• srecko@lemmy.zip
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    24 days ago

    The first thing i think about when I see this is npt Squid game but The ones who walk away from Omelas

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    23 days ago

    Because he’s just a boy in a basement. Don’t judge, you’d keep a boy in a basement if you could, too.

  • peetabix@sh.itjust.works
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    23 days ago

    Did Mr. Beast just use the words cop and criminal interchangeably? Or am I misunderstanding something.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      23 days ago

      It’s low for a new jet, used jets lose a lot of their value over time and there are a lot of them. For 2.5m you’re probably looking at a used business class jet, like a Lear 31, or a Hawker 800. Some sort of private plane that was owned and used by a corporation.

  • i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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    23 days ago

    A 2.5M jet’s gonna cost so much in maintenance, if the pilot gets it, it’s gonna ruin them :|

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      23 days ago

      Uh if you can pilot that jet and own it outright, you have a whole-ass business. They’ll be fine.

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      23 days ago

      yeah, at that point you just gotta sell it off. Hell, sell it off half price and you still get life changing money.

      • ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        He’ll have to sell it to cover his federal income tax bill. Or more likely mortgage it if he’s planning his own business around the aircraft.

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    24 days ago

    All of these are just working people being toyed with by the rich for their entertainment and profit

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      24 days ago

      All of these are just working people being toyed with by the rich for their entertainment and profit

      That’s literally a description of society. Not just modern society, society throughout all of history. The rich and powerful have always toyed with the peasants.

      These are just variations of game shows. Do X and you can win $/Prizes while they film it and play advertisements while people watch.

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      A 2.5 million private jet is, uh, probably not new.

      The smallest Very Light Jets, like the Cessna Mustang or HondaJet, start around $5 million new.

      So you’re probably looking at a decades old plane, almost certainly not enough room to fully stand up, and possibly no lavatory.

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      24 days ago

      Dude literally watched Squid Game and said that shit would be better if it were real then set out and did it.

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
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        23 days ago

        I watched a video about it, and what’s interesting to me is that he had an enormous budget for this Squid Game remake. He spent it on setting up hundreds of cameras, building a whole set where the game would take place, hired all kinds of camera operators… but didn’t do even basic play-testing of the games he was going to have people play.

        As a result, some challenges that were supposed to last for an hour or so ended up taking more than 12 hours. Some challenges that were supposed to eliminate half the contestants instead eliminated over 90%. Some challenges didn’t work because people refused to eliminate their friends.

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          23 days ago

          Of course you would. I probably would too. It’s life changing money. But the morality of these ‘challenges’ is extremely fucked. And $5k a day is pocket change to Mr Beast who makes $1.6 million a day 🤮

    • khannie@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      I think so unfortunately.

      I recall hearing about the pilot one as the twist was that his family was waiting outside as the end approached and this sick fuck tried to get him to stay in longer for more money.

      Haven’t heard of the others mind you. They’re on brand for him though.

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    24 days ago

    The secret with the guy in the gym is he started out at only 90 pounds. To win any money he will have to become antimatter

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    24 days ago

    If Mr Beast was twenty years older, he would’ve been the one paying bums to flight.

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        24 days ago

        D’oh. I’ve edited it so now your comment doesn’t make sense. Flight -> fight.

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        24 days ago

        Bum Flights: a show about trying to find among 100 unhoused people any of them who are capable of learning flight sims and eventually becoming pilots. Like crop duster level pilots realistically. Airline pilot certification is probably too far along to be entertaining.

        Exploitative? Still probably exploitative. Guaranteed to be at least marginally better than whatever the Beast Studios people are making

      • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk
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        24 days ago

        Is this like flying super kids, just with adults instead?

        Yeah people would watch jumping gymnastics

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    24 days ago

    I have a pilot where one beast is captured and chained by each limb to ratchets. Ever 100 likes tightens a ratchet one notch. Which limb will give out first? Will the beast survive?

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    23 days ago

    I really cannot wait until this guy’s audience grows out of his stupid garbage. Though unfortunately, it’s going to leave an entire generation of people who will value money over everything else.

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      23 days ago

      it’s going to leave an entire generation of people who will value money over everything else.

      Yes because that doesn’t already exist…

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      23 days ago

      The funniest/saddest thing is hearing stories from niche youtubers that did one of his events talking about kids they meet finding out about it and immediately asking them for money. Just an instant switch from bored disinterest to excited begging.

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      23 days ago

      Dude you obviously have not seen game shows from well forever the last 50 60 years at very least. Mr beast is just a continuation of those game shows. I for one had never really heard or watched him before beast games came out. And then I started saying more and more of his stuff. But it’s always been a part of game show culture and everything else culture to value the game and the money over anything else. However even watching those games and even his games you’ll see quite a few people that value other things over the money.

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        23 days ago

        I was born in the '70s. I grew up on those game shows. They do not hold a candle to the brazen contempt for humanity that Mr Beast videos have.

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            19 days ago

            Game shows are tame. I mean fear factor being the exception that was a fucking disgusting show. But what can you expect with who was hosting it.

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              19 days ago

              And doing this stuff that he does for these guys is pretty tame oh don’t leave a plane for 24 hours oh don’t leave a grocery store for 2 days you know different stuff like that I don’t see anything that is out of the ordinary. They used to do the things all the time and I’ve even seen them live where it’s like hey come touch this car and the last person standing gets it stuff like that where people are literally passing out and everything like that they’ve been doing that since like the you know 40s 50s 60s stuff like that none of this stuff is new is my point.

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          22 days ago

          Simply that the take on them destroying society because they are taking a small handful of people and putting them in a competition isn’t accurate at all.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      Back during the George Floyd protests I was watching a live stream from NYC. Several people in the comments were saying the store owners should shoot the protesters if they broke windows. I asked chat, “Do you really value property over human life?” No one said “no”, and three explicitly responded “yes!” to me. I’ll never forget that, I was a bit shocked.

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    24 days ago

    Why any of these? I am confused. Seems like anyone living in a gym and being paid money would lose weight. They all sound pretty stupid.

    • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      Jimmy is a fucking idiot. See any of the behind the scenes stuff and weird attempts at making Beast Games work. No planning, no actual experience with logistics, game design, filming, editing, etc.

      He’s just some schmuck with money, and people keep giving him more.

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        23 days ago

        He’s just some schmuck with money

        To his credit, he did come up with the perfect formula to get kids’ attention. If you look at his first videos and compare it to the recent ones, it’s insane the difference. Nowadays there isn’t a wasted second, no moment for a thought to begin to bubble in your head.

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      24 days ago

      Because it’s not supposed to make sense as a game concept. It’s just supposed to generate a video that will get clicks. That it doesn’t make sense for the actual contestant isn’t a factor.