There's a lot I need to say, so this might be a long post. I also wanna say that I think Vinnie Banh is a very good skater, so this has nothing to do with his talent or abilities as a skater. I also don't think anyone should be homeless.
1. He is a misogynist. He constantly talks about women being "hoes" and "bitches." He also has a video saying his ex "killed" or "murdered" (don't remember which) their baby because she had an abortion. It makes me so angry how intensely he disrespects women.
2. He is also homophobic and uses the slurs "f*g" and "f*ggot" regardless of his LGBTQIA followers telling him that it's not cool to use those words.
3. He is constantly begging his followers for money. This includes a lot of kids and teens that give him their allowance or use their parents' money to send him some PayPal money or whatever, and I honestly think that that kind of behavior is kind of exploitative. When he goes on Instagram live, he'll guilt trip his followers for not sending him money, and he manipulates people into sending him money.
4. For a long time, he refused to get a job. He'd say that if he had to get a job then he'd quit skateboarding. Now that he's in a desperate situation, he's willing to get a job, but *if someone offers it to him*, i.e., he won't ask for a job himself! There have been followers that have given him tips on how to get jobs, have suggested craigslist, local skate shop, and he just completely ignores it. He doesn't want to put in any effort into making an income for himself. At this point, his income comes from donations that people send him when he goes on Instagram live.
5. He's always blaming others for his situation, and the only ownership he takes is by saying he shouldn't trust people and stuff like that. Everyone else has caused him to be in a desperate situation except for his own actions. For example, he stayed RENT FREE at someone's apartment, he had his own room, wouldn't interact with the family, and then complains that the guy who was letting him stay at his place (and who eventually kicked him out) should have asked him for rent because he is an adult man. However, Vinnie doesn't accept that he could have OFFERED to pay rent, he could have talked to the guy, and he could have been an adult. The thing though is, that Vinnie doesn't know how to be an adult because all the time that he's been in California, he's been allowed to stay somewhere rent free until now that he's facing homelessness.
6. He is constantly saying that no one helps him and that no one cares about him. But in reality, a lot of people have given him free housing, people donate money to him, give him free rides, a free MacBook, free weed, sponsors, etc... He is incredibly ungrateful and honestly kind of offensive towards the people that have indeed helped him.
7. He lies! For example, he tells people that they act like he's never had a job because he had a job when he moved to California. However, now he claims he can't get a job in California because he doesn't have a California ID. If he couldn't get a job in California without a California ID then how would he have been able to work when he first moved there? He also gives some BS excuse about not being able to work under the table because "he's legal", and he "wants to pay taxes." Like, no you don't Vinnie, no you don't. Furthermore, the real reason he can't get a job where they'd do a background check is that he has a warrant for his arrest in a California city for an unpaid ticket. He owes like $1k because he never paid it on time. He should be straight forward and honest about the reasons why he can't get a job over the table. He'll still say he's too honest and loyal for this world *major eye roll*
8. People often give him suggestions on how he could have a more stable income. For example, people often suggest doing a Patreon, but he says he won't do it because his last one didn't work out. Well, his other one only had tiers for $20-$100 a month which is not something reasonable that most of his followers would be able to afford. The truth is, he doesn't want to make additional content for his Patreon because he doesn't want to have to do any additional job aside from having fun all day at the Linda Vista skatepark. Along the same lines as this, for a while, he insisted that his job was creating content for YouTube, but he rarely posts content. His laptop broke, and someone gave him a MacBook, but he still wouldn't upload videos and would get mad when people would suggest for him to go to the library and get work done from there.
9. He complains that he doesn't have money to eat, but then he'll buy Dr. Peppers, a beer, nicotine, and Lyft to the skatepark every single day...
10. He often says he has nowhere to go in California, no one in California to support him. However, his brother has commented before that their dad lives in California with their grandma, and that they'd be willing to let him live with them as long as he asks... However, Vinnie won't ask because he wants everything given to him and done for him.
11. Recently, he stayed with one of his friend's couch for a month, and during that whole month, he did NOTHING to help solve his living situation and his work situation. He just continued doing his same thing of going to the skatepark and posting the same thing on Instagram EVERY SINGLE DAY.
12. He constantly says that people don't understand the struggle, that people don't understand depression, that people don't know what it's like to be passionate about a dream, etc. Like, no Vinnie, you're not that unique and special.
I'm just so over his selfishness, his laziness, his greediness, his manipulation, his rudeness, and everything else.
Please share your own grievances, and I'll post more if/when I think of more.
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