What were we thinking back then?
Trends that stem from viral moments not only show that we cling to moments to have something to talk about, but that we are also an unoriginal bunch socially. Of course, it's all for fun, but sometimes we can look back on viral, trendy moments and say,"What were we thinking?"On March 2, 2014, Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with a bunch of famous people.
I love memes as much as the next person, but it feels wrong to make a non-celebrity famous at their lowest moment. Fifteen minutes of fame aren't usually worth the lifelong link that follows a person who goes viral. So, the man behind the meme isn't the cringe-worthy element, but the people who pushed the meme format were.An image of a teenager working at Target went viral, with, once again, thirsty young folks wanting to know the identity of #AlexfromTarget.show lovers ate it up.
No one got to"see dem aliens," and the movement fell flat. Looking back on this after the events of January 6th, storming government property really seems cringe-worthy.In an attempt to break Kylie Jenner's most-liked Instagram post, someone launched a campaign to have a photo of an egg break the record.
One of the most dangerous internet challenges was the dreaded"Tide Pod challenge," which involved the lowest IQ members of the internet popping a 3-in-1 laundry solution into their mouths. Which led to, you guessed it, late night hosts and online comedians regurgitating the same jokes. I'm not a fan of making fun of stressed people on camera. Seems pretty mean-spirited.There are still young bucks on YouTube dishing out cringe-worthy pranks, but the 2010s was a renaissance of people going viral for extreme staged stunts. In fact, so many problematic people blew up from staged pranks that usually ended with someone getting emotional or physically hurt.
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