People Share Social Trends They Find Annoying
Reckless Endangerment
Its the age of the internet. Lots of people are going viral and probably earning money from starting or participating in popular social trends. From challenges to pranks to , the world of social media is rife with these trends.
However, some people have issues with some of these trends are they are not afraid to speak on it.
Some people will disagree with this approach, but I hate being recorded. I’m in my mid 20’s and not one for pranks, jokes, whatever BS is popular. I live in a small town that has a surprisingly large amount of TikTok “influencers” so you see these kids recording crap everywhere.
Most of the time it’s harmless dances, but lately they have been “pranking” people.
I was driving down the road and see a bunch of kids standing 100 or so yards down, and then a green flash. My girlfriend freaks out because what we later found was a high powered laser had just caught her in the face.
I get after the kids, who are running like it’s the funniest thing, and catch them in front of one of their homes. Proceed to call the cops, those kids were all charged with reckless endangerment and a host of other things.
The videos (multiple) of them trying to laser drivers now belong to the local police.
Silly Pranks
The prevalence of downright evil in the name of ‘pranks’. The worst I have seen were some guys that threw a Baby doll face down from a bridge in a river. Then they started screaming that a baby was drowning.
A shocked man was about to jump in the water to save the kid when they burst into laughter. At the last second, they informed him that it was a prank. Guaranteed that this brave man will think trice before he will ever show such civil courage again.
Team 24/7 Camera Crew
Lots of wholesome moments that get filmed and eventually make it to the top page of Reddit are nice, but at the same time I wonder, was filming and sharing with the world really the best thing?
Like maybe it was, and I am not particularly against it, but it seems like if I was going to reunite with my dad after 20 years, or I was meeting my friend from war after having been estranged for 30 years, it might just be better to have it as a special moment that happened to us.
I am not sure it requires documentation to send to people on instagram. In a way it seems to cheapen the whole thing.
Public Grieving
That and berating those who don’t grieve publicly. When Chadwick Boseman passed away, people were hounding his co-stars regarding their responses.
When Malik B of The Roots passed away,
Questlove actually found out by being spammed on Twitter by a bunch of strangers. Imagine finding out one of your closest friends died, because random strangers wanted an immediate response from you.
Driving While On A Cell Phone.
Driving has always been a little frustrating but now it’s gotten insane. My girlfriend and I can call out with at least 90% accuracy who is on their phone.
Abrupt Lane changes, 20mph under the speed limit, swerving, looking at phone and missing a green light for 5+ seconds, and – my personal pet peeve – stopping 50’ short of a light in a busy intersection during rush hour.
Not only is the use common, but the entitlement that comes with it is across the board. Someone waiting at a green light 5+ seconds, I do a short honk to alert them – they give me middle finger. Like, yeah, I’m the idiot here (I can see you playing on your phone through your back windshield).
The other day I had a girl pull across two rows of parked cars in a lot and had to slam on my brakes to not smash into her. Instead of saying sorry, she got out of the car (still in the middle of the lane) while still on FaceTime to film me.
Like… it’s gotten so bad that I don’t see any real solution other than videoing all of these people/license plates and sending them to the local police.