Wearing a silicone swim cap and goggles, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie stares down his meal: more than 12,000 calories stretched out over a dining table, including several helpings of french toast, ham sandwiches and pasta with tomato sauce. It’s the contents of a diet belonging to Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, and Stonie will eat every calorie of all three meals in one sitting. Stunts like this aren’t uncommon on YouTube, where personalities go to extreme measures to gain views and subscribers to their channel — ultimately, to turn a hobby into a source of income. For most people, these efforts end poorly.…
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