23/Feb/2023, Andrew Rea aka Binging with Babish....I'm very disappointed in you
I was just watching the latest Basics with Babish and literally halfway through the video, this shit slides onscreen:
Spread the word so y'all don't get a nasty surprise like I did.
I regret having been a years-long subscriber now.
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If you have been a fan of Babish Culinary Universe/Binging with Babish/whatever you want to call it for any amount of time now and just heard about him supporting the TERF Wizard Blood Libel Simulator Hogwarts Legacy, and are, reasonably, displeased and disappointed, PLEASE DO NOT:
- Click on the video to do whatever (dislike, comment, etc) if you found out the news through outside sources. This just gives him more views.
- Preferably, if you've clicked on it as a frequent viewer of the channel, and didn't expect to see that as a sponsor, do not watch any more of the video. YouTube has statistics for the average start and end times of viewers, the team will definitely know somethings up if a large portion of viewers just. Stop watching a few seconds in. You can dislike if you want, of course this hardly does anything unless people have plugins on their browser or use Vanced, but if you're already there pressing the..largely useless button is fine.
- Please refrain from commenting, at least more than once. Don't reply to anyone. This boosts it. Also, for your own health, don't doom scroll the comments. Babish's page has become a safe haven for bigots and TERFs who like to reply to like every comment telling people shitty, nasty, transphobic things. It's not fun, and it will hurt. Just don't look.
It's a really shitty scenario, yes, but we should do what we can to avoid boosting it any further than it already will be simply because of the popular subject (The Full English breakfast) and the amount of bigots flooding in to "support" Babish. It's hard, but we just need to accept that we lost one.
Other channels to watch (from my own subscription list);
- Adam Ragusea (he's just released a podcast where he stands firmly against Rowling)
- JunsKitchen
- Nino's Home (this one and imamu room don't have any real talking in them, just subtitles, but they are cozy)
- You Suck at Cooking
- imamu room
- Life of Boris (channel currently suffering and inactive, but a sizable backlog of easy to make recipe videos.)
- Atomic Shrimp (he also Scambaits!)
- J Kenji Lopez Alt
- Cooking Haru (ty @eganov I knew I was forgetting someone)
- How to Drink (more closer to Babish humour, but only does bartending/drink vids)
- Tasting History with Max Miller
- delicious day (like imamu room, Nino's Home, and Cooking Haru)
- 효뎡 Dyeong (more of a vlog, but still plenty of cozy recipes and cooking!)
-more to be added
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I was exploring the second floor of an abandoned building. When I went down to the first floor I found the entrance to a mine, a Starbucks, and between them was the Binging With Babish kitchen. The Babish guy was baking real melons that tasted like peanut butter.
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Flying home to visit family last week and I was shocked to see who was on the plane with me! Babish! Andrew!
I immediately recognized his tattoos and had to ask. He seemed surprised to be recognized and he was really nice. I unfortunately couldn’t make it to his book tour due to family obligations, but I did get the chance to tell him how much I love his shows and how much he taught me about cooking. He just seemed so excited to be making videos again. ✈️😲
Made one of my friends very jealous that I got to meet his dream youtuber lol
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It's legit wild seeing blogs trying to defend Binging with Babish for accepting a sponsorship from the blood libel wizard game, where Andrew literally reads the ad himself at the beginning of the video.
The excuses I've seen offered are:
Andrew is actually of X% Jewish descent! Can't accuse him of antisemitism if he's part Jewish!
People are complaining about this objectively bigotted game, but they aren't also talking about this other shitty game that is also bad!
First, having Jewish ancestry does not give Andrew a free pass here. This is like saying "I can't be racist, I have a *insert ethnicity here* friend!" it's simply not how this works. Jewish ancestry does not make you a good person automatically. Case in point: Ben Shapiro.
Whether Andrew is antisemitic and/or transphobic is beside the point. The fact is he accepted a sponsorship from something that very much is both of those things. He is a major content creator, not some guy filming in the kitchen of his apartment. There is a 0% chance that he and his team were unaware of the issue. They decided the money was more important, and in doing so they have told us where their values lie.
As for the whataboutism, pointing to another game that is also bad really has nothing to do with this case. He platformed this specific bad thing, and that is what he will be criticized for. Trying to distract from the issue by bringing up something unrelated is not the slam dunk gotcha you think it is.
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Absolutely fucking disgusted and heartbroken to see Babish take advertising dollars from fucking Warner Bros to hock blood libel the game on his main channel. Unsubscribed so fast. Goddamnit after like half a decade of watching every single video of his for years too
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