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oulipo on Sept 16, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)

You're conflating "efficiency" with "success"

Just say he's "efficient" at what he does (descriptive) but not "successful" (value judgment)

wrsh07 on Sept 17, 2024 [–]

Sorry, I'm not sure where I used either term

If you want, I will though: in the document, Jimmy says he wants to create the biggest YouTube channel. By that metric (his own!) he has succeeded.

oulipo on Sept 17, 2024 | [–]

His own... but not yours. Yet you still use that term

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