This Kid Has Gained 350,000 Followers In A Day And I Hate His Stinkin' Guts

(Source) – #AlexFromTarget is all the proof you need that teenage fans are the biggest force on the Internet. Over the weekend, a teenage Target employee named Alex turned into the latest Internet sensation, complete with fanart, memes, and a worldwide trending topic. On Sunday morning, a young Twitter user, @auscalum, tweeted a picture of a teen working as a Target cashier. Her caption: “YOOOOOOOOOO.” The real Alex got wind of his newfound fame Sunday afternoon. We don’t know much about him, except that he does have a girlfriend and they’re from Texas. He’s since had to change his phone number. In a now-deleted tweet, he contemplated making shirts and merchandise. He’s also racked up over 325,000 Twitter followers overnight.

I think this is my official “I’m old” moment. Because I hate this kid, hate everyone associated with him, and may hate the internet as a whole. Kids these days don’t know what it’s like to have to work for followers. Work for attention. Back in my day you had to walk 5 miles to school, in knee deep snow, uphill both ways, just for a single follower. Now it’s one snapshot of a skinny twerp with decent hair and he’s famous as shit. It’s infuriating. All these no talent kids getting rich and famous while all the no talent bloggers who at least take the time to copy a story and write 5 meaningless sentences remain wallflowers in the grand scheme of the internet. Disgusting. He’s like Kim Kardashian only he didn’t even have to suck Ray J’s dick. Fucking 32,000 retweets on a stupid ass tweet! Because of nice hair! DISGUSTING, I SAY!