Cruel World Happy Mind

The Ace Family once ruled the YouTube platform, until their many controversies caused their inevitable ruin and the complete destruction of their brand and image. This year the parents of the Ace Family, Austin and Catherine, announced their divorce. But what caused the complete self destruction of the two partners? Austin and Catherine were seeking fame and fortune, and they found it alongside their YouTube career, and seemingly sacrificed all else in their life for the continuation of their own self fulfilment and vices.... leading, ultimately, to their ruin.

JustPearlyThings is a controversial content creator who made a living off of being a professional "pick-me"- creating a platform off of pitting herself against and putting down other women. But there's a darker story to the rise and fall of JustPearlyThings and an important lesson in the fall of Pearl: those who make enemies out of everyone has no one to turn to when they finally fall.

The D'Amelio Family became known through the youngest daughter Charli D'Amelio's viral fame through the app Tik Tok, leading to the entire family becoming internet celebrities practically overnight and signing major deals with brands, companies, music labels, and television networks. But when the daughters started to show signs of exhaustion, and the parents of the D'Amelio family began to speak out about their level of involvement in their daughters careers, businesses, and lives, the question becomes: what does modern exploitation look like for young social media stars? Should there be limits to how much these influencers are allowed to be pushed, or how much their parents are allowed to profit from their success? The D'Amelio family may just be another cautionary tale of the dark side of internet fame and fortune, and the greed that comes along with it...

Jojo Siwa has been under fire recently for her bizarre actions online all associated with her rebrand, alongside some of the questionable figures that Jojo Siwa has chosen to associate with. But, the recent information on Jojo Siwa is only the tip of the iceburg when it comes to the entire story of Jojo Siwa- a former child star who became massively famous from a young age and went on to build a multimillion dollar empire for all the adults around her, until she became too old to be marketable to their target audience. Who is to blame for the fall of the Jojo Siwa empire? What behavior has Jojo normalized from her unconventional childhood, and continued to inflict onto others?

Tana Mongeau is a wildly successful influencer known for her controversial actions and her self-branded "problematic" persona, but looking deeper into the life and career of Tana Mongeau, despite all the financial success and flash there is a sinister pattern of exploitation... one that is becoming all too common in the modern young influencer industry. This video is about how exploitative cycles often persist, and how when Tana Mongeau has had the opportunity to break the cycle, she has often gone the other way.

Jimmy Donaldson, known online as Mr. Beast, has created one of the most successful YouTube empires on the platform. With multiple channels of over ten million subscribers, and multiple successful businesses, Jimmy seemed unstoppable. And yet, recently, news has come out about the terrible workplace culture his company has created and the various nefarious figures involved. People also began speculating on Mr. Beast's motivations for his content, as more scams and bad practices within his videos began to surface. All of this has led to a fall of the Mr. Beast empire... as they say, all empires eventually come to an end.