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[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago

Are you serious? She brings a couple hundred dollars worth of animal food to a shelter (on a live stream) and you think thats actually something notable? She definitely got more out of the publicity and ads than she even spent making that video. Thats literally attention seeking behaviour. And yes, 99% of internet personalities are also attention seeking individuals. Anyway this discussion isnt worth my time, im not gonna give her another seconds thought.

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I gave you an example just to provide more context of my point. If you want to avoid seeing or discussing her than that's fine. Just ignore these kinds of posts. But at the end of the day, she's a person not a meme that accidentally went viral. Just treat her as such. That's literally all I'm saying.

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

And im saying its not at all accidental when she hired a publicist to promote 'hawk tuah' and named her ppdcast 'talk tuah'. Its the identity shes chosen to adopt in the name of fame so she can lie in the bed shes made.

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'll ask my question again. Do you call Hugh Jackman Wolverine because he's used that role to further his career and personal wealth and marketed himself that way?

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah probably if it communicates who im talking about and why im talking about them. Theres lots of times when ill be talking about an actor and refer to them by the name of their character because i either cant remember or dont know their name, or because its more recognizable for whoever im talking to. But hugh jackman also has other accomplishments that he is known for and that he uses to further his career, its not just him marketing himself as 'wolverine' which is kinda the whole point. If he had never acted in anything else and did livestreams in his wolverine costume and personally sold wolverine merch and had a podcast called wolverine talks then definitely i would call him the wolverine guy. But also acting in a movie is a much bigger accomplishment than being a living meme.

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