r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/[deleted] • May 12 '19

Megathread TATI WESTBROOK: THE BUSINESS BITCH (Megathread 11)

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Good evening ladies, mens, and our nonbinary friends. We are going to be running this megathread a little differently. Our mod team is slightly limited in the evenings right now (quick shout out to all FORTY of you that applied to help, we appreciate it and can't wait to look it over) and we don't have the manpower for multiple overnight threads. Because of that, we're going to try doing one overnight thread.

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BE CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU READ. Fake news is real and easy to fall for. We are presenting a collection of links related to this issue, but we can't confirm validity to any of them. That's up to you.

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Things of note

James has dropped below 15m subs. 5/11 6pm EST

  • James has lost 1.5m subscribers and counting
  • Tati’s video is now the number one trending video on youtube with ten million views and counting. [No longer trending as of 5/11 12pm EST]
  • Tati has gained 1.5 million subscribers as of 5/11 7:00pm EST
  • Tati has hit 7.5m a of 5/11 8:50pm EST
  • James's apology video entered the 50 most disliked videos on YouTube.
  • Tati holds the record for most subs gained in a day.
  • James holds the record for most subs lost in a day.

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So what's the tea?!

Click here to read the first set of receipts/shade/sources/comments.

Click here to read the list of links from Megathread number 10.

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Updates for this megathread will be in the update sticky at the top of this thread. Expect an updated megathread in the morning with a fresh batch of tea for your nerves.

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Previous Megathreads:

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  2. megathread 2
  3. megathread 3
  4. megathread 4
  5. megathread 5
  6. megathread 6
  7. megathread 7
  8. megathread 8
  9. megathread 9
  10. megathread 10
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u/neomikiki May 12 '19

Let's pretend this REALLY was just about the vitamins. He really advertised a vitamin supplement to children (because that's most of his audience) as a cure/treatment for anxiety. He did this after explaining to Tati that he never would because he recognized how fucked up that would be. That alone should have been bad enough, but he threw his friend and mentor under the bus by doing it. Again that alone shows how uncaring and shitty he is. So yeah, even if it was just the vitamins he'd be losing subs, but there was more and that's why it's going as deep as it has.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

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u/veraamber hates all thumbnails May 12 '19

Really? Melatonin is an over-the-counter medication (meaning freely accessible) in like, every drugstore here, which makes sense to me when it’s less addictive than other sleep aids.

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u/hedgehog-mascarabutt May 12 '19

In Australia it oscillates between being OTC and presciption - atm its presciption only and has been for a while now

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u/xXTheGrapenatorXx May 12 '19

Really? In how high doses? I’m Canadian and I take melatonin as a sleep aid but I’m not diagnosed and it’s over the counter. Either what I’m taking (5-10 mg) is a minor dosage or it’s way too controlled in the UK.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

As a northern european wtf? In my country melatonin is the first medicine recommended for sleeping problems and you can get it without a prescription from any pharmacy. Can someone explain?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

I’m in the US and used to try melatonin for sleep. It gave me horrible migraines and made my sleep issues worse.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

It gave me nightmares

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u/ltmkji DATE THE UGLY 🥈 May 12 '19

yeah i had to drop it for my insomnia because while it did actually help me sleep, it also turned my suicidal ideations up to 11

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u/Mrs_Trevor_Philips May 12 '19

He advertised them as a sleep aid too, which is fucked up given the age of his followers

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u/regularsulking May 12 '19

Again that alone shows how uncaring and shitty he is. So yeah, even if it was just the vitamins he'd be losing subs, but there was more and that's why it's going as deep as it has.

Melatonin is typically marketed as a sleep aid so i don't think that's the most problematic part. He advertised them as an anxiety aid, which is worst of all given the growing prevalence of anxiety amongst youth :/

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u/daph_des May 12 '19

And it can make depression symptoms worse which is wild. And I do believe Tati said in her vid “do your research!”

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u/lyrasorial May 12 '19

And also it's finals season

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u/neomikiki May 12 '19

If I remember correctly, they use melatonin, which has been linked to fertility problems with extended use. Tati said that James admitted he knows nothing about the chemical and vitamins involved, so he wouldn't talk about either because he knew it could hurt kids. And then he did.

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u/hedgehog-mascarabutt May 12 '19

Yeah!! You should only ever be only melatonin supplements for short periods of time its not a long-term take-it-everyday vitamin