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Some people fundamentally have an issue with the idea of making money off of what essentially amounts to embarrassment or (depending on the challenge) light men

Some people fundamentally have an issue with the idea of making money off of what essentially amounts to embarrassment or (depending on the challenge) light mental torture. Mr. Beast's motives are irrelevant if that's the belief you're operating under.

astura 4y ago
In that case singling out Mr. Beast makes no sense, there's reality TV shows which are much more extreme in embarrassment and torture than any Mr. Beast video.
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- antasvara 4y ago
  Part of the article is about the intersection of embarrassment for money and algorithmic content recommendations. Mr. Beast is an example that embodies both of these trends, whereas reality TV is necessarily less "online" than a social media influencer. In a lot of ways, online content is an intensification of the trend that reality shows like "Fear Factor" started. It's also a short article. Bringing in other examples would necessarily lengthen the piece and potentially distract from the major points of the piece.
hombre_fatal 4y ago
Those views seem inconsistent unless those people also disagree with compensated labor. There’s already a type of degradation in a conventional job: someone having power over you that you can’t question, you have to degrade yourself by being agreeable to nonsense, you have to whore out your time and attention and energy, etc. Spending 100 days in isolation is less degrading to me than all the things people take for granted at even their cushy software job, they’re just used to it. How many of you are forced to sit in on absolutely banal Zoom meetings yet grandstanding about what someone else wants to do for $500k?
- antasvara 4y ago
  There's a spectrum of embarrassment/torture between "100 days in a circle" and "sitting in boring Zoom meetings," wouldn't you agree? A person that has no problem with paid labor but does have an issue with 100 days in a circle could have a consistent view if they believe that the former doesn't rise to the level of "torture" or "embarrassment."
- suoduandao2 4y ago
  Looking at the comments of the people who hate MrBeast, I suspect a large amount of them do disagree with compensated labour. It's like MrBeast has become an avatar for capitalism in people's minds.

astura 4y ago

In that case singling out Mr. Beast makes no sense, there's reality TV shows which are much more extreme in embarrassment and torture than any Mr. Beast video.

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antasvara 4y ago
Part of the article is about the intersection of embarrassment for money and algorithmic content recommendations. Mr. Beast is an example that embodies both of these trends, whereas reality TV is necessarily less "online" than a social media influencer. In a lot of ways, online content is an intensification of the trend that reality shows like "Fear Factor" started. It's also a short article. Bringing in other examples would necessarily lengthen the piece and potentially distract from the major points of the piece.

hombre_fatal 4y ago

Those views seem inconsistent unless those people also disagree with compensated labor. There’s already a type of degradation in a conventional job: someone having power over you that you can’t question, you have to degrade yourself by being agreeable to nonsense, you have to whore out your time and attention and energy, etc. Spending 100 days in isolation is less degrading to me than all the things people take for granted at even their cushy software job, they’re just used to it. How many of you are forced to sit in on absolutely banal Zoom meetings yet grandstanding about what someone else wants to do for $500k?

antasvara 4y ago
There's a spectrum of embarrassment/torture between "100 days in a circle" and "sitting in boring Zoom meetings," wouldn't you agree? A person that has no problem with paid labor but does have an issue with 100 days in a circle could have a consistent view if they believe that the former doesn't rise to the level of "torture" or "embarrassment."
suoduandao2 4y ago
Looking at the comments of the people who hate MrBeast, I suspect a large amount of them do disagree with compensated labour. It's like MrBeast has become an avatar for capitalism in people's minds.