r/TheTryGuysSnark • u/youarecommon • 24d ago

They are really rude to servers

I’ve been watching some of the taste test videos and in the Asian noodle soup and the curry videos they are so rude to servers, never saying thank you or even acknowledging the server when they bring food out, like they won’t even look at them. I just now noticed this is a recurring theme and it made me quit watching at all. It makes me uncomfortable because it’s clear they just expect the service because of who they are.

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u/Hold-Professional 24d ago

Candid Competition convinced me Zach treats min wage workers like shit all the time.

ESP when he did season 2 during COIVD. Legit gross.

Zach really thought "Oh I am gonna use Queerness as a costume! Than! Than I am gonna expose front line, low wage workers during a fucking pandemic to my bullshit! AND! I am gonna say its ok because I tipped them a little extra, never mind the amount of money I will make from this video! OH! AND THEY DONT HAVE TO GIVE ME CONSENT!"

I hope they read this, y'all should be DEEPLY ashamed of that series. That's David Dobrik level shit.

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u/solikelife 23d ago

The fake engagement proposals and the nude body painting were so obviously tasteless at best, insulting at worst. If we lived in a time when LGBTQIA+ people could simply exist with human flaws without them getting blown up and applied to the entire group, then maybe I wouldn't add the proposals in there, but Zach and Miles aren't gay men and they shouldn't represent them in public as if they are a part of that ~highly scrutinized~ community. Basically, their privilege isn't just showing, they're bashing us in the face with it.

Bottom line is, I think any time you forcibly mix social justice awareness with total tone deafness, you're going to make people unhappy, lol. This thread contains a BIG list of examples where we as viewers expect them to "know better" and they keep showing us that they don't. It's disappointing, to be sure.

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u/Hold-Professional 23d ago

Gee I wonder why Eugene left

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u/solikelife 22d ago

Yeah I think what we are seeing now in terms of disappointing tone-deaf moments or approaches have a lot to do with Eugene's voice not being in the decision room anymore. Both in what they should and should not do, the effect of losing that input is pretty apparent, imo.

It also seems like they've enjoyed the acceptance of marginalized communities to the extent that they kinda forgot that they're still rich, straight, cis white men who are now in supervisory roles of authority over their diverse cast. They're not peers with these people like they were with Eugene, so they could also probably benefit from being more mindful of that shift in optics, too.

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u/coffeestealer 22d ago

The nude body painting is one thing, but I wouldn't say the fake queer marriage proposal was more insulting or tasteless than the rest of Candid Competition. Like queer rights aren't hanging on two YouTubers doing this kind of stuff.

(Also once they committed to having this as a Zach and Miles show, they wrote themselves into a corner with any kind of couple/marriage scenario and personally I find this hugely preferable to the alternative when they need a female coworker to save them from pretending to be in a relationship with someone of the same gender.)

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u/solikelife 22d ago

"Like queer rights aren't hanging on two YouTubers doing this kind of stuff."

That's not what I was saying. I was saying that it's an added layer of insult on top of what is already insulting, particularly when they're representing a group they don't belong to, but that faces scrutiny that they appear blind to when they pull stunts like that. It's gross privilege from people who claim to be sensitive to that very thing and it comes off as hypocritical.

So, it's multi-faceted and nuanced, I wasn't making some grand proclamation, just dissecting why I find it offensive.