I actually tried making that viral butter chicken recipe last Tuesday after seeing all the drama. The woman got roasted for using heavy cream instead of cashew paste and not toasting her spices first. I thought people were overreacting until I tasted it and yeah, it was pretty bad. My kitchen smelled like burnt cumin and the sauce split on me after 10 minutes. But here's the thing, she's just some home cook trying to share dinner ideas not a Michelin chef. I learned that cancel culture goes way too hard on regular people making everyday mistakes in their own kitchens. Has anyone else tried one of those "offensive" recipes and had it actually turn out decent?
Back in 2018 I watched a friend get dragged online for a bad joke she made at a bar in Portland, and within 48 hours her boss had fired her over the phone. Now it feels like most people just lay low for a week and come back with an apology video. Is the permanent career destruction actually gone for good?
For a long time I figured getting canceled was always unfair, but reading through that whole saga about her old tweets on race made me flip. Someone posted a timeline showing 12 specific instances across 3 years where she doubled down instead of apologizing. Has anyone else found a case where seeing the receipts changed your mind about someone getting canceled?
I keep seeing takes about that YouTuber who got canceled in 2017 over the joke about the homeless guy. People say they got canceled overnight but I remember different. I was following the forums back then and that video had been sitting there for six months before anyone even cared. Their subscriber count actually went up 20% in that time. What changed was one clip getting shared to a bigger audience on Twitter by a random account with no followers. That blew up in about 48 hours and suddenly everyone acted like they always hated it. Anyone else remember the slow buildup before the fire?