Terms used by "influencers".. Arrrghhh!

“It’s giving” and “I’m going to reach for”. “Next, I’m going to reach for this gorgeous Zara blazer, then I’m reaching for this amazing pair of boots, lastly I’m reaching for my beautiful sunglasses”. FFS.

I have no idea why anyone would pay attention to these z listers. Unfollow them, block them even... stop giving them any attention.

They just wish we all were!

I feel the same about anything ‘must have’ - usually something v expensive pushed by some vacuous fashion journalist.

The putting two hands under their chin smiling and wagging the fingers 😡 the phrase' hitting pan" winds me right up
"I am literally obsessed with"...whatever shit they're obviously promoting
The way questions are backwards these days e.g " And that bothers you why?" ...no fuck off phase the question properly instead of this backwards bollox 🤮😡
So much more I could add but I can't be getting stressed at this time in the morning .. I like to live in my simple world if I can so glad I grew up in the seventies and eighties without all this bullshit nonsense

Excited for
Obsessed by/with
Doggo
Kiddo
Tapping on bloody pots of moisturiser
😤

This has just landed

Do they also do "side hustles" at spiritualists churches?

"Just jumping on"

Wholesome
"such a wholesome weekend"
"lovely trip to see friends so wholesome"
like what does that even mean?

I haven't rtft so I don't know if he's been mentioned on here, but this guy has nailed it (excuse the pun).
https://youtube.com/shorts/au5esjLBvys?si=wdJHU47b7fIKE_ut

I have specific phrases for different levels of cleaning and organisation. Have done for about 15 years! Helps DH knows what to expect. Everything from a basic spritz to a 'full factory reset'. Resent that I now sound like I'm jumping on some sort of influencer bandwagon! Bleugh.

I just had to come and say
i judt had to jump on and say

AAVE makes you 'want to puke'? Yikes.

I don't have TikTok and my IG is full of kittens, dogs, crafters and books. I do watch a bit of Booktube and the term 'unhauling books' makes me twitchy. Just say taking them to the charity shop fgs.

I don't watch them but they do pop up on my feed and it really annoys me when the heading of the video starts POV..... And the video is clearly nothing to do with their point of view and just a heap of shit.

God’s plan. From a hypocritical, vacuous idiot shilling junk.

Dream home of an influencer with a young child. Then proceeds to show an unfenced pool.

The twee chipper mum influencers:

"Good morning my lovelies! We're up and out bright and early this morning to do X. Y only slept for 2 hours but we are outdoor people so some fresh air is needed!"

Fuck off.

Saying they got a lot of questions about whatever (shite they are trying to flog) then putting up a discount code. So obvious and contrived.

A lovely evening with good people. Such an awful phrase and being copied. What are they trying to say - others aren’t good. Hate it when a family member uses it, even when I am tagged as one of the good people. Feels cliquey, immature and unpleasant.

I really dislike "haul" - it is at the heart of the worst of the consumerism that these influencers encourage. Just buy whatever crap as long as it is from my sponsor.

"So, lovelies, I have such a head wreck of a day today. After the school run the dog has to be dropped at the groomers then I have to collect a parcel from my EVRI lock box. Then the munchkins have scouts after school, then dinner, bath and bed. A cheeky 🍷will definitely be needed tonight!

So tell me ladies, what are you all up to today? Let me know down below".

I'm working, like every other day.

Yes, and 'gifted'.

'I was gifted this perfume...'

FUCK. OFF.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/18/how-can-we-defend-ourselves-from-the-new-plague-of-human-fracking

Thing is, while there's plenty of amusement to be derived from the ridiculousness of it all, the drivers behind it are incredibly dark because it's all down to psychological leverage.

This came up just now on my Google feed. Obviously the algorithms have identified my engagement on this thread and others like it and voila, something pertinent appears.

These annoying influencers are just part of something bigger and IMHO quite sinister.

And the only way to avoid it is almost complete isolation from tech. Which is virtually impossible for most. And for the lonely, it's the last hope of feeling part of the world.

Dystopian.

Ragebait explained:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Kpkg3jGmx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

NannaBea ‘digital creator’ or whatever they are known as 🙄 Yes, she does all the cringy stuff - tastes the food, closes her eyes, swoons over the taste, holds fork towards the camera etc etc

I feel a bit sorry for her husband. His plated meal is always on the worktop behind her, getting cold whilst she taste tests. Grandad’s meal must have to be reheated / microwaved every time…

The videos are quite addictive though, until suddenly, they are not and I find this with most of the ‘digital creators’.

I found myself actually nodding my head while reading this thread 😂 DD does the finger tapping thing to enrage me.

But I will confess to being in the Sunday reset brigade. Two hours on a Sunday are earmarked for making the following week easier. I hang up and steam five outfits for work, I do a bit of meal prep, I clear out my car, I do a shopping list, I book gym classes… and a bunch of other mundane things that I can forget about for the rest of the week.

Curated, especially as a verb. "I have curated a gift list for you, so you don't have to". "I have curated my closet".

Also pouring face serum or moisturiser straight onto the face, rubbing the tube on the skin.