This is how idiotic American Putin supporters are:

Picture 1: American right wing influencer Jackson Hinkle tries to portray Putin's violent takeover of Georgia as if it somehow aligns with traditional Georgian values, by posting a video of the Georgian folk group Trio Mandili.

Picture 2: Meanwhile, the actual Trio Mandili is on the Georgian Freedom Square supporting the democratic revolution, because Georgians do not want to live under Putin's tyranny.

@randahl

Not to self, if applicant has influencer their resume / CV put that in the shredder then bin (data protection) and move to next candidate. Granted this may not be fair in all cases.

@zleap @randahl i still dont get what "influencer" is even supposed to be...

If i tell someone in a store, "get this one, it looks better on you" then i influenced them.

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@Larix_Fleur @randahl

Same here they just seem to be popular, some talk sense others seem to talk nonsense but they have an impact on people for some reason.

@zleap @randahl i mostly see it as a show of decadence...a "see how rich i am, i don't have to work" display.

And they are mostly vapid as heck

@Larix_Fleur @randahl

Problem is, the young people who want to be an influencer rather than take up careers where we are short on skills, hence skills shortages, or the fact that influencer x is right no matter what, also gets in the way of critical thinking and in some cases learning.

Children are now worried about how they look, hence they 'NEED' to wear make up, or certain clothing (which happen to be expensive brands) and this adds to peer pressure, many families can't afford to put food on the table, this just adds to the financial stress people are under.

Give me a person who can say please, thank you, open doors and offer to help anyday. It does not matter what you are wearing, as courtesy costs nothing and leaves the right impression on others.

@zleap @randahl exactly that...kids want to emulate (is that the term?) What they see online...
So when they see a game streamer drink $7,50 a can, energy drink, they wana do that aswell. Or buy that $35,55 lipstick...just because some influencer uses it (or even worse is the one who made it)

Its basically an extension of the "pu$$y whiff, by Ariana Grande" adverts...

@Larix_Fleur @randahl

Sadly it is the way things are, I work in a school and kids seem incapable of resolving the most minor of conflicts, lack of commuication skills, but wider, kids do also seem incapable of reading emotions and inflections as they are too used to symbolic emojis on a phone.

Many seem to think they are also the centre of the universe and the world revolves around them and only them.

@zleap @randahl

like my partner says "when i was a kid each school had a "do you know who my daddy is?"Kid.
now adays all schools only have one kid that doesnt ask this.

@zleap @randahl

My partner is also a teacher so she gets to deal with those kids all day as well.

@Larix_Fleur @randahl

Very sad state of affairs, some kids are in for a massive shock one day.

@zleap @randahl
And yes, they are, thatit gets hard to be hired if you do not have skills, and that also the pool for being an ïnfluencer" is so deep most drown in it.

@Larix_Fleur @randahl

Reputation can help or hinder employment prospects, too.

@zleap @randahl
oh thats for sure,

"Oh you are that ínfluencer/irl streamer, that used a tazer on people for a prank?"

stuff like that will disqualify you for hiring.

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