Before the social media age, kids and teenagers aimed for more conventional professions like doctor, lawyer, artist, or entrepreneur. But once likes and views became a valuable form of currency, many young people are now aspiring to be influencers when they grow up.
And who can blame them? Anyone would jump at the chance to make a good living using nothing but their smartphones and an idea. And while a good chunk of folks have found success, many, many others fail miserably. The ones on this list are just some examples, and nope, we haven’t even scratched the surface.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting to be an influencer. But if you must go down that path, try not to do it this way.
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#1 The Reflection Says Her Hips Do Lie
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#2 This Is A PSA
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#3 I Need To Re-Learn Anatomy After Seeing What Influencers Look Like These Days
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#4 The Influencer Boasted That She Was Swimming Among “Sea Foam”, But In Reality She Was Swimming Close To The Mouth Of A Drainage Pipe
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#5 Elevated Surfaces Might Be The Final Boss Of Influencing
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#6 Same Picture Posted By Each Sibling On Their Account
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#7 Not Insta But… I Can’t Even
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#8 Insta Pics vs. TV Candid. Also, He Licked A Public Toilet For The “Coronavirus Challenge” And Had Covid-19
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#9 “No Filter” But Instagram Says Otherwise At The Top
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#10 That’s One Way To Sweep The Leg
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#11 The Reflection… I Literally Use This Girl’s Fitness App
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#12 No Eyes Are The Same, I Guess
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#13 This Is An Instagram Model Lying About Having Heterochromia (A Brown And A Blue Eye)
She wore one contact lens until her father exposed her, posting a childhood photo of her with her natural eyes. Then she went to India to have a dangerous operation to colour one eye blue.
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#14 IG Post Versus Video Still
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#15 Tiktoker Licks “Jellyfish”, Doesn’t Know It Is A Portuguese Man ‘O War, One Of The Most Venomous Animals Known
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#16 That Dog Is Smooth As Hell
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#17 Influencer Trying To Influence A New Hairstyle By Shaving An Exaggerated Part Into Her Scalp
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#18 Saw This TikTok Of Her Getting Her Makeup Done vs. What She Posts On Instagram
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#19 Her Instagram Post vs. Instagram Tagged
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#20 She Could’ve Just Said The Truth
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#21 Screenshot From A Video vs. Instagram
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#22 This Gem
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#23 She Went To The Ocean To Throw Her Dead Mother’s Ashes Into It And They Blew Back In Her Face
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#24 Océane Acting Like She’s Traveling In Business Class When She’s Actually In Economy. The Worst Part Is She Took The Time To Snap A Pic In Business Just To Flex
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#25 Insta vs. Youtube
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#26 Same Person On Instagram And Screenshot On Television
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#27 Took Me 15 Tries To Pause At This Specific Moment
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#28 Youtube Influencer Uses Heat Protection Glove On The Wrong Hand
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#29 If I Had A Dollar For Every Time I’ve Fallen Down These Stairs
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#30 Influencers In The Wind
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#31 Insta vs. Morning Show
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#32 When The Very Thing You Rely On Betrays You
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#33 Influencer Falls Down At Premiere
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#34 Kira Kirby Is Psychotically Obsessed With Getting Engaged. He Still Has Not Proposed
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#35 Her Promo Picture On Social Media vs. Photo From Her Promo Event
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#36 What A Gender Reveal
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#37 I Just Saw This Legitimately Posted And Nobody Is Noticing The Little Arm, Or The Bent Window Frame
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#38 Faking A Digital Signage Screen: Check Your Reflections
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#39 This Is Just Sad And Unnecessary
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#40 This Colombian Actor. For Once, IMDb Lies, And Instagram Tells The Truth
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