When YouTubers Try To Warn Their Audience

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TLDRThe video highlights eight instances where YouTubers warned their audiences about various scams and unethical practices within the platform. Markiplier was skeptical of the Honey app, predicting it would be involved in a major scam, which was later confirmed by tech reviewers. PewDiePie raised concerns about the exploitation of child stars in Ryan's World, while Jack Septic Eye criticized Mr. Beast for prioritizing views over genuine content. Other warnings included the Sidemen alerting fans about ticket scams and Wa Vicki exposing the manipulation of Lil Tay. Finally, TJ Kirk's chilling prediction about admirers of the Columbine shooters underscores the importance of heeding warnings in the digital age.

Takeaways

  • 🔍 Markiplier's skepticism about Honey led to a major scam revelation.
  • 👶 PewDiePie warned about child exploitation in Ryan's World.
  • 💰 Jack Septic Eye criticized Mr. Beast for prioritizing views over fun.
  • 🚨 Wa Vicki exposed the manipulation of Lil Tay by her brother.
  • 🎟️ The Sidemen alerted fans about ticket scams for charity events.
  • 🔫 TJ Kirk's warning about admirers of school shooters proved prophetic.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Markiplier expressed skepticism about the Honey browser extension during a 2019 stream, questioning its legitimacy and predicting a future scandal. His concerns were validated in 2025 when Mega Lag exposed Honey as a scam, confirming Mark's intuition about the deceptive practices behind the service and its impact on both users and content creators.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:11:40

    PewDiePie warned about the exploitation of child YouTubers, particularly Ryan's World, in 2017, highlighting parental manipulation and fake engagement metrics. His predictions were proven correct as Ryan's channel faced scrutiny for unethical practices. Similarly, Vickiy's warning about Lil Tay's exploitation led to greater awareness and eventual positive changes in Tay's life, showcasing the importance of addressing such issues in the YouTube community.

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  • What did Markiplier warn about Honey?

    Markiplier expressed distrust towards Honey, predicting it would be involved in a major scam.

  • What was PewDiePie's concern regarding Ryan's World?

    PewDiePie warned about the exploitation of child stars in Ryan's World.

  • What did Jack Septic Eye say about Mr. Beast?

    Jack stated that Mr. Beast ruined YouTube by prioritizing views and money over fun.

  • What did Wa Vicki reveal about Lil Tay?

    Wa Vicki exposed that Lil Tay was being manipulated by her brother for clout.

  • What did the Sidemen warn their fans about?

    The Sidemen warned fans about ticket scams related to their charity football match.

  • What was TJ Kirk's warning about?

    TJ Kirk warned about individuals who admired the Columbine shooters, predicting potential violence.

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  • 00:00:00
    From Markiplier warning his audience
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    about the massive honey scam six years
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    ahead of time. There's some shady
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    going on. I can't put my finger upon it.
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    To Jack Septic Guy's brutally honest
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    warning. Do you think Mr. Beast ruined
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    YouTube? Yes. Here are eight times
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    YouTubers tried to warn their audience.
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    Starting with Markiplier, who spent a
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    few minutes during a 2019 stream to vent
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    about a product that every YouTuber
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    except him was promoting. I don't know
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    why, but I naturally distrust Honey.
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    With Honey being a free browser
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    extension promising to help people save
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    money, Markiplier went on to explain his
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    doubts about it. My gut tells me
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    that nothing in life is
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    free, so where is all these savings
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    coming from? They push so much
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    advertising on YouTube. They do brand
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    deals with other YouTubers. Despite
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    admitting that Honey might turn out to
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    be fine, Mark couldn't bring himself to
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    trust it. I got no problem with like the
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    concept of an app that like clips coupon
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    codes for you. That's great. That sounds
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    great on its surface, but there's some
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    shady going on. People are getting
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    money out of it and then people are are
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    saving money out of it and that makes
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    sense, but the other part doesn't make
  • 00:01:09
    sense. And then something's going on
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    here. Who where's all this money coming
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    from? Capping it off with a bold
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    prediction. I have a feeling there's
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    going to in like a couple years there's
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    going to be the great honey conspiracy
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    of like 2022. This would become eerily
  • 00:01:24
    accurate in 2025 with tech reviewer Mega
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    Lag being the first YouTuber to expose
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    the ugly truth. Honey is a scam and the
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    majority of claims promoted by those
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    influencers aren't even remotely true.
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    The scam affected both the user and the
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    content creator. The user would always
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    get the worst possible discounts while
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    the creators would lose affiliate
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    revenue to Honey. Once Mega Lag spoke
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    out, other YouTubers stepped forward
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    too, including tech reviewer Marcus
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    Brownley, who would also explain the
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    scam and credit Mark for getting it
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    right all along. And there was a a
  • 00:01:52
    hilarious clip of Markiplier from like 4
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    years ago, being very suspicious of
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    them. Mark admitted that while he knew
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    something was wrong, the extent of the
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    scam still shocked him. I just knew that
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    it didn't feel right. I never took a
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    Honeyde because I didn't trust it. And
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    holy it was so much worse than I
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    ever could have imagined. Markiplier has
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    every reason to feel smug about his
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    prediction. Much like PewDiePie, who was
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    the first YouTuber to warn about the
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    dark side of Ryan's world. It's kind of
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    like seeing child stars on television
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    cuz, you know, like their parents are
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    literally forcing them to do it. And
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    it's just something sad about it. He
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    would make this comment on January 3rd,
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    2017 when he sat down to react to an
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    article making a bold claim. What is
  • 00:02:38
    this? 5-year-old threatens to dethrone
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    YouTube king PewDiePie over my godamn
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    dead body. Peudes would go on to review
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    this up and coming channel only to be
  • 00:02:51
    left thoroughly unimpressed. But it
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    wasn't just the content that left a bad
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    taste in his mouth. Who will you hatch?
  • 00:02:58
    See, she doesn't even let him finish. He
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    was clearly about to say something
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    there. Besides the pattern of parental
  • 00:03:03
    manipulation, Peudes noticed another odd
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    thing about Ryan's channel. Have you
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    ever seen a video with 11 million views
  • 00:03:09
    and 9,000 likes? Please direct me to
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    that video because it doesn't exist.
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    These are not real people. These are not
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    real views. PewDiePie would end his rant
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    with a funny skit that would end up
  • 00:03:20
    being scarily close to the reality of
  • 00:03:22
    most child YouTubers. Can you do it
  • 00:03:24
    again, baby? But can you do it with more
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    energy? More energy? Yeah. Hey, here's a
  • 00:03:28
    Red Bull. Okay. Mommy needs some
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    dollars, so you need to look happy.
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    Eight years later, Ryan's channel has
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    come under intense scrutiny for parental
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    exploitation and shady business
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    practices, ultimately proving Peudes
  • 00:03:40
    right. But while PewDiePie didn't
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    personally know Ryan, controversial
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    YouTuber Wicki would give a chilling
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    warning about someone she knew very
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    well. Wa Vicki, real name Victoria Rose,
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    first rose to fame in 2017 after using
  • 00:03:53
    racial slurs and claiming to be black. I
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    took this test and they said I'm black.
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    That means I have the right to tell
  • 00:04:00
    y'all that I'm black. But it became
  • 00:04:02
    pretty clear that Vicki was just
  • 00:04:03
    building a persona to chase Clout. Much
  • 00:04:05
    like fellow flexer Lil Tay, I dropped
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    200 racks on this car and I'm only 9
  • 00:04:11
    years old. Vicki and Tay's paths would
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    cross due to Vickiy's feud with another
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    controversial teen, Bad Baby, aka the
  • 00:04:17
    Cash Me Outside girl. Me and my blood
  • 00:04:20
    sister. You feel what I'm saying? He
  • 00:04:22
    broke ass bad babies. But on June
  • 00:04:25
    29th, 2018, Vicki would make a
  • 00:04:28
    surprisingly serious video after she
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    discovered the concerning truth about
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    her friend. Lil Tay is a little girl,
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    little 10-year-old girl who came from
  • 00:04:37
    Canada who plays ballet. You know what
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    I'm saying? She don't know nothing about
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    no rapper. She don't know nothing about
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    flexing. It's it's her brother that runs
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    her count. Going on to explain why this
  • 00:04:46
    was so bothersome. She's really a good
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    person. Like, it's just her brother in
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    her ear telling her what to do. He
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    started yelling at her and was like,
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    "Why'd you do that? You did it wrong."
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    D. And then she started crying because
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    like she's 10 years old. She doesn't
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    know how to handle all that. Fans were
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    quick to appreciate Vickiy's rare moment
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    of maturity. Her warning highlighted the
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    exploitation in Taye's life, leading to
  • 00:05:08
    more people exposing the truth about
  • 00:05:09
    Taye's family and eventually allowing
  • 00:05:11
    Lil Tay to live her own happy life. By
  • 00:05:13
    exposing Taye's brother, Vickiy's video
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    became her most popular one to date.
  • 00:05:17
    Much like YouTuber Pauly Dagal, who
  • 00:05:19
    exposed primitive technology channels in
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    his most viewed video ever. Just like
  • 00:05:23
    Santa Claus and the Queen of England,
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    primitive technology channels are a lie.
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    Backing his claim by pointing out
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    inconsistencies with primitive tech
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    videos. This dude is using a stick to
  • 00:05:34
    carve out this giant hole, which leaves
  • 00:05:37
    very small marks in the dirt. And if you
  • 00:05:40
    look above, you see these really big,
  • 00:05:43
    wide marks, something that a shovel
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    would make. He then points out the
  • 00:05:47
    evident excavator treadmarks in the
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    video, further proving the use of
  • 00:05:50
    machinery behind the scenes. But that
  • 00:05:52
    wasn't all, as the inconsistencies with
  • 00:05:54
    nature kept adding up. What's this? He's
  • 00:05:56
    splitting bamboo with a hatchet.
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    Hatchets do not pop up in nature. All
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    right. Have you ever seen a field of
  • 00:06:02
    hatchets? Me neither. Putting the final
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    nail in the coffin by highlighting the
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    scheme behind these channels. Either
  • 00:06:07
    like the village or some company came
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    in, they hired a team, and just every
  • 00:06:12
    once in a while they said, "Hey, stop
  • 00:06:15
    working. We're going to have this dude
  • 00:06:17
    come out and hit it with a stick a
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    couple times. Since then, many YouTubers
  • 00:06:21
    have exposed the truth about primitive
  • 00:06:22
    technology channels in recent years,
  • 00:06:24
    prompting people to appreciate Paulie.
  • 00:06:26
    Now, while Polyactyl can gloat about
  • 00:06:28
    being right, the Sideman can pat
  • 00:06:29
    themselves on the back after warning
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    their fans of a scam. In 2025, the
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    Sidman charity football match was taking
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    place in Wembley, featuring popular
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    YouTubers like Kai Sonat and Logan Paul,
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    causing the tickets to be in hot demand.
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    But in the months leading up to their
  • 00:06:42
    event, the group became aware of a
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    disturbing activity. Bots and fake
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    accounts are claiming to sell charity
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    match tickets. These are most likely
  • 00:06:50
    scams. People were grateful for the
  • 00:06:52
    timely announcement. Surprisingly, this
  • 00:06:53
    wasn't the first time the Sideman had to
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    deal with ticket trouble around their
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    annual event with the 2024 edition
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    affected as well. We check on eBay, uh,
  • 00:07:02
    people reselling. I really dislike the
  • 00:07:04
    fact that people have thought, hm,
  • 00:07:05
    there's a charity event. Let me go and
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    buy a ticket so I can sell it to make 10
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    times the price of the ticket for
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    myself. Among the many stars who took to
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    the field in 2025 was Mr. Beast, who had
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    been the subject of a warning by
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    YouTuber Jack Sedakai. Do you think Mr.
  • 00:07:20
    Beast ruined YouTube? Yes. Before
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    getting this question during a lie
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    detector test, Jack would be asked by
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    Tommy Innant about his thoughts on
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    YouTube. Would you say YouTube changed
  • 00:07:28
    for the worse? Yes. Leading to a
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    follow-up question that revealed a
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    shocking confession from Jack. Don't you
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    like Mr. Beast? No.
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    Jack. Do you think Mr. Beast ruined
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    YouTube? Yes. When asked about his
  • 00:07:45
    reasoning, Jack didn't hold back because
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    it became more about views, money, and
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    popularity than it did about having fun.
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    The clip went viral, prompting Mr. Beast
  • 00:07:53
    to hit back with a response on X. Most
  • 00:07:55
    of the internet sympathized with Mr.
  • 00:07:57
    Beast, with some even questioning Jack's
  • 00:07:59
    motives. But while Jack didn't respond,
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    his words would loom large a few months
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    later as Mr. Beast faced one controversy
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    after another. From YouTube medical
  • 00:08:07
    expert Dr. Mike criticizing Lunchly and
  • 00:08:10
    I usually don't make videos discussing
  • 00:08:12
    creators products. But when terms like
  • 00:08:14
    healthier or better for you get tossed
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    around, I feel it's important to set the
  • 00:08:19
    record straight to allegations around
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    the dangerous conditions in the Beast
  • 00:08:22
    Games. Over a dozen people who
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    participated in the first installment of
  • 00:08:26
    Beast Games said that they had not
  • 00:08:28
    received adequate food or medical care
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    and that some competitors had suffered
  • 00:08:32
    injuries from the physical challenges.
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    The internet has started digging into
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    the problems with Jimmy's content,
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    giving even more weight to Jack's
  • 00:08:39
    morning. However, Jack Sudakai isn't the
  • 00:08:41
    only one to have been wary of Mr. Beast,
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    with British content creator Chris Broad
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    also taking digs at the world's biggest
  • 00:08:47
    YouTuber for his association with Logan
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    Paul. It's very strange. How could Mr.
  • 00:08:51
    Beast, a guy who is famed for being a
  • 00:08:54
    genius who mastered the algorithm, how
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    could he not calculate that partnering
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    with such a man would be anything other
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    than a idea? Logan Paul wouldn't be
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    spared a warning either. And in the
  • 00:09:03
    years since, the headlines surrounding
  • 00:09:05
    this guy have continued to spell bad
  • 00:09:07
    news. There's not been much in the way
  • 00:09:09
    of a redemption arc. Bringing it full
  • 00:09:11
    circle with Haku a girl. What makes it
  • 00:09:13
    crazy is how she condensed the 5-year
  • 00:09:15
    lifespan of a modern influencer into
  • 00:09:17
    just like two or three months. Step one
  • 00:09:19
    of a viral mobile. Step have a podcast.
  • 00:09:22
    Step three, unleash a cryptocurrency
  • 00:09:24
    which quickly goes wrong. Chris doubled
  • 00:09:26
    down on his warning, explaining why it
  • 00:09:28
    was important to heed it for future
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    generations. And if the people at the
  • 00:09:31
    top of this platform with unimaginable
  • 00:09:33
    reach don't have a good moral compass to
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    guide them, then we all lose for it.
  • 00:09:37
    Particularly the next generation growing
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    up watching this, especially if they're
  • 00:09:41
    raised on a diet of lunch. My message
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    this Christmas is simple. Choose very
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    carefully who you watch on YouTube.
  • 00:09:48
    Along with his video gaining almost 2
  • 00:09:50
    million views, Chris would also be
  • 00:09:52
    praised by fans. While Chris's warning
  • 00:09:54
    is being taken seriously by the
  • 00:09:56
    internet, the same can't be said for
  • 00:09:58
    American YouTuber TJ Kirk, aka the
  • 00:10:00
    Amazing Atheist, whose warning about a
  • 00:10:02
    Finnish gunman went unheard. On June
  • 00:10:04
    8th, 2007, TJ filmed a rant on the
  • 00:10:07
    infamous Coline school shooters Eric
  • 00:10:09
    Harris and Dylan Claybald, and the
  • 00:10:11
    people who admire them. I want to talk
  • 00:10:13
    about these these kids, and not just
  • 00:10:16
    kids, there's adults, too, who seem to
  • 00:10:19
    extol Eric and Dylan here on YouTube.
  • 00:10:22
    I'll link to all of their profiles once
  • 00:10:24
    again. TJ would end his rant with a
  • 00:10:27
    chilling warning about the exact people
  • 00:10:29
    who should be investigated. We're always
  • 00:10:31
    talking about how about warning signs
  • 00:10:33
    and could we have seen it coming? Well,
  • 00:10:36
    you know what? If you want to look for
  • 00:10:38
    warning signs, there they are. Those are
  • 00:10:41
    your warning signs. One of the profiles
  • 00:10:43
    on TJ's list was Natural Selector 89,
  • 00:10:46
    real name Paka Eric Ainan, a Finnish
  • 00:10:48
    teenager who would go on to unal alive
  • 00:10:50
    seven students and his principal at a
  • 00:10:52
    high school 5 months after TJ's warning.
  • 00:10:54
    In the aftermath of the tragedy, TJ
  • 00:10:56
    would express his disappointment at his
  • 00:10:58
    warning falling on deaf ears. You can
  • 00:11:00
    probably tell that I'm not happy about
  • 00:11:02
    my vindication because it was something
  • 00:11:05
    that I warned you would happen.
  • 00:11:07
    Something that I told you to be mindful
  • 00:11:11
    of and you didn't. You weren't mindful
  • 00:11:14
    of it. You criticized me for it.
  • 00:11:16
    However, his accurate prediction would
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    push him into a brighter spotlight with
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    the internet crediting him for being
  • 00:11:21
    ahead of his time. I haven't seen this
  • 00:11:23
    video in over 10 years, but the
  • 00:11:25
    algorithm treated me well today. In a
  • 00:11:27
    way, it's prophetic of the time we live
  • 00:11:28
    in now, where mass shootings are part of
  • 00:11:30
    the regular news cycle, making TJ's
  • 00:11:32
    warning one of the most relevant ones of
  • 00:11:35
    our time.
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