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“ Pride will cost you



                                                  everything and leave you


                                                  with nothing. ”












           more  engaging  to  Richard  than  sitting  at  a            Big mistake.
           cubicle  answering  calls.  It  was  a  dilemma  that
                                                                       The controversy that sparked from that
           Richard dwindled upon for a couple nights.
                                                              MrBeast video quickly made it the most disliked

                When     he    reached    fifty   thousand    video  on  Richard’s  channel.  The  views  on  his

           subscribers,  he  made  the  decision.  Richard    subsequent  videos  plummeted  and  he  began

           resigned from the telecommunication company        losing subscribers. The largest channels put him
           and  became  a  full-time  YouTuber.  His          off as a joke, increasing the viewers’ distaste for

           production rate doubled, each video performing     Richard,  some  even  went  on  his  channel  and

           better  than  the  last  one  as  he  used  various   ridiculed him with mean comments. It was then

           people  on  the  platform  as  stepping  stones.   he  realised  what  he  had  done  and  made  an
           When  he  reached  a  hundred  thousand            apology  video.  However,  like  most  apology

           subscribers, he made a video calling out Snazz,    videos  on  YouTube,  it  flopped,  further

           declaring  her  videos  to  be  quote  ‘bland  and   accelerating his channel’s death.

           uninspired’.  While  there  was  some  backlash
                                                                       Richard finally realised that his pride had
           from Snazz’s viewers, that video quickly soared
                                                              gotten to his head. He thought his place on the
           to become Richard’s most successful video yet,
                                                              platform was secured for life, but here he was,
           reaching over ten million views.
                                                              jobless and hated by all. He deeply regretted his

                Richard decided that since making videos      actions  and  proved  the  validity  of  the  saying

           calling out people was the most successful thing   ‘Pride goes before a fall’.
           he  had  done  yet,  he  would  make  more,

           eventually calling out even the largest channels

           like PewDiePie, Markiplier and T-Series. He then

           celebrated his one million special by calling out
           MrBeast.
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