Shane Dawson Conspiracies Make Me Mad

[@jarthhouse4444]

How is someone so out of touch that they are so completely shocked by the existence of off-brand products

[@mi1kguts]

especially cuz he loves reminding everyone he grew up poor

[@pinkfeet518]

@@mi1kguts and loves playing pretend-poor-person

[@mi1kguts]

@@pinkfeet518 omg guys i'm so poor living in my mcmanshion with my millions of youtube monies

[@marnenotmarnie259]

it's one banana, ryland, how much could it cost, ten dollars??

[@CJ-ht4rf]

Let's not forget that apparently carrying your groceries in the rain is humbling

[@Neronova888]

I genuinely wish I was as stupid as Shane. Imagine living a life where even the smallest most innocuous things can blow your mind. Life would be one hell of an adventure.

[@beepatpen]

oh man I wish I was alone for like the first escalator and stuff like that, it'd be so cool

[@blushingbunny3074]

And rich.. Ahh.. How has he not gone broke though?

[@ferretappreciator]

Yeah but then you'd have something in common with Shane Dawson :(

[@Macky2Tacky]

Just imagine "HOLY SHIT THE SUN DID THAT THING AGAIN WHEN IT COMES BACK UP 🤯🤯🤯"

[@banana_365iguess]

​​@@Macky2Tackythat would be so fun lol But imagine how you're gunna feel when the sun is going down :

[@CeeGeeFursuits]

"how is this legal" is giving "how dare these poor plebs eat the same food as me for less money" energy

[@noveltea9593]

He's so out of touch it's crazy

[@zhebebe]

i think it meant “how dare companies take more money off of me than they can” and that makes sense

[@HydraCFW]

​@@zhebebeDeveloping a product is a lot harder than just copying one and cutting cost it makes sense they cost more

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

​@@zhebebeit's not a conspiracy, he's just stupid

[@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx]

To be fair - and I hate to do it when it comes to Shane - at least in the way the video is edited he seems to be talking specifically about the animal crackers that are literally using the same shapes as the original brand. Usually generics won't go that far and I wouldn't be surprise if Trader Joe's got in trouble for it.

[@alexandriascott6556]

If Shane is shocked by stores having “off-brand” food and stuff, wait till he finds out about medicines doing the same😮

[@beepatpen]

oh man wait till he learns about acetaminophen, he'll have an aneurysm

[@bluetiger2468]

Wait until he finds out you can buy second-hand things at a thrift store. He'll grab a shirt and say "Wow, this looks brand new! I can't believe some stores will sell something like this for 60$ when you can buy it here for 5$, why doesn't everyone shop at thrift stores? Is this even legal?"

[@adriancarter85]

And you could actually make a point about the massive price desrepency with medicine but this shit is so silly. "Sugar corn snackems are just frosted flakes the deep state is behind this!"

[@ananyasahay]

😂😂😂

[@LiIbeanbagbean]

@@beepatpenLMAO

[@cirquedefreak7329]

For someone to have “grown up poor” he sure seemed to forget generic brands existed once he got famous

[@catboymikey]

Yeah seems like it like ......bro

[@chloelopez5598]

he literally used to make jokes in his old videos that they used to always get the generic brands because they were too poor to buy name brand stuff

[@ericalang7846]

he probably researched “poor” brands when he was telling his lil fake story before😂 or walked into the nearest walmart & just searched the aisles for anything but name brand

[@NAUTU]

generic brands hit different sometimes, if he had actually grown up 'poor' he would certainly remember them

[@catboymikey]

@@NAUTU yepp exactly

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Seeing how surprised Shane is by store brands, everyone's like "oh that proves he's been cosplaying as a poor person this whole time" but it's deeper than that. Him being so shocked makes it seem like he's literally never been in a grocery store.

[@poopoopeepee318]

They definitely get all their groceries delivered lol you could tell even when ryland says carrying all their groceries through the rain to their car was a “humbling experience” like jfc these people are definitely living in a bubble. I’m pretty sure they themselves have even talked about how they get all their stuff delivered too

[@martinrose2668]

I genuinely wonder how much of his reactions is fake outrage

[@killswitch69]

im super poor... like very... and... this guy definitely just doesnt understand anything. when you're poor you still know bigger brands but especially know off-brand generic shit??? im so confused on how generic brand things would even be that exciting even if he really didnt know what it was beforehand. what.

[@rudedrugs]

@@killswitch69 right i'm constantly looking for the generic brand of things.

[@lizzyblitz07]

​@@poopoopeepee318 the fact that he got the animal crackers on Amazon really says it all. He was already going to go to all these grocery stores for the video, but it's just easier and more convenient to have the carbon footprint of yet another single item being (probably next-day) delivered. I also can be part of this problem, and I'm trying to make sure I am at least somewhat sustainable, but this is just absurd.

[@low4070]

as someone who grew up in poverty, Shane's video is literally the funniest thing for the wrong reasons. it's the equivalent of that one video of Kendall or Kylie Jenner cutting a cucumber.

[@kaijuhunting]

you naming off both of them is so funny to me. idk if it's because you just couldn't remember but i am choosing to believe it's because you can't tell them apart

[@varbzrepresentative57]

@@kaijuhunting And who cares? these rich people arent meant to be worshipped bestie

[@kaijuhunting]

@@varbzrepresentative57 and that's kind of my point but ok

[@isabellaclapp7604]

@@kaijuhunting no fr tho, it should be humbling to them

[@lovesick_loser]

the fact that shane claims he grew up poor makes it even more bizarre. hes acting like hes never seen a cheaper off-brand version of a product before? thats like... stage one of being poor???

[@cosmosisrose]

I never realised he tried to replace Andrew so directly oml did he go hunting for someone with similar mannerisms or did he straight up tell the man to act that way

[@unprepossesing]

thats what i was literally thinking. It has been freaking me out a bit 😅

[@wingullward]

I'm so glad someone else said this, the laugh is identical it is so off putting

[@kimbrew5425]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did make the poor guy laugh like Andrew did. Like almost down the the EXACT mannerisms there no way that’s a coincidence

[@drizzuI]

omg i thought it was just me... when i first watched this i genuinely thought that andrew had come back or something until i realized it wasn't him LMAO i wonder if shane wanted someone similar because of how popular andrews personality was and how people always swooned over his laugh

[@kimbrew5425]

@@drizzuI it wouldn’t surprise me! He has the exact mannerisms down the the laugh, the way the camera zooms, everything

[@MegaDoomdoomDoom]

Could you imagine coming in to Aldi to do your weekly shopping, only to find Shane Dawson and his friends freaking out over generic cereals?

[@Ray_Vun]

i'd report them to management for being rowdy and filming people without permission

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

They would have to take ME out of the store because I would aggresivly explain very basic concepts to that adult man against his will. I've seen his stupid conspiracy videos I deserve the catharsis.

[@kitkat6442]

If I’m not misremembering I think someone did see him and film him discreetly and uploaded it on TikTok. The video ends abruptly when Shane makes eye contact with the camera 😂😂

[@Buhn001]

“Omg It’s a KZbinr! Ahh what shall we do?!” Is that how y’all’s view these people? wtf 💀😭😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️💁🏽‍♀️

[@candi4202]

😂😂😂😂

[@jordanr.2120]

Jarvis here has the energy of in school when you KNOW you fucked up badly because the super sweet and laid back teacher is actually visibly angry.

[@localjoke_]

Yeah when he was cursing and shit I was like Oh he's really mad now like this isn't just content he planned to make he just is really mad at this video for absolutely justified reasons

[@juliabrown39]

I had a laid-back teacher like that once, and once he got so mad he cussed at this kid and we all just stared in shock. He’s still one of my favorite teachers ever

[@CieraMychele]

The fact that he's treating generic foods like this just proves to me that he was never as poor as he claimed

[@skinkwrap]

acting like aldi was the backrooms 😭

[@maryalicefike4704]

@@skinkwrap i feel like even middle class people can relate to their mom telling them to “get the store brand, it’s the same thing just cheaper” . and then ur like, mom but the name brand has spongebob on it !?

[@closuitm]

@@maryalicefike4704 exactly 😮

[@CJ-ht4rf]

@@maryalicefike4704 absolutely me as a child haha

[@lousielouise8716]

LITERALLY!!!

[@leelubell9080]

Did he think they were going to like genetically engineer their own pistachios? Of course the pistachios are the same

[@sabaducia]

I was thinking this too. Like the "Tesla of pistachios"??? The f is he talking about? It's a pistachio???? It either is or is not a pistachio, that's it

[@tiffany5483]

I was thinking the exact same like buddy…. Its a nut. it grows off a damn tree lol.

[@Nylak-Otter]

...You know that there are copyrighted strains of common food crops, right? Like, producers pay for the seeds, and pay extra for genetically modified strains that perform, yield, and taste different, and have varying nutrient levels?

[@temerianlillies]

@@Nylak-Otter it's still a god damn pistachio 😭

[@Highly3666]

He's a damn nut lol​@@tiffany5483

[@leif739]

I grew up in a very poor family. We almost specifically only shopped at Aldi's for a lot of my life. It's Wild to see someone who claims to grow up poor have such a disconnect from how making fun of these things can be harmful to lower income families.

[@hannahb2306]

Right? And regardless, *aldi is better value for all kinds of things* so I still shop there even now that I make better money.

[@bloepblep4287]

I almost always shop at Aldi

[@sillywabbit898]

How can his video be harmful to lower income families?

[@amarlynk1782]

@@sillywabbit898 you dont see how laughing at and poking fun of off-brands as a “scam” is harmful?

[@Julia-tk2em]

@@sillywabbit898 maybe not directly harmful, but it doesn’t feel great when the only food you can afford is being mocked as a “scam”.

[@mads53]

"i understand storytelling, okay? like i understand building suspense and all that, but like... i'm a hater. what can i say? i'm a hater today" i felt that in my very soul

[@marynoble9464]

He's a hater and he's still right

[@bluetiger2468]

Bro, it's like those 6 episodes, 40 minute long, Netflix documentaries. Whatever happened to cut whatever is not necessary?

[@ananyasahay]

literally me lmaooo

[@ouhhoh]

my favorite part is he didnt dare step foot into a walmart to get the animal crackers, he had to order them from amazon

[@thewanderingtomato7674]

and made a fuss when he opened the package like it was the most exciting thing to ever exist 😂

[@SideA628]

Who tf cares where someone got their animals crackers from? Everyone throws a fuss over anything they can think of. Bunch of children.

[@abbie-_-7476]

He goes into a Walmart later in the video so I think he would dare 😂

[@funnyfish9360]

@@abbie-_-7476 he wouldnt dare go in twice though

[@abbie-_-7476]

@@funnyfish9360 he was excited to go to an ALDIs in the same episode 💯

[@Evie-wx2hd]

Shane's the kind of person that thinks just because he didn't know something it's a huge conspiracy

[@mandaleemilly6367]

That’s exactly what it is and because his cameraman is weirdly shocked by everything he says it just keeps feeding his delusion lol.

[@ananyasahay]

LITERALLY and I don't understand why Ryland and his cameraman pretend to understand what he's saying 😅

[@FamousGirlfriend]

And boy, does he know a minimal amount of things!

[@ananyasahay]

@@FamousGirlfriend 🤣

[@thatrandom_canadian]

@@mandaleemilly6367 I'd think that's more of a "whatever you want to believe, boss, just keep signing my paycheck"

[@jennysomething3666]

I am sorry am I hallucinating or did Shane Dawson just tried to make the fact that pistachios are all the same a conspiracy theory???

[@raveng8217]

YES that was so confusing to me! Like its a nut, why would it be different between different companies??? Its a fucking pistachio my guy, what did you expect???

[@NefariousHippie]

You don't understand, how could the trader joe's pistachios possibly be the same as the Tesla of pistachios??? 😂

[@jennysomething3666]

@@NefariousHippie they are all a nut,it's not different,if you think one brand is different from the other you are fooling yourself

[@NefariousHippie]

@@jennysomething3666 I was joking :)

[@MrSifaka]

It would be different if they were like. Different flavors, or were cooked different (one not roasted or one has sugar on it) but NO they’re. They’re both cooked the same . How can someone be so caught up in their own delusions to not realize what they’re saying. “This brand sells THIS nut!!!! And THIS brand sells the SAME nut!!!! THEYRE THE SAME?????”

[@tannerdimick5802]

I loved the fact that Shane acted like he's never been in a grocery store in his life. Grocery stores always have the generic brands next to the name brand because it's there to be a cheaper alternative. Thank you for going through the pain of watching that entire video to give us this GOLDEN content.

[@Edelara]

I wonder why they would put what is essencially the same product in the same aisle? Mmmmmm suspicious

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

​@@Edelara Yeah, they should divide us into poor people and rich people. That way I have a half of the store dedicated to my cheap poor people animal crackers that I can buy instead of the more expensive name brand ones. 😞🥺👉👈

[@Squirrel_ars]

​@@Edelarabecause it doesn't really matter. The way they get you to buy the brand name is by giving it value (marketing), and that's expensive. Part of the reason the product is more expensive is because of the value that the brand has... And also there are strategies, cheaper less known brands pretend to sell more and make less per unit sold, while others might want to sell less but having a higher profit per unit. How do they do this? Marketing. Substitute products, complementary products, customer loyalty, trust in the brand, experience with said brands... There's a lot studied on this. It's not new, but maybe if people knew more they could be more responsible consumers

[@masterlee-xi3re]

your missing the whole point, the name brand is marketed as higher quality or more organic, but their literally the same product from the same factory packaged differently

[@sigheyeroll]

​@@masterlee-xi3re But that's not a conspiracy, lots of people know about generic/off-brand products. That's the point. Shane spends all this time hyping up a well known feature of marketing and capitalism as some sort of conspiracy.

[@abbybinch]

i work in a craft store and so many people complain about them losing service and try and argue that it’s so “they can’t access the coupons and pay more” but it’s literally just a giant metal building

[@abbybinch]

in summary these “conspiracies” just show how out of touch and boomer-esque shane is to use them for an hour long vid

[@TheImpossiBelle]

@@abbybinch real crafters don't leave the car until you've got that coupon loaded up onto either the app of whatever store or on a tab on your phone's web browser. Like, sorry not sorry Patricia but learn how to streamline your shit so you're not holding up the line.

[@nullempt]

Yeah like why tf would stores care about cutting people off the internet. People nowadays are addicted to their phones, they'd prefer exiting the store as early as possible to be able to connect. More and more stores are providing customers with WiFi, smh Shane use logic it's not that hard

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@TheImpossiBelle I take a screenshot of the coupon, that way there's no issue at all with service.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@nullempt Also more and more stores are insisting people use that store's app, why would they require everyone use their app but also make it so you can't access the internet in the store? Shane doesn't understand how signals work in regards to building construction.

[@WorldlyBong]

What Shane should do next is pay $100 for a vial of insulin in the US and then travel to New Zealand, but generic insulin for $5 and be scandalized.

[@caustic1611]

no no, then he'd be dangerously close to making a meaningful contribution to society.

[@1509hk]

or he could travel to brazil, here we don't need to pay for insulin

[@schizoframia4874]

No he would get sued which he is always worried about for some reason

[@Plumjet09]

@@schizoframia4874He’s the type of person to think that they’re gonna get arrested because he opened inspect element.

[@schizoframia4874]

@@Plumjet09 😂🤣

[@evelyneca7454]

I find it so baffling that Shane is suprised that one bag of Pistachios is exactly the same as another?? They're pistachios???? How different could they possibly be???

[@poopoopeepee318]

This was the part that got mee lololol

[@fatimacasco9105]

there’s other food company who get pistachios from different places because not just one place grows pistachios. The surprising thing is that companies don’t admit they’re from the same place.

[@poopoopeepee318]

@@fatimacasco9105 well obviously more than one place produces pistachios, I think it’s moreso the comparison to something like a cereal or a chip, where there is a much more extensive production process with different ingredients, etc. but pistachios are literally just…. Pistachios. I’m sure some are better quality than others depending on where they come from but like ??? Idk that part was just hilarious to me. Idk what he was expecting tbh

[@fatimacasco9105]

@@poopoopeepee318 well yeah i agree, personally the only actual conspiracies he had where the restaurants ones which he should of added different varieties of foods that actually promote being different from the rest.

[@belle8732]

lol seriously like at least a dorito or something could be different but it's a naturally occurring nut like what💀

[@Plaincheerio755]

An hour of Shane Dawson being so priveleged that he doesn't know what generic food brands are

[@QUEERVEEART]

SERIOUSLY. like tell us you arent really poor without actually telling us. all poor people know about generics ….

[@nerdwarp112]

He’d have to have never been to a grocery store. Even as a kid I was aware of generic brands because I saw them in the cereal aisle.

[@michaelrecycle3373]

I wouldn’t give him that much credit. He knows what they are; he’s just pretending to make “suspenseful” content

[@raycearcher5794]

"Oh my god this popcorn is just hard little seeds it isn't popcorn at all, who would eat this???!"

[@orangejuice4387]

Yeah and the fact he would always talk about his poor background- Bffr 💀

[@harrietely8314]

The fact that the entire first theory was just Shane realizing that off-brand foods are a thing is pretty annoying for someone obsessed with playing poor.

[@daisyallen4954]

which is insane bc he admitted to eating off brand foods growing up bc he was poor 😭

[@jpmac97]

Wait. So there's people who actually believe that if there is one brand of food item. They won't think twice about a cheaper, third party, possibly healthier options?

[@10feralratsinacoat76]

God he’s so obnoxious

[@hannahmccreight85]

The main point of the whole video is talking about how these foods are made by the exact same company but the “off brand” is being sold for half the price. They’re the same product just packaged differently. I can understand that might not be shocking to some ppl but to others who had never heard that before or seen how many products it happens to it’s kinda crazy 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@roshnipatel2000]

I feel like this video wouldn’t be as annoying if Shane didn’t call it “conspiracy theories.” Just call it “Grocery Store marketing tricks” or something. This whole video is the “Great Value” version of MattPat’s Food Theory Channel.

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

i'm pretty sure my mom explained generic brands to me when i was like 6 because i was confused why they were selling the same thing twice. her explanation was "the generic is cheaper". i said "oh. ok" and then the wildest thing that happened about it was i thought i was a brilliant savvy little saver for picking out generic products at the grocery store more often. lil me was so proud to be above being fooled by flashy packaging. lmao it was kinda silly how proud i was of myself. but apparently by shane dawson "conspiracy" standards i was an absolute genius for noting that incredibly common business practice

[@Ultra_64]

TBH I amend people for always buying the cheaper stuff cuz I KNOW THEY'RE THE SAME but my stupid brainwashed self says "nah more $ means better product"

[@malloryhowarth9905]

@@Ultra_64 they’re not always the same

[@Oobs212]

All Shane's conspiracy videos can be summed up as "this could've been an email"

[@Sami-dq5te]

💀💀💀

[@T1ffan1]

It’s one of those spam emails that are like “forward this to 10 of your friends or else THIS will come to your house at 3am!”

[@hunterculverhouse9210]

shane dawson thinks it should be illegal to have access to cheaper versions of a product?? does he not see how insane that is to say :')

[@AndromedaD]

Yeah... We really need to add "found out the poors were allowed to eat the same food as him and had an hour long freakout that they weren't being jailed for it" to his list

[@animeROX08]

Uh yeah. It really seems like he's mad that the peasants can shop at the same trader Joe's as him lol

[@gilbert4394]

I think its pretty obvious that he means it should be illegal to sell the same product that is being sold at one price for a higher price. Shanes dumb but everyones just willfully misconstruing his words bc were in hate mode lmao

[@AndromedaD]

@@gilbert4394 But that doesn't make any sense either. Food scarcity, cost of transport, area cost of living, etc. can make the same product vary wildly in price depending on where you buy it. Even if we're talking generic vs. name brand, the same product isn't necessarily the same product. Aldi's might have different quality control requirements than Kellogg's. You get the guarantee that what you're buying will taste how you expect it to. Dr. Thunder is not going to taste like Dr. Pepper. Most generic diet root beers have an extra herbal taste that A&W doesn't have. You're also less likely to find promotions, coupons, and deals for generic products which can make them cheaper than the other versions which don't go on sale as often.

[@haybale287]

@@gilbert4394 No. That's not even remotely what he is saying. Just say you like Shane Dawson lol.

[@julesk3816]

with how often shane and Ryland say "I'm scared~ 😨", i'm genuinely surprised they're able to get out of bed in the morning, given how much fear they must overcome daily to do things like /checks hand/ eat cookies? my goodness, i'm impressed they haven't died of fright yet.

[@CactusCandy]

The obnoxious laughing they pair with it just makes it even worse. 'I'm so scared right now, huhuhuhuh~'

[@ink_poisoning]

stg i think they never leave that house

[@cloudbrooks]

tbh i feel like if shane tried feeding me cookies while talking like that i would also be scared. i do not think he's above putting poison in cookies BAHAHA

[@glamglam8347]

@@cloudbrooks his odor from not bathing is poison enough

[@copycatlemon]

BAHAHAHAH

[@tenrecmacdonald]

I am so glad Andrew and Garrett left because they are awesome and are actually funny and entertaining and GOOD PEOPLE that got wrapped into the wrong crowd

[@RedMoonCreates]

its almost like Garrett and Andrew made his shit bearable to watch

[@cptntwinkletoes]

This is how I feel about Drew, he's the only one from that group i watch and think, hey that's a genuine person.

[@lucydavis6265]

yes!! and drew too. shane was so awful to them like genuinely. i’m glad they left too

[@Apples765]

Fr, those guys are such sweet hearts

[@candyblunt]

andrew and garrett were the only reason shane’s videos were even watchable. shane is so fucking boring it’s insane.

[@kaliladevitt5167]

The outrage over the pistachios is wild. Imagine going to two different grocery stores and being rattled to the core that the roasted and salted nuts they sell are the same 💀

[@localjoke_]

I got mad because pistachios are just expensive in general like it's gonna be pricey no matter what, he got like two pounds of them

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Is it even possible for pistachios to taste drastically different beyond just coating them with something else besides salt? Cause I am very confused at what he expected 😅

[@yaboi9183]

Maybe I don't understand this because I've never done research on this but isn't it obvious that all pistachios taste the same? Like it's a plant from nature you can only change it so much it's like going crazy because two different carrots taste the same like what do you expect

[@mysticqro950]

But like he still has a point. Why are brands selling it more expensive when you could get the same thing cheaper?

[@caydenbruhlman7411]

@@mysticqro950 its called marketing

[@duhminant]

Shane Dawson supposedly grew up poor but is shocked by cheap off-brand private labelling in grocery stores.

[@duhminant]

Shane Dawson saw an "Everyday Essentials" box of Toaster Pastries and lost his mind

[@vlogily8043]

Lol real poor people would not know what real Lucky Charms is and why they come in boxes

[@Dolly_junkie]

Yep. And their overreactions to Aldi weirded me out. Most of what they say reeks of privilege. It’s like they think nobody else knows about these things because they don’t. But they are not normal people… those of us who live in the real world every day could teach them a thing or two 😂

[@Dolly_junkie]

@@vlogily8043 and we had whales 🐳 instead of goldfish lmao

[@gh0stpuppi333]

@@Dolly_junkie NAH SIS I JUST CHEWED OUT MY HUSBAND FOR EATING MY LAST BOX OF WHALES

[@amalau2472]

The thing that stuns me the most about Shane is that he's the same character that he was 10, 15 years ago. People change and grow naturally. But Shane has refused to do so. In his personal life, he might be different. But his YT character is still acting like a 13 year old from the Valley who is shocked about the smallest things we all moved on from after middle school.

[@vidiyya]

And people STILL WATCH HIM!!!

[@cybersucia]

Duuuuude so true

[@TheeeDanielR]

And ? What’s your problem ?

[@ewa4eva]

I think his audience is made of the same Peter Pan-esque bunch of immature people who don’t know how to grow up

[@apeescapefan]

​@@TheeeDanielR the problem is that he's still making videos geared towards CHILDREN when they're the last group of people Shane should be around

[@IWillNeverReadYourReply]

I find it wild Shane felt so comfortable making content based on his own cluelessness. Looks like he'd have done a Google search, realized that it wasnt a conspiracy and like...picked a new content.

[@hannibalspectre637]

Weirdest part is he clearly DID a google search, found out what private labelling was, and then continued acting like this was ground-breaking information 😂

[@jonnnnniej]

You mean he had to come up with actual interesting content? Impossible :') I honestly can't believe he still has a platform somehow

[@Vi_Vi_1]

Yeah the way he keeps framing it as a conspiracy when it's agonizingly obvious that no one is hiding anything and this is a well-known fact that the public is aware of...like Shane do you know what a conspiracy IS? Because it's not "a business practice everyone's fully aware of". These videos have to be aimed at very young children or something

[@emilycrewe3794]

@@Vi_Vi_1You hit nail on the head: Shane doesn’t care that his content is garbage because kids will still watch it. Look at the topics he chooses for his conspiracy videos-it’s either ridiculous nonsense theories that only a child would believe or, as in this case, manufactured drama over something that is common knowledge amongst adults who go grocery shopping. 🙄

[@kkronkk]

Am I about to suffer through watching something stupid Shane Dawson did just because I want to hear Jarvis call me premium? Yes, yes I am.

[@AmiMonev]

realest comment

[@capybar00]

so real tbh

[@Grace-er9ep]

This is what makes you so premium

[@Gillion_x3]

Real

[@tayzers69]

i mean he does it right at the beginning you can just watch the first 20 seconds and click off...

[@krispycreamsicle]

shane being appalled by generic brands is just fueling my conspiracy theory that he hates poor people

[@LoveLee_Dreamer]

And that he never was one like he claims he was as part of his "brand".

[@smallspooks]

As someone whos parents get the generic brand, I'm also appalled by the generic brand. (to specify I mean the way it tastes)

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@smallspooks As someone who got over that and cut my grocery cost down about 40% I highly recommend doing the same. No hate, you're just wasting money on pretty packaging. Also some generics are better! Market Pantry (Target) has the superior version of Honey Nut Cheerios imo

[@smallspooks]

@@sourgreendolly7685 I can definitely understand doing that, like I do like generic brand granola bars, but most generic things I really don't like. Like Doritos or Captain Crunch.

[@Rikigals]

While also having claimed to be poor himself

[@olivers_playlists7343]

Shane really tried to make a conspiracy out of him not understanding how food and shopping works for the working class.

[@candi4202]

☠️

[@localjoke_]

Considering the staggering level of wealth he has compared to everyone who casually views his videos I am not shocked this video has been really terribly received by even his fans

[@nethkenm]

The psychology of store layout is very real and very well documented. Costco moves things around intentionally so that you have to go through the whole store to find the thing that you want.

[@desirae742]

Right thats the point. These aren't conspiracy theories. It's just stuff that exists and is real and well known. Its like saying I have a conspiracy theory that facebook targets advertisements to individual users. Even if that was news to me, that info in generally known and you can read quite a bit about it online.

[@SylentTiger]

Should we tell Shane Dawson about the conspiracy theory that people who work at these grocery stores wear the same outfits? I think the stores may be forcing them to do this. Sometimes different stores with the same name have same outfits too.

[@blerdgirlkai]

Would you tell him just so he'd make that dumb surprised face?

[@leoorton6533]

hell I feel like if you told him that king supers and frys were basically the same chains just under different names, he'd completely lose his mind.

[@Jaytee-3333]

Wait til Shane learns about generic brand medicine 🤯

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

My dad always has pushback from patients, they claim the odd brand Tylenol isn’t as strong. It’s LITERALLY THE SAME THING. *MOLECULARLY.* It’s what he uses! What he had his wife, who had horrific chronic pain, and me, his 12-year-old with chronic pain, use! 😵‍💫

[@digaddog6099]

​@@AmaraJordanMusic placebo effect?

[@elimark717]

Right that’s what I was thinking?! Like all of my meds are generic and I only call them by brand name bc it’s just easier to say. But all my meds work perfectly fine

[@halatiny6537]

@@AmaraJordanMusic literally I have Advil and my sister used ibuprofen and I talk about using Advil and they say it “doesn’t work” and I’m like it’s literally acetaminophen… there zero difference.

[@halatiny6537]

@@digaddog6099 it’s the way they market it to treat certain things too

[@sofie.h]

I appreciate how you normally take a good-faith approach to commentary but hater mode Jarvis is just a fun treat!!

[@secretgirlnow]

I'd definitely subscribe to a third Jarvis Johnson HATER channel or something

[@flatline-timer]

​jarvis johnson... HATER! it's free. it is free. but if you're watching this, you're a hater

[@gavinyeet5821]

People like Shane really need to be hated on from time to time. The continued success of his channel is more of a conspiracy than anything he covered lmao

[@jj-nh4xv]

stop dick riding

[@softlygaloshes]

This reminds me of when I worked at Marshalls and I overheard two teenage girls looking at the clearance shoes section. They scoffed at the prices and one of them said, "Why would you buy this here at Marshalls for $20 when you could buy it at the actual store for $200?" They laughed, put the shoes back, and left the store. To clarify, Marshalls does sell the real designer brands, just at a discount for being last season, etc. They just wanted to be able to brag about spending the full price.

[@gijsw8681]

“Why save 180€ when you can make the rich richer”

[@please_im_a_staaar]

"Why would you buy shoes for 20$ if you can buy them for 200$?". The question answers itself, girls.

[@sagejennings4342]

"I can't believe Trader Joe's scammed us by telling us they were bougie organic" they literally did not

[@localjoke_]

Never once has Trader Joe's claimed to be bougie organic

[@ackok]

Right. The media itself made it out to be that way.

[@chiefavagef0x837]

There's a way to build suspense & there's a way to build an annoyance

[@mouthwaterin]

And Shane's not doing either of those things, he's just a constant annoyance

[@timberwerewolf]

Apparently Shane not knowing something then finding it out is what makes conspiracies.

[@Ray_Vun]

conspiracy theory: shane dawson doesn't have a brain. video consists of opening shane's skull open to check if it's empty

[@localjoke_]

Actually this is weirdly true like I guess when people discover new things but he's just in suspended disbelief permanently about things and thinks it's all hidden knowledge kept from the general public

[@padmjasopori]

Okay but even growing up middle class, we still always got the generic brands because companies charge extra for branding, and that was understood.

[@livcook556]

it’s giving that scene from arrested development where she’s like, “it’s a banana. how much could it cost - $10?” shane so far removed from reality that he acts baffled that generic brands exist

[@localjoke_]

He would think Lucille Bluth had girl power

[@ratatoing6158]

he literally says in another part to this video that 5 dollars for sauce is super expensive, i swear everyone just jumps on this train without watching any of the actual videos

[@anne9213]

Every single Shane video is me writing an essay 30 min before the due time, without any research, just reusing one argument 6 times, slightly differently worded.

[@gothicxromantic]

And using a shit ton a sources for padding without in-text citation lmfaoo

[@cricketjuices]

you literally hit the nail on the head lmao this man is so uncreative, just acts like he's saying something new when he knows damn well he's barely above plagiarism in terms of integrity

[@cjhenline]

​@cricket but, but, but he gives credit in the description 😢

[@addie1080]

Shane asked people on twitter to share this video with their friends because it wasn't getting much traction and he blamed the algorithm. I think more of his audience has grown past him tbh

[@nman551]

Good I want him to shrivel and fade away

[@localjoke_]

Omg did he claim he was like, shadowbanned? Pathetic

[@Feverm00n]

Here’s hoping his audience grows past him

[@sarak2305]

I can’t imagine there are many people who can actually feel entertained throughout these drawn out, out of touch, unfunny videos.

[@artsyblkkid]

jarvis was mad as hell this whole video and i’m so here for it 😭😭

[@CloudLoveASMR]

My conspiracy: The reason he doesn’t know how generic grocery store products work is because he orders everything off Amazon instead of going to the actual store. The footage we saw was him entering a grocery store for the first time in his life.

[@rosegonzalez5818]

Makes sense. This is a man who post mates just ranch.

[@bigboybastard7162]

Now now, remember, he grew up poor. Meaning he didnt amazon as a kid cause he sent his servant to the store to get his doritos.

[@ashegrey3042]

unfortunately there’s a lot of his content where he takes like jeffree star to walmart to shop so that’s not true

[@Gon-hx4df]

​@@ashegrey3042Nah, that's just a really elaborate robot for the content!

[@ballslover47]

amazon has knock offs/ generic brands as well girl

[@KellyPlayzMC]

Shane: **Learns about something new about how things work** WHAT A CONSPIRACY

[@dimsufferer9951]

He's got no clue what the word means at this point

[@sarahgent2674]

"They're not even trying to hide it!!" Oh so the one thing that defines a conspiracy isn't happening? Cool. Maybe it isn't one then Shane

[@WhiteRaven696]

I will never forget how his original Chuck E Cheese pizza video was spliced into his friend’s story of escaping an abusive relationship.

[@mi1kguts]

EXACTLY WHY DOES NOBODY MENTION THIS 😭😭😭 like hey sorry bestie you almost got trafficked with ur kid. but i need to talk about chuck e cheese in between your story

[@WhiteRaven696]

@@mi1kguts Nobody calls him out on it because Brittany stood up for him. But it’s still so incredibly messed up.

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

Wait, what?? Someone explain what I clearly missed.

[@clementinekitten8305]

​@@MelissaLawrence2002 around when shane ditched the ten minute format and started making his oversized vlogs i mean documentaries, he did a conspiracy theory video that was about an hour long. there were three stories in it, horribly and awkwardly cut between like he watched stranger things and said oh yeah i can do that too! and couldn't anyway, the stories were the infamous chuck-e-cheese reusing pizza slices, some bullshit about iphones transmitting your voice over calls before you pick up, and ... a real story of a friend of his being human trafficked and her escape. i believe she had a child as well, who was also a victim. and her trauma was just interspliced between the most tone deaf scenes of shane and co. laughing about pizza and phones.

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

@@clementinekitten8305 holy shit. What a piece of work that whole crew is.

[@dad_patrol]

The dumbest part of this whole thing is that he *knows* about private labeling because he worked with morphe- a private label makeup company. He’s just smelling his own farts at this point.

[@lexinicole4317]

As a person who has directly profited off of selling shitty makeup just because it was under his name/label and Jeffree Star’s name/label, you would think Shane would intimately understand the value of branding and why companies charge more for it. Lol.

[@sum_seal5220]

makeup isn't a necessity like food is, and also most people buy groceries in the US, and I imagine only a fraction spend money on makeup. This is probably why Shane is more passionate about uncovering this kind of scam.

[@shesthebethest]

I was looking for this comment looool

[@lexinicole4317]

@@sum_seal5220 It’s not a scam. It’s a well-known fact that helps people save money by not spending it on branding.

[@spOOkytimes]

exactly, its a well known fact at this point that Kylie Jenner just sells Colour Pop with "special shades" for a markup. These people literally just own the intellectual propriety to their branding and color formulations and combinations usually. They may tweak the actual ingredients rarely but you can only do that so much with manufacturing without eating into their absurd profit margins.

[@sum_seal5220]

@@lexinicole4317 but it's also making people spend more because they think they're getting higher quality products. it's dishonest and a trick. You could look at it from both sides I suppose. At one point though those companies noticed that people might not have been buying their products because of the price, so instead of lowering them as a whole they created a new brand that was cheaper as a ploy to not only get lower income people to buy their product but also raise the worth of their name brand products, which are the same as the generic brand. They're making extra money off tricking people. Even if they were forced into this position it still says a lot about the priorities of the food industry in the US.

[@xingcat]

Watching Shane, Ryland and Chris trying to figure out the logic behind private labeling is like watching three sofa cushions trying to play chess. They're all so collectively, intractably stupid that it's unnerving that they have so much money.

[@localjoke_]

But it's on purpose? Which is worse? I have no idea which is worse actually

[@myspacewaskooler]

Damn there’s a lot of haters lol people like talking trash I guess

[@gateauxq4604]

Accurate AF 😂

[@abi7497]

@@myspacewaskoolerwhen you’re someone who posts half baked content after exploiting your friends and being a creep for years… yeah you’ll get some haters.

[@StargazerSkyscraper]

It was like watching multiple single brain cells bounce around like those old desktop screensavers, missing each other by like centimeters, then millimeters, and feeling the need to cheer when they finally touched and a single coherent thought occured.

[@EfferusLupusAnimus]

The class aspect of this really hits me. I grew up eating generic brands because we had less money And so I was already very aware of what generics were as a kid

[@localjoke_]

Shane forgot his own fake origin story

[@ctlndm]

​@@localjoke_ LMAO I was like isn't part of his personality being like "I grew up poor" so like wouldn't he be aware of this already

[@localjoke_]

@@ctlndm He's really not good at anything, not even lying, which is really really funny actually and is actually validating to know

[@parrynicoleb]

Im confused? The point of the video was that he didn’t realise that they were the same exact product, not that he didn’t know that generic brand options were a thing?

[@summer22222]

​@@parrynicoleb I agree. I grew up eating a lot of off brands but I never knew that they might be manufactured by the same exact factories.

[@joehughes5438]

The pistachios in particular really tickled me. Why does he expect a different brand of nut to be different. Its still a nut 😂

[@katla_phc]

Also he showed the “name brand” pistachios but not a bougie brand. Like sure it’s not the store brand or value brand, but it’s not the absolute best, super expensive brand. 😂

[@MoonlightBun]

As someone who grew up with parents who saved money on generic brands, Shane's shock and roasting of generic brands is so...out of touch and off putting. Literally every grocery store has a private brand and that even extends to gas station corner stores and stores like CVS and Walgreens, why is this so shocking? It's every day stuff x.x

[@bluetiger2468]

He's so out of touch cause he's been rich for too long. The dude literally bought crackers from amazon instead of walking into a Walmart. And him being shocked that he's having trouble getting phone service in a store is so weird? Like, does he not even understand that phones get a better signal when you're not in a concrete building? Has money rot his brain?

[@laurenreinhold7266]

Equate is my shit

[@zarinaromanets7290]

I would love to see his face if he ever sees that potatoes come from the underground, I bet he thinks they grow on trees or some shit 😂

[@sunchildxo8369]

shane quite literally made his personality off of being “poor” or living lower class as a child yet acts as if no name brand cereal is the same thing as the AI generating. It’s just insane to think he has been living in his own bubble for so long he is so ignorant.

[@sunchildxo8369]

What I mean by “is the same thing as AI generating” is that Shane believes this is important enough to talk about when it isn’t. Therefore bringing attention to it is pointless because the idea itself is not a theory, it’s insensitive and dumb! lol

[@mrrreeowww]

literally the FIRST thing my mom taught be about shopping when I was growing up was to buy the store brand version of certain products because they were just as good but way cheaper! There is no way you grow up poor or even lower middle class not knowing this.

[@lisarodriguez6966]

​@@mrrreeowww good point. Yesterday while shopping with my 15 year old, we decided to divide and conquer. She automatically came back with the store brand 70 percent of the time (unless she knew we bought a different one).

[@zuglymonster]

YES!!!! This. I used to give him the benefit of the doubt when he'd act like he felt "poor" around J* and people like that assuming he had some kind of experience in childhood that made him feel like he "is poor" unless he can have literally everything other rich people do, but come on, EVERY one knows about this stuff.

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

I don't belive he is genuinely that ignorant, I think he is pretanding, just like ghost hunters pretend to be shocked by everything.

[@KestrelDC]

Shane’s next conspiracy theory: “What if I told you… Facebook sells your data?”

[@almondmilk07]

and it connects to your wifi? 😨

[@cinny1313]

And it's owned by the same people as instagram 😱😱😱

[@jj-nh4xv]

stop dick riding

[@gcee2636]

But let me tell you about Honey 🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@hotsexyangel]

Don’t give him any ideas 😭😭😭

[@uberfund6967]

The fact that someone got pissy enough to claim and mute part of this video... It's commentary, it's fair use-

[@Chlocean]

If this is a surprise to Shane imagine how absolutely pissed he will be when he finds out the pears at different stores all come from the same place.

[@beekid5167]

Scandalous😔✌️

[@luckyfajita94]

🤣this is arguably the funniest thing I've read in a comment section in a long time.

[@KingOfGaymes]

Wait till he finds out that potato’s come from dirt 😱

[@Less-thanthree]

​@@KingOfGaymes dirt from the SAME earth 😟

[@ShockedLogic]

Shane opening up a package he ordered and was expecting and contains exactly what he ordered: "OH MY GOD NO WAY"

[@habe6464]

Shane Dawson: I was so poor Also Shane Dawson: Generic brands are a thing?!?!

[@fandomlove6607]

I was thinking the same thing, like I'm baffled at how people didn't know that, my family refused to get name brands because they said it tastes the same but just extra price, like how did he not know😂

[@cynthiawaller3419]

Did the audio randomly keep cutting out for anyone else?

[@gizmo_gadgets6482]

KZbin will sometimes cut out audio for videos that are seen as copyright, so that’s probably what it is. The audio was untouched when I first watched the video, so maybe someone tried to copywriter claim it?

[@emilyrasputin]

​@@gizmo_gadgets6482 I second this; I watched it the day Jarvis posted and it wasn't cut out like that. It's most likely KZbin automatically doing it because something got copyright claimed, like a song playing or Shane claiming his own video

[@ErinaBleu]

there's something very classist about how offended Ryland is when he realizes that he buys generic brand products (and Shane, too, but I'm pretty sure he's acting more surprised than he is. like, he knows this is not new but he either thinks his audience is stupid or he's really grasping at straws because he has no ideas)

[@dimsufferer9951]

“I feel scammed” Like, what?

[@nman551]

Ryland defending Shane is so wrong like he knows Shane is a monster

[@natpat4094]

@@nman551 prolly cuz ryland is just as annoying as him now. but also i think ryland is probably stuck the way he is. he lives w shane, a disgrace to the internet, and ruined his reputation forever. he has no choice but to defend him now and prolly will be unhappy for the rest of his life if he doesnt leave him 💀

[@localjoke_]

Yeah, why are they acting like Trader Joe's is an exclusive club or thing that only exists in rich parts of Los Angeles? Everyone has heard of it and likes it. It isn't high brow. It's not Erewhon or even Whole Foods. Trader Joe's sells things cheaper because they use this business strategy. I really thought this was a thing everyone knew (everyone does) and they're just acting like this is a bizarre and foreign concept.

[@localjoke_]

@@natpat4094 i mean isn't it birds of a feather

[@sierrajohnson717]

his conspiracies always felt like he heard a random rumor and thought it was more important than it was. "theres a conspiracy that if you eat beans they make you toot. there is even a children's rhyme calling them 'the musical fruit'! They arent shown that way in grocery stores, so today we eat some beans to see if the conspiracy is true!"

[@placeholderdoe]

Shane Dawnson is like if you turned the,”Number 15: Burger King foot lettuce” meme into a person

[@BlackButler4ever]

I think the reason it feels so icky is because one of the really good aspects of making generic versions is the lower price for the exact same thing. Shane seems to be trying to almost criminalize making things cheaper instead of calling out name brands that needlessly mark up prices (or just mark up prices specifically for the name, ie Starbucks reusable cups).

[@birdmassman5431]

This is what I was thinking too! The whole video felt really classist to me

[@argleblargle8083]

this whole video is basically rich man angry that his bougie products are not exclusive - can be bought by "teh poor".

[@birdmassman5431]

@Argleblargle right?! How dare they!? I mean they take everything and leave nothing for the wealthy!! When will it end!?!?

[@lainm1456]

​@@birdmassman5431yesss literally this. the part about the pistachios where he calls the generic ones dry or garbage or whatever is so weird because isn't it good that you can buy it for cheaper, with slightly less attractive packaging, but get the exact same product! I don't get what the issue is with it, it's such a weird overreaction

[@TheVickster]

imagine being a struggling single mother doing your weekly grocery shopping at aldi just to turn down the snack isle and see a grown man and a camera crew absolutely losing their minds that generic brands exist

[@jessicapeters6906]

Shane Dawson's conspiracy made working at Chuck E Cheese more of a nightmare than just working at Chuck e Cheese. I was there for 8 years and the worst was fielding calls from parents making sure we didn't recycle pizza. 🙃

[@rabbit.of.the.moon_]

Omg 😂😂😂

[@bunnihanni]

As if you would have admitted the truth if it truly was a conspiracy 🤣

[@jessicapeters6906]

​@@bunnihanni they would have had to pay me a lot more than minimum wage for me to lie about that lol

[@wozaow]

​@@bunnihanni chuck e cheese is literally just cheap pizza cut with dull cutters, what evidence do you have for recycled pizza?

[@rainbowblossom143]

@@bunnihanni same energy as someone asking if they’re a cop. Like “yup you got me!”

[@jeamsis]

Jarvis describing Shane’s “conspiracies” as just taking something normal and putting conspiracy music behind it is so accurate I am so here for the shane commentary from Jarvis

[@localjoke_]

When you realize Shane is just like Charlie Kelly with the Pepe Silva map and actually that dumb

[@rorzoi]

it baffles me that shane is still making content

[@babysp1c3666]

and that he still has like a very loyal fanbase

[@yowieyahoo]

and it's the same content????

[@crypt7cmsp]

i always manage to forget these people exist. like i entirely forgot shane was a person and now i'm disappointed again

[@rorzoi]

@@babysp1c3666 this omg, reading the comments on his videos is just shocking

[@sleepopeepo]

@@babysp1c3666 Seriously, I was curious if any of the comments on the video would call him out for this already being a very well-known business practice, but they're all like, "OMG Shane this is the video I needed today, keep it up!" and, "Shane you're going to save people so much money with this video!!!" as if people who need to shop on a budget don't already know and take advantage of generic brands

[@onyourleft4194]

When I was a gullible kid who used to watch Shane Dawson before all the bad stuff came to light, I believed so many of his conspiracy theories. It got to the point I was being detrimental to my own health bc I was so afraid that using things like chapstick would end up being bad for me. Just knowing that there are still kids who watch his videos and believe in all his bullshit fills me with such primal rage

[@mxcrayon]

dude was the chapstick thing from shane?? i used to watch him and i wasnt very gullible but i do use chapstick and lip balms a LOT and i just remember a period of randomly being scared of them but never remembered why

[@onyourleft4194]

@@mxcrayon one of his conspiracy videos had a theory that chapstick had fiberglass in it. i wasn't really gullible i just had really bad anxiety, so it was more of an "i don't believe this but can i really risk it being true??" situation

[@ProjectAsher1]

I was a big fan of his conspiracy theories until I was like 12 and yeah the shit he would be so adamant on really scared me

[@mayakarlinsey6057]

Shane is showing us the dangers of surrounding yourself with yes-men. NOBODY TOLD HIM THIS WAS A BAD IDEA.

[@puffdaddy69]

Shane is a toxic narcissist who got famous for being a narcissist, so he continues to be a narcissist

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

What's the "bad idea"? He's happy and making money. Maybe we shoyld stop making videos about him and giving him attention

[@ember9361]

look into the 'Not Cool' backstage documentary, and you'll understand why there are only Yes-men: the dude is a major dick. And a child.

[@rabbit.of.the.moon_]

At first I read this as “yes - men” as in “that’s right, men” …like Shane having an all male creative team was the issue 😂😂😂

[@Lepong20]

​@@Tsukiru they know he's making shit videos for children. They don't care if it's cringe and stupid as long as they get payed

[@angieemm]

The truly sad thing about this is that he literally browsed makeup components with JS and saw how different brands use all the same parts and just slap a product in them and a label on them. This isn't much different yet his brain is mesmerized?

[@teezyovereasy]

I was just about to comment this! Private labeling is huge in the makeup industry (components and formulas). For a guy who claims to have been fully entrenched in the beauty space, this oversight is embarrassing lol

[@Feverm00n]

I don’t think his brain actually is mesmerized, he’s just acting like he’s freaking out bc he has zero respect for his audience/their intelligence and wants to do the bare minimum to get paid.

[@SELVESTiR]

They’re SO OUT OF TOUCH to see generic brands as a ~conspiracy theory~ and be in shock about it 😭 have they never been to a Walmart or typical grocery store…

[@CrystalJupiter]

This is genuinely the most infuriating video I’ve seen in a while; this is a grown man getting shocked about something that any *normal* person who’s been in a supermarket would know. Their weird “oh we thought this was homemade by Trader Joe’s personal cookie chefs in their backrooms, it’s bespoke!” viewpoint of all this is one of the most out of touch things I’ve heard in a while. Lmao

[@fooddaily3609]

So wait, did Shane think that some random store has their own factory where they produce their own milk, oil, toilet paper, cheese, batteries, chocolate, detergent, soap etc.? And that those products are sold only in their stores for some reason?

[@tori-uc9hl]

Yeah I can kind of understand being surprised about it initially, but after like 10 seconds of critical thinking you realize it just wouldn't make sense for every grocery chain to make their own products. Anyone who's watched an episode of How It's Made knows how labor intensive factory production can be. There are whole factories that exist just to make the PACKAGING for the food, let alone the food itself.

[@alenor210]

“did Shane think…” imma stop you right there, I can assure you that he did not.

[@archer4424]

I mean I think a lot of people thought that as kids right? But it's kinda telling that he, a middle aged man, still thinks that (or at least pretends to, idk how scripted his shit is lmao)

[@lavishdream4377]

You’d be surprised how many people really think that. It’s shocking lol

[@gijsw8681]

These are the same people that are confused that product are imported and not everything is made in their own country 😂

[@botanical_chloride_6471]

Shane Dawson being referred to as a "troubled character" might just be the funniest description of him I've heard because it's not even an insult it's just fact 💀💀

[@rainbowlack]

it's a compliment if anything 💀

[@miloriku]

I’m losing it over the service “conspiracy” 💀 like my guy found out that inside of buildings there is worse service than outside I’m crying

[@WplusMouse1]

yeah like wow guys its almost like you're in a big concrete/brick/metal dome and the signal has trouble penetrating it

[@luckyfajita94]

💀

[@caitlinwheeler7915]

Shane and Ryland when service drops in a big block of concrete full of people: 😨 (idk if the people affect it I know Bluetooth can be affected by large amounts of people idk ab service)

[@mirabelarmstrong433]

Them acting shocked at a lack of cell service in the huge warehouse-like stores WHEN MOST OF THOSE STORES HAVE THEIR OWN FREE PUBLIC WI-FI FOR THAT EXACT REASON is so frustrating to me

[@saintsomnia8030]

"I never get cell service at the grocery store!" My mom used to get bad service at the elementary school she worked at. It wasn't a big conspiracy about them blocking teachers from the outside world, we just had shitty cell service.

[@PanickinSkywalker]

Lol exactly. It’s almost like being in a metal and concrete building will mess up signal 😂

[@Ray_Vun]

all it takes is for anyone to go into a parking garage that the cell service is gone. sometimes things are built in a way that just blocks phone signals, and it's not on purpose, it's just the materials they used

[@lugoorstar]

​@@Ray_Vunit helps a lot that the USA is made basically from concrete, glass, and metal, all things that block the signal pretty well (without including the electricity wires for the lights that add electromagnetic waves that mess with the signal even more).

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I get bad cell service at my computer sometimes. Is the Walmart blocking my home cell signal??????????????????????????????????? Grocery stores are huge and have almost no windows, of course cell service is gonna be bad for some phones in some places. The kid they're trying to have is going to be the dumbest mf on the planet.

[@novanay8000]

Yeah at my job there's awful service at the cash register so if a customer wants to load a coupon or open our app on their phone then we send them to the front of the store and just hold there stuff until they get it to load- it's nothing sketchy or scary, it's just the building being made out of concrete

[@ssssundae]

It is gratifying to me that Jarvis finds shane's content as utterly rage inducing as I do

[@lemonadebi]

YEAH

[@localjoke_]

Lmfao jarvis starts cursing in verbal allcaps and I'm like oh man this is some unfettered rage at how stupid this is, he is our outlet

[@mrjoffin]

the "frosted flakes OF CORN" thing was more shocking than anything shayne "exposed"

[@CJMGalaxy]

It brings me a lot of joy that Eddie's video on ghost kitchens still has over double the views that Dawson's attempt to cash in on it has

[@dominiquelafond8409]

As someone who grew up with generic products in our household, it baffles me to see someone freak out over learning of their existence... THEY'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME!

[@ramune_flowers]

Another very infuriating moment in this video was when they ran 5 steps through the rain with their off brand groceries from Aldi or something and Ryan complained to Shane in the car that this was an absolute humbling experience

[@ninawth]

Hahahahaha unbelievable 😂

[@iainwmacintosh]

I definitely believe if Shane and his partner were living in Britain they'd almost exclusively shop at M&S and Waitrose

[@squish1e]

This video should've been titled "Shane and Ryland being offended by poor people for 1hr"

[@Mimyakko]

It's insane that now he acts like this, but when he did the video of taking Jeffree to Olive Garden, he was literally using toilet seat covers to blot his oily face 😵‍💫 he baffles me

[@reggegg764]

shane: *always talking about how poor he is/was* also shane: *literally just now discovering generic brands*

[@burppp.]

He did not JUST found out about how generic brand exist, he just found out it came from the same manufacturer same taste and everything except for the name and the packaging.. at least watch the video before making a stupid comment lol the video was just honestly fun stupid light hearted type it was never meant to be serious at least thats how i see it, nothing about it was a conspiracy it was a just click bait title again nothing new so idk why people are making such a fuss about the tittle lol The whole time i was watching it im like this is not new but go off haha in my country this wont slide but ive heard countries like the usa its a hugeee “issue” (would love to have this issue, and save a lot of moneeyy) and apparently not a lot of people know , so its kinda a good thing he brings this to light..

[@rudedrugs]

@@burppp. you can stop dick riding now.

[@genderender]

@@burppp. I knew this when I was 10. Because I ate generics/store brand

[@leshi97]

​@burppp of course they're made in the same factory. If you think about it for more than 10 seconds,it makes sense that the generic brand is made by the same manufacturer as the named brand. Its cheaper for the generic to do that rather than have their own factory.

[@jess_8238]

Shane: is this stupid? Is this only crazy to me? Jarvis and I simultaneously: YES.

[@yamyam7918]

The difference between Shane’s and Eddy’s videos was that Eddy doesn’t frame it as an outlandish, larger than life conspiracy. He grounds it in the logic of hyper competitive business practices and then breaks down the impact on consumers. Shane just seems to enjoy finding problems, or even non-issues and not putting any effort into why these things exist.

[@yamyam7918]

@Judy Mwanzo agreed, I can see how it may appeal to a kind of audience that wants a spectacle and nothing else. But it seems icky to use other people’s content to such an extent and not add anything to the conversation

[@dena81]

I loved Eddy's so much because first off he starts it off with 'Ok you know what ghost kitchens are and if you don't here's a brief explanation but now I'm going to show you extra crazy stuff I learned and things I can debunk '. And he straight up does his own testing and research. Where Shane is basically like a little kid who hears something from his friend in school and now he has to tell everyone... And no matter what, the way his friend said it is basically the gospel.

[@walkinginthewild]

Right? You can tell Eddy put so much work and research into his video and Shane's just looks like he saw Eddy's video, took two elements that took the least amount of work, and just did that

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

Eddy is also funny.

[@Maxineewing7501]

Shane and eddy arent even comparable in my eyes, its like trying to compare a top 10 youtuber to a mini doc maker. One is just sensational garbage and one is actually fucking good lmao

[@ohheyitssean]

I think Shane and co just proved that they have never stepped foot into a grocery store before and didn’t realize generic brands exist… or they’re liars who wanted to slap a stupid video together for money. Or maybe it’s both! Either way, a waste of everyone’s time. Thank you Jarvis for watching the whole thing, we appreciate you.

[@misswilwarin8829]

not here to defend shane, but he grew up HELLA poor. so he definitely knows about store brands. anyone who grew up even lower-middle class has bought store brand food.

[@xafilmbyx]

@@misswilwarin8829 he didn’t grow up he was a congealed gel in a pod and came out as a person in their 20s

[@mikusheadphones]

@@misswilwarin8829 honestly at this point i don't believe him that he grew up poor.

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@mikusheadphones the only thing about Shane I believe is that he came on a cat

[@carnuatus]

​@@mikusheadphones nah, I think that's true. I think he grew up relatively well off before middle school or the end of elementary then wasn't. Obviously he lies all the time but I think it still explains a lot of his issues in life. And why he's so thirsty to appear rich while still opining that he's poor and why he won't just let go and stop making content. It's one of his many big insecurities. Also he's done whole-ass vids in Target and Walmart so he has been to a grocery store. 🥴

[@rosegonzalez5818]

As someone who works at Chuck E Cheese, it’s kind of infuriating that I work so hard to make pizza dough, go through rushes by myself, and make menu items for people to then accuse me of reusing someone else’s work. Edit 9/18: I just got a promotion! I’m a kitchen trainer now! I have lots more knowledge than before lmao

[@rosegonzalez5818]

I’d like to add on that at first glance, that theory is very slightly believable. But if you think about it for like,, 3 seconds it’s not hard to realize that the pizza is just cut by a teenager and/or someone who just doesn’t care or wasn’t trained properly, so of course it’s not gonna look right. Adding on that everything is done by hand. The pizzas are NEVER a perfect circle. Sometimes that’s just the shape of the screen we stretch the dough on.

[@pinkiepielunagirls4541]

@@rosegonzalez5818 i got dragged to chuck e cheese way too many times a few summers ago because of my sister and i could tell the pizzas were made there. also they tasted pretty good tbh. i had an online "friend" who unironically believed the pizza conspiracy though

[@707Honeypot]

I just thought it was a dumb conspiracy given that it violates all health and food safety laws so obviously they wouldn’t do it. All it takes is one inspector visit for the entire chain to fall. No one looking to pinch pennies is that dumb

[@IamYasuraka]

My husband used to make pizzas there. The cutter they use is this weird see-saw one that isn't like the typical roller pizza cutter. They throw it in an oven, do whatever until it's ready, cut it in 5 seconds with the see-saw cutter thing and then it's done.

[@rosegonzalez5818]

@@IamYasuraka Yep! I wasn’t even really trained properly on how to use that cutter, so the first few pizzas I made looked,, wonky to say the least.

[@lillypotter2662]

Here’s my conspiracy theory: Shane’s never actually gone grocery shopping 👀👀

[@fundaez1250]

I love being a hater. I wake up, and I breathe a deep breath and start hating in the best way. Thank you for being the best part of that occasional indulgence

[@bippy_jr]

Same 🤞🏾

[@localjoke_]

My hate for Shane is so strong that I could not personally be so calm as Jarvis is (he's angry) talking about why this video infuriates me and is really, really, really stupid

[@localjoke_]

@@Tsukiru It's just really fun and easy to hate Shane in particular though

[@baffledmouse]

In the UK, Kellogs Frosted Flakes (of corn) are called Kellogs Frosties. Don't tell Shane. He might get scared for some reason.

[@soharp]

how tf did i not know this i'm literally british 💀

[@damotheman4196]

But wait.. Its in Ireland too.. Now I'm scared. 😂

[@miomire22]

In germany too, it must be a europe wide consipracy :o

[@tyraoqvist350]

@@miomire22 omg that's so scary. someone call the police! /j

[@killian2365]

Now Im sad that we don't call them that here lol

[@charlieeuwu]

in Aldi (and Lidl too in the UK), the off-brand product is next to the original so that you can compare the prices, ingredients etc, not to confuse you into picking the wrong one or anything. It's to make shopping bigger much easier, so you can see what you're getting and why you'd be paying more/less for essentially the same thing.

[@dementedcheesepuff99]

…The entire point…of Trader Joe’s…is that they sell generic versions of bougie groceries… so you can get them cheaper… it’s not a conspiracy it’s literally how their business functions. Like. What???

[@xochiltaviles4539]

Once I found out Trader Joe’s does the white label thing, i liked them so much more because that’s how they keep their prices low. I just got their face sunblock for 9$ and it’s THE SAME as the supergoop 30$ unseen one. Like???? Deals? YES PLEASE

[@holyboiamethin2790]

Seriously what's so bad about generic brand stuff? If it's the same as the brand name but much cheaper, what's the big issue? Some people don't want to spend so much money on brand name stuff

[@mi1kguts]

​@@holyboiamethin2790exactly, i'm on a budget. not to mention i get a discount on all store brand products because i'm an employee at the grocery store lmao why would i decline *more* savings?

[@zacziggarot]

​@@holyboiamethin2790 yeah, it's just crazy that shane doesn't understand the generic brands exist. His privilege is showing 😂

[@voguishthrone5887]

I literally buy basically only the generic brand. Seriously like if I get the same product for cheep I get it. I buy jus the great value or Hyvee brand for most things when I shop for meals

[@KC-zw7hb]

@@holyboiamethin2790 I saw his video and he was more so upset at the big brands charging people sometimes double the amount of money for the same products that the generic brands sell. He and Ryland stated they are only going to buy generic from now on.

[@ThornheartCat]

"I'm fully in hater mode, by the way." Dude I've been in hater mode for Shane since 2008, and I know there are many more of us. Don't apologize!

[@outofspacee1422]

Yeeesss i'm in hater mode for shane dawson all day long

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

I am joining the hater train

[@kaiknowshowtoread]

WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE HATERS!

[@thanatoast]

This just came to my mind, but Matpat from Game Theory actually came out to disprove the Chuck E. Cheese thing. He even tested it out across multiple restaurants and came to the conclusion that they look like that because it’s cheap pizza cut with a dull rocking knife. The funniest part of the whole thing is that he refused to say Shane's name out loud, as though just mentioning him might get him demonetized 😅😅😅.

[@aquarina715]

What's more, Matpat tested it out during lockdown when the restaurants were only doing take out and there literally were no leftovers to use, and the pizzas came out the same. Shane's theory was pure bs.

[@softcoffeewhispers]

This video has a very specific vibe of “one of your high school teachers that is mad at a different class period of theirs that had a bad sub report and has to rant to their good class about it”.