Humility: Norm Analysis

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Humility – almost every dictionary would define this word as having a low view of oneself in terms of the importance one has in their society, having come from the Latin word ‘humilis’ meaning low. The word is also usually synonymous to words such as meekness and unassertiveness. The word ‘humble’ itself can have a meaning of being in a low rank, according to its third definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and even when you search ‘humble definition’ in Google. However, the word is solely connected to those that are in high positions and significance. As much as human nature goes, going from every human being whom once was a child, everyone would brag about the smallest achievement. “Mommy, I drew this for you!” “Daddy, I got first …show more content…
He was known for a while for making ‘YouTube Sings’ as a year-ender video wherein clips from known YouTube creators are cut and compiled to make the bunch seem like they are singing a song. It was even called “The YouTube Rewind before YouTube Rewind Was a Thing”. He currently posts motivating yet comedic videos, reactions on the scandals and controversies other creators make, and comedic satirical videos. He has called out a lot of creators who do better than him statistically, namely Nash Grier, Jacob Sartorius, and Logan Paul, but have been doing wrong things, such as when Nash Grier got his fans’ self-esteem down when he posted a video about things he, and other two, Cameron Dallas and JC Caylen, liked about girls. The reaction video received lots of approval, from the like to dislike ration, where 200 thousand liked and seven thousand disliked the video. In terms of being humble, despite having a following, he still thinks lowly of himself, depression, self-deprecating jokes and insults to himself being a recurring theme in his videos. This only shows that despite the following, he does not let the fame get to his

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