[quote]Popular YouTuber and all-around bad person Logan Paul recently landed himself in some hot water over a graphic, and incredibly offensive vlog. The 22-year-old, who currently has over 15 million subscribers, received fierce criticism after he posted a video of him exploring Aokigahara forest in Japan. The forest has received global notoriety after receiving the nickname "Suicide Forest," and Logan Paul can be seen approaching a suicide victim in the now-deleted vlog.
Understandably, the internet had some harsh words for Logan Paul, but it would seem it hasn't had that much of a negative effect on him so far. The Daily Beast reports that his subscriber count has only grown since the video was posted and deleted, gaining 80,000 subscribers in the week that followed.
YouTuber Philip DeFranco was right when he tweeted, "Just remember this... His core audience doesn't give a fuuuuuuck. Unless YouTube does something, this doesn’t hurt him.” YouTube have yet to take any action against Logan Paul, although he has since posted an apology video and announced plans to take a break from vlogging. The apology video, which is monetized, currently has over 32 million views.
Just remember this. Before all the extended community outrage against Logan Paul’s “we found a dead body” video, there was a seemingly uncontested 550-600,000 likes on it.
His core audience doesn’t give a fuuuuuuck. Unless youtube does something, this doesn’t hurt him.
— Philip DeVeryStableGenius (@PhillyD) January 2, 2018
The original vlog saw Logan Paul closely examining the victim's dead body, and despite the minimal effort made to blur the body, it made for an incredibly unsettling video. The backlash that followed resulted in the video's removal less than 48 hours later. As YouTuber news site We The Unicorns points out, that wasn't the only offensive thing he got up to while in Japan.
Turns out, Logan Paul's trip to Japan was problematic for many reasons 😡 pic.twitter.com/yhj2BYgk4G
— We The Unicorns (@wetheunicorns) January 5, 2018
During his recent trip to country, he posted videos that saw him mocking the culture, repeatedly stating, "Japan is all about the respect." Sporting a traditional Japanese yukata and running around Tokyo, the other vlogs are full of even more things to get mad about. Smashing a Game Boy Color and telling a store employee it's "much-o broken-o," while throwing Pokéballs at unsuspecting people walking past, the compilation We The Unicorns put together simply highlights how disrespectful and awful Logan Paul fundamentally is.
Popular video artist Vic Berger also recently put together an edit showing how disgusting his behavior has been, particularly focusing on how him and his friends were laughing after the discovery of the suicide victim.
In Japan, the rate of suicide is considerably higher than the majority of other countries. The leading cause of death for Japanese men aged between 20 and 44 is suicide, with 15,017 men and 6,747 women taking their lives in 2016 alone. Aokigahara is a common site for suicides, and police often patrol the site looking for individuals looking to end their lives. In 2010, there were 247 suicide attempts in the forest, 54 of which were fatal.
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http://www.complex.com/life/2018/01/logan-paul-subscribers
Only in White America...
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There's no such thing as bad press.
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Also, where is the #loganpaulisac'unt tag???
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Edited by PermaBanned: 1/7/2018 1:12:37 PMNot white america, edgy middle schooler america.
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Some YouTubed said this. “His core audience doesn’t give a -blam!-” apparently there are 80,000 12 year olds who thought it was funny and didn’t subscribe to him already so they subscribed to him now
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lol at "only in white america" you know, its a jap country that has a haunted forest where jap incels go to commit seppuku by rope. he was just getting dat raw footage so white people could be exposed to dat cultural diversity
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Don’t have the exact quote, but his editor tweeted out a statement. In that statement, he said that he and Logan talked for hours about what to do, and they choose to upload it. Another thing to note, YouTube reviewed it and left it up without an age-restriction. Yet any reuploads or videos talking about it got demonetized or taken down. #bringbackvinesotheseidiotscanleave #bringbackvine
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Kim press the button
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How to make money with no real effort:
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Edited by emirasal: 1/8/2018 2:41:35 AMThere's no hope for the [b]F[/b]ucking HUMAN RACE now
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So you are saying that not a single black or Asian or Mexican person is subscribed or has subscribed. Okay then
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Edited by Cultmeister: 1/7/2018 11:20:30 PMOf course. That’s what happens when there’s a media frenzy, the people who the media talk about get more attention. I mean it’s literally what the press is there for.
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[quote]Only in White America...[/quote] Wha... he... huh...?
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You can't stop that aryan chad
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The internet both does & doesn’t surprise me anymore.
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Ahh not surprising at this point, Awful and pathetic, but not surprising. It really never does get me in the art of someone doing something so dehumanizing and rude, and only gains more in money and followers from such tragic events like this. The people who defend this and subscribe must really want to defend just to gain the attention and popularity of the Huge and globally known channel producers. Because I'm willing to bet that is what really matters to generation x now.
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TURBOGERMAN
Can someone validate my ship's parking? - old
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Lemme just shit in his corpse upon his death
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When everything is content, nothing is sacred.
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The idiots actually making money off of this shit? Even more reasons to hate him
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he should be banned for life, he knew exactly what he was doing when he uploaded that video. had it been someone who posted 1 or 2 videos i would understand but he makes a living posting his nonsense
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Edited by Vgnut: 1/7/2018 7:17:12 AMNothing about this story surprises me. I am not surprised shit bag YouTube celeb would be shit bag. I am not surprised all of the media attention is just raising his profile. I am not surprised YouTube/Google isn't doing shit all. They won't do anything because they're making money and the reality is a lot of tech companies are made up of alt-right "libertarian" minded folks that think this and plenty of other stuff are just fine.
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And there goes the last of my respect towards humankind
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Edited by ShadowCookie409: 1/7/2018 6:11:21 AMHonestly, I reckon that idiot needs to be perma-banned from YouTube. That's kids who watch his stuff! The majority of his community are kids!!! He knew full well what he was doing and STILL decided it was a funny idea to show freakin kids a person who thought there was no where else to turn and killed themselves in a horrific way.... That's just not right. It just isn't. Kids or not, no one should think that's an ok thing to see as a YouTube video for entertainment. [spoiler]Wasting people's time since 2014[/spoiler] [spoiler](ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧[/spoiler]
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I've heard about this but still don't know what he did
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Edited by Warlock: 1/7/2018 5:37:53 AM[quote]Only in White America...[/quote] Wut?
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We aren't all bad!