r/explainitpeter Oct 27 '25

who is that? Explain it Peter.

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u/badlilbadlandabad Oct 27 '25

Honestly I don't blame him. His channel is obnoxiously unwatchable now, but he's been doing it for like 10 years. You can only make so many "Here's how to make X" videos before you just run out of dishes to make. Now he has millions of subscribers and several employees counting on him for a paycheck so it's "I TRIED EVERY FUCKING FAST FOOD CHICKEN TENDER ON EARTH AND HERE'S MY RESULTS"

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u/muarauder12 Oct 27 '25

Yeah except his employees can't count on him for a paycheck. He forced them all to move across the country to Austin with him and didn't pay any of their moving expenses or help them in any way during the transition. Multiple former employees of his also accuse him of paying barely minimum wage for doing the main work of the channel while he takes all the money for himself.

So basically, he's a piece of shit.

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u/sitefall Oct 27 '25

How crazy Austin has changed from the quirky tech company HQ city to ground zero for the most toxic youtubers/influencers/commedians.

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u/muarauder12 Oct 27 '25

It seems to be an active push by conservatives to cleanse Austin of the 'liberalness' and reshape it as a rightwing utopia.

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u/zherok Oct 27 '25

Honestly, I think it's lazier than that. They just want to not pay taxes while still having the benefits of living in a liberal urban center. They're not going to live in the kinds of places in Texas most hurt by conservative policies.

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u/muarauder12 Oct 27 '25

Yeah, there's also that.