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Instagram Takes Away Likes

When I was growing up, like I've used this example before, like I would play with Toyota— I wouldn't play with Toyota Camrys, I'd play with toy Ferraris or toy Lamborghinis. Like I wasn't, I wasn't looking or playing or like being entertained by the ordinary. Like I liked, I liked to see things that were like crazy or bizarre or out there. So when I see When I see an egg get 32 million likes on Instagram, like, that's entertaining to me. When I see Kylie Jenner get 10 million likes on a kid with her baby, like, I— that's entertaining to me. Like, I'm like, wow, there's so many people that love this girl. Like, I don't know. But, but then again, I guess it also sets like the standard where it's like, okay, this person gets this many likes, so I have to be more like this person. Which I guess that's the side we're not looking at. Like, like, okay, uh, this is not true at all, but Tyga just set a house on fire and he got this many likes. 'So I need to go do that now and get that many likes too,' you know what I mean? So like, there's that angle that I also see where like people are doing things just for likes, which is— which I get, but that's like, it's, it's like it's babying everyone too much, I feel like.

November 15, 201930:57David
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David30:42
Yeah.
Jason30:43
Oh, let's see. I don't know. I mean, I'm trying to think like in high school, no one liked my post, but someone also called me a fat piece of shit. I mean, like, it makes no sense.
Carly30:50
I feel like you need like people to do well and people to see that and like want to do well too. Yeah, it's like a balance, you know, balance with everything.
David30:57
When I was growing up, like I've used this example before, like I would play with Toyota— I wouldn't play with Toyota Camrys, I'd play with toy Ferraris or toy Lamborghinis. Like I wasn't, I wasn't looking or playing or like being entertained by the ordinary. Like I liked, I liked to see things that were like crazy or bizarre or out there. So when I see When I see an egg get 32 million likes on I…
Jason31:56
I think it speaks to a larger conversation too, which is that now all these platforms are becoming so mainstream, you're going to see a lot of changes in the next couple years. A lot of changes.
David32:06
Yeah, but that's the thing, YouTube—
Jason32:09
they said YouTube's going to take away views. I've heard that.