I want to pursue a career on YouTube, is this a ridiculous dream?

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Before I go on, I have to say that I mean everything I'm about to say in the most modest way possible!

I really want to become a YouTuber but none of my family supports me but all of my friends do. I want to be a funny YouTuber because I am hilarious and I love to make people laugh and I would love to do it for a living. I am well aware that these things don't always work out but I've never wanted anything more in my entire life and I just know that if I end up not trying to become a Youtuber/comedian I'm gonna hate the job I end up having. So my question is, Should I just give up and do something more realistic or should I follow my dreams no matter what anyone else thinks?

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Anything is possible and I'd hate to be the one to squash someones ambition but you know, it is kind of ridiculous. I mean no one makes a career as a "youtuber", there are very popular people uploading videos but they aren't making a "career" out of it they're all Z list celebrities and the nature of the internet is so fickle that 99.9% of them are here one minute and gone the next. You can't make a career out of it because there's no time to do it in. Just think back to all those amazing, hilarious videos of the last two years.. none of them have done anything since and none of tehm made any money out of it either. perhaps you'll be different, perhaps you ahve what it take sto be the person who "changes the paradigm" but I doubt it. Stay in school/college/work, keep doing whatever your hobby/interest is and who knows maybe you'll break into it and if you don't at least you'll have soemthing else to do while you wait for your time to come. IMHO I say be realistic but never forget the dream and keep using your spare time to work for it.

I want to pursue a career on YouTube, is this a ridiculous dream?

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