Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Social media influencers often come across...

Editor's note: ...as obnoxious because their content often prioritizes self-promotion and performative lifestyles over genuine meaningful substance, which breeds several specific irritations: constant humble-bragging and manufactured "relatability," aggressive product plugs disguised as personal recommendations, engagement-bait tactics (clickbait titles, manufactured drama, or fake controversies), a tendency to speak with unearned authority on topics outside their expertise, and an overall sense that every moment of their life has been staged for an audience rather than lived authentically. In Japan, an influencer wearing a large hat and colorful clothing was filming himself on a train when an elderly Japanese man asked him to stop recording. The influencer responded rudely, telling the man to get away from him. He then stood up from his seat and shoved the elderly man from behind. Although Japan has no specific criminal law banning filming strangers in public, its well-established legal concept of "portrait rights" (along with strong cultural norms around personal privacy) meant the influencer's disregard for the elderly Japanese man's request reflected a clear ignorance of, and disrespect for, the customs and legal sensitivities of Japan where he was visiting. 
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ASU Just Made INFLUENCING A College Major

By Steve Watson | July 25, 2026

As universities churn out debt-loaded leftists who hate America

Arizona State University has decided the path to success runs straight through TikTok dances, personal branding, and “strategic storytelling."

The school's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now offering a full Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation, explicitly designed to turn students into influencers who can "thrive in the rapidly evolving creator economy."

The program's description states that students will learn content planning, video and podcast production, global perspectives, and personal branding. They will analyze performance metrics, experiment with content strategies, and complete a capstone where they pick a platform—TikTok, Instagram, YouTube—and spend a semester growing an actual audience with measurable results.


By graduation they are supposed to walk away with a real online following and "proof they've successfully built a digital brand."

Just an inkling, but Walter Cronkite would probably never have wanted to be associated with this.

Jessica Pucci, senior associate dean at the Cronkite School, insisted the curriculum goes far beyond ring lights and dance challenges. She told local media the program delivers "professional-level guidance from faculty dedicated to helping students succeed in the rapidly evolving creator economy."

It does just look like TikTok dancing though, let's be honest.

Please go to modernity to continue learning more.
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Perhaps it is being overly optimistic but maybe we will come to the point where people will eventually say to themselves "f*ck this technology" and revert back to some sort of luddite existence including reading books?


This is what this species has devolved into:

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