Holy cow

“Fire safety officers have issued an urgent warning against the 'incredibly dangerous' TikTok trend that hundreds are taking part in every day.

'Toaster steak' is the latest viral trend taking over TikTok, and as the name suggests, people are cooking raw steak in their toasters.

The trend has become so popular than the London Fire Brigade released a statement reminding people to 'only use electrical products for their designated use', and urged people not to try the bizarre trend which could cause a house fire. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11441739

Actually, I could safely cook steaks in my toaster (a Breville Smart Grill):

It’s a Chinese PsyOp…

Just like Robitussin cough syrup marinade for chicken.


Who falls for the shit?

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Holy cow

“Fire safety officers have issued an urgent warning against the 'incredibly dangerous' TikTok trend that hundreds are taking part in every day.

'Toaster steak' is the latest viral trend taking over TikTok, and as the name suggests, people are cooking raw steak in their toasters.

The trend has become so popular than the London Fire Brigade released a statement reminding people to 'only use electrical products for their designated use' and urged people not to try the bizarre trend which could cause a house fire. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11441739

Don't worry; give it time. "Juliette" will continue to play these stupid games and win a really, really stupid prize.

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Who falls for the shit?

Plenty of dumb ass to go around, remember the Tide Pod Challenge...

I’ve said it here several times:

TikTok is a Chinese weapon, designed to make people SO dumb that we all end up like Idiocracy but 500 years early. Then when they roll in someday, we are all too stupid and indifferent to even care.

Sooo, wondering if that considered a 'Life Hack' or a 'Weird Trick'...

I'm just holding out for the "steak pop-tarts" to appear on the grocery shelf.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11441739

I call bullshit.

I watched the "viral" video in the link, and the video shows her inserting the steaks into the pop-up toaster, but doesn't show them cooking. It quickly cuts to her placing the steaks on a plate, not even showing her removing the steaks from the toaster itself. Slight of hand editing, IMO.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Who falls for the shit?

Generally, it's the dumber end of the population. It's like adding fuel to the fire that is evolution. China is helping forge a stronger society here via attrition.

My uncle, who did not reproduce, buttered some bread as a child and put it in the toaster. He nearly burned the house down.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I’ve said it here several times:

TikTok is a Chinese weapon, designed to make people SO dumb that we all end up like Idiocracy but 500 years early. Then when they roll in someday, we are all too stupid and indifferent to even care.

You may be right that the Chinese are using TikTok for all kinds of bad things but I don't think it's making people stupid, it's just exposing them.

Unfortunately, as a people, we are becoming less intelligent, less able to arrive at correct conclusions regarding new behaviors.

That's the paradox of our "information age"

Everyone is walking around with the libraries of the world in their pocket- which is quite astonishing, actually- and the world is becoming duller.

Nowadays, I fell like I’m trapped in a never ending Twilight Zone episode.

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Unfortunately, as a people, we are becoming less intelligent, less able to arrive at correct conclusions regarding new behaviors.

Perhaps we've got a lot more access to people, and we're just seeing how many idiots always existed out there. Likely we just didn't know how many there really were, since most stupid things weren't recorded and shared worldwide.

Social media, allowing idiots and morons to share their stupidity with everyone.

Too many people think education is about learning the basics, memorizing facts & figures, and getting down the specifics about some trade. I would call that the bare minimum and the latter is already grossly affected by idiotic social media info/videos. The world is Long on Google and Short on Critical Thinking. The latter is what true education is about, whether in one's personal life, academics or profession.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I’ve said it here several times:

TikTok is a Chinese weapon, designed to make people SO dumb that we all end up like Idiocracy but 500 years early. Then when they roll in someday, we are all too stupid and indifferent to even care.

Sadly, I can't disagree. Same with all the fentanyl just pouring into the country.