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If viewers don’t really see him having fun, that’s by design. Donaldson has outright said he sees “personality” as a limitation for growth, once noting in a podcast that hinging your content on who you are as a person means risking not being liked. And if someone doesn’t like a creator as a person, they may not give the videos a chance.

McLoughlin’s comments hit at another bleak possibility: Viewers may hardly see MrBeast having fun in his videos because he’s not actually having a good time. In podcasts, Donaldson tells hosts that he goes so hard, he won’t stop working until he burns out and isn’t able to do anything at all. With a laugh, he admits that he has a mental breakdown “every other week.” If he ever stops for a breather, he says, he gets depressed. MrBeast is so laser-focused on generating content on YouTube that he describes his personality as “YouTube.” He acknowledges that this brutal approach to videos, which has cratered many creators over the years, is not healthy. “People shouldn’t be like me. I don’t have a life, I don’t have a personality”

While his free time seems minuscule, the rare times he does pull away from work are for dates with his girlfriend that center around activities that could enrich his videos, because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead.

Absolutely brutal indictment of algorithmic capitalism.

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 102 points 4 months ago

dates with his girlfriend that center around activities that could enrich his videos, because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead

jesus-christ Just save up that easy $10 mil and retire. It's ok to retire and piss off.

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 54 points 4 months ago

But…but what if I encounter someone who’s worth eleven million dollars???

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago

The implication here is that he is so hollowed out by the whole thing that if he tries to step away he will simply collapse inward on himself and then crumble into dust

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 88 points 4 months ago

While his free time seems minuscule, the rare times he does pull away from work are for dates with his girlfriend that center around activities that could enrich his videos, because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead.

Holy fuck dude chill out

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 67 points 4 months ago

Imagine dating a person this content-brained. Couldn’t be me.

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[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 4 months ago

Ngl i respect the hustle of the girl dating him, gotta be tough dealing with a manchild like that lmao.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago
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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Honestly the opposite. Imagine selling out for this? I have no respect for anyone who does that.

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 78 points 4 months ago

never gonna feel sympathy for a man who saw "Squid Game" and thought to himself "I can make this real"

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[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 76 points 4 months ago

he describes his personality as “YouTube.”

That's bleak

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[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 74 points 4 months ago

lmao he could walk away at any time.

eat shit and die

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 73 points 4 months ago

this human thumbnail could hit the off switch tomorrow, buy his own epstein island, and be left the fuck alone until climate change claims us all, but no, he has to whine about how hard it is to have massive piles of cash thrown at him in exchange for essentially being a game show host, truly he will be the zoomer generation's donald trump, "donaldson" indeed.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 54 points 4 months ago

It reminds me of an addiction. He knows it's killing him and he outlines all the ways it is but he can't walk away,

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 48 points 4 months ago

EPIC $10,000,000 NEW ORLEANS HOUSE TOUR!!!!

RISING SUN CHALLENGE: WILL I BE RUINED??? (99%% FAIL!!!!)

MOM SEWS 150,000K NEW BLUE JEANS FOR CHARITY (GONE WRONG???)

💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑 ASKING GAMBLERS ABOUT THEIR BIGGE$T BET$ 💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑 (YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT MY DAD SAID!!!)

WHAT'S IN THE SUITCASE PRANK (UNBELIEVABLE REACTIONS!!!!)

THIS DRUG MADE SOMEONE WIN $400,000,000 AT THE CA$INO???? (IS IT LEGAL????) (COPS CALLED)

DO NOT TRY THIS!!!!! ADVICE FOR MOTHERS (SO SIMPLE A KID COULD DO IT!!!)

RISING SUN CHALLENGE PART 2: I AM MISERABLE!!!! (100%%% FAIL!!!!!)

$30,000,000 SURVIVE THE TRAIN CHALLENGE

SURVIVING IN A NEW ORLEANS PRISON???? (CRAZY!!!!)

EPIC $10,000,000 NEW ORLEANS HOUSE TOUR!!!! REDUX

RISING SUN CHALLENGE PART 3: I WAS RUINED!!!!!! (1000000%%%% FAIL!!!!)

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[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 65 points 4 months ago

he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead

Just think for a minute about how much actual human wellbeing you could buy with a single hour of this dweeb's time, and then tell me about how capitalism is the most efficient way to allocate resources. debord-tired

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

We can't have healthcare but we can pay some weirdo to run a train into a big hole.

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[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 64 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe I just have simple tastes, but if I had a 500 million dollar net worth, I'd retire to a self-sufficient climate resilient compound and train communist guerillas to engage in a protracted people's struggle against the United States.

[-] glingorfel@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

no buddy here's a better idea what if instead we did squid game for real. or what if we locked two people in a room for months for money and filmed it

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[-] Goadstool@hexbear.net 64 points 4 months ago

freakish behavior by a freakish person born of a freakish society

never looked upon this man with anything other than an equal blend of pity and disdain

[-] axont@hexbear.net 64 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Rich people's wealth is wasted on them. They don't know what to do with money other than use it to make even more money. The only rich person I know about who I consider normal is Tom Anderson, the Myspace guy. He made millions then retired and just wanders around the world without any worries. I can relate to that.

Mr Beast has easily 10x the money of Myspace Tom and yet still keeps going, for what? So he can have even more money he won't spend on anything?

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[-] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 58 points 4 months ago

“People shouldn’t be like me. I don’t have a life, I don’t have a personality,”

Yes.

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[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 55 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While his free time seems minuscule, the rare times he does pull away from work are for dates with his girlfriend that center around activities that could enrich his videos, because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead.

God fucking damn this guy has enough that he could literally just retire right now, live an upper middle class lifestyle paid for by his savings for the next eighty years and never worry about money ever again, but the capitalism prions are in his head and he just can't stop thinking about money.

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[-] Blottergrass@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago

Why does every rich famous person have to have a woe is me article now?

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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago

rolling over after a passionless 13 minutes, lighting up a cig, "you like that babe? an extra 3 minutes (5000$) just for you"

she rolls her eyes and thinks about how she'll get him killed in a way that the money goes to her

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 49 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Samsara-maxxing. Just bolted to a wheel of suffering he himself created, and that he can let go of at any time.

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[-] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 47 points 4 months ago

If he ever stops for a breather, he says, he gets depressed. MrBeast is so laser-focused on generating content on YouTube that he describes his personality as “YouTube.”

shit that's bleak. now imagine working under him. jesus christ the desire for infinite growth is hollowing out people, collapsing societies and destroying our environment. we should stop that.

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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 47 points 4 months ago

He tells viewers that while he employs a sizable percentage of his hometown, he still lives modestly, unlike other rich YouTubers.

Okay this is something I’ve never been quite clear on: how many people/employees does it take to make Mr. Beast happen? I get that it’s a bigger operation than someone just doing “let’s talk about the patch notes for a video game update” kind of videos, but “employs an entire town” seems way bigger than warranted, unless we’re talking about a rather small town.

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

He apparently owns a neighbourhood which he bought for his staff.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago

So he wants credit for reinventing a company town.

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[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago

Absolutely brutal indictment of algorithmic capitalism.

Al-Khwarizmi is probably rolling in his grave that stuff like this is what people are talking about 99% of the time when they mention "the algorithm"

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[-] Deadend@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago

The rich are all mentally ill.

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago

he made the decision to be miserable to make a number that he does not go need to go up, go up. No sympathy.

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[-] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 4 months ago

Byung Chul Han proven right once again. Achievement society of the west is a self-made hell.

Achievement-subjects cannot stop as it is their own volition driving them in a cycle of auto-exploitation.

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[-] Demoncracy@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 4 months ago

I actively dislike him and won't watch his shit exploitation of desperate people, he is correct about that.

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If viewers don’t really see him having fun, that’s by design. Donaldson has outright said he sees “personality” as a limitation for growth, once noting in a podcast that hinging your content on who you are as a person means risking not being liked. And if someone doesn’t like a creator as a person, they may not give the videos a chance.

I know this isn't really the point but I think he's straight-up wrong on this. Personality is integral if you want people to get attached to your brand or emotionally invested in you as a public figure. A lot of multi-millionaire streamers get by just by watching other people's videos (hasan-smash <3) without blowing up a walmart every week because they know that viewers what them for them, something which MrBeast is purposely denying himself, it seems. "Parasocial relationship" is the online buzzword of the week for a reason, and you can't have that without displaying your personality.

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[-] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago

because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead.

for someone i feel like he doesn't really need to worry about missing $100k here and there

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 34 points 4 months ago

I've watched a lot of youtube, but the algorithm has never served me one of his videos in my feed. I really don't know what he does or what type of content he creates. The only thing I know is things my kids tell, and it's all about how much money he has/earns/gives.

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago

Open YouTube in Microsoft Edge to see the true face of Hell

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I honestly can't process the mindset of people like this, the lack ambition and imagination is genuinely inhuman

If I had 500 million dollars I'd become the Master of Mankind within 10 years, I'd literally make communist space marines motherfucker, do these people not understand the breadth and depth of resources they have access to, Jesus Christ get a grip

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[-] DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

“People shouldn’t be like me. I don’t have a life, I don’t have a personality”

Dude’s making me feel well adjusted by comparison

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

Donaldson has outright said he sees “personality” as a limitation for growth, once noting in a podcast that hinging your content on who you are as a person means risking not being liked. And if someone doesn’t like a creator as a person, they may not give the videos a chance.

Is this guy stupid? He’s a multi millionaire and he can’t take acting classes to put on a fake persona? Lmao.

[-] atturaya@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 4 months ago

I don't think that's the point. he means if you make your entire brand your personality - how personable, funny, charitable, etc. you are - if something comes out about you to the contrary, people will dislike you and you'll lose viewers. if his personality doesn't feature into videos, then he doesn't have that problem.

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[-] ComRed2@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago

Fascinating.

Now line up on the wall.

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago
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[-] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

see! he succeeded! He got the money! don't you want to be like him?

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

What a fucking freak.

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