If you’ve ever suspected your keys are plotting against you, or that the Tupperware stained with spaghetti sauce holds a deep, sorrowful grudge, you’re not alone. Emily Nicole Carruth, a 24-year-old comedian from McKinney, has built a massive following by confirming our deepest, most absurd suspicions: our stuff has feelings, and they are often dramatic.
Through a series of viral skits on social media — find her as @badbittyontheblock on TikTok and @e.n.c on Instagram — Carruth has become the designated psychic for the inanimate world. She gives a voice, an accent, and a surprisingly complex emotional life to everything from a half-empty shampoo bottle to a mischievous printer. Her unique brand of observational humor, which anthropomorphizes the mundane frustrations of daily life, has made her one of social media’s fastest-rising stars.
But before she was giving pep talks to forgotten leftovers in her Los Angeles apartment, her sense of humor was being shaped right here in North Texas…