- Joined
- Aug 2, 2021
Does Chris even count as "heavily documented" any more? He's been known as one of the most video taped people on earth ever since he hit the scene in 2007ish, but back then it was considered unusual to turn on a camera, point it at yourself, and never turn it off. That is no longer the case. Hasn't been for at least a decade. Furthermore, it's not uncommon for terminally online social media addicts to rack up hundreds of Tweets a day. They're putting out the equivalent of fifty Captain's Logs every week.
I think a large part of what made Chris so fascinating - his constant output of stream of consciousness rambling - has gone from exceptional (in the true sense, not the retarded sense, but also yes the retarded sense) to common. And that's a big part of why he's only interesting when he's doing something reprehensible these days, much like every Twitter asshole. If his Twitter feed was a Blogspot blog and Twitter didn't exist, the nonstop posting about whatever pops into his head would be hilarious. The issue isn't so much that Chris has changed, it's that the world has become more like Chris.
Which is a terrifying thought.
The difference is that Chris is particularly skilled at *oversharing*. Lots of people vlog daily now, but they're selective in what they show. We don't see the shitty or disgusting parts of their lives. With Chris, we do. So yes, there are now people out there with more daily video footage than even Chris produced back in the day, but there aren't people we know as *intimately* as we know Chris.
Most people don't even know their spouse as well as the internet knows Chris.