History BrokenAesop / DharMann

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Y’know, for someone who makes a crap ton of videos about bad bosses getting karma, you’d think Dhar Mann would be practicing what he preaches, wouldn’t you? Instead, he pays his actors so low they ''can’t even afford rent'', and if someone speaks up about it, they get fired.

* In "Girlfriend Has Guy Best Friend, What Boyfriend Does Is Shocking", the Aesop is "having friends of the opposite sex can be complicated, make sure they have the right intentions and that your partner is comfortable". However, the boyfriend is clearly jealous and suspicious of their friendship before he had any real reason to be worried, and he even tells her to lie to her friend and pretend she went through a breakup to test his feelings for her. It should be noted that she has been friends with this guy for a long time, at least before she met the boyfriend, and this is a pretty recent relationship. It's only through sheer luck that the boyfriend is correct, so the message comes off as "women in relationships should not have straight male friends (and especially not a best friend), because it will make their boyfriend insecure", and "no man has a platonic friendship with women for good intentions, they will always want something more."

* In "Girlfriend Has Guy Best Friend, What Boyfriend Does Is Shocking", the Aesop is "having friends of the opposite sex can be complicated, make sure they have the right intentions and that your partner is comfortable". However, the boyfriend is clearly jealous and suspicious of their friendship before he had any real reason to be worried, and he even tells her to lie to her friend and pretend she went through a breakup to test his feelings for her. It's only through sheer luck that the boyfriend is correct, so the message comes off as "women in relationships should not have straight male friends, because it will make their boyfriend insecure", and "no man has a platonic friendship with women for good intentions, they will always want something more."

* In "Girlfriend Has Guy Best Friend, What Boyfriend Does Is Shocking", the Aesop is "having friends of the opposite sex can be complicated, make sure they have the right intentions and that your partner is comfortable". However, the boyfriend is clearly jealous and suspicious of their friendship before he had any real reason to be worried, and he even tells her to lie to her friend and pretend she went through a breakup to test his feelings for her. Even though he ends up being correct, the message still comes off as "women in relationships should not have straight male friends, because it will make their boyfriend insecure", and "no man has a platonic friendship with women for good intentions, they will always want something more."

Despite the many messages put out, what happened in the storylines often make them fall flat.

Throughout the series, despite the many messages put out, a lot of the recent storylines ended up somehow showing ''everyone'' as being to blame for the situation getting worse over the course of the episode.

* In "Shy Kid gets Humiliated at School", the Aesop is "Being Shy is a Superpower." However, the titular kid only becomes a successful [=YouTube=] gamer after gaining the confidence to play in front of the camera, and before then, spends all his time playing games without making serious progress to his dream. So a more fitting (though not exactly bad) Aesop would be "you must overcome your shyness to achieve your dreams," which makes his [[JerkJock older brother's]] comments [[StrawmanHasAPoint come off as more valid than intended]].

* In "Shy Kid gets Humiliated at School", the Aesop is "Being Shy is a Superpower." However, the titular kid only becomes a successful [=YouTube=] gamer after gaining the confidence to play in front of the camera, and before then, spends all his time playing games without making serious progress to his dream. So a more fitting (though not exactly bad) Aesop would be "you must overcome your shyness to achieve your dreams." Which makes his [[JerkJock older brother's]] comments [[StrawmanHasAPoint come off as more valid than intended]].

* In "Shy Kid gets Humiliated at School", the Aesop is "Being Shy is a Superpower." However, the titular kid only becomes a successful [=YouTube=] gamer after gaining the confidence to play in front of camera, and before then, spends all his time playing games without making serious progress to his dream. So a more suitable (though not exactly bad) Aesop would be "In order to achieve your dreams, you must overcome your shyness." Which makes his [[JerkJock older brother's]] comments [[StrawmanHasAPoint come off as more valid then intended]].

* In "Shy Kid gets Humiliated at School", the Aesop is "Being Shy is a Superpower." However, the titular kid only becomes a successful [=YouTube=] gamer after gaining the confidence to play in front of camera, and before then, spent all his time playing games without making serious progress to his goal. So a more suitable (though not exactly bad) Aesop would be "In order to achieve your dreams, you must overcome your shyness". So his BigBrotherBully('s) comments [[StrawmanHasAPoint comes off as more valid then intended]].

* Some plotlines tackle the topic of sexual harassment and how it's a bad thing that happens anywhere, whether it's in the workplace, between a coach and student, or in the gym, and how it should be reported and stopped. However, "Fake Trainer Gives Granny a Heart Attack," sets a DoubleStandard on this message. The VillainProtagonist, Adam, is rightly treated in the wrong for lying to Carla about being a trainer just to get with her and wanting to marry her in the future despite the two barely knowing each other. Yet, in the same episode, Darla, one the grandmas at the gym, does something similar to Adam, going as far as to forcefully grabbing him to kiss his cheek, despite the latter being clearly uncomfortable. Unlike with what Adam does to Carla, Darla's actions towards him were portrayed as both karma and PlayedForLaughs. Interestingly, in Carla's case, she never seems to notice Adam's crush on her nor did she ever looked uncomfortable, and the girl Adam flirts with near the end seems to not mind as well. This is a contrast to how Adam reacted to Darla's advances. Notably, this episode and other episodes with this message or something similar have women as victims with male perpetrators. As a result the overall message comes off as more like sexual harassment is a bad thing that happens ''only'' to women and that if a man goes through it, it's either karma or not that serious.

* In "Girlfriend Has Guy Best Friend, What Boyfriend Does Is Shocking", the aesop is "having friends of the opposite sex can be complicated, make sure they have the right intentions and that your partner is comfortable". However, the boyfriend is clearly jealous and suspicious of their friendship before he had any real reason to be worried, and he even tells her to lie to her friend and pretend she went through a breakup to test his feelings for her. Even though he ends up being correct, the message still comes off as "women in relationships should not have straight male friends, because it will make their boyfriend insecure", and "no man has a platonic friendship with women for good intentions, they will always want something more."

* Similarly, the videos condemning being materialistic, careless about saving money, impatient about becoming rich, or ungrateful of what they have is undermined by Dhar Mann giving expensive things like laptops or video game consoles to viewers and having a somewhat luxurious lifestyle himself.

* "Protective Bro Spies on Sister" aims to have a message against unhealthily overprotective siblings. However, it fails spectacularly. Not only does the video end with the titular brother ''still'' getting upset after finding out one of his friends was dating his sister (just not the one he thought was dating her originally) and it being laughed off as a harmless quirk, but the brother is played by [=YouTuber=] Brent Rivera, who is infamous for his creepy "overprotective brother" schtick with his sister Lexi.

* In "Movie Star Slaps Host at Award Show," the main message, while ''very'' flimsy, is that violence doesn't solve problems and makes things worse. However, many recent videos have the main antagonists getting beaten up in the end as a punishment and karma, completely invalidating that past message now. Either that, or giving a pass to certain situations, such as saying if someone is bad or misbehaved in any then somehow they deserve to get ''assulted'' for it, no matter how bad their actions were.
* Some plotlines tackle the topic of sexual harassment and how it's a bad thing that happens anywhere, whether it's in the workplace, between a coach and student, or in the gym, and how it should be reported and stopped. However,"Fake Trainer Gives Granny a Heart Attack," sets a DoubleStandard on this message. The VillainProtagonist, Adam, is rightly treated in the wrong for lying to Carla about being a trainer just to get with her and wanting to marry her in the future despite the two barely knowing each other. Yet, in the same episode, Darla, one the grandmas at the gym, does something similar to Adam, going as far as to forcefully grabbing him to kiss his cheek, despite the latter being clearly uncomfortable. Unlike with what Adam does to Carla, Darla's actions towards him were portrayed as both karma and PlayedForLaughs. Interestingly, in Carla's case, she never seems to notice Adam's crush on her nor did she ever looked uncomfortable, and the girl Adam flirts with near the end seems to not mind as well. This is a contrast to how Adam reacted to Darla's advances. Notably, this episode and other episodes with this message or something similar have women as victims with male perpetrators. As a result the overall message comes off as more like sexual harassment is a bad thing that happens ''only'' to women and that if a man goes through it, it's either karma or not that serious.

* In "Movie Star Slaps Host at Award Show," the main message, while ''very'' flimsy, is that violence doesn't solve problems and makes things worse. However, many recent videos have the main antagonists getting beaten up in the end as a punishment and karma, completely invalidating that past message now. Either that, or giving a pass to certain situations, such as saying if someone is bad or misbehaved in any then somehow they deserve to get ''assulted'' for it, no mattar how bad their actions were.

* In "Movie Star Slaps Host at Award Show," the main message, while ''very'' flimsy, is that violence doesn't solve problems and makes things worse. However, many recent videos have the main antagonists getting beaten up in the end as a punishment and karma, completely invalidating that past message now. Either that, or giving a pass to certain situations, such as saying if someone is bad or misbehaved in any then somehow they deserve to get ''assulted'' for it, no mattar how bad their actions were.

* In general, a lot of the videos involving bullying (or racism, sexism, homophobia etc.) often seem to present the message as not "don’t bully people because it isn’t right," but rather "don’t bully people because they might be your boss/help you/rich/you will suffer their fate." There are often a lot of strings attached.
* Apparently, '''gaslighting''' someone as a prank to teach them a lesson is a good thing to do. And that everyone's totally going to go along with it, and that the ringleader is in the right, and the victim trying to call them out is turning things around to avoid taking blame. When in reality, the victims have ''every'' right to be mad at said family member for putting them through so much anxiety and trauma.[[note]]Sure, the victims mentioned below caused the main conflict at the beginning of the episodes, but that doesn't justify gaslighting someone. If anything, it just makes the main characters (and everyone in on it) just as bad as the antagonist.[[/note]]
** Examples of this include:
** George's wife towards him in "Dad Wakes Up From A 10-Year Coma".
*** Brittney and Carla's father towards the former in "Babysitter Abandons The Child".
** Mikey's mom and his teacher towards him in "Kid Fakes Allergic Reaction".
** Rachel and her mom towards her sister Kenzie in "Little Sister Steals From Big Sister".
** As well as Georgie and Sammy's mom towards the former in "Kid Steals Mom's Card for Roblox".
* Despite all the many messages of how doing bad things leads to consequences, many characters that are threatened and blackmailed by the villain or is a victim of the antagonists ''somehow'' end up getting away with any wrongdoings they did or were involved with in the first place. Here's a few examples of this:

* "Mom Accuses Her Son's Black Friend of Stealing" has the titular antagonist learn the error of her ways when she learns her son's black friend is actually a straight-A student from a well-off family. This is meant to teach that racism is bad and you should never judge a book by its cover, but also carries the implication that it is okay to be racist if the person you're being racist towards is ''actually'' poor and uneducated.

* Videos that carry a message condemning influencers/online creators that exploit people (specifically children) for views fall flat in light of the fact that Dhar Mann semi-regularly collaborates with [=YouTubers=] and other social media personalities who have engaged in much of the same behavior depicted in said videos.

* Videos centered around interracial adoptions have the usual "don't judge someone before you know them" message, but the explanations that the parents give for ''why'' they adopted the child imply that people can only adopt outside their race if they have a sob story to justify it (like a close friend's DyingWish being to adopt their child or the child having AbusiveParents).

* In "Girlfriend Has Guy Best Friend, What Boyfriend Does Is Shocking", the aesop is "having friends of the opposite sex can be complicated, make sure they have the right intentions and that your partner is comfortable". However, the boyfriend is clearly jealous and suspicious of their friendship before he had any real reason to be worried, and he even tells her to lie to her friend and pretend she went through a breakup to test his feelings for her. Even though he ends up being correct, the message still comes off as "women in relationships should not have straight male friends, because it will make their boyfriend insecure", and "no man has a platonic friendship with women for good intentions, they will always want something more."

** In "Boy Vs. Girls In Prank War", Pierson and her friends were also involved in the prank war and also engaged in pranks that hurt and embarrassed her brother and his bandmates. Yet, only her brother and his friends get punished, while Pierson and the girls get away scot-free, with the moms even complimenting one of their pranks, which involved ruining her brother's plans for his band by sabotaging their promotional flyers.

* Apparently, '''gaslighting''' a family member as a prank to teach them a lesson is a good thing to do. And that everyone's totally going to go along with it, and that the ringleader is in the right, and the victim trying to call them out is turning things around to avoid taking blame. When in reality, the victims have ''every'' right to be mad at said family member for putting them through so much anxiety and trauma.[[note]]Sure, the victims mentioned below caused the main conflict at the beginning of the episodes, but that doesn't justify gaslighting someone. If anything, it just makes the main characters (and everyone in on it) just as bad as the antagonist.[[/note]]

* Similarly, the videos condemning being materialistic, careless about saving money, impatient about becoming rich, or ungrateful about what they have is undermined by Dhar Mann giving expensive things like laptops or video game consoles to viewers and having a somewhat luxurious lifestyle himself.

* Similarly, the videos condemning materialism, not saving money, or being too impatient about becoming rich is undermined by Dhar Mann giving things like laptops, video game consoles, and other expensive things away to viewers and having a somewhat luxurious lifestyle himself (according to his social media at least).

* Videos centered around interracial adoptions have the usual "don't judge someone before you know them" message, but the explanations that the parents give for ''why'' they adopted the child imply that people can only adopt outside their race if they have a sob story to justify it (like a close friend's DyingWish being to adopt their child or having AbusiveParents).

* Videos centered around interracial adoptions have the usual "don't judge someone before you know them" message, but the explanations that the parents give for ''why'' they adopted the child imply that people can only adopt outside their race if they have a sob story to justify it (like a close friend's DyingWish being to adopt their child or having AbusiveParents).

* Videos centered around interracial adoptions have the usual "don't judge someone before you know them" message, but the explanations that the parents give for ''why'' they adopted the child imply that people can only adopt outside their race if they have a sob story to justify it (like a close friend's DyingWish being to adopt their child).

* Videos that carry a message condemning influencers/online creators that exploit people (specifically children) for views fall flat in light of the fact that Dhar Mann semi-regularly collaborates with [=YouTubers=] and other social media personalities who have engaged in much of the same behavior depicted in said videos.

* In general, a lot of the videos involving bullying (or racism, sexism, homophobia etc.) often seem to present the message as not "don’t bully people because it isn’t right," but rather "don’t bully people because they might be your boss/help you/rich/you will suffer their fate." There are often a lot of strings attached.