Ali Abdaal

[kaede]

Ehh I don’t think he is on the spectrum. He pivots topics too opportunistically for “productivity” to be his special interest. He’s just a clout chaser who thinks the nice guy/incel-adjacent persona is the best way to do it without blow back. And he’s not wrong… this is one of the only spaces on the internet actively calling out how toxicity.

 

[mindlessness]

So, he is still recycling content, eh?

An eye roll reaction would be ideal for this thread. Ha!

Edited to add, of course he glosses over the way the book discusses people living pay check to pay check ‘disparagingly’. yikes. i have no desire to read a book that has that sort of view of people.

 

[Hasanah123]

There’s a smaller youtuber called Lydia Martin that I think has done some videos on this, not all of her channel is great but she’s done some informative videos on entry pathways etc

Thanks for this!

 

[14d1bac3-0f4c-47ae-98ac-a]

Long time ~ periodic ~ lurker here. I actually liked Ali. In fact, I even signed up to SkillShare and watched his Anki tutorials - quite good tbf. But the lines between Ali Abdaal (individual) and Ali Abdaal (the brand) are becoming blurred. The constant spammy, emoji riddled threads - clearly not written by him, but outsourced - are really eroding his authenticity. And I definitely think he is on the spectrum! Do you guys think he's a virgin?

 

[Hasanah123]

Turns his house/apartment into an office, he can write his rent off as a business expense right?

 

[Welshgal]

Props to everyone who watched the video. I couldn‘t get passed the first 3 minutes as I found it so awkward

 

[JohnMasters]

He's making about £4k a week from YouTube right now which isn't bad but when you think he was trying to run a central London office plus about 10 staff with those figures....

He's still got sponsorships and the shitty courses. Although sponsors are getting stranger and stranger. First it was Brilliant and edu stuff, now it's mattresses and supplements. Like honestly how many UK-only mattress sales are gonna come from an Abdaal video? Almost convinced this is money down the drain for these companies.

 

[Hasanah123]

OMG, Sheen must be the girl he is dating, how is she staying over his place and she is there when he is waking up? In her podcast video he said I'll cook for you, she came back for his birthday, and now shes waking up in his house during her birthday not sure if it was before or after her birthday. What girl would except that from her boyfriend?

Dont think any girlfriend would allow another girl waking up at her boyfriends place and him cooking for another girl and spending that much time with her

 

[hollowcrown]

She is stunning but looks boring as a brick. Wonder when she will quit medicine to go work in his "business".

The weird part of all of this is that Ali lives with his brothers gf. The living arrangements these people get into are just mind boggling.

That's so weird what a strange arrangement. If they were housemates before and then his brother dates her then fair enough but to move in with you bfs brother is just very odd.

 

[JennyOS2020]

I'm new on here, can someone start a thread on Faye Bate another popular med student who is growing really popular

I am new too, would love to know how to start a thread please.

 

[ipiraka]

I know what you mean but some comments on here attacking his looks and his personal life are a bit too far, he’s not a bad guy

 

[kaede]

I haven't seen any of his recent videos so I skimmed the studio tour and my jaw fell to the floor. I had no idea he got such a BIG SPACE for what??? In what world did his content actually warrant this kind of space? Just WHAT?

 

[hollowcrown]

@Ali

 

[JohnMasters]

It's a shame because I used to love listening to Not overthinking when they would discuss topics like communication styles and I would genuinely feel like I learnt something. But these days it's just about Ali's life choices which tbh isn't an issue, but the way he goes about it and his reasoning is just off-putting. Like I get that he needs to stay relevant to a new audience but I just can't shake off this vibe of inauthenticity. The corporate vibe of having twenty people on his team doesn't help his brand at all, I feel like he's surrounded by yes men who are taking advantage of him/his youtube fame. But then again he seems to enjoy having all that validation and being the boss of a business even though I'm still not sure what he's actually selling.
On a side note I've noticed Kharma medic doing the same type of clickbaity/productivity type video, I really hope that he doesn't go further down that route.

Not trying to get too personal but your world might be a bit too small if "Not Overthinking" is your source of education or entertainment. There are infinitely more interesting, dynamic and educational podcasts out there with real people who talk about real things instead of two stuttering wet rags who turn what should be a 10 minute discussion into 40 minutes of lazily droning on with barely articulate speech.

 

[Lola123]

whaaat I thought he had a gf?? Was this video recent

He’s mentioned being single a lot of the time!

 

[Priya Patak]

Seems like the World is very small



7:54 - he is FAKE, FAKE.

Just cant stand him anymore and waiting for his bubble to break.

I am sorry to hear that you had a similar experience. I wonder how many other girls he has treated this way...

 

[idk2]

His mum is a doctor, his brother is a computer scientist w his own start up
He has two sisters that went to non russel Unis in London

I don't want to be rude but his mums place doesn't look like the home of a doctor. It seems like its a tiny old flat? Idk where abouts it is but it looks so dated and old. It was seen in the Tesla video. From that video, I thought he came from humble beginnings and that's why he was so money focused.

Need to go rewatch it though as it was a while ago and I could be wrong

 

[Calabria]

Herathebeaver he’s not going to shag you

You beat me to it

He’s also not going to bung you any money for being his number one fan.

Off to the rave thread section with you!

 

[EmmaWsucks]

Except when you find out he’s an incel and under pays his works because they don’t live in the UK so he doesn’t have to pay them minimum wage

He is unethical and frankly very unkind but let's be real...all his followers follow him for his expertise in money-making and studying, not kindness/romance advice

 

[sergeantsantiago]

So I personally don't like to "gossip" or even be on sites like this as I try to be empathetic towards people who have a large following or are public figures online knowing how tough it can be for them but this guy pissed me off enough to create this profile and mention this here.

I discovered Ali just like everyone for his productivity and his study videos, I initially liked his videos and even him. However that all changed one fine day when he kept using incel terminologies on his videos like "sexual market value" and shit like that. I have been way deep into RP and incel culture, I know how abusive and toxic it is especially with its so-called "science" (ironically debunked by the proponents of it's field) on women.
I initially thought it was just a joke he was using to make fun of these guys when he discovered this as well as he claimed to be politically left-wing and even people in the comment section were laughing over it so I just looked over it.
But then he kept adding books of the author Rollo proponent of that moment. Again, I try to give him the benefit of the doubt but it was the last straw for me, I just unfollowed him everywhere. He has young people following him especially men who will definitely be influenced by his recommendations.

I discovered this today and all my suspicions got confirmed. I am really surprised it wasn't picked up on this thread or no one even made a post on this on reddit. It's oddly a bit funny how he keeps getting mentioned in incel forums and someone here picked up how he feels like an incel, leading me to discover this forum. I never ever thought he will be like this given his overtly polite attitude on youtube that I took on face value, such a shame. I guess no amount of fame or money can help you with women if you're unattractive inside as well. His brother also seems to follow that author.

I've really taken time to address this as this is the only way I can address this even if I don't like it here, because it has bothered me a long time ago. This account might not be active in future as well .

This is going to sound thick, but: what is an incel?

I noticed that Ali and his brother spoke about this thread in their podcast. Ali evidently seemed a bit hurt, not the "I'm upset" type of hurt, but hurt as in the "hurt his ego" type of hurt, his eyes were screaming "wow I can't believe someone said that about me, so many people seem to admire me though". So much for a "stoic" lmao. Also his wannabes on YouTube copy his every move, from his set up to content, it's actually so creepy.

Still surprised he talked about this thread. It’s pretty tame and is also away from his channel/social media spaces for a reason... so he doesn’t have to come across it. I wonder if he thought his followers would come here to defend him from...well, reasonable criticisms.