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It's always so sad, yet predictable, when people that get famous become drunk with power and make poor life choices that hurt others. If put to good use, the power these people wield could do so much good.
This world needs more people like Mr. Rogers, Steve Wozniak, and Keanu Reeves. Not this shit.
and Keanu Reeves
Unfortunately, not him either. He's such a big fan of the bigot Graham Hancock that he's involved in Hancock's Netflix series.
And you don't have to believe me about Hancock. There are indigenous Americans that are happy to tell you all about it.
The description for the Secrets of the Ancients program listed on the Chaco filming permit application said the program would explore “one of archaeology’s biggest mysteries: the peopling of the Americas”.
It went on to state: “We’ll uncover the latest findings about the earliest inhabitants of the Americas and reveal remarkable scientific knowledge that’s been handed down for generations. Where did humans settle first in the Americas, and what do we know about them?”
Hancock, who is not an archeologist, has attracted the ire of those in the profession, as well as Native groups, for pushing a theory that an advanced ice age society, responsible for modern understandings of maths, architecture and agriculture, was wiped out by floods triggered by comet strikes nearly 12,000 years ago.
Evidence of this is found at ancient sites around the world, Hancock claims, with the writer visiting such places in countries including Turkey, Mexico and Indonesia in the first season of the Netflix show, aired in 2022. During the show, which Netflix promoted with the tagline “What if everything we know about prehistoric humans is wrong?”, Hancock railed against “mainstream archaeology” for not accepting his theories.
“[Hancock] presents his theories as being superior to what the first inhabitants of the area say about their own history,” said Stewart Koyiyumptewa, tribal historic preservation officer for the Hopi Nation.
The Hopi people have lived in or near the Grand Canyon for at least 2,000 years and claim a sacred site inside the canyon as their place of emergence. They also have strong ties to Chaco Canyon.
A Grand Canyon national park staff member who is Native American also pushed back against issuing a permit to ITN.
“This is embarrassing and a discredit to our agency when we have been working hard to respect Indigenous people and right many historical wrongs,” wrote the staff member in an email to Grand Canyon park management. “This is just degrading.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/01/netflix-ancient-apocalypse-canceled
Pseudo-Scientific Documentaries of that kind has made me cancel my Netflix subscription over two years ago.
It's a shame what they sell us as facts.
You either die a hero or live long enough to start making bad decisions. And Keanu is hundreds of years old.
I was a big fan but unfortunately this is all true and can be verified. Very sad
Mate you find a problem with everything, take up whittling or something for the sake of your mental health. Nobody's perfect, as the saying goes.
I understand your stance but compared to Mr. Beast, not the same comparison. Mr. Rogers, Steve Erwin, and Levar Burton (should always be included) I would listen to their input on helping everyone. They are smart and good.
Keanu and maybe Woody Harrison are more of good people that you don't hear horrible stuff about that are universally famous.
No kid touching, woman abusing, racist rants, or Nazi praising episodes. Morgan Freemen and Bill Cosby use to be that way but over time it started to crack. Even Dave Grohl has fallen from the list. Of course these examples are not a 1:1.
The second group, like I said, is more good not smart. They have flaws but are universal good people. Ross was a great person but horrible judgment in some people. Look at his son's battle for his family name.
Keanu and maybe Woody Harrison are more of good people that you don’t hear horrible stuff about that are universally famous.
If you're talking about Woody Harrelson, he "doesn't believe in germ theory" and once circulated a web post that said COVID was spread by 5G. source
Harrison is a all natural, holistic person. His wife owns a company that sells stuff like that. However, you never heard about him harassing people or going on a racist rant. That is my point. No one is looking to Harrison for advice. Just like I'm not looking to Keanu for advice.
I'll give you an example. Bill Murray was considered a great guy. Would randomly show up at people's wedding when invited, still has a answering machine, and seemed like a real life goof ball. Then the reports of his interaction with Lucy Liu came out. Then reports of him abusing people on set. His image is one of an abusive asshole on set.
If you tell me you get your political views or any advice from him, I would laugh in your face. Not bc of everything I just said but bc he doesn't seem like a smart person. He seems like the class clown that smokes to much weed.
According to the first video made by the youtuber dogpack404, he had been doing bad things from the begging
Never liked the guy, so it'll be interesting what becomes of this.
In July 2024, Ava Kris Tyson, a former employee of MrBeast, left the YouTuber’s team after allegations surfaced that she had “groomed” a young fan.
Just hours later, Donaldson vowed to investigate the situation and claimed he was unaware of any prior wrongdoing. However, this new information indicates that the YouTuber may have known more than he initially let on.
“I have received thousands of messages from an official MrBeast work chat,” begins Pansino in the new YouTube video.
“These are all just their work chats from 2020 to 2021,” she revealed before also stating that she “verified the legitimacy of these chats with former MrBeast employees, and let me tell you, they are insane.”
She further noted that these leaked messages were from a Telegram channel that MrBeast used when speaking to his employees. She also included a trigger warning due to the “inappropriate topics” mentioned throughout the conversations.
Telegram
That in itself is a red flag.
I hate the reputation Telegram has gotten (though I understand). I still use it for family group chats ever since I left iPhones and iMessages. Back then it was basically just a less restricted WhatsApp
Most YouTubers are the worst kinds of people to get famous, alongside Twitch streamers. They just don't really know how to handle it, they let it all get to their head eventually and things come crashing down bit by bit once it's inevitably revealed that they're shit people.
Who's next? Good Mythical Morning? PewDiePie? It's almost like every year or other year, someone who made it big on YouTube/Twitch has a fall from grace moment.
Does anybody really know how to handle fame and fortune? That kind of shit has been going on since long before MrBeast and Youtube.
Dolly Parton
PewDiePie controversy is like almost a decade old at this point.
PewDiePie straight up used the N word and it came way too naturally from his mouth, that was a looong time ago.
More than once even.