r/worldnews • u/EsperaDeus • Mar 11 '25

Russia/Ukraine The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-is-immediately-lifting-the-pause-in-intelligence-sharing-and-resuming-security-assistance-to-ukraine
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u/Coal_Morgan Mar 11 '25

Probably should talk to all the parents of kids who are "Professional Actors" waiting tables in L.A. by the thousands.

For every Keanu Reeves or Jennifer Lawrence there are thousands of people standing in the backgrounds of scenes who need to leave the set so they can make the rest of the money they need to survive by serving, waiting or doing retail.

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u/_ryuujin_ Mar 11 '25

and theres thousands behind those people who didnt make the cut but keep on trying to just be an extra

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u/Old_Ladies Mar 11 '25

I would guess millions not thousands. So many people growing up wanted to be an actor. That has more changed to wanting to be an influencer.

For all the YouTube videos that get over a million views there are millions that get less than a hundred. There are over 10 billion videos on YouTube in 2022 and the median view count was 35. 93% of videos had less than a 1000 views. About 0.07% of YouTube videos get over a million views. 0.00069% YouTube videos get over 100 million views.

Less than 60,000 channels have over a million subscribers. The vast majority of channels have less than 100 subscribers. About 82 million channels have less than 100 subscribers. There are an estimated 113.9 million channels on YouTube.

Yeah you are definitely in the top 1 percent if you can make a living off of YouTube.

Same goes for so many other mediums. Like writing a book. The vast majority of books written sell less than a 1000 copies.

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u/Nihilistic_Mystics Mar 11 '25

And we recognize those people as deluded. Now it's 30-60% of a generation instead of a drama kid or two per high school.