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Who is watching this?! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 146 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 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!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You underestimate kids and their amount free time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

but someone's buying all the merch

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

That’s the kids parents for their kids.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

As a childless millennial, yes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fast paced editing and the novel experiences possible by being rich

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Children

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 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"...