8mo ago

Pentagon Approved Funds for MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Fieri in 2023

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Pentagon Approved Funds for MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Fieri Last Year

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8mo ago

Pentagon Approved Funds for MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Fieri in 2023

www.rollingstone.com /politics/politics-features/pentagon-support-mrbeast-kelly-clarkson-guy-fieri-1235221946/

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8mo ago

Pentagon Approved Funds for MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Fieri in 2023

www.rollingstone.com /politics/politics-features/pentagon-support-mrbeast-kelly-clarkson-guy-fieri-1235221946/

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Citizens: please give us healthcare or infrastructure or education or help the homeless...
Gov't: m i s t o r b e e s t
- Do you want health care? All you need to do is make it through this obstacle course.
  
  That is kind of the gist of basic training though... And the military has free healthcare...
Can anyone explain Mr. beast to me, and what his appeal is?
- He and his team figured out the YouTube algorithm. He then took the money and spend it back on production. Because there are no guidelines or regulations of YouTube videos production, he is able to use any ethical or non-ethical tactics. His videos is treated like a high budget movie where every second count.
  Companies sees his money and everyone want to get piece of the cacke so he is more visible to demographic outside of his target audience.
  
  He also invests a lot in localisation which makes his videos appealing to non western audiences.
- He's a bucky little fuck with dead eyes and a forced smile who practices philanthropy for clout, but up until recently you couldn't criticize him because of the philanthropy -- even when pointing out that said philanthropy is weird and immoral when it's only being done for fame and self-promotion. Due to this paradox, he had everyone in a sort of stalemate. Fortunately, a lot has since come out about him being a sociopathic piece of human shit, so now we can kick him while he's down.
- Beats me. I keep seeing his stupid ass face in search results that are completely unrelated to my search, and the sheer amount of views. I can't even comprehend as to why people watch this ass. At least now it is somewhat known that he's a scumbag. Unsurprisingly & unfortunately it did not seem to have any effect on his popularity.
  
  That's an interesting thing I've observed--we seem to be past "cancel culture" or it only gets credit when a known scoundrel gets de-platformed. We're in the age of too-big-to-fail celebrities. If they have a large enough base, there's unlikely anything they can do to completely lose them or fall that far into obscurity.
- I gave his AMZ prime show a chance. After the 3rd self-sacrifice round and a bunch of lame games I couldn't continue. Something about his smile reminds me of this
  
  Hey now... Ritchie's smile is legitimate.
- Money a lot of money that's the appeal
- Things like surviving in a nuclear bunker, surviving stranded on an island appeals to the imagination of kids. The only difference is that he actually* does it.
  *As real as a realityshow, but it's a big difference with the usual clickbait.
  
  Oh. I thought he had a kids' show. That shit appeals to MY imagination. He really does those things? Not that it matters; I can't stand looking at his face.
Finally, my tax dollars going to things I want!
Flavortown does not need foreign aid.
- And yet of those listed this is a close to not a bad idea they got.
  Flavortown being the least bad is still funny though.

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