Freelee the Banana Girl!

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  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    HAHAHA thanks this gave me a laugh
  • rockymir
    rockymir Posts: 497 Member
    Next, a family of monkeys will adopt her.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    There better be some biting insects on that fantasy island. If my fantasies are to bear any fruit.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,941 Member
    For being 'off the grif' she does have a big selection of bras and a computer, and apparently electricity and internet. Right.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    How exactly does one charge one's phone "off the grid"?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    Oh good Lord.

    LOOK AT MEEEE. I'M OFF THE GRID!!!! HEY, YOU. LOOK AT ME ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE. I'M LIKE TOTALLY OFF THE GRID. LOOK AT MEEEEEE!!!

    Gawd, I wish she really was off the grid. Off the face of the earth would be preferable to be honest.

    My thought, too.
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    How exactly does one charge one's phone "off the grid"?

    And this.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    I stay with Primitive Technology for my dose of people doing stuff in the jungle, thankyouverymuch. What you see there is at least informative and useful.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Meh, she literally makes her living by generating views on YouTube. The article talks about her escaping the 9-5 but she's been a full time YouTuber for a while now.
    This is just another stunt to attempt a stay in relevancy and grow her channel/revenues.
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    edited February 2018
    "A full time YouTuber".

    Sometimes I wish I was back in the nineties or early noughties where this sort of crazy stuff wasn't a thing.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    edited February 2018
    stevencloser wrote: »
    I stay with Primitive Technology for my dose of people doing stuff in the jungle, thankyouverymuch. What you see there is at least informative and useful.

    My 13yo son loves that guy! And I get to hear alllll about it :lol: Better than banana girl.

    ETA is she literally hugging a tree in that last photo? :huh:
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    edited February 2018
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    How exactly does one charge one's phone "off the grid"?

    Eh? Off-grid doesn't mean no electricity. Generators or one of several renewal sources are all options. I'm not a big fan of hers (I think she's harmful for veganism, and her suggestions are neither healthy nor sustainable for most people) but some of these criticisms are silly.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    She does all this stupid, ridiculous garbage for publicity and clicks, which is what makes money for her. She's obviously succeeding at it.
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    That said, I think the internet itself counts as a grid for these purposes. "Off-grid" means "separated from remote infrastructure," not just electricity.

    It feels a bit arbitrary to me, but most people only consider public utilities to be part of the grid, so private infrastructure (for example, cell towers your phone talks to) are not considered on-grid.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Fact remains, definition of off grid notwithstanding, she's doing it for clicks and views. Creating another media storm. Same way she does celebrity shaming videos. Clickety click click.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    She does all this stupid, ridiculous garbage for publicity and clicks, which is what makes money for her. She's obviously succeeding at it.

    If this is accurate, she earns more than I do!

    http://naibuzz.com/much-money-freelee-banana-girl-makes-youtube/
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    rianneonamission wrote: »
    "A full time YouTuber".

    Sometimes I wish I was back in the nineties or early noughties where this sort of crazy stuff wasn't a thing.

    Meh...for every crackpot there's a genuinely informative and/or entertaining personality on YouTube. If they can't make a profit putting out videos, they don't do it so I'm more than cool with people being able to monetize the content they create for the internet.
    I've made a few hundred bucks making YouTube videos myself (though not in the same niche).
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    rianneonamission wrote: »
    "A full time YouTuber".

    Sometimes I wish I was back in the nineties or early noughties where this sort of crazy stuff wasn't a thing.

    Meh...for every crackpot there's a genuinely informative and/or entertaining personality on YouTube. If they can't make a profit putting out videos, they don't do it so I'm more than cool with people being able to monetize the content they create for the internet.
    I've made a few hundred bucks making YouTube videos myself (though not in the same niche).

    I know. But for every so many good ones there are the extremely ridiculous ones like Freelee. Those extreme vegans who claim (among other things) that periods are toxic and advocate diets that stop them at least they limit their own ability to procreate, thank goodness.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    timtam163 wrote: »
    If she weren't skinny, white, blonde, and obviously privileged she wouldn't make money off this. And how is she saving thousands on beauty products?! How much was she spending??!!


    well she appears to be letting the 'blonde' grow out.....

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