There was so much to campus life that just felt natural and just ridiculously, offensively, convenient.

• Practically everyone is roughly the same age as you, and that group is thousands strong (depends on where you go).
• Just drop in on dorm rooms and say 'hi' to friends, whenever.
• Dining is usually very close by.
• Lots of entertainment options, most days of the week.
• Included access to showers and fitness facilities (varies).
• Free bus travel with student ID (varies).
• Student ID discounts at some retail (varies).

The fact that we refuse to build communities outside of school with these features, just boggles the mind.

I'll add that this is practically impossible to replicate in adult life until you get into a "retirement community". And like college, those are ridiculously expensive too. If you're an undergrad and barely old enough to drink: I urge you to please live these days to the fullest. It's tragic but you really won't get another moment like this again.

Bonus: the roadway is now radioactive so lane assist can be achieved by an integrated geiger counter.

The trick to capitalism is to pay very close attention to who is asserting that it is a virtuous system. Not unlike the proper way to read a fortune cookie, one must add the phrase "for me" to the end of any such statement.

You should know that there is data that backs you up: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8875377/#sec5-nutrients-14-00739

And also on the self-medicated front: nicotine is effective too. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8741955/

What this makes me wonder is how much of the population is self-medicated in this way but doesn't know it?

Extreme anxiety.

For the longest time, I couldn't recruit enough concentration to get homework or big projects done until it was this huge looming threat. Frequently, that would involve an all-nighter since it was something due the next day. Other times, it meant cranking out last night's math assignment in home room mere minutes before it was due. It turns out that adrenaline and other stress hormones are great at shoving all the ADHD noise out of the way, however temporarily.

Is there a reason people hate him? [...] isn’t he mostly known for giving away money and helping people out?

I may know why. The recently leaked PDF about how he runs his production company makes it patently clear: they aim to make successful YouTube videos, full stop.

Everything else is a side-effect. Not to suggest that they lack any ethics, but rather things like charity are there to get you to click and watch, nothing more. With enough exposure it's easy to get the impression that something is "off" with being click-bated like that. I'm not saying that behavior is deserving of hate, but it may help explain why people don't like his media.

Also, for people that are trying to make content in a much more honest fashion, Mr. Beast's popularity can be disheartening and frustrating. YouTube has clearly decided to reward this eyeball-grabbing behavior without any regards to the quality of the content. It's stuff made for the algorithm, rather than people showcasing their craft, skill, or interests. I'm guessing that people see their favorite makers and entertainers struggle to make a go of it by doing what they love, and see this guy come along and reap millions in revenue without any emotional connection to the output. To me, that's a recipe for anger.

Personally, I refuse to view popular click-bait stuff to begin with, and routinely filter such content out (click "not interested"). As a result, my YT recommendations never contain Mr. Beast content and I actually had to fire up a privacy window and click on this nonsense so I knew what the hell everyone was talking about.

/me re-reads first sentence.

:: facepalm ::

Hey, look here buddy. You can't be your own comment thread and post all the plausible responses yourself like that. You're putting all the trolls out of work.

This is basically just as opaque as a charity or HOA, with different steps. Which is great unless your community is poor.

My contention with this concept is that with taxes, I can vote for people that manage both the money gathering rules and how it is spent. That and the money typically works in a much larger pool spread across a wide range of socioeconomic groups, which can vastly improve its reach and capability. On top of all that, it's also transparent. My guess is this has no such features.

I'm calling it now. Even if his aim was to not destroy Twitter from the inside, he will absolutely say that was his goal when it eventually happens.

People like this never, pathologically, ever, ever admit making a mistake.

This didn't go down well.

IT consulting pro-tip: Customers would rather pay for your time and expertise, than be made to feel stupid that they didn't think of something so simple themselves.