Debt relief meets spoiled refrigerators in Hopeless Core's hacker joke
The clips channel's comedy edit passes a million views, with viewers connecting its debt-erasing premise to Mr. Robot and Payday 2.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,427,053 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (60,354).
Hackers Could Be Good 😭 #funny #hopecore #hopelesscore
Erasing credit card debt sounds useful. Ruining someone's dinner, less so. That gap supplies the joke in Hopeless Core's latest fast-starting clip, which reached about 1.4 million views in its first day, more than twenty times the channel's usual Shorts start.
The speaker opens with a question: "Why hackers never do anything fun, like eradicate credit card debt?" A calm voiceover and scenic footage then deliver a decidedly less helpful alternative: hackers supposedly breaking into The Cheesecake Factory and spoiling its refrigerators. This is a comedy bit, not a report of an actual breach.
Hopeless Core edits other creators' material, and this upload credits Instagram account @delamomanny. The contrast between the serene presentation and the petty destruction fits the channel's self-described satire of uplifting hopecore videos. The speaker's objection is considerably more personal than cybersecurity: "Why, bro? I eat there."
The comment section is roughly eight times busier than on a usual first day. Viewers debate why deleting debt wouldn't be straightforward, while others connect the premise to Mr. Robot or recall a Payday 2 mission involving financial records. A throwaway restaurant joke has become a conversation about the fantasy of making the bills disappear.
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What viewers say
I just thought of that one bank mission in payday 2 where if you hack the wrong computer, Bain will make some comment about deleting student loans or mortgages.
@Someone-iiesSee it on YouTubeMr. Robot reference 😊 So many people miss the philosophical subtext behind that show
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Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Hopeless Core
- Subscribers
- 355,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 30,809,529
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,588,112 (on a normal day: 5,664,475)
- Video published
- October 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,424,000 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,427,053
The numbers
The hacker clip's first-day views and comments are both far above Hopeless Core's usual Shorts start. The channel's overall daily views, however, are close to their usual level.
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