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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sharkwellington to c/memes
 

For those out of the know:

Video 1

Video 2 (CONTENT WARNING: Torture, SA)

I'm not much for YouTube drama but never liked Mr. Beast's child lotteries and wealth glorification. If you wanted to improve society you could put that money into actual charity, but of course that isn't a profitable strategy. Oh well.

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You might want to put a content warning on the second video, it's pretty rough.

The first video is largely about him running illegal lotteries, which is pretty terrible given the scale they operate at, but it's something that the average person might not know about or really think about it being essentially child gambling.

The second video is an interview with a former employee who was put in solitary confinement for a video that never made it to YouTube because it was actually just them torturing him. Like, legitimate Geneva Convention war crime torture. Constant noise, no idea what time it is because you can't see the sun, constant lights so you can't sleep, constant monitoring, and him running until his feet bled.

If any of it is anywhere near true they need to be sued off the face of the planet in addition to going to prison.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

The interview in the second one really got to me. His mannerisms really remind me of a friend of mine, and the descriptions he gives of that abusive power dynamic reminds me a lot of similar experiences I’ve had, especially the inappropriate ’jokes’ made about deeply personal issues like his dad. Really hope that dude gets any help he needs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Just going to drop this here. Jimmy Donaldson is guilty of like half of these:

https://www.justice.gov/action-center/report-crime-or-submit-complaint

[–] sugartits 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If he's running illegal lotteries... Has he been fined or suchlike?

[–] Evrala 18 points 1 month ago

For a period of time illegal lotteries were fairly common on YouTube. I don't know if anyone got in trouble for them but they mostly disappeared from the big channels as creators realized or were told "Oh shit, this is actually illegal."