MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for chance to win $500,000

Disclaimer: I hate this guy and all the stupid things he did in the past.

I don't understand the issue here. Assuming what he is telling regarding the safety features are true, this is not more dangerous than a stunt scene in a movie. If they had hired someone who is not a professional stunt man, I would classify this as 'dangerous'. But I can't really see the issue of shooting a 'stunt scene' with professionals, just like any action movie will do.

That said, I think this is just manufactured outrage, which will create more views for that video. Probably thile response to the video was underwhelming, and they wanted to drive up the views to ensure revenue.

Yeah the actual production here is us now talking about it. And well, the rest of the internet. The wanker is not stupid, I give him that. He must have known that just filming stunt scenes isn't good for clicks, but this is.
I've not watched the thing itself, but between the article and the screenshot the issue seems to be how it's presented.
It's not that the guy is actually in danger, it's that the content being made and the way it's framed is at best dishonest, and at worst promotes extremely dangerous behaviour to kids (who are very much his main audience).
It's unlikely that something with this kind of messaging would be allowed on regular TV, but because YouTube's approach to safe programming is pretty much arbitrary it's down to old fashioned journalism like this to flag up harmful shit like this.
I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like they did exactly what any studio would do in a regular shoot.

Stop giving this leech attention. This headline is manufactured for attention.

Yeah, YouTube recommended that video and I gave a fucking pass. I have no interest in watching a paid professional act like a desperate contestant degrading themselves for this dipshit's billionaire's petty cash.

hes a billionaire! from what what did he do for all this money
- The same thing every billionaire did: He took it from other people.

I once posted a Youtube video from this man in my disability-focused community, in which he helped a lot of people get prostheses, because I thought was he did in his video was kind of cool.

I didn't know him back then. The post and the video got backlash I didn't expect.

Now I know him and I understand why.

I remember, I called him a charlatan. I didn't fault you for not knowing, though.
So what did he do wrong
- Exploiting the poor for fame and fortune, and making it out as if he's charitable for doing it.
  *It always surprises me the number of people that jump to his defense. Fucking weird.
- Trapping people in burning buildings.
- I read that he has his giveaways, but he keeps it or the person that won is his friend or family or someone close.
- This is the question I see everywhere, and it always ends with no one giving good arguments.
Is he that bad? Like maybe it is a whole "look how good I am" type schtick, but his videos make views, the views make money and at least a portion of that goes towards making people's lives significantly better. Some people would be fine with appearing in a video in order to get help. It's not even in an undignified manner either.
I think there are more people to be hating on in this world apart from Mr Beast.
I don't even watch his content, I just don't get the hate when there's worse things going on.
- He worked with Jake Paul to sell awful quality overpriced food to children so yeah he’s a pretty terrible individual

Geez, I thought Squid Game was supposed to be a metaphor

My money is on Mr. Beast running a game show out of RFK's wellness camps. "Only one of these foul minorities will be allowed to be allowed to live, and will fight each other to the death to earn their life!"

He will live up to his name.

I’m so ready for the influencer era to be over.

It ends?!?! Oh thank god.
- Replaced by AI

how in the fuck is this not the onion. he's just doing his own satire now

Yeah, what’s the opposite of eating the onion? I read the headline and went ‘haha good one’ until I saw the community!
- edged the Onion
  just kidding, don't let me name things

Holy shit I thought this was satire until I saw bbc at the bottom what the fuck.

Edit: ah it's not that awful just a wild headline

we are really getting dumber as a species.

We've always been this dumb. Just look at the gladiators.
"We" didn't get dumb, dumb people got louder because of technology. They have been empowered with a megaphone with an entire audience of fellow idiots.
- I'm pretty sure we're just getting dumber too.

I guess he realised he fares better as a psychopath rather than a philanthropist?

Must be a slow news day to report on a youtuber commenting on their own production of stunt videos with trained professionals

Nope. This dribble is because they don’t want to talk about what’s really going on.
Portland, Chicago. LA. DC.
A senate that’s protecting a fascist kiddy-diddler, probably because they are too, while at the same time we have the fucking military invading our cities.
- Were you trying to say "drivel?"
- It's the BBC, not Fox News
Trained professionals with specialized on-site safety crews and kill switches. "But think of the children who will recreate this!" 🙄 Manufactured outrage to cash in on the Mr. Beast hate bandwagon.

A stunt man doing stunt man things? Lame

he fucking what?

"MrBeast tries to justify attempted murder" FTFY

Did you read the article?
- No, just the headline

This has ‘Late Late Breakfast Show’ vibes. Those around in the 80’s in the UK will probably remember the Noel Edmond’s variety show, a precursor to Noel’s House Party. They had members of the public do stunts. There were regular concerns about safety and eventually someone died.