>>2852795>>2851977Ultimately the reason his channel does so well is he's the average "domestic urbanite's idea of an outdoorsman" (in a similar vein to how Elon Musk is the average "dumb guy's idea of a smart guy"). He's a cottage microcosm of the broader outdoors reality entertainment industry; Bear Grylls, Survivorman, Mountain Men, etc. This isn't to say that he doesn't have legitimate outdoor skills, as do many of those others. It's "not fake" in the same way that pro wrestling is "not fake" - the physical abilities are often real and represent incredible feats of athleticism and choreography - but the storyline is fake. I bring up pro wrestling because they have had a word for this phenomenon for a long time: kayfabe - and I think it applies to a lot popular outdoors reality entertainment.
So I don't like this shit not because it's necessarily fake, but it's kayfabe.
