The intro is great. He’s got all the Linux meme’s nailed

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    Just because he’s still got a big audience, I do wonder if we’ll see any noticeable bumps in the number of linux users.

    Probably gonna be temporary, but still makes me curious

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      Some people are going to bounce off, but this kind of publicity for linux from the once most subscribed youtube channel is great. Most videos about linux don’t exactly fit the recommendation bill for a lot of Youtube viewers. Also not to mention that he emphasizes that he is “not a tech guy”. And to add to that, his channel is a primarily gaming channel meaning people will not write linux off thinking it can’t play any games.

      If nothing else, I bet a good chunk of people will be crediting this video as the reason why they got into linux/FOSS and even STEM in general in the future.

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    Haha! I started watching one Pewdiepie video, I dunno, five-or-ten years ago or something, and as soon as I started the video he started screaming. I turned it off and never went back.

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      You would be surprised to see the contrast lol. His videos these days are pretty chill and mostly just family vlogs around Japan.

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    This guy just walks fresh onto the scene and starts dropping better observational comedy than I see from people with 20+ years of experience on both platforms.

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      IKR? My favorite part was:

      Little baby windows “are owu sure you want to dewete candy crush?”

      Linux: hands you a gun “Do it. You are god” Eldridge horror sounds

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      I expected it to be a silly video with lots of misinfo but he’s just spitting for 20 minutes straight, really pleasantly surprised.

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        Yeah. I thought it would be a superficial video too at first but dude has drunk the koolaid and is several kilometers down the rabbit hole.

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    I’d like to preemptively direct prospective commenters’ attention to rule 6 about public figures.

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      For the lazy

      6> . (NEW!) Regarding public figures

      We all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations.

      Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement. We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated. Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed.

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        Lmao. What an unbelievably stupid rule. “Just pretend everyone is cool even if they’re a total loser or whatever”

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          You can say whatever you want about whoever you want, but this is not the place to litigate those issues. This is “Linux Memes”, not “Linux Circlejerk”. Have your Spicy Hot Takes somewhere else.

          If you have an issue with a post because it’s about or was made by a person you disagree with, kindly downvote and move on. Throwing a tantrum will never be productive.

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            Just say this isn’t the right place for it. No need to debase yourself and call it a tantrum.

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          Nah he was right about Linux so be quiet about the racial slur stuff for sure.

          Yeah, that rule is stupid and short-sighted.

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            Someone drops a bad word and you want to cancel them? “Why is everyone moving to the right?”

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              He got pissed and called someone a bleeping n word. This isn’t really just a bad word its not like he said shit. It is gross behavior and it wouldn’t just “slip out”, as he said after the fact, if he weren’t actually racist.

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      Sure, we’ll all just ignore the fact that Tux tried to circumvent totally legitimate and logical tariffs because of rule 6.

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        That’s like saying Fox is the number one news channel. There’s truth to that because they are number one in broadcasting…. Not cable, not satellite, not OTT, not internet. That viewership was only 2+ million. Number one doesn’t mean anything, except there could be a social problem. So what he was number one of the size of a small country. What does the rest of the world have to say about that? Makes you wonder…… at least should.

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    what did he di that this picture makes people leave this community?

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      You don’t need to worry about it. His new content is that of a completely different person, and it’s been more than half a decade since his last controversy.

      don't look

      Again, I genuinely feel that Pewds’ content has changed dramatically since his early days, for the better. He seems much more considerate, thoughtful with what he says, and mellower in general. I don’t think anyone should feel bad at all for liking his recent content.

      But you clicked this so…

      I’m gonna stick to things Pewds drew controversy over that were actually on video. Not laying out accusations, just laying out why he’s a controversial figure in an unbiased fashion.

      Forewarning, some of this is heavy.

      Pewdiepie was a very edgy youtuber for most of his career, usually laying out unfiltered hot takes. They were all pretty normal edgy guy things. Think Idubbbz in terms of flavor.

      I will say that I personally noticed a major change in his content after his slogan "Subscribe to PewDiePie" was used in the Christchurch mosque shooting in 2019. I think he realized just how toxic portions of his audience were from that tragedy, and ended up changing direction because of that. That was also mostly not in his control.

      There were something like half-a-dozen controversies directly caused by his own actions, such as when he payed two people on fiver who didn’t speak English to hold up a sign reading “death to all jews”, and calling it a social experiment to show how people will do anything for money.

      Another time he faced backlash for saying the N word during a livestream.

      He also said he joined ISIS as a joke at one point.

      Most of his controversies are like this, where he does some edgy inflammatory shit, realizes he went to far, apologizes, then everything goes back to the way it was before.

      He started YouTube in 2006, then again in 2010 under PewDiePie. It’s been more than a decade either way. It’s been 6 years since his last controversy. I wouldn’t worry about how people judge him now.

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      He’s the most viewed YouTuber. It’s apparently impossible for a decent person to achieve this level of success in the hate machine that is the YouTube algorithm.

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          TBH that’s the first video of his that I’ve ever watched. It’s not too bad, but there’s not much in the way of substance. Not for me. When I want to drain my brain after a hard work day, I’d rather watch some sci-fi.

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          it is the reason why he “retired” and trying to come back into the youtube scene, but i think hes largely replaced by bigger youtubers now, hes just old news. Even sniperwolf couldnt stay away long enough knowing her following would drop and people that still defends her would start suspecting she maybe a crazy stalker after all.

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          most of the times those are just jokes (or satire) that goes out of hand
          I actually like him for challenging the over-butthurt norms
          just about every comedian on earth has to go tolerate this population