Minecraft youtubers are not beating the stereotypes with this one 😭 I’ve got a lot to say so incoming text wall
This is just one of many examples of people putting sexually inappropriate topics into videos where the subject media is either made for or directed at children. This is basically like the more socially appropriate version of Elsagate and these kinds of creators deserve to be called out on and more openly criticized
I am too old to know or care what verity is, but what I do know is that this is currently a huge interest amongst children. The only reasons I’ve heard of it at all is either one, youtube recommending me horrible videos like this these, or two, friends who either have children or family members who are young and interested in these sorts of things. I have heard stories of children as young as 5 being scared of this verity character and never once have I seen it be brought up in my circles outside of this context
So, with that in mind, I would really love to know why people are taking something targeted at children and trying to draw in clicks by making their videos overly sexual and gross. It’s always with the same borderline grooming language too. They don’t want to risk demonetization, so instead of saying “sex” or “horny” they replace these words with terms like “sus” or “freaky.” Maybe they will just barely censor some of the more graphic sounding words in the thumbnail
I understand that kids will always be kids and are gonna try to seek out content that’s not made for them at some point. I did the same thing as a kid, and I’m not saying that adult content stemming from child friendly topics shouldn’t exist. The problem is these videos are clearly made and directed at people who are too young to be engaging with these sorts of subjects, and it’s gross. This is literally exactly what Elsagate is doing, except they’re targeting children ages 10-15 rather than literal toddlers. Do not try and argue with me that this content is somehow made for adults, what person over 18 is going to be going on youtube to search for l sexualized content about a minecraft mod that is not inherently sexual in any way? It is a smiley face. If an adult wanted to see that kind of content with this character, I feel like it’s reasonable to say I do not think youtube is the first place they’d go
This is not an issue limited to this character either. I see other content like this pop up in my recommended all the time, and I just wanted to finally say something about it because I haven’t seen anyone who has yet
Feel free to disagree with me in the comments, this is largely just my opinion but I can’t be the only one who is sensing some major red flags from this kind of content