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Just watched a TikTok trend die in real time at my office...
Was standing in the break room around 2pm last Tuesday and this younger coworker starts filming herself pouring hot coffee into a cup of ice. She said it was a 'new hack' going around on FYP. I told her my sister tried that exact thing three days ago and the cup disintegrated and burned her hand. She laughed it off. Not even 20 minutes later I hear a yelp from the kitchen. Sure enough, her cup split open and coffee went everywhere. She dropped her phone in it too. The whole thing was just... so predictable. Has anyone else seen a trend blow up that was obviously dangerous but nobody thought to test it first?
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blake69129d ago
Jump right in with how nobody ever talks about the real cost of these dumb trends... like not just getting hurt but losing your job over it. I saw a lady at a gas station try to defrost her windshield with hot water last winter cause she saw it on TikTok. She cracked her windshield so bad the whole thing had to be replaced, and her boss docked her pay for the damage. That coffee hack could've melted someone's phone or worse, but people just laugh it off until they're out a couple hundred bucks and a burned hand. The real danger is how fast these things spread with zero thought put into who's gonna pay for the fallout.
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lindaowens13d ago
Wait wait wait... her boss actually docked her pay for the cracked windshield? That is insane lmao. I get that she caused damage but that feels so wrong, like she was just trying to get to work on time. But honestly it's even crazier that the coffee cup thing happened at your office too. I saw that trend pop up on my FYP and immediately thought "there's no way that plastic cup is gonna hold up." People really just see something work once on a video and assume it's fine for everyone in every situation.
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