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[-] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Completely out of the loop:

Who's Mr Beast, what does he do, why should I know him?

What does it mean "I have"? What does he have? A new type of game show? A movie, book, play, game?

Is this real or satire?

Edit: Thanks everybody! Seems like I missed nothing.

[-] gwl 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Being serious:

  • started as a YouTuber that did trend videos like "I did the latest trend, but did it BIGGER"
  • figured out a (very exploitative) formula for maximising viewer retention whilst getting as many sponsorship deals into a video as possible
  • Became the first YouTube Millionaire
  • Started amping up this formula by making the challenges shocking and attention grabbing, such as "I PUT 10 PEOPLE IN AN UNLOCKED HOTEL ROOM, LAST TO LEAVE GETS $5 MILLION"
  • realised he could wash his terrible reputation by occasionally releasing a charity video instead, kept it being exploitative though, his most famous example was "I CURED THE BLINDNESS OF 100 PEOPLE" (all blind because they had treatable, easily, diseases but American Healthcare is so exploitative they couldn't afford to get the treatment)
  • Managed to get a TV series called "Beast Games" that's this but TV

He's basically everything wrong with YouTube rolled into one person

[-] Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

You didn't even mention his terrible chocolate and candy

Ollie's has Mr. Beast beef jerky. Seems more appropriate.

[-] gwl 1 points 2 days ago

Ooh yeah true I did

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That is Lucifer, the great beast, the biblical devil. Hence "Mr Beast". He revealed himself to humanity in the mid 2010s, expecting to incite the apocalypse. But everyone was already pretty shook at the general state of the world, so nobody cared. He still tries to shock the world with diabolical stunts, but he really just can't compete with politicians and billionaires. Kind of tough to see, tbh. Kinda sad.

[-] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

He really has to up his game if he wants to compete with the state of the world.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
[-] arc99@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

He runs a poverty porn channel - do this thing and if you do it you get money. He pretends its about altruism but its about clicks. Oh and he's also been closely associated with a number of crypto scams where a coin is launched and then rugpulled.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He's a YouTuber who does "game shows" with concepts like in this post. The tweet might be fake though, OP didn't post a link.

[-] draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

Note, he's not just 'a YouTuber', he is currently the most popular one by quite a margin.

Note that this doesn't mean his content is good or worthwhile.

[-] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks! This post confused me quite a lot.

[-] moopet@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

I have only vague knowledge, but I think it's real. He's a twat that a huge number of kids look up to, who is essentially the end boss of capitalistic decay.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Folding Ideas on YouTube has a very entertaining video about him.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He's a wildly popular streamer guy that does wacky shit like this and it somehow translate to lots of views/money. I didn't know who he was for a very long time to many peoples' surprise. I was truly disappointed he didn't look like Beast from the X-men.

[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

The only thing I know about him is that he is very good at Dune Imperium board game and he hosted multiple tournaments for it.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 days ago

You’re lucky.

this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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