Shamelessly stealing observations from Tom to boost my own profile, as I've been doing all decade, but: The NPCs chat made me think of the stuff he says in this thread. There are people we encounter on the internet who we conceptualise as Product rather than Person: something to laugh at or prod.

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I want to make something very clear to everyone: I do not work for you. You don't sign my paychecks and the expectation that I do is frankly insane. Go away.

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Wonder if it comes from people who arrived online post online being mostly "normal people talking to each other" and straight into "people following brands, influencers and celebrities" so only ever parsing accounts with, say, 10k+ followers as "public figures/brands" and not "normal people"

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Also works for Elizabeth Holmes

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DRACULA: can i come in 3RD GRADE TEACHER: i don’t know, can you DRACULA: well technically no

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