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i guess it depends on what the merch looks like. and i think there are not few people out there who want to buy merch as a means of "support" for their fav youtuber, similar to a patreon subscription
 
Judging by her comments section I get the impression that a lot of her viewers are under 18. I really hope she doesn't bring out merch. Perhaps not necessarily in her case but it tends to be a cash grab for Youtubers. What on earth would it even be? Gingham nighties with 'the vibes are immaculate' embroidered? Sweatshirts that say HOT WATER? A set of thirty reusable plastic bottles even though you only need one because they're reusable?
 
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Judging by her comments section I get the impression that a lot of her viewers are under 18. I really hope she doesn't bring out merch. Perhaps not necessarily in her case but it tends to be a cash grab for Youtubers. What on earth would it even be? Gingham nighties with 'the vibes are immaculate' embroidered? Sweatshirts that say HOT WATER? A set of thirty reusable plastic bottles even though you only need one because they're reusable?
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“it doesn’t get the hype it deserves”
 
I was wondering in regards to Grace and her baking degree. Does anyone think that maybe she’s changed her mind about doing baking as a job? And that’s maybe why she seems to really love only do it as a hobby. But with baking, I think an apprenticeship or course where she has to be more creative, inventive, and get more out of her comfort zone with baking.
I remember she had talked a long while back about perhaps doing presenting and I think that would be an amazing opportunity for her. She could take an internship to allow her experience in that field (not sure how it goes in that field). She definitely has the experience with being in front of the camera from being on YouTube.
 
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jackolantern said:
Taz is another one who I loved at the start and went completely off. Although now I think she's insufferable although I still love Grace as a person lol.
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I agree, also ( i think?) taz is older than Grace but seems even more immature, despite having lived alone. I am getting sick of both of their content tbh, the whole kind of pretending to be stupid I think is ridiculous, imo it almsot just plays up to a specific "female" stereotype, as far as I am aware men don't do this. Sorry I am in a bad mood today so maybe I am reaching but...they both strike me as very clever women so why pretend to be less than that?
 
emm said:
I agree, also ( i think?) taz is older than Grace but seems even more immature, despite having lived alone. I am getting sick of both of their content tbh, the whole kind of pretending to be stupid I think is ridiculous, imo it almsot just plays up to a specific "female" stereotype, as far as I am aware men don't do this. Sorry I am in a bad mood today so maybe I am reaching but...they both strike me as very clever women so why pretend to be less than that?
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I agree, one thing that started to really irritate me with Taz was how much she hyped up her social anxiety then started lone travelling all over the world with seemingly no difficulties. Just made her seem so fake to me.
 
jackolantern said:
I agree, one thing that started to really irritate me with Taz was how much she hyped up her social anxiety then started lone travelling all over the world with seemingly no difficulties. Just made her seem so fake to me.
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I understand this though. I can travel on trains, buses, airplanes etc without no panic. But as soon as I’m in a social situation where I have to spend more than 5 minutes talking to someone I panic and overthink. Travelling doesn’t normally require long conversations, so does buying something in a shop. It’s just ‘hello’, ‘please’ and ’thank you’ and then walk away and never meet that person again. Plus within a day, you would have forgotten what they look like. But social situations such as at University, night clubs and sports require more effort and there’s a chance that you’ll meet that person again and remember them.
 
MagnoliaJackson said:
I understand this though. I can travel on trains, buses, airplanes etc without no panic. But as soon as I’m in a social situation where I have to spend more than 5 minutes talking to someone I panic and overthink. Travelling doesn’t normally require long conversations, so does buying something in a shop. It’s just ‘hello’, ‘please’ and ’thank you’ and then walk away and never meet that person again. Plus within a day, you would have forgotten what they look like. But social situations such as at University, night clubs and sports require more effort and there’s a chance that you’ll meet that person again and remember them.
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Fair enough! I still think she's overhyping it personally and using it for views but I respect we can have different views of it :)
 
Just having a nose said:
Yes I think she did, I feel like she needs to get America out of her system! As someone whose married to an American and youngest daughter is a dual national I can honestly say it ain’t that great here 🤪 but I can see the appeal to her and other people purely looking to travel for a month or so. Healthcare, gun crime, lack of government support for homelessness etc are a huge factor to consider if she was looking to move here permanently!
As a Brit, we are incredibly lucky to be able to travel the world so freely with small costs for visas on arrival/online estas or no visas at all etc. She should utilise her opportunities and go see wherever she wants to before settling down, she also has the fortune to not have to hand in her notice at a job and can pretty much work from her laptop wherever she is in the world. What a great position to be in, lucky girl.
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Hey! I'm a fellow BritMerican Spouse and we can't wait to go back to the UK!! I got 'stuck' in the US because of the pandemic..I agree with all of your sentiments here. I'm not blessed with kids yet but know for sure that I wouldn't want to bring them up in the US...

I agree about Grace, but NYC is very different to the rest of the US (what I've seen of it in the South anyway!) She'll probably find herself a nice American boy who is charmed by her accent like I did ;)

So, I LOVE Grace. I'm in my thirties and was a little shocked to find a thread that spoke negatively about her, but I kinda get it. At the moment I'm going through a hyper fixation stage of diagnosing people (in my head) with ADHD. The more I watch Grace, the more I think she has it. Which isn't a problem, obviously (all the best people do- IMO) The hyperactivity, the not being able to stay on topic when she's talking, the clumsiness, the knowing her own comfort levels.. I think it would explain a lot, really...
 
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Ehh I don't think she has undiagnosed ADHD. Could be wrong but I think personality wise she's just upbeat and has a childlike sense of excitement. Sometimes she probably plays that up a bit more than usual for the camera (especially if you watched Old Grace). She can be all over the place but it doesn't seem like she has too much trouble focusing on things when she wants to and baking definitely takes a certain degree of concentration.
 
Grace mentioned in her Wendy's vlog that she thinks she's dyslexic but it was never assessed for it and didn't learn to read and write until year 2 (I'm not British so I don't know what age that is but I assume it's older than usual).

With her parents both being teachers, I wonder why they chose not to have her assessed for dyslexia? She may have gotten better supports in school if she had a diagnosis. Just seems weird to me that they didn't look into it.
 
polarbearninja said:
Grace mentioned in her Wendy's vlog that she thinks she's dyslexic but it was never assessed for it and didn't learn to read and write until year 2 (I'm not British so I don't know what age that is but I assume it's older than usual).

With her parents both being teachers, I wonder why they chose not to have her assessed for dyslexia? She may have gotten better supports in school if she had a diagnosis. Just seems weird to me that they didn't look into it.
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year 2 would be really late even for someone dyslexic. my sister is and she still learned by the ages of 4/5 just with spelling issues and sometimes writing backwards lol. year two is age 7. She is younger than my sister so there is no way she wouldn;t have been diagnosed, especially at a private school.
Also if she was 100% she would push for diagnosis to get more time in exams, just like with her no mask card...
 
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