We all knew it was going to happen: The average Joe has become a TikTok e-girl. In the early days of the internet, documenting one’s everyday life to post online was seen as an anomaly. Today, you can’t even go to the grocery store without seeing some dude attempt a prank video or a flock of pre-teens blocking off the pasta aisle to do a TikTok dance.
In the past, this behavior was largely contained to teenagers. However, as those teens have grown up, they haven’t stopped this tendency toward endless documentation, even as the actual details of their lives have become significantly more mundane.
One man is currently being roasted after falling victim to this trend. In the highly-edited video, he shares himself getting dressed before presenting several well-framed shots of himself performing a major life activity. Going to Target.
social media dopamine addiction has grown men posting like female teenagers bro
— NICK (@nickrgrs) October 18, 2023
homie said he’s going on a “target run” and filmed it all, tripod in the checkout line and everything pic.twitter.com/6Xuolve1Lx
The effort that creating something like this would take is embarrassing.
For example, at one point he films himself driving into the Target and getting out of the car. If you think about this, this would require him to drive to Target, get out of his car, set up his tripod, then get back into his car to film himself pulling into a parking space — all for a shot of himself doing what thousands of moms across the country do every day.
Left the phone and tripod in the line just to film himself leaving pic.twitter.com/0NEaKy8W8B
— Edwin (@edwinxsilva) October 18, 2023
Made a 20 minute trip into 2 hours long.
— JustStopSnooze Ω (@JustStopSnooze) October 18, 2023
I can just imagine him finding the “perfect” angle.
Then again, numerous posters claimed that the actual money one can get for posting videos like this is substantial. Like it or not (I certainly don’t), it would be pretty nice to have the clip of yourself paying for groceries actually cover the cost of your groceries.
if people knew the checks that come from shit like this, more people would be setting up the tripod in the checkout line.
— denver sean. (@dnvrsn) October 18, 2023
and that’s all i’ll say about that. https://t.co/umR5j7ylVS
I too thought this was corny till he explained these vids bring in a lot of money for him and his kid, so hey who am I ......... pic.twitter.com/MUc6MQ6aUN
— André (@ANDRE9481_) October 19, 2023
It’s fine to respect the hustle — but, for the love of god, don’t film me at Target.
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