About a dozen portable restrooms were set up on the field to accommodate the 2,000 contestants who were limited to the field’s confines.
there's me, shitting my pants again
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I think this is the key line to take away from the article that sums up what a massive fuckup this whole thing was, solely based on one person's ego:
MrBeast producers had forbidden medics from being stationed inside the set—even during challenges—because they did not want to ruin the atmosphere, said April.
They collected everyone’s medication???!!! Wtf? What could possibly be the reason for that? Also collecting a change of underwear for 2000 people is just ridiculous.
Not having any system in place to keep track of what underwear belongs to any of the participants is just icing on the cake.
Why are you taking people’s medication and underwear and then mixing it altogether? Just to create chaos?
I am so confused by all of this.
It's definitely one of those "The longer you look, the worse it gets. "situations
Now what am I supposed to watch while waiting for the edible to kick in?
Old Gumby and Pokey cartoons, like nature intended!
This is just brutally bad. There are people who organize large scale events. The knowledge is out there, he obviously either did not hire them or ignored their advice.
Its so validating to be right about Mr Beast. My sixth sense about people is never wrong. Now I'm just waiting for Louis Rossman to be outted for something too.
I do not trust anyone who engages in philanthropy porn. It's always more about the show and the ego of the person or people behind it than it is about the people supposedly being helped.
Louis is self-admittedly an asshole, but he's a fair asshole and his people stick by and swear by him, even after they leave.
I respect him and truly feel he's honest, especially when he has so many receipts.
I'd rather an honest asshole than a kind manipulator.
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I mean, the dude made obscene amounts of money by getting poor people to debase themselves for a little bit of his horde. I question the judgment of anybody that didn't see it coming.
My gut says it'll be diddling.
Self righteous assholes like him always end up being diddlers.
Honestly, Louis has been giving pedo vibes past couple months. Maybe it was the sunglasses, maybe it was one too many incel comments, but it's a bit harder to watch him now
It was very suspicious that there was one good billionaire.
What's wrong with Louie?
He can be a bit petite bourgeoisie. Other than that, he's a stand up guy who doesn't have to worry about YouTube demonitizing his videos so he can say whatever the hell he fucking pleases.
Well.. he was doing ok in NYC for a while, and that's a tough gig. I'd call him a petite bourgeoisie if we're talking about the actual definition of the word lol.
If we're taking about his chutzpah, giving a billion dollar company the figure on the regular, that's just the NYC mentality. The social stratum in the city can be very strange, for ex living in the building next to trump himself, but knowing he's completely divorced from the realities of a regular guy.
We might be from the same city, but some of us are new yorkers, some of us merely do business there.
I'd call him a petite bourgeoisie if we're talking about the actual definition of the word lol.
That's exactly what I mean.
There's several videos where he's effectively saying capitalism is great, and all companies need to do is be a good employer and treat their customers well. And I'll even say that by all accounts, he is a pretty good employer and his company does good work. There's also reasons he's an exception, not the rule, and expecting the rest of capitalism to fall in line is untenable.
Las Vegas Production (KSNV)
Comments are about the Beast Games and lack of experience, safety, and general foresight.
My guess is in 10 years we will see him run for president similar to Trump. This won't end well.
Iirc he has expressed interest in running for president before.
In the wise words of Billy Connolly,
The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one.
It's true for leaders in general. The best leaders I've had were people who didn't want to be, and each person I've seen focus on "leadership skills" and trying to climb a corporate or other power ladder has been abysmal at it.
Most of the ppl I'd vote for have expressed a clear digust in becoming a politician. Sad irony
Those best suited to power rarely want it.
I would like to see a minority of the house representation of elected people from individual regions with term limits, with a majority of the house being regular people randomly selected to serve for a defined amount of time.
Yup. We keep learning the same thing over and over: Don't hero worship people, demand they be better and stay better or don't support them.
He will eventually do something that will make the OP situation look like nothing, just like Elon, Joanne, or Trump. It's just a matter of time.
I think that means we're not learning.
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Outright fucking sociopath.
I am baffled how anyone thought someone who went by the moniker Mr. Beast wasn't telling you who they were the whole tine.
Thank you spankmonkey
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Well the guy is a grade A clown. If his fan base wants to be treated like garbage for a chance to eventually get sexually molested by mr beast or his inner circle of douche bags….🤷♂️
Most of his fan base are children.
They really went all-out in recreating squid games
This reads like another Fyre Festival. Just when I thought my opinion of him could not get lower.
Fucking crazy that they took peoples meds from them. Its like they were trying to get people killed for clicks. Honestly also crazy that people didnt just walk out right away but i guess money makes people do weird stuff.
They literally let someone who had a seizure just lay there for an hour before getting them medical attention. Fucking criminal.
That's the thing, I totally get why people say he's a sociopath cause even though he's fucking rich, he can't even pay for an hotel room for the participants. I have a feeling their belongings were taken so they would not have to deal with people stealing each other's stuff, which would have been wayyy less likely if people got their own room. I highly doubt it's that much cheaper to rent a fucking stadium, buying 2000 sleeping bags, paying for portable toilets, etc. than to rent a whole cheap hotel or motel.
He really wanted those participants to be desperate for that money. "At least if I get to the end, all that crap before will be worth it". It's disgusting... He's not considering those people as humans but as cattle.
Putting everybody in a hotel room doesn’t let you display them all simultaneously like a herd of animals.
Production company Off One’s Base LLC wrote in a synopsis sent to the Nevada Film Office that challenges would involve “brains, brawn, and character.”
Brains to plan Violence, Brawn to preform violence, and a (lack of) Character to enact violence, seems to be what they meant based on this article.
Yeah, there was a point in my life where I liked Mr. Beast. Then I came upon a video where they were trying to imitate gangsters and thugs and I got a racist vibe from him. Since then, I’ve been really hesitant to support him.
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