So let me get this straight--we're 11 weeks into 2021 and Niomi has posted a total of 3 videos since the new year, including two sponsored videos and now another ignorant/self-absorbed/tone-deaf rant. It's becoming a pattern on her channel: ad, ad, rant, ad, ad, rant, ad. She has nothing else to offer. After the infamous "Festive Meltdown" and "Influencer Chat" videos, today get yet another "woe is me" monologue from Niomi Stupid.
She could have done cooking/baking videos; she could have done yoga videos; she could have recreated the makeup look she did on that Zoom makeup class with Bare Minerals; she could have filmed the process of putting these floral arrangements together when she got gifted that florist training by Guerlain for mother's day--I could go on. She literally has THE MOST FLEXIBLE job in the world. She can do it from ANYWHERE. She can film ANYTHING. Yet here she is, doing less than the bare minimum. Just complaining and complaining and complaining.
The pandemic didn't exist in Niomi's world until about 3 months ago. The rest of us have been dealing with it for over a year. She's a wealthy, healthy/able, conventionally attractive, White woman who gets to be with her entire family (a family who loves her and that she gets along with really well), in a mansion (where she gets to have a whole wing to herself), in the countryside with acres of land around her and a heated pool (so she can take long walks and spend time outdoors). She doesn't have any responsibilities or people to look after (no children, no partner as we all know...., no sick parent or other relative); she doesn't have a job to slave away at everyday (lockdown or no lockdown). She hasn't had to deal with the virus directly: hasn't been sick herself or had any other relatives be seriously sick, hasn't lost any loved ones, hasn't lost employment. She's gotten to see her friends all year round; she's gotten to go on several trips; she's gotten to go out for dinner, lunch, drinks, and do all kinds of social things (well, more like she allowed herself to by breaking the rules incessantly).
Yet she's over here, talking about how it would be "so cruel" of her to say to herself, "pull yourself together, you're fine, people have it worse off than you." Those are literally her words, that it would be so cruel of her to actually count her blessings for once. I guess she and I have very different definitions of cruelty.
She literally spent a whole section of the video talking about how her friends have already booked trips and restaurants but she "hasn't booked anything yet," so she's now "in a panic" and "feeling behind." I mean, is she HEARING HERSELF??! Could she get any more ignorant and out of touch? Millions of people have lost their jobs, booking a holiday is the last thing on their minds! She also mentioned how she had just been on a walk and said things like "the person I was with," "they" -- now, if it was anyone from her family she would've obviously said who it was instead of being so cryptic. So she's ALREADY socializing with people from outside of her household, yet she's over here crying crocodile tears over lockdown?
Yes, mental health does not discriminate--negative thoughts or even depression can happen to anyone regardless of social status. But the least she could do is make an effort to be less ignorant; count her blessings and truly reflect on her privilege; have some humility, respect, tact; just stop moaning AS A LIVING (she is literally making money OFF of these rants), stop making excuses for yourself, and start reevaluating your approach. She keeps going on about this "journey of self-discovery" she's been on yet I haven't once witnessed her questioning herself/reevaluating herself/reassessing her past behaviors, decisions or actions.
It's become clear over the past year that she LOVES the sound of her own voice. She has this expression on her face/a certain body language whenever she does these rambles...I don't know how to describe it, but she looks incredibly smug, arrogant, and evidently thinks what she's saying is beyond inspirational and intelligent, when it is just mediocre. The conclusion of the video is basically that she's scared of being back in that small/dark flat of hers, alone, without a boyfriend, without many friends (her friends all appear to have moved on to different stages of their lives, being married and all--and now that the breakup is an old story, they won't be there for her as much anymore), and with a meaningless job that no longer fulfills her. It'd be easier if she just admitted that to herself rather than just repeating, "I'm fed up with lockdown but I'm also terrified of what my life is going to be like post-covid," "I haven't booked any vacations yet when all of my friends have, I'm so behind!"
To summarize, I only have one thing to say: she should be ashamed of herself.