I’m only vaguely aware of who MrBeast is, because I’m not 14 years old. But I know he’s a YouTuber who became a millionaire before he was old enough to drink, so of course I hate his guts.
Here’s one of the shorter videos I could find on his channel:
That has… 165 million views? Okay. Whatever.
Look, this kid is doing what he wants to do, and he’s getting paid enormous sums of money to do it. That’s the American dream. I’ll admit to a certain amount of envy, but I can’t help but admire the guy. Good for him.
And he’s been putting his sudden wealth to good use:
I don’t know about you, but that seems pretty good. Helping blind people regain their sight is a worthwhile use of a person’s discretionary income.
But not everybody is so, um, short-sighted: