There was something about 8bitguy that set off warnings in my head for years. He had a few cunty moments and weird takes, but nothing I could point directly at and say “oooh, you’re one of those.”
Last time I had that feeling about someone? Elon Musk plugging a much younger Tesla.
Which makes me think his choice of a Tesla was deliberate. He has plenty of better EV options he can afford to get but he deliberately chose an inferior car that happens to be a political lightning rod. Either he’s incredibly dumb (he’s not) or he’s being a jackass. The timing of him plugging a Tesla on his channel is also very suspect.
Mark Rober has had a Tesla for years. He already had the thing before the rest of the world figured out Elon was a Nazi. He did a video that was critical of the car and explained the way the tech worked. It’s better to avoid a toxic brand like Tesla but he pulled it off. Mark gave a perfect example of how to handle a toxic brand in your content. 8bitguy was practically praising Monsanto.