When Memes Go Wrong: The Raini Rodriguez Story
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- In 2017, Raini Rodriguez became a meme, after a clip from an interview went viral, where she sang her song 'Living Your Dreams' in Spanish. This clip has been edited many times and stans twitter gave Raini the title of Skinny Legend, as people memed her fiesta salsa quinceañera baila lyrics. Raini's song You Wish You Were Me/ I'm So Much Better Than You was also shared. Stans began tweeting about Raini's vocals and manufactured a beef between Raini and Beyoncé, involving fake snapchats and clips. But what happens when someone becomes a viral meme, but doesn't like it? Here is the story of Raini Rodriguez, when stan twitter goes too far.
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This whole thing really reminds me of middle school bullying when the popular girls would go up to an unpopular girl and pretend to be her friend 'ironically' while making it very clear the entire time that they are doing it as a joke
So true!!!
I swear...
right?? like just because they're not outright calling her names doesn't make it any less cruel
Wow I can see why she doesn’t like it
@Rene Aswangan Me too :( and they say bullying has gotten better.. seems like its just taken on a new form to me
She knows that people are laughing at her, not with her.
I think that was clear in the video lol
@@batfarts69 HAHAHAHA
@@batfarts69 no one asked..
@Kermit The frog is making me confused
@@batfarts69 STOOOPPP I AM DYING
this is how you make someone a villain but she still didn't succumb to it. she's really strong for that.
i refuse to believe they're not making fun of her weight. if someone called me skinny or tiny i would definitely take it as them insulting me and saying it ironically like when popular kids pretend to befriend you or ask you out as a joke
“This is how u make someone a villain” ☝️🤓
Idk about strong. Bet she can't even do a pushup
@@Borat.Sagdiyev fr all i imagine is that dog with the mask on its face
Yeah nothing can get through that thick skin of hers😂
I’ve seen a few of these memes and they were cute at first but stan twitter always takes things so far 😭
Stan Twitter is one of those places where a joke is funny the first times but almost immediatly you have an army of stans repeating the exact same joke throughout every single Stan Twitter channel on UA-cam.
@@фвы-к4э the beyonce and sia jokes 😭
@@mysteriousdora6914 ok but those jokes are funny af and I’m not even part of Stan Twitter 😂
The only thing stan twitter hates more than EVERYTHING is stan twitter itself
@@jeffreyh271 some can be creative but some just use them to get likes and attention, its still very overused
I wish people understood that cyber mocking on a global scale like this is literally psychological torture to the human brain.
I’ve noticed that if people like Raini stand up for themselves & vocalize how much the jokes bother them, the memes just get 10X worse and they get harassed even more with spammed comments making the same jokes over and over again.
I’m pretty sure there’s some twisted psychology behind it. Almost like telling a mischievous child to not say a bad word and they repeat it several times to push your buttons. Unfortunately it’s just the way the internet works :(
@@elcb845 yes, its a repetitive cycle and is certainly psychological torment. Stan twitter is disturbing and i genuinely feel bad for. i cannot imagine.
Something called blocking them
just put the phone down
@@ogarrt she probably sees it a lot, will she just never use her phone in that case?
Even though Urban Dictionary may say “skinny legend” has nothing to do with weight, the meme is clearly using it to mock her size. It’s foul
TBH I thought it was first used by someone like Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie and it did in fact mean one was skinny 🤷🏼♀️ Maybe I’m wrong but I thought they used to call each other skinny legends to compliment each other that they were skinny and famous/legendary 🤷🏼♀️ So yes, calling someone who isn’t skinny a skinny legend would be making fun of them
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right
@@candicecart9786 yeah you are right but that was us Millennials, the new gen barely knows what The Simple Life was, where as they still know Beyonce and Mariah Carey because they are a part of "hip hop culture". So the "love you skinny b*tch" origin is lost.
maybe she should lose weight then, being fat is voluntary
Stan Twitter is weird af, they're overly sensitive then one second, can straight-up cyber bully someone for several years
thats bc theyre unhinged little weirdos who act hard but probably cry when they have to make a phone call irl and have never touched grass in their lives lmaooooo
Everyone on Twitter is hypocritical
@@miri283 no cause you're so right 😭😭😭
“Stan twitter” the fact that people use that term is already embarrassing enough
Anyone who says they Stan anything is instantly worthless to me
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As someone who was also bullied with disingenuous "ironic" friendship (classmates pretending to be interested in my interests, asking me questions & pretending to involve me in conversations solely so they could snicker about it, etc.), I now suffer from trust issues & am extremely paranoid that people acting nice to me are manipulating me. It's not innocent. & the worst thing is that because it's not overtly malicious it's difficult to speak out about it. I feel for Raini.
I'm so sorry that happened to you, it's one of those gray areas that really shouldn't be because it can definitely be traumatic. I'm glad this type of emotional abuse is finally getting called out.
You don’t deserve that and they need therapy for what they’ve put you through 💖
im so sorry that happened to you i HATE that
Same !
I’m sure those experiences distorted your view of yourself, but I hope you can see that you are deserving of genuine friendships.
Tbh this is bullying, and if she were actually skinny and conventionally “pretty”, she wouldn’t be such an easy target. I feel bad for her
She is really pretty but!!, Like ik beautys subjective but I just don't understand when ppl imply that she isn't pretty cus she literally is gorgeous. At least to me.
(Also not directing this comment at you) I know u said 'conventially' and you put pretty in quotation marks.
No, she's still Hispanic, so they'd still target her specifically for that.
@@melblikesbears yes conventially "pretty" as in fitting the beauty standard shes gorgeous but she doesn't fit the beauty standard
@@cinnastag yes but the whole skinny thing is deifntieky about her weight. I agree the perosn should have added white to that
@@מעין-צ9ג In some people it was but the majority of folks use skinny legend as endearing. It's gross regardless but the majority of people didn't make it about her weight consciously. Most folks were just there for the irony, a minority of them there to harass and get blocked by a celeb because...clout?
Plus she probably feels more hesitant to freely express herself now because she knows every move will be a meme , because people act like psychos. I feel bad for her. And Victoria justice too
So true and ugh i hate the way people have treated Victoria justice over the years. Just out of control
I think we are all sad about how Victoria has been treated over the years
Sorry I came for violence I couldn’t help myself it came into my head as I read your comment
@@racermk8759 down bad...
@@racermk8759 just take yourself out of the internet mindset for one second damnit you read that whole paragraph and still made the joke, and then show fake regret like hahaha it's so funny a young woman has to worry about people undermining everything she does
Side note, Raini genuinely has a good voice.
Better than Beyonce in my opinion.
@@ajae...raini solos
@@ajae...😂😂😂 yeah fukin right
@@ajae... raini: beyonce? Who is that bitch?
@NoctisStrife88 Yeah she does. Yoncé is OK imo, but Raini is a bit better
I didn't realize people where making fun of her, I though we were all stanning her iconic silly roles. I thought the whole fiesta salsa thing was just a joke on the fact that the english version seemed to just throw in vaguely spanish words. I actually really love her :(
same here
literally same :/
same here and now i feel so bad for laughing. i followed her after watching the meme not bc i was laughing at her but bc i actually found her really pretty, and now figuring out that everything wasn’t a goofy joke and people were actually harassing her leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth
The Spanish version is just a bunch of random words in Spanish as well
I kind of thought the same. I didn't really follow it a lot so...
I hope Raini realizes that while there are people who stan her ironically, there are tons more who genuinely liked her acting in austin and ally and beverly hills chihuahua and just want to see her thrive
Yes. 😌💞
You forgot Paul Blart
@@artisticaquarius_ wait she was in tha-
@@midnxghtxx6390 she played as his daughter
Yessss she was iconic on Austin and ally
I hope Raini knows theres also an extremely large portion of the internet where people side with her and find the harassment she got, disgusting. I honestly love Raini tbh like i grew up watching austin and ally and all the beverly hills Chihuahua movies and like her music. with all that said tho im glad she seems like she has a very peaceful and positive attitude to help shield her from all those people.
I'd never even heard of her before this video, but it's gross when people cyberbully anyone, especially CHILD STARS. Wtf.
Honestly I love her and I loved her In Austin and ally I
She could've easily monetized this if she was smart. The internet is like the wild west. Many people become memes and embrace it or at least laugh along. Thats how it ends.
@@andrew3404 smart poeple have other stuff that making momney, maybe i would be using "beyonce who" because its funny but it doesnt relly matter lmo
If she wants to be fat it’s her problem. I don’t get why people bother her
As a kid, I never realized the whole thing for Raini was a "meme". I was so thrilled to see a star who was built like me, and I genuinely thought she was fantastic. It makes me sad to look back and realize what really happened
Maybe you shouldn't be built like raini Rodriguez
Hit the gym🫵🏽🍷🗿
Hit the graveyard @@SMFH999
@@dot7084omg 😭
@@dot7084period
I feel like the big elephant in the room that no one wants to say who indulged in this meme is that NONE of this "skinny legend" stuff would've been so funny to people if Raini wasn't fat. She was being harassed for being fat and mocked for the work she's done and the people doing it pretended she should just embrace the supposed praise. :/
yeah the irony is what made it funny
YES ALSO THE WHOLE TERM SKINNY LEGEND IS ANNOYING why isn't their a word for people who aren't skinny
Yeah, it's so weird. I'm skinny, but I wouldn't like being called a skinny legend
Sorry but what wold they call her, fat queen? It's way worse, the term skinny queen or skinny legend is just a funny meme
@@tiagogomes513 No? How about not using her weight as a meme?
There’s a huge difference between laughing with someone rather than AT someone.
nice 2D pfp
Love your 2d pfp
Stan Twitter is the scariest and cringiest thing I’ve ever seen. Poor raini, she truly doesn’t deserve this
it really is. its a lot of entitled people who have yet to find a job.
At this point they'll cancel you just for saying this
They don’t even come up with original jokes. I’m sick of seeing “sia in the beysment” meme
Yeah and if you don’t understand something or don’t find something funny you will just get attacked? Like they think they are just above everyone and everything it’s crazy.
@@fairy_floss that's not true
the way that’s she got cyber bullied is uncanny to how i’ve been bullied as well. ppl pretending to support you only to tear you down. it’s psychologically traumatic to be bullied that way, but i can’t imagine what it’s like to be bullied by seemingly the whole internet platform. she deserved none of that
The Beyonce part was funny. Understandable that she hated it.
I'm not gonna lie, SOME of the memes are funny, but I saw a tiktok where they'd wash their face or something like that, and the first thing they'd see is a picture of her and be scared, people are straight up cruel these days I feel bad for her
Wdym. Like the before of the face wash was Raini?
Ikr, at first it was kinda funny, I even laughed hard at that "percentage of being k*ll*d by Raini" TikTok, however, lately it just became cruel.
@@siunmadness5009 No like, you know when you're washing your face in the bathroom and you look at the mirror and see a ghost? instead of a ghost it was raini
@@fleshwtblood i- 😂 but how is that specifically mean? I guess you could say he's like a demon? But- idk. I don't flank her with anything but I won't say the jokes aren't funny imo.
@@siunmadness5009 They're basically calling her ugly, like so ugly you get scared
I feel like this would be funny IF RAINI WAS OK WITH IT, but she’s not so calm down you internet turkeys
They’re funny but we know raini is super sensitive (which is totally ok) and I mean i don’t blame her for being mad at them they keep body shaming her and even if she never knows how to deal with those people she needs to have peace
honestly i like the meme but not the body shaming part.
@@GABE_is_here fr like, i’m ok with the fiesta salsa memes but when they start with the skinny legend stuff it’s so mean and disgusting
Well that sadly never stopped anyone before
@@alejandroc1781 i feel like raini would be more comfortable with it if it was just the fiesta salsa memes since that seems to just be in all good fun i can see why she would be hurt by the rest of them
I imagine the most insidious part about being in her situation is that you would begin to have a difficult time believing any genuine praise. Anything nice anyone ever said about you would begin to be indistinguishable from people memeing. She seems like a wonderful person and very admirable, I hope she can see that there are many people who think so.
Ikr, it gives real true fans like me, who've loved her for 10 years, a bad name. I had no idea this stuff was happening to her and now I do it's awful and I hate people, well most people
It's so painful to feel like that... I found out my best friend of 11 years (who had no problem spending my money or staying in my house for months for free) would compliment me in person then send my selfies to our other friends calling me ugly and insulting me. And calling me fat after I gained weight from being bed ridden after an accident. All my other "friends" would all make fun of me with her. I don't believe anything anyone says anymore. I can't let anybody close to me because I think they're doing it to use me or mock me.
exactly
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I met her when she came to watch her cousin at swim practice and she truly is the kindest soul I’ve ever met she’s so sweet and kind and truly brings light into every building she goes
Ofc she does she’s an icon
Today, on things that never happened
It’s wild how deep internet lore goes. People who aren’t chronically online might actually start to believe she had w feud with Beyoncé (like some not very tech savvy person stumbling across that “diss track”)
Right? Imagine someone not knowing the meme and actually thinking Jay Z cheated on Beyoncé with Raini Rodriguez lmao
I ain’t even gonna lie, I fell for that shit at first 💀
Yeah, people forget that most people aren't constantly browsing the same places as them 💀
@@errortryagainlater4240 Fr like ig Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj was a meme thing a while back and I only found out cause I saw a headline that said something like “Nicki Minaj Pregnant w/ Tom Holland’s Baby?!”
As someone who had no idea about the origins of this meme I’m honestly shocked at how long this has been going on…
I like her, there is NOTHING wrong with her so I don’t get why this was so viral. She has a good heart and spirit and i’m glad for her that she’s still smiley and kept her personality after being bullied online as a celebrity for years. People can be so mean for no reason, smh. So weird. Good job Raini!
although the internet usually takes a celeb/influencer etc and makes them into a joke for no reason sometimes, i think we need to address the fact that there WAS a reason in this case, and it was because of her appearance. if she was skinny, would she have gotten the same treatment? considering the whole "skinny legend" thing in itself was irony, there's no doubt that was the whole point of the joke. it truly doesn't matter whether or not you are a good person, people will find a way to pick you apart, and sadly for Raini , just like many other plus size celebrities, it was her weight. these people are truly just middle school bullies and know they can get away with it because she's a celebrity and it's online, but it just says more about their character and how they treat fat people.
Exactly. She is beautiful, and talented (yes, she was on Disney Channel, which isn't like, Oscar quality, but it does take a decent amount of talent and charisma to be on Disney). I think the worst part about people making fun of her is that it DOES feel so middle school and centric on her weight and status as a Disney-channel actor. Austin and Ally was a bit past my Disney Channel time, but oh my goodness, it was refreshing to see her on TV and I was bigger as a kid, and it made me feel better to see people like Raini on TV. I can't imagine how many other little girls and boys feel/felt the same way. I hope she continues to not let the hate get to her and keep doing what she loves, because kids appreciate it, I know I did/do.
Thats why its funny because theres nothing wrong with her. She would never start beef with beyonce thats why its funny
prob sum fatphobia and racism in that
Man i thought she did something embarrassing and like she said something egotistical and people start memeing about it as if they're agreeing with her but damn it was just the internet being the internet pretty fucking sad
This is actually extremely sad... A joke at the expense of someone is never funny it's just tacky. I feel for her because she was so young I like to go through this and still be so positive cuz I would have cussed everyone out
All jokes are at someone’s expense.
@@kman9884a joke about a turtle isn’t going to offend anyone
It's so weird that people are pretending it's not about her weight when they're photoshopping her waist to nothingness.
Its not about her weight…. She wasnt even the first “skinny legend” they did this to many women before her who are talented loved queens.
But this isn't actually it. You see people photoshopping artists photos like that all the time, this time the photoshop thing is not about her weight. A cabbage would see it's not since the photoshop looks absurd
@@pinkflowers66 doesnt matter. people have this develop habits of picking on bigger people or people who they think are ugly. the society we grew up in taught us to make fun of fat people. i know damn well the meme wouldnt have been this big if she wasnt a bigger girl and you know that.
@@ValerianDoom It is about her weight, the "skinny legend" slang doesn't have to do anything with this, it's just an excuse. the "SL" Photoshop trend has inspired people to do those edits to people who think they look ugly and are an easy target to bully. The point you've said might have been like that in the beginning, but it's evolved into something with a toxic intention and a need to bully and harass celebrities.
Its clearly not about her weight 🤦🏽♂️
imagine making fun of a celebrity who’s never insulted anyone or anything a day in her career. raini is wholesome. i support memes of shitty people, but raini is really nice
Is that why Trump memes are so funny?
@@breewashere yea
Yeah I remember her in Paul Blart Mall Cop and she was cool in there
@Grimace lo
@@asanitheafrofuturist I've never watched that movie. Is it any good?
I'm so glad this video has created a comment section that is actually filled with sane people that understand the amout of weight of the situation and how genuinely concerning this is. As an austin and ally fan I've always loved Raini and it was heart-breaking to see ruthless continues racist, fat-phobic and disgusting memes about her. My heart literally hurts for her- I don't know she's managed to stay positive. She didn't do a thing wrong.. it's so fucked up. How can stan Twitter praise being woke and progressive then turn around and bully a woman on the same topics. It's fucking insane. You can't find ONE person that understands what the fuck they're doing. This is literally detrimental to people's health you are actively HURTING a human being who has done nothing wrong. This is mental torture. People can go the darkest of paths because of it. Fuck I hate the internet. Fuck everyone who thinks there's nothing wrong with this or thinks it's "funny". Disappointed, disgusted.
and the same stans will go and attack you if you give constructive criticism and they'll claim that not all of them are bad.
I wonder if they can start banning the topic of celebrities on Twitter and celebs just live their lives without seeing this disgusting shxt these people say and do. Then probably let the celebs hire mods for their pages.
Same, me and my sister loved that show. Its a shame to see that people treated her like this when she literally did nothing to deserve it. Glad shes doing fine though.
Exactly. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Understand the WEIGHT?
Jokes write themselves.
Bro she was my entire childhood. For her to get mocked and bullied like that really breaks my heart. I’m glad for how she’s handling the situation and holding herself
High ❤️
You should be embarrassed 😂
Meme culture is so fascinating.
Ikr, but I have to be honest Raini meme always gets me dead💀
For real! I can’t wait to see how things play out over the next decade or two. Like, will it stop? Will it evolve?
'Internet behaviour' should be a topic in university courses, especially psychology and sociology.
Annoying
@@Marco-gy3bk You are dunb 🥴
ive always hated the skinny legend meme. calling a fat woman a skinny legend and mockingly photoshopping her 'skinny' and continuing after she says she hates it because you dont care about her, you only *pretend* to like her, is just so insulting and disrespectful. leave fat women alone im begging you
It’s a plus size person myself. I’d feel very uncomfortable and I’d feel like I wasn’t skinny enough.
but the skinny legend meme has nothing to do with weight and the proportions they're photoshopped to is that of literal stick figure. humanly impossible. if raini doesn't like it people should have stopped but you're making it about fat women why??? skinny legend was a thing way before raini "became" one.
As a fat man, just lose the godamn weight if you don't have the mental fortitude to not give a shit.
@@doclinny it has everything to do with weight, no matter how much yall pretend it doesnt. if you dont see how the "skinny legend" meme and making skinny into synonym for good, beautiful or perfect, affects fat women, then i truly have nothing to say to you. the proportions are comically exaggerated because it's mocking the people in the photos, it's not genuine. these people dont actually like her or care about her, they just want to make jokes about her and pretend to like her as a joke
@@HelixGuile4444 fat people shouldnt have to ''just lose the godamn weight'' to recieve the bare minimum levels of respect. it's not on us to risk our physical and mental health changing our bodies just so people stop hating on us and being cruel to us.
I honestly feel like the only reason they bully her is because she looks average and isn’t very popular. Everyone is so obsessed with beauty and being different on social media, and anyone they find average is just pushed aside due to pretty privilege. There are many celebrities that are thick or possibly overweight and everyone uplifts them and preaches “body-positivity,” but when it comes to someone like Raini their mindsets completely change. How weird.
Humans don't treat everyone equally... apparently. And all of us are hypocrites, at some level.
I actually really like her. ^~^ she has my last name and is also chunky like me. Her acting in Austin and Ally was my favorite. I kinda wish she got better storyline tho.
They also did the same to Victoria Justice and she’s conventionally pretty and thin (they bullied her into oblivion basically). I think Mean spirited ppl just enjoy bullying celebrities because they detach themselves from the reality that celebs are real ppl. If a celebrity is being bullied many ppl try to justify it for some strange reason. Social media needs to be more strict toward users who participate in bullying even before it goes too far.
Not really, Victoria Justice is one of the most bullied celebrities I know and she’s conventionally pretty.
Agreed. I don’t think it was about her weight or anything else. Honestly raini looks like a normal everyday girl. People like to pick out people for no reason. Like her in Austin and ally was the funny character and who thought she was all that. People brought that character to her real life. And some people took it too far. I liked the memes but not the ones that took it too far.
Twitter once again demonstrating why it is the worst site.
average twitter L 😂
I suppose it was funny back then but now idk, it doesn't sit well with me that there's still legions of people that just like her ironically, especially knowing how she feels about it. Liking/stanning someone as a joke is pretty insulting
I just like her bc I grew up with her
@@char6081 same I loved her song as a kid in the chihuahua movie 😭💓
I love ur pfp
is new public, new kids, they may not even have been rased with austin and ally. They just see the meme. What I´m trying to say, is that it may be the reason why it gets huge in tiktok too.
It NEVER was funny 🥴
What i hate about this kind of stuff is the lying, they act like they don't think it's bullying and she should APPRECIATE feeling bullied. Social media is taking bullying to a new level
Ikr I find it hilarious that most of these bullies are the ones who act like _"yass Queen, give us everything, periodt sis"_ and use the word "straight" as an insult.
Super true
Then literally cancel people for being bullies.
Barbs be like
@@фвы-к4э this just reads homophobic
I don't think the term "skinny legend" is fully disconnected from how the person looks. I think some people get an extra kick from applying it to average or bigger people, which is why the term is often applied to Mariah or Xtina (whose weight gains or losses have unfortunately been monitored and reported on for years) or Raini (who is not as thin as most famous child stars)
exactly. it does refer to the way you look whether people (or urban dictionary) admit it or not. it’s clear that the “skinny” part is supposed to be a compliment bc of beauty standards so when you call someone who isn’t conventionally skinny a “skinny legend” it’s obviously meant to be ironic and it’s honestly fucked up.
This is what i've been trying to say!! The term "skinny legend" is meant as the highest compliment, but why? Because people think that being skinny is the epitome of beauty. If there was no correlation to weight then we would just say "legend". Raini did not understand what the phrase meant and felt like she was being bullied (which she was obviously). It's so awful to call someone that and literally photoshop their body to look skinny.
It's true it's true. I hate that phrase so much
Maybe it's because i usually speak spanish but I've always heard "skinny legend" just referring to someone that is really skinny, only that, nothing to do with talent.
Exactly thats why i was hoping it’d be dropped soon.
Can we start an unironic Raini fandom? She seems like such a lovely, wholesome, talented woman and I hope she knows that.
I thought we left that "lol we're just pretending to like you" bullshit back in like 2012.
For my guys out there, imagine if your crush told you they loved you just so they could reject you in front of everyone. That's basically this on an international scale
she's literally such a sweetheart. it's so mean people did that, and so relentlessly. i remember when the skinny legend photoshopped things were popular and i always thought it was gross cause they were clearly just making fun of her for being bigger. poor girl.
Please. A lot of you in the comments are probably the ones who were partaking in that stuff
@@carriesims9325 How would you even know? Your comment makes no sense.
@@carriesims9325 elaborate
@@memo-fq3ps statistically, it's probably true. The people who are searching this story are probably people who knew about it. Most of the people who knew about it were in on the joke. It stands to reason that some of those people found there way here, and we all know how shallow stans on Twitter are. They'll bully someone and then gaslight them about it the next day lol. I wouldn't doubt some of those stans are in the comments now pretending they were with Rani the whole time
they speak about her as if she's a fictional character and not an actual person. they are objectifying her for the sake of a joke and it's really sad.
This is all reminding me of middle school, when the popular kids made a fake fanpage for me and jokingly complimented me, but clearly thought I was weird and ugly. If I thought that was bad, I can only imagine how much worse it feels to receive this treatment from millions of people.
exactly. there was an instagram account ran by 4 boys in 7th grade that was used to portray this fake girl who was very lonely and needed a friend to talk to but then they transitioned it to be a guy character that they would pretend that was interested in me, mind u this account lasted for MONTHS maybe about half a year. they used it to get personal information, made me look like a joke and possibly get *photos* from me if yk what i mean. it hurt so bad and for years i had no idea who ran it until just a few weeks ago (now almost 16 in nearly in 11th grade) i was told who ran it and i felt the pain all over again.
and that was only 4 random losers who went to my school and only one account and i truly thought it was some of the most vile things that has happened to me, I CANNOT IMAGINE how raini felt for years with millions of teenagers online making fake accounts to bully her, all day every day no breaks. although i’ll never fully fathom what she has went through, i can relate to what it feels like getting bullied for simply just existing, it sucks, it’s exhausting and my heart breaks for not only her but for you too and the couple of others who went through this type of trauma.
this is a weird way to end off, but me hearing someone else go through similar things is so refreshing and i hope u can find some relief in my story like i did with urs. i seriously never heard anyone go through anything like it before, for years i felt alone with this type of thing but after hearing urs it made feel better, thank u:).
@@ba1llie I'm so sorry you had to go through this, I hope you are feeling better now and remember that you are worthy of much love, always.
@Emerald Landry @baillie Elizabeth
You are valuable, act like it 💕
she actually used to live near my area, and all the stories about people meeting her really showed she was just a nice girl. i wish her well
Finally somebody talks about this!! It drove me crazy that everyone would pretend their bullying was "just love"
I feel bad even watching this video. She clearly doesn't like it, this is cyber bullying at it's finest.
I’m so glad to see a video like this finally! As a mexican kid, growing up, i cherished these rare hispanic characters and i felt like raini got the short end of the stick, always being made fun of. it felt unfair that the other white characters got to move on with their careers and raini was basically tormented online
I don't think that it's about being "White" or "Mexican" It is just that people are making fun of her weight and her singing! This is extremely awful because she actually has a very good voice! I didn't grow up with Austin & Ally, so I found her from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and her character was genuinely uplifting and positive! I don't think that anyone should be discriminated on such a large scale just because of their weight and....just simply singing their song when asked to in a great voice!!!! Internet is downgrading day by day
@@aumsharma8783 i completely agree! however, especially at this time when minority cast members were fairly rare, it felt like a slap to the face that she was treated so poorly and laughed at
Disney hates Latinos. They never take effort and time to make a Latina princess and for every Hispanic character they create, they’re the laughing stock while they make white girls the sweet innocent self respecting angels
@@aumsharma8783nah it definitely has to do with her being Mexican. Why else do you think her Spanish version of the song got so popular and memed on, in comparison to her English version?
@@pinchetii6555because that was the language she sang in the viral clip. also spanish is a white language just like english it’s not that big of a deal.
I hope this helps people realize how this kind of thing isn't "harmless." I also feel like the people subject to this kind of thing sometimes feel pressured to go along with it. It's good that she stood up for herself but damn she shouldn't have had to.
it kind of reminds me of the emma chamberlain “joke” about how she joked abt not showering (which was clearly a joke) and people took it and ran with it to hate and even filmed her but couldn’t understand why she was mad abt it
@@tynugget2072 that's sad
Speak skinny queen
I’m unironically a fan. She’s so positive
Bro I don’t understand why everyone is hating on her. She seems like a really cool lady. Her role in Austin and Ally (Trisha I think?) was one of my favorites as a kid. People just need to leave her tf alone
Not hating, just having fun, not realizing it hurts her.
Trish was iconic!
Fr, even when the memes were at their peak, I never understood why people thought they were funny. They always seemed really mean to me.
@@brokengirl8619 i think that goes for people enjoyijg the memes but the people making them have to realize how it looks. Espiecally when they are getting blocked
@@brokengirl8619factss
I forgot that Raini existed, but now that it's brought back into my attention, I remember how much I loved her voice when I was younger. I think I subconsciously took inspiration from her for my own singing. She always performed so confidently and always projected so well. I still don't know what's happening but oh well 💀
ironically calling her a skinny legend is just cruel, and no one wants to be made the butt of the joke all the time, no matter how confident they might be
I always thought these jokes were funny, but never knew people were actually being hateful to her, it’s upsetting
Same. I would comment jokes like that under the stated UA-cam videos but I never meant them sarcastically or mockingly, she always seemed like a nice girl.
Same :/
none of these jokes r funny... if u think calling someone OBVIOUSLY not skinny "skinny legend" in a mocking way is funny... fix ur humor.
@@pineddew they said they used to. why do you seem so mad?
@@pineddew they literally said “used to” not that they still find it funny. fix your reading comprehension luv..
“If there’s one thing the world won’t get enough of, it’s putting two talented women against eachother” - Mila Tequila
Didn't Mila say that black women are bald and cursed by God like a month ago and is a known Nazi sympathizer her UA-cam channel got deleted last week cause she had a gun to her kids head a the video .
Don't even quote Mila Tequila she is evil hearted and disrespectful.
@@now2467 That's _Tila_ Tequila lol Mila Tequila is a UA-camr who makes great videos I would check them out if I were you ;)
@@cuzimblk5719 Again, Mila Tequila is a different person lmao you're thinking of Tila Tequila, the old reality tv show star. Mila Tequila is a UA-camr who talks about 2000's drama and makes documentaries of celebs who fell off.
@@now2467 Mila is a different person, a youtuber, sorry abt the confusion
man she's such a precious soul,she used to be my fav character on austin and ally,i don't get why people do this stuff to people who truly aren't problematic and don't deserve it at all
true, the only reason that show was somewhat funny was because of her and dez
I hate the internet. They only came for this girl because she was trying to break into a singing and acting career as someone who doesn't have a conventional look. Nobody batted an eye when Selina Gomez was on Disney shows and having shitty Disney produced songs for straight to DVD shows and movies. But when this girl is trying to get her big break, the internet acts like she has no business having confidence.
basically y'all gotta start leaving ppl alone
This is the most common type of bullying I feel where people make jokes about you and everyone laughs and it hurts your feelings and when you get defensive they claim it’s just a joke and you’re too serious it’s also very overlooked by schools because teachers will hear the joke and might laugh with them but won’t see it as bullying because they’re just playing around with you and you should avoid them if you don’t want to hear the jokes🙄 but yeah this happens a lot people are openly talking about you but disguising it as a joke
I sometimes made hurtful jokes cluelessly but I would immediately apologize if the concerned person doesn’t laugh, or looks uncomfortable, and that’s what most decent people do when they see that the other person doesn’t appreciate it. You can’t be a normal nice person, and laugh at someone who looks embarrassed and is asking you to stop. These bullies are just evil beings that takes pleasure out of other people’s suffering.
funny thing is that you know they weren’t nicely joking when you will see how mad and angry they get when you continually stand up for yourself, and clap back the same “joke” toward them. It can be the exact same joke but they will make it look like it’s rude because it was you!
To everyone saying “skinny legend “ term isn’t about weight, why is it that we are equating iconic status with being skinny and what do you think are the implications for plus size people with that? Asking as a thin person.
Oh I agree it probably started as a weight thing right at the beginning, with the "skinny" being a reference to them achieving what they see as an ideal body shape. However the Internet puts everything through so many layers of irony any original meaning will always be lost and that was the case with "skinny legend". It became more about the person in question being unbothered and/or "the perfect star" which in return allowed it for it to become a term for all shapes and sizes, whilst still being a term on endearment. Famous drag artist Trixie Mattel is the first person I think of when I hear "skinny legend" and she is a very average and healthy size, yet she has fully claimed the title of skinny legend because (at least in the eyes of the gay community and thus extended to the stan communities that share similar spaces) it isn't about trying to make someone change their size or idolising a certain look either.
This. If it was “ fat legend😍” it’d be in a fetish category of PH or people using it as a pure insult with no other undertones🤷♀️
Kitnal I understand what you mean by that, but i still feel the rhetoric is problematic and the use of it heavily implies genuine goodness or iconic status with being skinny. And as someone mentioned before, the “joke” with applying the term with Rain Rodriguez is that she is a plus size girl. And that’s really messed up to do to her. Terms like “skinny legend” and “fish” need to be retired by gay men. We need to recognize their problematic and misogynistic origins and not try to justify them as having another meaning. Lets just call people icons or legends.
@@oliverstone9577 first?
C what do you mean?
Honestly Raini is just an icon and it's so horrible that people "ironically" like her but she's so nice and kind and a plus size POC star on such a popular show, a show she honestly carried
I don’t blame her for not “embracing the attention” and saying she was gonna embrace the real positive attention because it’s so obvious that the attention these people were giving her was not genuine and fake. It wasn’t like they were really stanning her, they were mocking her for a meme. They were laughing at her, not with her. And Raini saw right through that. Not all attention is good attention.
it makes me feel sad that living your dreams has been taken down :( memes can be made and had in good nature but when it starts to hurt someone it needs to stop. she's a really talented, lovely person and deserves all the love and support in the world! i think her voice is beautiful.
Yes. 💔 I loved her in Paul Blart as a kid and I always thought it was refreshing that she was a Disney star and wasn't a blonde, blue eyed double 0, which is unfortunately the norm for Disney and not super realistic for kids. She is beautiful and talented and seems like a lovely human, I hope she enjoys the rest of her career and doesn't let people bring her down.
I hate twitter for that. That's straight up bullying and they act clueless.
Then they excuse their bullying and harrassment with "Oh they're a racist so it doesn't matter" etc...
@@cranburrey right and most of the times that doesn't even end up being true. It's also the same with tiktok
@@liz-uo1sdYeah, Tiktok is literally the same app that body shamed a 15 yr old for being insecure about their body then they excuse their horrible actions by just saying they're racist for having "habibi" in their username. Which doesn't make any sense at all..
@@cranburrey those people were just trying to find an excuse to body shame them it's disgusting it didn't even turn out to be true that they were racist!
I loved her as a kid, being shy and curvier than the other kids made me self conscious a lot in school. But when I watched how confident she was in tv it made me feel like I could be that confident and colorful in real life. Shame society is so toxic.
Yep, there’s just far to many of us on this planet for any type of peace to work even amongst our peers and colleagues. Our overpopulated existence is suffocating our world, and more recently suffocating us with the creation of social media. Back before social media if someone bullied you you either fought back or avoided them, nowadays kids can’t do either. You fight back schools punish you and consider the bully the victim, and you can’t ever avoid them because you aren’t safe at home because you’ll just be targeted online.
Bullying builds character and it’s definitely useful, we’re a social species that communicates at a high level “bullying” is used to keep people “socially acceptable” and helps people change into the “ideal” version of themselves. The issues are if a person doesn’t change the bullying doesn’t stop and then you have to either embrace it or drown in it. The other issue is that bullying is only helpful to a certain point and once the line is crossed it pretty much just becomes psychological torture, straight up just damaging people’s mental well being irreversibly.
@@b3_op103 Bullying is never okay and will never turn you into an iDealIzed vErSiOn of yourself. Maybe you’ll pretend better, but you’ll always hate yourself and resent everyone around you if you’re lying.
This whole situation reminds me of a guy and his friends who used to bully me in middle and high school. I was in the school theatre and whenever I'd go out on the stage they would loudly applaud me and later compliment me, obviously in an ironic and mocking way. And in general, he would make those mocking backhanded compliments all the time.
I used to try and laugh it off, convincing myself they were laughing with me and not at me and the whole thing was a big innocent joke. Yeah, it was not.
Raini did the right thing standing up for herself. I really feel sorry for her and wish people would leave her alone! That whole meme thing got WAY out of control!
I’m sorry :(.
They were obsessed with you sweetie
Oh man I can 100% understand. Happened to me as well. I wasn’t the only one either. It was as if they were searching for the next victim to taunt and mock every other month or so. They are the definition of “peaking in high school”
they do it for your attention. Act like you don't care and they'll go to the next victim (sadly)
Same, but for me it was sports. Every time I scored a goal, they’d cheer and say "atta boy!!" even tho I’m obviously a girl. Finally I was like bro shut up and I beat his ugly ass
I remember when people kept making the “skinny legend” memes, and I honestly couldn’t tell whether the creators disliked Raini or not…it felt too close to bullying I’ve witnessed and/or experienced in person
I think people on the internet that forget these celebrities they’re making fun of are also real people with feelings and insecurities. They aren’t just a prop for your jokes.
Thank you this is the EXACT reason why I hate social media. Since it’s online people don’t realize that they’re making fun of a REAL human being. It’s like they have a disconnect from reality when they use social media.
Noone is free from being memed you dont get a pass because youre a celebrity
@@behappy5869 they're stalking her with it at this point. Theyre Obsessed and loony and need to get their own lives instead of focusing on this one girl! It's actually pathetic that they have nothing better to do
@@behappy5869 So harassment, doxxing, and cyber bullying is ok because it's a meme/joke and they're a celebrity? something is wrong with you
as someone who looks a lot like raini, i’ve unfortunately gotten made fun of with these memes but i love her and sucks people are still like this
Calling someone a "skinny legend" is most definitely about the desirability of thinness. Yes, the people called it, might not be skinny, but the reason why the term skinny was used in the first place was because people associate being skinny with being desirable, moral, good, attractive, etc.
Did you not see his explanation that states skinny legend has no correlation with body shape and type, stop tryna draw negative meanings from black terms
@@aduraedosa Number one, I'm black lol. And two, I wrote my comment literally because of what he said cause it's just simply culturally untrue. Even in the black community. Don't act like fatphobia doesn't exist there too.
@@LethalLemonLime
Wanna jump in and say that I'm black as well, and I agree with you wholeheartedly
@@aduraedosa yall need to realize it doesn’t matter what a term means it can always be turned into a negative 👍🏻 ignorant is not a negative term, it means you lack knowledge, but you can absolutely insult someone by calling them ignorant, it’s how you use the word/term babes.
@@LethalLemonLime As an underweight person, I’m here to back you up. You are 100% right
The sad reality is, if she lost a bunch of weight/ changed her appearance people would treat her differently and wont view her as a joke. Nothing would be ironic and she’ll be taken more seriously. She was an easy target for this meme and everyone knows that. People are just rude, and physical appearance is undeniably a part of it.
This is why aliens won't visit us 😭
Zaliens*
ETS** lmaoo according to Demi 😭😭
@@MEDSZ13.08 Demi is annoying lmfao
You want aliens go to the middle east and shut up
@@Thepokedek what is wrong with you? Gosh
I never understood this because Raini Rodriguez's characters were always my favorite, and I really like her vibe! it goes to show how discrimination comes in a lot of shapes and sizes.
Til this very day that episode of her getting called ugly in Austin and Ally never sat right with me. It's like even the creators of the show were trying throw daggers at her for her appearance.
Wasnt that the episode that was specifically a PSA against bullying though?
Well you know you couldn’t have Allie bullied like that, could u? 🙄 I would say Trish is actually very pretty (prettier than ally, but she isn’t skinny 🤷🏼♀️)- unfortunately I think higher ups in Hollywood always look at girls/women as ugly if they aren’t skinny 🤷🏼♀️ Also I think she has fat genes so it’s probably near impossible for her to get skinny (the boy who played manny on modern family is her brother and is also not skinny). Unfortunately some ppl get skinny genes and some ppl get fat genes and it really impacts your body no matter the calories you take in 🤷🏼♀️
It must also be difficult for her to be taken seriously as an actress/singer since her being a meme has essentially been cemented on social media.
I was shocked when I saw the views!!! u deserve so much more, u have a great voice
Thank you so much! I’m glad you like my voice! I wasn’t sure whether people would like it or not! :)
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Stan twitter feels like another reality, it's so odd to obsess over celebrities
I feel really bad for her. I remember when this all first started, and I thought it was a bit funny but when people started with the skinny legend stuff, it got bad fast. I think that her status as a good influence, and as positive Latina/Hispanic representation is honestly really important. I think she’s a real sweetheart and her smile melts my heart. I hope that she knows that there are people who genuinely like her. I can relate a lot to people pretending to like you in an over exaggerating way. It’s heartbreaking honestly.
She's so mature and cool too
She’s getting bullied for her body, and indirectly her race, and the people comparing her to Beyoncé need help.
When I was younger, I used to fear getting treated like this so I wouldn’t let anyone into my friendship circle and cut myself off from everyone. I think some people assume they’re the only person with emotions, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they felt like they should join, that anti-fat bullying was necessary, go through similar anti-Mexican problems and are embarrassed for Raini, or just are not thinking because there were no repercussions.
Like it pays to leave people alone.
Yea, when the person you're memeing about isn't okay with it, just stop. This is happening with poor Millie too. I feel bad for the girl. You wouldn't want this happening to you, either.
millie’s is so sad because it’s not even being ironically nice (which is still horrible), it’s straight up joking about violent homophobia from a straight person. no sane straight person would want to be associated with that.
yes exactly, I’ve seen so many people defend the Millie Bobby brown meme because it’s a “joke” but she’s said that she isn’t comfortable with it so why continue making these jokes.
@@purple2753 and the thing about about people letting it go because "it's a joke" is that other people think its okay to pile up on her
@@olympian00 pls 🙄 most straights wouldn't care cause a majority of them make homophobic jokes even the “allys”
@@Twat_Dirt idk what kind of straight people you hang out with but none of my straight friends make homophobic jokes. even straight people i know in general would never make a joke about themselves killing gay people because even if they were to make homophobic jokes in private, and a few might idk, no one would joke about killing gay people because that’s just fucking weird
I must have been living under a rock because I never even seen a raini Rodriguez meme before this video
this would low key be my worst nightmare if I was ever somebody in the public eye, imo people pretending to be nice when they're bullying you secretly is honestly worse than just straight up making fun of somebody openly. This sort of thing is so dangerous and real people get hurt. I hope Raini is okay 🥺
So true! it's so manipulative.. I'd rather someone just be straight up rather than fake. These people claim to be good people but then proceeds to cyberbully. They just disguise it to be "as a joke" because if they didn't, they would just be admitting to themselves that they are in fact assholes and bullies
Raini is so humble and positive. Despite of the constant bullying and harassment, she is spreading positivity and happiness. I am a fan of her (UNIRONICALLY. )
She really is a Godess!!! Carried the Disney Chanel imo.
Raini and Millie Bobbie Brown both haven't appreciated their inclusion in the Stan Twitter memes yet people have used their images against their will and continued bullying them.
Welcome to the internet
I’ve actually always liked raini. She was one of my favorite actresses on disney.
This makes me so sad. It reminds me of how a few kids when I was in high school were bullied. A couple popular guys were really mean and would pretend they thought a nerdy kid was super cool and their friend, all the while laughing at them and openly mocking them. Usually it would be someone with an obvious neurodivergence or lacked some self awareness and didn't realize it was negative attention.
Except Rainy is aware she's a target. I'm impressed with how well she's handling the bullying though.
1) What a great summary and well-edited video. Will be subscribing! 2) This whole situation really pisses me off. The reason the ironic stanning started in the first place is cause she’s not the conventionally attractive child star that Disney usually promotes, and that made her stick out as an “okay” target for harassment under the guise of positivity. It’s 100% bullying, even if it’s caked under layers of irony.
Yeah and it doesnt sit right w me that they chose to make fun of her spanish music when she's latina. Like.... its so disgusting. Children need to be disciplined
She’s from my town; Ik her family, and practically watched her nieces grow up, they’re all super sweet ppl.
I cant even wait until jesus turns these heartless monsters into the beasts they deserve to be
Tysm for explaining the meme so well, I’ve been seeing them everywhere and didn’t understand what was going on.
Similar to the Millie Bobby brown situation sadly. Many ppl in twt started making those “Millie homophobic jokes” and some people actually thought they were true and harassed the girl . She eventually left Twitter and up to this day people still use them.
I can't believe people are actually proud of being a bully, disgusting.
Nah most people who laughed at these memes are too unconsious to even know it's bullying.. they just don't realize it, until it's told.
@@chrispy3021 Ignorance is bliss, bully the bullies
@Tristan skinny legend isnt a bad thing
What’s sad about this is that if she was thin and white, she would probably be a major star like other Disney channel kids ended up being. I specifically remember my Mexican mom coming into the room when I was like 10 and saying “ooh, I really don’t like what I see on this show. Do you notice how the Mexican girl is always a joke, while the white girl gets treated as cute?” And that had a HUGE impact on me
so true bestie
Mexican isn’t a race
Zendaya
@@dewdew4047 they never said it was brug
@@dewdew4047 Congratulations you stated the obvious…. That still doesn’t take away or invalidate her overall point tho.
In regards to how “NON-WHITE” Hispanics are represented in the media vs the white Characters.
People act like Hispanics (specifically Mexicans ) don’t get heavily discriminated against when it comes to harmful stereotypes on T.V. And that just because they are not a race, they don’t experience certain things. Especially since a lot of people consider them as white.
I just find it funny that whenever people want to bring up Hispanics and the discrimination they also face… there’s always some doofus in the comments saying what we already know… that “Mexican or Hispanic is not a race.” When no one claimed it to be.
Well of course she wouldn't like it, it being ironic is like one huge backhanded compliment/joke.
Like ik that it's mostly because Beyonce and her have such different brands but it still rubs me the wrong way, idk
You are literally my new fave UA-camr, the tea you bring is immaculate. Most underrated UA-camr EVER 😤😩
As someone who speaks spanish, the Fiesta Salsa song was indeed HILARIOUS. At first.
But after some years laughing it became really boring.
@Josman Yes, It's like when tv shows have this poorly written latin characters speaking a weird spanglish like 'No! Can't you ver que estoy very angry? No quiero talk to you, jamás never' lmao
I don't speak Spanish and can tell its cringy.
@Josman
That's the whole joke about it. That is an stereotypea. Even tho that song actually is from a movie where they make a quinceañera.
Believe me, most of the people i know where muriendose de risa just reading the lyrics.
@@antoarzamendia THIS, i stopped watching sitcoms with these type of characters just because i wanted them to feel related to them, but it didn't work. One Day At a Time is the only one i enjoyed fully 😔
@@pretendfriend1417 If you spoke spanish you'll tell the same thing 🧍♀️
I admire her for wanting to keep spreading positivity. She's obviously very mature. These people are sick.
I had no idea she was dealing with this. I remember seeing her on some Disney show when I was younger. I don’t really see what she did to deserve this. She’s a strong girl for remaining positive.
i knew abt the meme but didnt know the origin
Honestly, this is just from my point of view. I think all of this started only as a MEME, but it wasn't meant to hurt her... cos they probably thought she (Raini) wouldn't find out about those memes. They weren't calling her UGLY out loud (maybe they were THINKING it but not saying it) but then the jokes went too far and then it REALLY turned into bulllying.
This is why the Internet is trash. This young girl was bullied beyond belief. I couldn't imagine being a child and dealing with this.
honestly I respect her so much. seems like a sweet and genuine person and I hope she can get more roles.
wow, so many views when its about roasting raini, but eventually when someone talks about the truth behind, it gets 7k fml
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Its also cuz its not a hot topic anymore? Like ofc those videos got a lot of views it was a popular topic...
it has 74k now
@@sunnyorange180 118k now! Woah
twitter really pretends that these memes didnt have fatphobic undertones when everyone knows damn well that this situation wouldnt have gotten as far as it did if she was skinnier
and also thanks to these people, it’s hard to actually be a fan of her and say you’re actually a fan of her without people thinking you’re a troll. She is one of my all time favourite child star actresses with some of my favourite childhood shows and new shows starring her. He voice acting range is incredible to the point I couldn’t tell it was her voicing a character a one point until i researched the cast. I genuinely hope she’s able to tell her true fans apart from the trolls.
3:04 "Usually a woman" * proceeds to show Trixie Mattel *
THE biological female!
@@JoeRegrets yess we stan a Trixie stan
Trixie is a female 😍
I was looking for this comment 😂😂😂😂😂
@@JoeRegrets oh honeeyyyy *bird noises*