ha… what a dumbass; also still recording the aftermath for clout? Damn bruh…
“Dumb rich kid crashes really expensive car. More at 11”
Who cares?
And perhaps my least favorite part, aside from him walking away relatively unscathed, was that this shitty article goes on to just use other YouTubers and influencers for reaction quotes.
It’s like the they tried to directly convert a 90 second YT local news story, into an article.
Imagine being so annoyed by someone you have zero obligation to pay attention to that you wish them physical harm.
You mean someone who’s endangering the lives of the public for views…?
Someone whose actions could have easily killed someone… for likes and hearts…?
For the record, I’m not annoyed by them, I detest them. Not for their job, but because of their actions, you know, like a normal person would.
Normal person would be glad no-one got hurt rather than wishing someone did.
Influencer.
That’s what he does.
We have failed.
You are aware that the majority of kids aspire to be social influencers as a desired life/career path, yes?
https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/gen-z-interest-influencer-marketing
The majority of current US children do not want to be doctors or professors or plumbers or coders or truck drivers or electricians… they want to pursue a career path that has something like a one in a million odds of making them stupidly wealthy.
Because that’s what they see. All the time. A constant super, uber version of a reality tv show of wealthy idiot assholes doing and saying whatever they want and almost never facing any consequences.
And to some extent, who can blame them?
Every other career path has exceptional upfront costs of time and money, involves much, much more challenging work (either physical, mental or both) and are seen as basically just as risky in terms of actually working out.
Fuck it. YOLO. Only got 10 or 20 years until the water wars or WW3 or climate change breaks everything anyway.
The majority of current US children do not want to be doctors or professors or plumbers or coders or truck drivers or electricians… they want to pursue a career path that has something like a one in a million odds of making them stupidly wealthy.
I, too, had dreams of being a rock star when I was a kid.
This is really different though. In so many ways.
Looking up to rock stars was different from parasocial relationships with people you watch hundreds and hundreds of hours of.
The volume of content dictates so many differences between rock stars and influencers just on its own.
How many kids did anything toward that goal, such as forming a band, learning how to play an instrument or sing, actually landing that first gig at a local bar or something…
… vs how many kids nowadays … have a social media account they post to religiously?
The majority of kids dream of eventually owning a home… it looks like that’s unrealistic unless you can get 4-5 million together in some markets.
And to some extent, who can blame them?
I agree with your entire comment, but from this point on, you really nailed it.
Who knows what my attitude would be if I was in my teens or early twenties? I would be old enough to understand that I have almost no chance of building a “good” life. Everything’s fucked. Political systems, the labor market, and worst of all, the environment. Might as well earn money by being an idiot. At least then I’d be my own boss.
Fuck it. YOLO. Only got 10 or 20 years until the water wars or WW3 or climate change breaks everything anyway.
psst… don’t look now, but it’s less than ten years.
Pssst, we all wish, this shit is going to circle the drain for decades. Think it’s bad now? Just wait.
Influencer Culture is a cancer on society
Insurance ain’t gonna pay that claim. And he got banned from the platform.
But I’m sure most of the money came from his parents anyway. McLarens aren’t cheap; I doubt he bought it himself.
