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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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