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Smosh Pit's boy dinner comes with bots and bedtime compliments

Shayne Topp, Spencer Agnew and Chanse McCrary find that meal photos can carry surprisingly complicated personal stories.

Why this story? 1,970,457 views so far, and here is what is inside it.

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  1. 0:54The theme is a subreddit pairing men's meal photos with personal stories, rather than a cooking or tasting challenge.
  2. 15:51A husband's pasty photo accompanies a meaningful compliment from his wife, prompting discussion of being a good guy.
  3. 25:00A Marvel Rivals player feels misled by bots; the panel considers whether artificial opponents diminish the fun.
  4. 44:00A burger-and-fries post leads to a discussion about noticing partners' haircuts and how to acknowledge them.
  5. 54:49A post paired with leftover chili describes romantic uncertainty; Chanse encourages its author to take a chance.

Smosh Pit serves a Cornish pasty with ketchup, then gets to the important part: the man eating it is still thinking about something kind his wife said.

In "Boy Dinner Diaries | Reading Reddit Stories," Shayne Topp reads posts from a subreddit where men pair pictures of their meals with accounts of their lives. Spencer Agnew and Chanse McCrary join him, inspecting the plates as readily as the decisions behind them.

The pasty accompanies a husband's story about a bedtime reading routine and a compliment that moved him. The trio considers why being called a good guy can mean so much, before returning to the pastry's inadequate photographic coverage. "Show us the inside of the Cornish pasty," Shayne demands. "Don't give us this vague stuff."

A toasted sandwich introduces a different disappointment: a father playing Marvel Rivals feels his achievements have been undermined by discovering he was facing bots. The panel considers whether computer-controlled opponents are perfectly fine if they help someone enjoy a game and feel competent. Viewers add a useful distinction: choosing to play against bots isn't the same as encountering them when you expected human opponents.

Elsewhere, a burger and crinkle-cut fries accompany a story about noticing a partner's hair. Leftover chili and a biscuit arrive with romantic uncertainty, prompting Chanse to encourage the poster to take a chance.

The episode has drawn nearly two million views, though its appeal here is the conversation rather than an unusual surge. It also includes a sponsored Zocdoc segment. Across the meal photos, the trio keeps finding the same thing worth examining: the small encounters people carry home with dinner.

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What viewers say

  • The fact that Shane chanse and Spencer are even dressed like how I’d imagine the three meals of the day to look.

    Edit: Shane looks like a bowl of cereal, chanse looks like a nice lunch out to Panera, and Spencer looks like steak with wine.
  • the immediate cut after Spencer's "childhood friend" comment was the funniest part of the video for me
  • "does marina count as pop princess" ABSOLUTELY
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  • I think people are misunderstanding the marvel rivals story. The guy is annoyed that bots are forced on you in a quick play pvp mode. There's no option to turn it off and if you wanted to play against bots, you would queue up specifically for a bot match or go play PVE. Sometimes you're playing quick play with friends in different skill levels or crossplay and you can't do ranked together either.
    @PraiseTheRain_See it on YouTube
  • “I did the smirk I did the smirk” he’s becoming self-aware…
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The facts
Channel
Smosh Pit
Subscribers
9,710,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
35,368,225
Channel views, pace per day
3,478,656 (on a normal day: 4,876,105)
Video published
November 7, 2026
Video views so far
1,970,457 (3 days online)
Video views, pace per day
437,487 (on a normal day: 835,625)

The numbers

Here's how the episode's viewing sits alongside Smosh Pit's broader channel activity.

subscribers
9,710,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
5,963,234,985
views per day
3,478,656
typical day: 4,876,105
the video
views
1,970,457
likes
52,604
comments
4,183
days online
3
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Brianna Mizura
10,100,000
Tyler Vitelli
10,100,000
Smosh Pit
9,710,000
LouisAyy
9,550,000
Chris Colditz
9,550,000
As of November 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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