As usual, this week’s collection of youth culture flotsam is all over the map. We got the surprising appearance of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in AI-generated brainrot videos; a meme about winning at gambling that’s becoming a meme about hypocrisy; an emoji that probably means something different than you think; and truly creative videos that, whew, don’t use AI.
Viral video of the week: Socrates and skeleton
The breakout star of viral videos this week is foundational Athenian philosopher Socrates, with his co-star, a living skeleton. In these AI -generated videos, the skeleton represents the viewer, and the idea is to illustrated hypothetical scenarios like “What if you and Socrates opened a Chick-fil-A in ancient Greece?”
or “what if you ended up dating Socrates in Ancient Rome?”
The trend started with this Instagram video:
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