• ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        Built a booby-trap device to cover porch pirates in glitter. Oh no, such a disgrace.

          • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            01·
            2 days ago

            Criminals have rights too. One could say, that as by law in every civilized country, committing a crime does not mean random rich fucks can do whatever they please with you and your life.

            And I for one do not particularly find some desperate single mom stealing to give something to her kid in a trailer park being exploited for views to be entertaining or in good taste, even if she is a thief.

            I’m not a thief, and I’m not a criminal, but I have far more in common with her than with out of touch rich fucks like that Mark guy.

            • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
              1·
              2 days ago

              You’re giving package thieves too much credit. It’s straight up unethical to steal from your neighbour. I can defend stealing from a Walmart, but not another member of your community.

            • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 days ago

              It’s not “desperate single moms” that are stealing these things. These are often fairly organized groups that actually make their money by stealing people’s packages off of their porches and then reselling the items. And a few of them are just assholes looking to ruin somebody else’s day while making themselves a bit richer.

              • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                01·
                2 days ago

                That may very well be, but the videos speak for themselves - there are no “organised groups” on display, mostly just clearly poor folks and maybe some opportunists.

  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    3 days ago

    Who? Oh, that glitter bomb douchebag has sixty million subscribers.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      LDS former NASA engineer that makes silly devices and gadgets. Some interesting videos, though he’s big into the clickbait game. Seems at least relatively sincere in his push for encouraging interest in STEM with children, though he can be a bit “flash over substance” for my tastes. But he is better then a lot of others I’ve seen in that regard.

      • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
        0·
        3 days ago

        he’s big into the clickbait game

        Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

        Smarter Every Day did a video on using clickbait titles and thumbnails. The data is clear: everyone complains about it, but it performs far better than anything else on YT. And if the goal is to most efficiently spread educational videos to the largest number of people, then unfortunately, it’s really the only option.

        TBH, the tone isn’t that different from Bill Nye. Wacky colors, loud obnoxious personality, gotta get kids excited about science somehow.

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          3 days ago

          SED also uses the clickbait tactics, so I wouldn’t exactly consider them an ubiased source. They’re also all profiting from these tactics. Let’s not pretend it’s just some virtuous sacrifice to “teach the kids”.

          • 3laws@lemmy.world
            0·
            3 days ago

            Correct. But at least we all can agree that the OG pillars of sciTube (and adjacent content) who keep it fresh with their unique forever updating style are the less guilty of those tactics: 3blue1brown, Vsauce, CGP Grey, Steve Mould, Matt Parker, Numberphile & 3 or 4 more that escape the tip of my tongue. They all do this for a living, but only one created a loot box and all profits go to research.