• Zink@programming.dev
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      3 months ago

      I remember thinking highly of some of his early content. Like this guy could be a decent educator.

      Now every time I see him, he just comes across as a walking breathing brand rather than an interesting individual.

      • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        This is completely unfounded and I have zero facts to back this up, but he comes off as creepy with kids. It’s just a hunch, but if I had kids, I would not let them near the man.

        • Zink@programming.dev
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          3 months ago

          I guess the votes so far disagree with you, but I could see your icky feelings coming from the same stuff that I perceive with the “walking brand.”

          Everything is planned and rehearsed. He reminds the viewer repeatedly how he can be trusted. But it still feels like every word was passed through a committee to make sure nothing bad leaks out.

          In my social circles I’m the fun parent that the kids like to play with, and maybe some acquaintances have gotten creepy vibes on occasion, but that’s more a reflection on society at large and how fear and negativity sell news. Nothing that can’t be solved with transparency and consistently just being a decent person.

      • frezik@midwest.social
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        3 months ago

        I generally prefer it if YouTubers can self-fund based on merch, as opposed to hawking shavers, VPNs, and overpriced TV dinners. That said, the drop in quality has been noticeable from that point on. The drone defense video was particularly noticeable for being military propaganda.

    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Mark Rober lost me with his porch pirate booby traps.

      First of all, booby traps are illegal for a reason. Second of all, a lot of it was staged and it was pretty obvious.

      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Booby traps are illegal if there is an intent to do harm. Something like this, or rigging your sprinklers to turn on when someone steps on your lawn wouldn’t be.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Videogamedunkey

    His jokes just don’t land anymore. Can’t remember the last time I found one of his videos entertaining. On the contrary, watching his newer content actually makes me feel sad.

  • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This was me with Ethan Klein/H3H3 over the past ~14ish months. Their podcast content used to be lighthearted Internet drama with funny soundbytes, but now the dude is having a major crashout about Gaza after rotting his brain with Israeli state propaganda media coverage. He’s always been an out-of-touch rich asshole, but now he’s so far out of pocket it’s unbearable to watch.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’m seeing this play out on the Hasan Piker side of things, and it’s outrageous but also completely hilarious that Ethan will not have a conversation with Hasan or Sam Seder about Gaza. The propaganda of the State of Israel, and plain old sunk cost fallacy has left him paralyzed as a liberal. I hope he doesn’t stay in that place for the rest of his days because it’s destructive, but some people have to bottom out before they can come up for air. I just hope that means all the hate and trouble both sides of the American political divide give him doesn’t lead to anything drastic.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        There is nothing healthy about Hasans coverage of this. He is completely audience captured and will say the most unhinged things. Also, he lies non-stop and the fact he has a platform this big is really sad

        • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Hasan is absolutely not audience captured. He sticks to his morals, and does not change his views to suit his audience. He whips them into shape instead, and has conversations/debates with those in his community that disagree with him in order to get them to see his side of things.

          Hasan has barely covered this Ethan shit in the past year and a half! Instead, Hasan has been covering news that actually matters like the peril of the Palestinian peoples and Trump’s lunacy in public office. Ethan is the unhealthy one, as can be seen by all of the subscribers he’s lost over the last year and a half, and the responses his dwindled audience leaves on the H3H3 subreddit pushing to leave the Hasan drama alone.

          Ethan is confused and is falling into a very toxic trap. He’s cozying up to a liberal content creator that has sexually harassed multiple women in the past, and is currently undergoing a suit for using revenge porn to get women to submit to him. These are not the kinds of people I would want a progressive advocate like Ethan to hang around.

          Also, Hasan does not lie. He uses facts and statistics. He spends a lot of time combating the lies of Trump and his party, and of the Democrats because they are not so pure as people think.

          Hasan only has a platform because of the Twitch subscribers that give him their money on a monthly basis. He does not grift to the right by accepting money from corporate donors or benefitting from the conservative-laced algorithms on modern day social media platforms. He is a leftist, and with those views in today’s age, almost everyone on the political spectrum is against him. It is not sad that he’s gotten this big. He saw 300k+ people watch his stream on the night of the 2024 US General Election. Hasan has built up his community over many years by being honest, staying true to his values, and not budging when it comes to external influences trying to silence him. I find Hasan quite inspirational in this way.

          What’s sad is the state of the American government, the conservatives that are destroying it, the liberals that are allowing it to happen, the absolute void of American class consciousness, and yes the poor, pathetic attempts by Ethan Klein to try to smear Hasan when Ethan’s the one with skeletons in his closet.

          • TheFonz@lemmy.world
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            3 months ago

            Hasan doesn’t lie?? Really?? Look, it’s not intentional, like malicious lies but holy hell is the man uniformed on… Everything. Yet he speaks with so much confidence. He repeats so many Russia talking points when covering Ukraine (not to even mention that time he outright said Russia had a right to invade Ukraine). Or that time he called the jdam hitting a hospital in Gaza killing 500 people only for it to turn out to be a misfired rocket hitting a parking lot. But he’s so confident. All the time. Give me a fucking break. Not to mention his toxic community and fans (Frogan) saying the most despicable shit ever. They are not healthy people and it’s all a big performative joke.

            There are hours of YouTube videos disproving Hasan lies. And no, before you jump to hit reply, it’s not “clipped out of context”. I’ve watched all the context.

            Also, the guy doesn’t do debates any more because he’s a whiny loser who cries because he can’t spend five minutes to do the most basic of basic research before forming an opinion.

            There are WAY better leftie content to follow on YT/Twitch. Start with Loner Box maybe. Anyone really.