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I found this guy named Chet Hanks and he makes
me feel like we definitely live in a simulation,
because his Instagram makes me feel like I’m
glitching out of existence.
So let’s explore that.
Start with Tom Hanks.
He's a pandemic survivor and a critically
acclaimed actor, known for his iconic roles
such as in the conductor in The Polar Express
and the Homeless Guy in the Polar Express,
and literally Santa Claus in The Polar Express.
What in the name of Mike.
He’s also one of the highest paid actors.
In the world.
Here he is renting a several-hundred-million-dollar
yacht with his wife, Rita.
Rita Wilson is also a pandemic survivor, as
well as an acclaimed singer, known for tracks
such as Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,
but also Let Me Be.
Here she is posing next to her Hollywood Walk
of Fame star.
With her name on it.
So these two got together and had a couple
kids, and somehow one of those kids wound
up being Chet Hanks.
It’s a lot to unpack, so first I’m going
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Now, let’s start the deep dive.
So Chet is 29-years-old, and a part-time actor,
part-time rapper, and a full time Instagrammer.
He’s also had his fair share of controversies
. . .
He used the N-word, and he recently said that
poor decision was due to heavy drug use.
But why focus on that when we can focus on
his Instagram.
So if I had to split his content up, I’d
say he posts a decent mix of music, sketch
comedy, and motivational rants, which he calls
CHET CHATS.
Now, these Chet Chats are my personal favorite,
because I’m here to learn how to get my
life together from someone literally born
into wealth.
I mean, look at this gem from his Twitter:
“Imagine being rich and successful and not
posting all your stuff for everyone to see
who doesn’t have it.
Imagine just enjoying it.
Crazy right?”
Twitter for iPhone.
I just- This is the first time I’ve seen
someone humble-brag and shoot themselves in
the foot in the same statement.
Am I richer than you?
Yes.
Am I successful?
Obviously.
But am I going to go on social media and share
that information with you?
No!
I would never do that.
But what makes this Tweet even less tolerable
is that 50% of his Instagram is literally
posting all his stuff for everyone to see
who doesn’t have it.
Here he is flexing a large truck.
Or as he put it, “said screw it and copped
a big truck”.
Reminds me of the other day when I said screw
it and copped some extra cheese for my burger,
even though it was an additional 49 cents.
Sometimes when you’re rich, you just gotta
take that financial risk.
For the flex.
Also, here he is flexing his boat, as well
as flexing his bike, as well as flexing his
bike, as well as flexing his bike, as well
as flexing his bike, as well as flexing his
bike.
You know what I want to know more than anything?
How does he get these motorcycle videos?
Does he tell one of his friends “hey, can
you lean out of the side of your car and record
my wheelies . . . while also driving the car
in traffic?”
That’s the most dangerous thing- you know
what, maybe they’re in the backseat.
Meaning he’s making at least two people
record his one motorcycle trick that he knows.
But yeah.
That’s the man criticizing rich people for
flexing online.
I guess money can’t buy self-awareness.
Here’s another good tweet: “At what point
in time did it become normal for grown men
to seek attention like schoolgirls?”
I’m so glad you asked.
If the Taj Mahal, or the Great Pyramids of
Giza, or the similarly-sized truck that you
just bought are anything to go buy, I’d
say grown men have been seeking attention
since the dawn of recorded human history.
In fact, the best example of this is Chet’s
Instagram.
He posts these thirst traps- well, is it really
a thirst trap if it doesn't make anybody thirsty.
“Forget LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram,
I’m going straight for the Tinder pics.
Who’s swiping right?
Hashtag “F yeah”, Hashtag “so hot”.
On his own picture.
I mean . . . would I swipe right?
On a man giving me finger guns in 2020?
Absolutely not!
But I mean, he did post more than one at a
time, let me- oh.
Okay.
I’m not sure what’s happening here, um-
Oh no.
Why is he look- the more I swipe, the more
violated I feel- Oh.
Okay.
Well now he just looks mildly offended.
Now I have to swipe right because I feel like
if I don’t he’s just going to passive-aggressively
bring it up a thousand times and I don’t
know if I can handle that.
Double tap if this makes you uncomfortable.
Um- Oh look.
It’s his most-liked picture.
Okay this one isn’t a thirst trap, this
one just straight up says “If this clip
gets 100,000 views, I’ll drop a full track
and light myself on fire while running naked
through a public place.”
Aw, it didn’t get 100,000 views.
But my point is, this is the man criticizing
grown men for seeking attention on the internet.
So, back on his Twitter, he’s tweeted “Bruh,
who the heck are all these motivational speakers
on Instagram and why are they always yelling
at me, chill the heck out”.
This is the part where I cut to footage of
him doing motivational speaking on Instagram.
This one is about humility.
Of course, Chet is none other than the peak
of humility, right.
Hey fool is that that fool that plays shortstop
for the Doyers or something?
Cuz he's got that baseball burl, ya dig what
I'm saying?
Like I'm hitting home runs in this B. Like
the white Barry Bonds in this B.
Here he is comparing himself to Barry Bonds,
one of the hardest-working baseball players
of all time.
Barry, I’m so sorry.
Here’s a speech about blowing up.
What kind of growth have you achieved?
Have you achieved any real growth?
Or is it just kind of luck and circumstances
that got you to where you’re at.
. . . Your parents are millionaires.
I can’t take this motivational advice seriously,
and according to his own tweet, neither can
he.
Are you picking up a bit of a pattern by now?
It’s like, everything he criticizes on his
Twitter, he does on his Instagram.
I would literally think these two accounts
were run by different people, but at the same
time my brain can’t handle the concept of
their being more than one Chet Hanks.
Another big part of his Instagram are these
comedy sketches that he does.
I’m using the term “comedy” very lightly.
Who is that dude?
No clue.
Hey so, we live next door and we were doing
our TikTok videos, but it started raining
so we wondering if you guys come come outside
and rub glitter all over our bodies?
Whatcha think, man?
Social distancing.
Yeah.
Uh, we're sorry guys.
Okay, don’t get me wrong.
I actually appreciate that he’s making a
skit encouraging people to practice social
distancing, even if he’s using interesting
tactics to do so.
But I have to say, the impact is a bit lessened
by the fact that he and his friend are sitting
like half a foot away from each other.
I'm not speaking patois anymore unless Ellen
DeGeneres does it with me, I'm telling you
I'm not gonna-
Sorry sir, here's your coffee.
I said SOY FAT.
Ok this one’s just not even funny.
Celebrities yelling at underpaid people isn’t
a punchline, it’s just . . . happening.
By the way, if you’re wondering why he was
talking about speaking Patois, that’s a
thing.
That’s a thing that he does.
He literally wound up in the news for it.
*Patois intensifies*
Ah.
So that’s what a 
hate crime feels like.
Now, all jokes aside, I’m not Jamaican and
I didn’t see any Jamaican people getting
mad, but like . . . it’s still weird?
I get the “appreciation”, but you’re
literally not from Jamaica, so why are you
speaking like that?
You’re out here trying to sound like Busta
Rhymes but your posts are tagged in Santa
Monica.
I just realized, he has the Jamaican flag
in his bio.
The last thing I want to look at today is
his music.
Literally.
The last thing I want to do is look at his
music career.
Now, he’s actually a pretty decent singer,
I might even enjoy listening to some of his
stuff if I gave it a chance.
Alright, nope, I take that back.
But as okay as his singing is, his rapping
is just awful.
He released official songs under the name
Chet Haze, and here’s the album cover for
Chet’s LP “Do It Better”.
I’m- it looks like it was taken in a prison
shower.
These lyrics though.
“Couldn’t be West Los without the Mexicans.
Creeping on Latina females, they’re se-”
Alright, that’s- no.
But I think what’s somehow worse than his
official music are his freestyles.
I'ma make you famous like Amos.
The only difference is, yo b is baking cookes,
my b is breaking rookies, ya feel me?
I'ma touch down in the compound like a hungry
hound.
I like how whoever’s holding the camera
is just laughing in his face, because honestly
same.
Your girlfriend, she still sleeps on a futon.
And that B crusty like crouton.
Ooh she is, but I bet I'd still spread it
like Grey Poupon.
And I get it from her half off like a coupon.
Goddamn.
And she give me brain like Jimmy Neutron.
Okay, there’s two of them, and I said I
wouldn't be able to handle two of them, so
I think I’m just going to wrap it up right
here.
Chet Hanks doesn’t really seem like a bad
guy, just a little completely out of touch
with public perception.
But honestly what do you expect from someone
who grew up with some of the richest most
famous celebrities in the US as mom and Dad?
Speaking of which, what do Tom Hanks and Rita
Wilson think about him?
Without an official statement, I can’t say
for sure, but I can say that I haven't seen
very many pictures of them together, so take
that how you will.
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