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An Alleged Mormon Propagandist, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on Twitter from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.
Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it
— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019
This week, we've got a bad Taylor Swift take, casual crush-shaming and some questionable trad-wife content.
Tuesday
@xjulyunendingx
The character: Char, judgy X user, adult crush shamer
The plot: As far as viral posts on X go, this certainly isn't anywhere near the worst, but it did rattle quite a few people. Making folks feel bad for being single in their 20s, even if it's ultimately "just a joke," isn't the vibe we want in 2024.
being single in ur late 20s must be crazy imagine being 27 and having to tell ur friends u have a crush
— char (@xjulyunendingx) January 23, 2024
The repercussion: Well over 20 million users saw that post, so the insufferable number of mentions from people outraged at the single-shaming is a punishment we don't envy. This is a bad take, for sure, but we're miles away from needing anything approaching a proper "canceling." We'll just revel in the sincerity of the replies.
haha I remember cope posting through my 20's good joke
— 🤠🔆🍉🦕🦖Brit 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@mezzozydeco) January 23, 2024
Having crushes feels incredible in your 30s. The more life experience you gain the more cynical you become, and the harder it is to crush on people; you recognize how precious they are
— Hitsuji 🐑 (@hitsujigoods) January 25, 2024
I’m way older than that.
— Nate Jones (@NathanielJonesX) January 24, 2024
don’t understand people who voluntarily conceive of their twenties as an ever-narrowing window for all lightness and frivolity in life. The world is gonna do enough of a number on you by itself, you don’t have to help it out. https://t.co/XUsXPoCRqL
— Sam WM 🇵🇸 (@_SamWM_) January 24, 2024
I’m 31 and I still have a crush on my wife
— Scott (@ScottNiswander) January 24, 2024
I loathe the idea that love has a time-limit. That you reach a certain age and suddenly you aren't worth of it. But I also get that for the young, anyone over 25 seems ancient. I was the same way. I'm almost 50 now and that gives you a different outlook, I think.
— High Priestess Anakerie (@Crampedsultana) January 24, 2024
https://t.co/YwMsJHnKc9 pic.twitter.com/l3SOa1Gpgd
— ok (@slugcharmer) January 24, 2024
Imagine being 27 and having friends lol
— Josh (@_toka_cola_) January 23, 2024
Grant Brunner
Saturday
@emilykmay
The character: Emily, X poster, music listener, Swiftie
The plot: X user Emily posed a question to the world last week, asking if all men had someone who spoke to them in the same way Taylor Swift spoke to all women.
i don't think men do and tbh i think they need it.
— emily (@emilykmay) January 20, 2024
The repercussion: People replied in their droves to this patronizing and ridiculous question — which was either meant in jest to farm responses to a blue check mark-verified account, or meant seriously, naively suggesting that every woman on planet earth considers Taylor Swift the spokesperson their entire gender. As always, the mocking quotes and responses made up for the headache the original post induced upon being read.
‘can men be moved by songwriting’ fuck i love this website https://t.co/7HjWBRVNzL
— michael wave (@SzMarsupial) January 20, 2024
we do pic.twitter.com/qOykU2AMrn
— topo chico enjoyer (@TopoSchizo) January 20, 2024
We absolutely do: pic.twitter.com/znPxmcVTnZ
— Patrick Creighton (@PCreighton1) January 20, 2024
Yes we are all the same, women are all the same, good take
— Sour Patch Lyds 🐊 (@sourpatchlyds) January 20, 2024
actually the only artist that perfectly encapsulates the interior lives of women through their lyrics is thom yorke https://t.co/Kkuh5Eq0vw
— rayne fisher-quann (@raynefq) January 20, 2024
Yeah men have Kevin Durant https://t.co/xRusy2hEnC pic.twitter.com/JtqVdAuT6M
— La Balrog Époque (@ManuclearBomb) January 20, 2024
Yeah we’ve been sweating it out on the streets of a runaway American dream for awhile… pic.twitter.com/DiB9mlsWA2
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) January 21, 2024
Umm, of course we do: pic.twitter.com/gOUuQRHNVf
— 𝕭𝖆𝖒 𝕾𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖆𝖓 (@BamSullivan) January 20, 2024
Mark Corrigan from Peep Show https://t.co/7yBUPPFFQP pic.twitter.com/CCVUz1ECv7
— XL Chuggsy🫡 (@JoeyBigBelly) January 21, 2024
"Do men have someone like that?"
— Literally Chad (@literally_chad) January 20, 2024
Yes https://t.co/hEnqpDdT1E pic.twitter.com/c7hYXUkBxs
do men have someone like that? pic.twitter.com/bSIsixDCol
— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) January 20, 2024
Jared Russo
Sunday
Nara Smith
The character: Nara Smith, model, trad-wife, alleged Mormon propagandist
The plot: In recent weeks, videos from model Nara Smith's TikTok account have been shared on X by users expressing envy at her luxurious lifestyle. The posts show her doing things like shopping for expensive items with her husband, or, as seen in the below post, leisurely crafting a PB&J sandwich for her child from scratch (yes, including the bread).
She’s kinda living my dream not gonna hold you pic.twitter.com/Cp91VrDK2h
— Tina Turtle 🐢 (@tinaqueen_15) January 21, 2024
The repercussion: Responses ranged from joking about her kid having to wait several hours for a sandwich they'd asked for in the morning, to accusing Smith of being in a cult and sharing videos of her "dreamy" trad-wife activities as propaganda (it seems relevant to point out here that her husband, fellow model Lucky Blue Smith, is a member of the Mormon Church).
Imagine saying you want a pb&j and then you have to wait 4hrs while your mom makes it 😭 https://t.co/Gcau6dhx7V
— B*tchKnowLyse (@OhLyseDoIt) January 22, 2024
The kids waiting for her to finish pic.twitter.com/5Zd8g2J1QR
— Mason (@Maxpain144) January 22, 2024
A lot of Tik Toks make a lot more sense when you realize they’re Mormon propaganda https://t.co/jgU6GwKkhU
— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater) January 21, 2024
The perfect makeup. The spotless feathers. Her claiming her toddler asked for a pbj, so she spent hours making bread, jam, and peanut butter…yall can’t be this fucking gullible https://t.co/Rgn9LzSYi1
— Calvinball Congress (@emericanjezebel) January 22, 2024
If you can see the picture on the left is staged marketing for products and a regressive, unrealistic lifestyle, please recognize that’s also what’s happening on the right. pic.twitter.com/6Gn3M69YGp
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) January 22, 2024
making my three year old child wait like four hours to eat breakfast because i have to film myself making the bread, the jam and the peanut butter all from scratch for the mormon propaganda office. it’s 2pm. she is screaming and famished. but still i continue. for mormonism https://t.co/EdocrIdJrp
— mj (@bigdybbukenergy) January 23, 2024
her kids when they ask for a glass of water in the middle of the night and they see her tryna order hydrogen and oxygen atoms on instacart https://t.co/cloncgqbNk pic.twitter.com/eou8iuieWv
— the grink (@carolineflocka) January 22, 2024
2024 and people are eating up lightly veiled Mormon propaganda we need real feminism back like— https://t.co/NrNdlWwX9B
— Ashley Reese (@offbeatorbit) January 18, 2024
Bc your trad life won’t look like theirs. They have money. And *for now* aren’t trying to leave. You won’t be marrying or coupling with anyone that can afford multiple kids much less childcare and trips to the mall. Your trad life will more than likely be difficult & unaffordable
— Dear Ashley... (@asj519) January 23, 2024
Not hating on her specifically but if trad influencers want to make their baking videos look not-staged, one tip is to wear literally anything other than a wizard-sleeve feather-laden lingerie robe that miraculously stays clean and not aflame https://t.co/fgwK7bQiPN
— Cartoons Hate Her! (@CartoonsHateHer) January 22, 2024
tiktok is so crazy bc why are u baking in an evening gown https://t.co/Z3C1zfMTwc
— mother juice (@radishcarton) January 18, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which featured a Trump and pizza fan, a perennial right-wing grifter and an NBA team who should've thought twice before posting a graphic on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.