The same reason that the MythBusters are considered science educators. You may not like it, but those were the influencers of the 2000s. There are a lot of people who grew up to be veterinarians or other vocations dealing with animals because of Steve Irwin, just like there are a lot of people who grew up to be engineers or similar because of the MythBusters, and that’s what makes him and his message special.
I’m sure in a couple years we will be hearing about the people who loved VSauce or one of those other YouTube channels and there will be some curmudgeon commenting about how they never understood how Michael was likable.
Never watched much of vsauce, but I don’t recall him molesting numbers, chemistry, or history.
On the other hand, I can honestly say that I’ve probably watched more of Steve Irwin than anyone else in this comment section. Possibly by an order of magnitude. I’m not sure whether my opinion, formed via vhs obliteration, counts as curmudgeonly
I still don’t understand how Steve Irwin ended up so beloved. He seemed more in love with adrenaline than the animals
The same reason that the MythBusters are considered science educators. You may not like it, but those were the influencers of the 2000s. There are a lot of people who grew up to be veterinarians or other vocations dealing with animals because of Steve Irwin, just like there are a lot of people who grew up to be engineers or similar because of the MythBusters, and that’s what makes him and his message special.
I’m sure in a couple years we will be hearing about the people who loved VSauce or one of those other YouTube channels and there will be some curmudgeon commenting about how they never understood how Michael was likable.
Never watched much of vsauce, but I don’t recall him molesting numbers, chemistry, or history.
On the other hand, I can honestly say that I’ve probably watched more of Steve Irwin than anyone else in this comment section. Possibly by an order of magnitude. I’m not sure whether my opinion, formed via vhs obliteration, counts as curmudgeonly
PR for the way he died. That bit of fondling animals was getting old.
Dieing at the peak of popularity before any scandal could have come up made him beloved by his works.
Edit: This isn’t a negative, he didn’t do anything bad but also never got the chance. We can go on knowing he was good. But he did die young.