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how to deal with internet trends

Today in class when I should have been paying attention (I’m sorry it’s just that I can’t listen to another rendition of the importance of geographical plotting), I was scrolling through Amazon wondering which camera I was going to buy to start my YouTube channel.

That’s right. I said it. She started a blog and now she’s gonna start a YouTube channel. Hi, millennials, how are ya?!

I turned the brightness down on my screen because I was like “I swear to god if anyone sees what I’m looking for I’m gonna end up as the next viral twitter photo captioned “how to be a white girl: step 3.”

I get it okay. All I do is talk about puppies and love and the Kardashians and how I want to “travel one day just to get away” and how I love babies and spaghetti and everything. Yes I own Jordan’s and a fuzzy coat (two of them, of course), I am obsessed with LUSH and makeup, I watch Friends on Netflix religiously, I tweet about useless nonsense, I am the epitome of everything everyone thinks is wrong with society today.

Okay but, does it look like I care? I mean besides the screen brightness thing, okay? I’m trying to look after my ego.

But I just asked my friend to go to Coachella with me next year, if that answers your question.

In the midst of this, I wondered about something.

Why do people get so fricken mad about this kind of stuff??

Guys on Facebook sit there like “oh god, white girls at it again!!!”

Shut up, Chad, your profile picture is you holding up a 3 inch fish your dad caught in 2011.

But really, what about following a trend has people being so upset? Let’s talk.

As I got to think about writing this, I thought about all the trends I noticed lately. Yellow checkered vans, MacBooks, those tall metal water bottles in every colour, Gucci belts, slime videos, Instagram presets, yuh...you get it.

Well okay I may or may not be guilty of following like 97% of the trends. Due to personal reasons, I will be following every possible trend I can afford (yeah I said it, *cough cough* Louis Vuitton, but I'm coming for you when I get rich off of YouTube). Someone please tell me why people think this is so appalling.

If you don’t like a trend, don’t follow it. Do I need to make it any more clear??

Part of me thinks that a big reason people are so pressed about with the idea of 'trends' is that nobody is authentic, or different from the next, which excuse you, but my hair is honey blonde, not cold blonde, thank you very much. But all jokes aside, maybe you should consider... hear me out... getting to know the person before you hate on them for listening to Ariana Grande.


I think the most important thing that these ignorant people need to realize is that if you're not feeling a trend, you could just, I dunno, ignore it? It's not that deep. You don't have to get crazy acrylic nails if you don't want them, sis.

And the same goes for the other way around. If someone is carving their own path, doing something totally different than everyone else, pat them on the back for being creative, or don't, and move the hell on. The planet is dying people!!!!! You have bigger things to worry about!

For the record, Chelsea, of course I’m gonna follow your travel account on Instagram. And congrats to the people posting their gym comparisons, too. I will always play your singing videos nice and loud, I love the sound of that ukulele, yes queen!! I’m gonna read your blog. I’m probably gonna message you and tell you I love it and I support you.

I am so proud of you models. SLAY MY LIFE MORE PLEASE. I’m so jealous. Yes I will like the 92nd photo of your truck from a different angle, because it’s your baby. I get it. Post that 8th photo from the same photoshoot, it looked fricken great on you!! That lighting you're in is great right now, let me take a couple of 'candids'.


The only thing I won't do is join your pyramid scheme, Braxtynnlynn. That's that on that.

You get it???? It’s so simple to just be nice to people. And just support people. And, not trying to exclude anyone, but I think us girls need to show more support for other girls (the nice ones, of course). But keep an eye on the bad ones...they are probably just unhappy with themselves. Those ones you should support a little extra.

What I’m trying to say here is that it’s so easy to click off someone’s YouTube video without posting a hateful (or “constructive criticism” as some like to call it) comment on the bottom. It’s so easy to block that person who doesn’t vaccinate their kids (like...I’m sorry Valerie, but you’re dead to me). It’s much easier to unfollow that Instagram model who makes you so jealous you feel the need to tear her apart, she probably doesn’t care about your negative opinions anyways. 


And if someone's opinions are misguided, just educate them. Not everything needs to be an attack.

If you love something, stand tf up and shout it out. If that’s your friend (true friend) you’d show them some goddamn support on whatever new thing they’re up to or something that they feel is exciting. Just support people, even if you personally don’t really care about what it is.

Because it means a lot to them.

Trust me, I’d know. (Thank you for supporting me I love you all).


As for me, I'm gonna sip my iced lemonade through a metal straw, in the summer sun out on the boat, Zaful bikini doing wonders, and keep on falling in love with what's next for me. You can catch me on Youtube in the near future hunnies.

And if you don’t like the trend, take your bitchy caramel macchiato (almond milk please) somewhere else, put your AirPods in, and shut the hell up. 




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