Child Culture Guide for Adults: Your Kids Think Helen Keller Is Fake
If there is something you can rely on on the Internet, then it is nothing. All this is made of lies, rumors, speculation and indignation. But while adults believe in lies like “the election was fake” and try to destroy American democracy because of it, children believe in silly rumors about Kanye West and Helen Keller. I know which world I would rather live in.
Rumor of the week on TikTok: Helen Keller is fake
If any of the young people in your life tell you that Helen Keller was a liar, blame TikTok. Keller, who was struck by both the deaf and the blind as a child, overcame all adversity to become an internationally renowned writer and political advocate … at least they want you to believe so .
“I’ve heard it all my life. She is deaf. She’s blind. She’s awesome, ”TikTok user krunk19 said in a recently posted video. “Guess what. She lied. She’s a liar. She and that monster Ann Sullivan gagged our eyes, and no one would have thought of it.” His evidence? There is no evidence; this is internet. Other TikToker members have gone further and claim that Keller did not exist at all.
While these looks are shitty and ayllistic (like most of the TikTok hashtag Hellen Keller “jokes”), they seem ridiculous. But given how bogus everything else is, you might understand why anyone might think “sounds plausible” and assume that Keller was a fraud. But for the record: Helen Keller was real and actually deaf and blind.
Rumor of the Week: Kanye Dating Jeffrey Star?
I probably would not talk about Kanye West in a column about what young people like – now he is a dad hop – but this rumor is too good. It is rumored on the internet that Yizi dumped Kim Kardashian to hang out with Jeffrey Star. West allegedly met Star, a flamboyant makeup artist known on YouTube, while he and Kim were still married. According to Scuttlebutt, Jeffer-Ye Stest spent a romantic getaway in Wyoming together.
The source of the rumors is dubious – TikTok provocateur (TikTokateur?) Ava Louise, best known for licking the toilet , who first spread the rumors without providing any evidence. However, when asked, Star did not deny it. Personally, I know it’s a fake because Wyoming doesn’t exist.
Twitter Scandal of the Week: The Bean Papa Saga
Everything on the internet is fake, but you can still learn a lesson from this. This week’s lesson is based on a negative example from “Bean Dad,” also known as the musician John Roderick. In a series of tweets, Roderick detailed the “parenting moment” when his nine-year-old daughter was hungry, so Roderick handed her a can of baked beans and a can opener and said, “Open it, kid.” But his daughter could not understand how the instrument worked. Rather than show her or open the jar himself, like any half-sane person, Roderick told her to “figure it out on my own” and refused to help. Six o’clock. An increasingly hungry girl struggled with a can opener for six hours while her father put together a puzzle and repeatedly refused to help her.
I’m not going to judge the parenting, but I know enough not to tweet my stories of parental neglect and anger. Users on the site very quickly broke torches and pitchforks, brutally mocked Roderick in the comments, indicated that his daughter would have something to talk about in therapy, and also dug up some old racism. It all went viral and Roderick deleted his account.
He later apologized and it looks sincere. He said that “asshole daddy” was a little bit, and the old racism was ironic – the awakened white dude with clumsy hands thinks his wakefulness allows him to joke with racism. Also: his band The Long Winters is pretty good. So should the Internet forgive him? I do not know. Honestly, I do not care. Just stir up new indignation!
Viral Video of the Week: Wonder Woman 1984 Pitch Meeting
In Wonder Woman 1984 , many people ask, “How was this done?” and this week’s viral video provides an answer to this burning question. YouTuber Screen Rant’s hilarious fake pitch meeting for Wonder Woman 1984 will gut the superhero film, detailing every gaping hole in the plot, ingenuity and logical leap in the film, and decisively dismantling the cheeky Hollywood dummy. “Creative process”. If you don’t click on anything else for the rest of your life, click on this video.
Game Hoax of the Week: Duracell and Xbox Rumors
Rumors in games this week that Microsoft has a long-standing partnership with battery maker Duracell, forcing the console maker to only develop controllers that use AA batteries. Insidious!
I understand why people believe this: I have an Xbox, and this thing eats batteries like I eat pie, and since corporations are terrible, why do n’t they create a “synergy” by forcing me to buy boxes of expensive AAs to play Assassin’s Creed : Valhalla ?
But this is all a lie. In any case, half a lie. While Microsoft and Duracell have a long-standing partnership, and the default phrase “you need batteries” is used for Xbox controllers, the two are independent of each other. According to Microsoft , the company “is deliberately offering consumers a choice of batteries for our standard Xbox Wireless Controllers.”
Of course, going away from a rechargeable battery pack with controllers gives me a choice over buying a battery pack accessory. Thanks for the great choice guys!