#sam pepper
This is Sam Pepper. If you don’t know who he is, Sam is a successful YouTube prankster with over 2 million subscribers. He recently uploaded a video titled “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank“ where he pinched unsuspecting girls’ butts without their permission. None of this was done with the girls’ consent…meaning Sam Pepper sexually harassed and assaulted these women.
This is no longer a “simple, harmless prank” but rather a very serious matter and offence. If you haven’t seen the video yet, you can watch,dislike, and reportitHERE. You can also take the pledge to help stop sexual violence at itsonus.org. Please do not let Sam get away with this kind of behavior. He crossed the line and needs to be held responsible for his disgusting actions.
I’ve been really hesitant to reblog anything relating to this. Why? Because I don’t want to push even ONE extra view to this scumbags channel. But then I saw this and the point was made.
This. Is. Sexual. Harassment.
Go to this link: The disgusting video in question
PAUSE THE VIDEO IMMEDIATELY
Report!
If every view I push to this video results in a report, I think that’s a price worth paying.
Post link
Sam Pepper uploaded a video on the 18th of October called ‘60 more seconds that will change how you think’. Here’s a re-upload of the video.
The video is a follow up to one of his older videos called '60 seconds that will change how you think’ uploaded on the 6th of July 2014.
Here’s a re-upload of the that one.
(PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM 14 YEARS OLD. SAM PEPPER IS 25)
After speaking to the lovely Dottie, I now have the confidence to come forward about this off anon. I already know people will tell me I’m lying because they’ll do anything to protect their ‘beloved idol Sam’ and I also know it’s not as bad as the rape accusations but it still made me incredibly uncomfortable. At Summer in the City earlier this year (2014) I met Sam Pepper and something happened that I’ve been trying to put out of my mind since it. Let me explain.
So I was walking about SitC with my friend (who shall remain un-named because she is currently un-aware of this) when she saw a circle of people around someone. As we got close it was apparent that it was Sam Pepper and another youtuber who has no part in this so his name doesn’t need to be mentioned. My friend wanted to get a picture with them so I willingly went along because he’s a big youtuber and most people know him (don’t lie, you’d do the same). The circle that we were stood in is hard to explain. The middle was completely empty and we were pushed into rows to get pictures, they came behind the front row of people in the circle to get pictures and as soon as the pictures were taken the people in the front row of that circle were told to move out of the way. After I got my picture I was moving my iPod back into my pocket which is when I felt someone pinch my arse; I turned around to see Sam doing a stupid smirk at me which obviously made me incredibly uncomfortable yet I said nothing at all. Not even to the friend who was there or to any of my other friends I have talked about the accusations with - I just kept it quiet or lied because I don’t enjoy drama or people just straight up telling me I’m lying.
In any other circumstance I probably would have said something but it was the fact that fans surrounded him and I was in an environment where people would have just brushed it off and said I was looking for attention which is still probably going to happen now but I feel as though people need to know, I just hope the people I’m close to take my word for it and believe me.
The contest -which Pepper is currently winning- is sponsored by computer giant Dell and the prize consists of £10,000, professional coaching by David Mitchell and the opportunity to star in their own online comedy show (presumably featured on ChannelFlipitself).
The range of entrants includes individual comedians as well as small groups doing impressions, skits and routines.
It’s ostensibly aimed at up and coming underground comedians who want a leg up into the mainstream.
Forgot to Tell the Joke
Whether that category includes ex big brother contestant Pepper is debatable, especially considering his somewhat unclear prior affiliations with ChannelFlip.
However, it’s the nature of his entry itself that’s really got people riled up.
“Hi guys, just wanted to quickly enter this competition cause I’m a comedian and [I] just wanna tell you a joke”
Roughly twenty seconds of silence then passes before a caption pops up saying "sorry guys I forgot to tell the joke" Pepper then goes on to say
“so if you could just vote for me that would be really good thanks guys”
Bus Tour
This isn’t the first time Pepper has been criticised for the way he utilises his fan base.
In June of this year he started a campaign to buy a coach and tour the U.K at a hefty £50,000 price tag. Funded, of course, by donations from his subscribers who in return would be permitted to enter the bus and party with him and other YouTubers.
The project soon fell flat after only a small percentage of the target was met and the video promoting it was privated by Pepper.
Vote Based Competitions
It isn’t just Pepper who’s come up for criticism.
Traditionally competitions like these can expect the winner to be the person with the best entry.
They make the assumption that nearly everyone coming to the website arrives relatively unbiased and without having yet decided who they’re voting for or that they’ll at least take a look at the other entries.
This logic kind of goes out the window when dealing with people who already have a built in fanbase and who don’t need to carve one out through the competition itself.
The implication is that if competitions want to claim that they’re rewarding the best entry rather than the one with the largest fanbase behind it -regardless of objective merit- then impartial judges rather than a system of open voting is the way to go.
Regardless of who actually wins it seems clear that those who organise competitions like these will need to start factoring competitors who already have large audiences into their calculations.
