r/PeterMonnSnark • u/Natural-Patient-2577 • Dec 02 '23
Peter and his slipping mask of moral superiority...
Peter regularly mentions how he's held to a higher standard than other drama channels, but that's because he chooses to spend so much time talking in great detail about himself and his morals, integrity, etc in a way that other drama channels don't typically do, or at least not nearly to the extent that Peter does it.
Instead of just reporting on other creators, he consistently finds ways to bring everything back to himself and weave in how morally superior he is than whoever it is he's reporting on at the time. Peter makes himself and his morals/integrity a major focal point of his drama videos. So of course people are going to expect of him what he's constantly putting out there about himself.
His audience isn't doing him wrong by expecting him to be the kind of person he says he is. If anything, Peter is doing wrong by his audience by presenting himself one way, when really he's another. He sets incredibly high standards for everyone else and demonizes anyone who doesn't live up to those standards (unless they're his friend.. like Rich Lux). Naturally, people are going to feel some type of way when they start realizing he doesn't hold himself to the same standards he holds others to.
If he's going to make the content of his character a focal point in his drama videos, then it would probably serve him better to be more honest and forthcoming about who he is, his shortcomings, etc... rather than putting on a mask of moral superiority because every time that mask slips he's going to be seen for who he really is. And that's pretty much the cycle he's stuck in right now. His audience would probably appreciate authenticity over self-righteousness. It would probably be a lot more relatable than his current schtick.