My name is Brittany Broski,

我的名字是布列塔尼Broski。

but most people know me as kombucha girl.

但大多數人都知道我是昆布茶女孩。

This all started in August of 2019.

這一切始於2019年8月。

I was 22 years old, I was living in Dallas, Texas.

我22歲的時候，我住在德克薩斯州的達拉斯。

I worked at a bank in trust and investment services.

我在一家銀行從事信託和投資服務工作。

Life was very normal for me.

生活對我來說很正常。

I had no idea what was coming. (dramatic whooshing)

我不知道什麼是未來。（戲劇性的嗖嗖聲）

I downloaded TikTok as a joke, (laughs)

我下載了TikTok作為一個笑話，（笑）。

because I kept seeing ads for it on Snapchat.

因為我一直在Snapchat上看到它的廣告。

And I was like, "What is this?"

我當時想，"這是什麼？"

People in furry suits and all this,

穿著毛茸茸的衣服的人和這一切。

cosplay was kind of the main thing on the app.

cosplay算是應用上的主要內容。

And then just by accident, I started uploading

然後只是意外的，我開始上傳了

'cause I ended up having a lot of fun on the app.

'因為我最後在應用上玩得很開心。

I didn't even know what kombucha was

我連昆布茶是什麼都不知道。

and I just kind of wanted to try it.

我只是有點想試試。

And I was at the grocery store one time

有一次我在雜貨店買東西

and I walked by the aisle and I was like, "Why not?"

我走過過道，我當時想，"為什麼不呢？"

And so I bought it.

於是我就買了它。

I just kind of got home, put all my groceries away,

我剛回到家，把我所有的雜貨放好。

set up my camera and just

設置我的相機，只是

filmed me trying it. (can cracks)

拍攝我嘗試它。（可以裂縫）

No.

不知道

Well. (chuckles)

好吧。（笑聲）

And the reaction is genuine.

而且反應很真實。

I mean, it's kind of nasty,

我的意思是，它是一種討厭的。

but the flavor I got was like a soda,

但我得到的味道就像蘇打水。

so it was kind of sugary.

所以它是一種含糖的。

And it didn't do well on TikTok.

而且在TikTok上的表現也不好。

It was downloaded and uploaded to Gay Twitter

它被下載並上傳到Gay Twitter

and they took that and captioned it (chuckles)

他們採取了這一點，並把它的標題（笑）。

"When I ate (beeps) for the first time."

"當我第一次吃（嗶）的時候。"

And other ones, like "When I tasted (beeps)

還有其他的，比如 "當我嚐到了（嗶嗶聲）"。

"for the first time" and all these nasty,

"第一次 "和所有這些討厭的。

like I work at a bank!

就像我在銀行工作一樣！

And I DM the guy who first uploaded the video

而我DM了那個最先上傳視頻的人。

and I was like, "Hey, this is me,"

我當時想，"嘿，這是我，"

in hopes that he would take it down.

希望他能拿下它。

'Cause I was like, "I don't want to get fired."

"因為我當時想，"我不想被解僱。"

But he was like, "Oh, this is you?"

但他說，"哦，這是你？"

and tagged me under it, and I was like, "Oh shit!" (laughs)

並給我貼上了標籤，我當時想，"哦，該死！"（笑）

So then I started getting an influx of followers.

所以後來我開始有了大量的追隨者。

I had a private account with maybe like 400 followers.

我有一個私人賬戶，大概有400個追隨者。

It was me and my friends. (energetic classical music)

這是我和我的朋友們。（精力充沛的古典音樂）

In a day, I got like 12,000 requests.

一天之內，我收到了12000個請求。

And I was like, "Well man, I guess it's time to go public."

我當時想，"好吧，夥計，我想它是時候去公開。"

So I made my account public.

所以我把我的賬戶公開了。

I gained 96,000 Twitter followers in one day.

我在一天內獲得了96000個Twitter粉絲。

Like it is insane how fast it spread.

就像它瘋了一樣，傳播速度之快。

The meme, actually, not the video,

其實是備忘錄，不是視頻。

but the two reaction pictures.

但這兩張反應圖。

There's no language affiliated with it,

沒有隸屬語言。

so that's how it went so viral,

所以這就是為什麼它去如此病毒。

is it doesn't take an English speaker

是不需要英語的

to think faces are funny.

認為臉是有趣的。

I started seeing my face on Hong Kong protest posters,

我開始在香港的抗議海報上看到我的臉。

climate change posters in New Zealand.

紐西蘭的氣候變化海報；

Like it was global, insane!

好像是全球性的，瘋了!

You know, then it's like,

你知道，然後它就像。

"Well, how do I tell my boss what's going on?"

"好吧，我怎麼跟老闆說是怎麼回事？"

When you're 50, 60, having to explain the idea of a meme,

當你50歲，60歲的時候，不得不解釋一個備忘錄的想法。

as Gen Z to a boomer, it's like I would rather die.

作為Z世代的潮人，這就像我寧願死。

So I had to explain to her, this wasn't me.

所以我不得不向她解釋，這不是我。

Like I didn't caption it,

就像我沒有給它加標題一樣

"When I ate (beeps) for the first time."

"當我第一次吃（嗶）的時候。"

It's someone that's taken my video

是有人偷拍了我的視頻

and captioned it with a funny caption.

並配上了有趣的標題。

So whatever you see, it's out of my control.

所以無論你看到什麼，都不是我所能控制的。

So there was a fateful day, early September

於是有了一個決定性的日子，9月初

where I was pulled into my boss's office.

在那裡，我被拉進了我老闆的辦公室。

And she was basically like,

而她基本上就像。

"You need to choose if you want to be a meme

"你需要選擇是否要成為一個紀念品

"or if you want to be a corporate professional."

"或者如果你想成為一個公司的專業人士。"

"Girl, I have rent to pay,

"姑娘，我還要交房租呢。

"obviously I want to be a professional.

"很明顯，我想成為一個專業的人。

"Like what do you want me to do,

"比如你要我做什麼。

"go work at Outback Steakhouse?"

"去Outback Steakhouse工作？"

So I was like, "No please, like it's just a hobby."

所以我當時想，"不，請， 就像它只是一個愛好。"

And she was like, "Okay."

她說，"好吧。"

But then sure enough, I mean, a week later,

但後來果然，我是說，一個星期後。

she brought me in, slid a piece of paper

她把我帶進來，把一張紙塞進我的嘴裡

across the table and was like,

隔著桌子，就像。

"Yeah, I think we're gonna let you go."

"是的，我想我們會讓你走。"

(dramatic music)

咍

I was mortified.

我很慚愧。

I was so embarrassed to tell my dad of like,

我很不好意思告訴我爸的喜歡。

I got fired from a bank job?

我被銀行解僱了？

That's so embarrassing, for what?

這真是太尷尬了，為了什麼？

'Cause I'm posting videos

因為我在發視頻

of me doing (blows raspberry) online?

的我做（吹樹莓）在線？

I graduated college, I graduated in three years.

我大學畢業了，我三年就畢業了。

I was magna cum laude.

我是以優異的成績畢業的。

I'm a licensed insurance agent, I worked at a bank.

我是一個有執照的保險代理人，我在銀行工作。

I had every intention of being a functioning member

我一直想成為一個正常的成員

of society. (laughs)

的社會。（笑）

I understand, and I don't hold it against them at all.

我明白，我一點也不反對他們。

Having a young, 20 something year old,

有一個年輕的，20多歲的孩子。

fresh college grad dickin' around online,

剛畢業的大學生在網上亂搞。

saying, "I'm a banker!"

說："我是銀行家！"

All it takes is one Google search.

只要在谷歌上搜索一下就可以了。

So I made sure when I had that call with my parents

所以當我和父母通電話的時候，我就確定了

that I, you know, like there is a backup plan.

我，你知道，像有一個備份計劃。

It's not just me sitting on my (beeps) unemployed.

不僅僅是我坐在我的（嗶）失業。

I had a team behind me at that point.

那時候我的背後有一個團隊。

And you know, a week later I was flown out to LA.

一週後我就飛到了洛杉磯

I was meeting with the platform headquarters.

我在和平臺總部開會。

I started working with Comedy Central,

我開始與喜劇中心合作。

MTV, all these major brands and networks.

MTV，所有這些大品牌和網絡。

I was a presenter at the Streamys,

我是Streamys的主持人。

I was in a Super Bowl commercial.

我在超級碗的廣告中。

I was nominated for a Shorty Award, TikToker of the Year.

我被提名為矮子獎，年度最佳TikToker。

I literally can't even keep up.

我根本就跟不上。

And that's not even the brands that I've worked with.

而這還不是我合作過的品牌。

It's just a dream.

這只是一個夢。

You know, it wasn't just "Hey, can you recreate the meme?"

你知道，這不僅僅是 "嘿，你能不能重現這個備忘錄？"

I was pumping out other content.

我在抽出其他內容。

I was doing accents, impressions,

我在做口音，印象。

skits, what I've always done.

小品，我一直在做的事。

And now that all the eyes were on me,

而現在，所有的目光都在我身上。

I was like, "If there was ever a time

我當時想，"如果有一天，如果有一個時間

"to create content, it's now."

"要創造內容，就是現在。"

Caleb!

迦勒！

Caleb, Mom says get out of the tub.

凱勒布，媽媽說從浴缸裡出來。

Quit trying to drown yourself, dinner's ready.

別再想淹死自己了，晚飯好了。

Literally, we're almost coming up on to the day.

從字面上看，我們快到日子了。

It's August something right now and I just hit 5.1 million.

現在是8月的東西，我剛剛達到510萬。

Being a meme, it's very dehumanizing.

作為一個追憶，這是很沒有人性的。

People forget you're a real person.

人們忘記了你是一個真正的人。

Like if someone would tag me in something

就像如果有人在某件事情上標記我

and I'd respond, they'd be like, "Oh my God."

和我回應， 他們會喜歡，"哦，我的上帝。"

(laughs) It's like yeah, I'm real!

(笑)就好像是啊，我是真的!

I had some old Tinder matches text me again.

我有一些舊的火柴人比賽又給我發簡訊。

And I was like, "Really, no, no, absolutely not."

我當時想，"真的，不，不，絕對不是。"

(laughs) Block.

(笑)塊。

I have every intention of, you know,

我完全有意向，你知道的。

stand up, SNL audition, all that.

站起來，SNL試鏡，所有這些。

My number one is voice acting.

我的第一名是配音。

I wanna be in a Pixar film so bad.

我太想演皮克斯的電影了。

I wanna voice act for a Disney film.

我想為迪士尼電影配音

It's like, I'm a multifaceted person.

就像，我是一個多面手。

I have so much more to offer

我還有很多東西要提供

than just "Well," you know what I mean?

不只是 "嗯"，你知道我的意思嗎？

But it was such a learning experience

但它是這樣一個學習的經驗

and it's gotten me where I am,

它讓我在哪裡我。

and I'm very grateful to be where I am.

我很慶幸自己能在這裡。

So hey, Disney, Pixar.

所以，嘿，迪士尼，皮克斯。

Hey, Blue Sky Studios, how y'all doin'? (laughs)

嘿，藍天工作室，你們好嗎？（笑）

Call me!

打電話給我！

(laughs) (bright music)

（笑） （明亮的音樂）