Leave it to teens to re-invent new ways to shock and amuse people. The latest way they’re doing this? Strangely enough, by going offline! Teen are printing out their favorite memes and showing it to people in the streets in hilarious moments of connection that are going viral on TikTok for all the right reasons.
It’s called the “showing brainrot to strangers” trend, which was seemingly started by TikToker @jaxdomm, according to Daily Dot, whose videos has been seen millions of times. The trend involves printing out “brainrot” images and memes, including things like Skibidi Toilet, John Pork, FreakBob, and Italian brainrot icons like Tung Tung Tung Sahur.
In the videos, the TikToker approaches strangers while grocery shopping to show them a binder full of the printed images. Like this one