Are you joking? I can't really tell. Chocolate?

Do you think girl scouts are scumbags too?

Girl scouts are children selling sugars to adults. Mr beast is an adult who sells sugar to children.

Anyway, I don't think he's a scumbag. I think he's a nice guy and I'm sure I would be his friend if we took the same pottery course or whatever. I just don't think trying to "cram one more treat into America's already bloated snack hole"[1] is very 'cool'.

[1] Simpsons, season 8, episode 164, The Twisted World of Marge Simpson

Kids buy chocolate regardless of mr beast. His chocolate is considered one of the more healthier options. And parents buy it. Not kids.

Girl scouts sell junk food with corn syrup.

Would an alcohol, gambling, drug or other line be more acceptable since suns are being compared?

Should’ve started a MrBeast asparagus line.

There’s a deeper question of altruism not being able to have a financial engine to fund it.

Learning about the different types of social enterprise, it’s not uncommon for for profit ventures to incorporate aspects.

Still, some of this can come down to sour grapes that earning money can disproportionately and more sustainably be used for good than normal.

A line of anything already pegs you as a run-of-the-mill influencer, exploiting the parasocial relationship your victims have with you to peddle them substandard ware at high markup.

I am always shocked when I see the prices for "merch". Why does a hooded sweatshirt, that might cost 10-20 USD at Uniqlo, cost 55 USD as "merch" with a 2-5 USD silkscreen print. I agree: It is absolutely "exploiting the parasocial relationship your victims have with you".

No regular price hoodie sweatshirt costs $10-$20 at Uniqlo. They start at $40 for adults, most are $50. They start at $30 for kids. https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/men/tops/sweatshirts-and-hoodie...

Uniqlo's core business is apparel. They buy in massive bulk. Mr Beast buys in maybe tens of thousands.

Those are pretty high prices. Are they manufacturing those sweatshirts in the US or other Western country, or are they just positioning themselves as premium brand and selling with 400%+ markup?

Or has the clothing market in the US hollowed out in the middle completely? That's what I'm worried about where I live (Poland, EU) - I feel like the middle tier, of normally priced, regular quality clothes for regular people, is all but gone now, leaving us with the choice between a) second-hand stores and bazaars selling counterfeits imported from the East, and b) lifestyle brands selling rags at ridiculous prices.

I guess the prices for Uniqlo are massively marked up in the United States. In Japan, pull-over sweatshirt costs 1,290 yen, or about 9.50 USD.

Ref: https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ja/products/E458468-000/00?colorDi...

No they don't. That is the sale price and none are available.

https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ja/men/tops/sweatshirts-and-hoodie... 2990 yen and up for regular price.

> 2990 yen and up for regular price.

That's still only about $20 and up, so right there is a factor of 2x between Japan and the US.

It's better than an energy drink line I suppose.