Professional women surfers.

Jesus,he’s not on Instagram

What's instagram?

He was on Instagram before it was cool. Now that everyone is on Instagram he switched to a different platform. You probably haven't heard of it.

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Remember - It's important to be comfortable in your own skin... because it turns out society frowns on wearing other people's

It's one thing to follow people on Instagram who do or say interesting things. It's another to follow anyone who refers to themselves as an "Influencer." When I hear that term, I think of Kardashian-wannabes who're looking for free stuff and attention in exchange for taking pictures of themselves in their bathroom mirrors with duckface and too much eye makeup.

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Slowguy

(insert pithy phrase here...)

I had to ask my wife what an influencer was. So you mean an influencer is a self important d-bag using something called Instagram? O.K. Now tell me what Instagram is.

Duffy?

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Right. There's nothing inherent about the term influencer that annoys me - every sponsored athlete is an influencer and while I don't proactively follow any I don't shield myself either and at some level am undoubtedly influenced by the brands they wear. The weirdness has crept in around people who do nothing except [pretend to] exist in a way that other people find aspirational. There's something profoundly unhealthy about tracking the lifestyle of someone you don't know, don't admire, don't find interesting or funny and might not even like just because you wish you looked the way they look, or because they post photos of a lifestyle you wish you had.

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"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek

Would you rather they are on welfare?!!!!

I agree. I'm young-ish, and of the age of people who primarily follow these individuals, but someone calling themselves an "influencer," hurts my soul. I just can't help but cringe and want to run as far away from anyone who describes themselves that way.

The people that I follow on instagram consist primarily of friends and family, but also photographers whose work I admire, several cyclists, and way too many beautiful car builds.

Actually, and I know I'm going to be made fun of for this, but I actually have two instagram's.

One is just like my main instagram for wahtever, post pictures of nature or my wife or me or rafting or whatever I want. The other one is dedicated to my Forester, as well as any other cars that I shoot.

I gave up following @ashley.horner for Lent

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

The closest I get to an influencer that I follow is DC Rainmaker.

There was a good article somewhere yesterday about influencers ruining the poppy bloom in south California.

No.

I couldn't agree more. It's like the cool kids in high school never grew up and took their petty nonsense online.

I don't believe you.....

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

Mrs. Duffy

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

x2.

Seriously, I have an "insta" account but I looked at it once & now I can't access it because I forgot the password.

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

I follow no one.

I don't use anything where I can follow someone.

Watch the 2 doc's out about the Frye festival.. its all crap..

Influencers.. why would these people influence me, I don't know them, they don't know me, why would I want to do what they say or do? Why would anyone?

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Just Triing
Triathlete since 9:56:39 AM EST Aug 20, 2006.
Be kind English is my 2nd language. My primary language is Dave it's a unique evolution of English.

You need Jesus.

Pictures are potent, they set the bar for how somebody should look, eat live. Or organise their tool wall or knot their tie.

old school influencers would be the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Greta Garbo, Julia Child. The queen bee soccer mom. They just had different platforms.

So, like donuts and stuff??

It's true

She shut her IG down when all the Ashley Whorener stuff was going on back in March, and when it came back up, I was no longer a follower [she might've kicked me off, i dunno] but I didn't re-follow

I promised that I'd do a Hail Mary if I went over and peeked during Lent

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Agreed. They're usually looking down in the photo, probably with that weird "toe point" pose girls do in such photos these days.

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War is god

#perfection

#nofilter

How about the hashtags #yourlifeisprobablyamess #toomuchmakeup and #youalllookthesame

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War is god

Fucking “influencers” trying to be the next Kardashian and monetize their “brand”. I don’t know what’s worse, all the hashtags or the stupid motivational quote that has to accompany each photo.

Actually come to think of it - I do know what’s worse. it’s being on vacation at a resort and just wanting to relax by the pool with a cocktail, but having a wannabe influencer next to you taking selfies literally.all.the.time. Bravo to that resort owner.

That’s not true. Those people were famous because they had accomplishements. 99% of people that consider themselves influencers have accomplished nothing beyond working the internet monetarily due to the stupidity and gullibility of a frightening proportion of the population.

The first time I heard the term "influencer" was on the Fyre Festival documentary. Influencers were paid to convince the masses that Fyre Festival was the party not to be missed. The next time I heard the term was the Ivy School scandal and that Lori Loughlin's daughter was an influencer. Not impressed.

Someone posted this influencer on another thread about yoga pants: https://www.instagram.com/ashleigh_jordan/?hl=en

Any other influencers like this around? Asking for a friend...

I have the same problem with anyone who describes themselves as a "Celebrity". What a bunch of C**ts.

Seriously though - Instagram is great - How else would i get through a 2 hour meeting without being able to look at surfing, bikes and chicks on bikes, while pretending i'm so important that i am emailing people from my phone.

WTF has she got stuffed down the back of her pants?!

No,

What Bretom and slowguy said.


That is so wrong you must be trolling.

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

Looks like the crash pads I used to have in my skateboard shorts

http://www.crash-pads.com/product-category/skate/

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

haha sounds like you've never seen a woman's magazine. I'm not saying it's right, just that it's true.

A couple of handfuls of perfection?

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Long Chile was a silly place.

I'd agree with you if you replaced "how somebody should" with "how many feel they should"

(Oh, and I used to sneak my mom's cosmopolitans.)

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

Nobody that I am aware of on Instagram. People who are discussing important ideas like Steven Brill (Tailspin), Patrick Deneen (Why Liberalism Failed) and William Gardiner.

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They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

No but this 7 year old is killing it, made 22million

https://www.google.com/...ing-with-toys-2/amp/

Dwayne Johnson

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.