Luckily people don't film in my gym, but watching Joey Swoll [1] I've seen plenty of idiots (often young women) who try to make someone in the background of their video look bad. It's always completely obvious that the person in the background (who probably doesn't want to be filmed) is not staring or being a creep, even though heavy zoom and slow-motion is used to "prove" something. Ridiculous.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@thejoeyswoll/videos

> ruin my life

What trouble have you gotten in for doing what exactly?

The stupid things you see on TikTok are (nearly?) all fake.

You’re basically so petrified of bricking prod and getting fired that you refuse to even start on your first ticket. The catastrophic outcome is low probability and not worth fretting over.

Going out and risking embarrassment is the price of admission for leaving the house. If you do say something silly, you have the opportunity to learn from it and grow a little bit.

Those TikTok videos are usually fake or bait. 99% of people do not think you’re weird or creepy for existing.

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