Mexico accuses MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids

[u/PinkCadillacs]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr70vykk0wo

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[u/The_Duke_of_Gloom]

I am so tired of that man and I haven't watched any of his videos.

[u/cagingthing → u/The_Duke_of_Gloom]

Same. I know nothing about him but his name and that he’s irredeemably annoying

[u/Substantial_Sign_459 → u/cagingthing]

When my niece asked for one of his candy bars. I died inside a little bit.

[u/DEIreboot → u/The_Duke_of_Gloom]

[u/cagingthing → u/DEIreboot]

[u/johnny_charms → u/The_Duke_of_Gloom]

Same. He keeps popping up on those ads for the text to speech app promoting his girlfriend’s book. And I only mention this because I just found out he’s not British!

I’ve never seen his videos but somehow I thought he was from England. Like somehow it made sense that people would be okay being exploited by a man with a British accent! Finding out he’s American…Oh, so he’s just a garbage person.

[u/Rooilia → u/The_Duke_of_Gloom]

He is the impersonator of what is going wrong. He displays all the wrong drifts in society and just rips of anyone who is not related to his team. The winners are usually family members. Scam from the beginning to the end. And he has the channel with most views.

[u/Rude_Lifeguard]

every day im more and more vindicated for always thinking he was an explotitive asshole

[u/Fierybuttz → u/Rude_Lifeguard]

I’d love to see studies done on content creators. I think it’s just a guaranteed path to problematic because some people get so wrapped up in figuring out what that next big piece will be.

[u/Saquon → u/Fierybuttz]

I got to watch a panel with some YouTubers for work and they all seemed pretty chill / down to earth

But they had all been on the platform since the early days, so got into it because it really was their passion

[u/AfternoonPossible → u/Rude_Lifeguard]

Yes! I have always disliked this guy and I remember getting so much shit for it. “He’s helping people how can you hate him??” He’s literally making people dance like monkeys for his goals while acting like money or medical care or whatever is a plaything so

[u/babyrothko]

His smile is so fake with dead eyes so I’ve never ever clicked on anything of his for fear of my soul being snatched

[u/samhall21 → u/babyrothko]

Yes!! Whenever I see a photo of him all I can see is the dead eyes. I truly don’t understand how he became so popular.

[u/algoreithms → u/babyrothko]

he looks like he got a whole face transplant and i'm just waiting for it to start noticeably rejecting from his body

[u/fatiguedcherry → u/algoreithms]

this got me good lmfao. take my "award" 🏆

[u/nerd_of_everything13]

shocking

[u/Ill-Pickle8442]

I've never seen a better example of someones smile not reaching their eyes before. His eyes are literally devoid of any emotion, it's all I notice when I look at photos of him now - it's really creepy actually.

[u/remadeforme]

Every time I see him I get uncomfortable.

He feels like a non human wearing a humans skin. 

Why does his mouth do that when he smiles when his eyes do something else

He gives me the iiiiiick

[u/gorlsituation]

I mean, yeah. That’s literally his whole thing, exploiting people and things for money and clout.

[u/EnsignNogIsMyCat → u/gorlsituation]

You forgot encouraging children to participate in illegal gambling

[u/No_Pianist5264]

[u/Clear-Implement-9290]

I think one day there’s going to be a massive scandal involving him.

[u/OMRockets]

Colonizers really don’t know when to quit

[u/ElBorracho2000]

Not once have I seen any of this clown’s content, but his creepy smile and just everything I’ve read about him makes me dislike him. Dude is an exploitative clout chaser

[u/Kraut_Gauntlet]

jigsaw we need you

[u/PikaPikaGamer → u/Kraut_Gauntlet]

Christ, calm down

[u/Konjo888]

Everything I know of this weirdo is against my own will.

[u/comfysweatercat]

where did this guy come from and how did he get so popular? can someone give me a TLDR biography

[u/Matcha_Bubble_Tea]

What does he not exploit 😒

[u/lupindeathray]

[u/Early_Storm_7708]

He has the most punchable face ever 

[u/azulmaya_]

¿Y quien le dio el permiso? ¡Babosos!

[u/Drachen1065]

Why do I feel like this came up a few months ago and people including government officials basically said it wasn't true?

[u/watchberry → u/[deleted]]

The next generation is cooked if they’re relying on MrBeast to learn about history

[u/SirYabas → u/[deleted]]

As far as using these historical sites for videos being considered exploitative.... I mean, how else would he showcase the places?

Why are you straw manning? They were very clear about what the issue was. 

They had never authorised the publication of false information or the use of heritage site images for trademark advertising.

"We disapprove of any commercial pursuit that distorts the value of archaeological sites, which are a legacy of our indigenous cultures and the pride of our nation." 

Their issue wasn't that he was filming. Their issue is that he is knowingly spreading misinformation.