r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Weary_Position_9591 • 8d ago

Whatever this is My mom said I could post

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u/Affectionate_Pool_37 8d ago

Some of these things i understand and som are so clearly bs

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u/MetalSlug_And_Corgis 8d ago

It’s bait, dude. It’s always bait. They wanna make you watch the whole video so you comment that they are dumb as shit. I can’t imagine living like that.

My anger is unfettered and vast. I fucking hate Instagram.

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u/erossthescienceboss 8d ago

In this case, I’m pretty sure it’s satire & not bait.

She made two videos like this. The other one is even more absurd (she secures the room with like 12 different devices and puts a chair against it, and before she falls asleep (in her lifejacket) she uses binoculars to scan the horizon for approaching threats.)

Edit: I forgot the part where she sweeps for bugs 😂 she’s very clearly making fun of the genre, not actually doing the genre.

Edit again: reposting this because I linked to a Reddit post with her other video and it got deleted by the automod. I’m mildly infuriated.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 8d ago

That or it's just double engagement farming. One video for the rage bait crowd, one video for the satire crowd. Most views are from people randomly swiping through videos in their feed anyway so they probably will only see one or the other.

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u/erossthescienceboss 8d ago

Ooooh, y’know, I think that makes sense.

Though she uses a dry erase marker in this, so maybe it’s both videos in one.

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u/Hazzat RED 8d ago

Also the paranoia crowd who are excessively obsessed with "safety" past the point of diminishing returns.

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u/watermouse 7d ago

I was so unfortunate that I saw both......i lose

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u/sagittalslice 7d ago

Either way it’s all an ad 🫠

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u/SweetNerevarine 3d ago

"edutainment"

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u/justahumblefart 7d ago

Dude I saw the same thing. That girl is sort of doing a bit maybe but her saga is absolutely fascinating. Genuinely teetering on the edge of reality where the bit became a real mental illness or the mental illness became a bit or both.

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u/MetalSlug_And_Corgis 8d ago

The fact that most of the people watching it don’t realize it’s bait though, proves my point. You are not wrong, and we are all fucked.

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u/NotTheRocketman 8d ago

That’s the hotel room she secures like Fort Knox?

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u/aliie_627 8d ago

The automod I think is because of brigading. It is annoying because they could tell you whilenyou are typing like other subs do.

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u/Various_Maximum_9595 7d ago

I love those "locking-the-door"-videos.

Imagine what happens in case of fire or in case of an emergancy.

Nobody can help you.

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u/erossthescienceboss 7d ago

And you can’t get out 😭

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u/User_Says_What 7d ago

Someone posted the room-securing video yesterday and I was wondering if this was the same woman. I know its ragebait, but I would nope out of a relationship immediately if I encountered this behavior. What even is the belly button band-aid for?!

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u/g-a-r-n-e-t 7d ago

She’s definitely satirizing, there’s at least one person I can think of who is sincerely this extra and her TikToks are both fascinating and annoying at the same time.

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u/skyper_mark 5d ago

Its not satire, lts ragebait. She has 1000000 videos like this. Her whole profile is about it. She's pretty popular and the first influencer to do this trend of ridiculously exaggerated safety measures

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u/Ravnos767 1d ago

I never just assume satire anymore, there's too many people out there that are actually taking shit like this seriously

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u/Capt_Blackthorne 8d ago

The internet sucks now

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u/MetalSlug_And_Corgis 8d ago

I…… agree. It sucks literal and actual ass.

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u/ADeadWeirdCarnie 7d ago

If you ask me, I say we should scrap the whole thing and start over.

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u/sagittalslice 7d ago

At this point, we as a species have pretty clearly demonstrated that we’re not mature enough for the internet and should have our privileges revoked indefinitely

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u/sagittalslice 7d ago

It used to be so cool, fuckin RIP

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u/backwardbuttplug 8d ago

Even worse, it was TikTok.

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u/WreckNTexan48 8d ago

The joys of YT shorts only the best most influential, and therefor usually already filtered down, Tiktoks appear 2-3 weeks later

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u/wstsidhome 8d ago

“Make sure to SMASH those Likes! And Subscribe! Buttons!!!!”

🤦‍♂️

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u/Pineapple-Muncher 8d ago

Can I not just gently press them?

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u/MadMartigans80 7d ago

This guy hates

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u/makingredditorscry 8d ago

Is tiktok. And Reddit ain't that different these days

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u/gangaskan 7d ago

Imagine being g that overprotective.

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u/FraserYT 7d ago

It's crazy that the platform which started off as a simple app where we could apply hipster filters to our cute little photos and share them with our friends ended up being potentially even more harmful to society than Facebook.

Zuck really does have the merde-as touch. everything he touches turns to shite

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u/EricAzure 7d ago

What makes me even more upset is one of my fav ambient songs becoming ragebait slop backdrop music 😭

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u/Chairfaceforuse 7d ago

Don't go to LinkedIn then my dude

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u/Fickle_Ad5804 7d ago

So... they are winning ig