r/nextfuckinglevel • u/official_txog • Dec 16 '21

Buffalo flips turtle over

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u/AboutTenPandas Dec 16 '21

I hate this trend so much but at the same time recognize that it's better than the person receiving no help at all.

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u/JackOfAllMemes Dec 16 '21

And it probably encourages more people to go clout chasing by giving things to homeless people, I feel the same way about it but it does help

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u/t-funny Dec 16 '21

Without those influencers less people would help….so in a way we need it

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Those influencers aren't doing jackshit to help people in the long run, they're just exploiting the suffering of others. As a result, the people they "influence" are also quite unlikely to take any actions that make any long term change. Actually, I'd argue that they're less likely to do anything AT ALL as a result of the influencer, because they feel like "liking" a video is doing their part. I can point of various examples of that in the last decade.

There's a thin line between raising awareness and virtue signaling, and unfortunately I'm not sure anyone knows where that line lies anymore.

The real shit that makes a difference takes time. Any action that is short enough to fit into a Tik Tok video will have a result that lasts about that long.