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Who the hell is MrBeast?
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this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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I think you could happily live your life not knowing who he is. I will say that he's a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos.
He effectively dedicated a couple years to “study” this, which is exactly what you can do with your life when you live in Greenville, NC.
Coincidentally also a master at knowing what will make me never click on them (yes it's the horrifying face he makes)
Lots of YT creators edit their face to look strange or unsettling. I'm the same as you, though I think it's more the gimmicky nature of his content I'm a bit put off by.
On that note, there is this browser extension
https://dearrow.ajay.app/
It's nice because it will affect all the videos equally. I didn't want to use it initially because it was messing with my ability to remember which videos I had already seen. I might give it a try again since people keep changing video thumbnails now
You also have the opposite here to add MrBeast to every YouTube thumbnail https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-mrbeastify/dbmaeobgdodeimjdjnkipbfhgeldnmeb?hl=en
Perfect.
Spoiler alert: it's this face 😲
It is 2024 and I am upset that there still isn't a
Punchoption in the right click menu.Doesn't work dor for me
Well, his methods haven't caught OP and me.
He’s a master at making children click his videos