Life Lessons With Luis

Luis Mercado (born: ), better known online as Life Lessons With Luis, was an American YouTuber known for making skits and short films about inspirational videos while aiming to teach people important life lessons at the same time and educating them about relationships.
== Content==
Luis' videos are heavily inspired by Dhar Mann, with the use of custom CC text and teaching morals via video skits. 
The first videos on the channel were about marriagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEVaH4d75qs breakupshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcmO-DogPgA, emotionalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwLmrgR8GFk abusehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAA47PFIjfE and infidelityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WFPO0o0Mqkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUlkUsjqYI. However later Luis began touching on topics such as body shaminghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBXb7flHQds, homophobiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nTzlVkCKgQ, sexual harassmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TonLcuKzUA, abortionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXfrBRMvpk and racismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKhzA4AewMU, though videos would remain centering on relationshipshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTEQNnD4_E8. Unlike Dhar Mann, some of his short films don't have happy endings, like one that was based on a real murder that occured in Oaklandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OXLohQGC4. At the end of these videos, Luis will comment on the situations and give his advice. 
From February 2021, he began focusing less on relationship and more on hot-button issues, usually racism,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_G3FV-5vSQ&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfEgXDQJHCIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogbnYHC1w8 and also started to post revenge storieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLZlL4q4aU4.
==Controversy==
===Sexual content and racism===
YouTube's guidelines do not allow sexual content, and people who usually break these guidelines are demonetized or get their videos taken down, depending on the severity of the actions that broke the rules. However, it seems Luis is exempt from them, as he uploaded a video titled "NAUGHTY High School Teacher TOUCHES STUDENT In His...." which was about a pedophile female teacher harassing a young boy, and the thumbnail was of a woman erotically staring at the viewer (unlike his video about a male boss who harasses a young girl, who was portrayed as a creep), which came off as him trivializing the situation. He has uploaded similar sexual contenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcmyC80wfN8. 
HasanAbi also called the portrayal of racial minorities in his videos racist and stereotypicalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFd2sjYHTQU. 
===Self-portrayal===
AugustTheDuck critisized Luis for always portraying himself as a hero and having the other characters praise him. He also pointed out that in one video, a character gets jealous of Luis' character for being tall, but in real life Luis is barely above 4'10https://youtu.be/Al1hK0dH7Og?t=416.
==Subscriber milestones==
*10,000 subscribers: February 15, 2021, the 61st birthday of Mrs. Praphakaran, the 44th birthday of James Troup, and the 17th birthday of Evangelica Sunbee Tan.
==Trivia ==
*His video on illegal immigrants was based on a real life incident.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf5kjbWB_m4
* Before starting his channel, Luis was best known as the host of To Catch A Cheater, of which some of his videos were based off.
*Luis has accepted that he is the "Darker version of Dhar Mann".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnKJsESdKpM&t=10s&ab_channel=LifeLessonsWithLuis
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020
Category:One million subscribers