I can’t wait till we have our day in court (I know in reality we won’t - also realise this is akin to summoning the Candyman). I used to think page upon page of gifs and Novak Nail would be amusing but hearing all of our verses being read aloud will be even better. The Jury will have the ear worm of the century! I keep thinking I’ll go dressed as a glove
but am concerned
@colouredlines won’t be able to resist the temptation and take me down.
It’s incredulous that influencers are put on such a pedestal and supposedly immune from criticism. It’s not just the outrageous grifting that needs exposing but the fucked up messages they pedal - for example Joe
head Wicks with his ‘exercise is the cure for mental health. If you don’t exercise that’s why you’re ill’ bollocks or Hinchy and her ‘you can clean away the anxiety’. The constant over simplification of genuine conditions (and lack of sign posting to genuine resources) is dangerous.
Or the ‘be kind’ brigade who set their own flying monkeys loose. Let alone the constant mis-selling of real life and encouraging people their life will be complete if they buy XYZ (and can spread out the payment). Anything they can weaponise they do to aid the shilling. Don’t even get me started on the ‘pound shop Gwyneths’ as someone else so perfectly put. Like
@heretoreaditall2019 said - if they were TV ads (or even print ads?) they’d have to prove every single statement - shocking what they get away with, yet we’re the monsters for calling them out!
The manipulation is unreal - and why I find it hard to have any sympathy for Jackie alongside the fact they constantly lie. Everything has been handed to them on a plate yet they still complain and grift while pedalling the Tory trope of ‘look you can feed a family for £X’ while contributing zero to the real issues at hand.
I dip into other threads, some I just read but while each thread has their own ‘style’ I don’t see anything outrageous happening - yes there’s sometimes sharp comments but normally the result of those the thread is about. Appreciate I don’t read all Tattle threads so might not apply to all!