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The main joke, as explained by PewDiePie, was to "prove that the modern world is crazy and will do anything for 5 dollars". I don't think the point of it was to

The main joke, as explained by PewDiePie, was to "prove that the modern world is crazy and will do anything for 5 dollars". I don't think the point of it was to flaunt his riches on poor Indians, and as such I don't find it nearly as offensive as you do. I agree the execution is a bit tasteless though. He could have done away with the nazi stuff without changing the premise.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago
"I agree the execution is a bit tasteless though. He could have done away with the nazi stuff without changing the premise." See, that's the entire thing. He could have chosen a slew of other ways to do this. He didn't. He chose this. It might be hate with a handy excuse or it might be stupidity that is masking itself as hate. It doesn't matter to me. Disney not standing for it is hardly surprising. I used to hear rumors of moral codes for storyboard artists and the parks have a pretty strict dress codes. They are obviously concerned about their outer image, and I don't see how one could miss that while working for them.
anigbrowl 10y ago
He didn't explain anything, that's his excuse. Are you really this gullible, or are you also making excuses for this?
crestedtazo 10y ago
> The main joke, as explained by PewDiePie, was to "prove that the modern world is crazy and will do anything for 5 dollars" People should make an effort to understand that this is an excuse he came up with after realizing what a bad idea this was, not a real, legitimate reason for doing something. This is a person who gets paid enormous amounts of money to just do whatever he wants and talk about what he thinks. Is it that far-fetched that someone with so much money and so much free time and free will would get bored and watch poor people dance and embarrass themselves for his amusement? Note, this is not meant to be an attack on PewDiePie's character (his actions speak toward his character just fine). This comment is mostly about providing insight into why a person might do something like this for no real reason and genuinely see nothing wrong with it.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago

"I agree the execution is a bit tasteless though. He could have done away with the nazi stuff without changing the premise." See, that's the entire thing. He could have chosen a slew of other ways to do this. He didn't. He chose this. It might be hate with a handy excuse or it might be stupidity that is masking itself as hate. It doesn't matter to me. Disney not standing for it is hardly surprising. I used to hear rumors of moral codes for storyboard artists and the parks have a pretty strict dress codes. They are obviously concerned about their outer image, and I don't see how one could miss that while working for them.

anigbrowl 10y ago

He didn't explain anything, that's his excuse. Are you really this gullible, or are you also making excuses for this?

crestedtazo 10y ago

> The main joke, as explained by PewDiePie, was to "prove that the modern world is crazy and will do anything for 5 dollars" People should make an effort to understand that this is an excuse he came up with after realizing what a bad idea this was, not a real, legitimate reason for doing something. This is a person who gets paid enormous amounts of money to just do whatever he wants and talk about what he thinks. Is it that far-fetched that someone with so much money and so much free time and free will would get bored and watch poor people dance and embarrass themselves for his amusement? Note, this is not meant to be an attack on PewDiePie's character (his actions speak toward his character just fine). This comment is mostly about providing insight into why a person might do something like this for no real reason and genuinely see nothing wrong with it.