A Guide to Children’s Culture for Out-of-Touch Adults: What Is Scrambled Eggs?
This week, young people on TikTok discovered a new way to make breakfast and an evocative way to describe the feeling of impending doom. It’s a pretty good week, but they also got into AI role-playing and found something interesting in Staples stores. Here’s what it all means.
What are scrambled eggs?
I can’t believe I never thought of this before. “Frumbled” is a portmanteau of “fried” and “scrambled.” It’s eggs cooked partly like an omelet, but with the yolk intact. Apparently, this culinary breakthrough was dreamed up by TikToker @bussyrelate in this video:
Although commenters call it “sunny scrambled eggs,” as if it’s a well-known method of cooking eggs, whether it’s new or not, everyone else on TikTok is trying it.
Judging from the videos I’ve watched, there are two ways to make scrambled eggs. The first is to whisk the whites with the yolk intact . The second is to whisk one egg , thoroughly mixing it in a frying pan with another egg, leaving the yolk intact . The preferred method seems to be whisking the whites directly in the pan, but you can separate the whites from the yolks, whisk the whites, and then add them to the pan. If you’re looking for something more sophisticated, try this method.
What does the phrase “Saxophones get louder” mean?
This meme-turned-phrase isn’t widely used among young people, but it’s so evocative that you should still know it. “The saxophones are getting louder” describes a sense of impending doom. It’s a reference to a scene from the 1991 film “Boyz,” where the shrill sound of saxophones precedes Ricky’s death.
It looks like this meme started with this video:
but since then the concept has expanded to include any situation in which death is imminent.
The saxophones start to sound louder when you remember the pistachios in the dessert right after your allergic brother tries it:
When the nurses in the hospital start moving quickly :
When gunshots ring out at a pool party:
And perhaps when you start to seriously think about what’s going on:
If you’re like me and enjoy creepy videos, check out the compilation linked to this sound bite .
“Your AI-bad product bores me” allows humans to replace artificial intelligence.
I love free web games, especially those with AI commentary. Your AI Slop Bores Me takes the artificiality out of AI and lets you ask questions or request drawings from an anonymous person. Or you can become the AI yourself and answer questions. The responses highlight the difference between AI and humans. You won’t get answers like this in ChatGPT:
or like this:
Viral Video of the Week: Staples Center Villain
If you’re like me and think the ubiquitous office supply store Staples is boring, if you even think about it at all, you’re wrong . For a growing number of young people, Staples is more than just a place to buy printer paper if you forgot to order it from Amazon. Staples is cool , and it’s all thanks to one man: TikTok user and Staples employee Kaeden Rowland. Rowland’s TikTok channel, nicknamed “Staples Baddie,” is rapidly gaining popularity, racking up millions of views for videos showcasing what you can do at your local Staples store, like order a custom-designed mug:
Or a personalized stamp with your signature:
You can also make stickers . Or send out a newsletter to a large number of people . There are many options.
While the popularity of “Staples Culprit” undoubtedly pleases the company’s management, another alleged Staples employee is anything but pleased. “I work at Staples, and ‘Staples Culprit’ is ruining my life,” Aran says in a TikTok video . “Staples didn’t have a lot of foot traffic. We might have maybe three people at any given time. Now that ‘Staples Culprit’ has gone viral, we have hundreds of people coming in every day.”
“I really enjoyed the fact that my job was to just sit and do nothing,” Aran concludes.
On a deeper level, this could all be corporate advertising. According to CNN reports, Staples Baddie is indeed a Staples employee , but I saw a story about Aran on People.com , and that publication seemed unaware that Aran doesn’t actually work at Staples: in other videos they published, Aran claimed to work at Spirit Halloween , AMC , and that he’s a medical student .
Even if he doesn’t work there, many Staples employees online believe Aran’s point is valid, and the Staples Baddie is making life difficult for everyone else in the chain. “If this is just a regular person, not a marketing ploy, a high-ranking employee, or someone who gets paid extra, it angers me that customers see the funny side of things instead of what we face, how we’re treated, and how little we’re paid,” writes Reddit useru/Dear_Ad63.