No clear explanation was provided, but many people suspected the thumbnails were misleading and that's what the terminations were for. On two occasions, HowToBasic's channel was terminated: the first time on December 23, 2014, and the second time on December 2, 2015. His videos start as seemingly normal guides but derail into his iconic frenzy-like video style, which is clickbait. He also classifies his videos in the "How-To And Tutorials" category, despite the actual content of the video. All his videos have a decent thumbnail which makes the video look like it's a normal how-to video. While there is some controversy surrounding the waste of food, these comments about kids in Africa dominate most of the recent videos' comment sections, leading to many people getting annoyed at others that post these joke comments. People often flood the comments with jokes saying "Children in Africa could have eaten (object/food item)." However, his earlist videos were legitimate tutorials for simplistic tasks, such as closing doors or picking up items.ĭue to the horribly huge amount of food that is frequently wasted in his videos, this has lead to the channel becoming somewhat controversial. Most of his later videos start off looking like real how-to videos, only to become bizarre, chaotic and disturbing, usually due to a mishap he experiences.
He uses a large number of eggs in his videos, and frequently claims to have an "egg fetish" he also frequently uses dolls, chicken meats, raw fish, and printed images. This shows that he is a pioneer of clickbait. It is this randomness that makes his videos comedic. His videos mostly consist of him behaving strangely and throwing, mixing, or smashing food ingredients against the countertops and floor of his kitchen in a wild manner, causing a large mess.