I can't stand to watch BTS's lives anymore I have been an army since 2017 and their lives were always super fun to watch and I couldn't wait until they translated them so I could watch them. For a while now, though, especially since they came back from the military, I am reluctant to watch their new lives because all they talk about is... dieting. Exercise. Losing weight. How much they lost, how much they weigh now, how much they want to lose in the future, how they haven't eaten the whole day as if it's something to be proud of. Giving advice how to lose weight. It's so annoying. Saying that's "all" they talk about is an over-exaggeration of course, they do talk about other things, but let's be real, at least two-thirds of the live is about this topic and it is frustrating. I find talking about these things extremely boring and toxic in real life, so BTS members talking about this in length during their lives when before they used to talk about their music, their interests and recent events in their life is jarring to me. I miss not being potentially triggered by this. I know that the easy solution is not to watch their lives anymore and I actually do do that. I usually go through translation accounts to see what they talked about before deciding if I will watch their newest live or not. This way, I have only seen a handful of their lives in the recent year, in comparison of me watching every single one before that. I don't know, is that just me? Am I being too sensitive about this? Weight, dieting, etc. are somewhat triggering topics for me so maybe that's the reason why I find it so difficult to watch their lives now. But also, looking at the bigger picture, I find it somewhat irresponsible of BTS to bring this topic up non-stop in front of their very much impressionable fans, most of whom are girls/women, a lot of them probably in their teens and early twenties. Especially since the way they talk about is in a kind of glamoriting way, as something to be proud of, how skinny they look, how little they have eaten, etc etc. And yes, I know that all of this isn't just BTS, they're idols, they live in korea and also IN A SOCIETY and this topic is naturally what is on their mind the most, probably so obviously they think and want to talk about it a lot. Well, I selfishly, rantingly, wish they would just shut up about it. š
I don't watch other group's lives, is it the same? Do other groups talk about other things than this? Also, am I wrong in the impression that BTS didn't use to talk about this that much before and that it started just like a year or two or so ago for some reason? Does anyone feel the same way or do you not care at all? Ugh,anyway, I was just watching Namjoon's Oct 5th live and for the 13 minutes he's been on so far so 10 or so we're about his weight and I'm considering shutting it off lol. Came here because I had to vent somewhere. submitted by /u/MarCath13 [link] [comments]
