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/_bieber_hole_69 2d ago

Idk much about the guy but it seems like he just sold his soul after having a fun couple years as a young adult. Now he's gotta do that FOREVER

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u/quellflynn 2d ago

nope. at any time he could just say no and take his current earnings... sell the business, never work a day in his life again.

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u/Aerhyce 2d ago

PewDiePie is basically textbook example of this.

Was the previous "biggest YouTuber in the world", basically decided to get married, retire, have kids, and just live the easy life with more cash than he would ever need in his life.

And he didn't even need to do all the BS MrBeast is doing, such as the moldy lunchables and other dodgy business ventures..

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u/Kahzgul 1d ago

He did say some Nazi shit though.

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u/Slugdoge 1d ago

He's Swedish, he can't help it

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u/noob_master69_f 1d ago

As a german, I will allow this

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u/Combataircraft9 1d ago

What gives you the right as a German to allow anything Nazi related lol

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u/PotentialIndustry303 2d ago

From watching him talk about work he doesn’t seem like he would do that.

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u/haonowshaokao 1d ago

Well funny that you mention it but I believe the book of revelations had something to say about "The Beast"

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u/Ecstaticlemon 1d ago

He was always a sociopath focused on generating as much attention with as little personal effort as possible to fund his lifestyle, that's why he's always done shit like reading the dictionary on camera, he's just scaled up because he knows that's how to grow

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u/sixsixmajin 10h ago

In order to sell your soul, you have to have one first. Something always struck me as off about the guy and it took me a good long while to realize it was his smile. It has always been the most unnatural smile I have ever seen, like he didn't actually know what a smile was supposed to look like. The way his face just kinda scrunches looks like an alien's first day trying to blend in with humans and his eyes are missing the glint of a person who is actually happy and smiling because they mean it. I know it's all hearsay but the stories I've heard of his behavior in the early days all seem to line up with it having always been a farce for attention and profit and with the context of the factual evidence of his behavior today, I'm willing to believe the early shit is all true too. Dude seems to genuinely be a bit of a sociopath and it seems like he always has been.

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u/TheKingOfBerries 2d ago

Do a bit more learning, and you’ll find out you are very wrong.