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Who the hell is MrBeast? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I never bothered to ask and now i'm afraid of being outed as an old for asking.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I feel the same way. The only videos I watch are the ones on the philanthropy channel and the ones where the core is giving away money or stuff (e.g. cars) to random people (or people in need).

Though, I also question the sustainability of (some of) the philanthropy actions. Don't get me wrong, giving water and light to people in the middle of nowhere is nice, but when they become dependent and they can't fix it when it breaks, they could be screwed big time.

The like five minutes I "researched" the "main" guy of the philanthropy channel (Derrick? Taran?) I came to the conclusion that he seems genuinely dedicated to trying helping people.