Though Maggie could potentially have made thousands of dollars, not cultivating her online fame means that she is now able to live a relatively normal life.
Although Maggie did not enjoy being exposed in this way, she says the best thing about becoming a meme was when Vanity Fair wrote a profile on her in In many ways it is fortunate that year-old Maggie is detached enough from her Ermahgerd persona to be able to do this.
She has no plans to cultivate it online or to make any money, and instead intends to do some travel nursing across the United States or potentially abroad. I ask her, if she could have been famous for anything else, instead of this, what would she choose? Stine might've titled the story: It Came from Reddit! As it turns out, the meme-fame that comes with being the Ermahgerd Girl is not all photo opps and good berks. Goldenberger tells Vanity Fair that, while her friends love to reveal her ermahgerdness to pretty much everyone they meet, she is not always stoked to laugh at a bunch of iterations of a picture that was taken when she was about 11 years old.
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Contact: Becky Bartkowski. Follow: Twitter: beckybartkowski. Don't Miss Out. I was completely game. It really brought my attention to this bizarre cowardly online presence in the safety of anonymity.
Meanwhile, Laina — now 27 — has pretty much made the internet her life. She has a comedy YouTube channel which has 1. It opened a lot of doors for me and allowed me to have a career on YouTube. It was a crazy experience that was a ton of fun and definitely changed my life for the better. So has she ever resented being a meme? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.
Ah, memes — where would we be without you?
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