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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Flavortown does not need foreign aid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do you want health care? All you need to do is make it through this obstacle course.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That is kind of the gist of basic training though... And the military has free healthcare...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Until Republicans decide that not all healthcare is equal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I fully expect them to enshittify the military so they can hire whatever Black Water is calling themselves these days instead.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Pentagon also approved funding for content involving YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, who was slated to lead a humanitarian effort in Puerto Rico.

What a headline, what an article.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

What the absolute FUCK

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (33 children)

ah yes, mr beast, the world renowned humanitarian

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Can anyone explain Mr. beast to me, and what his appeal is?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i think your rocketship is broken homie

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Guess my boy's been bouncin' on it too hard.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I suspect the other two don't either

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