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Make sure you pre record videos to post whilst you're off,

@tiffanyferg Are you planning on publishing a survey about the topic of public housing in the US?

The irony of this is incredible

I thought we had been freed from The Tyranny of Fourteen year old Girls when we left school. 😮

HAHAH yesss always running late, I’m stressed for them!

You mean some people don’t show up to the airport 3/4 hours before a flight

@@tiffanyferg same lol

because they're not late, they're ragebaiting for engagement and the urgency helps people watch the video

Gotta film content!

Right lol. Their busy day is just the second half of my regular day AFTER I’ve worked 🥲🥲😭😭😭

You're right and you should say it

yes!!

They not like us

They’re “busy” because they don’t clock in and clock out. Every teeny tiny thing that happens could be content, could give them a boost the algorithm, could be an aesthetic post, etc. They feel busy because the internet goes on while they sleep, and while they’re awake it’s effort not to monetize their morning coffee.

and then show you, going to the fancy events for brands and sometimes complain about it.

Even 50 hours for some of us 🫠

@@elize2952 same here and that is full on sometimes no proper lunch break and I still cant afford the luxury they have for vloging running their errands 🙈

literally like they woke up at 11, did their makeup for 2 hours and then went to Erewhon as an errand and I'm going to Aldi AFTER being up since 8am and working my 9-5.

they’re in for a very rude awakening once they get too old for people to care about them anymore and their money inevitably runs out and they’re 40 with no backup plan or work experience. it is NOT a sustainable lifestyle. a lot of them are already going bankrupt because they live way outside their means instead of investing their money and act like their “fame” is forever.

Don't forget all the journaling

Exactly

😂😂😂not brother in Christ 😭😂

Tbf I make the schedule at my job and it still ruins my life lol

​@@fbiagentfrank It's not just that they make their schedule, it's that they have so much more power and infuence over the AMOUNT of work they get. They get to choose which brand deals to do or not, what days/parts of their day to film or not film. That lady who was "in meetings all afternoon" chose to have those meetings because of the brands or partnerships they chose. There's something about not making your schedule, but being able to choose your work itself.

exactly!! they could be volunteering and doing something to contribute to their community but they choose to just sit around all day and go shopping

But it's not glamorous and exciting.

I consider her more of a content creator than influencer but Weylie Hoang posts on Instagram about how she volunteers regularly at her local dog shelter! She's also posted about some specific dogs to help them get adopted which is nice.

@@Jennifer-my5dm They could make anything look glamorous and exciting if they really wanted to tbh

@@nbucwa6621 Now that you mention it, I remember one woman talking about a voluntourism trip she was taking to Africa. But all she could talk about was what she was bringing on the trip, which included $100.00 Lululemon yoga pants and moisturizer that costs more than my phone bill.

YES! I keep saying that.

except they don't sell anything and they struggle to convince you that there's a need for this nothing they're selling.

@@laurencamila9024 Have you even watched this video?

@@laurencamila9024 there’s a reason most of their core audience are younger than they are.

@@laurencamila9024 they aren't selling anything directly- they are providing advertising and marketing services to brands which do the selling

I spent many years working in retail, most of it in store management, and it was exhausting. I now work an office job, and it's a million times more satisfying and less stressful.

I fully agree that there is a flexibility and privilege to an office job that many people don’t acknowledge. But only to an extent. I moved from working retail/customer facing jobs to office jobs about 10 years ago. At first I was like wow, the flexibility, the freedom of just sitting here and getting my work done at my own pace, going to the bathroom and getting lunch whenever I want - it’s great. But I’m now at a point where my current office job is so stressful and requires so much mental energy from me that I’m anxious about it and tired from it even when I’m not working. It takes up 100% of my mental capacity that I have no space for anything else in my life. And I now miss my lunch breaks or only take 15 minutes when I’m meant to get an hour. And I don’t even get paid nearly enough for this job. Sooo I think there is the other end of the spectrum where I now dream of having my retail job where I could go home and not think about it anymore after work. (Also I am definitely working on getting out of this job because it is 100% not worth the anxiety and stress I live with everyday.)

I finally got the chance to work from home. I work in my nightgown, no bra, can lay on my bed on between breaks. Still hate my job though. 😂

I relate to this… I worked as a barista for years before becoming a teacher and while teaching is intense, I could have EVERY WEEKEND OFF & I NEVER had to see difficult students on the weekends… unlike customers I didn’t like when I worked in a coffee shop. BLISS

I'm in the same boat. Recently moved from hospitality to an office job and the change is crazy! Very grateful for hybrid and flexible working, but still I would love to have a job where I'm not on someone else's schedule for 85% of the year lol

❤❤❤

legends supporting legends! loved seeing you here, Caitlin!

Influencers must be keeping you in business. They're all dying of exhaustion😂

So happy to see you mentioned!! Love your channel!

I immediately this in your voice

Exactly!!

I'm sorry, banding together office, retail, warehouse, medical, construction workers is fine. But influencers? Who are essentially in the same class as our employers? No thanks. They don't belong in the working class, so it's always valid when we say that our jobs and our lives are harder than theirs.

I kinda disagree. Yeah, class struggles is important and we should never forget the real enemy is the system and those who profit from it, but some job are definitely easier than other. I would kill for a desk job after years of manuel work. Manager who are paid 3 times what i'm getting while sitting all day, definitely have it easier than most people.

​@SaitoGray yeah but by thinking like that nothing get done because people will complain about x gaining more money than them and how unfair they should be paid leas ... instead of thinking ok good for them but my work is harder I should be paid more than them.

@@Kalitayy Yeah and I’m sure most influencers like or even love their jobs. They get paid an insane amount of money for easy work *and* get free stuff on top of it all. They are not in the same class as everyone else

this is what i always think. most of them seem very unfulfilled and bored, lonely too. sometimes i watch their videos or stories and they’re always by themselves because no one else around them has nearly the same amount of free time that they do. i don’t feel sorry for them tho because having that kind of free time is such a luxury and they choose to squander it by doing nothing. if i had that free time, i would be doing my hobbies, starting small businesses, learning new things, developing my skills, etc.

Well said

@@coolchameleon21 exactly. people like to say if you didn't have to spend all your time working you'd be unfulfilled but a lot of us spend our time working so we can afford to exist and do the things in our free time that actually fulfill us. not needing to work as much would just give us more time to do the things that matter to us

@@y-tiplex this!! i would love to have all that free time so i could volunteer for causes that are meaningful to me and do the things i love doing without having to worry about slaving away just so i don’t starve. i guess most of these people dont have any passions or hobbies which is sad. i also think its absurd how they do nothing to contribute to their communities with all the free time and resources they have at their disposal. i’d much rather watch content of someone volunteering at their local soup kitchen or starting a community garden than watch them go to target for the 5th time that week

Not even weekend I've had weekends dedicated to tasks cleaning and errands and blank and its monday again so not much of a break from life

lol

Name her right now

@@Marinaaduran I would but I'm scared her fans will come for me

Please I'm so curious now

@@ayannacoded Ill DM you LMFAO. WAIT I cant do it :/ I dont think you have that option on your profile

Yes you are so right….. if I counted my day from start to finish and included waking up and getting ready I would work 14 hours a day 🤪

Exactly! Like 6 am to her could be doing makeup and skincare and taking a shower and doing her hair like we don’t count these at “working”

As a nurse we get up at 5-5:30 and get start we start at 7am and end 12 hours later if we are lucky we usually end up working an extra hour due to being short staffed and we are doing hard labour where people could die so she needs to be quite boo whoo poor girl has to wake up and play with make up all day.

@@meggo329 yep no kidding! I worked in social care and frequently did 24 hour shifts and did the same schedule you mentioned, this was 4-6 days a week because of overtime to afford my bills or to cover sick shifts. My office job is a joke in comparison

I don't even get how she got popular, everything about her from her face, voice, personality, its so unappealing and grating. I don't mean to like, hate but damn she's not even charming or good looking or funny.

yeah that shit grosses me out. The amount of trash they generate from packaging alone must be unreal.

!!!

Influencers are just discount billionaires

Yes and then they have to get new giant mansions to fit all their stuff in

Right! For me its like when they do their airport carry-on, its literally my entire camping trip budget but just in beauty products (that they’ll likely shove in a linen closet and never look at again, then they buy a whole new set for the next trip). Happy for them but I can’t watch bc it breeds insecurity. I’m not a materialistic woman, but I can still be influenced if I compare myself to others. Even old money people don’t waste things the way influencers do! They’re on a journey of moment-to-moment consumption that I don’t relate to.

lol it's so true, I dream of taking off work just so I can do my errands that I keep putting off due to time constraints... and do stupid stuff like get my nails done and my hair cut!

Seriously. I teach special education in a title 1, and our city is like regularly on top 10 crime lists. I sincerely doubt being an influencer is more stressful. I love my job but it's not easy.

@@haleylquinton

Because they are bUsY!

I honestly never thought of this perspective. I’m pretty prompt. But I will keep this in mind for my future brand deals etc. thankyou!

That's why no one wants to be a social media manager seriously your skills a better used in a job you'll be appreciated for

yupp. and some people work really hard as an influencer (youtubers making long form content w actual equipment) and others post quick tiktoks and it’s always the latter group complaining about how hard their work is

This is the truth! Also barely any women I work with even bother to wear makeup, much less a full clown face with fake contouring.

Yes! I saw the real office girlies call them out. Saying you will end up at HR if you wear those outfits to work.

And some of the "office" wear they show are very short skirts and low cut tops! That's against dress code in a lot of places.

Literally!!!

I kind of dream of having a normal 9-5 office job someday. I'm a retail pharmacist, so it would be a significant pay cut, which I can't afford to take until my loans are paid off, and it could be hard to find something that didn't require some kind of degree that I don't have. But a normal Monday to Friday schedule with no weekend work? Closed for federal holidays? A longer lunch break (I currently get 30 minutes, which functionally means I have 25 usable break minutes in a best case scenario)? Heck, just being able to step away and take a bathroom break pretty much whenever you want? That sounds like a dream. I don't take my pay and benefits for granted, but this is simply not the type of job I still want to be doing in my 50s and beyond.

I don't think that's dumb at its core! We've been made to think that a higher price means higher quality - which it did at some point, but really doesn't anymore, so it's easy to get into the pitfall of 'oh it must be good cause it costs more'. And influencer marketing is insidious cause it relies on parasociality -- you feel like you know this person and how they operate! And at least some influencers feel more down-to-earth than say, regular celebrities, and both of these qualities create this illusion that you're being recommended a product because this person you kind of know is reviewing it honestly which also leads back to thinking "oh this must be a quality product!". It's all psychological and that's why brands rely on influencer marketing now!

"Consider the source. Consider the intent." ❤

It does suck because I have to research certain products on my own to make sure they are legit. Just frustrating!😢

Yes! I have been in this lifestyle for the past several years while I was in grad school, because the flexibility gave me so much extra time - not because I’m wealthy but because I was able to do whatever I needed to do at any time, and it created a lot of leisure and a lack of urgency or a false sense of urgency that made me feel anxious. Nothing matters which makes everything matter, and makes errands feel like work.

i'm unemployed right now after my ba too! it's entirely mind numbing and you do start to get the feeling of uselessness. i think it IS soulrotting if you have zero structure. i'm at the point where i'm literally organizing my pokemon and yugioh card collection & listing them all on ebay just to feel something

If I have 2 days off in a row where I don't do anything, I get stuck where I just want to sleep and scroll and sleep again... I have my days off split just to avoid that.

It's not about "programming". It's that people naturally like having a sense of purpose.

@@cniknik9863 by programming I mean more about time schedules, you can have a life purpose without waking at 5 and sleeping at 10 every day of your life.

Great points!! And thank you 😊

100% For instnace @ 21:11-to be fair, these concerns can apply to anyone, not just influencers...like I'm tormented by my own mind, and still need to get up to work my 9-5.

And while influencers get harassed online, they also get tons of support from their followers. When I got harassed and bullied on Twitter, not a single one of my 400 followers came to my defense.

@@thestorykeeper6818 exactly!!!

As someone who has a hybrid schedule - too real. There is a big ass difference of me being people-ready versus roll out of bed and log on ready 😂

This happened to me too. I followed a KZfaq with around 10k subs because I felt really horrible about my job and wanted some inspiration. I found their videos where they talked about their 9-5 to be fascinating and the fact that they were still able to have a smile on their face. Then they posted a video on how they quit their job to start a career as a self-employed creator, I felt disapponted but at the same time I was happy for them. It's not easy to take a huge leap like that and certainly not easy to be able to afford it. However, after a few months, they grew and became more established as a creator, they felt the need to post a video talking about their life as a full-time content creator and talked about how bad their 9-5 life was. Like, I get it, we have the objectively worst kind of fate for having to waste our lives in a boring office, but they really have to put salt on our wound.

@@Kalitayy your example hits the nail on the head and gets to the distinction @tiffanyferg makes between influencer and content creator. You can be a full time content creator but not fall in the influencer trap. I am thinking about people who keep making content in their niche after quitting their 9-5. The content actually gets better because now they have more time to do research. What I no longer found relatable was that now the videos were no longer about self-improvement or science or whatever the content was about but about what they do every day--complete with tons of sponsors. And as you say, it gets even worse when most of the people viewing the content cannot leave 9-5 behind.

yeah, it's easy to work out and cook fresh and look good every day when you don't have work or school to deal with every day.

Same!

"posting to do lists that look like my depression checklist" 😭 no because that's exactly how my to do list looks like when i'm not doing well, just a bunch of things i think i can manage for the day

help. my glorified lists of basic functions that I never even finish are getting called out

This is such a good take, and so well articulated!!

facts. in my book, there’s a big difference between an “influencer” and a content creator. technically they may be considered the same thing, but to me they have very different meanings. i have respect for many content creators, influencers not so much

@@honoluluwmy executive functioning disorder does NOT PLAY and I’m not joking when I say that my todo list is usually 18 things long and at least one of them is “shower” or “shave” 😭.

I had that too, now i work in an Office and have the weekends off and is a blessing

As a restaurant worker, Sundays are always the literal worst. Ironically, the church crowd is filled with the worst people

I germany all supermarkets or shops in gernal are closed on Sunday. Everything besindes cafés or restaurants for example

If I had a real dollar for every fake dollar with like a picture of Jesus or Donald Trump on it that I have been tipped

Right! I quit my previous job over a year ago and took a month to do absolutely nothing before I got into the job hunt. Everyone would say something like “you must get bored though.” Meanwhile, I’d wake up around 10am - something I can never do when I’m working - have time to make myself a coffee and breakfast, sit outside, play video games, watch things, read, sew, actually see the city, etc. it was the happiest I’ve ever been, I just ran out of money lmao

@harliecurcio1705 waking up at 10 to have breakfast at your own pace is just chef's kiss

@@galllowglass it’s a feeling everyone deserves to have in the morning!

​@@harliecurcio1705 it's fun for a month, how would you get bored within a month! But after a year of being unemployed I go crazy. So everytime a young co-worker tells me how much happier they would be without having to work, I'm like noooo, been there, done that, it sucked! And I have hobbies, interests, pets, community service. I can fill time easily with activities but there is something crucial missing without plain old work.

This only lasts for a time being.

THIS!!!! its a worldwide problem, we're all becoming disconnected and so isolated. nearly every human interaction is monetised and put online until it all feels shallow and worthless, human interactions are less genuine and more of a performance to be documented online. im 24 and out of school and i'm more lonely than I ever thought I would be, I wish I had a physical community outside of work.

Thank you 💯

Well said and the heart of the matter. I myself like to touch grass and smile at strangers, when I can tear myself away from mindless scrolling and commenting on comments 😆

You can always unplug. There is no reason to be on social media if it harms you! I do KZfaq and Pinterest. I’ve deleted every other app and never joined the ones that came along after Facebook because it was harmful to my life. I wish everyone could try it. It’s really nice to not have to feel like everyone in the world and their opinions is your problem. We aren’t made to deal with that.

My bf is an IT. I’m going to start telling ppl he does “computer work.” 😂

I actually understand that term, and use it as well. Some of my work is manufacturing things by hand on my work table, and some of it on my laptop organising lists and making files for cutting machines. My coworkers as well. In the workshop we refer to it as "computer work". I think the influencers use it in the same way - they have the filming and doing stuff part and then the editing and email part. When I worked in IT, all of my work was computer work so it would be silly to call it that, but it's not the case for everyone. That part of the video rubbed me the wrong way. It's framed as a "silly influencers out of touch, they don't get how all work is computer work" but it isn't? I'm definitely not defending anyone here, they do need to accept and acknowledge how their work is comparably easier than most, but we don't need to put them down for something other people use as well. Just because a lot of jobs are mostly done 100% on the computer nowadays, it is not all of them, and a lot of work is mixed, like mine, so it needs the term.

I'm also using the term computer work as opposed to working in the (wet) lab. It makes sense if you are not working mainly from your computer.

@@tf3655I was going to comment this! Haha. The way we say that we have work to do that’s not lab work.

most of them probably think they’re too good or “boujee” to volunteer at a soup kitchen once a week

i’m sure a lot of them are not political at all on their channels to maximize how many people they can reach. anything like that is seen as political and might have some people angry or change the way their content is sorted in the algorithm. i wish they would volunteer or donate more as well.

​@@aalmondmilk it's crazy that being nice to people is political

Seriously Amazon guy could solve hunger but he chooses to go to the moon.

They do boring things i also agree that it would be very good if they were interested in doing something like volunteering.. and i also think it would be great if they didnt want to post that online. Not everything has to be content for people to consume but if i had that much time and my money was secured and assured...a lot of us dream about that because we would love to spend time doing things that we dont have the time or money to do so. Like i would volunteer, i would learn how to play an instrument, i would learn some New languages, etc... Idk how they dont get tremendously bored and depressed of those days filled with nothingness of meaning in their lives.

Yes this! 💯 say it louder!!! It's what I'm saying. Plus to add on I'm not a supporter of illegal immigration but if we wonder why there's illegal immigration going on is also this because when no one wants to do these kinds of jobs that's what's going to happen unfortunately. There's craziness and violence going on but it's due to no one wanting to do these kinds of jobs. Respect to your husband and for putting food in our supermarkets because without those things we don't survive. The 9-5 essential jobs are the new luxurious jobs today. What no one knows is that influencer jobs are so outdated already

I’m also disabled and working full time (for now, i can do it for a few months and the end up going on short term disability 🤦🏾‍♀️) and i think the issue is that people forget that being disabled is like a full time job because managing day to day life while managing appointments and coping with illness and navigating accessibility issues is fucking exhausting. Influencers would probably get respect if they were honest about not having to do jack shit cuz they make money… unlike most of us disabled people .-. People are respected more when they have money. And when you have money, you don’t have to give a fuck about anything. You’re untouchable. Obviously no one should outright bully them but they can take some criticism. They’ll survive it.

Well said.

@@SarahFletcher12 No, I don't think slacking off is respected when you have money. I am unemployed because of mental health issues AND I have family money funding that. People 100% look down on me. I'm not filthy rich, my lifestyle is very middle class, yet all people see is worthless leech not contributing to society. I'm pretty damn sure most upper class or really rich people work demanding jobs (managers, etc.) and would have no respect for some nepo baby living off of daddy's money while having nothing going on for themselves. I don't think money automatically grants you respect, at least not from people in your own class but those are the people you'll want to make friends with, sociology says. It is not as black and white as everyone thinks. I am envious, too of those influencers but I'm not angry with them.

@@SarahFletcher12 Scrolled down too far to find this! In a similar situation with disability and chronic illness, and this topic hits a nerve for me after having relatives say awful things because my to-do list is like 'get groceries', 'go to the post office', while my partner has a tech job working from home with a well-known company, and my day doesn't include hard important work tasks like they consider their schedule to be. If I had the capacity in the first place to be able to get the job and do the hard work tasks that would be incredible! They just assume you have the ability to do the same job but just choose not to, and that any reason you give to the contrary is just 'excuses' or 'laziness'. It has helped a lot to eliminate the word 'lazy' from my vocabulary. But I still feel shame every day that I can't do more and contribute and often feel worthless, since American society in particular puts so much pressure on work and having a job that's considered respectable and 'real work'.

Hell, I have no major physical disability (that I know of) and I can be pretty pathetic in the way I live too. Being seriously depressed and a student means 98% of my time is in bed on my laptop, either for coursework or YT doom scrolling, somedays I do nothing except play video games but I'm a brokie and certainly not an influencer

I did this with skincare on Instagram back in the mid 2010s; as soon as I built a small following & realized I now had an expectation of posting regularly, constantly buying new products to review, buying props to make ✨aesthetic✨backgrounds, and replying to a daily stream of DMs & comments…I folded😅 I was just starting to get PR, which was cool, but the money I was spending to build this was just wild. And doing this on top of my normal full time job was exhausting.

I wonder about this ...there's a few smaller youtubers I watch whose pace of buying $$$$ luxury goods has increased over time as their channels have grown. They're not being gifted anything, or getting sponsorships. I can't help but wonder how much their channel is feeding into the accelerated (well at least as I perceive it) purchasing pace and it makes me kinda sad. I really hope they're not digging themselves into a financial hole to make videos.

Add on top of this the constant background stress of knowing there's a hundred people just like you, competing for your audience. Having a soft week of posting can be the beginning of the end. They know real jobs aren't any fun, it's why they feel so much anxiety at the thought of maintaining this (unnatural) alternative lifestyle to avoid it. I feel like this video cheapens the idea that this is easy. It's too generalized.

I guess you are recognising the complaints from content creators then

literally had a few tiktoks go viral in 2020/2021 and the amount of insane comments I got was enough to make me not ever wanna be a content creator or influencer. you have to have a thick skin that I absolutely do not have.

Yeah it sucks, doesn't it?

Influencers do be living in Recruit difficulty

We need to not watch their stories because literally the reason they get paid to do nothing, is BECAUSE we are watching! We are funding them without realising it 😭

Their whole deal is being misleading about their *actual* lifestyle--you can't believe they really live like this just because it's in a video. A few are making bank, but a lot of them are going into debt, returning products after filming, renting locations, all kinds of stuff they won't talk about.

@@llxxblondiexxll true 😅

I would love to watch it go down and watch influencers meltttt 😆 they are exploiting US and its odd that yall can see this

Yeah I had to take time off work for chronic health issues and I'm going to get surgery in a few months and my life is so fucking boring I'm losing my mind. I'm literally making silly little lists and planning meals because I'm just so under-stimulated. If this was my whole life I could definitely see brain rot setting in.

Right, like their life is the background to the specific topic(s) they share.

I also think about if the creator is providing value in the content itself or just trying to sell me something. Sharing recipes, tutorials, comedy, insights, or is every video saying I need some product or invoking envy.

Jobs don’t make you happy. There is no perfect job. That’s a myth. Happiness comes from hobbies, friendships and being comfortable in our own skin. That comes with maturity and wisdom. I was never happy in my twenties but I’m very content and fulfilled in my 50’s. I’m also retired…..

@@Ali-gb7mf What about "If you love your job you'll never work a day in your life"? I think some people are lucky enough to find a job they love that pays enough (though this is not the norm)

@@Ali-gb7mf I would argue that that is just your perspective. Of course there is no such thing as a perfect job, just like there is no such thing as a perfect life but everyone should feel some happiness and fullfilment in their job. Of course some days are going to be harder than others and people face all kinds of challenges in their work but people do need to like their job at least on some level otherwise they are going to burnout and their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing will go down the drain. Moreover, I feel most people feel more happy and fulfilled later on in life than they do in their twenties but that has less to do with their job and more with the fact that they are more sure of themselves, don't care what others think and stop feeling the pressure of having everything figured out.

@@Ali-gb7mfI think there are jobs that fit people better than others. I taught for 15 years even though it made me miserable. I’ve been in a new job working from home for a year now and some people in the same job hate it, but I love it more than I ever did teaching even in my first year. I am so very glad I didn’t wait until I retired. I’m in my 30’s and have energy now to invest in the things you mentioned. Before, my job left me devoid of life.

​@@Ali-gb7mf I respectfully disagree. All "the good stuff" like family, friends, hobbies and being happy with yourself is integral, but for a fulfilled life also need the ugly part, doing what you do not because you want to but because someone has to (like changing adult diapers for a living in my case). I was happy but unfulfilled when I only had the good stuff going

The "secret" is that if you join their scheme, then THEY will have more free time, as they will have passed their burden onto you to some extent and get a cut of your commission. It's like The Ring. They have to find somebody to pass the curse to.

A weird off topic question but - do they make you wear makeup? I was talking to someone about 10 years ago who had a daughter in flight attendant school and she said makeup was mandatory. As someone who's only worn mascara and lip balm that's a no from me dog lol.

this is so accurate. Everyone adapts to what they are currently doing. I work as a teacher and I always see people in other industries say teachers are pretty insufferable to work with but it's because we do so many more tasks in a day than a desk job and then have a hard time understanding how you cannot answer an email when you are literally sitting at a desk all day. Same with influencers. What they have adapted to as a normal day is not normal to other people.

I’m a cosplayer and I 100% agree, sewing costumes sculpting clay and worbla and painting on the hard garage floor in 110 F heat for hours on my only days off actually is hard. I hope to win enough competitions to sell my props for decent prices one day, it’s difficult but damn do I love it!

Yeah, and I think that's why they honestly should end up with an influencer bubble. I think everybody needs someone to complain to, but complaining about some stuff is inappropriate in some scenarios.

Poor you six hours lol

@@angelawood9853 tf you mean by that

@@Smallenemyspider most work eight hours in far worse conditions

@@angelawood9853 this ain’t a competition. You don’t know my job or its conditions

I relate anytime I was unemployed I was so stressed about finding a job and my bank acct not emptying that the time off was not enjoyable

Thank you for working hard to earn your PhD! We need intelligent humans in our society now more than ever. I appreciate you taking on challenge in life!

Nice parallel! I just watched her video too. She was sympathetic but also appropriately critical. She also noted that the vast majority of ppl probably are lower middle class and really can’t afford it, similar to working folks trying to aspire to these unattainable influencer lifestyles.

@@jillhoffman9179 What made me make the connection was the influencer in this video talking about the red lip product and how she said she likes it to her friends without realizing she was suggesting a $200 product. It sounded so much like the director of the Star Wars hotel saying she thinks people will have so much fun they won’t think about the price, which was ridiculous! And to pass off those horrible chores as the fun to make you forget the price was so out of touch.

Money aside, the Star Wars hotel was just sort of insane. Who wants to spend three days at a hotel and not in the parks?

They barely donate to charity also

This!!!

this and MLM people are back for it too!

I mean… it’s not the exact same but onision got in huge trouble because he was writing off shit like groceries and personal stuff that had nothing to do with his on-camera stuff

Also, they’re selling the clothes and products they get given for free 🙂

some of them move to graphic designing, editing, media managing etc. no "marketable" skills is crazy when there's kind of alot behind it in terms of marketing and media creation.

@@milkchan202 graphic designing... you mean doing “Corporate Memphis” that flat pastel millennial style? that is so basic and can be recreated by AI in 3 seconds. graphic designers worth their salt are studying typography, not doing this stuff. i wouldn't romanticize any of this as some sort of substitute for actual qualifications, because its not and you're setting yourself up for disappointment. infamia is not worth it and you're burning daylight hoping you'll hit the social media powerball.

⁠@@ab8817I’m a UI/UX designer and I work closely with actual graphic designers who create assets and illustrations for my web designs. You’re right that they work more than just making these basic flat pastel design, that calling whatever these influencer do “graphic designing” is an insult. My graphic design coworkers work tirelessly to create custom fonts, text effects, or even use their Wacom to draw custom characters. These influencers only utilize tools like Canva or templates of Freepik that were created by real, underpaid and exploited graphic designers.

​@@ab8817successful influencers definitely have skills in social media marketing and potentially editing. I know of one or two (not particularly large influencers) who stepped back and went into those fields. You kind of have to time it right though. It ceases to be a qualification once you're well and truly a has been. You want to be over your peak but not gone.

Yeah but look at that , blonde girl who's name I don't remember has zero personality other than being hot and partying and people eat that shit - despite the fact that just makes them feel worse at the end of the day. They don't admit it, but it does affect their self esteem.

I don't know if it's the European answer to filming while driving but I also hate influencers filming while jogging! Just choose!

Truth! I have the privilege of being able to wfh and access bathroom, food etc whenever. I try to be grateful and also extra sensitive to others who do not have this type of work arrangement. 8 hrs of work is not the same experience for everyone

It depends on the jobs. My MIL took a huge pay cut to do a night shift factory job instead of her 9-5. Her reasoning is that she just doesn't want to have to think anymore. I kind of get it. My job is so taxing right now on my mind, I literally have been passing out after work. Her factory job seems terrible, but she refuses to go back to her old 9-5. I guess she just really needs that brain break.

@@ZZ-qy5mv wishing you mental peace, take the best care you can of yourself

I relate a lot too. I'm disabled, mostly psychologically and it's easy to feel crappy about not being productive enough. I just thought I'd comment so maybe you know that you aren't alone :D

​@petalisporcelain1346 thats really sweet of you tysm

​@@ro_ppyou shouldn't feel bad for being disabled. Just do your best

@@petalisporcelain1346 Another member of the club! I'm overwhelmed by the easiest shit and society looking down on me is one of the roughest things about it. Not working is socially isolating enough if you live alone and didn't have a ton of friends to begin with but now I'm not even bothering making new friends because I know that people will judge me. They have judge me, I have had a literal ex best friend say in my face that nobody will date me if I stayed in "this social class".

Doesn’t it highlight the fact that somehow their to do lists are comparable to someone with a disability, who isn’t able to do as much? They can’t fill their day or find things to do? This is part of the problem. Why are they willingly choosing to do the bare minimum and happy with that just for content

I would volunteer at the library and do Lego groups with kids and help people learn how to use their phone and the computer! There are so many things I’d want to do to give back and have fun but I’m so exhausted that the weekends are just for house tasks and resting and then I’m not even fully recharged and healthy for the next work week. It hurts to live like this and the people who have the resources to live nice fulfilling jobs just… don’t. They either lack the empathy or imagination. It’s sad.

Exactly! It’s not the ppl that should make it, it’s always the selfish, soulless, narcissistic ppl it seems 🙄 they COULD make so much difference in the world, but nope! Just more brain rot - I’m sorry, we SHOULD be upset about this ! And Stop following them

And she can go to the bathroom, go get a coffee, take a stretch, any time she wants to.

Important ≠ busy. Accountants are 100% necessary and integral to have since they have specialized skills and are authorized to do certain things, but I don’t think every company will have 40h to fill with actual accounting work every week. I think the man was just being honest that there is free time in his week. He did not say the work he did do wasn’t important. The firm pays to have the skills available when they need it, not for a 1 to 1 trade of work hours put in for pay, like regular office workers or factory workers. Many highly educated or specialist roles are like that, i.e. in house lawyers or some cyber security roles. When they are needed, they are NEEEDED, but down time is inevitable. It’s just not wise to admit that you have free time since they might give you other stuff to do or fire you.

I always thought I wanted a desk job, like it was the Dream, until I took a promotion that required quite a bit of computer work. My ADHD went absolutely nuts. I hated it, and ended up going back to being a baker instead😅

I had several majors; one was Political Science. I enjoyed the course work, but my internship convinced me that I would hate my life if I had an office job (even working in a chief of staff’s office). My other major was in Education, which was enough to get me certified and into a position as a Spec. Ed. substitute teacher, working with moderately- to severely-impaired students. I love my job (16 years) and am seriously sad to see retirement looming in the next 5 years or so. (I also worked as a professional proofreader for 5 years. The job was fine, but nowhere _near_ as interesting as Spec. Ed.)

oh yeah. i’m an intern at a museum (unpaid 😔) but most of what i do is computer work and it lowkey makes me yearn for my food service work

🥹 honestly this😩