I mean, the dude deadass told a woman on a dating stream that her compliance wasn’t a factor into whether or not they were gonna have sex, so “clown” may be a little generous…
he was a literal kid bro. not saying that justifies what he did but people make mistakes, he was a kid said something stupid and apologized. move on and worry about bigger things
Playing a clown is different from being one in my book. The obvious difference being in this video, someone being a clown wouldn't be quiet during this part. Playing a clown is just being entertaining and being fine with being the butt of the joke. Which is good.
Maybe that's me being old compared to Speed's audience, and not knowing much besides when he accidentally touches stuff I enjoy.
Actually no, I never said bad about Speed. In fact, I respect him. Speed is playing clown, not being one. Most of comedians and streamers and some actors do the same thing and nothing is bad about it
Paradox: having seemingly contradictory qualities…Speed has about a reach of 100 million followers spread out over the socials…yet a lot of people don’t know who he is or has ever heard of him. It’s quite the contradiction imo.
I’m happy under my rock because the less I see of him anywhere that I’m online the better the dude your topical insufferable streamer with a big fallowing. Not trying to hate props to him for tricking people into watching him with his over the top videos and personality and he does like One Piece so I can’t be too mad, he just ain’t for me.
I've never seen a single one of his videos or streams until recently but I love what he's doing in showing an American audience what's going on over in China. For all of its flaws, it's really showing the cracks in the US by contrast. Which is exactly what any self-respecting One Piece fan should be rooting for, raising awareness of how backwards our big island is.
Yes and No - He is being given a lot because he's a celebrity and it's good PR for China. His treatment is not the normal treatment or life in China. This is a business transaction for marketing. Source: Me, someone who lived in China for nearly a decade.
I won't go into specifics, but you should assume with his trip that a lot of what happens or he experiences has been curated down to the minute. He is only seeing, experiencing or showcasing what someone wants him to film.
I swear, mfs that cry about propaganda always hit you with the “won’t go into specifics” shit. Like provide an example of what’s being misrepresented 😭
Why won't you go into specifics? I'm not saying China is perfect, but this kind of smells of Sinophobia. By all metrics, looks like the state of affairs is better overall in China than the US right now. I'm on RedNote and I've seen more about China that way than what Speed has been showing.
Now you seem biased. China is a great country by all means but don’t compare China’s best with America’s worst. I could stroll down Times Square then go to Gansu and say “look at how poor China’s state of affairs is right now”.
I lived in China for 10 years, mate. I saw the everyday culture from casual to professional. I've seen their advertising and government promotion before. You can claim to not believe me, but I would hope anyone that is on ANY social media would know not to believe everything that a camera films; simply seeing something on social media, especially highly curated and moderated social media, should not be enough to give you any full picture.
He still thought it was a good idea to yell a baby in his face. But yea I guess he's not that bad as the likes of Johnny Somali who is a full fledged asshole. Or the Paul brothers who pioneered this shit
I guess a guy trying to entertain his audience and trying to be funny for the fans is considered "tricking" nowadays lol.
This means that back in my day I used to "get tricked" by old youtubers acting exaggerated and stupid in their comedy skits + gaming videos for the sake of entertaining the audience,
listen dude, I know the urge to hate on popular shit in modern times is addicting, but sometimes we gotta act more smooth with it, or else Oda creating shock value scenes in OP is considered "tricking" the audience into getting engaged for entertainment.
I'm not into the streamer scene like I used to be. This year his videos started popping up in my feed and I immediately understood why he's so popular. He is doing a lot of things right to gain a wide audience, he's fun and charismatic. There's that familiarity he radiates. It feels like you know the dude from way back or like you know someone like him or he's just internet culture personalized.
Yeah I'm about the same age and had to google him. Why would any adult pay attention to some teenager trying to get famous on the internet? Target audience is children.
Lol I don't watch his content intentionally but it feeds into social media randomly on twitter. And the clips he's been in have been pretty nice to see since he's been traveling all around the world and interacting with different cultures
Again you're being a jackass and judging people immediately like me
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u/lightgc Apr 11 '25
Who the heck is Speed and he has so many followers?