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He's that one kid who has a really popular YouTube channel where he reviews toys. At the store I work at, I can even see Ryan's World toys and apparently they have their own original characters. It seems suspicious, like they are exploiting him.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

he made his parents over $100M, he is 13 but his parents still force him to make videos where he acts like he's 7.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hollywood has been doing this for a lot longer but this isn’t new it’s actually quite old. Children exploitation for millions of dollars is always worth it in the parent’s eyes. The guilt trip is what I love to hear about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The guilt trip is what I love to hear about.

Which side is using a guilt trip?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It’s the parents usually.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

A person who isnt old enough to consent to most things was used like a piece of machinery to make their parents fabulously wealthy with no legal right to any of the money. You're right it sounds sus

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

it was child neglect to let him put his face on the internet in the first place. it was fucking insane exploitation and child labour to let it go further than that