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The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers.

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 8:57:59

It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

Don't watch influencers?*

Posted by Chilango <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chilango' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 12:43:28, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

All the commercials on YouTube and Podcasts are influencer flavored now. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 12:46:04, in reply to "Don't watch influencers?*"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

The responses below are reason alone to never subscribe*

Posted by bjl63 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bjl63' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 14:59:29, in reply to "All the commercials on YouTube and Podcasts are influencer flavored now. *"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

It's not all bad.

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 15:08:02, in reply to "The responses below are reason alone to never subscribe*"

I'm currently watching an episode of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from 1982, commercial-free in glorious 1080p. Jimmy Valiant's beard really pops in HD.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

You watch/listen to commercials on YouTube and Podcasts??*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 14:19:58, in reply to "All the commercials on YouTube and Podcasts are influencer flavored now. *"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

YT gives you no choice unless you're a paying member. And soon probably not even then.

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 14:23:13, in reply to "You watch/listen to commercials on YouTube and Podcasts??*"

Podcasts have the skip button for now, but there's always another level of enshittification to be reached.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Paying for YouTube Premium to, among other things, get rid of commercials is both one of the best

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 15:33:05, in reply to "YT gives you no choice unless you're a paying member. And soon probably not even then."

and one of the worst things I’ve ever signed up to pay for.
I won’t pay to make commercials go away on Prime Video or Netflix. At this point, there is no going back to YouTube viewing with commercials though.

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Podcasts have the skip button for now, but there's always another level of enshittification to be reached.

yeah, the YT commercials are far more disruptive and annoying than Amazon

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 15:54:05, in reply to "Paying for YouTube Premium to, among other things, get rid of commercials is both one of the best"

I can only watch the same commercial for some bullshit mobile game so many times over a 30-minute period

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

everything on youtube now is 2-3 people sitting on the same fucking Joybird couch*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 13:33:58, in reply to "All the commercials on YouTube and Podcasts are influencer flavored now. *"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

I like the youtube commercials that play an entire song that I dont care about*

Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ISeeDeadHawkeyes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 13:02:43, in reply to "All the commercials on YouTube and Podcasts are influencer flavored now. *"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

I saw a commercial the other day that was like “don’t save for retirement, spend money now!”

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 10:00:22, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

Found it:

?is=3yeFY6Nvb1Ex3BgZ

Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

If I was a Gen Z'er I don't know how much stock I'd be putting in the future....

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 10:10:43, in reply to "I saw a commercial the other day that was like “don’t save for retirement, spend money now!”"

Considering what the Boomers and Gen X are leaving for Millennials.

I think I'd be seizing the current day as well.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Online influencer subset of "founders" is completely preposterous to me...

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 9:57:09, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

...I have a former boss, perfectly affable guy, save for being slightly odd but whatever. That I can deal with.

He recently launched a business where he's a "founder advocate and HYPEMAN". All of his taglines are like "3x founder, 1 million / month revenue, 3x exits". It's all pics and videos of him at "supercars and coffee" or like being interviewed on a podcast about hiring the right people or going on a jog and panting through something that's supposed to be inspirational.

1. He's got like 500 followers and it's the same few dozen that comment on everything.

2. From what I can tell he's talking about founding marketing agencies?

3. If you're a "founder" what's the point of growing to quickly sell? If you found something and you're passionate about it, why do you want to spin it off so quickly?

The whole thing just seems disingeneous and like not so thinly veiled MLM.

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

“Serial entrepreneur”*

Posted by PapaDels <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=PapaDels' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 10:14:17, in reply to "Online influencer subset of "founders" is completely preposterous to me..."

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

I have schweppervessence and wessonality.
Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.

It's hard to remember the difference between a Serial Entrepreneur and a Spree Entrepreneur. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 11:09:11, in reply to "“Serial entrepreneur”*"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

Cereal Entrepeneur ====>*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 7, 2026, 12:45:29, in reply to "It's hard to remember the difference between a Serial Entrepreneur and a Spree Entrepreneur. *"

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

“founder” these days just means “I vibe coded some shitty app”*

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 9:58:23, in reply to "Online influencer subset of "founders" is completely preposterous to me..."

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

Don't take offense, better make amends
Rip it all to shreds and let it go

Nothing is as annoying as the overuse of "curated".

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 9:43:47, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

You don't work in a freaking museum, Panera employee

Chicken Little poster child

iconic

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 10:00:21, in reply to "Nothing is as annoying as the overuse of "curated"."

just cuz some random real housewife of wherever the fuck did/said something doesn't make it/them "iconic"

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

I listen to a music channel where they constantly remind me their music is 'curated'.

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 10:08:30, in reply to "iconic"

I guess because it made someone's list

Chicken Little poster child

I thought it meant jerkin’ it*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 9:02:54, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

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It now just means spending money you don't have on dumb shit you don't need because someone online tapped it with their fake fingernails.

This future is stupid.

ooo

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 6, 2026, 9:01:10, in reply to "The term "self-care" has become annoyingly pervasive among influencers."

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

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