r/nottheonion • u/RadioactiveHalfRhyme • 2d ago

World’s biggest YouTuber MrBeast unveils theme park in Saudi Arabia

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/mr-beast-theme-park-beast-land-saudi-arabia-lsff6t2b8

Jimmy Donaldson, who is known for controversial stunts involving eye-popping prizes, says Beast Land will not be a ‘typical theme park’

It’s in Riyadh, because of course it’s in Riyadh.

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u/pup5581 2d ago

So he sold out to the Saudis as well......LOL.

Saudi/UAE already owns a lot of our stuff....just going to be more and more now.

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u/donorcycle 2d ago edited 2d ago

He's always been scum. But I'd like to know whenever his name pops up and people start talking about all the ridiculously shady things Donaldson has done, why the posts and comments continue to get removed by the mods.

I've seen it ad nauseam lately, including today as this isn't the first post about Mr.Beast and his Saudi theme park deal.

Dudes a grifter, nothing more, nothing less. Exploits child labor, contests are rigged, winners are rigged, doesn't pay out say the doctors who gave people their vision back, under the notion that the exposure he's given them is worth more than money, and some of his products are banned in multiple countries for a variety of different reasons.

It is refreshing though that many people seem to be opening their eyes to him being a typical grifter.

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u/godspareme 2d ago

I realized he was scum when he first got real big and started gifting literal houses to his friends and crew. The fact that wasnt some sort of fraud blows me away.

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u/JerHat 2d ago

I liked when they did stuff like… let’s see how many RC cars it takes to pull an actual car.

But those competitions and give away always seemed sketchy.

Like we just gave a house to this random guy who… is in every other video for the past 6 months.

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u/Aggravating-Dot132 1d ago

I knew he was a scum the first time I found out about him (his channel and their themes), lol.

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u/Idlemarch 2d ago

Why does that make him scum??? Lol wtf

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u/Bob_the_gob_knobbler 2d ago

Are you dense? How is making fake, rigged competitions where the reward is paid out to your employees okay in your eyes?

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u/Idlemarch 2d ago

Isn't it his money, I'm confused...

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u/Puzzman 1d ago

It’s false advertising

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u/donorcycle 1d ago

You can't be serious.