YouTube’s Weirdest Merch is a $350 Lifelike Doll of a Two-Week Old Baby

Taking the parasocial relationship to its logical conclusion results in the sale of a $350 doll portraying a two-week old YouTuber

Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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4 min readJul 29, 2019

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Ceci n’est pas un bébé. Photo: Mary Shortle

Look up the “expand your brand” chapter of the unofficial YouTuber handbook, and you’ll see in big, bold letters advice to…

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Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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