• EnderMB@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Why not Google him then? It’s what the vast majority of people that know him have had to do, because we sure as shit don’t watch his content.

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      No, you are not. I’m in the same boat. The only thing I know about him is he is a big shot youtuber. Never seen anything he’s ever done to be “famous”.

      Nor do I care to. And I can’t be arsed to even read the article about him.

    • Blaster M@lemmy.world
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      Because you aren’t browsing videos on youtube’s Trending page on the daily? MrBeast started as a gamerbros do things channel and got popular, then started becoming a cursed gameshow host (but the youtube version). He’s an antivillain, through and through. I’ve known that from the start. However, until allegations show something that’s not just edgy teenager groupchat dirt, I won’t judge further.

      Is he a good guy? No. Is he the scum of society? Not yet.

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      Some people are boomers in age, some are boomers in spirit. Time comes for us all, ever in the form of “I don’t understand the kids these days”

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        If you think the defining characteristic of a boomer is disliking weird new culture, I think you missed a lot.

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          If you think the defining characteristic of a boomer is disliking weird new culture

          Thank you for putting it so succinctly! It’s definitely one of the boomer characteristics, automatically hating on culture that changed from when you were a kid.

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      Grumbles in elder millennial: I’m quite annoyed that we’re in the era of some youtubers and streamers getting so popular that I’m forced to learn of their existence like athletes, actors, and pop music people. I was not prepared for this new reality.

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        Fellow millennial here and I’d say the common culture of the past that made us feel stupid for not knowing certain famous people is mostly dead. Society is so splintered in what media we consume that even my friends with very similar interests consume different games, movies, books, music, etc.

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      You might know of him by his food lines. Beastbars are all over the supermarkets in Germany. The marketing on the packaging didn’t really fit in with what I expect to see (he doesn’t look like a footballer or athlete) so I looked him up and learned from there.