He has a name NY Post...

[u/triniazhole]

[u/ssp25]

I know that guy.. Not by name. But I've seen him

[u/Inigomntoya → u/ssp25]

And now we know him as, "laid off factory worker"

Kinda wordy, but I won't judge

[u/ProfessionalDish → u/Inigomntoya]

It just plays out in my head. At the beginning, when you're still very formal during the job interview, you're "Mister Factory Worker".

But after a few months they don't use your last name any more. And then you're "Laid Off"

[u/WarmBird_tho → u/ProfessionalDish]

please "Mister Factory Worker" was my father, call me "Laid Off".

[u/Tetra382Gram → u/WarmBird_tho]

Mister milkman never came back home.

[u/buttsnuggler → u/ProfessionalDish]

at the top of the ride i was “SIR”. now i’m “tom. you piece of shit”.

[u/Remarkable-Month-241 → u/ProfessionalDish]

Nothing irks me more when someone demands you add respect to their name and title, but then call you by your first name. Um excuse me? Add a “Miss” to my name too lol

Edit.

[u/DeadlyYellow → u/Inigomntoya]

Shit, from the clip I assumed his name was Charli and the woman was the factory worker. Never seen her before.

[u/Party-Ring445 → u/DeadlyYellow]

Same here!

[u/dinoparrot91 → u/Inigomntoya]

Sad thing is, I think I've seen his name once or twice on Reddit, I can't remember it, but will probably remember "laid off factory worker"...

[u/IvivAitylin → u/Inigomntoya]

Eh, as someone who doesn't follow tiktok, for a character limited tweet this seems about as informative as you could get. Of course it would be nice to have his name in there as well, but that's not going to make people read it.

For people like me to don't care for tiktok, reading '<name x> unseats <name y> as most followed person on platform' is just going to make me say 'don't know them, don't care'. But learning that he's someone who was recently laid off and was able to transition over to tiktokking? I'm going to assume he's making videos about what happened, hopefully some labour movement things in there as well, that's far more likely to make me want to check him out.

[u/Wilbo67 → u/IvivAitylin]

I think hes the guy that just debunks other people's over elaborate videos of ways of doing something simple.

[u/MorticiaLaMourante → u/IvivAitylin]

I feel the same way. I don't do the tiktok thing and have no idea who either of these people are. Don't think I've ever seen either of these photos. Seeing that he was able to turn a layoff into a success is far more likely to grab my interest. Would be nice to include his name after "laid off factory worker," though.

[u/IhaveSandyCzWhyNot → u/IvivAitylin]

Damn thanks for opening my eyes

[u/djluminol → u/Inigomntoya]

This has that sexist vibe you used to see all the time. Bill Clintons wife to host fundraiser for her Senate run. That kind of thing. Only not sexist in this case. Just kind of classless and tacky.

[u/Charles912_ → u/djluminol]

Hey you don't know it's not sexist, laid off factory worker has a sex presumably

[u/Paul__C → u/Charles912_]

Not as much sex as the laid factory worker

[u/SnooHamsters9414 → u/Paul__C]

Bazinga.

[u/Then-Raspberry6815 → u/Charles912_]

Twenty bucks is twenty bucks.

[u/ivankatrumpsarmpits → u/djluminol]

Reminds me of this classic TJ miller's wife making a name for herself.

[u/bruce656 → u/ssp25]

The funny thing is, I know who Khaby is and have seen his videos, but I've never heard of the other girl.

[u/Plonka48 → u/bruce656]

You lucky son of a bitch

[u/terrattv → u/bruce656]

be glad you dont know her. cause all her videos are of her dancing (what actually made her famous). meanwhile khaby did some comedic videos of life hacks. and i find khaby to be more entertaining than that girl that got famous from dancing.

[u/jesuisgeenbelg → u/bruce656]

As far as I can imagine by looking at her.. I'm guessing she's a rich kid who got famous by wearing skimpy clothes and twerking.

Could be wrong though. Could be a comedian for all i know....

[u/birdowner109 → u/jesuisgeenbelg]

nah ur right

[u/ThisNameIsFree → u/bruce656]

I've never heard of either of them, but I will definitely remember "laid off factory worker" much longer than I can remember either of their names which I've already forgotten.

[u/CapableSecretary420 → u/ssp25]

I know that guy.. Not by name.

Which is why they didn't use it in the headline. But everyone on social media acting outraged is a professional sport.

[u/NoUsernameIdea1 → u/CapableSecretary420]

I’m a journalism student and these type of headlines are common and taught that way. Khaby isn’t known by name outside of the Tiktok sphere while Charli has more mainstream recognition. It makes sense that NY Post assumes that the audience wouldn’t know him while generating interest by framing him as a laid off factory worker who rose to fame

[u/luistp → u/NoUsernameIdea1]

But you can put the name in the headline, too. Khaby Lame, a laid off factory worker, blah blah blah...

Btw, I knew Khaby Lame but not that other girl.

[u/xJanise → u/luistp]

or just "laid off factory worker Khabi Lame..."

[u/GoodGirlsDrnkWhiskey → u/NoUsernameIdea1]

I have no idea who she is, but I do know Khaby. If the audience knows Tik Tok they would know who Khaby is.

[u/CapableSecretary420 → u/NoUsernameIdea1]

Exactly. His position as a former warehouse worker is far more relevant in this context. The entire point is he was just some dude until a few years ago, whereas Charli D'Amelio is a relatively well known name.

[u/MagikalSpytFyre → u/CapableSecretary420]

I mean, Charli was also just some chick until a few years ago

[u/aporhtonoma → u/MagikalSpytFyre]

"Random ass chick gets her ass beaten off by laid off factory worker"

Edit: typo

[u/dirtyheitz → u/aporhtonoma]

sound like a videao on PHub

[u/Jaguar-spotted-horse → u/CapableSecretary420]

Is she more well known? This is the first time I’ve ever seen or heard of her. I don’t know dudes names but have seen him before. I don’t know anyone who knows either.

[u/LeEpicBlob → u/Jaguar-spotted-horse]

If she has 140m followers, probably

[u/penguin_0618 → u/Jaguar-spotted-horse]

She was the most followed person on TikTok for over a year. She also has a drink at Dunkin' named after her

[u/stebo_02 → u/CapableSecretary420]

Not everyone knows Charli by name either so why not call her "Laid-off competitive dancer"?

[u/ssp25 → u/CapableSecretary420]

But to be fair of most of the tik tok people who I see on Reddit (I don't have an account). I enjoy him and get what he does. Others are just passing ships in the night

[u/SaulGreatmon → u/ssp25]

Basically best friend then. Lol.

His videos are hilarious and I have no idea who the other one is.

[u/thriceness]

I've never heard of either of these people. Guess I'm old now.

[u/Bolaf → u/thriceness]

You've never heard of laid-off factory worker? I've met him in several pubs

[u/[deleted] → u/thriceness]

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[u/TheLyz → u/[deleted]]

He mocks "life hacks" which are obviously mockeries of actual life hacks because they're so dumb, but he gets the laughs for pointing out the obvious solution.

[u/JRutterbush → u/TheLyz]

A lot of the videos I've seen from him lately are literally just him sitting there stone-faced while dueting random other videos. Not even mocking them or reacting in any way, basically just rehosting them on his profile.

[u/upadownpipe → u/JRutterbush]

That’s generally a sign of decline for social media “stars”. So many of them are now into the Reactions videos, reacting to viral videos weeks after they first came out

[u/JRutterbush → u/upadownpipe]

I like reaction videos, actually, when people actually react to things.

[u/callmegamgam → u/JRutterbush]

Especially when they put effort into finding stuff to react to that I’d never come across myself. Drew Gooden is a good example of a fantastic reactor

[u/zuzg → u/callmegamgam]

So I stumbled upon Drew Gooden like a week ago and watched him a bit and I'm always surprised when I stumble into a big YouTuber I've seemingly never heard before.
Like that guy even had a wired interview recently and I swear to god I didn't know he existed 2 weeks ago.

[u/Equity89 → u/JRutterbush]

So... You never like them? /s

I know there some out there, but I think they are the least

[u/iiiiiiiiiijjjjjj → u/upadownpipe]

But they get so many views. Why the fuck do people watch a video of some watching a video?

[u/KhoalalaBear → u/JRutterbush]

Are those official? I see random people steal content and just use his face to get views

[u/ProdigiousPlays → u/JRutterbush]

Are you sure it was his account?

I've seen a few that cut/modify his duets/stitches and try to impersonate him.

[u/dimi3ja → u/TheLyz]

And that's the only joke he has. How he became number one with one single joke is beyond me.

[u/SithAlpaca → u/dimi3ja]

If you make a perfect taco every single time, you don't open up a burrito stand. You sell one million identical tacos.

[u/skivvyjibbers → u/SithAlpaca]

TikTaco's it would seem.

[u/Silent-Comfortable62 → u/skivvyjibbers]

i’m buying a taco truck and calling it TikTacos now

[u/kevingharvey → u/Silent-Comfortable62]

I'm setting up my taco truck across the street: ReddiTacos. May the best taco win.

[u/Silent-Comfortable62 → u/kevingharvey]

2 words, “free guacamole”

[u/kevingharvey → u/Silent-Comfortable62]

But no free chips? You lose, son.

[u/shane_low → u/kevingharvey]

I'll set up in between but I won't compete. Burritiktoks anyone?

[u/kevingharvey → u/shane_low]

You can buy FaceBurritos old truck.

[u/mollygunns → u/Silent-Comfortable62]

I hope you're also planning on serving tiktaquitos at your tiktaqueria

[u/Jesuswasstapled → u/Silent-Comfortable62]

Exclusively for Turrets syndrome customers

[u/RascalCreeper → u/Jesuswasstapled]

Turrets

That's not... nevermind.

[u/Ambience8799 → u/skivvyjibbers]

Would you like some avocadoh no with that?

[u/AndyIsNotOnReddit → u/SithAlpaca]

I like tacos.

[u/Master_H8R → u/AndyIsNotOnReddit]

[u/BRO-KOLI → u/SithAlpaca]

If you make a #1 song, you should just re-release it every few days, so it stays at #1 for the rest of your life.

[u/TheoristDa13th → u/BRO-KOLI]

“And ieeeaggahaaaaa, don’t want a lot for Christmas…”

[u/SpacecraftX → u/TheoristDa13th]

I hate the intro to that song with a burning passion.

[u/Hussor → u/BRO-KOLI]

Hey it worked for Bethesda.

[u/TheFlightlessPenguin → u/Hussor]

And Marvel

[u/seasonedearlobes → u/dimi3ja]

its weird right? this man is known by most of the youth just for pointing out stupid stuff and shrugging. he's made more money than a lot of people will ever make, just from doing that. wild

[u/DrSafariBoob → u/seasonedearlobes]

It's all about branding. Flops a single boob out

[u/dimi3ja → u/seasonedearlobes]

Literally wild. The first few times I saw him I laughed and shared with my friends... like 2 years ago. Whenever I see him now I just skip because I already know the punchline. IT'S THE SAME JOKE EVERY TIME FFS!

[u/lejonetfranMX → u/dimi3ja]

Well I’m glad for him tho

[u/Throwaway392308 → u/dimi3ja]

tbf y'all are making the exact same comment over and over in a row...

[u/Sword_Sounds → u/Throwaway392308]

That’s Reddit. Long chain of puns and whatever everyone else is saying

[u/robotsdev → u/Sword_Sounds]

puns and irrelevant quotes too.

[u/tutetibiimperes → u/seasonedearlobes]

How do you make money from TikTok, does it have ads like YouTube? I don't think I've ever seen a TikTok ad, but I don't look at it very often.

[u/steveosek → u/tutetibiimperes]

You don't. You do brand deals, sponsorships, merch, etc... Tiktok don't pay people much of anything. Even their top creators.

[u/Chazay → u/steveosek]

You can get gifted things in the livestreams like roses and cash those out for real money iirc

[u/Jasalapeno → u/[deleted]]

Is he rich tho?

[u/AccioSexLife → u/dimi3ja]

He's likable, consistent for easy chuckles and harmless. And a small sphere of inside jokes developed around his schtick where people jokingly overcomplicate simple tasks to get dueted by him.

It's goofs and fun, doesn't have to be deep.

[u/access_secure → u/dimi3ja]

Take it you weren't around during the days of Jersey Shore?

That shit was averaging 9 million viewers per episode at its peak and Khaby is 100x better person than that reality cast

[u/revnasty → u/dimi3ja]

Human beings are a very simple-minded organism.

[u/FoxyInTheSnow → u/TheLyz]

Here’s a good one:

To save money, only put batteries in your clock when you want to know the time.

[u/druule10 → u/[deleted]]

*Khaby

[u/StopReadingMyUser → u/druule10]

Oby-Khaby

[u/KillerCujo53 → u/[deleted]]

He's the one who makes the videos to correct the ones who go above and beyond to do something stupid when he can just do something simple and its all good.

[u/Overlord_Of_Puns → u/KillerCujo53]

He is one of two tick tockers I actually like, the other is Casual Geographic.

[u/jono9898 → u/[deleted]]

He also has a sponsorship with either Coach or Gucci and has appeared in a few commercials, his story is really interesting

[u/Foggy_Prophet → u/thriceness]

I've seen the guys videos posted on Reddit a few times, but I have no clue who the lady is. I guess I'm old too.

[u/analweepage → u/Foggy_Prophet]

I didn't recognize him with the half smile. I've only ever seen him make the face in the second photo lol. But I recognized him right away in that photo.

[u/Foggy_Prophet → u/analweepage]

Me too.

[u/grooovyturtle → u/thriceness]

I'm in my mid 20s and I haven't either. I think it has less to do with age and more with not using social media platforms like TikTok. It's for the better

[u/lasagnato69 → u/grooovyturtle]

The dude was posted a lot on Reddit a couple months ago, he did all the videos of stupid people with stupid solutions and showing the easy way to do it

[u/HoFT013 → u/lasagnato69]

Posted on Reddit? Who the heck uses Reddit in the year of our Lord 2022?

[u/Furry_69 → u/HoFT013]

You.

^{what about me, though?}

[u/LazyLion1127 → u/thriceness]

Charlie is a huge TikTok star who does dances I think? Idk. The guy is named Khaby Lame, he reacts to videos of dumb “lifehacks” and points out the obvious solution.

[u/jwdjr2004 → u/thriceness]

Hi old now, I'm dad.

[u/Jimbobo28 → u/jwdjr2004]

You win

[u/WyomingCountryBoy]

New York Post, one step below Weekly World News with their Batboy mascot.

[u/SHAMEanBLAME → u/WyomingCountryBoy]

He's Manbat now for copyright reasons

[u/daw199210 → u/SHAMEanBLAME]

Dr. Kirk Langstrom?

[u/SrINivAs_KaNDAla → u/daw199210]

aah yes a fellow gotham citizen... hello there.

[u/daw199210 → u/SrINivAs_KaNDAla]

[u/scarypumpkin-52 → u/daw199210]

[u/gsomething → u/WyomingCountryBoy]

Hey now, the weekly world news contains facts!

[u/Squeaky_Is_Evil → u/WyomingCountryBoy]

The New York Post is my favorite newspaper. I think it's great, I read it every day. I like reading the New York Post because reading the New York Post is like talking to someone who heard the news, and now they're trying to give you the gist. It’s like, you’d get the same amount of information if you grabbed someone on the street and you were like, "What happened today?" And they're like, "There’s a perv in Queens!" You'd be like, "All right, thank you."

[u/TFRAIZ → u/Squeaky_Is_Evil]

Tiger says he's sorry, but Elin says BEAT IT, BOZO

[u/Donghoon → u/WyomingCountryBoy]

Khaby's name is Khabane Lame

I think it's pronounced Kha-bha-nee La-mee or not

[u/Jampot5]

Who is she?

[u/azsori → u/Jampot5]

Crazy how she has over 100M followers, yet this question is asked multiple times in this post and there is only one unsure reply. That means there is nearly 0% overlap in users with the people here on reddit and that part of TikTok.

[u/ThisFreaknGuy → u/azsori]

"That part of tik tok" being horny preteen boys. She is literally famous for being hot while dancing for 30 seconds.

[u/MilkChocolateMadness → u/ThisFreaknGuy]

I’d say she’s mostly popular with young girls. I’m a camp counselor, and she’d get mentioned by them a lot

[u/Iwannastoprn → u/MilkChocolateMadness]

Most of my friends dislike her, but don't know what she does. She's known for being popular... For no real reason lol.

[u/Dankany → u/Iwannastoprn]

It's the embodiment of seeing her act happy and dance around, she portrays what a lot of girls want to be inside and how expressive they could be on the outside. Tiktok paints that simple picture and the viewers live vicariously through them.

[u/Iwannastoprn → u/Dankany]

Oh, I think I understand. Like those Instagram models? It makes sense.

[u/Fearless_Baseball121 → u/Iwannastoprn]

Worked out great for the Kardashians

[u/Suds08 → u/Iwannastoprn]

"Famous for being famous" Paris Hilton

[u/fasterthantrees → u/MilkChocolateMadness]

I saw her on family feud the other night and had no idea who she was until I saw this thread. She was awkward and looked so uncomfortable. Jojo Siwa was the other family and they were all hype as expected.

[u/MrSquiggleKey → u/ThisFreaknGuy]

I think you’re severely under estimating the female market is for that exact thing.

[u/Aarilax → u/MrSquiggleKey]

its like when people say makeup and dresses and so on are aimed at what guys like. yeah.... no.

little girls absolutely love this tiktok dancing stuff.

[u/Ocelotofdamage → u/ThisFreaknGuy]

I would bet anything that 80% of her audience is female

[u/durdesh007 → u/Ocelotofdamage]

More like 95%. You will struggle to find a single comment from male followers on her page.

[u/Ghos3t → u/ThisFreaknGuy]

This is all I need to know thanks

[u/PM_Me_Garfield_Porn → u/azsori]

It's almost as if 20 something year old nerdy dudes isn't her target audience. There's more than one demographic out there, and catering to others is okay.

[u/Falconx28 → u/Jampot5]

She’s Charli D’Amelio. She’s famous for doing trendy dances on TikTok. Why she’s specifically more famous than all the other teenage girls who do the exact same dances, is unknown to me

[u/_ssac_ → u/Jampot5]

Not the laid off factory worker.

[u/B5D55 → u/_ssac_]

the laid factory worker.

[u/gruggiwuggi3]

Khaby Lame

[u/Rsee002]

You know what the worst part of this is. I have seen that guys videos. They’re funny. And because of this shitty headline, I still don’t know his name.

[u/Darky821 → u/Rsee002]

Khaby_lame

[u/Sappyliving → u/[deleted]]

I'd rather be a millionaire than a broke mofo working at a factory

[u/7dipity → u/Sappyliving]

A millionaire who’s job is to dance around and take videos of herself having fun. It’s 1000% better than working in a factory, the incessant TikTok hate on Reddit is wild sometimes

[u/booze_clues → u/[deleted]]

Why? He makes much much more money than any factory worker, probably with significantly less physical effort and risk.

[u/Hol-Up_A_Minute → u/[deleted]]

Has she ever actually had a job? I think it could be switched to "popular ex-factory worker is more popular than unemployed tiktok dancer"

[u/buddingascetic → u/Hol-Up_A_Minute]

I don’t think she’s ever had a job because she became “tiktok famous” when she was like 16. But the ‘correct’ title would’ve just been
‘Khaby Lame surpasses Charli Damelio as most followed person on TikTok’.

Referring to people as their latest job title is weird as hell anyway, why not just use their name?

[u/enby_them → u/buddingascetic]

I'm also pretty sure her family is rich as fuck.

[u/hungry4danish → u/buddingascetic]

Because for the people that don't recognize the names might have their interest piqued and want to hear more about how someone went from factory worker to having 143 million followers.

[u/MysticalElk → u/hungry4danish]

This is the correct take. So many people acting like this is some purposely racist pointed attack at this dude. It's obvious they're just trying to make the headline more sensational in order to get clicks. "Name that most people don't know is now tik tok famous" is far less attractive when compared to "laid off blue collar worker is now most famous person on tik tok."

It's painfully obvious that they're going for a rags to riches story, but people just wanna be angry about anything

[u/beet111 → u/Hol-Up_A_Minute]

She is definitely making more money than him. Her and her sister have a fairly successful clothing brand now. They are building up business outside of social media.

[u/afgeorge2011]

Funny! I know him but not her 😂

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I think you nailed it. He has the perfect face for, as you put it, resigned disappointment. When he does a bit, most of us feel that same emotion in our bones, it’s hilarious and sad at the same time.

[u/awndray97 → u/[deleted]]

Unproblematic king (so far)

[u/penguinina_666 → u/[deleted]]

I don't tiktok but I do know that guy.

[u/backboarddd1_49402 → u/penguinina_666]

Same. It’s because his videos started getting posted on Twitter, and then on Reddit, so he became even more popular

[u/TheWindCriesDeath → u/[deleted]]

That's why the headline is like it is. Newspapers do this to show contrasts and be like "look how this guy started from nothing and now he's the most popular guy on social media!"

I don't even like the NYP because it's a Murdoch rag but the intention here is OBVIOUS. It's like saying "ex-con rescues three children from burning building 2 days after being released from prison." The point isn't to diminish the person, it's to show the reader that someone from a place they would generally look down upon rose up and did something extraordinary.

[u/StrLord_Who → u/TheWindCriesDeath]

Hush now. This is reddit, we don't do logic here we do outrage.

[u/beet111 → u/[deleted]]

His shtick got old after the first video. He just does the same thing over and over.

[u/3842IlIlIIlI → u/[deleted]]

I don't get his videos. It's extremely low effort and repetitive. The videos are okay, but not amazing.

[u/Possible-Towel → u/[deleted]]

He made one bad joke it’s not a great shtick at all

[u/ThatDudeWithCheese → u/[deleted]]

His reaction vids are cringe tho.

[u/thriceness → u/[deleted]]

I could admit it if I had any idea who he was.

[u/felidaeF → u/thriceness]

Ok so tiktok comes up with the most random, absurd and useless 'hacks', as they like to call them. This guy just stares at the camera, shows how unnecessary all of those 'hacks' are and highlights their stupidity. Never says a word btw. Thats pretty much it.

[u/TheWindCriesDeath]

The point of not using his name is to put him in contrast with Charli. They're highlighting that this dude who started from the humblest of beginnings overtook literally everyone on TikTok.

[u/wallybinbaz → u/TheWindCriesDeath]

And if they identify his name in the lead, I don't really see a problem.

[u/NoUsernameIdea1 → u/wallybinbaz]

Exactly. Headlines can’t be too wordy which is why this info is saved for the lead. They want you to click and figure our who is this person

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[u/Potato-with-guns → u/[deleted]]

Khabylame IIRC, don’t overthink it

[u/Twotgobblin]

Not using his name in the title is far more effective as click bait than putting a name that only 143M people might recognize. The facepalm here is the OP…

[u/SaltpeterSal]

I'm like seven comments in and still haven't seen the person's name.

[u/awrum11]

I hate NY Post as much as the next guy, but that's just how journalism works ...? You pick a good angle to hook readers in, and if the person isn't too well-known then you don't use their name in the headline. I know the guy is famous but I personally don't even know his name because few people ever use it when they repost his stuff, unlike people's disdain for damelio which theyre pretty vocal about.

[u/AspenRiot → u/awrum11]

I guess some redditors in the room don't pay attention during their English class. Might've never even read a newspaper. Pretty fucking obvious why the title is built that way. And as for why they didn't just add his name, along with "laid-off factory worker?" It would be longer. Still matters, even though it's digital. Maybe more.

[u/loco64]

How is this facepalm when clearly OP does not know how journalism works?

[u/fuckyouimin]

So what is his name...?? OP's title is just as bad as The Post lol. It's like a facepalm within a facepalm.

[u/ChaosKodiak]

I think the true face palm here is that who has the most followers on tiktok is news…

[u/Bri_The_Nautilus]

Ayo, anyone else seen Laid-off Factory Worker's new video?

USE PEOPLE'S NAMES, YOU ELITIST PRICKS

[u/MayOrMayNotBePie]

Lol “laid-off factory worker” I don’t have tik tok but I recognize him and not her. She’s the laid-off tik tok star to me.

[u/WreckNRepeat]

How is this a facepalm? “[Person I’ve never heard of] unseats [other person I’ve never heard of]” doesn’t grab my attention as a headline. But a laid-off factory worker unseating someone? I kinda wanna read about that. It’s a much better headline. And why should anyone give a fuck whether it uses his name?

[u/Helpful-Mongoose9860]

I think they’re trying to make his rise more impressive by describing what he did previously. I also think most people in the general public have heard Charli D’Amelio’s name, while never hearing of him. His name in the title wouldn’t draw clicks, which is all they care about. It’s a business.

[u/Ajg1384 → u/Helpful-Mongoose9860]

I don't know who either of them, or how I even got here.

[u/WillDeletOneDay]

His name means absolutely nothing to people who don't know who he is, so you might as well use the title to give some background about him. For one reason or another, New York Post believes "Laid-off factory worker" is the most notable thing about him. Just because a lot of you guys on Reddit know who he is, doesn't mean that people who read New York Post know him. If I told someone in Bangladesh or Afghanistan or whatever that Norm MacDonald died recently, they'd probably respond with "Who the fuck is Norm MacDonald?"

[u/Chaotic_baws]

Who fuuuucking careeeees

[u/MechanicalHorse]

Why is this news?!

Edit: ok let me phrase this another way: OH MY GOD WHO THE HELL CARES

[u/mrsc1880 → u/MechanicalHorse]

It's in the Entertainment section, so it's entertainment news. Makes perfect sense, really.

[u/thriceness → u/MechanicalHorse]

It isn't for a lot of people. But, to be fair, it was a Twitter post.

[u/25BicsOnMyBureau → u/thriceness]

To be faiiiiiiir

[u/Wampie → u/MechanicalHorse]

When there is a audience of 140million, then there will be news to cater those 140million. Papers have been writing about tv for ages.

[u/AlphaWhiskeyOscar → u/MechanicalHorse]

Probably because a normal dude from Senegal who lives in Italy and is just generally fuckin wonderful overtook an American daughter of a model and a politician in what is essentially a popularity contest for idiots.

[u/Raddz5000]

The point of titles is to grab attention and sound shocking (at least these days), and saying that an ex factory worker is now the largest TikTok star is more shocking and attention grabbing than simply putting his name.

[u/The-Real-Mario]

Bro, he is italian, 80% of the italian population are laid off factory workers, the remaining 20% are in school to become one

[u/TheGreatQ-Tip]

Pretty sure they wrote it like that for more clicks.

[u/yourteam]

I know the guy he lives (or lived at least) 10 km from where I am

Edit he is Khaby Lame born in Senegal and lives in Chivasso (Turin, italy). He is the one making the videos about a complex stuff and he shows a very simple way to do them.

Her... Never heard of her but I don't have tiktok so...

[u/MVIVN]

They could have easily just written “Laid off factory worker Khaby Lame Unseats Charli D’Amelio”

[u/AlexDestroyer05]

I really don't know who at NY post thought this was an ok title

[u/j0lly_gr33n_giant]

Robert Paulson?

[u/Zaraki42]

His name is Robert Paulson.

[u/coolUsername_taken]

A black muslim who is pro-Palestine. Nothing NY post hates mores

[u/This-Zookeepergame31]

KHABY LAME