17 Trends That Make Me Scared For Humanity

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2 days ago

As you're probably aware, we are currently living in trying times. That's probably why Reddit user SatisfactionLegal522 recently asked, "What's the most dangerous trend right now?"
People made a lot of great points in the replies — here are some of the best:
"Kids are short-circuiting their Chromebooks to try and break them for a social media trend."
—The_Riddle_Fairy"This is super popular on Instagram and TikTok right now. Just kids burning their school computers in class."—TightValue315"A teacher at my school said a kid poured Red Bull into one of the Chromebook ports this week. I was confused. Now it makes sense."—Buddha_Sauce
"Sunscreen contouring. You put sunscreen on certain areas of your face so you can tan the other areas of your face that don't have sunscreen. It supposedly makes it look like a makeup contour (minus the makeup) for weeks."
—Mamawithcoffee"Millennials got bombarded with Baz Luhrmann's 'Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen' speech, which is why we look younger than Gen Z."—the_xxvii
"People not getting vaccinated and not vaccinating their children."
—Non-Binary-Lion
"Not knowing what's fake and what's real. I constantly see fake headlines on Facebook and other social media, often without users fact-checking anything they share."
—Pizza_Hero24
"I remember fake news being such a hot button of the 2016 election. Almost a decade later, it's way more rampant than ever before, and barely anyone cares to stop it."
—Spoof_Magoof
"Offloading tasks to AI. Consider how many people are using AI notetakers for meetings, classes, etc. People who use it think 'now I can focus on the meeting,' except the opposite is happening. When you take notes, you are cognitively processing the information being presented, which helps get the data into your headspace. When people swap that process for AI, they shift to a passive mental state where very little information is absorbed and retained."
"And the chances of actually going back to read the notes? Iffy. The chances that the notes actually capture the important salient aspects (and disregard/filter out the trivial side discussions)? Iffier."—gqphilpott
"The trend of anti-intellectualism."
—biesterd1"In the words of Isaac Asimov, 'There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"—vand3lay1ndustries
"Clout chasing."
—Protholl"AKA willful stupidity for the attention of other morons."—Select_Entrance9311
"Filming and photographing people in public for social media because the way they behave, dress, or act is unusual or 'funny.'"
—Dangerous-Coach-1999
"Zoom bombing. It's when people upload screen recordings of meetings that they cause chaos in."
—sarnobat
"Credit card debt!"
—HearseTrip4U
"Doing stupid pranks in dangerous areas and harassing people."
—EnglishTeacher12345
"I live in NYC feet away from the raised subway track and see kids running across the roof of the train daily. It's called subway surfing, and kids have already died doing it. I know it's only a matter of time before it happens right outside my living room window."
—koreamax
"Vaping."
—SleepinGTiger5
"Being on your phone and driving. Just don't. Put it in your pocket, and don't take it out until you arrive at your destination. It honestly seems just as dangerous as driving under the influence."
—MrNimbus33
"Online fitness culture. Most of it isn't real fitness. It's just muscle building, unrealistic goals, and often the use of drugs. And it barely touches on cardio, mobility, and mental health."
—WinSmith1984
"The global embrace of fascism."
—KingKliffsbury
H/T r/AskReddit