The people who are outraged are probably the same types who weren't allowed to play outside as kid or use Google without the safe search on until they were 18.
Your response to anti bully people is to bully/shame them more? Let me guess, you went to the Sandusky camp too?
Bro those examples with Jayce and Simeon are not at all analogous to this New Gen mess. BFFR. Go back up and read Zach’s comment again.
jfc, nobody is going to commit suicide because of those pictures, and if someone would it's because they're mentally ill and not because the pictures are so shocking. There are far worse things out there to be afraid of.
pretty sad to see this mentality in gen z kids. Some straight boomer stuff lacking basic human empathy.
The people who are outraged are probably the same types who weren't allowed to play outside as kid or use Google without the safe search on until they were 18.
Your response to anti bully people is to bully/shame them more? Let me guess, you went to the Sandusky camp too?
Oh please, spare us the pity party. I'm not the one making baseless accusations of child abuse and pedophilia, I'm not the one trying to destroy anyone's reputation over a high schooler's art project. For people who claim to be against bullying, you're really good at it.
Aren't these all the dudes that started the "Your turn Centro" Thing? Meanwhile Centro is taking his turn by getting married and winding down his career in classy way. Still has more hardware then the entire New Gen fan camp.
It seems the New Gen guys took their turn, and decided to shoot themselves in the foot.
Elephant in the room: Ben Crawford comes from Daddy's money, and the "New Gen" Company is funded by a bunch of entitles southern California Daddy's boys. Go get a new career boys, your play date with running a business is over.
jfc, nobody is going to commit suicide because of those pictures, and if someone would it's because they're mentally ill and not because the pictures are so shocking. There are far worse things out there to be afraid of.
pretty sad to see this mentality in gen z kids. Some straight boomer stuff lacking basic human empathy.
Not saying I don't have empathy, I just don't think it's fair to blame someone's mental illness on a high schooler's art project
jfc, nobody is going to commit suicide because of those pictures, and if someone would it's because they're mentally ill and not because the pictures are so shocking. There are far worse things out there to be afraid of.
pretty sad to see this mentality in gen z kids. Some straight boomer stuff lacking basic human empathy.
You know how they say the generations repeat the cycle. Meet the new gen, same as the old gen.
Please can you look back and read through what you just said? Now say it out loud... there's no way you can take yourself seriously. I get they shouldn't be joking about these tropes but you guys are reading way too much into it. Honestly feel the people who're calling them creeps are the weird ones. The people backing what Emma said are fine and seem reasonable but this seems to have just turned into an excuse to sh*t on new gen. People are really out here criticizing their strategy and exploits too? I'm a highschooler so I'm biased but from my perspective New Gen is a media outlet for the 'new generation' which is why many high schoolers like what they have been doing and the older audiences don't. You guys can keep ranting on this thread but outside of here no one cares, wants to hear it/ read it, and most high schoolers won't be on letsrun. They'll be updated through new gens insta page.
Dozens/hundreds of successful runners out there to follow and learn from and people want to follow these guys? Why?
This, along with his weird obsession of filming kids eating food makes me thing Crawford is a groomer
you weren't kidding about the weirdness of the festival of miles vid, geez. The morons taking photos egg the kids on to lick their lips, "give me another big lick" and dip their fingers in sauce to suck it off, literally saying "yeah get right in the camera while you suck". wtf
Add Billy Cvecko to the list of potential creeps that enjoy making videos with hs students too
Respectfully, if you hate LRC so much, no one is forcing you to log on here and post in this thread. Go enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening someplace else.
You probably don't care, but I am a young person as well who finds LRC a great place to talk about running related content, training, pro news, etc. It's a great resource and asset to the running community. But I respect your feelings and wish you'd spare us the annoyance of telling us how much we suck and our opinions don't matter.
Not saying I don't have empathy, I just don't think it's fair to blame someone's mental illness on a high schooler's art project
of course they are committing suicide due to mental illness. How many mentally healthy people do you know that have committed suicide?
The point is a genuine IDGAF attitude about posting pictures covering heavy topics on a freaking running page with zero context whatsoever.
Nobody is forcing anybody to look at the pictures. Turn off the screen if it hurts your feelings. Not all art is meant to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, get over it.
of course they are committing suicide due to mental illness. How many mentally healthy people do you know that have committed suicide?
The point is a genuine IDGAF attitude about posting pictures covering heavy topics on a freaking running page with zero context whatsoever.
Nobody is forcing anybody to look at the pictures. Turn off the screen if it hurts your feelings. Not all art is meant to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, get over it.
Im guessing most people have a reasonable expectation that when they go to a running content group's page that they aren't going to see photos of a girl being shoved into a locker.
LMAO calling this "art". A camper literally already posted on this thread that they just did it because they thought it was funny.
of course they are committing suicide due to mental illness. How many mentally healthy people do you know that have committed suicide?
The point is a genuine IDGAF attitude about posting pictures covering heavy topics on a freaking running page with zero context whatsoever.
Nobody is forcing anybody to look at the pictures. Turn off the screen if it hurts your feelings. Not all art is meant to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, get over it.
This just in, Ben and all the “content creators” associated with New Gen apply to jobs at Runnerspace, Flotrack, Elevation 0m, Citius Mag etc……and not a single legit media company mentioned above calls them back for an interview.
Your response to anti bully people is to bully/shame them more? Let me guess, you went to the Sandusky camp too?
Oh please, spare us the pity party. I'm not the one making baseless accusations of child abuse and pedophilia, I'm not the one trying to destroy anyone's reputation over a high schooler's art project. For people who claim to be against bullying, you're really good at it.
High school girls are calling him a sugar daddy. At best their relationship is inappropriate.
Regardless, the point of this thread was the toxicity of these young men and their actions/response to criticism.
They posted potentially traumatic pictures of boys abusing girls. Not because it was art, but as a fellow camper said, because it was "funny." When I was in high school, I had classmates overdosing on heroin. Maybe it would be "funny" to do a collection influenced by needle sharing? How about a really "funny" one about gym teachers showering with their students? Or is that one a little too "close"? Classic Y2K 16 candles related humor!!
The "adults" in the room have power both as mentors and owners of a media outlet. They may not have meant to, but they have to understand their influence. You could imagine the peer pressure these high school girls felt when all of the boys and 24 year old camp counselors were patting themselves on the back for such a great idea. Try being a 16 year old girl in a room full of people you want to fit in with (or are hoping to be hired by) and saying no to that idea. "Want to be the one shoved into a locker? That would be so cool!"
Then the response to the criticism was to light Emma Gee up, calling her a disappointment to her parents because she is gay and saying it was because she could capture the male gaze.
New Generation wouldn't necessarily have to answer for this, yet they posted the pictures on their page and even apologized for it (for an hour before removing the post).
Dumbest sh*t I've ever read. Most people saw the photos and moved on with their lives. The "audience" wasn't offended. It's a small number of people. Same type that flips out on twitter over dumb stuff. Very small % of the user base but very very very disproportionately loud.
“Most people saw the photos and moved on with their lives.”
Lol maybe not the strongest argument to make on page 21 of a letsrun message board about “the photos.” Guess Emma isn’t the only one who cares, dawg.
Good thing I included several more sentences pointing out how a disproportionate minority is responsible for most outrage generated online, dawg.
matt wisner uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 566 films watched. Favorites: Mulholland Drive (2001), Licorice Pizza (2021), Magnolia (1999), Buffalo '66 (1998).
This account is linked to Matt Wisner’s twitter and follows Ben Crawford.
Someone who can leave a comment of the Barbie movie “would be better if they all had lower bmi’s” should absolutely not be in charge of 18 year old female distance runners. The other comments are also disgusting, but that one is the most relevant.
Who tf do these guys think they are?? This supposed to be a joke? Their internet footprint is huge and everything that surfaces is worst.
