Episode Summary

Have you ever watched someone throw a tantrum because another person walked through the background of their video in a public place?

Or seen an influencer demand free products, special treatment, or VIP access simply because they have followers?

Or wondered why some content creators seem genuinely shocked when society refuses to revolve around them?

In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda dive into Main Character Syndrome—the internet phenomenon where people behave as though they’re the star of reality and everyone else is just an NPC wandering through their storyline.

From influencer entitlement and gym filming culture to public nuisance creators, prank channels, livestream chaos, and the attention economy that rewards outrageous behavior, we explore how social media transformed attention into a commodity and why some people seem willing to sacrifice basic social norms in pursuit of it.

This isn’t a “kids these days” rant.

It’s a look at the incentives, psychology, and platform dynamics that encourage increasingly self-centered behavior—and why the loudest, most entitled people often become the most visible.

Because somewhere along the way, some people stopped asking:

“Should I do this?”

And started asking:

“Will this get attention?”