The Obsession With Looking Rich, Wealth Aesthetics and Overconsumption
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2023
- Thanks to influencers and celebrities, many people look to project a rich/wealthy aesthetic on social media. In this video I discuss, the obsession with “looking rich,” influencers who fake their wealth and how this leads to insecurity and anxiety from the working class who cannot live up to this unrealistic standard of living. From the TikTok "old money aesthetic" trend to social media flex culture as a whole, the obsession with looking rich is ruining our individuality. This obsession leads to an overconsumption of products due to influencers constantly showing off "must-have" products on TikTok.
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About Me:
My name is Ashley Viola and I discuss a wealth of social issues impacting women and other marginalized groups including diet culture, body image, beauty standards, desirability politics, sexuality and more.
Stressing about making your vacation look fun is the biggest 1st world problem 😂. I just want more than 3 days in a row of not having to go to work 💀
And not care about what I look like
Yes😂😂😂
Preach! I just want to sleep decently for more than 3 days in a row though.
And i saw a post on ig, saying, "for the people who went on vacation but not posting anything, what are you doing?"
“They’re living the klarna/afterpay life”😂😂killed me. Way too true
Hahaha so true. May be Klarna works fine with the American credit score system but in Germany that life could easy kill your credit score and ruin important investment possibilities.
I love after pay. I have a dozen credit cards and they are at 0 balance, cause cash is king or no interest is the way to go!!🎉🎉
@@henning14 in any country, going into debt to buy a vacation is a deplorable financial decision.
Smart woman@@stephaniemyrealtor8141
@@partiellementecremesadly that’s the reality for most Americans due to poor financial literacy when young and high educational fees
The fact anyone with a smart phone can be a “celebrity” now is a such a wild concept.
Right
I recently found myself falling into the rabbit hole while also realizing the more successful I became the less I cared what people thought. I think aesthetic is tied to lack of self worth
People also don’t want to have fun anymore even if they want an aesthetic, they don’t want to use an aesthetic from their own personality and that they enjoy and find fun to do rather they’d use the same aesthetic like the rest of influencers because that they feel is the only ‘acceptable’ one.
Aesthetic is literally something to tie your identity to that someone else created! And I can’t unfeel that
@@DayLoveNiteBug ur response tells me u simple didn’t understand what I said and it went over your head
I recently deactivated my IG and instantly felt so free. These social media apps have normalised narcism and vanity. Everyone on there is just creating a persona of themselves. There is a great lack of meaningful relationships these days. Superficial souls with no genuine intentions.
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I think imo social media has took away the joy out of doing things that makes people too focused on perfection right in the moment of having photo shoots. I’d rather enjoy rather then spend hours taking the perfect pic because I can edit them later.
Well said
This is mostly an American problem, the hyper obsession with being opinionated and luxurious, People in Europe generally dont try as hard to flaunt things and trying hard to be some main character.
This! I see a lot of comments taking this trend of mentality and placing it on the whole world when it's truly not the case! Guys, get off of apps like Instagram, Twitter, and especially TikTok and go live your life! You'll soon find yourself surrounded by people who will grow and live life with you! Trust me life is so much easier and happier this way
My 14 year old nieces and her friends discuss Luis Vuitton and Gucci and I overheard a little girl at a restaurant ask for a Stanley for her birthday 😂. Overly influenced kids.
My 12 year old daughter started asking for a Stanley cup recently. We are not based in the US, so a Stanley would cost just over 2X the retail price by the time it gets here, then there's the dollar exchange rate... yeah, no way in hell am I spending that kind of money on a cup. My attempts to explain opportunity cost and teaching her to question whether the things being promoted to her are worth the price or objectively better than available alternatives are probably going to drive us apart. Maybe she'll even cancel me for the rest of her life. Oh well.
@@user-kpkxgtjif you don't mind some unsolicited advice, if I were you I would get her to do a buttload of chores for extra money, then when she has saved up enough for a Stanley cup, ask her if she feels all the effort she put in was worth it. If she still says yes, she can buy the cup as it's her money, and she learns the value of working hard for what she wants.
If she says no, you can remind her that she used to want it super badly just a month ago, and she learns how little time it takes for the novelty of impulse purchases to wear off.
You could also say if she raises half the money, you can loan her the rest, with interest, and she can pay you back over time. If she takes you up on it, that might teach her about how credit puts the burden onto future you (but used wisely it is very helpful!).
My dad did this for me and we had a little folder for the paperwork (done on his home PC).
Ugh, all ugly and tacky. Prada and Yves St. Laurent still look classy. Still can do without the large YSL metal detail though.
@@user-kpkxgtjit has lead in it. Also, they're no longer in style. They bricks now.
The bad thing is the adults are worse. Who is here to guide the children?
People as a whole have gotten really strange. A lot of people have very young mindsets and are concerned with very juvenile things. It's embarrassing how babyish adults have become. I hear women talking about things at work and I am just so grateful I grew up.
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The amount of content creators in their 30s with stuffed animals in the background of their videos is astonishing.
Lots of people now think getting married in your mid twenties is really young, too! Even i, at 32, find myself thinking that, when I didn't preciously think so.
I think as many traditional milestones such as home ownership have become delayed, our need to take responsibility at an adult level has decreased and so has our feeling of control. People act younger because the normal social pushes to move forward aren't happening anymore, and its harder to make them happen.
Additionally, people born after, say, 1980 or 1985, just seem to be highly sensitive (not all a bad thing) and less resilient. They haven't bounced back from generational trauma, because they seem to recognise how bad it is rather than perpetrating it unthinkingly like previous generations. And of course they were not taught to have resilience because the previous generations thought it was inbuilt.
Many hold off on having kids because of this (i am one of those people, getting my head on straight took a very long time), as well as the economy. So that's another reason.
The trauma also means as they grow up they try to hold onto or reclaim things that are part of their childhood as a self-soothing mechanism.
There is so much going on with my generation.
the womanchild is common now
@@schoo9256 the era of the womanchild
I woke up and stopped giving af. When I spread this exact message I get the common, you're jealous, judgemental, cynical. Its wild that being a free-thinker automatically makes you a bitter person. Just because I don't require validation and admiration from people who would give 8 fux if i drop dead tomorrow, doesn't mean I'm envious. We're here for a good time not a long time so idc what peoples standards are. I don't live for the world but to please the lord. Period🎉
Amen! ❤
❤❤❤Amen.
❤❤❤❤ AMEN
It is such a superficial world we live in. Used to be you could take family vacation photos on your cheap disposable camera now everyone is trying to be an IG model on vacation. Bring back the disposable camera era!!!!
just film camera :D actually, they are popular now again, but for different reasons.
The disposable camera is definitely back but now it’s an aesthetic that mostly rich or upper class people use with their pics on Insta. Can’t win for losing
@@rachelesmith3342 I think the camera itself is okay price. You can get it for 20$. The film is a different story. If film used to be like 3$, now its 20$!
The disposable camera actually is coming back which is pretty cool. But also, flexing your wealth isn’t new- people just did it differently back then. It’s just more noticeable now with the internet.
Yes please 🙏🏾
We have pretty much lost our ability to experience pleasure anymore.
Because pleasure is all we seek. “Pleasure in its fullness cannot be experienced when one is grasping for it.”
@@Spynx01 well said. The relentless pursuit of pleasure and riches has spoiled the end result of owning them.
not me yall stay safe tho
why?, they're doing them, you do you 🤷🏽♀️
why?, they're doing them, you do you 🤷🏽♀️
I miss when instagram first started people posted whatever
Same. Instagram was meant for photographers to show their work at first.
This is why I’m not on social media anymore. I’m tired of seeing the same things over and over.
But you're still on social media, RUclips is social media too
I grew up too poor to have fancy stuff. Seeing other people with nicer things than me made me slightly envious as a child. But as I got older I came to appreciate the fact that my parents taught me to repair things when they broke and save money instead of tossing them away and wasting money. So now as an adult, I don't try to imatate influencers because I know better.
I grew up pretty poor but had a really rich relative who gave me her "hand me down" new items, like really nice shoes and "Johnny Was" shirts and dresses. Expensive white lady shit lol. I think what I learned is that the magic dies pretty fast. Things are just things, and a lot of these expensive clothes aren't that much higher quality than target brand clothing. Now I try to pay for high quality clothing, I don't really care about brands
I so agree with how weird it is to have some wealthy designer’s initials on your personal items.🥴
I find it soooo tacky
Everything has initials and logos, your car, phone, shoe, vacuum, kitchen appliances, office supplies even, all clothing has tags with the company name
@@no.reply_It's a cosign or status symbol. If you got it it means that YOU CAN get it. It kinda makes sense to me considering how easily influenced most ppl are in society.
@@no.reply_thank you
I remember in high school (20 years ago) old navy and Tommy and Nike were really popular. People would wear $50 hoodies that said the name and I always thought ‘that says nothing about your personality and even worse you’re paying them to advertise for them.’ I see it now with Pink and Supreme and realize it will always be a dumb thing.
So glad to not be living for social media anymore. It’s so liberating and it has saved me lots of money.
Me, too!
You hit the nail on the head! So many people are just “pretending” their lives away. They want to be the richest, prettiest, thinnest, smartest…..well, you get my point. They live in a bubble and the bubble always pops at some point and reality steps in. Be honest with yourself. You know I like the way you think.
I had an older friend in college who bought almost everything she owned at antique stores and thrift shops. Her home was a bit mis-matched, but it was full of beautiful vintage pieces that looked far more expensive than they were. She really inspired me to adopt some of the same spending habits. Admittedly, I haven't been as good at it as she is, but I do believe it's possible to have nice things without breaking the bank.
Couple things: 1) Wealthy people (especially young wealthy people,) get their style from poor people. Rich kids have anxiety about being born rich, and see “slumming it” as cool and transgressive. For example, the long colorful nails, gold chains and gold hoops that are popular now came from inner-city Black American style in the 1980s. Vogue did a story on that style in the mid 2010s and the rest is history. 2) I agree that workers in tourist hotspots can be exploited. Directly giving said workers generous cash tips can help make what they’re doing more worth their while. 🤑
gold hoops are from the Roman Empire
The influencer is essentially a sales person. I’m like ughhhh what do you want me to buy now 😩. Consume consume consume 🙃
I’m just going to continue doing me :- consume these RUclips analyses, keep away from over consuming social media, invest, and go for a run.
Smart! I will join you.
I'm not one for doom and gloom, but common sense and Mother Nature been told us this is not sustainable.
Not when we’re polluting the earth with unrecyclable products and the air with unrenewable and harmful energy sources
I know 😢. It is such an existential crisis for me
I have so much to say while watching this video bc influencer culture has done bad in my life. But I won’t say much. I deleted my Snapchat in 2018, IG in 2020, Facebook, Twitter in 2018 and never looked back. Now whatever I buy it’s not to take photos and post to get likes, but to look good in it bc I love it. Also the compliments /comments are going to come from the real world. Not from meta verse users. I’m so over this Vanity. It has put me in debt and I wish I never allowed myself to be consumed by it. ❤
Going in debt to please people 😢😮. Good, you walked away from social media...
Also the obsession some woman have with looking like & dressing like Kim Kardashian!
"Only to be waiting at the bus stop " I understand what you're getting at but even the thought of public transportation being less than is a symptom of wealth signaling addiction
Thought the same thing!
As someone from Hawaii I can 100% attest to how tourism really dominates the state and it makes it an unaffordable place to live along with being on an island that has to have everything shipped. For reference, my parents told me milk's gotten up to $14 a gallon and that's on the military base where there's no sales tax. There are ways for residents to get discounts but it's still ridiculously expensive. There's also really nice areas that have been messed up due to one influencer taking a pretty photo and now everyone wants to. What makes it worse is that people doing the influencer photo shoots aren't even fully respectful of the people and area around them. I could go on and on about it, but it's definitely gotten worse with the raise of social media influencers.
After watching this video, I feel bad about the fact that I want to travel. To be fair, I am someone who wants to travel for the experience (not the photo shoot), and I legitimately want to immerse myself in a new culture and learn from it, but I also don't want to add to any existing problems. My hometown isn't really a tourist place, but housing has gotten prohibitively expensive because our state legislature wants to make us the next Silicon Valley. We've had so many out-of-state transplants that can pay cash that it's almost impossible to make a bid on a home if you're local, so I get it. I had to move away to be able to afford living, which isn't something anyone should have to do.
@@fairywingsonrosesmaybe support the local cultures of those countries by purchasing online from their shops. You're not invading their space, you're supporting them and you're getting a special item.
Native Hawaiian here. Born in Hilo, Hawaii. i still have many family there. it’s true, the locals are struggling and now the power company is doing planned blackouts for the residents. i’m currently working to move back home. If you do visit please please please support the local businesses and check out the swap meets. Be careful of the people that move there just to use the hawaiian name as a brand. not every company ran by a native kanaka. thank you for bringing this issue up!! ❤
I read a great quote recently; “Wealth is quiet. Rich is loud. Poor is flashy.”
Excellent video. As a musician it's annoying to feel obligated to chase trends just to get engagement on a video. Can we all agree to go back to random pictures of our food? 😂
I always think I’m gonna be the girl that gets dressed up and wears nice makeup during vacation and then I have a fun time and I forget to do any of that. Memories over appearance ❤🎉
MEE TOOOO!!! I get back and think shidddd, forgot to take good pics for insta!!!😂😂😂
I moved outside of Tulum in Nov 2021. I was meant to go backpacking with my brother but I ended up dating a local here for 8 months. Then I ended up having to take in some family cats (from Canada)
It’s sooooo superficial here. The cost of living has gone up SO MUCH. I don’t know how locals afford to live. I’m in Playa Del Carmen. Every other person I meet here is in an influencer ‘coach’. It’s soooo boring. Everyone you try to make a friend with try’s to sell you their ‘course’
I am trying to leave which is hard because I need to figure out transport for my cats now too.
I barely even go out anymore because it’s really annoying to live in a tourist town and meet fake people.
I’m in Playa too, been living here for 15 years, I’m just a regular person with modest apartment and a job😂. If you wanna get a coffee sometimes let me know. Oh and I have 4 rescued cats and feed street cats in my neighborhood
I use to travel quite a lot but like to do and feel like a local. Nothing fancy, nothing too much. Never go to "popular" places based on "influencers" reviews. 🙂
I stepped back from social media back in 2018 to focus on myself and family. It brought me so much peace. Unfortunately, I have family members and had associates trying to suck me back in. I had to learn live my life on my own terms in a healthy way and not allowing people to influence my my life NLR decisions.
Just came from the Grand Canyon, now I understand how so many people fall in each year. People were endangering themselves and their kids for that aesthetic photo
Excellent subject and video! Instead of "blinging" themselves up and bragging about their Hermes bags (I cannot even begin to express how idiotic I think is is to pay 100 K dollars for a handbag), these influencers would benefit more if they invested in their education, or start enriching their inner selves and lives. Please do not fall for their "esthetic". Real life does not begin and end on Instagram and TikTok.
I don’t even like to travel fr, but social media keeps trying to insist I do. I’m a homebody and when I do travel I like to stay somewhere pretty or convenient and live like a local for a few months, not really doing too many “exciting” things
After graduating high school my mental health was at its worst to put it simply. I decided to cut off all forms of social media and I’m happy to say my mental health improved because of that. I went 3 years without it and now I find myself not interested on logging back on.
Ironically I thought that getting off social media would help me connect with others but because every one is constantly on their phones no one really connects in person.
Please, never ever ever ever defend the buy now pay later payment model.
Personally, as someone who doesn't make a ton, klarna and things like that do make it easier for me to get more expensive things, including work supplies. I don't have to wait to save up the whole cost and it's a nice option especially for things I need. I definitely see where you're coming from tho and where it can be abused. I definitely fell into that trap when I was younger. It's just one of those double edged swords I guess.
I defend it because that is how my single mother used to afford to buy me winter clothes etc. It was called layaway back then.
Layaway was different though. You had to pay off the balance before you received the items. Buy now, pay later allows consumers to get the product upfront and pay on it later which puts you at risk to be in further debt.
No shade no tea. I had to use Klarna to get my babies shoes & clothes. It was a blessing bc I was between jobs
Social media is just toxic in general. I didn’t get my peace of mind back till I deleted ig and snap. Just a bunch of miserable people trying to impress other miserable people.
I’m into skincare and I found that I was buying products just to post it and say I have it. Only using once or not even using it because I have so many products. I’m done being a test monkey/ product junkie🙈
Same 😂
The fake jet cracks me up 😂😂😂 way to go for whoever came up with that lmao
I’ve seen people going to the business class area on an Emirates flight to pretend they paid for the expensive ticket. The crew asking them to leave was a huge second hand embarrassment 😂
I really appreciated the frustration in your voice talking about the continued colonization and modern imperialism in places like the Caribbean and Hawai'i. Far too many people gloss over what is continuing to happen at the hands of colonizer mindsets that's contributing to political and environmental unrest and acting like those issues are a purely localized, local people, issue. It's so much bigger and it's difficult to know what to do to help fix it. From cruise lines, to millionaire/billionaires setting up their 2nd or 5th homes, to big companies, to consistent tourism, to retirees, to expats, to influencers, to celebs, and everyone in between...these political and environmental upheavels negatively impacting the actual, local, Indigenous peoples are coming from those sources.
This has lead to a lot of young people getting into debt.
Joy comes from romanticizing life. Because at the end of the day money does not buy happiness
Exactly people don't need to get rich to have a beautiful fulfilling life, even working hard can be a part of that (within limits)
I can act like a siren and still act like queen when walking outside,and still be wealthy at heart because I know happiness is not about money...I can have zero money and still find ways to be smart
Sometimes, I book a local airbnb. These resorts are owned by Europeans, not the locals. So you're not helping the locals.
Thank you for this, something I've noticed myself especially the designer bag era. Mind-blowing the money spent to carry around another person on your arm
Love this commentary. I’m in expensive circles and it is so easy to get caught up in wealth aesthetics. And it literally is for OTHERS. Thank you for this video! I feel like God dropped this in my feed because great reminder ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Reminds me of when I was in Marrakesh with my family. We went to Bahia Palace which is famous for its tiled walls and ceilings. In the Grand Courtyard there ended up being a queue of people waiting to take their photo because this influencer was hogging the space to take all these photos. She was taking several photos with different poses and you could tell everyone was getting annoyed with her.
I’m mexican, the last time I went to Tulum it just felt that I was in the middle of a multitudinary photoshoot, and let’s be honest it isn’t as beautiful as it was before because we are over exploiting the territory and it is no longer that nature paradise also it is so insecure there are cartels working in there and the authorities are doing nothing because it doesn’t matter what happens in there people are still coming
Your commentary was so eloquent. I wish more people have your mindset. I am guilty of over consumption but I don’t ever post on social media. I have been influenced by hauls on RUclips
Finally someone saying what I'm thinking. I'm tired of seeing these basic girls sitting in an upscale restaurant with a wine glass in their hand like they're rich and have life all figures out 😂😂😂 man I wish when life was normal. Humans are weird
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Agreed. I just went to Paris and I enjoyed it. I was so stress free. I did everything I wanted to do. Other people were suggesting all these activities i wasnt interested in. I did what I enjoyed and ate what I wanted to. Loved it
So true! Long ago as a young adult, I went somewhere popular for vacation, did not like the first 2 tourist attractions, OR the way some of my travel mates were acting, so I quickly ditched the whole plan (and the fake rich mates) and had a great time exploring on my own! No fancy popular pictures to post online, but I really ejoyed myself & the locals were cool!
Now I am addicted to solo traveling although I do take trips with friends every few years! I also enjoy taking mock photos, pretending like I'm at a magic, rich, historical...7 Eleven! 😆
I LOVE your channel so much! I am definitely one of the people who has anxiety to post on social media because I’m scared no one will like it if I’m just doing something regular. So much so that I deleted my IG account recently to protect my mental health.
They've been doing this for a while on regular TV since the early 2000s. They're only showing families who have money. They don't want to show families with realistic income no more. I miss the shows like Roseanne, that's 70 show, Good times etc. Again families with realistic income and who look average everybody gotta look like a freaking supermodel
watching this in 2024 and I've been binge watching your videos ever since! I personally think that there's nothing with documenting your lavish vacations and dinner dates because you will one day look back at them and remember how you had a good time, what's toxic is that these people would plan a trip just for the photos and not for the moment, which then pressures their audience to book a trip out of their budget just to satisfy their need to fit in, and the cycle goes on.
Girl u just gained a follower here your content is so amazing thank you all the way from London England
I’m a Biology student from Italy and last year I had the opportunity to take a tropical marine ecology workshop organised by my uni in the Maldives. A big part of the discussions we made was about how tourism is harming not only the environment but also the political and economic system of the country as well as the living conditions of locals. All for the sake of looking rich and taking pictures of a wonderful place that might not be there anymore 20 years from now
would love if you do a deep dive on shopping addiciton and overconsumption
The guy renting the house and claiming it as his own is crazy 😂😂 i deleted all personal social media over 6 months ago, and i feel SO free. I use youtube as a form of entertainment, but facebook, snapchat, instagram, all gone. Its refreshing. If you are contemplating on taking a break from social media, this is your sign!
It's kind of sad that people do a lot of things for the surface. It's not only aesthetic, it's a lifestyle of many. Like one of my friends is using latest Iphone just to seem rich but she's freezing in winter and catching cold, the reason is she doesn't use electric warmers cause she said it's consuming electricity... well I use electric warmers and I'm using android cause it's affordable to me and I'd rather stay warm and feel comfortable than seem rich to anyone.
i’m not gonna waste my time trying to make others think i am rich when i’m also gonna hop into my 2011 rusted hatchback to drive home to my one bedroom apartment lmao like it’s silly
Sorry but I disagree about the Taj mahal and air ballon picture. The way she edits her pictures is a style of hyperrealism, which is a style of art almost like a caricature and obviously not meant to be the actual thing. Its much different than other types of photo manipulation because it isn't meant to be portaying it in actual reality, its idealized
Thanks for making this video. I’ve been off social media for years and this is exactly why. You have expressed my exact feelings so well!
Your channel is so refreshing 😌 just 100% real!!!
I have no interest in influencers and never go on social media. I have no interest in the lives of celebrities. Who cares?
Thank you for speaking about this ! 😊💛💛
You’re so real for pointing out the similarities between resorts and plantations. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I’m a big advocate for curating your feed. I only see those types of influencers on commentary like this and I don’t follow many celebs😊
So glad youtube recommend this video! Immediately subscribed ❤
Louder !!! Thank you for talking about it and for your analysis !! 💚🇫🇷
the explanation of the vacation just for pictures is on it. crazy
Thank you for this video Ashley! People are no longer present. New follower here!
Can I say something and I sincerely honestly want to to say this here it goes when a woman puts the time into her appearance people treat you differently,they are much kinder to you I was offer a job opportunity yesterday from a manager from a store. Powerful people dress well it gets you notice. People do business with people they are attracted to. Now everything your saying is right and I agree with you and I feel the same way you do I wish people would just live me. When i was at the mall yesterday a woman came up to be and told I looked so beautiful that she could not keep her eyes off of me etc. I wish this world was a kinder place but the reality is it's not the truth is if you want to do business and keep your job ladies please keep your appearance up it will take a woman far
This is definitely true, I was a bottle girl. While I made MONEY, I had to create a really boring conventionally attractive look (brown hair and really basic makeup), and I had to come up with a kind of "blank slate" personality. So I wasn't really being authentic. But I could make $900 in a night by smiling and nodding so pros and cons. I work with kids now and I'm happier for sure.
@@snailart9214 it sounds like your authentic self is just wonderful. I'm proud of you for sharing you reality on certain life situations. I mean we all love Beyonce but who we really want to see is Sasha Fierce. So glad to hear your much more happier at your job and that you are in a better work place environment congratulations.
People are superficial and dumb with that mindset. Human beings must be more deep creatures, look far away physical beauty. Reality can have an evolution and change but of course we are very far of that kind of evolution. Humanity needs a real spiritual awakening not pretty luxuries and being delicate dolls.
Within 0:23 I had to like the video, that’s how much you captured me that soon.
i love your analysis !!! keep it up
Thanks for speaking of this issue. This video accurately expresses my thoughts!
Great thoughts. Keep going, girlie! ✨
I stay away from social media and I have for many years. I genuinely live that life that I could post and it would be impressive to some. But I don’t feel the need to flaunt and flex that I’m living some type of fabulous fantasy life. Especially when in real life I deal with very real struggles financially and otherwise. Nobody is perfect but somehow social media created this culture of pretense and frankly it’s revolting to me.
Im currently binging your content and this video I related to the most. I never understood, after i started travelling as an adult right around when instagram came out, why people would continue to try to one up people in photos. Could never get into that "rich" culture
Agreed. I actually love going on vacation and having fun... but I rarely if ever post about my vacations etc. I do post about my garden. I enjoy being away in peace with my family. It's our time together. So people know my actual interests, not my whereabouts.
You got a new subscriber ! Real talk!
Such a great, coherent and thoughtful video. Thank you. (New follower ) ♥️
I completely agree with every syllable you said - the world’s become so vapid. Everyone’s concerned with status. Bunch of lemmings we are 😂
I loved this so much.
thank you so much for this ❤
The fact that you talked about Tulum and how people are colonizing it, THANK YOU! 💙
I'm Mexican and I can understand how people who earn in dollars and euros just can't afford to live on their countries, so they move to Mexico illegally (because most of them don't do the paperwork at all and a use how the Mexican government just allows foreigners from wealthy countries to stay without asking questions) with a tourist status in order to keep up with the aesthetic life style. The problem is that this is contributing to gentrifying Mexican cities and small towns.
Families have to move from their hometown just to afford a decent life meanwhile some people post online about how amazing the "Mexican lifestyle" is (a white washed American version of the Mexican lifestyle though).
You snapped 👏
Excellent video! Thanks for saying what needs to be said about this and other harmful effects of believing everything you see.
when i saw regular working class people make fun of hondas i was like wait what? at the time i drove a honda civic
No way!!
Thank you for making this video. I’ve found myself the past year feeling so down because I’d been following this rich porn lifestyle & following hustle culture to try and get ‘rich’ & never actually feeling good enough. When actually this is all because of social media. Thank you. ❤
And that world will never satisfy you, find plp to pour into and who value you as a person.
I've never met anyone like this in person they're all online
If you’re going to be an influencer at least enjoy the trips, places you’re at the things you have and activities and be friendly with people. You can always edit your pics that you’re not happy with if that’s all you can take before it distracts you and takes away your happiness of living in the moment, because there needs to be a balance.
This was excellent ❤i dont call myself an influencer although my feed looks like it i take model type pics solely for the fun on it . I have a balance view of it and keep it in itsplace. Take breaks and come back .
Great video! 🔥
These are brilliant observations
and the scariest part is that thanks to social media, a whole group of young people 'learn' that the people who make the most noise get the attention (including bullying) while this behavior is not accepted in real life and then fall outside the 'group' because no one is there waiting for people to cause unnecessary drama...
It’s only a standard if you think it is. You’re only bothered if you let it bother you. Any of this matters only if you think it matters🤷🏻♀️ just saying
Except it does matter bc our entire planet is drowning in worthless shit so ppl can look rich. Over consumption is absolutely insane to the point where ppl think “it only matters if you think it matters”. As if all the mass production and pollution isn’t already wreaking havoc on our climate. But I guess all the fires, floods, earthquakes, etc only matter if you think they matter.
Not everything is subjective. Some takes are simply observations of the majority of mainstream society.
Great video!
It's ridiculous how they say they love a bag. Compare this to how some people are living in some places in the world. There is famine going on in some places.