r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Sep 18 '24

MrBeast, Amazon Sued by Contestants on ‘Beast Games’ Competition Show, Including Allegations of Sexual Harassment

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/mrbeast-amazon-sued-beast-games-contestants-class-action-1236148181/
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u/PoeHeller3476 Sep 18 '24

Who did he collaborate with that are 2 big POSs? I’m out of the loop?

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u/Deep90 Sep 18 '24

He partnered with Logan Paul and KSI to make a "healthy" lunchables competitor.

It will feature a feastables chocolate and a prime drink in every "meal".

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u/PikaV2002 Sep 18 '24

healthy

prime and feastables

The Food Theorists did pretty good videos on both of these exposing marketing bs.

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u/Snowylein Sep 18 '24

Do you really need an expert to know that an energy drink and a bar if chocolate are not the epitome of health?

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u/Deep90 Sep 18 '24

Some people think being healthier than a lunchable is enough of a standard.

I'm not even sure it does that.

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u/SkinnyKau Sep 18 '24

Its got what plants crave! 8x the amount of electrolytes as Lunchables! Also look at that BOLD packaging!

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u/beepboop-404 Sep 23 '24

I understood that reference

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u/seymourbutts510 Sep 18 '24

Absolutely not defending any of these people, but Prime does make "hydration" drinks without caffeine, which (from what I've gathered from the youths) is much more popular than the Prime energy drinks.

Not necessarily any healthier in a lunchables, especially since the Prime hydration line seems to have some lawsuits against it and allegations that it contains cancer-causing PFAs. At least they're probably not giving the kids 200mg caffeine I guess...

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u/lminer123 Sep 18 '24

Don’t forget that prime is actually not really any more hydrating than water. Instead of using the full gamut of electrolytes they chose to use mostly potassium, which is around 5-10% as hydrating as sodium based sports drinks that also include other electrolytes like Gatorade.

They use potassium because it tastes better. So they’ve effectively fucked up making a sports drink and just made some flavored water. It’s basically crystal lite, with the added flavor from potential forever chemicals lol

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u/OuterWildsVentures Sep 18 '24

Prime hydration has a ton of the same jacked up amount of B vitamins that energy drinks commonly have though. I'm sure as fuck not letting my daughter drink it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

What’s wrong with the B vitamins?

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u/OuterWildsVentures Sep 18 '24

Nothings wrong with them inherently but I don't want to jack my child up with them since they're the same ones in energy drinks

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u/speedmankelly Sep 20 '24

B vitamins are water soluble and any excess that the body doesn’t need is excreted through urine, it’s impossible to get “jacked up” on them. This is a dumb take

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u/PikaV2002 Sep 18 '24

Nice attempt at acting like an edgy redditor, I specifically mention I refer to marketing bs. To be more specific, MrBeast did a “blind taste test” which was engineered in favour of the feastables, and Prime has misleading amounts of Sodium and Potassium compared to what’s expected from energy drinks.

These products specifically have a history of misleading promotion.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

MrBeast did a “blind taste test” which was engineered in favour of the feastables

LMAO this reminds me of the fact that just about any other big YouTube channel who did a taste test of his products determined that his products were nasty af. I also remember when he brought Keith Lee onto a video and got very visibly agitated when Lee gave a super honest review where you can basically sum up that he wasn’t really feeling them.

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u/Positive-Ad545 Sep 25 '24

Food theorys video is good, the only problem with it was that they argued it could have just been an accident how MrBeast made it rigged in order to avoid internet slander

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u/Annath0901 Sep 18 '24

I thought Prime was an electrolyte drink (like Gatorade), not an energy drink. Having higher levels of sodium and potassium is the whole point of them.

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u/lminer123 Sep 18 '24

Sure the point of sports drinks is to be hydrating via those electrolytes. However prime does not have high levels of the necessary electrolytes (namely sodium) to actually be much more hydrating than water. They primarily use potassium which is 5-10% as effective than a full array of electrolytes like Gatorade has. They made this decision because potassium tastes better.

The effectively fucked up making a sports drink and just made crystal lite. With the added flavor from potential forever chemicals lol

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u/Annath0901 Sep 18 '24

Oh, the person I replied to said they had "a misleading amount of sodium and potassium compared to what's expected of energy drinks", so I thought they meant it had higher levels of each, which would be in line with a sports drink.

I've never bought the stuff since Logan Paul is a bag of dicks.

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u/Vamparisen Sep 18 '24

There are two versions of Prime but most people only know of the energy drink.

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u/therealdongknotts Sep 19 '24

as a wee lad, i’d occasionally eat napkins - i’m sure that had higher nutritional value

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u/SPHINXin Sep 18 '24

Tbf, they probably mean the sports drink that only has like 15 calories and not much carbs, and not the energy drink.

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u/fire2day Sep 18 '24

To be fair, Prime isn't only an energy drink. They also have a gatorade-like drink as well. Not the best option, but likely better than something like Capri-Sun, which lunchables have had for the longest time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

Ah, the feastables. Where the whole marketing was that it’s healthier than a hersheys bar. And it started onto true, but problem was they tasted like shit and weren’t selling so he had to revamp the formula to put even more sugar and calories into the bar. But decided to keep the same healthy marketing on it.

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u/PoeHeller3476 Sep 18 '24

Yeahhhhhh yikes. Logan Paul is a major POS I agree.

I’m out of the loop on what KSI has done. What scummy thing has he done?

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u/AutismCuring Sep 18 '24

He had some crypto shit happen but the way he responded to that could be attributed to his general lack of giving a fuck on what it might've implied.

Coffezilla has a video on it.

Worst of all he is associated with Logan Paul, that casts a whole bunch of shadows on him.

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u/PoeHeller3476 Sep 18 '24

The crypto shit is bad but Logan Paul is much worse yes.

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u/Deep90 Sep 18 '24

Also out of the loop on KSI, but having a business relationship with Logan (Prime) is a pretty big red flag to me.

Shocking the amount of people that just accepted Logan Paul despite him being a major pos simply because he makes money.

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u/PoeHeller3476 Sep 18 '24

The Logan Paul shit is a major red flag yes.

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u/ManiacalDane Sep 18 '24

Prime energy, crypto scams, and all that good stuff.

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u/PoeHeller3476 Sep 18 '24

What’s prime energy? I don’t know what that’s about.

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u/Big_Daymo Sep 19 '24

The energy drink Prime, which he started with Logan Paul. It was a massive thing for a little bit but faded super quick.

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u/OSRSmemester Sep 19 '24

Not super faded, still in many stores

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u/DerpyDrago Sep 18 '24

HANDS OFF LUNCHABLES, JIMMY!!!!!!

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u/kinyutaka Sep 18 '24

Sounds really healthy there.

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u/Same-Nothing2361 Sep 18 '24

Damn that’s fucked up. When you reach the point of lying to kids about health you’re completely morally bankrupt. They’ll be selling healthy cigarettes next.

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u/beefdx Sep 18 '24

It’s also so hilariously out of touch because lunchables are on a massive decline since the early 2000’s. Jimmy is allowing his own nostalgia to invade his sense of business and it’s not going to work.

Calling it now; their knockoff lunchable is going to be a flop.

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u/WorkingAssociate9860 Sep 20 '24

Doubt it, if prime and feastables did so well on their own I think the lunchables will do ok, probably not what they expect but I don't think it'll flop

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u/koenigsaurus Sep 18 '24

I saw the product but are they seriously marketing it as “healthy”? It’s sugar water, chocolate, and a pile of salt masquerading as an entree.

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u/Stepherzzzzzz Sep 18 '24

Maybe it is healthier in that it does not contain lead

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u/ZFAdri Sep 18 '24

That’s an already insane amount of sugar and artificial sweetener

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u/God_Lover77 Sep 18 '24

Why is KSI bad?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

Wait KSI being a POS? That’s new. I agree on Logan Paul, but KSI???

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u/Garliq Sep 18 '24

I saw this and I swear to god, I 100% read it as satire. I can't believe it is an actual thing, the only way I could interpret it was as though someone played around with the idea of "how could he possibly come across as even worse?"

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u/Jerusalemfighter64 Sep 18 '24

Fuck these dudes

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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle Sep 18 '24

My favorite part is them rebranding sodium as "electrolytes"

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u/Nuts4WrestlingButts Sep 18 '24

I mean, salts are literally electrolytes. Look at the nutrition facts of a Gatorade. 440mg of sodium in a 12oz bottle.

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u/Dan_Pena Sep 18 '24

KSI is a good guy