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Beth Lisogorsky's avatar

Necker island gives me “blink twice” energy

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Kate Darracott's avatar

And that’s just the price! 😉

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ryleigh's avatar

he is amazing always and makes great content

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Kate Darracott's avatar

I must admit I’m not familiar with his You Tube output, I think the kids put us onto this tv series… I knew they’d be useful eventually. 😉

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Ororo Munroe's avatar

Had you heard of Beast Games? - Heard of it and saw trailers for the show, but that's not my kind of TV, so I'd never watch it. I know that @Michael Evans over at Author Sidekick worked with him recently.

If so, do you have teenage children? - I do not have children. Thank the Lordt

Would you like to own your own private island? - I would LURVE to own an island.

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S. Bazmjow's avatar

Honestly, I didn’t expect to be drawn into this show. What an interesting sociology experiment on human greed.

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Georgie St Clair's avatar

I binged this almost compulsively—both loving it and cringing in equal measure!

After watching Beast Games, I checked out his Diary of a CEO interview with Steven Bartlett. I’d only vaguely heard of MrBeast before (thanks to the kids mentioning him), but wow, what an insanely driven guy. (That said, if I were his mum, I’d be telling him to slow down and take a break! )

The show itself was fascinating from a psychological perspective, though undeniably irritating at times. Still, I have a lot of respect for MrBeast. What he’s achieved at such a young age is pretty extraordinary.

(I'm glad I wasn't the only one pondering the tax implications 🤣)

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Kate Darracott's avatar

Hee hee, I'm glad we weren't the only ones glued to it! 👏

I think they overplayed the 'sacrifice' card in the games, which got rather tedious, but other than that, some fiendish gameplay which we thoroughly enjoyed watching! 🤓

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iJo's avatar

It is crazy how Mr Beast sucks you into his videos. Typically I start watching over the shoulder of one of the kids, and then have to go watch myself. Glad you watched this, maybe I can just skip it and spare myself the wasted time. Or not.

Thanks Kate.

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Kate Darracott's avatar

Yes, that’s exactly what happened to some friends of mine… they started watching it with the kids… the kids lost interest but they were glued to it! 😂😂😂

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

The first time I heard about Mr Beast was due to his philanthropy— giving vision back to the blind. Now I know HOW he was able to afford this.

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Kate Darracott's avatar

That’s amazing that the strap line ‘No.1 YouTuber Ever’ doesn’t follow him around everywhere! 👏👏

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