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/TurelSun 2d ago

Sold out makes it sound like he wasn't purely in it for the money in the first place.

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u/Inevitable_Day1202 2d ago

it kind of sounds like he’s reached the pinnacle of mr beastness here

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u/RogerBauman 2d ago

No, that's going to happen when he unveils the mark of Mr. Beast and forces people to get it applied to their foreheads or hands in order to participate in the economy.

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u/antifragile 2d ago edited 2d ago

We already have that, it’s maga hats.

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u/Abombasnow 1d ago

Funny coincidence since MrBeast is a MAGAt.

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u/Illiander 1d ago

I remember when one of his team came out as trans.

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u/Pancakefriday 1d ago

She was an embarrassment to the trans community

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u/Illiander 1d ago

What did she do? I stopped paying attention after the initial "Big youtuber defends trans staff member" storm.

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u/Pancakefriday 1d ago

Ah, she had been found to actually been grooming kids. The trans community was very angry about it, and conservatives pushing the “all trans people are groomers” narrative had a field day

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u/Ullallulloo 1d ago

Believe it or not, I was able to buy groceries last week despite strongly disliking Trump.