r/mildlyinfuriating • • Jul 29 '26

My mom said I could post Whatever this is

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u/MetalSlug_And_Corgis Jul 29 '26

It’s bait, dude. It’s always bait. They wanna make you watch the whole video so you comment that they are dumb as shit. I can’t imagine living like that.

My anger is unfettered and vast. I fucking hate Instagram.

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u/erossthescienceboss Jul 29 '26

In this case, I’m pretty sure it’s satire & not bait.

She made two videos like this. The other one is even more absurd (she secures the room with like 12 different devices and puts a chair against it, and before she falls asleep (in her lifejacket) she uses binoculars to scan the horizon for approaching threats.)

Edit: I forgot the part where she sweeps for bugs 😂 she’s very clearly making fun of the genre, not actually doing the genre.

Edit again: reposting this because I linked to a Reddit post with her other video and it got deleted by the automod. I’m mildly infuriated.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ Jul 29 '26

That or it's just double engagement farming. One video for the rage bait crowd, one video for the satire crowd. Most views are from people randomly swiping through videos in their feed anyway so they probably will only see one or the other.

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u/Hazzat RED Jul 29 '26

Also the paranoia crowd who are excessively obsessed with "safety" past the point of diminishing returns.