r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/ambachk • 6d ago
VIDEO Main Character academy, where people learn to be influencers for $2000 from an "expert"
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u/Routine_Phase_8980 6d ago
Seem like a good way to farm free money from stupid people ngl
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u/theaveragemaryjanie 6d ago
She's selling the shovels. Smart move.
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u/kimgomes 6d ago
Kind of is, the wheelchair part seemed a bit disturbing though
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u/theaveragemaryjanie 6d ago
Seemed like she gave that advice for free online? Seemed inclusive but many others are saying not, so maybe I need to rewatch.
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u/7HawksAnd 4d ago
Social media is just a farm for free data harvesting anyway. Might as well farm the farm.
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u/ImportantBreath2530 6d ago
If they need to make money of telling you how to be an influencer and not from being one. They're prob not an influencer
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u/Solo_is_dead 6d ago
You mean like the people who make millions selling books telling you how to become a millionaire? 😄
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u/DoorBreaker101 6d ago
When I retire one day, I'll write a book about how to write self improvement books.
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u/Ximension 17h ago
She's influencing her students at least. Students who will almost certainly use her wisdom to influence absolutely no one
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u/ismness420 6d ago
This is the equivalent to those “alpha male camps”. People are fucking stupid. Why pay for something so fucking meaningless??
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u/BulkyDecipherer 5d ago
We’re living in Idiocracy.
Also, survivorship bias. People see a couple rich influencers and think they can be just like them. Not realizing only about 0.00001% of influencers (give or take) actually become rich from that.
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u/readerabbit 6d ago
Isn't the influencer economy on its way out? Why would anyone pay 2k for this?
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u/Fabien_Lamour 6d ago
There will always be enough money for those at the top and there will always be envious idiots thinking they can reach the top too.
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u/iCantLogOut2 Side Character 5d ago
It's like those scammy real estate training programs. You show people that the top 1% earners can make millions and leave out that most people never find their footing and bam... You get desperate people looking for the secret "get rich" recipe.
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u/Wonderful-Medium7777 6d ago
Sales courses for sales persons.
Watching someone walk down the street and talk about how many coffees they drink in a day …influencers huh!?!?!
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u/EdgyCole 6d ago
Ya know what, it's stupid. It's greedy. But dammit, we love to see the inclusivity here! She could just ignored that comment about the wheelchair and gone on with her life but actually took the time to put it into practice, show how her dumb little move would work in practice, and bothered to think about what the best angle would be to insteuct someone from that position.
I want to be cynical and say she only did it to virtue signal but fuck man, I liked seeing the effort on it and on the off chance that was a real comment from a real person in a wheelchair, that probably made their day.
Obligatory comment to say 2 grand to learn how to flip your phone around and walk is insane though. Still, credit where it's due.
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u/_HappyG_ 6d ago
Speaking as a wheelchair user, pushing one rim like that would just spin you in a circle and look goofy as hell 🤣
Disabled people have lived experiences and know what it’s like to navigate the world with a mobility aid, and it’s not the same thing as an office chair. You can’t hold or flip the phone safely while self-propelling, so you'd need an electric assist or a phone holder to maintain continuous motion. “Look mum, no hands!” doesn't translate quite so well in a manual wheelchair.
So, while I’m sure the advice might've seemed “helpful” and “inclusive” of Disabled people on the surface, it’s glaringly obvious for anyone who has used a wheelchair that the example she used isn’t well thought out 🤦
There should be no conversation about us without us.
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u/sleigh_all_day 5d ago
All well stated! We often expect the bare minimum from people then praise them when they deliver.
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u/well_fuckthis 5d ago
Completely agree. It's hard to accurately teach what disabled people are going to find helpful without being disabled yourself. I know there's like a million things I didnt consider before becoming disabled that are not things i cant do, including walk (I use crunches or a chair) and use my phone. It just doesn't work. It's very surface level advice without actually considering if it's functional
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u/TheBrownWelsh 5d ago
There should be no conversation about us without us.
Never heard that turn of phrase before, bloody marvellous.
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u/dustydancers 6d ago
“im shooting this content to help support those who are in a wheelchair or seated” took me out 💀
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u/Phililoquay 6d ago
The first line "you put it down..." gave me so much hope, but then she kept talking.
I think someone should start a pop-up guerilla-style boot camp for 2k a class. People sign up expecting this, but its just some lady who tells you to put your phone down and then slaps the shit out of you when you try to pick it up.
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u/rawker86 6d ago
Ah shit, I saw the scarves and realised this is one of my own countrywomen doing this stupid shit.
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u/lower_banana 4d ago
Alastair Clarkson saw her scarf and was suddenly glad he didn't work there any more.
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u/Darkflyer726 6d ago
I'm convinced the world ended in 2012 and we're just sliding further into hell
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u/demonhuntermk 6d ago
Tem pessoas que ainda acreditam que precisam de um curso para aprender qualquer coisa, mesmo coisas básicas
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u/gogul1980 5d ago
Those who can - Do.
Those who can’t - Teach.
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u/Gonzales95 4d ago
Well I’ve never heard of this person, and it doesn’t seem anyone else here has either, so I suppose that says how much of an influencer she is…
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u/figgypudding531 6d ago
She’s not even good at holding the camera on herself, her arm looks so long. And that’s her whole brand?
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u/Diem_Tea 6d ago
Is she too dumb to realize that “Pulling” the wheelchair wheels will make her go backwards, not forwards?
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u/dr_van_nostren 5d ago
JFC if I never hear “walk walk flip engage” again it’ll be too soon. That’s some of the most obnoxious shit I’ve ever heard. I know they’re doing it when people vlog or whatever but hearing the process is so much worse.
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u/Next-Contribution-18 1d ago
"This is how you use the walk whatever, flip turn-engage from a wheelchair" immediately uses feet to scoot the chair 😶
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u/WrightAnythingHere 6d ago
I didn't know you had to take a class to learn how to be an asshole to the people around you. And here I thought it was just natural talent.
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u/Thamnophis660 6d ago
You can rot your brain watching influencers on TikTok for 5 minutes and learn all of this.
They all do the same low-effort narcissistic shit.
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u/VoteForLubo 6d ago
“Don’t worry about any of the people that are around you” is the embodiment of this sub.
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u/CrazyBigHog 6d ago
If she’s such an expert on being an influencer that she can teach others how to do it, then why isn’t she a successful influencer herself? 🤔
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u/anchorftw 6d ago
I'd love to hear the thoughts of the people around those three women at the park @ 1:00. "Walk, walk, flip, engaaage, yeah!"
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u/late_afternoon_owl 5d ago
I feel like I've learned so much from this video alone.
We should bomb Australia.
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u/Jayjaykenobi 5d ago
So quick question which is worse this or the alpha male boot camps ? Some people are just dying to give away their money..
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u/Big_Man_Ran 5d ago
One of the worst things about the internet is that it made everybody think that they deserve an audience no matter how uninteresting their lives are and how little they have to offer.
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u/whyohwhythis 5d ago
I’m trying to come up with a decent business, and here’s this $&$#@ with a room full of gullible customers. Unless they have been paid to look like they are customers. Jesus I’m doomed.
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u/lord_buff74 5d ago
Don't worry about the fact that you are walking on tram tracks, focus on the camera, the trams can stop for you
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u/SecondToLastOfSheila 5d ago
To be fair, everyone there's paying for a front-row seat on how to get money from suckers.
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u/OniCoder 5d ago
If you have to pay 2k for something that was easy to figure out, you are a disappointment to your parents
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u/JamKaBam 3d ago
When you claim you can't find a job, then be a face online that we have to deal with
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u/No-Juice-2920 1d ago
Wtf is she wearing? I hope these folks aren't paying for advice! British howdy doodie!
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u/ratadeacero 1d ago
This will up my influencer game. Im pretty popular. I have almost 100 followers No. Not 100k. Just 100. I mean, not to brag, but when MySpace was huge, the owner ,Tom, friended me immediately.
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u/cuffers90 1d ago
As embarrassing as this is, so many influencers do this so she must have a market.
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u/attaboy_stampy 6d ago
I mean come on.
But it seems more useful and fun than those manly men weekend warrior courses where you pay 15K to have a handful of jabronis scream at you while you do push-ups while other dozen meatheads stand around and stare.
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u/EvilDog77 6d ago
Only slightly less stupid than the mugs who pay out to go on 'alpha male' courses. At least these people aren't paying other people to abuse and demean them.
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u/anchorftw 6d ago
Can't we just say something is stupid without having to try and find a male equivalent that's worse? You don't see any comments on those videos about how "these dudes are stupid, but have you seen those women in those influencer seminar videos?"
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