These days everyone wants to be an influencer — or thinks they already are.

Do you hear the ancestral lifestyle calling?

Almost universally, we have a tendency to trust the narrative of the narrator when it comes to stories we see online. We seldom stop to pause and take a look at the other perspectives that the context offers us: When you're reading a story your favorite influencer or personality is telling about some aggressive Karen they met at a festival, do you ever stop to think, "Why did that complete stranger take offense to them?" Sure there are some wildly unhinged persons in this world who have the ten…

Surprise, surprise—a TikTok influencer turned out to be a horrible boss…

Themes are not optional

These people are the worst.

Nope, that's not how it works.

That's a hard no, Karen.

Nice try.

Life sure ain't like social media makes it out to be.

Oh dear.

Carry on your way then.

Got 'em.

Pretty brutal.

Yeah, nope.