It’s been a jam-packed week for the Extremely Online. Between Beyonce’s new single, Drake’s surprise album, Emma Chamberlain breaking her six-month YouTube hiatus, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and the new season of Love Island UK, there’s a lot for the digitally minded to talk about. However, that hasn’t prevented TikTokkers from concocting a slew of new trends.
We have users discussing scams that have been normalized, dancing with a little freak named Horace, and soundtracking their videos with the iconic Love Island UK, “This week a hot new bombshell enters the villa” sound. TikTok has been busy!
What’s a scam that’s become normalized?
Stitch-based trends were all the rage back in 2020 (remember @missbeifong’s inescapable “what is your favorite celebrity interview moment?“), and this week @debtcollective inspired stitches in a radical way.
The debtors’ union posted a TikTok where they asked, “What’s a scam that’s become so normalized that we don’t even realize it’s a scam anymore?” In the original video they describe why student loan debt is a scam. The clip has inspired TikTokkers to think critically about all the commonplace predatory systems in our lives. TikTokkers have posted hundreds of videos in response to @debtcollective’s question.
The TikTok that launched a thousand stitches.
Credit: TikTok / debtcollective
Creator @ohyesitslizzyb responded by describing how ridiculous it is that we pay money to live on earth. TikTokker @suffragechurch used…
