Nope; I'm in my 20s, not 30s.
> And sure, 80% of his output aren't going to match your quality filter. But the remaining 20% will.
Quantity has a quality all its own, but no, even 20% seems unlikely.
> And, if nothing else, he's a cultural influence.
Which brings me back to "What makes me really sad".
> Turn off your brain
No. I'm not a fan of "mindless" entertainment when there's so much that I don't have to turn off my brain to enjoy.
And sure, The Simpsons was from the beginning targeted towards a young male audience as a cheap form of entertainment too, but how does define the potential of the work?
No intellectual video games? Please, spare us that train of thought.
I don't mean it in the sense of being mindless entertainment, it's more off the get rid of your preconceived ideas of what constitutes entertainment and at some point you may well hit on a hook of some sort. Even if it's not with PewDiePie.
At some point the chasm between what's popular and what you have trained yourself to enjoy becomes so large that you'll be in a bubble and miss out on a shared global cultural experience. I think spending 2 or 4 hours a week just to keep up with pop culture from around the world is pretty damn important, and PewDiePie is a part of that. As is at least knowing about 非诚勿扰, stupid as it is. As is following the world cup in Brazil.