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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] valar@lemmy.ca 191 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

All of these are just working people being toyed with by the rich for their entertainment and profit

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 88 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Dude literally watched Squid Game and said that shit would be better if it were real then set out and did it.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I watched a video about it, and what's interesting to me is that he had an enormous budget for this Squid Game remake. He spent it on setting up hundreds of cameras, building a whole set where the game would take place, hired all kinds of camera operators... but didn't do even basic play-testing of the games he was going to have people play.

As a result, some challenges that were supposed to last for an hour or so ended up taking more than 12 hours. Some challenges that were supposed to eliminate half the contestants instead eliminated over 90%. Some challenges didn't work because people refused to eliminate their friends.

[–] BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

But for 5k a day.. Yeah, I'd waste three months of my life for that kind of money

And this is brings us to our next point--we need to tax the shit out of them.

[–] mildseason@sopuli.xyz 21 points 14 hours ago

Of course you would. I probably would too. It's life changing money. But the morality of these 'challenges' is extremely fucked. And $5k a day is pocket change to Mr Beast who makes $1.6 million a day 🤮

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

A 2.5 million private jet is, uh, probably not new.

The smallest Very Light Jets, like the Cessna Mustang or HondaJet, start around $5 million new.

So you're probably looking at a decades old plane, almost certainly not enough room to fully stand up, and possibly no lavatory.

[–] Penguin_1024@piefed.zip 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.ca 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well that was an interesting source

Pilot who won private jet from MrBeast challenge briefly detained in Paraguay over drug case

The seized drugs were high in THC and were estimated at $3.6 million, according to Paraguayan officials.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

So if this pilot users his new Jet to smuggle more drugs, is Mr Beast an accomplice?

[–] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

This link redirects to a youtube channel

[–] minfapper@piefed.social 17 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It could be a Cirrus Vision Jet.

Edit: holy shit they've gone up in price to $3.2M. Damn inflation hitting private jets too. Nobody's immune

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Look at Mr. Fancy Pants over here who knows about private jets

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, this dude has the value of knowing private jets weak points. Let it slide.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, good point. @mkwt Tell us more about these jets, Mr. Fancy Pants.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

Idk who you tagged but I hope it works

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 14 points 22 hours ago

All of these are just working people being toyed with by the rich for their entertainment and profit

That's literally a description of society. Not just modern society, society throughout all of history. The rich and powerful have always toyed with the peasants.

These are just variations of game shows. Do X and you can win $/Prizes while they film it and play advertisements while people watch.