rant · moment 5 of 34
David Dobrik's Puzzle Grift and YouTube Philanthropy
from #231 - Giuliani And The River of Gold | The Tim Dillon Show · #231
6 min
They discuss David Dobrik's $100,000 puzzle as disguised gambling, comparing him to Willy Wonka for poor people, and question the ethics of YouTube giveaway philanthropy versus genuinely needy people online.
- David Delbert's $100,000 puzzle game sold 17,000 units in an hour—he's essentially selling lottery tickets.
- He's like the Willy Wonka for poor people, showing up with Lambos occasionally.
- Giving cars and cash to financially unstable people creates real harm.
- YouTube philanthropy from creators like Dobrik and Jeffree Star—people tweet at them asking for help with rent and medical bills.
- Nobody quite knows why these people have the money they do, or why David Dobrik specifically has it.
- Dobrik's not really giving away Lambos; he's a Lambo salesman and advertiser.
- The whole thing is a grift—but at a certain wealth level, people expect you to give them things no matter what.
- Oprah and Ellen started this trend of 'look under your seat'—once you hit that money threshold, you're expected to hand out stuff.
- The people in Ellen and Oprah's audiences couldn't be less deserving—upper-middle-class people with nothing better to do.
- Dobrik profited about $350,000 from the puzzle game, selling that many units in one hour.
David DobrikOprah WinfreyEllen DeGeneresYouTube philanthropyJeffree StarKristen Bell