I keep seeing his shit pop up on my feed and it’s usually from related to huge YouTube channels like iDubbz or fucking Epic Meal Time lol (I mean they’re not relevant anymore). it seems like he’s into YouTube drama now which is just such a downfall. But he’s pretty savvy so I imagine he’s just using this dumb stuff as a vehicle to get back into the mainstream
The linking factor here is probably an event that happened recently called "Creator Clash". It was a boxing event organized by Idubbbz (and his wife) and featured 9 fights between pairs of youtube/twitch personalities. Sam Hyde challenged Hasan Piker to fight at the event. Idubbbz declared that Sam Hyde was not allowed at the event because he wanted the event to only have positive figures. Harley from Epic Meal Time was one of the fighters at the event. Sam Hyde trained Harley for the event.
Idubbbz is maybe reformed. He went on Hasan's podcast recently and said that he wrong in the past for saying the n-word. Idubbbz said that right wing libertarianism is a stupid ideology that made him believe that no word was off limits. He's not a free speech absolutist anymore so that's a change in thinking at least.
Harley and Sam Hyde must be friends. They made a video series training Harley for the Creator Clash Event. There's also a ton of other videos with them together.
Idubbbz and Sam Hyde are not friends. Idubbbz wanted to make a documentary about Sam Hyde. Sam Hyde agreed to allow Idubbbz to film but used the opportunity to make Idubbbz uncomfortable and waste his time. Sam Hyde released a 2 hour video of the event in January. Idubbbz later released the documentary he produced in February. Sam Hyde claims that Idubbbz was trying to prank him, so Sam pranked Idubbbz first. The documentary that Idubbbz released portrayed Sam Hyde in a mostly neutral way.
There is no mention of Sam Hyde by Hasan Piker, despite Sam Hyde's effort to challenge him to a fight. I think it is likely that Hasan blocks any mention of Sam Hyde on his stream. This is a good policy.
On July 19, Sam Hyde was interviewed on Destiny's stream. This week Sam Hyde was being promoted on twitter by the likes of Keemstar and Iceposeidon. Sam Hyde is currently training another youtuber, Brandon Buckingham, to box at another creator even later this year. It's very possible that he's using these different boxing events as a way to get back into the mainstream.
Sam Hyde has several youtube channels and is putting out a lot of videos with other creators. I don't want to give myself further brain worms by searching any deeper than this.
Sam Hyde was interviewed on Destiny’s stream.
So fucking stupid lmao. I know destiny is a fascist but this is so funny. The most lame ass streamer ever. But I guess it was a smart move because he has a ton of viewers. Young, impressionable ones too.
At least it seems like more people are aware of the fact they are losers. It's only the especially weird ones left in that cultural space.
Yeah there really is a weird reactionary surge coming up in the past 6 months, between the return of early 2000s fashion, the Obama/GFC-era conspiracy theories about "collapse" and "poisoning the food supply", surprising amount of homo/trans-phobic backlash.
I don’t even like him. He just keeps popping up in my recommendations because he’s going on so many different channels which eventually somehow link back to the shit I watch
seems like classic grifting to me, super odd how well people get on with him
Creator clash was fun. Basically a well organized international "amature" boxing tournament (quotes because they all had months of preparatory training, some with prior experience). And they bring all their youTube goofs and bits. Hyde was just riding coattails on this one.
Also interesting to note how many youTubers are having to branch out and diversify their projects because of the modern iteration of YT terms of publishing & monetization. As well as these creators, most of whome living on the US seaboards, having to deal with life and the current economy and environment.
He's definitely got his gang of weird fascist adjacent goons pumping him on the algorithm right now. There's a concerted push to paint him as "just a funny, edgy guy who was almost killed by cancel culture" instead of a guy with ties to racists.
I think the cultural pendulum is swinging. Felix mentioned this on a recent episode, I think one about the midterm situation or some article about "Dimes Square", but the culture war tends to swing back and forth between "Left" and "Right" being the hip counterculture of the day.
Sam Hyde got popular in 2014-2015 when the right wing (GamerGate, Trump, /pol/ in it's heyday, the "Red Pill") dominated the edgy counterculture. It flipped the other way in 2016-2019, and seems to be moving back to the right. It's pretty much the right time for Hyde to get back into the culture
I mean, I'm sure there are weird racists YouTube Producers that very much want him to be popular and both sides libs that want to bring him in to capitalize on the weird racist and edgy teens demographics, but the second he comes out, hes gonna do a skit about lynching and instantly get canceled again. There is no way for him back and not go back into exile like every other conservative comedian that Hollywood tries to bring out.
I will say I have seen a couple of a few decade old things that did have their moments. Is it still called /pol/ humor, the type of stuff that really doesn't fly any where outside of specific internet circles.