Sometimes awful revelations come up, creating the possibility for victims to come forward with less of a hostile reception than they’d likely have faced before. But here’s the concern: Behind every “I knew it was too good to be true” is an actual person who experienced harm. This treats negative revelations as a form of entertainment they’re gossip, amplified, winging out across the entire internet instead of just around the water cooler or through whisper networks. It brings the narrative to a logical completion, terminating the story that drew attention in the first place and allowing participants to quickly move on to the next thing. This phenomenon was aptly described in 2016 by Twitter user (the handle of cartoonist Ben Ward), “The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist.” The thirst for entertainment explains why things go viral in the first place, but it also feeds the expectation and desire that there will be a milkshake duck moment. Inevitably, many tweets that seem wholesome and fun, or at least leave the reader on the same side as the subject, also fall into a secondary phase: the discovery that the person behind the tweet is not very nice, something usually uncovered with minimal digging or some gentle nudging from those in the know. Whether it’s enjoying escaped llamas or uniting against a common foe, the internet loves these kinds of small, simple, fast-breaking stories that create a giddy sense of being on the inside of a fun joke or moving through collective outrage. These tweets launch a thousand dunk tweets or laughs, resulting in a hefty ratio and typically attracting attention-seeking coattail riders who attempt to leverage the tweet’s popularity for their own purposes. The goal is to never be it.” The pithy tweet went viral for obvious reasons: Nearly every day, someone on Twitter does something that lights up the entire platform, whether it’s an airline romance, a really ill-conceived idea, or abusing your child because she can’t open a can of beans. The phrase “Twitter main character,” a relatively recent development in meme history, can be traced to a 2019 tweet, “Each day on Twitter there is one main character. The arc of any Twitter virality is predictable and deeply rooted in our desire for rapidly delivered entertainment, but it would be a mistake to think the inevitable downfall has lasting consequences. That means the dastardly revelation is less vindictive, more depressing, and simply part of the ecosystem of the internet. A former girlfriend then accused Karp of being “ manipulative gaslighting” and another woman said he threatened her career after a “ surprise threesome.” Within hours, the story had come full circle: Karp became a villain, joining the ranks of many felled viral stars before him. First, Twitter discovered that Karp’s married to actor Danielle Fishel of Boy Meets World, causing Topanga-the name of the character she portrayed-to trend on Twitter and drawing her into the discourse. Last week’s Twitter sensation was Cinnamon Toast Shrimp Guy, a comedian named Jensen Karp who claimed to find shrimp tails in his morning bowl of cereal. His unpleasant photo documentation went viral, quickly flooding Twitter with puns…and leaving it on tenterhooks for the inevitable next beat of the story, which users rapidly delivered. Karp holding shrimp tails he allegedly found in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch (Photo credit: Twitter/Jensen Karp) Should I take MY shrimp tail to a lab? I’m all-in. The response from the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Twitter This one seems taped up (?) and also appears to include.(I don’t even want to say it).dental floss. UPDATE: my wife has a stronger stomach than me and checked the OTHER bag in the family pack. His wife proceeded to check the other bag. Here’s all my findings, which also now includes a weird little string? /mRDUhqG3I8- Jensen Karp March 22, 2021 I was convinced to go back through the bag, since when I first noticed the shrimp tails, I freaked out and closed the box. Jensen Karp took to Twitter to share his finding from a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
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