Adam Ruins Everything - Why "Buy One, Give One" Companies Don't Help Anyone

Buy one, give one? Not so fast! Those shoes you buy to help people might not be helping anyone.
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Adam Ruins Everything - Adam Ruins Buying Shoes for Charity

[@jessnomaybe]

This is actually true. I live in Kenya & they just came and randomly gave us shoes in our school and we were just like, wtf okay

[@wazir3974]

Jessica Olago lmao that would have been so weird

[@daveheel]

Love that. Who wouldn't accept free shoes but it's not life changing.

[@dinidusamaranayake3266]

There: Get free shoes Here in US: Must have Nikes

[@pregenderneutral]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@depressoespresso1904]

They have internet there?

[@Quinntus79]

So of I understand correctly, the best way to help developing nations isn't to just give food and clothing, but rather to invest money into the economy and technology that allows better access to resources.

[@martinmarigomen2767]

that is correct

[@BryonLetterman]

Medicine is good too. He said a big problem is malaria.

[@chikin6146]

yep...traveling to their country also helps and spending money as a tourist... it's basically the saying "give a man a fish and he'll live for a day but teach a man to fish and he'll live indefinitely" or something like that

[@hollymorgan4189]

yes. exactly

[@AdamSmith-jb2lf]

Yeah!

[@arthasmenethil9957]

If you had very little to eat, practically no clean water, a less than acceptable shelter, inadequate electricity, no available jobs, and were barefoot, I imagine shoes wouldn't even make your list of concerns.

[@ab-ul1yz]

Arthas Menethil Also, some populations are always barefoot and don't care.

[@Obsi399]

And if you live barefoot for long enough, your feet get really tough. Our bodies evolved to survive naked you know

[@tardiskeeper6]

"Are these edible?" (looking at shoes)

[@LG-xg8fw]

Almost no one in Africa is actually like that. With the amount of money China is pouring into Africa, skyscrapers in Nairobi will be a thing in our lifetime.

[@888nevik]

@@LG-xg8fw it will be a chinese colony bet on it

[@kittykat3844]

I live in Africa and people keep asking me: do you ride elephants to school? Are there lions in your streets? So this is accurate 😂

[@antiarmadillosociety]

So, do you ride elephants to school?

[@kittykat3844]

Anti-Armadillo Society yes. His name is Gerald 😂

[@antiarmadillosociety]

@@kittykat3844 In all seriousness, I can somewhat relate, I live in New York and whenever i say that, people assume i live in a crowded city. In fact, I dont, my backyard is 2 square miles (American showing through) of forest.

[@kittykat3844]

Anti-Armadillo Society wow that’s really cool! I live in a crowded ish city and my backyard is tiny which is completely opposite to what people think of Africa. They think it’s just openness and zero people lmaooo

[@antiarmadillosociety]

@@kittykat3844 What most people think of Africa is weird. Most people think of the savanna or the Sahara, when places like the DROC are covered in rainforest. And as for new york, people think of the city, when I litterally have wild cranberries growing in my yard, and raise sheep. Most people in the city dont even have a garden.

[@GPantazis]

Fun fact. Those stereotypical African tribes that live in the wilderness with the animal hides and no shoes? Those actually are pretty well off. The poverty problem comes from the modern African cities that attempted to urbanise without having the necessary provisions to maintain an urban city. Those people don't need food (okay, maybe some of them do) as much as they need the means to successfully assimilate an industry/services sector to their economy.

[@LG-xg8fw]

More like: cities have lots of opportunity and poor village farmers want to get in on the action but can't afford a house in the city so they build their own on the outskirts. Thousands of people do this and boom. Huge slum. But they aren't exactly in need of anything, except maybe some decent police.

[@georgekerscher5355]

I'd assume some good housing would be nice

[@LG-xg8fw]

@@georgekerscher5355 Africa is the fastest growing continent. In 20 years all those slums will be demolished and people will be living in shiny council flats.

[@georgekerscher5355]

@@LG-xg8fw I'm not disagreeing with you, I am aware that there are well off cities in Africa

[@DrCruel]

If I have no shoes and no one else has shoes, I'm not poor. If I have old shoes and everyone else has new shoes, I'm poor.

[@getamber2671]

Biggest mystery, how did he draw blue eyes with a red marker.

[@addadu8031]

Christmas magic.

[@XavierZara]

+WittyFellow 24 No, _TV magic_

[@tomlxyz]

All the other things that happened were normal?

[@getamber2671]

tomlxyz Normal for Adam.

[@tomlxyz]

+GetAmber But this is not?

[@NuclearJuggernaut]

"We all know Tom's Shoes" Me: What's "Tom's Shoes"?

[@luthfifalaqi8138]

me too....wait......trump? wth?

[@Pattyobrien3]

Yeah, I have never heard of tom's before, or since, this video.

[@--SINGED]

Ikr

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Adam: We all know Tom's Shoes Me: You what?

[@herecumsmarkie8577]

same 😂😂😂

[@brainstorm623]

"It's my show, so I can just, like, whatever." That's pretty much the only backstory needed for Adam's powers.

[@snowangelnc]

I've seen some boards where people have pointed out problems like this, and the predominate attitude is "Oh be quiet. You're just complaining because it makes you feel better about not doing anything to help make this world a better place. At least these people are doing something; and that's ALWAYS better than doing nothing." No, no its not. It's easy to contribute to something to get a quick warm fuzzy feeling, but it takes time and research to know how to get involved in a way that really does help instead of unintentionally causing damage.

[@leolong2984]

Agreed. I mean half the time people who say such phrases are the same individuals who would be extremely defensive if you were to suggest that decades of European imperialism contributed to the poverty in developing nations we see today. It's a shame we have a tendency to think about problems in the context of making us feel good rather than actually solving the problem at hand

[@CoercedJab]

@@leolong2984yeah just look at how easily you ignore millennia of HomoSapien Imperialism!

[@CoercedJab]

Yeah like wearing face masks in 2020 😂

[@lGalaxisl]

I fking love adam ruins everything, it's my favourite college humor thing.

[@cacio4514]

+lGalaxisl i was coming to comments to say the same thing!!

[@LonePuppy1]

+Sad Armor Me TOO !

[@mattmoen4303]

+Lone Puppy same

[@Optimally_healthy5831]

Same! I love this show, I even watched it a year ago on the college humor channel before it was on TV :)

[@starplatinum9758]

Agreed

[@fizzypop1]

*what if they just asked them to take off their shoes while filming*

[@RNGSHOTARO]

*Yoooo-*

[@lucygacha1327]

Omg wait

[@deepasinghal4729]

"Poverty porn" NAILED IT!!

[@AzguardMike]

they spend 5 mins showing the extreme cases, then cut to the same kids washed, clothed, in schools guess we dont need to donate money after all. Woo-hoo

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@AzguardMike You forgot to add a side note.

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

I have expected one of them to say we have shoes we got more shoes than we got people

[@HamburgerPenguinz]

@@Mr.wednesdayallfather and we shall sail the seven seas, captain obvious

[@CoercedJab]

Ah yes when adding porn after anything was trending 😂 Nice comment porn BTW

[@graciehart6779]

I totally hate how the world thinks of Africa... I mean seriously. I'm from South Africa and we basically have everything you guys have. I visited the States 2 months ago, and no, animals do not roam everywhere as in I do not ride around on a lion. Geeze get educated people.

[@FlypaperGirlSangue]

totally get that... I am Ukrainian ... and I cannot even count how many times I had to explain that I am not a prostitute - come on I am wearing turtle neck, jeans, boots and a massive snow jacket while reading harry potter -_-

[@prestonang8216]

Stereotypes are annoying.

[@jacobgrimstad7423]

I was just in South Africa giving away food to the poor

[@captaincancer7786]

@@FlypaperGirlSangue Hey, how are the radioactive mutants going for you?

[@littolicce]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T RIDE A LION??? I’m from Canada and I ride my moose to work everyday

[@FirstNameLastName1162AD]

African: Help us! Malaria is killing us! People: Forget that! You need shoes!

[@nandini1267]

I wonder why these Americans don't try to fix problems in their own country first 😂😂

[@bobseeee]

Ozzzt

[@Asylvius1]

Wait a minute, so Tom's Shoes gives shoes to kids in Africa after Blake took a visit to Argentina a South American nation South of Brazil, explain pls

[@Teag_Brohman15]

Americans: maybe Shoes will stop the Sudanese Civil War

[@iliasszennati173]

Bruh here in north africa shoes are so common and cheap you can buy like 15 pairs for the price of one nike

[@sophiegray6544]

I'm the kid at the end who just sat there while everyone else freaked out and left.

[@kangkrool1538]

awesome

[@devinwilliams3322]

Same, I'd be like "Yeah. Santa isn't real."

[@freshrockpapa-e7799]

Wow, you are so special, take all my atention please.

[@kangkrool1538]

Eric Pive she is obv a little kid

[@anonymousna9941]

Yeah that little Asian girl was the cutest.

[@dracocrusher]

Seven years later and Mr. Beast is in the middle of a controversy for making a video for publicity where he donates shoes to a random village to fuel his brand image. Nearly a decade later and NOTHING has changed, but at least we've learned to wise up about these types of things a bit. I just hope more people can find this clip and share it around to help explain exactly why this is an issue while pointing people towards actual real solutions to the actual problems these poverty-stricken African cities have to deal with.

[@roseiesb2541]

I know, this has branded into my head. The second I found out about it, I remember this clip

[@fishburrito8328]

I remember my mom had been talking to me about Tom's when trying to bring up a shoe company that "does good" in the world after I said how I try not to buy new shoes ever since they're all made through slavery. I wish I had showed her this clip

[@aboemusic]

Why is it called 'Adam Ruins Everything?' It should instead be called 'Adam teaches us cool stuff in an informing and engaging way whilst also employing a measured level of tact by refraining from being a total jerk to those whose exploits he's calling into question'.

[@samh1022]

i know right! and he should teach at the zoolander center for kids who want to read good snd learn to do other stuff good too.

[@tomlxyz]

It sounds less condescending.

[@bird-cagechannel2127]

It's called Adam Ruins Everything because he makes people think about all the things they thought they knew. And some people are too stuborn to think about how things actually function.

[@williamhudson2922]

He ruins the idea of that thing

[@i_am_a_crybaby_and_i_am_pr2882]

ikr

[@RigobertoMartinez07]

OK this is one that I actually agree with. This is the basic concept of "if you give a man fish, he'll eat for a day but if you teach him how to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life." My friends in Africa tell me about this all the time. People in Africa actually want to work to make a living . This is why it's a hard concept for people to grasp in America.

[@user-un8jx8yo7z]

People don't understand that it's more complicated than that. Self-sustainability isn't necessarily a good thing. In a global economy it's better to be specialized. All the Nations are connected by trade. If Person A in Country A can produce 1000 shoes an hour and Person B in Country B can produce 5 an hour person B would be wasting they're time trying to make shoes when instead they could do something else and generate more value.

[@rezarehman2885]

They can't fish without a fishing pole, and the "buy one, give one" model is breaking all of their poles

[@nintendo9231889]

Teach a man to steal without getting caught, and you've fed him for life.

[@amit4Bihar]

@@user-un8jx8yo7z that mathematics is not that simple. More self sustainability gives you negotiations advantage and possibility of exports in the future, as well as innovating in the field where you are self sustainable

[@timothycarney9652]

It is similar to how people don't approach homelessness properly as well-the most effective programs and measures against homelessness are the ones that give people the help they need to help themselves- plenty of charities do great work getting people food, clothing and other necessities, but to actually help people get out of that situation you need to give them access to the tools to do so. Adam goes over it briefly in the episode where he is homeless- amongst other housing issues- Utah has a program that provides housing, which gives people less to worry about in surviving day to day, and a permanent address, so they can more easily find themselves a job. it has been a while so I might be remembering things wrong though

[@uyenvu5568]

So true story. Yesterday I was helping my organization sell cupcakes for 2 tickets each (basically $0.50). I was there for a good 45 minutes trying to advertise for these cupcakes. Then an idea hit me. I started yelling "BUY ONE GET ONE FREE". I told the people who started coming over that 1 cupcake was 4 tickets and if they bought one, they'd get another free. You can bet your butt a lot of people started coming over. #logic

[@ZhangtheGreat]

+Uyen Vu That's how advertising works. People may say ads don't affect them, but they're bold-faced liars.

[@YamaZombies]

+Uyen Vu So you're selling packs of two cupcakes for the same price as you were selling two cupcakes for before, but now it's a good deal. People are stupid. You probably had a sign up that said 1 cupcake = 2 tickets too.

[@uyenvu5568]

Yamajac yup! LOL

[@mrchuckmorris]

Someone hire this man!

[@Moscato_Moscato]

well "Buy One Get One Free" is just 50% a discount

[@Ella-by5vv]

I was born in Ethiopia but I grew up in America and my white friends were generally surprised when I told them that there iPhones in Africa.

[@harshshitole6293]

Hermela Shoarega Ignorance(I’m from India)

[@nateowen1064]

Stereotypes are harmful

[@Yes-cg3mj]

Get new friends

[@massivecowbreakout7555]

Well there ARE some parts where they don’t. I know that for a fact

[@dissmo706]

@@kapple8245 preachin'

[@SwoleakhulTheBlind]

"Buy one give one model helps no one" Not quite, it helps that fart who invented it getting richer.

[@thefloormattetris5260]

Lol

[@hotfocaccia6070]

But just don't buy one to begin with then

[@SwoleakhulTheBlind]

@@hotfocaccia6070 twas my point brother

[@hotfocaccia6070]

@@SwoleakhulTheBlind oh ok

[@caseykreie1839]

A saw a movie that talked about this and it happens with most products. When companies gave free eggs to villages in southern Africa, chicken farmers went out of business. Their economy isn't allowed to function smoothly when consumers of the products are getting them for free from a different source.

[@SmileyGirl22100]

What movie, if I may ask?

[@caseykreie1839]

+vivalaruby it was at a Minneapolis film festival, I forgot the name

[@SmileyGirl22100]

Casey Kreie ahhh... thanks anyways.

[@thelittlerainicornofaa6015]

poverty inc on netflix

[@SmileyGirl22100]

thelittlerainicorn ofaa OOOHHH, I've watched that!

[@KASASpace]

You know, instead of giving them shoes, why not try to help their economy grow?

[@bs-wx5km]

because that'd mean we'd actually help them

[@davidcraig7771]

Expound.. Give some examples of what would help their economy grow.

[@KASASpace]

David Craig I'm not an economist. But one example would be to invest in their industries.

[@chowrites6179]

not exactly. its more like the idea of teaching them to fish instead of giving them a fish. its helping them, but but it ultimately helps themselves

[@chowrites6179]

teaching practical trades would ultimately help their livelihoods and if we were help them create more jobs then they would never need aid again

[@jasonwoods5326]

Watch POVERTY, INC. Goes into great detail about how foreign aid often has a negative effect.

[@amyleigh3277]

I'm going to check that out, thank you.

[@tinygardentomato]

I'll check that out. Thanks for letting people know.

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

Ok... But if that so called 'negative effect' ends up being protectionism I'm not on board with the message. ie competition crowding out local industry. It's basically saying 'hey don't dip that because someone was paying me to do it.'

[@kobathedread]

Helping people is difficult, complex and often has unforeseen ramifications. That's why I do nothing as it's the only moral thing to do.

[@anibaldiaz8909]

+kobathedread nah you just lazy :P.

[@stonewolf5613]

+kobathedread BEST. EXCUSE. EVER!

[@katelyn3047]

+kobathedread Hehehe.... very clever.

[@TinyShaman]

+kobathedread I don't know if you are being sarcastic about it or not, but doing nothing is actually not a bad course of action. Especially when it comes to more complex, distant, or unfamiliar situations. There have been plenty of cases when misguided "help" hurts its supposed beneficiaries, and profits unscrupulous or downright criminal intermediaries.

[@RJLiams]

+kobathedread Or you could just donate money. It's the easiest thing. Everyone needs it.

[@declangray2931]

3:11 While most people are noticing Sims 3 music, I'm just sitting here wondering who the hell animated that small segment.

[@geckobrain]

+Declan Hearne Caldwell from CH/Drawfree, that's his style.

[@SuperHotFire-ub8im]

Same!

[@cookiejadayas727]

+SuperHotFire 1738 +Declan Haere Well there's your answer. Caldwell drew it.

[@leruetheday377]

Best quote in the entire series "...where he gave away something even more valuable than shoes; dat ass."

[@gamingtank3450]

LeRueTheDay yeah but it's true

[@finnmccaughey1690]

LeRueTheDay i

[@Xman34washere]

As someone with Kenyan heritage and who has been there, lemme tellya somethin: *NO WE DO NOT RIDE FRIKIN WILD ANIMALS*

[@priestoffern1608]

Ok but do you ride tamed animals?

[@aidanderson53X]

why not? it sounds fun

[@TRXLLGE]

What’s it like in Kenya?

[@ca-jengrootherder7562]

South African here Can confirm

[@kord2003]

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[@InuMiroLover]

Everything from 1:44 to 2:01. People, if you ever assumed that all of Africa is like this, including how apparently every child in Africa is starving, yes you are being very condescending and shame shame shame on you.

[@tahthedon]

+InuMiroLover do they wear clothes?

[@Haaklong]

+InuMiroLover It's not like these people don't exist, and most people don't think that *all* of Africa is like that, but if you genuinely believe that *no-one* in Africa lives like this you're being just as condescending, I remember after my vacation to Hanoi that I went back to the West and I actually enjoyed wearing my conically-shaped straw hat and suddenly some angry Asian man started yelling at me in the street calling me ''a racist who hates Asians'' nd physically threating me if I wouldn't throw my hat in the canal, and when I showed him pictures of people in the streets of Hanoi on my telephone where a large amount of people just wear these hats he tried to take my telephone away from me and I had to run away, I'm sick of black people pretending that Africa is some sort of futuristic giant metropolis where everyone is stinking rich and Asians pretending as if Asia is an exclusively Confederate-American English speaking region and everyone wears cowboy hats and plays golf all day long, stereotypes aren't based on nothing, and denying that the local culture exists is probably more racist than anything else.

[@InuMiroLover]

Haaklong Nguyệt Oh spare me. Im being "condescending" because I acknowledge that not every African lives in a poor village or in a high rise luxury apartment? If you want someone to blame, blame how media and poverty porn ads paint a picture of Africa into the minds of every westerner. I talked to my grandmother about how Americans see Africa, and she doesnt believe Africans even have cell phones.

[@Audreyymae]

+InuMiroLover No one thinks all of Africa is like that. It's just that poverty is a bigger deal there than in the first world nations.

[@WTKB82]

+Audrey Merritt Poverty is a huge deal everywhere.

[@sym2988]

When this video started, i was thinking that maybe in an attempt to have a different opinion, Adam would just tell us how "he's not even doing that much charity", but I feel differently at the end of the video where he talks about how this charity is actually destabilizing their economy.

[@crystalraf]

sym lots of charities do that including the Red Cross

[@nataliesays4212]

Saying "Africa" is very vague

[@imperatorodaenathus9329]

I don't know what you're talking about, it's not like Africa is an entire continent.

[@nataliesays4212]

Romeball lmao ☺ I hope you're being sarcastic xD

[@imperatorodaenathus9329]

natalie What's sarcasm? ;

[@hollymorgan4189]

I know right. it's kinda a pet peeve of mine. Africa isn't a country, it's a continent. I've met way too many people who think Africa's a country.

[@pluto6383]

I once had an art teacher who didn't know Denmark existed and thought Scandinavia was a country

[@platinumencasedpenile4812]

I remember in elementary school we had something called pennies for peace, and basically you were made to send in pennies to give away every day and if you didn't you would be ridiculed by the teacher for it. This really makes me wonder if they really needed all of those pennies too.

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

A penny a day keeps the teacher away

[@thatguywithawatch53]

I was just waiting for this to turn into a preachy lecture about how bad capitalism is. I was happily surprised when it didn't.

[@thedman05]

+thatguywithawatch The model isn't really 100% capitalistic tbh. It's like.. oligarchic but with guaranteed concessions that can be seen as rather socialistic. It's weird lol

[@Bedrinonen]

^^

[@Bedrinonen]

The like button seemed inadequate

[@Unlyricallyrics]

+thatguywithawatch to be fair it's quite a flawed system that makes helping bad. It's not just shoes, also excess food that gets sent to poor countries might ruin their economies. Kinda strange, i give you free food, you starve. In a better system giving excess resources to poorer areas would be a good thing.

[@aesutton]

+thatguywithawatch Sounds like you're subconsciously aware of something you don't want to admit. ;) Feel the Bern, capitalist pig.

[@rikacheer]

What about "buy one. give one" where the "give" is actually needed? Homeless shelters need clothes, and they request a lot of socks. There's a company that makes socks and donates pairs to homeless shelters. Do those have negative ramifications too?

[@joannebridgetsimpson6260]

But that doesn't look as good in videos. Old homeless guys tend not to be as cute as small smiling children who don't really understand why they are being filmed.

[@constellious]

How about look at this prespective. Whats more important? Food,Shelter,Jobs,Electricity,Poverty or a pair of leather thats not apart of their culture

[@micahadams1574]

> not a part of their culture > whole point of video is that africans do in fact have their own shoes

[@joannebridgetsimpson6260]

@@micahadams1574 very well said

[@hattmannen5122]

it depends

[@afromagazine]

I'm from South Africa and we even have wifi

[@bluechesse14]

South Africa Is probably the most rich part of Africa.

[@mdot1770]

You can get Wi-Fi anywhere in Africa

[@davidlmartin2080]

getdahfuouttahere WIFI? next thing you're gonna sa is you have internets

[@eggsbenedictcucumberbatch4336]

Blue Chesse Nigeria is the richest african country actually

[@siyavuyafamatye380]

1:50 to 2:04 is completely wrong

[@helenarosno]

I’m so glad Adam is in our lives to correct misconceptions

[@devonoknabo2582]

But imagine him being your friend 😑😑😑😑

[@AJReed-hd1qt]

Guy: *kidnaps woman into a TV screen* *children run amok* Guy: "Wow, you are not good at teaching!" lol

[@Prakriti2041]

A.J. Reed still tracks children brought up and taught properly wouldn't run amok just because an adult isn't present

[@brahmnardone9241]

Adam doesn't ruin things! He brings truth into our misguided world. Thankyou Adam!

[@christigmc]

This is why I'm more for teaching skills. Teaching farming, engineering, clothes making etc. You give people the tools, they figure out how to take care of themselves. You give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. You teach a man to fish, you feed him for life.

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

the problem is, you can teach those skills, but if local resources are 'tapped out' from, oh, say, thousands of years of people living on it, and taking and taking, and never repairing, it won't mean anything...you can teach someone how to grow corn all day, but if his land is bare dirt, with no viability, & no water source available, it won't matter

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

what a thoughtful, reasoned response there, 40 more Oz to Freedom, reported

[@LG-xg8fw]

@@lauranolastnamegiven3385 that's not really the case. African people have the skills to survive, and Africa is by no means "tapped out". in fact, African countries do perfectly well for themselves. The poor starving African children are from countries with civil wars and stuff.

[@julieporter7805]

But if they are hungry, they won't be able to concentrate enough to learn. That's why I say both teach them but give to them as well. I do agree with this video there. He never said don't give to them but find out what specific things they need. (That's why they suggest money.)

[@mereSwamp]

Exactly, giving to charity is good but it should never just stop at that. People need to be able to provide for themselves and sometimes they just need help to get up and running to make that happen.

[@TommyCambron95]

What I really admire about this show is that I don’t see any kind of bias and Adam genuinely cares about the facts and doesn’t have a problem with even correcting himself. When I saw his video on correcting himself I acquired so much more respect for the guy. Keep on doing what you’re doing,brother!

[@zNathaniel]

Of course the Asian girl is the only good student XD

[@zaneossa]

I WAS THINKING THAT OMG

[@boosted_brz901]

+David Ammerman reading comments befor vid was over didn't know wat u were talking about and then I saw LOL

[@Alexanderiii]

+Nathaniel Zavala I didn't even register that she was Asian until you brought it up. She was just the only good student in a pack of schoolchildren.

[@mxsdrago]

I'm Asian, and trust me, it's true.

[@thegohan4576]

I was thinking that too

[@jediahagbossoumonde8348]

This is actually accurate. I've been to Africa,and honestly,shoes is the last of their problems.And the stereotypes and "poverty porn" is way too common.Not all of Africa is like that. Great job Adam.

[@landfair123]

I always thought that kind of ad was a bit sole less.

[@frankwest498]

landfair123 lol sole

[@johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116]

landfair123 LOL

[@landfair123]

Yay I win.

[@leruetheday377]

All the puns.

[@caesural]

Everything youtube got from reddit was the terrible puns.

[@SharpDesign]

"That's what we call Poverty porn" Lol..wow.

[@tomisoetan9061]

As an African living in Africa this is so true! What America does is take the worst situation and make it seem like it's like that everywhere. It's like if I go and take pictures of slums in America , the dirtiest places and post unemployment rates, everyone won't think America is so perfect. I'm not saying Africa is perfect, we're just not what America would consider happiness. We have diseases sure, but what place doesn't and poverty is a big problem. Constant electricity is a book g problem, but guess what? People have adapted to that, they don't need constant electricity to be happy, personally most people I know are living happily without 24/7 electricity. And yes some of our children are starving and needy and we are not helpless. Our government does have charities trying to help these people. Americans go on and on, finding fault in every other country and then their own (sorry I know this is a generalisation). And oh well this has become a rant. I love Adam ruins everything!

[@Noouuuuu]

0:34 do I hear The Sims 3 music?

[@meat8130]

+Jonna Jacobsen Thank you. I couldn't remember where that came from. It was driving me insane

[@eetdotmp4]

+Jonna Jacobsen I heard it too, I was watching then freaked out that Sims opened itself.

[@BlueAx]

+Jonna Jacobsen I don't think it ACTUALLY is, but it certainly sounds like the same group or composer.

[@KillerKomics]

omg yes didn't notice that lol

[@briannafackler5028]

I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARD IT

[@Weaponsomasscreation]

I'll be waiting on that video about not having to shower every day. I know a few smelly people who'll be dying to see that.

[@Pi5hvi]

Yea, I know a few too :) Wait.. I think I'm one of those few

[@christianparker5643]

+Weaponsomasscreation ill be waiting 4 that one about childhood memories

[@darylmcmexican539]

Why wait? It's been mentioned,meaning we have the permission to not shower everyday.

[@darylmcmexican539]

+Samrux that is if you're using soap,right? I don't believe just water can wash away your body oil. Not that I'm complaining,I only shower when everyone around me yells at me to.

[@darylmcmexican539]

+Samrux well that will likely cost money,so I'll just take your words for it...

[@Mylris]

I can see why MrBeast is in controversy now for donating shoes.

[@AlbornozVEVO]

Cause you know, Argentina and Africa are basically the same thing.

[@sabbyblue]

As an Argentinian person, I agree

[@scroogemcfuck8110]

KawaiiJoaco same with Brazil!

[@battyblair3303]

Right? I thought it was weird they talked about the guys trip to Argentina 1:15 then she brings up Africa? Maybe she was going for a different point but it's also weird how Africa is just always thought of as how she pictured it. The attempted to correlate them by poverty (which is somewhat offensive but i get it) but worse her character just assumes the whole Continent is poor living in shacks. I say character because she is just portraying a role and most likely does not have the same views as the character. My last issue, she's saying that and she's a teacher. Is she going to teach them Africa is a hut village instead of a whole Continent? (Edit: meant Continent. Not country. My apologies) But let's all remember, they're just trying to inform us and most likely mean no harm. But this was a trigger issue.

[@scroogemcfuck8110]

E Martin both places suffer from poverty, well three counting Brazil.

[@lizziedrops5969]

As an argentinean this made me laugh

[@philv2529]

philanthropy is a form of control. by receiving regular gifts, people will stop producing them for themselves.

[@soritahin1283]

it could have actually be helpful maybe if he buys the shoes from the countries instead of his own company.

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

Who cares, he doesn't want to be helpful.

[@ojol_gameing3849]

Shoes made in China is a lot cheaper

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

harry haluester Hi.

[@mdehocutie]

Sorita hin I will say this, Tom's does some times employ individuals from the nation to manufacture the shoes (I personally do not like Tom's and have been a part of 2 in country shoe distributions) Is it nice to give children shoes? Sure, but what are the further implications of giving shoes? After these children have become adults they no longer receive shoes and since they were unable to build up calluses they are now more open to infections that could potentially lead to death. (Sorry, I did not mean to jump on my soap box, I know many appreciate the thought of helping others, we just need to ask ourselves is this the right way)

[@wendyrightler4936]

Pretty sure Congress is ruining the internet.

[@Grinsekatze113]

Im from south africa and in summer i would go barefoot to school. I remember walking the white lines on the streets because the tar was rather hot too. I had like 5 pairs of shoes at home but no ways was anyone gonna force me to put them on.

[@cablooshki]

Very good video. I hope that we understand that helping others isn't simple. We need to listen to those in need to understand their problems, and GOSH DARN IT, economics and social sciences matter. Mosquito nets aren't a complete waste, but we can distribute them in a better fashion in order to maximize their benefits. We can learn from our successes and failures, but most of all we can't give up. Poor people are still people, and sometimes the best way to help someone (from the corner store to the entrepreneur in Africa) is to buy something from them, so that they can, in turn, feed their families and buy something from another local.

[@stonewolf5613]

+cablooshki Yeah I agree. Even though it can partly promote illegitimate business models. Think about the textile industry in Banglades for example, the working conditions and the wages are awful but the booming textile industry does make wealth flow into the country which will eventually get to the workers benefit in the same way as the western world has. It was only a hundred years ago that many western europeans had a similar situation but look at the improvements that has been done since then! Because it will only be worse for them if you raze their workplaces so that the 40 million people who are working in those factory become unemployed. If you call their current situation misery so will that be nowhere near the amount of poverty that will come in that case. It would be a better idea to promote unions and education as that is what improves the situation on a long term scale.

[@cablooshki]

+StoneWolf I can't disagree. I wish that our free trade agreements had human welfare or humane conditions, as well as environmental conditions, within their pages.

[@MC2RD]

People need to realize, giving stuff to others, wether shoes kids in Africa, or 20 bucks to the panhandler at the intersection, is not doing anyone any good. You help people, that ask for it, also. Not because you FEEL they need it. But, you only HELP them, not, do it for them. That way, once your liberal ass has gotten bored with that problem, and on to the next popular crisis, the people, you've abandoned, will know how to keep the momentum going. Otherwise you're only doing it, for yourself, to feel good.

[@FreeBroccoli]

+cablooshki "human welfare or humane conditions, as well as environmental conditions" means imposing Western standards on economies that haven't worked up to them yet. "Humane" working conditions aren't something you simply choose to have; a society progressively gets better as it becomes wealthier. Trying to shotcut the process only impedes their ability to get there at all.

[@cablooshki]

Jesse Fortner Well, apparently I'm not the only one that thinks child labor and environmental concerns should be an issue - while the devil is in the details, it seems that the recently negotiated TPP will have some provisions and some restrictions for those causes. Also, perhaps workers making my shirts shouldn't have to worry about the building they work in crashing around them - that seems like it should be non-negotiable.

[@TheFremenChick]

Shoes are significantly overrated. You really don't need shoes all that much. My husband from South Africa walks around shoeless all the time, including hiking in the desert barefoot. We don't need shoes. We need opportunity and freedom and trade and peace.

[@johnkramer2144]

I feel like running water, electricity, and access to food are more important than shoes.

[@POTASSIUMINTENSIFIES]

+The Rice Industry or Australian carparks

[@averagesqueaker7121]

I'm on the track team though. :/

[@naverilllang]

+FremenChica as long as you're used to it, going shoeless isn't all that bad. your feet just grow tough.

[@dersjuanpablo7268]

Humans arent supposed to use shoes, they were designed to become rough over time kind of like a dogs paw. But what I feel people fail to understand is that we also arent meant to be walking on these flat surfaces like roads, sidewalks, basically anywhere in the city. The shoes provide support for the feet which is needed in these scenarios. But I'm assuming the children these shoes are being donated to dont live in a city... So you're right! They dont need them.

[@matthewlawson3657]

Adam Ruins the U.S. School System, please.

[@TianoAnnunziata]

Matthew Lawson it’s not that bad

[@anthonymolina7416]

TianoPCGamer it is

[@Keeves.]

Anthony Molina no it's not. Everyone who says "us school system suck" happens to be a highschool dropout.

[@gameo360]

Keeves No you are wrong as I am currently one

[@emiliaperkins]

Hello friend, I am currently in college and I believe the US school system is terrible. Honestly we could be doing so much to improve our schools.

[@PerovNigma]

I used the information in this video as part of an answer to a Geography A-Level exam question. Got 12/12 on that one, thanks Adam! 😊

[@FishoeShoe_da_great]

one month late, but congrats for that perfect score :D

[@PerovNigma]

Thank you

[@bamafan73191]

Lol I read an article trying to dismiss Adam ruins everything as misogynistic mansplaining, where a man explains everything to a woman in the first episode.....ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Maybe they fail to realize that A. In the second episode he explains things to another man and B. He not only talks to the woman in the first episode but kids and other people at the food drive. And surprise surprise that article was written by a feminist...so much for "we stand for equality".

[@themitraya8132]

_Ironic_, .. She accuses the show's producers of misogyny, because it exhibits a male character sharing his knowledge with a teacher, who just happens to be female. Like any sane person, she could've seen it for what it was: a human being sharing his knowledge with another human being; instead, she defies all _logic_ and _common-sense_ to convey her own misandrynistic hate for men.

[@11tw48]

+Matt Richardson what makes you think that the woman who wrote the article was a feminist? BTW, no sensible feminist would assume that these vids were mansplaining. This woman sounds like an idiot. Some feminists can be idiots. Quel Surprise.

[@ProGamer1515]

That sounds like the same baseless stance Anita Sarkesian (Who BTW makes me Aqueesian Blegh!) would make.

[@ProGamer1515]

@11 tw I believe the proper term is a Feminazi. Actual feminists ARE about equality, that was the entire reason the feminist movement started.

[@themitraya8132]

ProGamer1515​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ There is no need for Feminism in Western civilization. Therefore, Feminists in North America, and Western Europe are left fighting an invisible man ... I believe it's safe to say that most of the world's active Feminists are nothing more than - radical matriarchal, misandrynistic female supremacist; since they constantly beg male society for special treatment, instead of turning their full attention to third-world countries where women are in dire need of equality. They are a social mob of selfish cunts who ruin manmade culture and contribute nothing to modern human society ...

[@Sebastian-oo7xi]

"...Helps no-one"? What are you? A tree!? It helps Tom of course!!!

[@SunnyZ]

Tom doesn't exist. There is no Tom =O

[@mingiasi]

Where is your Tom now?

[@mimikyoo]

3:44 VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS

[@jeroenberendsen3632]

Matt Smillie The thing is coorporations Care about just one thing: making money. This isn't evil in itself but can have really devastating effects of the company descides it is profitable to screw People over.

[@Rs2006REMAKEVids]

+jeroen berendsen What happens to the companies that screw people over? They go out of business a few years, or even mere months after they make all that extra money for just a short period, because people don't like being screwed over. Corporations care about profit, certainly, but the smart ones care about long-term profit. For that reason, reputation is key. If almost everybody in one industry is doing business in a crooked way for years and investigations reveal this, the corporations that aren't screwing all the consumers over suddenly get a rise in sales and many, many more loyal customers when the other corporations take a massive hit or even shut down because of this hit to their reputation. Screwing people over for short-term profit margins is not a smart business strategy. The triple bottom line _is_ a smart business strategy. It's also becoming far more prevalent in contemporary society as the years wear on; consumers are more aware and more caring, while corporations are more transparent and have less power.

[@gogetyourgun1490]

Kinetic RWBY Hate to break it to you, but money buys power. If corporations that do screw people over go out of business, then Apple and Nike would have gone out of business long ago. Chinese factory workers of Apple are committing suicide at a high rate due to long hours, extremely low wages, and poor working conditions. They even have suicide nets all around the factory. Nike uses sweatshops in third world nations to take advantage of the nation's little to no regulations when it comes to workers. Yet, here they are, alive and kicking and not going to go away soon.

[@Runs-InCircles]

"Corporations are capable of doing plenty of good in the world" [X] Doubt

[@HexxuSz]

no they definitely are capable they just would not do it :D

[@lucygacha1327]

[X]

[@yestermorrow3223]

*just none of them do

[@ferociousspark4166]

@@yestermorrow3223 I mean they do employ many millions of people across the world

[@jacobschweiger5897]

Seriously? Compare the standard of living a couple hundred years ago to that of 2020. In every single country on earth that has seen this life quality improvement it’s been corporations paving the way. The interests of companies are aligned with consumers becuase they make more money when they create more valuable things that people want to buy. People like Adam create this ridiculous narrative that all the evil in the world is due to corporations paying off the government. They have no nuance.

[@NoNo-wz5yv]

Am I the only one who noticed only the Asian student was left, sitting hands folded, ready to learn?

[@XxZkilzxX]

i saw a black kid with gold plated teeth and a gun in his hand

[@leruetheday377]

Going by race labels, she's black.

[@4nd3rzzon]

she's not black

[@smorisch]

I only noticed a Girl sitting there ready to learn.

[@melissalol6734]

And this is not just to you, i'm just tired of seeing people feel like the need to say Asian American black American etc anything else that isn't white, instead of just saying American, or feel like the need to mention their race in anything, but if it the person was white you would just say "that girl" or "that boy "

[@tomtran574]

The 720 dislikes are 10 year olds who heard Adam say santa isn't real

[@FurlowT]

Or those people that make money off of these "GREAT DEALS" and don't like truth being told.

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

People who click the "dislike" button don't necessarily dislike the video. It's just a button.

[@garykerwin9924]

@@daybrink1267 just because that may have been for you doesn't mean it should be for everyone else influences the environment the people these things help influence ourselves like brainwashing children into believe in I a fat guy who slides down your chimney if you even have one most don't plus ten year olds for the most still are short squeeky voiced and haven't gone through puberty yet it's uncommon around that age. Santa should be a joke though not a idol

[@Cjnw]

or are shoeless in _wealthy_ USA

[@englisch9150]

most learned that at 7-8 yrs old

[@bookdream]

If anyone wants to know more about how charities have actually done more harm than good in Africa/Haiti you can watch this Netflix documentary "Poverty, Inc".

[@Mirabell97]

I bought a pair of Tom‘s without knowing the company & feel bad about it now. Only reading the remark in the shoes itself, I assumed they would give the second pair to someone in the US /Western countries that struggles and needs, but can‘t afford new shoes. That might make more sense - giving teachers or parents the chance to request shoes for example or helping college students that are poor due to their debts.

[@The__Gent]

Orrr how about "Tom" gives that 600 Million they stole to the poor countries of Africa..

[@pridify]

@@The__Gent explain how they stole 600million if customers did buy shoes from them?

[@chowrites6179]

I never thought of the fact that by giving these things away to the people who needed them we were hurting the people who needed work. in the long, we are doing more harm than good!

[@Buffaloguy1991]

I hope that this show goes on for six seasons and gets a documentary on the making of it

[@BangMaster96]

Shoes in Africa could have eaten those kids

[@SuperSaverPlaysSPG]

+Sunny shah wrong..but funny XD

[@kobalt_ren01]

+Sonny Zheng Brevity is the *sole* of wit!

[@Kyndral22]

ok ok...that was good, have a thumbs up

[@lustsadist368]

"Well there is no Tom" Always cracks me up everytime XD

[@gambit77x23]

3:18 I love the animation on the board.

[@Chip-Chapley]

me at 1:56 ..... who the hell would think that picture is Africa? I always assumed that Africa looked like the US just with more poor people.... yea there are some hunter gatherer "tribes" who wish to live that way, but we native Americans that look that way too.....like my grandfathers tribal village of the dine.......

[@aquaman6166]

It's not quite like the U.S. (at least not where I'm from) roads are unpaved, there are open sewers and sometimes lizards in your bed, but we definitely have shoes honestly the biggest problem might be Malaria.

[@Chip-Chapley]

sooo same as US. sounds like you've only seen the best case scenario on tv from here.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

The U.S has few deadly diseases, control of said diseases, and running water everywhere that is clean, in Africa, not living in a major city all but certifies your poverty, running water is a commodity (Other than in cities) mosquitoes give you malaria, ect ect, it may not be as bad as is shown, but it is still pretty bad.

[@Chip-Chapley]

Cameron McAllister Have you been to Africa? have you been to America? I live in nowhere Texas and your telling me running water is everywhere and is clean? hahaha ignorance is humorous i had to boil my water and recently had water installed. Internet is the only thing not to far behind back here. Nowhere, Texas just got upgraded to 100 MB but any farther Into the woods and I would have have to pay 2000 dollars for the RGB6 cable wire to be ran to my house for direct installation.

[@Chip-Chapley]

.......I'm just going to say this if don't want to listen fine. Every country has a poverty issue. It is understandably more dominate in the Middle East, Africa and Asia due to internal power struggles. But, putting our hand in the cookie jar is giving hope to a dead family. What I'm about to say may sound heartless and sociopathic; their deaths are the fault of the country helping them, the parents who bore them without the necessary care needed, and is their problem. Countries in a big economic hole will not survive unless the helping country leaves and they figure out how to walk away from their loved ones or sustain a economic growth if they can't they will continue to die. it's hard decision and its one that a very good Somalian freind of mine had to make. you tell him he had a better choice, "why didn't you save your family." is the same as "die with your family" in those countries.

[@HorsePuncher]

Why is there so much sims music in the show? Not just this one instance, it's everywhere.

[@bjorlam8201]

Good background music

[@shadowranger937]

hi burnie

[@Darkwisdom9]

A lot of the music maxis uses in the sims is royalty free to avoid copyrighting costs. This show must be using the same royalty free music site/supplier.

[@GarageMob]

I AM CATBUG

[@HorsePuncher]

Garfild YOU'RE ALL DRUUUUNK

[@PoesRaven73]

I always knew this was a scam from the first time I saw the commercials! Same goes for the company donating socks. I’ve even seen commercials saying “if you buy a new car, we’ll donate $200 to some charity!” Big whoop! If a company is only “charitable” if you BUY something from them, that’s not charity. That’s lining their own pockets while trying to make you think they’re SO KIND!

[@Indeside]

don't people already know that it's a ripoff?

[@DBZHGWgamer]

No.

[@tesshope4449]

of what?

[@AozoraUltra2006]

I always hated Tom's shoes. they've always looked like knockoff kungfu shoes to me

[@franw2054]

theyre based on a traditional shoe from argentina called alpargata

[@marvincool3744]

Give them sperrys. That's real style.

[@clivethefuhrer822]

"We all know Toms" Me : Yea the Danish chocolate Company.

[@johannamost4387]

I thought he was from Finland ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@AzguardMike]

*gasp* from tom and jerry? no Ben and Jerry? no Ok im out

[@andreparra9241]

Mr beast should’ve watched this video before making his video about giving shoes in South Africa

[@lampebrus1832]

He would still have given the shoes, how else would he profit from it

[@Animetracklist]

Is that Sims 3 Edit Town music at 0:33? lol

[@elenagracious]

+Animetracklist It totally is. So funny.

[@crustaceandroolcube]

+Animetracklist I noticed that too! I thought I had accidentally opened the game or something

[@emmawalls310]

Now I really want to download Sims Freepoay or get on my computer. Thanks. 😐

[@shawnamurphy8058]

+Animetracklist I wonder how they got away with that. Unless Sims 3 has public domain music.

[@MsAngelique]

+Animetracklist Yes! How did they legally do that?

[@yestermorrow3223]

The whole time they’re just ignoring the kids recreating the purge in the background.

[@blackbutterfly233ify]

Lol I did too

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

Plus most people near the equator wear slippers because it's too hot for shoes.

[@agentv1240]

Ever since I had a surgery on my feet, they have been INCREDIBLY suceptable to hear rash with closed shoes, and I just like going without them. My parents don't like it, but oh well.

[@astalepeanut970]

Being from Africa (Ghana in particular) I can say that what Adam said is all true

[@Cjnw]

If u used ur real name, I'd know what day of the week you were born

[@ca-jengrootherder7562]

The thing about having electricity Our waters been out for almost a week ( South Africa)

[@xgladar]

1:18 Argen...ARGENTINA?! one of the most prosperous countries in S.america????

[@davidgreen5994]

It has a 32% pooverty rate trough... panampost.com/raquel-garcia/2016/04/04/poverty-in-argentina-soars/

[@danglezbenderz]

+David Green Still one of the better of countries and those in poverty usually are not in abject poverty.

[@dingdingdingding5544]

Counties like Argentina have a lot of wealth but the wage gap is HUGE.

[@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER]

Argentina's the one that went into a HUGE economic collapse due to its socialism.

[@malamindulo]

Yes, and it has a "Very High" score on the Human Development Index, one of the only two in Latin America (Chile is the other), 3 if you count the on and off "Very High" to "High" Cuba. Then there is also the overseas territories.....

[@ladylyssa5130]

"Poverty Porn" XD I really thought I was going to be angry after watching this clip so I avoided for the longest. But I can say, after watching it, I'm not surprised at the business model. Yet I'm glad I watched because now I know how it affects local businesses in Africa.

[@cortster12]

+Lady Lyssa Why did you think you would be angry?

[@ladylyssa5130]

+cortster12 I've seen places that allow you to buy yourself a meal as well as a person in need without them being there. They just come in to the shop, take a ticket off the wall, sit, and eat. There are coffee shops that do it as well except with coffee. I was afraid to find out it was some sort of scam.

[@mparker123]

Do you think people care THAT much about shoes! They care about food, water, shelter, ect

[@ritwikreddy5670]

They care about *JOBS* The water, food and shelter are not upto the first world standards, but they are present. Humans once lived by drinking swamp water, humans lived by sleeping in caves. And humans lived by hunting and farming, but alas, there are very less forests remaining in Africa. Just because you got diarrhoea by drinking tap water doesn't mean everyone gets that.

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

Build a shelter out of shoes. Use shoes to carry water. Exchange shoes for local currency as a job (I'm kidding, ofcourse)

[@jassbunny4653]

I love how the little girl screamed "JJ Style! " I love Yuri On Ice!!!

[@lpskayleigh5321]

We were born to make history!

[@PrinceOfOpinion]

Please do an Adam Ruins Everything on modern day feminism... it's been getting out of hand lately.

[@christiandiordenimflo]

Shut up. Adam ruins everything is about facts, not opinions. They aren't gonna cater to your stupid views.

[@PrinceOfOpinion]

BlackFox922 Femism relies very much on facts. That's basically what many modern day feminist rely on. Mostly using misleading statistics. Also, there was even an Adam Ruins Everything based on why tipping should be banned. Which can easily be considered an opinion but they backed it by facts. The question is, why are you so upset.

[@crtm1274]

i agree

[@christiandiordenimflo]

Because I'm a 'modern day feminist' and I don't think it's getting out of hand at all.

[@PrinceOfOpinion]

BlackFox922 Because you are one. Obviously you wouldn't see anything wrong with it. In middle eastern countries it may be an issue. But men as a whole, especially in the US are not holding women back by any means.

[@MusicAusUS]

the poor people in america are living in poverty

[@ministerofmetal666]

And that's what you call a redundant statement .

[@eveningdim7167]

Sometimes redundancy is needed to express a point. I've seen homeless shite kids with no shoes on the street here in U.S.A. Why aren't companies exploiting their poverty?

[@notme4680]

because the women in Argie are sexyer than the US.

[@Uroboro_Djinn]

Blissful, that's not actually too far off the bat. To overly simplify it, people from America are more willing to "help" the poor in foreign countries that seem exciting and exotic to them and have gross poverty porn surrounding them. So they would, for example, send aid to the poor of Uganda (African culture), Argentina (Latin American culture) or Greece (Ancient Greece alure) but they probably wouldn't send aid to the poor of Japan, Germany or Australia.

[@cameronmcallister7606]

It is also a point that, Americans view poor Americans as lazy, as if living in a rich country means you cannot be poor, but in these far away countries, they see them as not at fault, and that it is the problem of the climate, or terrible governments.

[@vfaulkon]

0:52 - accurate. 3:57 - also accurate. There's always one, isn't there. (I may or may not have been that one, you can't prove nothin')

[@TheMaxCloud]

1:20 that is condescending, too much actually. (Im from argentina).

[@timothybryce1948]

It’s funny since Argentina is one of the more developed countries in South America

[@TheMaxCloud]

@@timothybryce1948 yup.... There is poberty yeah, But... Its not even near like Africa.

[@fourskin3816]

"The teacher's gone!!!" Oml I'm dying 😂

[@lord_saggerton7016]

My new favourite word shall be "poverty-porn".

[@InitialPC]

there needs to be a adam ruins everything movie

[@lildmckay]

InitialPC Why? It's already a TV series with much more content than a movie

[@InitialPC]

lildmckay yeah, but a adam ruins everything movie would be awesome

[@liz6735]

"Am I clay?" 😂😂

[@TunaYegitt]

0:33 The Sims 3 Music? Anyone?

[@JacobVoose]

mrTuna I KNOW

[@hannahlong3333]

mrTuna there is sims music in most of these videos

[@kollinwong]

Well the Sims freeplay was on Christopher Columbus

[@boilingstomachacid1999]

Wth

[@CreatorMan-lu6sx]

mrTun

[@joshualane1716]

Surprise, turns out you can't save the world by going shoe shopping.

[@stephkim00]

Yes they cost less than they sell for, but its not like blake receives 52 dollars for every shoe the sell. They need money to transport the shoes to stores, need to pay for stores, ( actual store, utilities, employees), etc.

[@Notorious_Grey]

That's a good point. Also they may be donating to the people that can't afford shoes locally

[@moemokhtarr]

+Stephanie Kim And dont forget the salaries of the people who work there too. And since they sell thousands of shoes, only a small percentage of the remaining money gets distributed on those things. So if Tom only gets 20$ out of the 52, he'll make 20,000 everytime he sells a 1000

[@denchua]

+Stephanie Kim You'd be surprised on how durable our feet are when they're used to not wearing shoes. I used to be in the running team and we once had competitors from the rural areas come and compete. They chose to go barefoot and we totally lost.

[@FredSismoS]

+Stephanie Kim I agree with you, but shoes is not the most important thing they need. I'm reading his book. It is incredible, but there are way more important problems that need to be solved than shoes.

[@Notorious_Grey]

Fred SismoS : Canadá & Eu People in absolute poverty need shoes dude.People above the poverty line usually need bicycles, above that, motorbikes, above that, cars.

[@actualmadscientist]

I've been saying this for years. The best way to fix a community is to make it fully self-sufficient.

[@seijitheicedrake9487]

am i the only who never heard of tom shoes?

[@seijitheicedrake9487]

+Drake Natsu also the girl was basically stereotyping africans

[@Audreyymae]

+Drake Natsu That was the point.

[@WASTEOFTIMESTUDIOS]

+Drake Natsu I worked for a place that distributed the toms shoes directly to customer.

[@ryanwayner2475]

I didn't know either.XD

[@Ian-bf4yk]

What's Toms shoes

[@sherisheepsworth8432]

3:55 Me when my class becomes possessed by demons

[@VengefulBatz]

2:03. No sweets, it's not so much condescending as it is just stereotyping.

[@Balearius]

She was right when she said companies are evil. The worst part is corporations could do good, but they don't and never will