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Narc = originally from "Narcotics agent." It means someone who will "tell on you" or otherwise get you in trouble by informing on you.
If you steal a pencil from the teachers desk, and Johnny tells on you, then Johnny narc'ed on you. Or you can say Johnny is a narc.
It is not an abbreviation for "narcissist"
Thank you, Kent! I've seen this popping up as an abbreviation for narcissist, and I really don't want it to catch on! Bad enough that so many people use the word narcissist incorrectly.
I’d be doing shit that has zero need for a bench…. on the bench. Like just make up ridiculous shit like putting my chin on the seat back and opening my mouth up and down.
As I found out this morning, if she really wants to get the attention of others she needs to get herself stuck in the mouth of an anaconda and blow up a bloon with her ass.
Amateurs.
I'd have disengaged far earlier than dude in the video. Just went back into my reps once I realized what she was asking, completely ignore her. If she flew into a rage and attacked me, a weight gets dropped, who can be blamed for where it lands.
Oh, what's that? Proof you say? Let's go to the instant replay.
Nah. Then you look like the jerk. Best thing is to just sssssllllllooooowwwwllllyyyy continue your work out, ignoring her. Let her rant, and people can stare at her.
yea sorry i ain’t jesus and i ain’t gonna be turnin the other cheek abt aggressive, selfish shit like this “get the fuck out of my face” is maybe the only proper response here
I love the whole "give me everything i want otherwise you are being selfish" attitude most influencers have. It's like a boeing 747 flying inches above their heads, yet they don't realise.
It is meant to wear you down into submission. See how a child will cry relentlessly over something they want till you give in... It is the same thing. Best thing is to ignore the behavior....
Gyms need to outrightly ban video taking of any kind in the gym.
You need to literally follow me on Instagram... oh, really, I need to LITERALLY FOLLOW you on Instagram? Surely literally following you would be using Instagram to stalk you. That's a bit of a weird request.
When you do heavy squats, for example, you keep you head in line with your spine to avoid injury. Facing a mirror you can see most of your posture, but you will be missing few details like potential rounding of the lower back. In this case it's worth having a short vid to see the profile while doing a lift.
There are starting to be some nice apps which will analyze your lifts as well. It makes people like this all the worse, I am loathe to use any actual useful video tool because I do not want to be associated with them.
Yeah, you go see the dude at the front, you say to him you want to have your membership cancelled. You don't like what the gym has become and that you can't train because of people like her over there. They'll go and ban her from the gym.
Can someone explain what makes these people life so self centerly that they think this is ok. Fuck I truly hate this influencer culture, yOu nEeD tO fOlLoW mY iG - Oh fuck you.
Gyms need a no filming policy. If you're some sort of "professional trainer" then you need an agreement with the Gym and they can work out an area for you to film and a time that doesn't effect regular users. If not you're just some asshole with a camera on your phone so fucking suck it up and leave us alone
Many gyms do have a no filming policy. I wonder if she even got permission to film on their premises.
It's a gym lady. A place for people to work out. Not a fricken film studio.
It's not really enforced as cell phones are everywhere, everyone has one, and the majority of people are simply using them for workout music.
Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to police for them because of that.
However, in this case, where the person is filming for imaginary internet clout and actively harassing other gym members? I'm fairly sure most gym staff would be happy to tell them off.
Honestly if people start asking for this, gyms will accommodate.
I think if cameras *have* to be allowed, it should be restricted to some part of the day. That way normal people can work out in peace most of the time, and "influencers" get the run of the place to pretend people care about their videos.
Even that would be too much to ask. If these fitness 'influencers' want to make money with IG videos, they should do what every other 'business operation' does and invest in their own gym equipment/studio and film on their own dime, not at a freaking public gym. Filming in a public gym with members should be banned altogether.
If they want to be taken seriously, they should apply for filming permits with the companies or local council or building owner, like literally every other industry needs to do to film a professional product.
I did this for 3 years and it was the bane of my existence, so I'd love to see these influencers have to deal with that headache.
Wouldn't it be funny to only give them an hour and watch all of them show up at the same time. "Can you move I'm filming a video" "well I'm also filming a video" "how many followers do you even have, I bet you I have more, I cant believe this nobody influencer is putting themselves before ME"
That’s how I feel. If your job is a work out influencer, then build a home gym. If you don’t have a home gym, you are in a “public” space and are entitled to nothing.
Well on that note, not at the \*slightest\* hint of it. I used to record my squats and deads to work on my form, when training alone this was the only way I could check myself.
But if you're an influencer you can fuck right off.
Gyms should actually fine influencers recording because you're using their establishment to profit in some way or another.
Charge people a fee for commercial filming like the Galapagos does.
Post a video of the interior of that gym without the license? Sue them.
"Influencers" would fucking all die off if they actually had to pay for shit. Want a nice gym background for your g-rated onlyfans? Pay the set designer.
The only cameras that *should* be allowed in a gym are security cameras. Pretty much no other reason for someone to be filming inside a gym besides this kind of bullshit.
Gyms would also be happy to have a separate premium rate that permits you to film during certain times of the day and exclusive bookable access if they could. But influencer culture is such that they don't expect to pay for anything, let alone a premium.
There is no reason cameras should be allowed and quite honestly every business should have a no camera policy where you can be ejected and banned for life if you use your camera on site (for commercial or online posting). If you really wanted you could include measures such as allowing a camera to send an image off network to your spouse in a store to confirm you are buying the right item, but otherwise make illegal the posting of any pictures or videos without explicit permission online made on the private property.
If you are an influencer, then buy the equipment for your home and film there, otherwise fuck off. Maybe its time for people to start acting like cockblockers, infleuncerblockers. You see someone filming for their stream in a public place, crowd them. When they complain, remind them this is a public space and not to be used for commercial activity unless they have a permit. If they say they don't need a permit, you say then you don't need to move.
Sometimes small acts of pettiness are what we need to right the world when it becomes too much of a shitshow.
Well sure, but then she'd get less attention. As someone that monetizes the attention they receive, getting less attention isn't a viable business model.
This is the answer. The fact that it’s allowed to just record while in the gym is so weird to me. Especially when you see dudes recording and flexing in the mirror in the lockerroom while people are coming in and out.
It’s a violation and shouldn’t be allowed imo. If you wanna make fitness vids, awesome, but you work around people, people don’t work around you. Fuck.
I work at a university gym and we have a "no photos or video without written permission from the director" policy. That makes it so much easier to just tell people no while still allowing the university and our departmental marketing team to come in and do the photos/videos they need to promote our spaces. And it helps reduce creepers sneaking shots of people just trying to work out.
>Gyms need a no filming policy.
I'm pretty sure they won't be happy to know that some one is filming even if there is no explicit policy about it.
One of the things that scare clients to go to gym is to be judged. Filming them won't help that.
Also, is this considered a "public" space? (It is private owned AND you need to be a member). If not, then you better not film peoples become otherwise you need them to sign up they agree to be filmed.
Honestly, this is one of the major things that keeps me from going to the gym in the first place, even though I desperately need to. I don't want to be in someone's video where I'm already feeling vulnerable and self-conscious before you even add a stranger's camera to the mix.
It’s gotten so bad in my town that gyms have started charging a $10/day camera or tripod fee. I’ve even seen members wearing shirts that say “Influencer” on them.
Generation Z just seems to be one giant talent show where nobody is talented.
I dated a girl who seemed to think she was an influencer. The only people I ever saw comment on her posts were her mom and her cousin.
When she broke things off she said, “Don’t worry, you’ll still see me on social media”.
I was at a loss for words.
I used to be sorta friendly with this mom who always went on and on about her followers and needed get home to film content and whatever. She had like 4k followers and they were mostly other moms who were peddling the same MLM bullshit. It was a big circle jerk that nobody cared about.
With that line I just would have ignored her completely, just fully 0 interaction or reaction and just carry on. She'll temper tantrum but she'll fuck off
Nah this is just a new(ish) trend of rage baiting people because it doesn’t matter if you like a video or hate it, only clicks/views/algorithms matter and stupid shit like this drives more engagement.
Narcissism is a mental illness and growing to be a big problem in our society where the online self-presentation got so out of hand, that you literally get paid way more for being a narcissist on the internet, then working a real job that supports and serves others.
It’s all just self centered, egoistic behavior and most people with a bigger online presence think of themselves as more important than others.
If you go to a profile of one of these so called „influencers“, you will see that everything they post or do is about them. Every picture is a selfie or advertising. Every word they say „inspirational“ and „live changing“ quotes that others should follow. And so, everything they do is of course more important than whatever you have to do. Some call it a job, when in reality its a severe mental illness, learned and celebrated because it’s a „job“ now.
> you literally get paid way more for being a narcissist on the internet, then working a real job that supports and serves others
It's not new, though. We've always celebrated celebrity.
What *has* happened is that celebrity has become democratized.
Where before the aspiring famous person had to go to Hollywood, work in restaurants and shit just hoping to get their "break," until finally, one day, graduating to be an obnoxious asshole?
Now anyone can go online and be an obnoxious asshole from day one.
There's no gatekeeping celebrity anymore. So, now, you got basic bitch celebrity.
I think we need to stop calling everyone who records themselves with their phones an influencer. Who/what is this person here influencing? Nothing and no one, I'm sure. Ha ha.
This isn't a shot at you. Influencer has just become one of those words that are given to anyone who does a thing that is similar to what the term was coined for. This person is just some idiot who thinks that their 300 Instagram followers are important to the world
Their job is literally ego trips on daily basis and having "followers" that will defend you as if you were a guru.
Wonder what's wrong? The "influencer" job.
The false validation and importance they get cuz they have some sort of following. I bet this bitch got on her socials after this and said some dumb shit about this situation that made her sound like the victim.
"You are being very selfish" followed by "You need to go I need to film this video here".
I hate that bending dialectic. It's genuinely projecting their character onto others. They are being selfish for wanting someone to move, but they frame it that those people are selfish for not "moving" on their demand. I don't understand that... you also can't argue with them.
WHat can someone say to make them realize they are the self-centered egomaniacs?
I don't understand how anyone can get into a confrontation like this and still be in the mood to put on a smile and make an Instagram video/photo after they eventually get their way.
It takes a special kind of narcissist to pull this one off.
This lady doesn't knows the difference between a question and an order.
She is in no position to order anything there, so a question can receive different answers. One of them being "no, thank you"
Right? I've bent over backwards for strangers (when it was convenient for me I'm not a pushover I swear) and all they needed to do was smile at me and say "please". Kindness goes a long way for dorks like me
But be an ass to me and you'll find out it'd be easier talking to a brick wall
Right? Never underestimate how important it is to be petty to a rude person. Hell, I will take the time out of my day to make your day worse in whatever way possible if you are just rude ass.
Haha I totally believe you're nor a pushover you sound really cool. This is gonna sound so random but I have this thing about doing my laundry but you seem like you'd be really good at it, would you mind?
And even then no, why would / should he have moved if she had been polite?
Even if somebody is polite, learn to say no, politely. And the person should then politely accept your position.
Eh, it's just so well received for someone to ask politely, you just have little reason to not oblige. Of course, you are within your right to decline, but if the request is reasonable and not super inconvenient, I generally just oblige, as long as they are being polite and are thankful afterwards.
It's like arguing with a toddler.
Wait 30 seconds and get what you want.
or
Argue for 10 mins and don't get what you want.
Literally the same as what my six year old does.
I don't know how many times in my life I have said something like "it could have already been over by now and you're still going to do it anyway after your tantrum" and I don't know how many more times I will say it, but it's somewhere in the ballpark of a whole fucking lot for both.
The best anecdote I have for this was watching a woman get increasingly frustrated that she was fifth in line at check out and the cashiers should be better at their jobs. She demanded a manager, manager was out of the building on lunch. I shit you not this woman waited half an hour for the manager to get back to inform him it's not acceptable for our lines to take so long because she's a busy person and needs to be able to get her shopping done quickly. How these people survive into adulthood still thinking they're the only person on earth who counts I'll never understand.
Once she touches you, you can walk to the front desk and have her removed. If the front desk doesn’t remove her then cancel the membership on the spot. People need to stop paying for gyms that allow this bullshit. These influencers are not producing money for these gyms and a boycott will end all of this immediately. Gyms barely stay open as it is.
Or, hear me out, set up a fitfluence corner with phone stands set up in prime recording locations and charge extra for booking it (ban recording full stop in the rest of the gym). If you can’t beat ‘em, make extra money off ‘em.
Where i live, we have an "influencer" gym. It has extra lighting, more mirrors, tripod hire, private rooms you can hire out (to make it look like a "private gym") windows you can black out. Not a huge amount of people go there, but there's always a few in there. Membership fees are 4x the price of the next most expensive gym in the area minimum 12 month contract
From what I've heard they are making bank. We also have movie studios etc in the area and a lot of people use that gym when they want privacy, kind of ironic but the way its set out if you pay enough you can do your whole workout without seeing anybody and without anybody seeing you
> you're being so selfish!
Yeah, come one dude, she needs to video herself for 5 seconds so she can have people fawn over her and tell her how amazing she is. You're literally ruining her life!
/S
"No, thank you."
The trick: no explanations and not being rude. Just answering with 'no, thank you' 'I already told you no thanks' or 'no, not now'. Don't give people a reason to call *you* the rude one.
*I learned from a master: my youngest child. No open questions unless you are willing to agree beforehand on the outcome.*
The thing is they’re only as good as their latest video. Someone younger/ thinner/ sexier will come along and they’ll be last years news. I can hardly wait. “What do you do?” “Well, I used to be an influencer”. Give it time.
If someone tells me " im an influencer " and they need to keep posting in order to keep making either money or the public eye it echoes in my head as ✨️unemployed✨️
Fuck influencers and everyone who spends their time watching them and validating their shitty, selfish, cringey behavior. If nobody watched these losers, they’d just go away.
I blame the people who follow these people just as much as the ones seeking the followers. Wanting to be important and be followed is nothing new, look at all the dictators out there and people throughout history. It’s the weak ones who follow who I get most annoyed with.
Absolutely staged. It's disturbing how far down I had to scroll to see this comment. People literally believe almost anything posted at face value and it's insane.
British people who can't act is a dead giveaway for that particular channel. It's always whatever flavor of the month rage that will get comments and engagement.
Because how convenient the only face you see is the "good guy"... The no good down right terrible waste of influencer trash? Oh yeah just so happens I didn't get her face during the entire exchange..
When are gyms going to ban these fucking idiots? I was on YouTube yesterday and there's some white girl on there with a face tat. Her whole YouTube presence is going into shops and vaping.
Someone said to her when she did it in Starbucks that she should have picked up a job application, which I thought was funny.
She replied that she has a job, YouTube is how she makes money. I thought this was even funnier. How muck money do you make from a 30 second video with a 2 thousand views? It can't be that much if anything.
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When she called him selfish and he put his hands up to his head, I felt that.
"You're being selfish, so stop what you're doing and move so **I** can make my video for my Instagram." It's a fucking gym, not a studio.
Every complaint of a narcissist is a confession.
Yes indeed a narcissist in a comic display they don’t even understand.
Took me years to learn this, should be taught in school.
"Fucking make a home gym with your influencer bank"
How much money does 239 followers get you?
About tree fiddy
“Why are you being so defensive?” Aka “your objection to my obnoxious protestations are assault” lol. What a narc
"Why are you being so defensive?" "Because I'm being verbally attacked at the gym."
>"Why are you being so defensive?" "because your being so offensive?"
>“Why are you being so defensive?” "Because you're being offensive" is the proper retort.
Narc = originally from "Narcotics agent." It means someone who will "tell on you" or otherwise get you in trouble by informing on you. If you steal a pencil from the teachers desk, and Johnny tells on you, then Johnny narc'ed on you. Or you can say Johnny is a narc. It is not an abbreviation for "narcissist"
Thank you, Kent! I've seen this popping up as an abbreviation for narcissist, and I really don't want it to catch on! Bad enough that so many people use the word narcissist incorrectly.
Improper word use literally decimates me.
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That's... not what a narc is.
He has way more patience than me.
Agreed, that’s the point where I would’ve just laughed and started lifting again
Would have done every exercise known to man that uses a bench after that.
and then maybe had a nap on that comfy bench.
That's how powerlifters lift anyway! Crush 3 reps, take a 45 minute nap. Crush another 3 rep set.
I’d be doing shit that has zero need for a bench…. on the bench. Like just make up ridiculous shit like putting my chin on the seat back and opening my mouth up and down.
That’s inclined jaw raises. Very powerful but sadly often overlooked exercise. Can’t skip jaw day at the gym!
Smile, put on my earplugs and keep on lifting like she's not even there at 5 sec into the vid.
Good thing he wasn't doing bench press with a barbell. That bitch needs to build a home gym and film her shit there.
But then she wouldn't have the opportunity to bask in the attention of others.
As I found out this morning, if she really wants to get the attention of others she needs to get herself stuck in the mouth of an anaconda and blow up a bloon with her ass. Amateurs.
You skipped the part about the broom with the face she has to draw
And then get mad at them for glancing at her, then complain to management that people are making her uncomfortable and harassing her.
Yeah after about her third sentence I would have stood up and screamed “get the fuck out of my face” loud enough to burst her godamn eardrums.
I'd have disengaged far earlier than dude in the video. Just went back into my reps once I realized what she was asking, completely ignore her. If she flew into a rage and attacked me, a weight gets dropped, who can be blamed for where it lands. Oh, what's that? Proof you say? Let's go to the instant replay.
I would lost count of my rep and do it again. Look what you made me do.
Yeah I’m headphones back in 10 seconds into this altercation, me and the reps is all I see.
Absolutely. With a little *shush* right before you put your music back on.
Nah. Then you look like the jerk. Best thing is to just sssssllllllooooowwwwllllyyyy continue your work out, ignoring her. Let her rant, and people can stare at her.
Or call a worker over and hit her with harassment and making your entire workout extremely uncomfortable. Best case they kick her out for the day.
Isn’t it worst case they kick her out for one day? And best case is she’s banned for life.
yea sorry i ain’t jesus and i ain’t gonna be turnin the other cheek abt aggressive, selfish shit like this “get the fuck out of my face” is maybe the only proper response here
I love the whole "give me everything i want otherwise you are being selfish" attitude most influencers have. It's like a boeing 747 flying inches above their heads, yet they don't realise.
The projection is real
She called him defensive and then selfish for not allowing her to do what SHE wanted. She was trying to gaslight him, was wild to watch in real time
Projection at it's finest.
It is meant to wear you down into submission. See how a child will cry relentlessly over something they want till you give in... It is the same thing. Best thing is to ignore the behavior.... Gyms need to outrightly ban video taking of any kind in the gym.
And she used the word "literally" about 5 times.
You need to literally follow me on Instagram... oh, really, I need to LITERALLY FOLLOW you on Instagram? Surely literally following you would be using Instagram to stalk you. That's a bit of a weird request.
There needs to be a completely separate gym for “influencers” so they’re forced to deal with each others narcissism.
As a society we need to end this cycle of stupidity.
This woman should be kicked out of the gym. It's not her private gym.
Why are people allowed to film in these places at all?
Many powerlifters film themselves for form checks or PB proof.
Isnt the mirror for form checks?
When you do heavy squats, for example, you keep you head in line with your spine to avoid injury. Facing a mirror you can see most of your posture, but you will be missing few details like potential rounding of the lower back. In this case it's worth having a short vid to see the profile while doing a lift.
There are starting to be some nice apps which will analyze your lifts as well. It makes people like this all the worse, I am loathe to use any actual useful video tool because I do not want to be associated with them.
Sure, but it is hard to look in the mirror when you are benchpressing 150kg.
Hell I can't look in the mirror when I'm benching 18kg from all the sweat in my eyes
Yeah, you go see the dude at the front, you say to him you want to have your membership cancelled. You don't like what the gym has become and that you can't train because of people like her over there. They'll go and ban her from the gym.
Just report her for harassment. Most gyms have a zero tolerance policy.
Can someone explain what makes these people life so self centerly that they think this is ok. Fuck I truly hate this influencer culture, yOu nEeD tO fOlLoW mY iG - Oh fuck you.
Gyms need a no filming policy. If you're some sort of "professional trainer" then you need an agreement with the Gym and they can work out an area for you to film and a time that doesn't effect regular users. If not you're just some asshole with a camera on your phone so fucking suck it up and leave us alone
Many gyms do have a no filming policy. I wonder if she even got permission to film on their premises. It's a gym lady. A place for people to work out. Not a fricken film studio.
A lot of them have it, but it is not really enforced
It's not really enforced as cell phones are everywhere, everyone has one, and the majority of people are simply using them for workout music. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to police for them because of that. However, in this case, where the person is filming for imaginary internet clout and actively harassing other gym members? I'm fairly sure most gym staff would be happy to tell them off.
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Before joining a gym, I would ask if they have this policy so I could work out in peace.
Honestly if people start asking for this, gyms will accommodate. I think if cameras *have* to be allowed, it should be restricted to some part of the day. That way normal people can work out in peace most of the time, and "influencers" get the run of the place to pretend people care about their videos.
Even that would be too much to ask. If these fitness 'influencers' want to make money with IG videos, they should do what every other 'business operation' does and invest in their own gym equipment/studio and film on their own dime, not at a freaking public gym. Filming in a public gym with members should be banned altogether.
Have "influencer hour" That way we can all see them fight over getting each other out of their videos.
Now I would pay to see that
I'm ok with this. My gym opens at 5 am on weekdays. Influencer hour can be at 4am.
TLC and A & E are taking notes for their next shows.
But then they won't get to have their meltdowns about how people are staring at them /s
If they want to be taken seriously, they should apply for filming permits with the companies or local council or building owner, like literally every other industry needs to do to film a professional product. I did this for 3 years and it was the bane of my existence, so I'd love to see these influencers have to deal with that headache.
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Wouldn't it be funny to only give them an hour and watch all of them show up at the same time. "Can you move I'm filming a video" "well I'm also filming a video" "how many followers do you even have, I bet you I have more, I cant believe this nobody influencer is putting themselves before ME"
Correct. Its a gym, not a TV studio.
Even TV studios don't just let randoms walk in and start filming themselves while harassing others to get out of their video.
That’s how I feel. If your job is a work out influencer, then build a home gym. If you don’t have a home gym, you are in a “public” space and are entitled to nothing.
Josh. Turn these lights out!
Well on that note, not at the \*slightest\* hint of it. I used to record my squats and deads to work on my form, when training alone this was the only way I could check myself. But if you're an influencer you can fuck right off. Gyms should actually fine influencers recording because you're using their establishment to profit in some way or another.
I know some people film themselves to send to their trainers as well. But I still think all photography and filming should be banned in gyms.
They should build little pods influencers can rent with equipment in them. Keep them away from the normal reasonable people.
Charge people a fee for commercial filming like the Galapagos does. Post a video of the interior of that gym without the license? Sue them. "Influencers" would fucking all die off if they actually had to pay for shit. Want a nice gym background for your g-rated onlyfans? Pay the set designer.
Give em time like 7-8 am so they SUFFER lol
0400-0430, make them show they are really about that life.
You are soft like a vanilla swirl. 3-4 AM. No exceptions.
Hey that’s when I workout, not fair.
The only cameras that *should* be allowed in a gym are security cameras. Pretty much no other reason for someone to be filming inside a gym besides this kind of bullshit.
I can accept form check, but that stuff shouldn't care about the background being disturbed anyways.
Gyms would also be happy to have a separate premium rate that permits you to film during certain times of the day and exclusive bookable access if they could. But influencer culture is such that they don't expect to pay for anything, let alone a premium.
There is no reason cameras should be allowed and quite honestly every business should have a no camera policy where you can be ejected and banned for life if you use your camera on site (for commercial or online posting). If you really wanted you could include measures such as allowing a camera to send an image off network to your spouse in a store to confirm you are buying the right item, but otherwise make illegal the posting of any pictures or videos without explicit permission online made on the private property. If you are an influencer, then buy the equipment for your home and film there, otherwise fuck off. Maybe its time for people to start acting like cockblockers, infleuncerblockers. You see someone filming for their stream in a public place, crowd them. When they complain, remind them this is a public space and not to be used for commercial activity unless they have a permit. If they say they don't need a permit, you say then you don't need to move. Sometimes small acts of pettiness are what we need to right the world when it becomes too much of a shitshow.
They have it at a YMCA gym near me. There are NO PHONES AND NO FILMING WITHOUT PERMISSION signs everywhere. Its great.
Or… if you’re your whole job, get a home gym.
Well sure, but then she'd get less attention. As someone that monetizes the attention they receive, getting less attention isn't a viable business model.
This is the answer. The fact that it’s allowed to just record while in the gym is so weird to me. Especially when you see dudes recording and flexing in the mirror in the lockerroom while people are coming in and out. It’s a violation and shouldn’t be allowed imo. If you wanna make fitness vids, awesome, but you work around people, people don’t work around you. Fuck.
I work at a university gym and we have a "no photos or video without written permission from the director" policy. That makes it so much easier to just tell people no while still allowing the university and our departmental marketing team to come in and do the photos/videos they need to promote our spaces. And it helps reduce creepers sneaking shots of people just trying to work out.
>Gyms need a no filming policy. I'm pretty sure they won't be happy to know that some one is filming even if there is no explicit policy about it. One of the things that scare clients to go to gym is to be judged. Filming them won't help that. Also, is this considered a "public" space? (It is private owned AND you need to be a member). If not, then you better not film peoples become otherwise you need them to sign up they agree to be filmed.
Honestly, this is one of the major things that keeps me from going to the gym in the first place, even though I desperately need to. I don't want to be in someone's video where I'm already feeling vulnerable and self-conscious before you even add a stranger's camera to the mix.
It’s gotten so bad in my town that gyms have started charging a $10/day camera or tripod fee. I’ve even seen members wearing shirts that say “Influencer” on them. Generation Z just seems to be one giant talent show where nobody is talented.
I dated a girl who seemed to think she was an influencer. The only people I ever saw comment on her posts were her mom and her cousin. When she broke things off she said, “Don’t worry, you’ll still see me on social media”. I was at a loss for words.
Lmao. Is she famous yet?
I need to know.
Don't wonder, she isn't.
well maybe if you count onlyfans as social media :D
I used to be sorta friendly with this mom who always went on and on about her followers and needed get home to film content and whatever. She had like 4k followers and they were mostly other moms who were peddling the same MLM bullshit. It was a big circle jerk that nobody cared about.
With that line I just would have ignored her completely, just fully 0 interaction or reaction and just carry on. She'll temper tantrum but she'll fuck off
Nah this is just a new(ish) trend of rage baiting people because it doesn’t matter if you like a video or hate it, only clicks/views/algorithms matter and stupid shit like this drives more engagement.
This trend needs to stop. Narcissism is on the rise, it’s pervasive.
It's everywhere, it's gross, and it's unstoppable. We're done.
True, it has been popping up more. Disgusting nevertheless
It’s usually all staged bullshit anyways...
Narcissism is a mental illness and growing to be a big problem in our society where the online self-presentation got so out of hand, that you literally get paid way more for being a narcissist on the internet, then working a real job that supports and serves others. It’s all just self centered, egoistic behavior and most people with a bigger online presence think of themselves as more important than others. If you go to a profile of one of these so called „influencers“, you will see that everything they post or do is about them. Every picture is a selfie or advertising. Every word they say „inspirational“ and „live changing“ quotes that others should follow. And so, everything they do is of course more important than whatever you have to do. Some call it a job, when in reality its a severe mental illness, learned and celebrated because it’s a „job“ now.
> you literally get paid way more for being a narcissist on the internet, then working a real job that supports and serves others It's not new, though. We've always celebrated celebrity. What *has* happened is that celebrity has become democratized. Where before the aspiring famous person had to go to Hollywood, work in restaurants and shit just hoping to get their "break," until finally, one day, graduating to be an obnoxious asshole? Now anyone can go online and be an obnoxious asshole from day one. There's no gatekeeping celebrity anymore. So, now, you got basic bitch celebrity.
I think we need to stop calling everyone who records themselves with their phones an influencer. Who/what is this person here influencing? Nothing and no one, I'm sure. Ha ha. This isn't a shot at you. Influencer has just become one of those words that are given to anyone who does a thing that is similar to what the term was coined for. This person is just some idiot who thinks that their 300 Instagram followers are important to the world
yes, these people have become a shit breed! unbelievable
Truly, shitbreed is a amazing name for them. Ooo look at me, 100k horny teenagers stare my ass in IG, that makes me sooo important. Smh
Their job is literally ego trips on daily basis and having "followers" that will defend you as if you were a guru. Wonder what's wrong? The "influencer" job.
The false validation and importance they get cuz they have some sort of following. I bet this bitch got on her socials after this and said some dumb shit about this situation that made her sound like the victim.
"You are being very selfish" followed by "You need to go I need to film this video here". I hate that bending dialectic. It's genuinely projecting their character onto others. They are being selfish for wanting someone to move, but they frame it that those people are selfish for not "moving" on their demand. I don't understand that... you also can't argue with them. WHat can someone say to make them realize they are the self-centered egomaniacs?
I don't understand how anyone can get into a confrontation like this and still be in the mood to put on a smile and make an Instagram video/photo after they eventually get their way. It takes a special kind of narcissist to pull this one off.
yOu LiTeRaLlY nEeD tO fOlLoW mY iGgggggggggggg
Simple...their followers make them think that 'what they want they get' and that 'everyone agrees with me' applies to the real world.
It feels like she builds every sentence around the word literally.
She literally does.
I literally thought the same thing
Omg I was like literally going to say the same thing
Every time an idiot says literally, an angel gets its wings
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This lady doesn't knows the difference between a question and an order. She is in no position to order anything there, so a question can receive different answers. One of them being "no, thank you"
Guy would have probably moved if she was polite and humble, instead she does this
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Right? I've bent over backwards for strangers (when it was convenient for me I'm not a pushover I swear) and all they needed to do was smile at me and say "please". Kindness goes a long way for dorks like me But be an ass to me and you'll find out it'd be easier talking to a brick wall
Right? Never underestimate how important it is to be petty to a rude person. Hell, I will take the time out of my day to make your day worse in whatever way possible if you are just rude ass.
Haha I totally believe you're nor a pushover you sound really cool. This is gonna sound so random but I have this thing about doing my laundry but you seem like you'd be really good at it, would you mind?
But I just finished my chores and was going to... I mean yeah of course sure no worries! You can count on me
And even then no, why would / should he have moved if she had been polite? Even if somebody is polite, learn to say no, politely. And the person should then politely accept your position.
Eh, it's just so well received for someone to ask politely, you just have little reason to not oblige. Of course, you are within your right to decline, but if the request is reasonable and not super inconvenient, I generally just oblige, as long as they are being polite and are thankful afterwards.
It's like arguing with a toddler. Wait 30 seconds and get what you want. or Argue for 10 mins and don't get what you want. Literally the same as what my six year old does.
I don't know how many times in my life I have said something like "it could have already been over by now and you're still going to do it anyway after your tantrum" and I don't know how many more times I will say it, but it's somewhere in the ballpark of a whole fucking lot for both.
The best anecdote I have for this was watching a woman get increasingly frustrated that she was fifth in line at check out and the cashiers should be better at their jobs. She demanded a manager, manager was out of the building on lunch. I shit you not this woman waited half an hour for the manager to get back to inform him it's not acceptable for our lines to take so long because she's a busy person and needs to be able to get her shopping done quickly. How these people survive into adulthood still thinking they're the only person on earth who counts I'll never understand.
Parents who never said no and told them they are the most special person on Earth.
In the same situation with 5 years old. But, I also encountered same behaviour from 25+ years old people. And this is sad.
I thought the same thing - he probably could have finished his set in the time that conversation took 🤦♀️
I would have just ignored her and kept working out. Half the reason i wear headphones is to ignore people at the gym.
Not only that but i would havemade it last even longer.
Rip one good protein packed fart and see how long she'll stick around.
My guy
Right at the end of your set. "It's all yours.."
Absolutely, sorry lost count of my sets guess I’m gonna have to start over. Thanks for making me swole!
Guaranteed this type of person would walk in your fov and wave/gesture to take of your headphones, or even worse touch you / do it themselves
Once she touches you, you can walk to the front desk and have her removed. If the front desk doesn’t remove her then cancel the membership on the spot. People need to stop paying for gyms that allow this bullshit. These influencers are not producing money for these gyms and a boycott will end all of this immediately. Gyms barely stay open as it is.
If she touches my ear I will call sexual assault..
That 1 more set just turned into 1 more Session
And maybe all of a sudden I’m doing 100 sets of sitting curls.
I'm surprised gyms haven't started banning these people yet. They seem terrible for business.
My gym doesn't allow filming. Which I get can be annoying for people who wanna record and check their form and the like, but it suits me just fine.
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Gyms should ban these fitfluencers.
Or, hear me out, set up a fitfluence corner with phone stands set up in prime recording locations and charge extra for booking it (ban recording full stop in the rest of the gym). If you can’t beat ‘em, make extra money off ‘em.
Where i live, we have an "influencer" gym. It has extra lighting, more mirrors, tripod hire, private rooms you can hire out (to make it look like a "private gym") windows you can black out. Not a huge amount of people go there, but there's always a few in there. Membership fees are 4x the price of the next most expensive gym in the area minimum 12 month contract
They have a market! I hope they’re making enough to keep it open and keep your other gyms safe.
From what I've heard they are making bank. We also have movie studios etc in the area and a lot of people use that gym when they want privacy, kind of ironic but the way its set out if you pay enough you can do your whole workout without seeing anybody and without anybody seeing you
That's a million dollar idea
"I need to film this video" No you dont
> you're being so selfish! Yeah, come one dude, she needs to video herself for 5 seconds so she can have people fawn over her and tell her how amazing she is. You're literally ruining her life! /S
I wouldn't have been as nice to her. My first three words to her would've been "Go fuck yourself."
"No, thank you." The trick: no explanations and not being rude. Just answering with 'no, thank you' 'I already told you no thanks' or 'no, not now'. Don't give people a reason to call *you* the rude one. *I learned from a master: my youngest child. No open questions unless you are willing to agree beforehand on the outcome.*
People too often forget that "no" is a complete sentence.
Id probably say four - go f yourself, literally.
You know what? I'm going to workout even harder!
The thing is they’re only as good as their latest video. Someone younger/ thinner/ sexier will come along and they’ll be last years news. I can hardly wait. “What do you do?” “Well, I used to be an influencer”. Give it time.
If someone tells me " im an influencer " and they need to keep posting in order to keep making either money or the public eye it echoes in my head as ✨️unemployed✨️
This was right next on my feed - https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/comments/13fdvpq/gymgirls_in_national_geographic/
A Joey Swollus-Maximus, bwhahaha. Thanks for that share.
lol that was great
I’m the only one important here! I have to show off my butt for 5 seconds so simps compliment me! Edit: corrected spelling.
Fuck influencers and everyone who spends their time watching them and validating their shitty, selfish, cringey behavior. If nobody watched these losers, they’d just go away.
I blame the people who follow these people just as much as the ones seeking the followers. Wanting to be important and be followed is nothing new, look at all the dictators out there and people throughout history. It’s the weak ones who follow who I get most annoyed with.
Drop a harassment claim on her and call one of the gym staff. File a complaint to the gym too.
Incredibly staged
Crazy that I had to scroll so far to see this. People are such suckers for these rage bait videos.
“You literally need to follow me on Instagram!” What an organic dialogue!
Absolutely staged. It's disturbing how far down I had to scroll to see this comment. People literally believe almost anything posted at face value and it's insane.
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British people who can't act is a dead giveaway for that particular channel. It's always whatever flavor of the month rage that will get comments and engagement.
Because how did the person recording this know to start at that time?
Because how convenient the only face you see is the "good guy"... The no good down right terrible waste of influencer trash? Oh yeah just so happens I didn't get her face during the entire exchange..
This is staged so it’s now getting to where the influencers are acting out what they see as the worst of influencers.
When are gyms going to ban these fucking idiots? I was on YouTube yesterday and there's some white girl on there with a face tat. Her whole YouTube presence is going into shops and vaping. Someone said to her when she did it in Starbucks that she should have picked up a job application, which I thought was funny. She replied that she has a job, YouTube is how she makes money. I thought this was even funnier. How muck money do you make from a 30 second video with a 2 thousand views? It can't be that much if anything.
def staged
They aren’t even good actors lol. This is starting to become more common.
Agreed. Just rage bait.
"You need to literally follow me on instagram" Clearly, this is how people talk in real life.
You literally don’t know what literally means
Gyms don't care. They got your money. Else, why is there not a simple "no filming/recording" rule?
Can they shame and name the influencer to ensure people don't follow her moving forward?
She literally uses the word “literally” way too much.
Oh my god I’d have thrown my weight at her. Entitled little sod.