The 'Fake Wealth' Industry Making Influencers Look Rich - Instagram VS Reality
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- One thing that’s always baffled me as an influencer, is other influencers showing off their wealth as content.
Videos of massive house tours, making music videos about how rich you are to me seems… tacky I guess.
But there does seem to be this odd industry of influencers pretending to be rich, in order to pretend they are successful.
This is now such a popular thing for influencers and wannabe influencers to do, that there is a whole industry that exists in order to make influencers look rich.
I want to share some of the rich influencer services that are available and then take a look at those who…. don't even pay to fake it…. they just badly photoshop their fake life.
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00:00 Intro
01:43 Fake Wealth Industry
03:23 Fake Private Jet Photoshoot
04:46 Oceane El Himer Fake Business Class Photo
08:22 Natalia Taylor Fake Bali To Trip In Ikea
09:51 Amelia Liana Fake Travel Influencer Photos
11:58 China Fake Wealth Industry
14:59 Influencers Pretending To Work With Luxury Brands
17:15 Midi Forreal Exposing Fake Wealth Influencers
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I work as a florist at a us grocery store chain in downtown Chicago. I have a lot of contact with influencers as my set has become a popular photo op. It’s so weird they just tend to act so strangely, putting their Louis v bag on my cart and shooing me out of the way so they can take pictures and make content while I just stand there waiting to restock the flowers. I find it so funny and bizarre but they just come in all dressed up, completely take over and then ignore everyone in the store. I hope I end up in the back of their content one day giving a major side eye 👀
God I cannot stand influencers, I saw people on Miami Beach doing the most for tik tok once and I had to roll my eyes
Please tell me if it's the Lincoln Park whole food because this is so hilarious
That's so incredibly rude
Tell them to shoo next time...how rude
Tag yourself in their photos, start charging for photo ops in the store!
I can’t see a private jet (real or fake) without thinking about climate change. So either they’re faking being on a private plane which is pathetic, or are actually wasting that many resources flying private when our planet is already burning…which is also pathetic
Yeah it’s just feels so unnecessary. Like…if you have the money, travel business class or w/e
💯 cosign
Seriously, being so ignorant to take a private jet adding to our already polluted planet so you don’t need to sit with “commoners” is disgusting.
Completely agree
This!
I work in a luxury clothing store and we've once had a girl that told us she was an influencer and personal shopper. She asked for two empty shopping bags because "hers were damaged last time" and filmed herself leaving our store with these two bags, acting as she just had a shopping spree in our store.
😂😂😂
That's so weird.
Cringe 😬
Gross.
Ha ha!
grew up with a super wealthy friend. She walks and metros everywhere and unless you know her well you most likely would not know she's wealthy, until she invites you over to her castle of a house and apologise for it being "unfinished" because the new sgraffito plaster for her ceiling is only half finished...T_T never felt so poor in my life. She never brags, but she did educate me that quality is worth more than brands. You would never see her carry LV or Chanel, but she would go to some Italian boutique to buy custom made leather gloves with cashmere lining. Even though her family owns many castles, mansions and chateaus all across Europe, she never brags about it and she barely has social media presence. I feel like all those "influencer" posing with private jets, posing with Gucci bags, wearing Balenciaga logo jacket, or whatever, only have a faint idea of what "rich" people are. The majority of wealthy people are actually super educated,quiet, and actually just don't give a shit about luxury goods. They may pay a lot for luxury experience, and buy quality items, but they would never go out of their way to buy Hermes bag, because they'd rather pay more for customised exotic bags with luxury service.
"The majority of wealthy people are actually super educated,quiet, and actually just don't give a shit about luxury goods."
I'm guessing you've never heard of the Kardashians as well as all the other mega rich celebrities out there? Just because you had a good experience with one rich friend, does not mean all of the mega rich are like this. They are pushing luxury brands and glamorous lifestyles on their social media just as much as these fake influencers are, usually more so since they get sponsored by luxury brands. Let's not put the rich on a pedestal. They are just as loud, wasteful, status driven, and toxic as influencers.
That’s legit rich ppl for ya 💯
Old money vibes vs. New money vibes
Yes and no. I think when you're that wealthy it's more of a security risk to be flamboyant about wealth. If you are it definitely can make you a target and makes it harder to enjoy outings. I think they also learn wealth is finite and easy to mismanage. Wealthy people still flaunt and do all these shenanigans it's just not for the public consumption and it's done passive aggressive.
"quality is worth more than brands" is a really important take-away. When I buy something, I prefer to not be subsidizing their marketing budget.
My parents are wealthy, and growing up I was taught that talking about or flaunting your wealth was the height of tackiness. Money - pretend or not - can't buy you taste or class. 🤷🏽♀
True.
Bragging also makes you a massive target, remember Kim K at gunpoint? If you flash your wealth you're just asking to get robbed. Your parents obviously taught you well.
I worked in advertising in my youth and made a lot of money doing it. Now, I NEVER buy according to advertising. I know exactly what I need and want long before I go into a store or online to shop. Advertising raises the price of everything astronomically.
Me , as well. I was always taught, also, not to ever behave in such a manner as to make those without feel badly, particularly, about themselves. As we all know, however - at least, those of us with brains, i.q.s, decency, etc., know - these last 2 generations are SH*T.
Yes.
It's not just influencers who want to fake having money. My daughter worked in a Lululemon store and regularly had girls coming in wanting to know if they could buy the empty bags just so they could be seen carrying them. It's a sad way to live.
Omg what that’s a thing? 😭😟 my coworker usually bring those lululemon bag as a lunch bag for work
@@wayvislife well now you know why 😂
Damn. Just buy a headband or something!! Why stoop that low. 😂
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?? ... 🤔 Since when was Lululemon a luxury brand? Those people are pathetic.
As a person who was raised “upper middle class” who grew up around many people who had money; it was always considered tacky to show off wealth. It gives the impression of new money. Most actual rich people I know dress quite modestly or wear items that are expensive, sure, but you’d never know
Very, very true!!!
Completely true
This is so true!!! I myself didn’t grow up wealthy, but I had a friend in school who did. She really just looked like everyone else, except her shoes were like $400-$600
@@skyegroome223 that`s why they are considered tacky
My dad told us a lot when growing up that we had so many advantages because of our family, not just 1 single person can take credit. Plus it's super odd to be listing things that were normal growing up.
I’m a house cleaner so I see how wealthy people really live. People with real wealth almost never flaunt it, even if they live in a large home in an exclusive area.
My lady is a house cleaner as well.
An example of wealth and fake is; one house has nice (but not fancy) furniture, well taken care of dogs, full fridge and kitchen.
Another house has little furniture - mostly IKEA - except for the living room, the fridge rarely has anything in it, no pets, and she only has to clean specific areas on a rotating schedule and not the whole house.
At least they always pay her and don't try to float her "til next week". 😂
@@NarwahlGamingSir I really think you should’ve kept this comment to yourself. Because for one you just admitted you have a “lady that cleans houses” for a living and for two you have the audacity to judge someone else’s home in regards to what type or little amount of furniture they own???Are you serious?
But here’s a thought why not work on your FINANCES so that ‘your lady’ no longer has to work as a housekeeper cleaning houses.😬
@Lyladebo22 My lady enjoys the work and I don't look down on any type of job - as long as it's honest work.
I make $100k a year. Her work is mostly a hobby job.
So, we're both happy. 😊
Please do a part two about the fake wealth industry! This is probably more prevalent than people are aware of.
I second this!
I third this!!!
fourth this!
Well I plead the 5th!
It’s giving most people an unrealistic expectation like you needing a 14 step skincare routine and every product needs to be overly expensive. But most of these influencers are faking it to get those clicks and views. It’s kinda sad how fake social media has become.
@@jessicafitzsimmons3301 can you even understand sarcasm?
@Jessica Fitzsimmons some of the ones from Vogue are asinine like this one: th-cam.com/video/SCS0bZucQ20/w-d-xo.html
@Jessica Fitzsimmonscheck Kali uchis 38 step skincare routine
It's to sell you an idea, a fantasy. One that most people can't afford anyway.
Let's say we do a PM skin care routine:
1. Oil cleanse/remove make up
2. Cleanse
3. Toner
4. Essence
5. Serum
6. Moisturize
😶🤔
People are so obsessed with money, status, luxury items, brand names-especially if they really can’t afford those things. I went through a flood in 2019 and lost EVERYTHING (along with thousands of other people) and I realized how stupid I was to care how many coach bags I had, or how large my collection of designer perfumes was. Because it was all gone in the matter of minutes and I can never afford to replace it all.
At the end of the day, your mark on the world and how you left it when you depart is all that really matters. Not what you wore, or what label you maxed out credit cards for to make your friends jealous. Vanity seems to be all people care about now and it’s so sad.
So true. I lost my father in 2013 and my brother in 2017. Both were good men, kind, good to their communities and gentle souls, and very well known in our smaller community. My dada had lived in the same town his entire life. He was active in volunteer work, Habitat for Humanity, community outreach, volunteer first responder. My dad’s wake took 2 hours longer than planned. My brother was also a volunteer, a Boy Scout and all around dependable guy. My brother’s took about 4 hours longer than planned (about 7 hours total) and was done just after New Year’s, so cold, and people stood outside in line for hours, while it was snowing, to pay their respects. Our feet were numb from standing for so long but we didn’t want to turn anyone away after they waited. Neither was a brand name kind of guy, except maybe John Deere😂. All this to say, you can’t take anything material with you but I firmly believe you get to take the thoughts and prayers of people who care for you and those two were richer than anyone else I have ever met.😊
I'm 24 years old and I deleted all social media accounts (insta, snap, TikTok, twitter, etc) when I was 22. I literally feel like an alien among my peers and its palpable how different we view the world. I live IN the world and they don't... crazy
I did the same thing! I am definitely living for sure
I love that!
Good for you!!
Same here except youtube cause I just look at it as TV with a peanut gallery 😂.
It's amazing how out of touch you see people now. Internet really made people suffer from main character syndrome 😂
I did the same thing, only kept TH-cam and Pinterest because I get a lot of recipes on Pinterest and a lot of the things I watch on TH-cam are educational “how to” videos or recipes. It was hard at first because I didn’t realize how addicted I’d become to social media but I’m so glad I did it.
This is the year I simplify. I unfollowed a lot of influencers & I stopped using LaMer & LaPrairie in favor of Nivea, CeraVe, & Neutrogena. My skin looks AMAZING & my head & heart feel super light. Simplicity & individuality are freeing.
CeraVe is still a luxury for me from where I am from. :(
La Prairie IS Nivea.
absolutely! i stopped using designer skin products years ago. now if anything is branded it's "the ordinary", but i mostly just use organic oils and natural lotions from the health food store. my skin feels and looks great, and I probably spend $16 a month on it and most of that is just for the lotion refill bc i love being moisturized.
i had to look up La Mer 😆
Genuinely love this for you
That influencer farm made me feel sad in a strange faraway melancholic way. Is this our world? So hollow? People sit alone in their houses, watching people who are alone in a room full of people, filming themselves. It’s dystopian in a way I’m having trouble describing
Our generation is turning into a black mirror series
@@v-tiful I always felt it would be Brave New World and not 1984. 1984 was the original goal, but then it turns out, we will oppress ourselves if given all the food, all the opiates, all the alcohol, all the clothes, all the disposable income to spend on influencers online…we drug ourselves into a stupor with the wealth we have. Do we share and improve the lives of the poor, of the global south? No. We lock ourselves in our computer room and live (if you can call it that) from there. No need to enslave us. We enslaved ourselves to the Digital Animus. Digital mommy spirit (Siri, Sophia, Alexa…always feminine) will care for a generation of stunted adult children, keep us safe under the red queens watchful eye, we won’t advance, we refuse to grow up. We want mommy to care for us, and the digital animus will.
I agree. It's really sad and depressing. Dystopian. Exactly. Scary. It feels like so many are out for themselves--everyone else be damned. I don't get how people can be happy succeeding off of misleading others. The Kardashians really have made this worse. I don't trust any of their endorsements either. It does make it hard to know what's real or not. I spend more time researching purchases than ever before and it's exhausting.
@@lorcashine i understand exactly what you mean. its also unfortunate because influencer recommendations used to be fairly genuine and very valuable to brands, but the saturation of sponsorships has diluted the trustworthiness and allowed platforms like youtube to slash and restrict adsense dollars as creators increasingly count on private brand deals to pay them. I'm concerned it will create a bubble which will leave hard-working small creators with no reliable source of income when brands realize people don't trust sponsored products anymore.
It’s baffling. I want to knock people on the head and ask “are you really falling for this???” Like how stupid can the average person be in order for the “influencer” to proliferate ?????
It’s refreshing to hear this from an influencer. Ultimately if you’re doing something you love, you’re not trying to dupe your viewers. It feels like a strange form of self-imprisonment to be chasing these likes and attention by any means.
100% agree. Why would anyone put themselves in that situation?!
Whenever I think about wealthy influencers, I remember the casual videos of SimplyNailogical or Jenna Marbles. Like, their houses are freaking amazing, but the only way we view them is when they actually record themselves doing something, and not just "look at my house" or "closet tours"
I also remember poor Jenna having to explain to the viewers before she did her house tour about how much she saved for that house and everything. Poor girl was embarrassed about showing the wealth but knew she had to since all her content was filmed from home and there was no way people wouldn't notice. I personally feel excited when the people I follow gain success and I just love house tours in general (like I find zillow surface from my home a great way to spend an afternoon)
Graveyard girl also has an impressive house from what I remember and holy crap it’s amazing. And so beautiful but she never bragged or showed too much until Shane Dawson told her she should. And even then she put her foot down on the front of the house and the neighborhood she is in
I think the empty designer bag is a pretty good analogy of most ‘influencers’. Slay on, James.
There might be a soda can in there to weigh it down but that's it. I just met someone who does this & im still shaken
Lol
“Empty Designer Bag” - brilliant!!
$64 an hour to take pictures on a private jet? My petty side wants to laugh but my hustle side thinks that’s a great side business 😂
It’s not even a real jet, it’s a room that looks like the interior I think James said . I’m 41 and I’m finding these young “influencers” utterly hilarious 😂 I’m so glad I was young before all this insanity
Right? It would be such a simple business to run, but you'd have to deal with these people all day. Ugg.
I say do it lol
A fake private jet though
@BillionaireDinner it's a good side hustle cause there will always be dumb fake people 😂
I actually feel sad for people who feel the need to do this. It has to be exhausting to keep up a fake life.
I’d like to point out that growing up seeing all this on social media (born in 2000) was heavily harmful to my self esteem growing up lower middle class. It still sometimes bothers me. I catch myself posting things on social media that make it seem like I’m doing well, like my freshly done nails or my new hair dye job or the car I share with my roommate and in reality we’re scraping by. Social media has made us feel like we have to show the best part of ourselves and our lives to feel accepted. I feel embarrassed to invite people over because I live in a trailer house. But we own that trailer out right and don’t have to pay anything but utilities and land tax once a year. But the world says trailers are trashy. It’s just things like this that make me think. I don’t want to hide my children from the internet but I also don’t want them to experience the damage I did at a young age.
One cliche comes to my mind due to this; u're gonna educate them kids and teach to dance like nobody's watchin' grl! :)
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I think Facebook really contributed to this "perfect life" posting, which had just been taken to the extreme on insta by some influencers.
@Maggie Flos no, as a mom of three daughters who range in age from 23 to 18, it's not Facebook. Facebook is "for parents". It's Snapchat and Instagram that's done the most damage
As someone born in the 90s i feel that too, i follow a girl who might be doing that fake wealth thing because its always a lot of pics of different cities but shes never in the frame and idk what to think. I doubt she's that rich, but if she's not then it's really pathetic....
Same goes for all the skincare influencers who talk about products but actually are getting laser treatments, peels and facials that already knock out any skin concerns so they have perfect skin!
I think that is more understandable because if you look at creators who do not do that and actually have some skin issues instead of being genetically blessed, on videos where their skin might not be in tip top condition you will inevitably find comments like "why would I take advice from you when your skin looks like that".
@@morgianasartre6709 it would be understandable if they were honest about. I love how James is honest about the fact that his forehead has no wrinkles is due to botox/fillers, and not comprehendable with skincare alone.
@@SlothDaan I still think it's understandable, even why they don't disclose it is understandable with the amount of judgement they might face otherwise. James is big and has a dedicated following, smaller creators don't. Key word - understandable, not the same as excusable or okay.
Great point!! Its all about being a walking advertisement, not to convey the truth. Everything comes down to 💰. The goal is to be forever unattainable, to keep you spending more blindly.
yes this annoys tf outta me.
I work in a luxury jewellers and you have no idea HOW MANY PEOPLE each day come in just to ask if we sell empty boxes. We don't. It used to surprise me so much, I thought maybe someone was buying a present from a cheaper jewellers and putting it inside the luxury box, but then I realised just the box was enough! O_O The more I work in the luxury industry the more I hate it tbh.
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They wanted a little blue box huh
I work in the industry too and we don’t give boxes out or bags to anybody. We ask if you recently purchased or if we know you and have established relationship with you.
It can cost us in brand loyalty and value if a bad character is seen or does something horrendous while carry a bag or gifting a box from us. The company also invest a lot in packaging and it’s super expensive so if we freely give it it’s a compliment because you purchased from us or we know you really well and we’re trying to take care of you throughout your journey with us. Relationships matter in the Luxury business.
for fakes
@@JeanClaudeCOCO You’re right. Relationships count. I’m not ultra high net worth individualbut I STILL remember decades ago a sales associate at Saks who was in their fragrance area. It was almost like a boutique within the store and Helen knew her fragrances! Again this was 30 years ago [ no “Influencer” etc]. She put me in her client book [yes, actual PAPER-lol] and would call me when it came in and for other items she thought I might like. I purchased maybe 4 scents from her in 3 years but I never forgot her professionalism and how soothing and leisurely the entire process was. I ended up browsing once she’d call throughout Saks … that les to some fun purchases but that’s another story.
Greetings from Chicago and thank you for your comment
As a full time marketer, I actually really appreciated this video. It is true. I often have to tell my clients who hold themselves against the reflection of these fake influencers - causing them to hesitate or just stop their own work - is really a serious problem. I try to tell them that "you're real and they are fake" - and often they try to ask me if they need to fake the same things.
I saw on Poshmark someone selling empty designer bags and I thought that was stupid like who would buy that? 😂😂😂 now I know!
Damn I should’ve sold some instead of throw them out
Thank you so much for this. I realistically know what I see online 75% is exaggerated or is fake. But my heart gets discouraged because some parts of me feels like I’m falling behind and I’ll never catch up to my peers or those my peers have deemed “follow worthy”
I think how you are feeling is the norm. What I find so interesting is that these influencers who have all this stuff, only have it because it’s free. So technically, they aren’t even in that place in their life!
Honestly I feel the same way, couldn't have said it better!
I’m so much in the same frame of mind these days. I’m 28 y/o and I feel so behind in life. All my friends are getting married and have careers and social lives. I’m disabled and have been since since about two months after my 21st birthday. So I just feel so stuck and unfilled.
Same sis!🖤
Same here. I hardly go on anymore, it adds no value to my time or headspace.
Watching James spill the tea is the best way to spend a sunday evening 🥰
He’s equal to happy valley. I’m watching James first and happy valley on catch up . Excellent evening ❤
Then over to the Welsh twins channel. Happiness is.
James & Robert are the heroes of youtube. Calling these fools out left and right.
Agreed!
Facts
A wise man once told me that "money talks while wealth whispers"
I'm French and last year I visited Paris with my Canadian boyfriend. He has long hair, a cowboy hat, ripped jeans and band shirts. I made him pose in front of the Channel boutique with the orange plastic bag we had that day to carry the umbrella, a bottle of water and stuff. The usual tourist survival kit. It was embarrassing and hilarious, I love this picture.
French Canadian men are a good catch
Oh goodness I see designer brand paper bags and boxes listed for $5-50 on second hand marketplaces, I've always found it hilarious
I even see people selling empty bottles of fancy moisturizer 🤦♀️
the joke in this all is. I did follow a vlogger before, they used to dress like any regular person but since they got sent stuff and got richer, they started to flaunt it like never before. and they aint even really a fashion centered vlogger. the absolute cherry on top is: having luxury clothes doesnt mean you have got taste 😅😅
I used to be a personal shopper when I lived in London. And I can confirm that having luxury clothes and having money doesn’t give you taste 😂
@James Welsh god yes as a designer this slaps me in the face every day ahaha
Or class
The problem is when the vlogger "buys" clothing, wears it just for the content, then returning it for the refund or exchange. The product is then sold to a real consumer as new, for full price, then it arrives obviously used. I don't want stinky, scuffed up shoes at full price after they've been worn once by a con artist aka influencer.
@@rawilliams5881 con artist 😂 might as well just call them that..
I'm an "influencer" w a small following and I had this belief that I had to be rich or look rich to "make it" and this really broke that belief for me. I don't even want that rich biche lifestyle, I just wanna make nice content for the people who can benefit, and live a nice life. I think that's what most people want and that makes me really happy. This video helped me break thru a belief I didn't realize I'd been holding onto.
Who are you?
And you will be successful because you are authentic and honest! That is everything they are not. God Bless❤
Late to this. I was a production assistant for a number of years and people really have no idea how EASY it is to do set decoration, how so much clothing is rented and/or adjusted (tip: Take your Zara clothing to a tailor and get properly fitted underwear and you will instantly look like you lost ten pounds) , how many cars can be rented/leased (even lambos and ferraris) how many people have hair extensions and wigs. We all need to calm down and take care of each and not get sucked into fakeness for fakeness sake.
I learned real wealthy people don’t spend all their money on luxury items straight from the brand. Instead, they go to estate sales and buy big luxury items from there. My mom’s work friend is a perfect example. She owns like 10 mink coats. All of them worth $10-20,000 at minimum. She got them for $100-200 each because she went to estate sales and bid on them. She also got luxury furniture that way too. That’s the smart way to do it in my opinion!
Yikes….mink coats are a thing of the past…. I hope. But ok, Vintage is better than killing animals again.
What is estate sales? Never heard of it 😮
@@fammnak852when rich people die they just sell everything in their home you can walk around their house and bid on things
@@aaiirriiccaaa Hi Erica, thanks for explaining!
Never heard of those? Very interesting!
I always think that much like fake diet teas and body Photoshop, this is so so detrimental to young people. I grew up on Tumblr and the exposure to "aesthetic girls" with perfect bedrooms, Chanel makeup and designer shoes definitely messed up my perception of success when I was a teen. On someone with a less stable home life or mental health I can see how it can lead to profound frustration, insecurity and willingness to "do or die" in exchange for luxury and pseudo perfection
It's that willingness that is indeed toxic. I'm in that part for my career and it's slowly killing me... Reach stability or die trying. 🙃
Exactly!
Spot on. So much harm is done.
Extreme filters like that ridiculous bold glamour one are feeding into the epidemic of plastic surgery. I don't understand why people are editing their photos so much like it's going to be on Seventeen's front page. It's one thing to have a nose job or implants but at some point no amount of cosmetics can fix lack of self worth.
I'm poor, I'm old, and I'm chronically ill- but at least I'm real. 😢
The fake lifestyle doesn't appeal to me-I prefer for people in my life to be real. Anything I've gotten that I really, really wanted, I worked hard for it and that made it mean that much more to me.
If you're not happy with who you are, how can you expect anyone else to be?
I'm 30 now and honestly this is only something I realised recently. I went through all of my 20s thinking I missed some sort of class or something was wrong with me. Then the whole dubai porta potty stuff came out and It rocked my whole world. The "Yatching" stuff came out. The high end escorting, the renting of planes for an hour for photos, the weird dirty rich old men that have these girls on retainers! It completely changed how I viewed the world and myself and thought honestly. With my degree and my job and my little side hustle i'm not rich but i'm happy and I DEFINITELY didn't miss no class that was worth attending.
Fake it until you make it i guess..
I personally know someone who shoved herself into the high society, went to events (rented clothes for that) and participated in everything they did possible. She made a huge high-class name for herself and now she’s literally one of them. Not just pretending, she really faked it, nailed it, until she made it..
This is not meant to be shade to the person you know at all, I imagine all of that work requires a lot of creativity, tenacity, and strategy. This example makes me wonder what does it really mean to be in "high society" and what do you get out of it. It brings up the saying that "they're famous from being famous". If you can create the illusion that you "belong" there, then is everyone else's "belonging" just based on illusions (as opposed to a skill or a character trait or work experience)? Like, is it *all* pretty much based on things you can "fake" vs. who you are as a person? There are probably advantages any way you look at it but maybe some clarity & discovery, too.
@@quirkyviper i agree, took her ages to reach where she’s at and a lot of hard work to pretend she fits in. She’s not a friend anymore because she chose that community over her friends and I respect her decision, it got really draining being her friends anyways.
And btw she has ZERO skills, contributions or anything of value to add to that society. She worked her way up and interestingly didn’t need to actually be someone of value to get where she wanted.
One of them?
Omg you're friends with jenny humphrey
@@quirkyviper maybe machinating that whole illusion is a skill-character trait in itself. For some reason, I doubt just anyone can do it well. And talent and the “who you are as a person” isn’t always rewarded, so people do depend on connections, acquiring social capital (in this way, appealing to high society’s taste and utilizing false signals of wealth) to get ahead
Ive learned from the actual affluent people that "new money is loud, wealth/old money whispers." I'm not mad at the hustle and I get why they do the faking, its strategy. It just seems like a ruse that's hard to maintain.
Money talks, wealth whispers.
This is a great subject. When I was in my 40s, there was a big boom in the building industry. We knew a lot of people at the time in that industry and they were spending their money as fast as they were making it. I said to my husband ,wow how can I afford all this, he said they’re in debt up to their eyeballs. I wasn’t envious. I was just shocked. They now have nothing ,what goes up comes down and that’s exactly what happened to them. Most of them went bankrupt lost everything. I found the showing off very tacky. It was all of the fake…😊
social media was a mistake lmao the lengths they go to fake being rich is embarrassing
I had two experiences with influencers.
1) I was in a well known cafe in London, inside, eating my cake and drinking my tea, and the amount of people coming and going, taking pictures AT THE DOOR who never came inside, never kind seating and eating there, was insane. What do they post? Having a good time at so and so's door?
2) I was flying business class to Dubai and next to me was this family (mum, dad and toddler) all dressed coordinated with matching joggers and tops, LV suitcases, and the whole thing just looked tacky!
Yh I notice many places having a "Instagram pic booth" type of designated area in cafes and restaurants, I'm sure I heard that there really common in Korea, but it's only recently they've become a big thing where I live, I feel really self conscious if I decide to a pic there, I keep it short and snappy and it's not a must.
This one time, I was at a luxury japanese style restaurant with my boyfriend for his birthday. Enjoying our £200+ meal, cause it was a treat. Dressed nicely because it was a lovely restaurant. Just
And on the table right next to us, a waiter seated two incredibly made up, very skinny girls. They ordered a single plate each (£10 or so a plate), took photos of it and then themselves with the cherry blossoms etc., paid and left. They didn't even eat anything.
@@katnipeverdeen4641 I live in Korea and actually they don’t have… but they have a photo studio opens 24 hours and is auto-service however isn’t a profesional place is just like photo instant machine. But you can get cute hats or cute outfits for free and you just pay for the photos… clearly a lot of teenagers doing it. Hard to do it in America where you can’t leave a store open 24 hours without an employee. Anyway it’s cheap and good!🎉
I see you, too, have gone to Peggy Porschen’s
@@alexm49066I also live in Korea and I've actually seen those Instagram photo spots in some places, such as parks, aquariums, shopping malls😅 and people actually line up and then proceed to take 400 pictures each! 😁
Influencers that have taken themselves off PR lists they don't like/excited about, using a product fully to give a complete picture of their experience, not working with groups like Shein-esque bad apples, being honest about wearing stuff from Target, high street brands or Marks & Spencer, on public transport and so on have my attention. They tend to be more concerned with everyone getting things that work for them and are worth their money. That's who I'm going to spend my watch time on. They buy a house or get a new car from their work, I will happily cheer them on. They get a good vacation in? Fantastic. But don't lie to me about your life or I won't trust you at all.
I love influencer content when I can relate to their lifestyles!
Any recommendations?
I feel the exact same!
If you're interested in makeup I love Kackie, Hannah Louise Poston and Amanda Z :3 I trust their reviews fully
Marks and Spencer’s clothes are great, but excessive consumption of labels, can come across as vulgar. But it depends, especially when they aren’t fashion bloggers.
I visited family in South Florida and I went to the designer district for a day in Miami (the equivalent of Rodeo Drive in LA or 5th Ave in NYC) and I was waiting in line to go into the Chanel store just for fun to look around (and yes, at a lot of these designer stores, you have to wait in line if it's busy. That's a whole other separate conversation lol) and they were handing out waters and napkins to people in line since it was a hot day. I remember teenagers waiting in front of me who were so excited just to get the Chanel-branded napkins they were getting for free in line because it was "Chanel" but really they were just regular napkins with the CC logo on it 😂😂 It just shows how young people are influenced by the wealth, whether fake or not, of these influencers.
I work as a prof at an expensive private university in the US. Most of my students are wealthy and grew up that way. Some are drenched in designer everything every day. They usually tell me they wear x designer item because they saw it on social media, and the lower income students have a hard time fitting in. Some of the wealthier students are also so out of touch with reality. I’m asked where my vacation home is or which lodge I ski at, etc. I know that is your normal and that your tuition is high, but most of that doesn’t go to the faculty. They are so inundated with luxury and expense on their social media and among their friends that they can’t perceive the reality of most people anymore. My salary is fine, don’t get me wrong, and I am grateful for that, but I’m never going to own a vacation home. Oy vey.
There was a "beauty guru" on TH-cam that I used to follow religiously, but as she became more successful, her video content really started to change and it put me right off. She would do these massive unboxing videos containing mostly PR, but sometimes gifts from subscribers, and her attitude could only be described as a spoiled brat, greedily ripping into packages, and literally throwing them aside to get to the next one. My heart broke for any of the independent brands that would send these handmade, meticulously crafted packages, only to have their products tossed into a pile. I understand that receiving PR is a part of the job, and I have no problems with the occasional unboxing, especially if the person receiving it thinks there's something particularly unique or exciting about it, but it makes a world of difference when the influencer is grateful and/or humble about it.
Bunny?
Contrast with James and Robert squealing over every little gift!
Why not name them?
@@daniellec3607 I didn't really feel it was relevant to my point.
Tati lol
Let's call it what it truly is
A FRAUD. A LIE, AN EMBARRASSMENT 😳
I haven’t had social media since I was 19 or 20 (I’m 28 now), and the whole… ecosystem feels so alien and very obviously fake, and regular people seem so enslaved to the whole thing. It’s very trippy/concerning to observe from the “outside”.
Very thoughtful. Back in the 1990's, before TH-cam, I was a staffer at Old Navy in a shopping mall, and at the other end of the mall was A&F, and it was a huge rivalry about whose big paper shopping bag with handles that you were carrying around the mall. One day our boss told us staffers that we could not just give out our shopping bags for guests to take out and carry around the mall, that our guests actually had to buy something, even if it were just a keychain, to be given a big shopping bag to carry around the mall, while their friends from other cliques were carrying big Abercrombie bags around the mall. So funny.
Me, not knowing the “fake wealth” industry was a thing until this video: 😳
It started from the 'How to Get Rich' gurus from the late 80's- early 90's renting mansions and models to flaunt in their vids.
Sadly it's been a thing for well over a century.
Wow! I didn't know, either. I never cared before, tbh, but my children are tweens now, so I'm using this year to... make myself culturally aware, I guess? ...and I'm thinking they don't need the internet for another 7 years or so! LoL! But I'm so sad for these people faking lives instead of *living* their lives, if that makes sense.
Same here
Omg me too 😅
I have unsubscribed to so many influencers. There was one influencer who bought and tried products and told us if they were worth buying . Now, they are doing things that are unattainable, like spending a weekend in a hotel 5 miles away from their home. Wtf
Amber scholl is one of my favorite influencers because she teachers her subscribers how to look fabulous and make luxury looking items for the home for cheap prices. She’s inspired me so much.
Oh I love her lol ❤
Amber's genuine awe with what she is able to buy is what hooked me. She still seems grateful even though it's been years since she started.
Yes, Amber is amazing and realistic. I like her, and I like her jewelry line. She does show the spoils from her hard work and hustle, but she’s 100% realistic and relatable. She bought that beautiful condo in Beverly Hills, but she shows the audience that she has to take her time with furnishing the rooms, and she openly admits that she has to do things as money comes in.
Omg, speaking of that, one thing I loved is that she was furniture shopping and also budgeting at the same time so she panned to a furniture she wanted and said, "Awwh.. I wish I NEEDED this!! 😭" not "I want this so I'm gonna buy it!" She's refreshing because she also hates accumulating clutter and hates spending on unnecessarily expensive things (like how she dupes diamonds using rhinestones instead!)
I don't understand why people follow superficial content. I don't believe in influencers. I don't even stop or get distracted by their content. Nothing that they do or show makes sense to me. Thank you for opening people’s eyes!
I travel a lot and I remember once a coworker posted pics of being in Paris at the same time I was there. I commented on her posts to meet for lunch, etc. She messaged me saying she was actually at home and wasn’t in Paris. I figured it was a lie because a restaurant she claimed to be at closed in 2020. 😅
Maybe she was reminiscing lol
You're not supposed to post pics of your vacation while you're actually there because that's a good way to get your actual house robbed and/or depending on whether your social media is public, potentially get assaulted/abducted in a foreign country.
This is just my personal opinion but there is nothing on this earth more boring than other people's holiday photos 😂😴😂😴
People are so weird.
That’s messed up!😐
Totally agree and then they get defensive when it doesn’t get the reaction they want.
They want to show how ‘I’m 24 and I own a 5million dollar house, here’s my collection of $250 foundations, here’s a video of me going to a med spa and getting $2000 of filler’ but then also want their viewership to believe they deserve it all because they work soooooo hard. Like come on. You appear to have more money than the prime minister and you’re 24.
It’s tacky.
It's gonna get to a point where the older they get, they'll just look sadder. They have no marketable skills, just their Instagram or TH-cam or TikTok which ultimately always loses followers the older someone gets.
As an enlisted man, I can’t count how many young troops I’ve seen show off on social media acting like they’re made of cash, yet need counseling on financial management. All I see with young 20-somethings covered in name brands are people who will be working well into their sunset years.
I think it's worth noting as well that not only are a lot of people struggling to get by financially, but- coming out of a pandemic- there are a ton of people struggling mentally and emotionally. To encourage hollow aspirations of wealth is not a road to better overall well-being.
It’s actually shocking how easy it can be to fake wealth or vacations, etc. online. Like I live in Ontario, Canada (and mention this all the time), right near a beach (a lake), and during summer, people have palm trees everywhere. There’s even a beach near me that brings in massive palms every summer, so you can literally go to a lakeside beach that makes it look like you’re somewhere tropical. I post a lot of summery/beach pics, and once again, I mention I live in Canada all the time, and yet people still assume I live near the ocean (usually in California) or somewhere tropical. If I wanted to, I could absolutely lie and fake that I live somewhere else with pretty minimal effort. I wouldn’t do this, because I’d feel horrible about lying, but it’s wild how easy it would be to do if I wanted to.
Seeing the Ikea one reminded me of this one thing I saw online where someone tried to pretend like they were successful for a young age only to be called out for being in a home depot or some similar store because they shot the picture high enough to show the lights of the store
I’m currently doing self study into consumerism. I think big corporations have tricked us all for a very long time that we want items we simply don’t need for decades. This ultimately has had a huge impact on how we view success through material goods. The more we buy, the more successful we become; except it’s all bull. We would be better off working on real relationships, having experiences with loved ones and working on ourselves spiritually.
I worked with the Japanese/Esquire/Marie Claire did a ton of young celebrity including the hiltons... I was talking to a store manager in BH and she said the people head to toe designer always had their card declined. Somebody who looked homeless (probably a producer) would be just send it here. Card worked.
This reminds me of why grav3yardgirl initially didn't show her success. She understood that wasn't her audience demographic. But that was really a whole different time in social media.... even though it wasn't that long ago.
Gosh i havent watched any of her vids in years. Im gonna go have a peek...
I stopped following her when I realized that she didn't do anything positive with her wealth. She bought a ton of Jeffrey Campbells and Dollface shoes and spent a ton of money on a McMansion and stuffed it with antique junk. She is a hot mess, which always made her fun to watch when she was struggling, but she became unrelatable.
@@slbarbieri1725 I agree, she just became completely unrelatable. I couldn't follow her after she had that meltdown over Starbucks. She just seemed to become rich and entitled and completely disconnected from the community she had built.
@@laura121684 i was thinking recently why her views are down. What happened with Starbucks?
@@Cattiva IIRC, she had a meltdown because she went to Starbucks and she wanted the drive-thru to put her drink in her cup that she brought. They explained that they don't do that and it's company policy that they don't do that for sanitary reasons, and she had a very public meltdown over it.
You completely nailed it! I totally agree with the fact that most people don’t care to see self entitled people talk about how much money they have. Years ago people with money didn’t talk about how much they had, as a matter of fact it was considered tacky. I think it’s still tacky but for some reason social media has made it completely acceptable to flaunt everything you have. I am fortunate enough to own a home and be able to pay my bills, but I have to budget. I don’t give a crap about private jets, vacations in Monaco, and luxury designer clothing. These people must be so empty inside to put so much worth on these things.
People who are Old Money don't brag about it because that lifestyle is normal to them and they have other things to worry about.
And most designer brands are seen as very tacky because it's mindlessly consumed by the people they want to didtance themselves from.
@@CordeliaWagner not to mention that most luxury brands have become absolute shit in the recent decades. Chanel, Louis Vuitton and others. Only a handful of luxury brands are trying to stay true to themselves but as a person working in the industry, let me tell you not even they are able to resist the temptation to cut costs and increase profits... Luxury brands are basically dead at this point, they're not even catered to rich people anymore, more like to all the rich wannabes 😂
@@CordeliaWagner EXACTLY! I came to say same thing. Old money vs nuveau riche.
Old REAL money doesn't brag & is 'practical' within their wealth. Nuveay riche needs u to notice.
Discussing money with old money is considered uncouth, unless speaking on investments, etc...not all that 'look at me/my stuff/my money' crap.
Generally speaking, that's the litmus test for old money/real rich ppl. When u see the others know: they've never had $ before & are fascinated by it.
As the sayn goes: You can take the person out of the trailer park, but sometimes you just can't get the trailer park out of the person.
I have known “old” money and “new” money. Real old money don’t talk about it, they have nothing to prove. The minute someone shows off their bling, I am immediately disgusted.
Oh my goodness!! I’m sooo glad you made this video! I have a 3.5 year old and we watch a lot of little kid vids and the home is ALWAYS PERFECTLY CLEAN!! I’m convinced that they rent a house or hotel room for these vids because it just isn’t real life!
Please don't normalize content using children. They are almost always being exploited and are not protected legally in the same way child actors are. You don't want to support that or normalize it for your kiddo. Screen time is horrible for young kids anyway, but if you must, stick to PBS content from 30-20 years ago. I say all this as a preschool teacher and child advocate
One complaint about this video- this felt so short! I bet there's so much info on this you could make a part 2! I appreciate this series so much
I would love a part two focusing not only on the fake wealth influencers, but just fake lifestyle influencers in general.
There is just a whole genre of “influencers” that push things way too far for the sake of views, such as Myka Stauffer adopting a special needs child for views and then “rehoming” this child like he was a pet that wasn’t house trained. Many are much less extreme examples of pushing certain diets, or preaching toxic positivity and ableist ideals. They are not portraying a realistic lifestyle and sometimes even shame others for not living the way they do. There is no thought put in to how these actions can effect those around these influencers and the people viewing these videos in a negative manner as long as they get those clicks.
This needs to be waaay higher up!!
THIS! Particularly ableism. As a physically disabled person I feel invisible yet judged at the same time.
Heaps of youtubers specialise om exposing these ppl. Check out Spencer cornealius (spelling may not be correct)
This is fascinating. I’ve seen that TikTok about the girls in China- it’s a bit eerie to me to think of the extent people would go to look wealthy. I recently had a lifestyle shift and I’m sharing it all! Too many fake influencers out there and I don’t want to be like them. Great video!
Absolutely agree 💯.They show off how much they have ,rubbing it in their subscribers faces and then asking for their money knowing that some of their subscribers are giving them money they don't have or shouldn't be giving them !
James! This new background is like retro meets k-pop. Stunning--just like you! 💖
A lot of social media is about faking it, even regular people do it so I’m not surprised or get too upset when influencers fake it.
I really resonate with this. I think it actually makes people sadder to see others flaunt this unrealistic lifestyle. It's important to relate to others. It's so valuable to see others as roll models not because they "already have" something extravagante but because they can share their journey and inspire others wherever they are. Life is beautiful as it is and seeing that beauty in everyday life is way more rewarding, in my opinion, than idolising something you may never attain.
I'm so glad you called out this fake nonsense. I also find it tacky, but worse it lacks the authenticity that actually gravitates me towards the influences I love (like you!).
Specifically the private jets annoy me. While many of us are doing everything we can to be gentler on the environment, a year's worth of that effort gets undone by one frivolous trip.
My brother and his influencer gf live with my father. He pays for everything which is up to him. It bothers me that she never acknowledges being in a relationship or that someone - not even her bf - is footing the bill for her glam lifestyle. And she never says thank you. Ever. What I don’t understand are the people who fawn over influencers as if being pretty makes people more worthy of an opulent lifestyle. Or that they’re nice which she is definitely not. That doesn’t touch the tip of the iceberg of things I could say.
Most men want trophies these days, I guess that’s the price he’s willing to pay to have her.
That gal could use a reminder that she would be no influencer without ur brother for sure? But yeah..what she said..-^ hope he gets bored.
she's selling herself
"Their life can be just as fake as their skin 🙂"
Jaaamesss! 😂
I truly appreciate you calling this out. We’re bombarded with enough shizz as it is if we choose to use social media these days. The transparency is refreshing!
great video and great points. I love this era of TH-cam with deep dives, real content, real people. Good for you! First video I've seen, excited to see more.
I love the way you throw different videos into the mix. We all love skincare, but who wants it 24/7? Personally, I'd love a second part! Thanks for entertaining (and enlightening) us! 🥰
That plane story reminds me of sitting one Sunday morning at a insta-type brunch place. Watched these girls take up a prime seat. Ordered one drink. Took a bunch of pictures and left without leaving a tip.
OMG what a nightmare for service industry workers!
there will be z-lebrities who dress up & go to venues where you go to be 'seen', pretend to attend events etc, but they just get a few pics taken outside & they'll leave and go home.. 🙄
Keepin’ it klassy…
Is leaving a tip obligated where you live?
I ask because you said it like it's a bad thing, but where I'm from, people generally only tip if the service was good, rather than an obligation.
Happened to me this Saturday. 🙄
You do a lot of good for people on the internet. You are super easy to listen to because you can tell you have a real heart for your business and followers.
Love your video. I think it’s also a lot to do with authenticity. After so much of the trend toward “look what I have that you don’t have” and the “fake it till you make it” mentality, authenticity is becoming increasingly rare. People are beginning to look around and see all they have in their empty life is stuff and status-friends.
authentic video is always the best😊
You hit the nail on the head for me - it’s not inspirational, I’d just like to be able to receive my heating bill without having a panic attack at this point 😂
I am sending you good wishes for future non-panic-attack levels of finance!
@@stillnotstill thank you kind stranger 🙌🏻
I remember a couple of years ago when it was a trend to fake vacation photos for a week on Instagram, just some TH-camrs did it to see if their followers would notice or not lol
It was funny when Danny Gonzales pretended to stay home while he went on vacation
@@awesomesauce754 he did give little clues that flew over mostly everyone’s heads lol
I think it's still a common practice to take a ton of photos on vacation for a week and then save them to post sporadically throughout many years.
It amazes me greatly the way I move from an average lifestyle to earning over 63k per month, utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years to doubt that oppor-tunities abound in the financial markets, The only thing is to know where to focus....Thanks so much Rodger Michael Karl.
I agree, a huge part of my portfolio growth has come during this bear market. I've been able to scale from 63K to 210K in a short period of time. I basically was just following the steps and guideline from Rodger Michael Karl who is also my FA as long as you've professional help, you're good to go.
Thank you for this tip. it was easy to find your coach online. Did my due diligence on him before scheduling a phone call with him. he seems proficient considering his résumé online......
Rodger Michael Karl really seem to know his stuff. I found his online-page, read through his resume, educational background, qualifications and it was really impressive. I left him a note and booked a call session with him....
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Say his name 5 times, he will come to you in the night. God Bless the Internet
Bot invasion 😵
You are both so REAL and so RIGHT; that's one of the many REASONS that you among my very favorite INFLUENCERS. i was also taught from a very young age that it was tacky to talk about money: to ask anything to do with costs of anything. Never ever talk about, inquire or brag about anything at all EVER no matter what. Some things I must talk about when I get super excited about because of great results and/or INGREDIENTS and what they can do for US.
My friend used to work at a department store in the perfume section. And she’d give me the empty boxes like the Chanel box and stuff.I loved it to put my stuff in lol. They were just pretty. So now I find it funny ppl are buying them for this and fake wealth when like at my moms house I have a Chanel box covered in nail polish and filled with old bday cards 😂
This is a really interesting video! I definitely feel like this is a massive trend, especially with GenZ, I find it so strange 😫 like just live life, find joy in the little things, not fake how much money you have for social media & rub it in peoples faces! 🙄 it’s just really sad. It can definitely make you feel like you’re not good enough or not where you’re meant to be! pls do a pt2 James! ❤
What an amazing video James
its surprising how far some influencers go to fake a situation but for get that they have all this younger viewers who actually look up to them and what they put out as content and am glad someone is talk about this 🧡🧡.
I personally think that constantly flashing wealth further stigmatizes those of us who are poor and the negative outlook on influencers altogether. Sometimes, it can even feel alienating and discouraging!
Maybe that's just jealousy on my part 🤷🏽♀️
No girl. It’s reality on your part. Chin up
It's jealousy and reality. I mean you can't be constantly basing how you feel over what people do with their own lives. That's not healthy neither can you make others responsible for your feelings but on the other hand it's easy to compare yourself if you are already down about your situation.
It's jealousy. But you have control over it. Just unsubscribe!
I have 4 kids, ages 22, 21, 19, and 18. My 18 and 19 year olds both unsubscribed from TikTok and Insta bc they "were spending too much time on it." I think they just didn't like the pressure. But either way... peace is just a click away!
@@skontheroad Amen
@Noble Strength Thanks! But an honest update--I was just with them on a family vacay and they are both back on it! 😆
My husband and I have a luxury sports car, we’re not super rich or anything, it was years of hard work. When we go out to have dinner and we come out of the restaurant we always find someone with a fake or poor taste luxury brand clothing item taking a picture next to his car. Never fails. We don’t really post our stuff online so I find it hilarious that people use our car to fake it. It doesn’t apply to influencers, the everyday people that want to appear to have more, because they’re expected to have more do the same things.
Omg that's so cringe. I'd turn on my alarm to get them off the car 😂. On the other hand, I was at a shopping center when a guy was revving up the engine of an expensive sports car, then got out all peacocked out. I took a closer look at the car, it had a rental sticker on it 💀
@@malikagirl we just kind of laugh it off. We get people that ask if they can take a picture of just the car and we’re like whatever, but people posing next to the car like it’s theirs is freaking hilarious.
Wow 😬
Or they could just be taking a picture with the car like they would with a celebrity..not to give the impression that they own it, but more like, yey it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hahaha dunno just giving them the benefit of the doubt 😅
@@tiffy3260 It’s both, you can tell someone genuinely likes the car cause they’ll talk to my husband about it, and then you can spot the photo opportunity. My point was that it’s not just “influencers” doing it, some people do it too, to imitate influencers.
Very interesting takes! I think you're right, social media is now saturated with this either completely fake, or exaggerated "aspirational" lifestyle stuff, and people are getting bored of it... it's not even mildly interesting or creative to spam people's feeds with the same rented supercar or a hundred empty designer shopping bags.
This was brilliant, so happy you treasure your fans enough to be honest and truthful 💜
I was visiting a friend who asked me if we wanted to tag along to a birthday party of an old friend of hers who was now an influencer, she was checking her insta stories to see how the party was going before we decided whether to go, and the girl had photoshopped a bottle of champagne onto her hotel bed but got the angle completely wrong so it was so obvious
It actually seems exhausting to appear wealthy if you're not. I'd rather be a bit broke and have the freedom to just post my makeup and my girls nights out 😂 seriously though I feel like it must affect some of these people really negatively to constantly focus on the fact that they don't actually have the money they portray to have. To be reminded that they aren't wealthy and to spend so much time on something that is ultimately costing them money rather than making them money
They are miserable deep down especially when they enter situations that force them to confront the fact that they don't have the money they are pretending to have
James….you are very refreshing and always honest! Thanks!!!!! 😊
It's crazy to me that this is what I'm seeing. I follow you and your brother. I enjoy watching you both. I was just talking about this very thing with my husband last night. I LOVE LOVE that you decided to discuss this at length. Thank you for this. It's so easy to fool people into believing you are living a life you are not. It's crazy to me. Social media has created a new level of con artists. While it may not be illegal to take pictures and misrepresent yourself, it can be VERY harmful to some who are viewing it. It causes a lot of people to over consume and become obsessed with having a life that honestly isn't attainable to most people. It's very telling.
Excellent take on this topic, I liken it to leadership in the corporate world. As a leader it is best to keep the perks/privileges of leadership to oneself. People respect that far more than the flex.
Yeah exactly this! 💜
I once was at a dinner with a senior(ish) manager from our US HQ. He spent a significant amount of time going on about his Apple shares, how much he’d made on them (we didn’t work for Apple), his vacation home, etc.
It was very tone deaf…and had the opposite effect to the one he intended. Most of us there were British or Irish and it’s extremely cringe to brag about money here!
We were all swapping side eyes 👀 and trying to stifle giggles into our wine glasses 😂
I completely agree with you. I am turned off by creators who show wealth and mindless consumption for its own sake. I laughed at the empty shopping bags, as I've seen a few acquaintances who styled their closets with them, complete with tissue paper, as if a high-end dressing room. So many follow and believe this to be aspirational, incurring debt and always feeling as if they're falling short.
I love to see personal collections that have meaning or history, usually the sort that's acquired over time, with each item having a story. (Antiques Roadshow junkie here!) I watch skincare and makeup creators to discover new things, get a sense if they'll work for me, and learn techniques, not to simply buy everything under the sun.
I went down a rabbit hole during the pandemic, watching van life channels and trying to figure out if I could afford a van big enough to fit my dogs. 😂 I began to realize that many of the fake influencers had very expensive vans, rose gold fittings, macrame plant holders, and a hat, as they drank their pour-over while watching a gazillion dollar sunrise out the back door. Completely indistinguishable from each other, and unrealistic. Some didn't even have a shower or toilet in their vans, and I can't imagine that racing to a gas station to pee and do a public bathroom sponge bath was all that glamorous. I appreciate honesty and realistic expectations. I'm thrilled for the success of the few creators I follow, and part of that is the genuine knowledge they impart, rather than meaningless consumerism for its own sake. You and Robert are among those few for me, and I appreciate how down to earth you both are.
Have you seen pictures of Carmen Miranda with her shoe collection?
@@maryeckel9682 Her platforms were a signature for her, and she wore them in movies, on stage, and in public appearances. My issue is with acquisitions for their own sake.
@@SheilaR.08 ah, I get it.
Love this! Ps do part 2! Just bc these content farms & other *extreme* examples referenced were in China, for ex, it was used to show that these SAME things & similar tactics DO occur in the Western world; and that the SAME mindset, as well as playbook is shared by plenty of current well known/up & coming influencers on insta/tik tok… if anything, the proof is that it has trickled down into mainstream society and one starts to see the ideology affecting how, & what, popular ppl post; & also, playing a role in the content or posts of ppl you know personally- or even, ppl in your own friend group… bc everyone feels pressure or expectations to be rich & flaunt it, or they feel they need to lie/front in regards to things that reflect their wealth &/or status.
Great job!
These people are just sad. And I’m so thankful for you spilling the tea