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If viewers don’t really see him having fun, that’s by design. Donaldson has outright said he sees “personality” as a limitation for growth, once noting in a podcast that hinging your content on who you are as a person means risking not being liked. And if someone doesn’t like a creator as a person, they may not give the videos a chance.

McLoughlin’s comments hit at another bleak possibility: Viewers may hardly see MrBeast having fun in his videos because he’s not actually having a good time. In podcasts, Donaldson tells hosts that he goes so hard, he won’t stop working until he burns out and isn’t able to do anything at all. With a laugh, he admits that he has a mental breakdown “every other week.” If he ever stops for a breather, he says, he gets depressed. MrBeast is so laser-focused on generating content on YouTube that he describes his personality as “YouTube.” He acknowledges that this brutal approach to videos, which has cratered many creators over the years, is not healthy. “People shouldn’t be like me. I don’t have a life, I don’t have a personality”

While his free time seems minuscule, the rare times he does pull away from work are for dates with his girlfriend that center around activities that could enrich his videos, because he considers a single hour of a date to be worth $100K had it been dedicated to work instead.

Absolutely brutal indictment of algorithmic capitalism.

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[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 54 points 7 months ago

It reminds me of an addiction. He knows it's killing him and he outlines all the ways it is but he can't walk away,

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 48 points 7 months ago

EPIC $10,000,000 NEW ORLEANS HOUSE TOUR!!!!

RISING SUN CHALLENGE: WILL I BE RUINED??? (99%% FAIL!!!!)

MOM SEWS 150,000K NEW BLUE JEANS FOR CHARITY (GONE WRONG???)

💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑 ASKING GAMBLERS ABOUT THEIR BIGGE$T BET$ 💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑 (YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT MY DAD SAID!!!)

WHAT'S IN THE SUITCASE PRANK (UNBELIEVABLE REACTIONS!!!!)

THIS DRUG MADE SOMEONE WIN $400,000,000 AT THE CA$INO???? (IS IT LEGAL????) (COPS CALLED)

DO NOT TRY THIS!!!!! ADVICE FOR MOTHERS (SO SIMPLE A KID COULD DO IT!!!)

RISING SUN CHALLENGE PART 2: I AM MISERABLE!!!! (100%%% FAIL!!!!!)

$30,000,000 SURVIVE THE TRAIN CHALLENGE

SURVIVING IN A NEW ORLEANS PRISON???? (CRAZY!!!!)

EPIC $10,000,000 NEW ORLEANS HOUSE TOUR!!!! REDUX

RISING SUN CHALLENGE PART 3: I WAS RUINED!!!!!! (1000000%%%% FAIL!!!!)

[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

EXTREMELY good post hahaha

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

ASKING GAMBLERS ABOUT THEIR BIGGE$T BET$

blob-no-thoughts I put out three spots of $75 one time. I got 19, 20, 20, and the dealer got blackjack. No I'm not still salty about it, why do you ask?

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