I don't know anyone who watches him. It can't just be kids.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

You underestimate kids and their amount free time.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

but someone's buying all the merch

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago

That’s the kids parents for their kids.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I didn't mean to imply it's all kids. Just that they can be the majority. Regardless, parents buy stuff for their kids all the time. You think adults are buying tons of hot wheels and barbies for themselves?

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

As a childless millennial, yes.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

You underestimate kids' ability to manipulate their parents to buy things

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

but someone keeps taking a dump on his lawn every morning.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm a grown ass man and love his videos because they're light-hearted and generally wholesome. Like where he rescued 100 dogs from kill shelters and helped get them adopted. But some of the more recent ones are just wasteful or dumb.

[-] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Roblox has completed its long-awaited direct listing on the NYSE, with shares closing at $69.47 for a fully diluted value of $45.3 billion—a gargantuan valuation for a video game company that rose to prominence and saw massive growth during the pandemic

Why exactly can’t it just be kids?

[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

I think Roblox has more adult players than Mr. Beast has adult viewers

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Fast paced editing and the novel experiences possible by being rich

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Children

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

I don't watch him or any top YouTubers, but many other clickbait thumbnails are far worse and more annoying with their shocked "YouTube face"...

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