So it’s okay to lie to people if it’s “for the lolz.” Even if that lie earns you measurable income. That’s a ridiculous, enabling position to take.

With the exception of my parents and in-laws cars, I have only borrowed one vehicle in my entire life. It was a mid 80 Chevy pickup with about 400k on the clock. Total piece of crap.

This “exaggeration” came with the instructions to increase his own followers, with the implicit “reward” of having his channel deleted. (I didn’t do it, by the way, because I figured this is exactly how he’d respond.) Joke or no joke, he lied, he did it for personal gain, and he achieved his goal. This kind of…

Well that was a mistake, huh?

...how does he sleep at night?!

It was a joke in the sense that those awful April Fool’s pranks are jokes. “My mother died.” “Oh man, I’m so sorry for your loss.” “Ha! She’s not really dead! What a fool you are!”

What little respect I had for Pewdiepie, being a nonfan, has now vanished. I mean, I knew something was fishy right from the beginning, but toying with your fans’ emotions just to get more subs? That’s...that’s awful. Even if it was only intended to be a prank, how does he sleep at night?!

Gave this stupid non-story a click just to make sure I wasn’t the only one thinking this. Holy shit, it’s like the kid in middle school who told everyone he was moving to collect sympathy points, only to obviously not be moving when his ego was satisfied enough.

Fair point. But this was a targeted campaign that was enabled by exactly this kind of coverage. Denying him the opportunity to do it again seems like the best course of action.

Effective yet shitty way to get more subs. I have 0 respect for this guy even before this stunt and it isn’t improving. I just find him annoying.

Can we please stop paying attention to this guy now? He literally lied to you and manipulated the gaming media for a week for his own benefit. You don’t have to write about him or his moronic band of followers ever again. Just ignore him.

I feel like knowing him must be exhausting

It’s kind of funny to think back on how many people made this joke. I mean, obviously Cheney was a powerful VP, but Bush still did plenty of presidenting. But now Trump is poised to actually be the Bush that we always used to joke about. Congratulations, President Pence.

That’s their fault, then. Don’t do work without a contract. Do you work without a contract, Cecilia? If not, why not?

Is contractor and side labor work a new concept to this many people?

If you’re going to get paid pennies, don’t do the work. If you can’t get half or a decent portion up front, don’t do the work. Shit’s ridiculous.

Not really. He hit the social media lottery. There’s nothing remarkable or talented about him, but for some reason the planets alligned and tons of 5-12 year olds latched on to him. His content isn’t impressive in the slightest.

If the end result is less shrill shrieking on the internet, good.

And as recently as a couple decades ago in a different form.

Whoever needed to make their money has already made their money, and that’s all that matters. The employees, the investors, and the public that financed the thing can go get fucked now.

Article about a company in China hyping the shit out of something and then another article about them not delivering? This must be Jalopnik.