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People Break Down Which Online Trends Confuse Them The Most

People Break Down Which Online Trends Confuse Them The Most
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Getting old is the worst, isn't it?


Not just the body suddenly deciding certain parts of it aren't going to work, no it's the other stuff. The life stuff. Just when you think you got a handle on what's cool, they change it up. Then what was in is no longer in, and what's in is suddenly seen as strange and foreign. For example, "Troom Troom?" What's up with that?

Fortunately, if you feel this way about online trends, you're not alone.

Reddit user, u/bemmu, wanted to hear about:

What online trend confuses you the most?

Doing It For The Clicks

Most online trends stem from a desire to have people see you, to get eyes on your product or your brand and to become synonymous with their online ​time. However, sometimes that time involves doing weird things for attention.

Not So Much A "Challenge" As It Is A "Dare"

I don't understand all of the "challenges" that go on now. Like, back when online "challenges" started, it was already stupid stuff like, "the cinnamon challenge." But, while stuff like that is stupid, it's still a "challenge." Eating a spoonful of cinnamon is a challenge.

Now it's like, "Oh, I'm gonna do the 'silhouette challenge'," which is just dressing frumpy, then cutting to you in your lingerie dancing like a stripper? That's not a challenge, that's a dance.

gorbo12

No Way! You Won't BELIEVE What Just Happened!

Scripted candid shots.

  • A video where something unexpected happens: Cool!
  • A video where something unexpected happens, catching a witness off guard with an unpredictable reaction: Also cool!
  • A video where the unexpected is carefully staged, and the witness does their best to act out what they think will be amusing, but it's not all that convincing because they're not a professional actor: Why is this a thing?

These People Were The Literal Worst...

People who prank. Go out and vlog your life, go out and tell personal stories, i understand the need to do that! But pranks? Get them away asap.

TBradge

...Until These People?

People acting really stupid on tiktok, making funny faces and spazing out like they are having a grand mal seizure. I may be way too old to understand the humor in that, but I see those videos constantly being posted on the cringe subs, and that got me to wondering, who watches those so much that it became a trend?

BigBearSD

Perhaps Sharing Too Much Information?

We all share too much. That's fine. We're all in a social contract with one another saying it's okay to share a picture of your dinner once in a while or if your child has a big baseball game then you'll probably livestream it. But, every day?

Proof Of Life

Posting everything about your day, every moment of the day. The odd story I get, but who wants to hear about your morning bagel for the 6th time this week?

jaketheweirdsnake

Wrote This At 10:53pm

Commenting the year you watched something. Who the f-ck cares?

ShotSkiByMyself

Ive watched some TikTok recently (sue me), and its even worse. The amount of times I'll see comments that say something dumb like "So we all just seeing this at 3am". Like no we aren't cause its a different time everywhere, and I might watch at a different time than you. WTF.

SlammedOptima

How Are You Enjoying What You're Posting?

Going on vacation and worrying about posting everything you see and do. Not even enjoying it because of what other people have to comment or like.

CharlieChile

Spending an hour every Christmas taking pictures of every god damn different arrangement of people in front of the same tree every year. Then never looking at them ever again.

Not every picture has to be perfect, just take it and move on. Just spend that time with family.

Bittrecker3

Friends From The Comfort Of Your Computer

People who watch Twitch streams religiously and donate money to the streamers.

Generally the whole Twitch culture seems a bit absurd to me.

I_hate_traveling

I don't do it often, but I get the point of it. Twitch streamers and most other online personalities have this perception of walking the line between celebrity and relatability that attracts a certain demographic, and the unscripted nature of streams add a certain charm to them, as well as the fact they mostly play video games, a hobby shared by their audience.

And there's also the fact that viewers can directly interact with the streamers in real time through chat and donations, allowing them to feel included in a community from the comfort of their homes.

brykewl

Then There's The Oddball Choices...

Your guess is as good as anyone's on these.

Yeah, This One Makes Sense

Making up bullsh-t to win meaningless points on Reddit.

Redditors who are currently aboard the ISS, what's the sex like?

42,881 Comments

gh0st_47

Not an astronaut, but a family friend who works at NASA told my mom over Discord last month that sometimes, they send extra food packs on the supply missions.

nxdefiant

*raise your hand if you had to Google this one

These Troom Troom and 5 minute craft videos who pretty obviously don't work at all and are pretty terrible. Yet their videos have millions of views. Well at least they are a tiny bit better than these Frozen Elsa and Spiderman videos.

TheBassMeister

They have millions of views because people will see the thumbnail and have their curiosity piqued just enough for them to click. Those craft videos aren't there to actually teach you a useful skill. They're there to get you to click on the video.

DJRonin

You Getting The Goosepimples Now?

ASMR in general makes my skin crawl. No, I don't want to hear your creepy whisper while you tap and touch random objects.

C-ckDaddyKaren

There are certain ASMR that gives me the stupid tingle but the one thing I hate is when people eat on camera. I hate it especially when they clearly never learned any table manners.

GenericThrowAwayAcc6

Don't feel bad if you don't "get" something. Odds are, it wasn't meant for you. The wheel of public opinion keeps spinning, and before you know it, there'll be a new series of trends coming and you won't be so lonely as soon people won't know what those are about either.

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