Still blows my mind that "the suicide forest incident" guys are somehow still relevant.
Then again, somehow so is "dead rat rotting in the sun for an alarm clock" guy and "multiple uses of the n-word on stream but he's Swedish so it's ok" guy.
Is the last one pewdiepie? He said it once on the "bridge accident" and apologised for it. And I don't mean "Sorry I got caught" apology but real genuine apology
Every single one mentioned. PewDiePie's audience didn't care about "the bridge incident" at all, they mostly laughed and memed about it. Logan Paul's viewers didn't go anywhere because of his nasty stunt in Japan. And Asmongold has fully embraced his "roach king" fame. In fact I'd say the pearl-clutching attitude expressed by more mainstream media actually helped these guys gain notoriety, Internet culture cherishes scandalous entertainers pushing the envelope.
Unless of course they actually do something universally hated and morally abhorrent, like child molestation, then it's over.
"People were ok with making making light of suicide"
Asmon.. the rat thing is the tip of the iceberg. There is so much more to that story.
Point is, these are things people should be appalled over. But, the shitty truth is that people suck and decided to keep supporting shitty people. It's not about "one bad actor" or "one incident" (at least 2 for pewds btw), it's about a culture that accepts these things as ok.
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u/noveltyisthe Sep 21 '26
Pepperidge farm reminds us to not forget