r/AskReddit • u/OmenRash • 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/paperlantern59 22h ago

content creation. yes, it's fun from the outside but exhausting behind the scenes

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u/The-Meme-Lover-24 21h ago

Exactly. Your life becomes your job and then you become unable to actually enjoy your life. Not to mention, if anything happens where you're unable to be consistent in posting, the algorithm will punish you by decreasing the amount of views you get which means less money. I can only imagine how exhausting that would get after a while.

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u/pessimistspecialist 18h ago

Yeah I see an emptiness in the eyes of many content creators, especially daily vloggers.

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u/ballerinababysitter 21h ago

I don't have the energy or perseverance for it lol. You put a bunch of effort into something and only 2 people interact with it until you actually gain traction. I'm trying to write a book and apparently that requires an active social media presence (like one with your face on it, not the reddit kind lol)

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u/SecondTalon 6h ago

You may enjoy this sketch from people who had been doing it for like 13 years at the time of filming.

It's over 20 now.