I opened a business so now i don't eat
A humorous trend about the reality of entrepreneurship where creators post a B-roll clip of themselves working with text explaining they started a business so no one could tell them when to eat, followed by the punchline that they now don't eat at all.
- First seen
- 23 June 2026
- Last covered
- 23 June 2026
- Type
- Participatory format
- Can a brand use it?
- Brand-usable. A format a brand can join with its own product or team.
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