The would be influencer/business coach is in the middle of another one of her lengthy rants on Instagram stories. In this one, she is once again talking about her iced coffee preferences and taking a several minutes to explain that if you don’t share her preference for oat milk, well… you are DOING IT WRONG. If you don’t like oat milk, you must not have tried it yet, because there is simply “no way” you could actually like something like soy milk better. And almond milk? Forget it, you must “hate yourself” if you put it in your coffee on purpose. You need to “get your whole life together” and start drinking oat milk. She goes on like this for many, many slides.
Sigh.
I understand people getting hyperbolic to be funny or, more likely, try to get engagement on their posts but in the last week I’ve seen videos/posts on why I’m wrong if I like any of the following: flip flops, public pools, tomatoes, mayo, fireworks, EDM, or Taylor Swift. Sadly, none of the people making these posts are actually funny enough to pull off making these rants go viral or be amusing enough to engage with even if I do, in fact, like at least three of the items on that list.
But even if these kind of posts are done better, they are still annoying. I enjoy a good piece of cultural criticism, but if your whole schtick is “if I don’t like something, it must be bad and you are dumb/wrong/misguided to like that thing”… that isn’t interesting critique. It’s just childish whining from someone who can’t yet imagine that their taste isn’t universal.
(I’m adding this to my list of top ten things that annoy me on Instagram. Number 1 is still “people who post stories taken while driving”. NOTHING YOU ARE SAYING IS SO INTERESTING THAT IT CAN’T WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE PARKED, ASSHOLE.)
(Also on the list: Ballerina Farm’s casual approach to farm and vehicle safety for her kids… if she wasn’t rich and white, people would be calling CPS)
Let people like what they like, damn it.
(Unless what they like is filming videos while driving, apparently)
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A few things I thought were interesting this week:
“Rawdogging” flights is literally the worst way to fly that I can imagine
A long, but very moving, story about finding meaning and purpose after a diagnosis of Alzheimers
The murder of Preston Lord, the “Gilbert Goons”, and the utter failure of a lot of adults involved. This whole story is so awful and it ridiculous it took this long for anyone to get arrested.
Why it is hard, but not impossible, to feel sorry for Kylie Jenner
Ever wondered what a condo decorated by a 14 year old DnD fan with an interest in being an AirBnB owner would look like? Here you go!
I thought the Instagram business coaches were perhaps the dumbest kinds of online coaches… and then I read about “get your ex back” coaches. Yikes on bikes.
I’ll stay home before I’ll rawdog a flight. I have masterful skills at providing myself inflight entertainment. Regarding the get your ex back coach…he’s found a highly annoying way to monetize distracting people from their heartbreak. It’d be so much better if he could actually help them focus on bettering themselves in some way, but no. Of course not. WHY ARE MEN.
My nostrils flared at "get your ex back" coaches. Why. Why??