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I was originally going to put this in my recent entry but I decided it needed an entry on it's own! I know that "mukbangs" have been a very popular trend on Youtube. I don't hate it. I'm just having a hard time understanding why they need to be eating SO MUCH food. Mukbang means "eating show" in Korean. It started as a trend for lonely people who eat alone, to broadcast it so to essentially not have to eat dinner alone. So where did the eating massive amounts of food come from? Maybe that just got more views.
What bothers me, and grinds my gears, are the commenters on some of these videos. I live alone & eat alone. I will often put on a mukbang (one where there may be a storytime or something similar) just so I don't feel so lonely about eating my meal by myself. Which is the point! But sometimes the people I watch eat and eat and eat and gorge themselves. Which is fine, to each their own I guess. BUT THEN, the people in the comments section goes bananas! Making fun of the person eating or commenting on said person's weight. I feel like they're just trolling! You can see from most of the thumbnails the spread of food about to be consumed as well as the person who is about to eat it. So why bother even clicking on it just to leave a nasty comment? I don't know....
I just wanna eat my Taco Bell in peace and hear about someone's day or weird storytime. gonk
I know this entry was a little all over the place but I wanted to just get the thoughts out there lol. sorry~