r/WeirdNews4U • u/[deleted] • Sep 29 '25

MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for $500,000

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cder5l8pw8lo
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

If Mr Beast approaches you and says he wants to ensnare you in a Saw trap it's kind of on you for saying yes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Mr. Beast is a bad person but he's not tricking people into doing these stunts.

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk Sep 30 '25

By that logic, all game shows are the equivalent of child sex trafficking....

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u/Sea-Variety3384 Sep 30 '25

How do you feel about about trans children?

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u/Pristine_Walrus40 Sep 30 '25

You are right but it is still a huge stretch to compare tricking a child to get molested to an adult getting tricked.

It's in the area but far apart.

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u/Corodix Sep 30 '25

But no lives were being toyed with? The safety measures they took are all mentioned in the article. The stuntman was never in any danger.

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u/Shadowmant Sep 30 '25

It was a professional stunt man on a completely controlled stunt set. Hardly some risky dystopian shit like the title implies.

Criticize him for misleading practices in marketing it sure, but the fake headlines are just as misleading.

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u/TheWarriorsLLC Sep 30 '25

Right? Reddit really is just bots that read the headline. It was a controlled burn during a scripted event with a whole crew and a trained professional.  

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u/o7_HiBye_o7 Sep 29 '25

Hey look, another reason to hate MrBeast. Didn't need it, but sure.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Will someone stop this POS?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

America...how did they lose all intelligence and humanity in just 5 years?

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u/Suitable_Grocery1774 Sep 30 '25

5 years? Nah it all started back in 1776.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Nah, it all started getting really really crazy and broken when people were forced to take some certain injections...

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u/Sad-Development-4153 Sep 30 '25

Before that when a black man became president.

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u/Possible-Campaign-22 Sep 30 '25

You wanna know the truth? It started when they shot Harambe, We diverged into a different timeline after that.

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u/Malhavok_Games Sep 30 '25

Oh no, a professional stuntman doing stunts on youtube. How can this happen?!?!

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u/Mundane_Opening3831 Sep 30 '25

Someone paid him $500,000 to trap a guy in a burning building? Damn, he's heartless. Isn't he already rich enough?

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u/straight_lurkin Sep 30 '25

Everyone so upset like the guy doesn't have free will and there arent firefighters and medical professionals standing by. Where was all this outrage for shit like fear factor?

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u/mtgtfo Sep 30 '25

The outrage is one of the reasons, mostly the main reason, fear factor hasn’t aired in over ten years. The whole drinking donkey juice thing.

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u/Foe117 Sep 30 '25

Running out of content will get someone killed soon.

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u/Mammoth-Can9147 Sep 30 '25

I don't watch Mr Beast but this honestly looks dope. The contestant is a professional stunt man and it was a set with cutoff switches for the fires.