Pokimane fires back after haters criticize her parents\u2019 retirement fund announcement Instagram: PokimanePokimane has hit back against those who attacked her online after she posted a tweet about how she has now paid for her parent\u2019s retirement fund. The popular content creator faced attacks and rude comments online in response to a tweet she posted detailing how she has now paid off her parents\u2019 retirement fund and plan. In the initial post, Pokimane wrote how grateful she is to be able to give back to her parents. \u201cAs an immigrant, I\u2019ve always felt indebted to them,\u201d began Pokimane. \u201cNow, nothing makes me happier than repaying them for their sacrifices.\u201d However, the comments section of the tweet is filled with negative responses, some simply replying with comments like \u201cno one cares\u201d or others accusing her of only making the post so as a way to get clout for being a \u201cgood person.\u201d Shortly after this barrage of comments, Pokimane issued another series of tweets in response to the reception of her comments. Beginning the thread by calling out the \u201cignorant\u201d replies, adding that she will now be doing \u201ca lil educating\u201d in response to the negativity. \u201cI was born in Morocco, a third-world country, and my amazing parents immigrated to Canada when I was four,\u201d writes Pokimane. \u201cI grew up being painfully aware of how much they missed their parents, siblings, friends, back in Morocco\u2026but, they were always so happy that their sacrifices allowed my brother and I to get a great education & pursue whatever we wanted.\u201d She then adds, \u201cif I didn\u2019t grow up in Canada, I wouldn\u2019t have had the same access to internet, peripherals, etc, that allowed me to become the [content creator] I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane fires back after haters criticize her parents\u2019 retirement fund announcement Instagram: PokimanePokimane has hit back against those who attacked her online after she posted a tweet about how she has now paid for her parent\u2019s retirement fund. The popular content creator faced attacks and rude comments online in response to a tweet she posted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}