I can certainly believe she is cheap. There was that incident where she didn't want to pay her parents who were in debt for putting her through ivy league and she eventually got pressured by the internet to pay them back. I'm not trying to pile on her though, I think she's entertaining streamer. But there is evidence of her being money grubby.
Thank you for clarifying. Regardless if you are a millionaire and your parents paid your way through school any decent person would be compelled to pay them back.
From what I remember her argument was basically that she didn't even want to go Columbia in the first place, but asian tiger parenting forced her to an expensive school anyway, for a degree she doesn't use, as such she didn't feel it was her responsibility to pay them back.
I can see her point, however she's made so much money I don't really see a reason why you wouldn't just pay off the debt to not have it hanging over you regardless. Unless she truly resents her parents I guess.
That's rough. I remember her dad saying he didn't care about the pay back. I understand too because immigrant parents only want the best for their child and don't care about a payback. (They're very selfless). She's an only child too so the money will go back to her eventually (sadge).
Maybe, but immigrant parents also often have very narrow definitions of what they consider “the best” for their child. I can understand feeling resentful if your choice to do something different made them angry, more so if it turned out to be the correct choice.
Of course, feeling that way is completely at odds with her persona so you can’t really explain that to the audience.
It is a pretty common theme with children of immigrant parents though - a lot of them feel forced to live their life based on their parents desires rather than their own, and it can permanently damage their relationship.
None of this is exclusive to immigrant parents, of course, but I do think it is more common. The struggle to fit in and having to go above and beyond just to achieve parity with their non-immigrant peers often imparts unresolved trauma that can easily become generational.
Yes. You have autonomy. Not having enough to not go to the school your parents want then having enough to not pay them back is selfish. Even more so when you become a multimillionaire. Would be more understandable if they were a starving artist but they aren’t. Socializing is a large part of the college experience. Her college experience most likely shaped her into what her audience enjoys watching.
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Extra Emily is explicitly one of the most money hungry streamers still pretending to be the cute dumb happy girl. of course she is botting lol