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MINI SCROLL: TikTok racist AI summary, Sneako banned from Aus, MrBeast vs. Adele + James Charles GoFundMe rant · Mini Scroll

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  Coming up today on Mini Scroll, Tik Tok's AI summary feature
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  allegedly generated a racist description of a black creator.
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  The Aussie government banned Sneako from the country, Mr.
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  Beast compares himself to Adele, and James Charles goes off the
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  rails on a user asking him for money.
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  OK, the first story that I have for you guys today is a really
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  upsetting 1. So Tik Tok's AI summary feature
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  was racist towards a black creator.
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  A content creator named Aisha Marie Noel is going viral after
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  discovering that Tik Tok's AI summary feature had generated a
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  racist description of one of her videos.
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  Aisha is a creator with over 110,000 followers and she
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  primarily post commentary videos about politics and culture.
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  Yesterday, she made a video saying she was notified about
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  this by a follower who had clicked on the summary of her
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  video of a video that she had posted and saw that Tik Tok's AI
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  described Aisha in the video as quote turning into a stylized
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  monkey. The video in question was simply
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  just her lip syncing along to a song as she celebrated 110,000
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  followers. So the TikTok AI called me a
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  monkey. I got a message from one of my
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  followers that you know that AI summary which is so fucking
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  stupid by the way. TikTok get rid of that shit.
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  Nobody wants that. The AI summary that shows up
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  underneath people's videos. If you look this follower and
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  shout out to you. Thanks for bringing this to my
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  attention. Messaged me saying that
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  something racist was in my AI summary for one of my videos and
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  asked me if I wanted to see it and was just expressing concern
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  about it. And I was like, yeah, send it to
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  me. Thank you so much for bringing
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  this to my attention. And the summary of my video was
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  that this video is of a person who is transforming into a
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  monkey essentially. This is so upsetting, it's so
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  disgusting and it's also an example of something that
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  Annabelle talks a lot about on mini text scroll how AI is
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  becoming increasingly racist as these tools get quote UN quote
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  smarter. So a 2024 study by Cornell
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  University found that as AI tools have grown in size and
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  capability, overt racist outputs appear to be decreasing.
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  But covert bias, so like hidden discriminatory tendencies, are
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  actually increasing. So this means that AI might not
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  spew like obvious slurs, but it can still embed stereotypes or
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  biased assumptions in less visible ways.
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  And I would say this is a prime example of that.
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  So Isha's post has gone so viral for obvious reasons.
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  And well, obviously we all know that these AI summaries and
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  search queries on TikTok are often very wrong.
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  I think at the end of the day, TikTok still needs to be held
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  accountable as a company for what its AI tools are
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  suggesting. The unfortunate reality is that
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  we are at this place where AI has become so quickly like one
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  of those things that people can hide behind and use to like,
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  skirt blame or repercussions. And actually a case in point was
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  one of Annabelle's stories on Wednesday about Bunny Hadiya and
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  the Uber AI. And, and it's like the Uber
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  driver can say, oh, it was Grok just like going off the rails.
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  And I had no idea. And then like Uber can be like,
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  oh, was it really our driver or like, was it actually AI?
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  And I feel like the unfortunate reality is in this case, like,
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  wow, TikTok should absolutely be held accountable for what is
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  coming up in their search queries.
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  It's hard to hold them accountable for that because
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  they can so easily just be like, oh, well, like it's AI, it was
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  trained off the Internet and user behavior, not us.
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  And I understand that it would be a huge job for a company to
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  manage that behind the scenes. It reminds me of the
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  conversations that we used to have about moderation before
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  moderation probably just got completely taken over by AI over
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  the past couple of years. But you know, like these tech
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  platforms and the problems that they had around moderation and
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  now the problems that they have around AI prompts and
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  suggestions and queries and things like that.
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  Managing all of that and rectifying the problems behind
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  the scenes with that. Like, yes, that is a ginormous
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  job that until these tech companies are forced to take
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  action on it, they won't because it's going to cost them so much
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  money and it's going to be this huge endeavor.
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  But sorry, you're also TikTok. Like you literally have billions
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  and billions and billions and billions of dollars.
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  Like with great power and billions of dollars comes great
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  responsibility. OK, if you want to have the
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  biggest video sharing platform in the entire world, you are
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  going to be held to a very high standard.
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  I think we should be holding them to a much higher standard
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  than we hold them to. Not just TikTok, all of these
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  tech platforms. There's always so many
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  bootlickers in the comments who are like, oh, well, they can't
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  control it. Like could you imagine how much
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  time and energy and money it would take to moderate something
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  like this to change something like this?
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  Like you have no idea how these LMS work.
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  It's like, no, I do. I understand that.
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  But they've all the money in the world to buy themselves that
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  time and to buy themselves that service.
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  Like they can make it happen. If anyone can make it happen,
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  it's them. And they should be forced to
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  make that happen. All right, the next story that I
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  have for you guys today, this is a palate cleanser because it
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  will make us feel better. The Australian government has
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  banned Sneako from entering the company the company the Country
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  for life. Famous manosphere streamer
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  Sneako was reportedly kicked out of Australia and hit with a
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  lifetime ban of re entry after authorities and media scrutiny
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  focused on his online history and behavior.
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  So Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed on
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  Wednesday that the decision was taken to prevent someone who
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  authorities view as spreading hatred from remaining in the
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  country. He said.
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  Quote, our government has made it very clear we will use every
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  power available to us to protect our community from people coming
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  to this country to spread hatred.
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  The clauses that have been used to cancel this visa were amended
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  by the Parliament earlier this year.
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  That means it's not simply the current visa that's canceled,
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  but now there is a lifetime ban preventing him from ever
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  applying to another Australian visa.
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  We are a better country when he is somewhere else, yes.
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  So Sneako first built his large following through live streams
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  and commentary videos, but in recent years he's become one of
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  the most divisive figures in the online world because he's become
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  ingratiated in the manosphere. He's been banned from major
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  platforms including YouTube and Twitch over alleged violations
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  of their rules for hate speech and harmful conduct, and has
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  faced criticism for promoting misogynistic and extremist
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  leaning content. Over the years he's become this
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  like central figure in the manosphere, like I said, and he
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  spouts a lot of anti feminist, anti-Semitic and racist views.
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  For years, clips of him using Nazi slogans and offensive
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  rhetoric have circulated online and have been cited by groups,
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  raising concerns about how his influence may impact
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  impressionable young audiences. So the reason why Sico was in
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  Australia is because he was on this Southeast Asia like content
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  travel tour where he was going to meet up with other creators
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  and they were going to film content together.
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  And Australia was part of that tour for him.
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  And the band came essentially after media outlets started
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  questioning why someone with his background would be granted a
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  visa in the 1st place. Especially because we just went
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  through the Bondi attacks on the Jewish community in December.
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  So this pressure prompted the government to cancel his visa
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  and impose a ban on him, Which obviously was a very good
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  decision. Now, the last time that we
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  reported on Sneco in any type of meaningful way was actually back
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  in 2023 before mini scrolls. So it was in our viral news
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  episode. And it's because there was a
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  clip going so viral from a fan event where a group of young
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  boys who were his fans, they approached him and they started
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  shouting almost like his talking points back at him.
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  So they were saying like homophobic, transphobic and
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  misogynistic comments at him to get his approval.
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  They were saying things like, all gays should die and fuck the
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  women. And this went viral because a
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  lot of people saw it as essentially, like, the
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  consequences of his actions. Because in the video, Sneako
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  appeared visibly uncomfortable and like, kind of tried to
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  respond with awkward remarks. He was kind of like, no, no, no,
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  we love women. And he seemed really, like,
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  taken aback at the time by what was being echoed back to him by
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  his young fanbase. So people kind of, I think we're
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  like a little bit hopeful after that video being like, oh, maybe
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  he's realizing, you know, the consequences of what he's
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  putting out there like this. Is it like he's watching it
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  happen in real time and he's realizing like, oh, fuck, like
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  maybe I've taken it too far this kind of, you know, extremist
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  rage baiting. But no, I don't think much has
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  changed. Also, after that video went
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  viral, he then issued this like, quote UN quote apology.
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  It was like a sarcastic apology where he essentially defended
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  the video. He claimed the kids were joking
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  and then he blamed the LGBTQ inclusive education and media
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  for positioning it or like twisting it in the wrong way.
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  So for now, we in Australia are marked safe from another
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  Manosphere creator. All right, the next story that I
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  have for you guys, unfortunately, my next story is
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  also about a problematic male influencer, but Mr. Beast is
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  feuding with the pop culture update account on X pop base
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  after they didn't give him a good enough birthday shout out.
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  OK, so they posted today Mr. Beast turns 28 and it's just a
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  picture of Mr. Beast. And if you know anything about
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  these pop culture update accounts, they're always like
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  Zara Larsson stuns in new photo and they explain like where she
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  was or why she was doing that. And when it's someone's
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  birthday, they usually do post a lot more than Mr. Beast turns
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  28. OK, so it was a very bare bones
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  like it does. It does let you know where the
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  moderators or the account coordinators sit with Mr. Beast.
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  OK, OK, so he responds with a screenshot, the birthday post
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  that Pop Bass gave to Adele, which reads Happy 38th birthday
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  to the iconic Adele. The Emmy six time Grammy and
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  Oscar winning vocalist is one of the biggest forces in music
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  history. With numerous records to her
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  name including one of the fastest selling albums of the
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  21st century. She is one of the best selling
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  and most acclaimed artists of all time.
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  OK. And then he screenshots that and
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  responds to Pop Bays for his birthday announcement and says.
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  I find it funny how different these two tweets are.
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  I can't tell if this is Mr. Beast throwing like a thinly
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  veiled self-conscious temper tantrum over this or if he's
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  actually like thinking that this is funny, but either way, it's
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  freaking hilarious. OK, the last way that I have you
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  guys today I saw this popping off literally right before I
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  started recording, so I feel this is a developing story.
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  But James Charles is currently under fire after he posted a
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  TikTok mocking a woman who slid into his DMS asking him for
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  money. I.
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  Just got Adm on here from a girl that said good morning.
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  James. I know you'll probably never see
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  this, but if you could just take one minute to read it would
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  really mean a lot to me. I'm really struggling right now
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  because Spirit Airlines just filed for bankruptcy and I
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  haven't lost my job. Here's the GoFundMe link.
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  Any donations help? I'm sure they do, sweetheart.
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  I'm sure they do. You know what else would help
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  you? Getting another job?
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  Yeah try that. Because in the time that it took
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  you to copy and paste the same fuck ass message to myself, who
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  you don't follow by the way, and probably 100 other influencers
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  and celebrities, you could have applied for 100 other jobs.
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  But you didn't because you're a lazy piece of shit and you're
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  entitled and you think the influences and celebrities
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  should fund your life for you. Why?
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  Why would I ever help you? You're not a fan.
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  You don't even follow me. You've never supported me.
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  This is your first time jamming and you think that I'm going to
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  send you money because you lost your job?
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  Oh my God. Welcome to the real world
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  sweetheart. People lose their jobs every
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  fucking day and you're white, pretty, and able bodied.
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  You're in a much better position than a lot of other people out
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  here who are trying clearly much harder to make a better life for
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  themselves. Why would I fucking help you?
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  Aside from that, 17,000 people lost their jobs as pay your
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  airlines why do? You think you need to go?
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  Fuck me, I can at least like 1% respect the mentality of closed
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  mouths. Don't get that.
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  Doesn't hurt to try, but honestly it does hurt to try
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  because now you pissed me off. Okay, I'm not the one.
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  Go find fucking Mr. Reese. This is literally his entire
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  stick. I'm sure the next YouTube video
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  is literally going to be like I rehired all 17,000 of the Spirit
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  Airlines employees and it's going to be the real life.
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  Hunger Games, the last one of them to leave the Spirit
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  Airlines. Plane.
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  Gets to be the CEO of the new company and gets a house at a
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  car, $10 million that everybody else.
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  Dies like go find that video to compete and baby, I'm not
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  helping you. I'm not fucking helping you.
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  All you did was lost your job. OK, welcome to the real world.
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  I can at least understand if you were like James.
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  I'm a long time fan. Here's a a trillion years of DMS
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  and and my support for you. I love you.
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  I'm suffering with a really rare genetic disease that there is no
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  cure for and I'm trying to raise money for myself and other
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  people that have this. Maybe I would help.
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  Maybe I would help because I I love you and I appreciate you.
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  This bitch, you lost your fucking job.
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  Oh oh, oh, oh, what are we going to do?
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  Nothing. I'm going to do nothing.
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  You know what you need to do? Go find a fucking.
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  New one girl put some effort into the workplace.
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  My face when I watch this TikTok.
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  You guys, my job was literally on the floor.
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  OK so do influencers probably receive so many of these
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  messages and are a lot of them probably scams?
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  Yes but if he was really so offended by that message, like
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  delete it, block it, move on, whatever.
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  I think there is a difference between what is happening here
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  where he is getting a message that is not hate.
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  Right. She is asking him to contribute
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  to a GoFundMe. Whether that's right or wrong is
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  not really what I'm here to talk about.
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  It's more like she is asking him to contribute to something he
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  believes she's not a fan and that having a GoFundMe for her
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  job loss is like entitled and hoping that influencers will
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  contribute to it. OK, that is so different than
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  when influencers, in my opinion, put somebody who has sent them
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  like a hate DM or something on blast.
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  I feel like in that case, I don't have a strong opinion one
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  way or another in terms of if that's right or wrong.
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  I think it depends on the message.
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  I think it depends on how big the following is of the
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  influencer. I think it depends on lots of
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  factors. That is one of those topics in
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  Internet culture and like creator behavior where I feel
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  like if you argued at me one point or another I would be
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  swayed. You know, like I'm not totally
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  sure where I stand on it, but this was not that.
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  Like why did you have to make a dedicated TikTok about this?
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  This girl was not sliding into your DMS to say anything mean to
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  you. So for him to come guns blazing
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  being like you're a lazy piece of shit and entitled the calling
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  her names coming from somebody who has never had to job hunt as
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  an adult who probably will never have to job hunt as an adult.
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  He has no experience in the job market.
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  He has no idea what the situation is out there right now
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  being like, go get another job as if it's so easy.
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  Yes, You literally just said that thousands of people have
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  been laid off. That is true.
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  So do you think it's a thriving job market?
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  And I know that was not the crux of his point, but for him to say
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  those words at all, to talk about getting a job and telling
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  a follower or somebody, a user, whatever, he doesn't think that
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  she's a fan, somebody to get a job at all from somebody who has
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  been so privileged to never need to get a job.
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  Like my jaws on the floor. Like what an insanely
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  disproportionate reaction. I have no idea why he posted
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  this. The only thing that I will give
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  him credit for in this TikTok is when he dragged Mr. Beast.
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  I thought that was on point otherwise I was like what the
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  fuck is going on? This is such an insane TikTok to
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  post and for him to call her entitled and then for him to
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  post that isn't giving hypocrisy.
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  Someone on Reddit said aren't a lot of influencers known for
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  begging fans to buy whatever merch they have?
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  Yes and I know his point was like well maybe if you were a
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  fan I would help you. But the way that he is
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  positioning this interaction and the way he's made this TikTok,
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  it's like he's sitting on this high horse being like, I'm
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  saving lives. Like when you have a palette to
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  launch or brand to launch, James, like you are Hawking that
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  shit, like you are trying to get your followers money.
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  You are rich because of your fans and your followers.
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  And I know you're saying that this woman is not a follower or
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  a fan, but regardless, you are trying to get like the general
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  public's money. You are trying to get them to
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  spend their personal money on you and to have major money that
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  way. And then to be speaking to
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  people like this, those same consumers like this, this is a
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  wild TikTok. I actually don't even know if
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  he's still kept it up. That's why I'm saying like a
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  developing story because I feel like he may take it down and
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  there may be some very interesting responses on TikTok
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  about this after. Anyways, guys, that's it for
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