Missy is probably one of the most innovative artist of the last 25 years. She wrote, produced, danced, choreographed, sang and rapped. She’s also one of the last artist to understand the visual medium. She really is amazing.

Now I am dreaming of a Missy, Peter, and Parliament-Funkadelic show. *swoon*

This. You just have to stop and recognize talent. She puts on a show and the music makes you want to move.

Absolutely amazing set, and lighting quick costume changes! WOW.

Glad Missy got some recognition, a lot of these songs take me back haha.

Even in my hardest of hardcore metal days, I would stop and watch when Missy was on MTV. She is just mesmerizing. I think of her like I think of Peter Gabriel. I’m not always sure of what is happening, but you can’t NOT watch

I think you might be undervaluing the aspirational aspect of some of these folks. I’m not saying it’s good. Actually, it’s probably insidious and causes more self-doubt and fear in followers than honest-to-god ambition, but there’s a reason why people who dress well and photograph beautifully and seem to live this…

That’s actual content that’s useful. I get that and understand the appeal. It just seems to me that for a lot of these influencers there’s not really any content worth viewing, or it’s spurious.

I’m white and this all makes less than zero sense to me. How are people so shallow and vapid that “influencers” are even a thing?!?!?!?

I own a small business and the amount of messages for influencers I get wanting to “partner” with us. They want free food so they can post on their Instagram. Another one wanted free food for an event she was hosting for another business and we would get “paid” in posts. There are so many and we will not do it. We…

Yup. Once it was “search engine optimization”.

Yep, it’s a very fancy “new” thing that higher-ups read about in AdWeek that makes them sound like they’re on the cutting edge of the zeitgeist.

Do people really need guidance to buy a wedge of Presidente and the store-brand gruyere at Safeway and slap it all together on a plate?

You’d be surprised how easily you can bury marketing dollars with the right buzz words. In the short term, “influencer” is still one of those buzz words.

we’re all doomed and we’re all gonna die

What do you expect... people now worship eggs on the interwebs. Basically, we’re all doomed and we’re all gonna die. 

We live in a society that worships celebrity, and this is just the further Kardashianization of young, pretty, stupid white women. “If Kim K can become so famous that she’s talked about on sites like...(totally other sites, not this one)...and all she did was fuck some rapper and leak the video, I can become famous…

“Influencing” is a scam that works because there is a chasm between the people trying to market things (who are mostly older) and their ideal audience (who are mostly younger). It ends up being no different than hiring some kid to build your website or do your SEO because you don’t want to learn how to do it yourself.…

I really need to see how much advertisers (and the businesses that pay them) benefit from this sort of nonsense.

I’m no self-proclaimed cheese plate expert, but if you have three huge cheeses on your plate, shouldn’t you have more than 8 crackers on the plate as well? And I’d put different types of crackers - sturdy ones for the sturdy cheese, and some plain options for those who don’t like nuts and seeds. And it’s COMpote, not c…

I mean, you can cook ingredients for a salad. But yeah, if you’re cooking your salad, what you’ve got is a casserole.