PewDiePie - The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/tags/pewdiepie/ The Daily Dot | Your Internet. Your Internet news. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:14:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Ugly Sonic had the last laugh https://www.dailydot.com/memes/ugly-sonic-meme/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:14:35 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=1634029 sonic the hedgehog

Ugly Sonic references the original, much-abhorred video game character design for 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog. When the trailer was first released in late 2019, fans disapproved so vocally that the character was redesigned to resemble longtime fans' expectations.

Some thought that the film was doomed. However, it later seemed the character could be saved. Ugly Sonic himself wasn't doomed either, as seen in the many memes he's spawned.

The origins of Ugly Sonic

The first look at the 2020 take on Sonic came from ad agency Hamagami / Carroll Inc. Images from the company were leaked, revealing what the animated design of the film's version of Sonic looked like. People immediately regarded the design as off and, in one instance, "the stuff of nightmares." However, it wasn't until the film's first trailer came out that the full effect of the design was felt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW9FE5ILJs

On April 30, 2019, the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer was released. The film was promised to be computer-animation-meets-live-action. The trailer simply fell short of expectations and the character's design stood out in a distracting way. Rather than matching the animation of Pokémon's Detective Pikachu, Sonic was punier, weird-looking, and had unsettling human-like teeth, quickly earning him the moniker 'Ugly Sonic' across social media.

The fervent backlash to Sonic's look made it clear that changes were necessary for the film to see commercial success.

ugly sonic tweet that reads "Good morning to absolutely everyone and everything other than live action Sonic the Hedgehog’s creepy human teeth xx"

side by side of video game sonic and ugly sonic with caption "you nailed it sonic movie I don’t see any difference"

Two days after the trailer's release, director Jeff Fowler tweeted and confirmed that major edits would happen to make the film live up to expectations.

Jeff Fowler tweet that reads "Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️"

Ugly Sonic and Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers

These memes enjoyed a moment from the time the trailer came out to beyond the final film's release. In 2022, the meme officially picked up the moniker "Ugly Sonic" with the release of Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers.

The character appears in the film in a meta form. Ugly Sonic is an actor who played Sonic the Hedgehog in the film's trailer within the Chip N' Dale universe. The cameo was genuinely funny and was a clever way to make use of the scrapped design. However bad the design was originally regarded, fans have found a way to come around and embrace Ugly Sonic.

Ugly Sonic in "Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers"

PewDiePie’s Ugly Sonic drawing makes millions

In May 2019, Felix Kjellberg, who goes by PewDiePie on YouTube, announced he was going to try to draw Sonic the Hedgehog from memory.

“I think what freaked everyone out was the fact that he had human teeth at least that’s what I was bothered by,” said the YouTuber while attempting to draw Sonic. “Why does it look so creepy?” he asked of his own drawing. “I’m trying. I’m scaring myself.”

PewDiePie then tweeted that he would be putting his drawing on eBay. According to Dexerto, bidding on the doodle hit £10 million within hours.

PewDiePie's doodle of Ugly Sonic on eBay with a £1 million bid

More meme examples

https://twitter.com/saturnstarchive/status/1103448008048459777

https://twitter.com/NipahDUBS/status/1103104144779501568

https://twitter.com/HookGangGod/status/1104002815503069184

ugly sonic meme about getting made fun of that says "you can't hurt my feelings if I'm in on the joke"

ugly sonic with caption "my reactionwhen seomeone posts a cringe meme"

sonic before and after with caption "rich people before and after plastic surgery"

ugly sonic with caption "the chip and dale rescue rangers fans staring at the ugly sonic on the table"

ugly sonic and gollum mashup

ugly sonic survived

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sonic the hedgehog

Ugly Sonic references the original, much-abhorred video game character design for 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog. When the trailer was first released in late 2019, fans disapproved so vocally that the character was redesigned to resemble longtime fans' expectations.

Some thought that the film was doomed. However, it later seemed the character could be saved. Ugly Sonic himself wasn't doomed either, as seen in the many memes he's spawned.

The origins of Ugly Sonic

The first look at the 2020 take on Sonic came from ad agency Hamagami / Carroll Inc. Images from the company were leaked, revealing what the animated design of the film's version of Sonic looked like. People immediately regarded the design as off and, in one instance, "the stuff of nightmares." However, it wasn't until the film's first trailer came out that the full effect of the design was felt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW9FE5ILJs

On April 30, 2019, the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer was released. The film was promised to be computer-animation-meets-live-action. The trailer simply fell short of expectations and the character's design stood out in a distracting way. Rather than matching the animation of Pokémon's Detective Pikachu, Sonic was punier, weird-looking, and had unsettling human-like teeth, quickly earning him the moniker 'Ugly Sonic' across social media.

The fervent backlash to Sonic's look made it clear that changes were necessary for the film to see commercial success.

ugly sonic tweet that reads "Good morning to absolutely everyone and everything other than live action Sonic the Hedgehog’s creepy human teeth xx"
side by side of video game sonic and ugly sonic with caption "you nailed it sonic movie I don’t see any difference"

Two days after the trailer's release, director Jeff Fowler tweeted and confirmed that major edits would happen to make the film live up to expectations.

Jeff Fowler tweet that reads "Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️"

Ugly Sonic and Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers

These memes enjoyed a moment from the time the trailer came out to beyond the final film's release. In 2022, the meme officially picked up the moniker "Ugly Sonic" with the release of Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers.

The character appears in the film in a meta form. Ugly Sonic is an actor who played Sonic the Hedgehog in the film's trailer within the Chip N' Dale universe. The cameo was genuinely funny and was a clever way to make use of the scrapped design. However bad the design was originally regarded, fans have found a way to come around and embrace Ugly Sonic.

Ugly Sonic in "Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers"

PewDiePie’s Ugly Sonic drawing makes millions

In May 2019, Felix Kjellberg, who goes by PewDiePie on YouTube, announced he was going to try to draw Sonic the Hedgehog from memory.

“I think what freaked everyone out was the fact that he had human teeth at least that’s what I was bothered by,” said the YouTuber while attempting to draw Sonic. “Why does it look so creepy?” he asked of his own drawing. “I’m trying. I’m scaring myself.”

PewDiePie then tweeted that he would be putting his drawing on eBay. According to Dexerto, bidding on the doodle hit £10 million within hours.

PewDiePie's doodle of Ugly Sonic on eBay with a £1 million bid

More meme examples

https://twitter.com/saturnstarchive/status/1103448008048459777
https://twitter.com/NipahDUBS/status/1103104144779501568
https://twitter.com/HookGangGod/status/1104002815503069184
ugly sonic meme about getting made fun of that says "you can't hurt my feelings if I'm in on the joke"
ugly sonic with caption "my reactionwhen seomeone posts a cringe meme"
sonic before and after with caption "rich people before and after plastic surgery"
ugly sonic with caption "the chip and dale rescue rangers fans staring at the ugly sonic on the table"
ugly sonic and gollum mashup
ugly sonic survived

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PewDiePie removes part of video where he appears to mock a deaf Black woman following backlash https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pewdiepie-mocks-deaf-tiktok-scarlet-may/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:23:37 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=1227941 PewDiePie sitting in chair holding Maya (his dog)

PewDiePie removed part of a recent video in which he and his dog reacted to TikTok videos after backlash for a part of the video in which he mocks a deaf Black TikToker.

The video, titled “My Dog Cringes at TikToks,” features PewDiePie and his pug Maya sitting down to watch several TikToks before PewDiePie responds to what they’ve just seen. Sometimes, he’s amused or in shock about the videos. In other instances, he puts on a voice to imitate an accent (such as with a video recording interactions at a cash register where most of the people speak with a Southern accent) or tries to do the challenge a man reportedly cannot do (stepping over a broom behind him).

One of the featured videos was posted by Scarlet May, a TikToker with more than 6 million followers who relays an interaction she had at a drive-thru in which a woman trying to take her order gets way too close to the window. Throughout the video, May speaks and signs her story as captions also appear.

As PewDiePie watches May’s TikTok, the camera moves in as he makes a face.

“No, not listening to this. She has your crazy nails, Maya,” he said, looking down at the dog in his lap and referring to the length of May’s nails, which often clicked together as she signed.

The camera zooms in on Maya as he puts on a voice and moves her front legs around and makes Maya speak as May.

“So anyway, what I did was, I went outside, and then I peed, and then I pooped a little bit as well, and it was crazy,” he continued. “Sorry, are my nails distracting you guys?”

https://www.twitter.com/Iced_Exponet/status/1552361855934312448

PewDiePie, who has one of YouTube’s most-subscribed channels, has long been called out for offensive rhetoric, which has included antisemitic and racist comments.

https://www.twitter.com/blaqueword/status/1552354048833212418

https://www.twitter.com/jd_occasionally/status/1552461576384516101

https://www.twitter.com/SlNNERSZN/status/1552417865432694784

https://www.twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1552440156925620228

But others argued that PewDiePie wasn’t mocking May because of her race or because she was deaf: It all had to do with her nails.

https://www.twitter.com/greatdaein/status/1552385118257483781

https://www.twitter.com/gaaavity/status/1552386451899387905

https://www.twitter.com/futaomain/status/1552427586688516096

May addressed PewDiePie’s inclusion of her TikTok in his video, which was also used as his thumbnail, after people started asking her about it.

“I feel like it was very weird and very unnecessary, but at the same time I wasn't surprised,” she said. “I'm used to it. It’s been a big issue in the deaf community. I've been trying to normalize and put it out that using nails while signing, it's normal; like it's OK. But then, a big creator comes on here and puts us like 1 million steps back, so it's very frustrating.”

She offered up the possibility that PewDiePie didn’t know she was deaf and had been signing in the video, so his attempt to make fun of her was aimed at one thing (her nails) but unintentionally mocking her use of sign language. But she walked through the scenario and PewDiePie’s first reaction when the backlash against him began, she doesn’t believe that’s the case.


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​According to May, PewDiePie initially put sound over the section of the video featuring May so you couldn’t tell what he was saying, which she feels made it worse—and apparent that he knew he was mocking a deaf person. And even with his view that her video was cringey, he still chose to feature it as the video’s thumbnail.

“You really could have just addressed it and said, ‘my bad I didn’t know she was signing, I just didn’t like the nails’ and we really would have been fine,” she continued. “But no, you decided to go back, edit it out, and sweep it under the rug like nothing happened. “Baby, it don’t work like that over here. If you made a mistake, admit the mistake. You don’t just get to mock deaf people who’ve already been struggling for years with people like you, and then go about your day like nothing happened.”

Eventually, ​​PewDiePie removed May’s video (and his reaction to it) entirely. The video doesn’t address the incident, but he added a clarification about the clip he took down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2nTd1VbsLM

“Hey, just to clear a few things up: I edited out the clip with the girl that has the long nails,” he wrote in a pinned comment. “Had no clue she was deaf, but kinda dumb of me to not realize.. Still watching through the clip I only poked fun of her long nails. The voice I did for my dog is the same voice I've given her for years. (edit: ..and making my dog's paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on tiktok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video). Anyway honest mistake, my bad ✌”

In response to learning that PewDiePie removed her from his video, she updated her followers on the situation and commented on her video with, “haha good way to own up to things.”

We’ve reached out to May’s management for additional comment.

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PewDiePie sitting in chair holding Maya (his dog)

PewDiePie removed part of a recent video in which he and his dog reacted to TikTok videos after backlash for a part of the video in which he mocks a deaf Black TikToker.

The video, titled “My Dog Cringes at TikToks,” features PewDiePie and his pug Maya sitting down to watch several TikToks before PewDiePie responds to what they’ve just seen. Sometimes, he’s amused or in shock about the videos. In other instances, he puts on a voice to imitate an accent (such as with a video recording interactions at a cash register where most of the people speak with a Southern accent) or tries to do the challenge a man reportedly cannot do (stepping over a broom behind him).

One of the featured videos was posted by Scarlet May, a TikToker with more than 6 million followers who relays an interaction she had at a drive-thru in which a woman trying to take her order gets way too close to the window. Throughout the video, May speaks and signs her story as captions also appear.

As PewDiePie watches May’s TikTok, the camera moves in as he makes a face.

“No, not listening to this. She has your crazy nails, Maya,” he said, looking down at the dog in his lap and referring to the length of May’s nails, which often clicked together as she signed.

The camera zooms in on Maya as he puts on a voice and moves her front legs around and makes Maya speak as May.

“So anyway, what I did was, I went outside, and then I peed, and then I pooped a little bit as well, and it was crazy,” he continued. “Sorry, are my nails distracting you guys?”

https://www.twitter.com/Iced_Exponet/status/1552361855934312448

PewDiePie, who has one of YouTube’s most-subscribed channels, has long been called out for offensive rhetoric, which has included antisemitic and racist comments.

https://www.twitter.com/blaqueword/status/1552354048833212418
https://www.twitter.com/jd_occasionally/status/1552461576384516101
https://www.twitter.com/SlNNERSZN/status/1552417865432694784
https://www.twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1552440156925620228

But others argued that PewDiePie wasn’t mocking May because of her race or because she was deaf: It all had to do with her nails.

https://www.twitter.com/greatdaein/status/1552385118257483781
https://www.twitter.com/gaaavity/status/1552386451899387905
https://www.twitter.com/futaomain/status/1552427586688516096

May addressed PewDiePie’s inclusion of her TikTok in his video, which was also used as his thumbnail, after people started asking her about it.

“I feel like it was very weird and very unnecessary, but at the same time I wasn't surprised,” she said. “I'm used to it. It’s been a big issue in the deaf community. I've been trying to normalize and put it out that using nails while signing, it's normal; like it's OK. But then, a big creator comes on here and puts us like 1 million steps back, so it's very frustrating.”

She offered up the possibility that PewDiePie didn’t know she was deaf and had been signing in the video, so his attempt to make fun of her was aimed at one thing (her nails) but unintentionally mocking her use of sign language. But she walked through the scenario and PewDiePie’s first reaction when the backlash against him began, she doesn’t believe that’s the case.

​​

​According to May, PewDiePie initially put sound over the section of the video featuring May so you couldn’t tell what he was saying, which she feels made it worse—and apparent that he knew he was mocking a deaf person. And even with his view that her video was cringey, he still chose to feature it as the video’s thumbnail.

“You really could have just addressed it and said, ‘my bad I didn’t know she was signing, I just didn’t like the nails’ and we really would have been fine,” she continued. “But no, you decided to go back, edit it out, and sweep it under the rug like nothing happened. “Baby, it don’t work like that over here. If you made a mistake, admit the mistake. You don’t just get to mock deaf people who’ve already been struggling for years with people like you, and then go about your day like nothing happened.”

Eventually, ​​PewDiePie removed May’s video (and his reaction to it) entirely. The video doesn’t address the incident, but he added a clarification about the clip he took down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2nTd1VbsLM

“Hey, just to clear a few things up: I edited out the clip with the girl that has the long nails,” he wrote in a pinned comment. “Had no clue she was deaf, but kinda dumb of me to not realize.. Still watching through the clip I only poked fun of her long nails. The voice I did for my dog is the same voice I've given her for years. (edit: ..and making my dog's paws move was poking at people always dancing or doing some move on tiktok, which is an ongoing theme in the whole video). Anyway honest mistake, my bad ✌”

In response to learning that PewDiePie removed her from his video, she updated her followers on the situation and commented on her video with, “haha good way to own up to things.”

We’ve reached out to May’s management for additional comment.

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Fans speculate that PewDiePie got ‘shadowbanned’ by YouTube https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pewdiepie-youtube-shadowban/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:49:50 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=893210 The YouTuber PewDiePie

Fans of the popular YouTuber PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, accused Google on Thursday of "shadowbanning" the creator.

Google told the Daily Dot in a statement on Thursday that it is "hearing reports that PewDiePie's channel and some videos are not surfacing within searches. We are currently working on fixing the issue. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused."

Supporters of the YouTuber began reporting across social media that Kjellberg's videos no longer showed up in the results after searching for "PewDiePie" on the platform.

"Pewdiepie may have been shadowbanned by YouTube," @defnoodles said. "His channel no longer appears in search, and only 1 of his videos appears in the top results. His latest video got 34k views, 1k comments, 4.8 likes in 1 hour."

https://twitter.com/defnoodles/status/1319342075553271808?s=20

Other users noted that notifications from Kjellberg, whose channel boasts an astonishing 107 million subscribers, did not appear on Thursday after his most recent video was uploaded.

"His subs also didn't receive a notification about his video from today," @linzasaur added. "Some are saying it's a shadowban, but it's not clear what the suppression could be about.

https://twitter.com/linzasaur/status/1319369144521850882

The Daily Dot tested out the numerous claims by searching for the term "PewDiePie" on YouTube and discovered that Kjellberg's channel was not presented as a result.

The top 3 results, although related to PewDiePie, were not from his channel. The fourth result was in fact a video produced by PewDiePie but from more than 1 year ago.

PewDiePie's latest video did not appear under the subscriptions tab while using an account subscribed to Kjellberg's channel either.

A second search for "PewDiePie" shortly after did show Kjellberg's channel as the top result, although the videos listed below it remained the same. Users on Twitter appeared to notice the change as well.

https://twitter.com/RazorDevv/status/1319392729051398145?s=20

On the official TeamYouTube Twitter account, the company responded to numerous tweets made by Kjellberg's supporters.

"Thanks for tagging us - we're looking into it and we'll update you once we know more," @TeamYouTube said.

https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1319355709071478784?s=20

When asked why PewDiePie wasn't initially showing up in searches, however, TeamYouTube seemed to suggest that it did not see an issue.

"Appreciate the tag - search on YouTube strives to surface the most relevant results and videos are ranked based on a variety of factors," @TeamYouTube said before offering instructions on how to use the platform's "advanced filters."

https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1319335008600002561?s=20

It remains unclear whether the issue is one related to a purposeful change by YouTube or merely a mistake.

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The YouTuber PewDiePie

Fans of the popular YouTuber PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, accused Google on Thursday of "shadowbanning" the creator.

Google told the Daily Dot in a statement on Thursday that it is "hearing reports that PewDiePie's channel and some videos are not surfacing within searches. We are currently working on fixing the issue. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused."

Supporters of the YouTuber began reporting across social media that Kjellberg's videos no longer showed up in the results after searching for "PewDiePie" on the platform.

"Pewdiepie may have been shadowbanned by YouTube," @defnoodles said. "His channel no longer appears in search, and only 1 of his videos appears in the top results. His latest video got 34k views, 1k comments, 4.8 likes in 1 hour."

https://twitter.com/defnoodles/status/1319342075553271808?s=20

Other users noted that notifications from Kjellberg, whose channel boasts an astonishing 107 million subscribers, did not appear on Thursday after his most recent video was uploaded.

"His subs also didn't receive a notification about his video from today," @linzasaur added. "Some are saying it's a shadowban, but it's not clear what the suppression could be about.

https://twitter.com/linzasaur/status/1319369144521850882

The Daily Dot tested out the numerous claims by searching for the term "PewDiePie" on YouTube and discovered that Kjellberg's channel was not presented as a result.

The top 3 results, although related to PewDiePie, were not from his channel. The fourth result was in fact a video produced by PewDiePie but from more than 1 year ago.

PewDiePie's latest video did not appear under the subscriptions tab while using an account subscribed to Kjellberg's channel either.

A second search for "PewDiePie" shortly after did show Kjellberg's channel as the top result, although the videos listed below it remained the same. Users on Twitter appeared to notice the change as well.

https://twitter.com/RazorDevv/status/1319392729051398145?s=20

On the official TeamYouTube Twitter account, the company responded to numerous tweets made by Kjellberg's supporters.

"Thanks for tagging us - we're looking into it and we'll update you once we know more," @TeamYouTube said.

https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1319355709071478784?s=20

When asked why PewDiePie wasn't initially showing up in searches, however, TeamYouTube seemed to suggest that it did not see an issue.

"Appreciate the tag - search on YouTube strives to surface the most relevant results and videos are ranked based on a variety of factors," @TeamYouTube said before offering instructions on how to use the platform's "advanced filters."

https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1319335008600002561?s=20

It remains unclear whether the issue is one related to a purposeful change by YouTube or merely a mistake.

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PewDiePie rips Jake Paul, calls his money-making venture ‘complete bullsh*t’ https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/pewdiepie-rips-jake-paul-financial-freedom-movement/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:05:48 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=712093 PewDiePie Jake Paul YouTube financial freedom movement

It did not take long for PewDiePie, after returning from his 37-day YouTube hiatus, to focus on an old target: Jake Paul.

On Sunday, only two days after making his triumphant online return, PewDiePie said Paul’s newest money-making venture, the Financial Freedom Movement, was another “scam” and “complete bullshit.”

PewDiePie—who in 2019 blasted Paul for promoting the MysteryBrand site to his young followers—called Paul “that little snake” and sarcastically said, “Yes, Jake Paul is the person I look at when I envision financial freedom.”

Paul introduced his newest idea earlier this month by saying he and other experts would give you all the advice you need to become financially independent if you pay him $20 per month. He said the American education system is worthless and doesn’t teach you what you really need to know to become financially successful as an adult.

“I’m creating a movement for everyone who wants to take life
into their own hands and learn real life skills from actual professionals,”
Paul tweeted.

That led PewDiePie to mock Paul.

“You can become financially free by paying me,” PewDiePie said.
“Trust me. You don’t understand. It starts by paying me money. Ignore all this
endless content on YouTube with actual legitimate people talking about
financial advice that actually has some legitimacy and some weight to them. What
we need to do is pay Jake Paul.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgvvfSvg2bQ&feature=emb_logo

In PewDiePie’s vlog—which was the No. 2 trending video on YouTube on Monday morning—he signs up for Paul’s website, pokes fun at the content and features, and laughs at those who seem to believe in Paul and his newest idea.

But then he got serious with his major points against Paul.

"It's so disingenuous to put forth that this is what
you are passionate about when, in reality, the only thing Jake Paul has shown
himself to be passionate about is making money,” PewDiePie said. “Jake Paul is
the kind of celebrity that doesn't have any real value. All they do is project this
image of wealth and now he’s monetizing that to get more money. He’s stuck in this
loop. You can replace Jake Paul with anything or anyone, and it wouldn’t make a
difference …

“The message is fine. I agree that so much of the school system is outdated but what the fuck is Jake Paul going to get teach you about this? … It's complete bullshit, there's no point in saying it.”

PewDiePie’s video is harsh, and as he points out in his video, it doesn’t seem like the Financial Freedom Movement is gaining much online traction. But then again, Paul got $20 out of PewDiePie's wallet, so perhaps he can call that a small victory.

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PewDiePie Jake Paul YouTube financial freedom movement

It did not take long for PewDiePie, after returning from his 37-day YouTube hiatus, to focus on an old target: Jake Paul.

On Sunday, only two days after making his triumphant online return, PewDiePie said Paul’s newest money-making venture, the Financial Freedom Movement, was another “scam” and “complete bullshit.”

PewDiePie—who in 2019 blasted Paul for promoting the MysteryBrand site to his young followers—called Paul “that little snake” and sarcastically said, “Yes, Jake Paul is the person I look at when I envision financial freedom.”

Paul introduced his newest idea earlier this month by saying he and other experts would give you all the advice you need to become financially independent if you pay him $20 per month. He said the American education system is worthless and doesn’t teach you what you really need to know to become financially successful as an adult.

“I’m creating a movement for everyone who wants to take life into their own hands and learn real life skills from actual professionals,” Paul tweeted.

That led PewDiePie to mock Paul.

“You can become financially free by paying me,” PewDiePie said. “Trust me. You don’t understand. It starts by paying me money. Ignore all this endless content on YouTube with actual legitimate people talking about financial advice that actually has some legitimacy and some weight to them. What we need to do is pay Jake Paul.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgvvfSvg2bQ&feature=emb_logo

In PewDiePie’s vlog—which was the No. 2 trending video on YouTube on Monday morning—he signs up for Paul’s website, pokes fun at the content and features, and laughs at those who seem to believe in Paul and his newest idea.

But then he got serious with his major points against Paul.

"It's so disingenuous to put forth that this is what you are passionate about when, in reality, the only thing Jake Paul has shown himself to be passionate about is making money,” PewDiePie said. “Jake Paul is the kind of celebrity that doesn't have any real value. All they do is project this image of wealth and now he’s monetizing that to get more money. He’s stuck in this loop. You can replace Jake Paul with anything or anyone, and it wouldn’t make a difference …

“The message is fine. I agree that so much of the school system is outdated but what the fuck is Jake Paul going to get teach you about this? … It's complete bullshit, there's no point in saying it.”

PewDiePie’s video is harsh, and as he points out in his video, it doesn’t seem like the Financial Freedom Movement is gaining much online traction. But then again, Paul got $20 out of PewDiePie's wallet, so perhaps he can call that a small victory.

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PewDiePie wants Bernie Sanders to host meme review https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/pewdiepie-bernie-sanders-meme-review/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:44:08 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=711902 PewDiePie and Bernie Sanders

PewDiePie invited Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to join him in one of his videos on Friday while discussing memes about the presidential candidate.

Fresh off his 37-day break from YouTube, PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, urged Sanders to co-host his highly-popular show "meme review."

"Bernie, if you're listening, come on meme review," he said.

https://youtu.be/zudXXIMUeV4?t=387

The request came as PewDiePie, who currently boasts more than 103 million YouTube subscribers, weighed in on memes involving Sanders, including the highly popular image in which the candidate is "once again asking for your financial support."

"This is a great meme," PewDiePie said. "I really enjoy this because it's such a quotable sentence."

Currently a resident of the United Kingdom, the YouTuber went on to jokingly ensure Sanders that his path to the U.S. presidency would be all but ensured if he agreed to host the show.

"Come on meme review. You will win the election. I guarantee it," PewDiePie said. "Has the election even happened? I'm not following. I don't understand."

While the request may seem far-fetched, PewDiePie has convinced numerous prominent figures to host the show in the past.

Exactly one year before asking Sanders, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted meme review alongside Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. The video has since been viewed more than 25 million times.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, a popular meme himself among right-leaning internet users, even hosted the show in November of 2018.

But given PewDiePie's numerous controversies over the years, it seems unlikely the presidential candidate will take up the offer.

And although PewDiePie's request doesn't appear to be an endorsement, Sanders just recently received pushback online for accepting an endorsement from podcast host Joe Rogan.

Either way, Sanders, who cemented his place as the Democratic front runner after winning the Nevada Caucuses on Saturday is sure to inspire more memes before the 2020 election.

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PewDiePie and Bernie Sanders

PewDiePie invited Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to join him in one of his videos on Friday while discussing memes about the presidential candidate.

Fresh off his 37-day break from YouTube, PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, urged Sanders to co-host his highly-popular show "meme review."

"Bernie, if you're listening, come on meme review," he said.

https://youtu.be/zudXXIMUeV4?t=387

The request came as PewDiePie, who currently boasts more than 103 million YouTube subscribers, weighed in on memes involving Sanders, including the highly popular image in which the candidate is "once again asking for your financial support."

"This is a great meme," PewDiePie said. "I really enjoy this because it's such a quotable sentence."

Currently a resident of the United Kingdom, the YouTuber went on to jokingly ensure Sanders that his path to the U.S. presidency would be all but ensured if he agreed to host the show.

"Come on meme review. You will win the election. I guarantee it," PewDiePie said. "Has the election even happened? I'm not following. I don't understand."

While the request may seem far-fetched, PewDiePie has convinced numerous prominent figures to host the show in the past.

Exactly one year before asking Sanders, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted meme review alongside Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. The video has since been viewed more than 25 million times.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, a popular meme himself among right-leaning internet users, even hosted the show in November of 2018.

But given PewDiePie's numerous controversies over the years, it seems unlikely the presidential candidate will take up the offer.

And although PewDiePie's request doesn't appear to be an endorsement, Sanders just recently received pushback online for accepting an endorsement from podcast host Joe Rogan.

Either way, Sanders, who cemented his place as the Democratic front runner after winning the Nevada Caucuses on Saturday is sure to inspire more memes before the 2020 election.

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PewDiePie returns to YouTube after 37-day hiatus https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/pewdiepie-returns-to-youtube/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:01:05 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=711398 PewDiePie YouTube returns

After a 37-day hiatus that saw him temporarily abandon his YouTube channel and travel with his wife Marzia to Japan for an extended vacation, PewDiePie has returned to his vlogging life. And the most popular YouTuber in the world said it’s nice to be back.

Well, kind of.

“I have returned. How do I do make video? Help,” PewDiePie said in a vlog released Friday. “That’s right everybody, I have returned … I broke my 10-year streak of daily uploads to go on a one-month break to do ..."

Then, he stopped talking, so he could insert the sound of
crickets chirping.

“I haven’t done much,” he continued. “It’s been nice
actually.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=Old1YzSG_S8&feature=emb_logo

In mid-December, PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg, who now has 103 million YouTube subscribers, announced he’d be taking a break from YouTube, saying, “I made up my mind. I’m tired. I’m tired. I’m feeling very tired.”

In his new video—which accumulated about 500,000 views an hour after it had been uploaded—he immediately went into his traditional meme review, but he sprinkled his commentary with updates about what he’d been doing and how he’d been feeling.

“Technically I wouldn't have to come back [to YouTube],” PewDiePie said. “I could probably retire if I wanted to. It was good for me to take a break to sort of process what I'm doing and what I want to do in the future. And there are definitely some changes I will have to do with the channel, but I'll do them gradually. I've been obsessing too much about YouTube and pushing myself way too hard for too long. There is other stuff I want to do as well. I'm working on bigger projects as well. I don’t want to limit myself to doing daily just for the sake of it, although I have been missing it a lot.”

But he also learned something important about himself: He
can pry himself away from the platform for weeks at a time if it’s in his best
interest.

“I thought I wouldn't be able to go on a break,” PewDiePie said. “I thought, ‘Maybe I'm so addicted to YouTube that I will be clawing on the walls.’ No, turns out I was completely fine. I was in Japan so it was easy to distract myself. It made me appreciate that I have an audience. I kind of had just taken it for granted. I've only seen the negative parts of having an audience just because my following became so big that I just got really tired of constantly being asked for stuff from people in the street.”

Now, though, you can expect PewDiePie to continue his daily
upload schedule—“We’ll try at least,” he said. “We’ll see”—and he said the supportive
comments he received from his fans “cheered me up.”

“It's been really healthy and good for me to take this break,” he said. “I appreciate everyone's patience while I was gone. It was necessary. ”

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PewDiePie YouTube returns

After a 37-day hiatus that saw him temporarily abandon his YouTube channel and travel with his wife Marzia to Japan for an extended vacation, PewDiePie has returned to his vlogging life. And the most popular YouTuber in the world said it’s nice to be back.

Well, kind of.

“I have returned. How do I do make video? Help,” PewDiePie said in a vlog released Friday. “That’s right everybody, I have returned … I broke my 10-year streak of daily uploads to go on a one-month break to do ..."

Then, he stopped talking, so he could insert the sound of crickets chirping.

“I haven’t done much,” he continued. “It’s been nice actually.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=Old1YzSG_S8&feature=emb_logo

In mid-December, PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg, who now has 103 million YouTube subscribers, announced he’d be taking a break from YouTube, saying, “I made up my mind. I’m tired. I’m tired. I’m feeling very tired.”

In his new video—which accumulated about 500,000 views an hour after it had been uploaded—he immediately went into his traditional meme review, but he sprinkled his commentary with updates about what he’d been doing and how he’d been feeling.

“Technically I wouldn't have to come back [to YouTube],” PewDiePie said. “I could probably retire if I wanted to. It was good for me to take a break to sort of process what I'm doing and what I want to do in the future. And there are definitely some changes I will have to do with the channel, but I'll do them gradually. I've been obsessing too much about YouTube and pushing myself way too hard for too long. There is other stuff I want to do as well. I'm working on bigger projects as well. I don’t want to limit myself to doing daily just for the sake of it, although I have been missing it a lot.”

But he also learned something important about himself: He can pry himself away from the platform for weeks at a time if it’s in his best interest.

“I thought I wouldn't be able to go on a break,” PewDiePie said. “I thought, ‘Maybe I'm so addicted to YouTube that I will be clawing on the walls.’ No, turns out I was completely fine. I was in Japan so it was easy to distract myself. It made me appreciate that I have an audience. I kind of had just taken it for granted. I've only seen the negative parts of having an audience just because my following became so big that I just got really tired of constantly being asked for stuff from people in the street.”

Now, though, you can expect PewDiePie to continue his daily upload schedule—“We’ll try at least,” he said. “We’ll see”—and he said the supportive comments he received from his fans “cheered me up.”

“It's been really healthy and good for me to take this break,” he said. “I appreciate everyone's patience while I was gone. It was necessary. ”

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PewDiePie trolls YouTube with his own version of Rewind 2019 https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pewdiepie-rewind-2019/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:50:35 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=686877 PewDiePie - Rewind 2019

For the last decade, YouTube has ended each year with a look back at its top creators and trends.

Each year, the company attempts to pay homage to its most successful moments through its YouTube Rewind videos. Last year, the Rewind video quickly became one of the platform's most disliked videos. The video has 17 million dislikes and only 2.7 million likes. The video's utter failure in the eyes of most YouTubers prompted YouTube to try something new in 2019. While the video did far better than 2018's version—it only has 8.2 million dislikes and more than 3 million likes—many creators remain unimpressed. One such creator is PewDiePie—the site's top star—who quickly trolled YouTube with a video of his own.

Several weeks following the release of YouTube's 2019 rewind, PewDiePie—whose real name is Felix Kjellberg—released his rewind video. These year-end videos have become a trend of sorts for PewDiePie, who released a similar video last year. Pewds put out his take on YouTube's final year of the decade on Sunday. In three days, the video racked up nearly as many likes as YouTube's version—2.2 million, to be exact—but far fewer dislikes, at only 22,000. It mocked YouTube's format and paid homage to PewDiePie and his fellow YouTubers in the Swedish creator's signature style.

"In 2018, we made something that you didn't like," PewDiePie's video begins. The same words began YouTube's 2019 rewind video. "So in 2019, we made a top-10 WatchMojo video. That will fix it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diT6jc9flkc

Much of PewDiePie's video spends time looking back at the year's top memes, from AirPods and Untitled Goose Game to "OK boomer" and the choking Sasuke meme. The entire video is set to upbeat, techno-style music while images and audio clips go flashing past. Pewds spends plenty of time honoring himself, as well as a few of his fellow creators like Ninja, Shane Dawson, and Logan Paul. Kjellberg's own biggest moments—from his wedding to his most prominent meme review hosts and his diss track aimed at T-Series—are all carefully worked into the video. He also takes time to briefly honor several altruistic efforts, like Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations and Mr. Beast's "Team Trees."

Midway through PewDiePie's seven-minute video, he takes a break from honoring himself and his fellows to look back at a few creators and stars that passed away in 2019. That includes tributes to Dillon the Hacker, Grant Thompson, Juice WRLD, and Etika. Then, Pewds returns to the memes. He mocks everything from politicians' renewed attacks on video games as the cause of violent behavior, the Sonic overhaul, and even Baby Yoda.

In the comments section, PewDiePie fans went after YouTube for not including the upload among its trending videos. "Why isn't this trending," many commenters wrote, with various meme responses from YouTube.

PewDiePie - Rewind 2019 comments

PewDiePie's video has only been out for a few days but is already on track to vastly surpass YouTube's rewind in popularity.

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PewDiePie - Rewind 2019

For the last decade, YouTube has ended each year with a look back at its top creators and trends.

Each year, the company attempts to pay homage to its most successful moments through its YouTube Rewind videos. Last year, the Rewind video quickly became one of the platform's most disliked videos. The video has 17 million dislikes and only 2.7 million likes. The video's utter failure in the eyes of most YouTubers prompted YouTube to try something new in 2019. While the video did far better than 2018's version—it only has 8.2 million dislikes and more than 3 million likes—many creators remain unimpressed. One such creator is PewDiePie—the site's top star—who quickly trolled YouTube with a video of his own.

Several weeks following the release of YouTube's 2019 rewind, PewDiePie—whose real name is Felix Kjellberg—released his rewind video. These year-end videos have become a trend of sorts for PewDiePie, who released a similar video last year. Pewds put out his take on YouTube's final year of the decade on Sunday. In three days, the video racked up nearly as many likes as YouTube's version—2.2 million, to be exact—but far fewer dislikes, at only 22,000. It mocked YouTube's format and paid homage to PewDiePie and his fellow YouTubers in the Swedish creator's signature style.

"In 2018, we made something that you didn't like," PewDiePie's video begins. The same words began YouTube's 2019 rewind video. "So in 2019, we made a top-10 WatchMojo video. That will fix it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diT6jc9flkc

Much of PewDiePie's video spends time looking back at the year's top memes, from AirPods and Untitled Goose Game to "OK boomer" and the choking Sasuke meme. The entire video is set to upbeat, techno-style music while images and audio clips go flashing past. Pewds spends plenty of time honoring himself, as well as a few of his fellow creators like Ninja, Shane Dawson, and Logan Paul. Kjellberg's own biggest moments—from his wedding to his most prominent meme review hosts and his diss track aimed at T-Series—are all carefully worked into the video. He also takes time to briefly honor several altruistic efforts, like Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations and Mr. Beast's "Team Trees."

Midway through PewDiePie's seven-minute video, he takes a break from honoring himself and his fellows to look back at a few creators and stars that passed away in 2019. That includes tributes to Dillon the Hacker, Grant Thompson, Juice WRLD, and Etika. Then, Pewds returns to the memes. He mocks everything from politicians' renewed attacks on video games as the cause of violent behavior, the Sonic overhaul, and even Baby Yoda.

In the comments section, PewDiePie fans went after YouTube for not including the upload among its trending videos. "Why isn't this trending," many commenters wrote, with various meme responses from YouTube.

PewDiePie - Rewind 2019 comments

PewDiePie's video has only been out for a few days but is already on track to vastly surpass YouTube's rewind in popularity.

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PewDiePie announces he’s ‘taking a break’ from YouTube https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/pewdiepie-youtube-break-2020/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:05:12 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=680421 PewDiePie takes break from YouTube 2020

PewDiePie announced over the weekend that he's decided to take "a break" from YouTube for a while starting in 2020.

PewDiePie is the most popular person on YouTube with about 102 million subscribers. (Production studio T Series boasts the most-subscribed-to channel, however, with 121 million subscribers.) The gamer started posting content in 2011, but he hinted in his latest video that he's burnt-out.

"I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind. I'm tired. I'm tired. I'm feeling very tired," he said.

https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1206563721792958466

It's unclear how long his "break" will last. PewDiePie added that he would post a more comprehensive explanation later.

This isn't the first time the YouTuber has hinted at a hiatus. In 2016, PewDiePie took a break from creating daily YouTube videos because it was "too much." He also tried taking a day off once a week in 2014. And there have been rumors for years that he was feeling burnt-out and thinking about possibly scaling back his channel.

The gamer has often threatened to take breaks when YouTube announced changes that he's not on board with. In his most recent video, he aired his frustrations about YouTube's new harassment policies. The rules are now stricter against creators with "patterns of harassing behavior." YouTube will be harsher when it comes to personal attacks based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes.

That might be a problem for a creator like PewDiePie. In recent years, the YouTuber has been in the middle of a lot of internet controversy. For example, earlier this year he begged fans to stop using the "Subscribe to PewDiePie" meme after the accused New Zealand mass shooter used the phrase in a live stream before killing 50 people. He's also been repeatedly called out for racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic comments.

And PewDiePie's fans can be nothing less than extreme. He's had to ask them to not do anything illegal on his behalf after fans defaced a World War II monument and hacked the Wall Street Journal's website.

Many fans tweeted out their support for the YouTuber after his announcement.

"PewDiePie just announced that he will be taking a break from YouTube starting next year," Twitter user @SeraCld wrote. "For me, it is very sad but realizing that the past years have been very tiring for him also mentioning all these fucking canceling woke bitches going after him every day, I can't blame him."

https://twitter.com/SeraCld/status/1205927794972098560

https://twitter.com/luiz27922746/status/1206448736379031552

https://twitter.com/theunwantedfool/status/1205957095864045570

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PewDiePie takes break from YouTube 2020

PewDiePie announced over the weekend that he's decided to take "a break" from YouTube for a while starting in 2020.

PewDiePie is the most popular person on YouTube with about 102 million subscribers. (Production studio T Series boasts the most-subscribed-to channel, however, with 121 million subscribers.) The gamer started posting content in 2011, but he hinted in his latest video that he's burnt-out.

"I wanted to say it in advance because I made up my mind. I'm tired. I'm tired. I'm feeling very tired," he said.

https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1206563721792958466

It's unclear how long his "break" will last. PewDiePie added that he would post a more comprehensive explanation later.

This isn't the first time the YouTuber has hinted at a hiatus. In 2016, PewDiePie took a break from creating daily YouTube videos because it was "too much." He also tried taking a day off once a week in 2014. And there have been rumors for years that he was feeling burnt-out and thinking about possibly scaling back his channel.

The gamer has often threatened to take breaks when YouTube announced changes that he's not on board with. In his most recent video, he aired his frustrations about YouTube's new harassment policies. The rules are now stricter against creators with "patterns of harassing behavior." YouTube will be harsher when it comes to personal attacks based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes.

That might be a problem for a creator like PewDiePie. In recent years, the YouTuber has been in the middle of a lot of internet controversy. For example, earlier this year he begged fans to stop using the "Subscribe to PewDiePie" meme after the accused New Zealand mass shooter used the phrase in a live stream before killing 50 people. He's also been repeatedly called out for racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic comments.

And PewDiePie's fans can be nothing less than extreme. He's had to ask them to not do anything illegal on his behalf after fans defaced a World War II monument and hacked the Wall Street Journal's website.

Many fans tweeted out their support for the YouTuber after his announcement.

"PewDiePie just announced that he will be taking a break from YouTube starting next year," Twitter user @SeraCld wrote. "For me, it is very sad but realizing that the past years have been very tiring for him also mentioning all these fucking canceling woke bitches going after him every day, I can't blame him."

https://twitter.com/SeraCld/status/1205927794972098560

https://twitter.com/luiz27922746/status/1206448736379031552

https://twitter.com/theunwantedfool/status/1205957095864045570

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PewDiePie’s poop-inspired game gets banned by Apple https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/pewdiepie-poopdie-banned-apple-app-store/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:29:58 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=679392 PewDiePie Poopdie game banned

A new game developed by PewDiePie has been banned by Apple. And boy does the whole thing stink.

PewDiePie revealed in a YouTube video posted to his 102 million subscribers on Thursday that his beloved game, Poopdie, has been removed from the App Store (though it’s worth noting that the game is actually available in the Google Play store).

“Apple thought this game was too stinky for whatever reason,” PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, said in the video. “… Right now, we’re working to fix that.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss2d_kngzHo

As noted by the Daily Mail, the free game centers “around the main character, a worm, who creates minions from his bodily waste that go about doing his bidding. These take different forms, including 'poopgrades' and 'fartspells.’” The worm’s name: Poopdie.

Unsurprisingly, it’s a game filled with plenty of fart jokes and feces puns—and much more toilet humor—and it’s probably something preteens would enjoy playing, especially if they’re already PewDiePie fans.

“This is truly the greatest game to play on the toilet,” PewDiePie said in his video.

Unfortunately for the YouTube star, Apple disagrees. But PewDiePie and his team aren’t giving up the fight. According to a blog on Bulbware, which developed the game, Apple removed Poopdie because it has “crude imagery and sound effect[s] which may disgust users.”

Wrote Bulbware: “Unfortunately  Apple seems to be disgusted by Poopdie and his army of little Troops. Small wormy got rejected … We are currently [appealing] to the Apple Review Board and plan to reach a settlement. C’mon Apple! We have received hundreds of iOS users’ requests who are eager to start pooping!”

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PewDiePie Poopdie game banned

A new game developed by PewDiePie has been banned by Apple. And boy does the whole thing stink.

PewDiePie revealed in a YouTube video posted to his 102 million subscribers on Thursday that his beloved game, Poopdie, has been removed from the App Store (though it’s worth noting that the game is actually available in the Google Play store).

“Apple thought this game was too stinky for whatever reason,” PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, said in the video. “… Right now, we’re working to fix that.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss2d_kngzHo

As noted by the Daily Mail, the free game centers “around the main character, a worm, who creates minions from his bodily waste that go about doing his bidding. These take different forms, including 'poopgrades' and 'fartspells.’” The worm’s name: Poopdie.

Unsurprisingly, it’s a game filled with plenty of fart jokes and feces puns—and much more toilet humor—and it’s probably something preteens would enjoy playing, especially if they’re already PewDiePie fans.

“This is truly the greatest game to play on the toilet,” PewDiePie said in his video.

Unfortunately for the YouTube star, Apple disagrees. But PewDiePie and his team aren’t giving up the fight. According to a blog on Bulbware, which developed the game, Apple removed Poopdie because it has “crude imagery and sound effect[s] which may disgust users.”

Wrote Bulbware: “Unfortunately  Apple seems to be disgusted by Poopdie and his army of little Troops. Small wormy got rejected … We are currently [appealing] to the Apple Review Board and plan to reach a settlement. C’mon Apple! We have received hundreds of iOS users’ requests who are eager to start pooping!”

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YouTube’s 2019 Rewind video is much different than last year’s debacle https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/youtube-2019-rewind-video/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:19:07 +0000 https://www.dailydot.com/?p=675765 YouTube Rewind 2019 video

People absolutely despised YouTube’s 2018 Rewind video. It’s the most disliked video in the platform’s history with 17 million thumbs down, and the fact it didn’t include a star like PewDiePie or the YouTube boxing extravaganza while including way too many celebrities upset many viewers.

In YouTube’s 2019 Rewind video, released on Thursday, the platform goes out of its way to acknowledge last year’s disaster—and tries its best to make amends.

The video opens with the statement from YouTube that said, “In 2018, we made something you didn’t like. So in 2019, let’s see what you DID like. Because you’re better at this than we are.”

Played over Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” the Rewind features ASMR artists, beauty vloggers, science experimenter Simone Giertz, KSI and his Sidemen colleagues, and that amazing UCLA gymnast and her ridiculous floor routine. Oh, and PewDiePie.

YouTube pays homage to the 10 most liked videos of the year, featuring content from Shane Dawson, James Charles, and MrBeast. It also shows the 10-most liked music videos. And if you can guess who No. 1 is—hint: it’s not Lil Nas, Billie Eilish, or BTS—that proves you’ve really been paying attention.

YouTube also makes room for the most-watched dance videos, the most-watched gaming videos, and the most popular new creators from around the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo&t

Missing from the action are Jake and Logan Paul, but then again, both have cut down on their YouTube presence and both have said they’re moving away from the platform. So, that exclusion makes sense. The same goes for new late-night talk show host Lilly Singh.

Though this year’s Rewind plays it safe—and there doesn’t appear to be any footage that was shot specifically for the video—early viewers seem to enjoy it more. Thirty minutes after the video dropped, it already had logged 250,000 views with 34,000 likes and 22,000 dislikes.

The video, though, is certainly more about the numbers than about the personalities on the platform. Maybe YouTube fans will like that more, at least on the superficial level. But if YouTube isn’t taking a risk with its Rewind video, it’s unclear whether it’s worth watching at all.

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YouTube Rewind 2019 video

People absolutely despised YouTube’s 2018 Rewind video. It’s the most disliked video in the platform’s history with 17 million thumbs down, and the fact it didn’t include a star like PewDiePie or the YouTube boxing extravaganza while including way too many celebrities upset many viewers.

In YouTube’s 2019 Rewind video, released on Thursday, the platform goes out of its way to acknowledge last year’s disaster—and tries its best to make amends.

The video opens with the statement from YouTube that said, “In 2018, we made something you didn’t like. So in 2019, let’s see what you DID like. Because you’re better at this than we are.”

Played over Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” the Rewind features ASMR artists, beauty vloggers, science experimenter Simone Giertz, KSI and his Sidemen colleagues, and that amazing UCLA gymnast and her ridiculous floor routine. Oh, and PewDiePie.

YouTube pays homage to the 10 most liked videos of the year, featuring content from Shane Dawson, James Charles, and MrBeast. It also shows the 10-most liked music videos. And if you can guess who No. 1 is—hint: it’s not Lil Nas, Billie Eilish, or BTS—that proves you’ve really been paying attention.

YouTube also makes room for the most-watched dance videos, the most-watched gaming videos, and the most popular new creators from around the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo&t

Missing from the action are Jake and Logan Paul, but then again, both have cut down on their YouTube presence and both have said they’re moving away from the platform. So, that exclusion makes sense. The same goes for new late-night talk show host Lilly Singh.

Though this year’s Rewind plays it safe—and there doesn’t appear to be any footage that was shot specifically for the video—early viewers seem to enjoy it more. Thirty minutes after the video dropped, it already had logged 250,000 views with 34,000 likes and 22,000 dislikes.

The video, though, is certainly more about the numbers than about the personalities on the platform. Maybe YouTube fans will like that more, at least on the superficial level. But if YouTube isn’t taking a risk with its Rewind video, it’s unclear whether it’s worth watching at all.

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