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The Dobre twins pride themselves on creating family-friendly content, but some detractors would disagree. In January 2022, a YouTube video titled "MY TWIN BROTHER IS DEAD?!" horrified their viewers.

In the video, Lucas Dobre-Mofid finds a fake suicide note written by Marcus Dobre-Mofid. "To my family, Lucas, Mom, Dad, Cyrus, Darius, and everyone else," it reads. "I just wanna say I love you guys. I just want to write you this letter before I go. ... From Marcus. I will see you in the sky." Lucas goes into his backyard and finds a tombstone. Then Marcus appears on camera to address the audience: "I'm not dead. I just wanted to prank my family. I'm so sorry, guys."

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), a suicide prevention charity, provided a statement denouncing the video to Insider: "We lose someone to suicide every 40 seconds, which means this is nothing to joke about, minimize, or attempt to make funny." The organization noted that pranks about suicide can re-traumatize individuals who have had to contend with the tragedy in real life. They then elaborated on the importance of using social media responsibly: "We need to send a clear message to everyone that videos or actions such as these pranks are not appropriate and potentially very dangerous. Social media platforms need to continue to work to help save lives from suicide through existing best practices for social media and prevent prank videos from negatively influencing users."

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