Can’t Believe We Wasted Our First Internet Cancellation Of 2021 On ‘Bean Dad’
If you’re unaware of Bean Dad, you mind if we switch roles? It’s literally just a dude who tweeted an amusing, light-hearted story about how instead of giving his daughter a fish (read: beans), he taught her how to fish (read: open a can of beans). Unfortunately, however, he shared this story on the Internet, which means not everyone saw it as amusing and/or light-hearted, and now no more than a few days later he’s cancelled, his Twitter account is deactivated and his life is probably ruined. Good job, Internet! You slayed another can-of-bean-wielding dragon!
There are so many layers to this.
One of which includes some insensitive tweets from years ago. Shocker, right? I personally didn’t see the tweets, but he has since apologized for them and also offered more context to his story that you wouldn’t think would be needed, but again, the Internet. And not that I’m advocating for hateful speech or slurs of any kind. I’m not. It’s just this cycle is getting kind of exhausting. If anyone gets any attention on the internet, the ticking time bomb starts. Because it’s only a matter of minutes before old tweets surface. There’s never a look into the person’s true character. Just a convenient sift through their social media to see if any buzzwords were ever typed. In fact, someone who hates what I’m writing right now will probably sift through my old tweets to find something offensive enough to share with the masses. My question is: Why aren’t the people who do the digging for these old tweets getting cancelled? Aren’t they the more vile humans here? I mean, remember Chewbacca Mom? (lol, another ridiculous nickname to obtain) She was cancelled for doing nothing more than filming herself putting on a Chewbacca mask that made her laugh uncontrollably. That innocent act somehow led to her life being derailed by the vileness of the Internet. What kind of damn sicko took issue with Chewbacca Mom?
Don’t get me wrong. There are some truly awful people who need to be called out for their crap. (cough Bagel Boss, etc. cough) But for a guy who did nothing more than share a story about his own personal parenting style, who are we the general public to determine who he is as person?
As for me, I’ll take it from someone who knows him personally. Like… hold up…. Jeopardy mega-champion Ken Jennings???
Why is it we tell people to be yourself, but when they showcase them being theirselves we rip them to shreds? Especially if they’re parents. If he was truly victimizing his daughter, do you think he would turn to Twitter to scribe it? Of course not. But unfortunately, the Internet is full of doofuses and truly unhappy joy-vacuums who want all the good sucked out of other humans too. Most of whom are probably sad they didn’t go viral for something as dumb as teaching their kid to use a can opener.
Now, for some people, this story affected them personally. If this guy’s story brought up negative feelings from your own past, then two things: 1. I am extremely sorry you’re past was nasty enough to where certain things can still trigger or flare up any traumatic stress you still have. I truly am sorry. With that said, 2. You do NOT need to be on the internet, and more so, on Twitter. Because there are things on there wayyy worse than Bean Dad. If you want a healthy lifestyle free of the reminiscence of your past, step away from the screen.
There’s such a double standard too. Bean Dad gets ripped to shreds for his parenting on one side of the Internet, while the other side of the Internet features pictures of kids with nobody showing up to their birthday party or videos of kids crying from being bullied. Both of which are horrible situations for any kid to be in. But what’s even more horrible are the parents who film their kids. Your kid is pouting or crying and your first action is to whip out the camera to get a little clout?! “You got bullied today, sweetie? Ok, save it until mommy opens her camera app. And let’s get a little more pouty. Mommy needs them likes!” But instead of those parents getting ripped to shreds, they get mailed free stuff and sent videos from the actors who play Marvel superheroes. But sure, Bean Dad is the monster.
Look, I can’t believe I just blogged this long about something so dumb. I literally hate the think pieces that derive from dumb internet drama like this, and here I am penning one. It’s just if people stayed in their own lane, there wouldn’t be so much nastiness on the Internet and in the world. Learn to laugh. Learn to not take everything so seriously. Learn to enjoy life. Instead of literally ruining it for other people.
Also, any of you guys have bets as to who will get cancelled next? I’m going with either Joseph Gordon-Levitt or the next viral star who will probably be nicknamed Canoe Grandpa or something.
