#the tryguys

[tekn0pthetic]

[feelingtheaster99]

I just realized

That This:

Is a wholesome, kid-friendly version of this:

[hollycowidontknowmyname]

So i drew this for a throwback to those guys who claimed i “white washed” Eugene from Buzzfeed in my short cartoony 4 panel try guys comic with Eugene in only one panel and one pose… because lmao i colored his hair dark brown to be able to shows his curly hair. But hi its been months since and im still salty so how are ya? And is this human drawing still shittier than yours? Still whitewashed?? I did say i will "fix" it in the future if you explained what part made him looks whitewashed so Thanks

[donnabroadway]

Parasocial relationships

Influencers are fighting for their lives and while I want to feel bad for them, I can't because they're fighting for their lives against an image they created, not one that was forced upon them by a big Hollywood or media machine. They chose this career. They chose to create a livelihood based on talking about their relationship, marriage, family, life experiences, transparency. They may not have shown everything but what they showed made people relate to them and like them. I am not a parasocial celebrity but I, like most people with social media, have created content and I have had people go back and forth with me and argue points I didn't even make and I couldn't imagine dealing with that from millions of people. KevOnStage, someone I have watched since pretty much the beginning of his career, and admire his come up, ambition, growth, and commitment to his wife and family has even said he's stopped sharing so much because people were using the things he shared on social media for content. As much as I can love and appreciate Kev and Liss, as a casual social media consumer, I think it's ironic that they are choosing to step back from personal content when a lot of KevOnStage's content is based on commenting on popular culture and things that people are sharing on social media. A lot of people have gone viral and have made money from sharing their thoughts on other people's content. KevOnStage did it and someone else will do it to. I will acknowledge he does a lot of comedy videos and sketches but he also goes viral with a lot of his social commentary videos but what's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?

I get it, you don't want people in your business but it's one thing to have a friend, enemy, frenemy, family member, or scorned lover spreading lies and tea, or piss water, whatever you want to call it but it's another thing to post something personal online and then become upset and lash out at curious people who want to know more about the information you shared, without prompt. If you want to get ahead of a story, fine but why share the story and then become vague. If you weren't 100% sure about sharing the story and if you weren't ready to be completely transparent, then why share? No one asked you to tell this story and no one was going to out you, then why share it, if you were going to get upset when people wanted more details.

When you became a parasocial celebrity, meaning you have partial, or full control, of the content you create and put out into the world and people like you because of the persona you, and your family or significant people, created and shared with the world. You were smart enough to see a niche in the market and recognize opportunity and you monetized it, which isn't easy to do but just because you control the content, doesn't mean you can control what other people do with your content. Yes, haters and fake tea pages come with the territory but let's not act like all the social media stars and running to quit their multimillion dollar careers to work a 9-5. It may not be easy being famous but I have yet to see one person who has experienced all of the perks of fame, and this is traditional and influencer based, rush to go back to their normal lives. Even the reality stars who get fired from their jobs, either for bad behavior or not being the right fit, will keep themselves adjacent to what made them famous because they realize it's an easy way to make money and, frankly, fame can be addicting.

A few years ago, the ACE family made a documentary, that while successful, rubbed a lot of people the wrong way and got them a lot of backlash. They are a very famous social media family with millions of subscribers and lots of money, so much so they live in multimillion dollar homes with Kylie Jenner as a close neighbor and friend. In the documentary, they all but complained about their life and how fans didn't respect boundaries and how people would stare at their daughter and other things but they chose this career. No one asked them to put their baby daughter on social media for millions to see or have birth vlogs with over 100 million in combined views. They chose to create that content and when children are born on social media with views that traditional TV shows would die for and people watch these children grow up, of course they feel a connection to them. Should people touch, talk to without permission, or violate the space of the children? No, but don't act like people have found pictures on private social media pages and they're going viral. This is content that was willingly created for monetary gain.

Digital content creators will always be fighting for their lives trying to prove that what they do is a real job but being a millionaire, who lives in a home that looks like a mall, not having to leave your home to make money, being able to dictate your day instead of having a traditional boss and having to ask to take breaks and vacations, and having the freedom to choose how you spend time with your children is a life that most people would die for and there is a lot of jealousy because, even though you may feel that you have worked many years to have the luxurious and aesthetically pleasing life you lead now, a lot of influencers lose their relatability because they no longer have they everyman feel they had when they first started. I understand that showing your big house, fancy cars, and shopping sprees is intended to be inspirational, influencers still have to be careful because their custom homes are easily googleable and not everyone that watches your glow up is happy for you. The ACE Family shows their home every time they move and wonder why they've been robbed multiple times. You're essentially flashing money and wealth in the face of people who have none and of course there is jealousy and people either want to take your wealthy or your life. Jealousy has been motive in many murders.

No one is making you tell your business online, you are choosing to. I don't know if it was someone telling you your life was a movie or that you and your family was interesting but you brought this to us. We were minding our business, minding other people's business, when you decided to share your business and since your business is interesting, I'm now invested. Don't spill all of your family and relationship tea and then tell us to mind our business.

Even us regular people whose social networks include people we have once known, classmates, friends, casual observers, community members, etc have to realize our social media is not only a reflection on us, our friends, family, and employer. People have been released from jobs or given an ultimatum from their employers for their content, even when they are transparent about what they do and they have not given any identifiers about their professional lives. You cannot post memes about being single, having trust issues, or a bad marriage while having a significant other and people not wondering if there is any truth to it. You may be posting whatever you see fit but people don't always know that and most of us, at least once, has had someone express concern to a loved one about what we're posting online. If you don't want people to take interest in what you're sharing, even if you say it's fake or not reflective of your real life, you need to be careful of what you share. Even if you don't make a dime off of social media, you are still a brand based off of your social media nd your social media content can get your jobs and also lose you jobs. Just be careful. It's not "just Facebook." Employers will thumb through your social media, even deleted pages, to get a feel for who you are and how you present and people have a right to feel a way about what you share and don't share because it is reflective on you and people will judge you based on what you chose to share on the social media networks that you created and control.

[is-anyone-home]

zach is hot ????

[eddyedano]

Because belated Mother Appreciation Day.