Do you see how I open my weekly column where I explain youth trends to older people?
I tell people who Raygun the Olympic breaker is and explain what “bubblegum dystopia” means.
But I’m very demure.
“You see how I do my makeup for work?
Very mindful,” Lebron says.
“I don’t look like a clown when I go to work.
I don’t do too much.
I’m very mindful while I’m at work.
Now everyone is describing everything as very demure.
My first question was is Lebron doing a bit or is this legit?
All signs point to this is a bit, but its a really good one.
It has inspired some excellent responses.
But this riff on demuremade me laugh harder than any of the other.
Im not even sure why, but its very demure; very mindful.
Shes also rad as a person.
I don’t think it’s going to happen, but it would be cool.
What is a “Bubblegum dystopia” and are we living in one?
The words bubblegum dystopia are popping up online a lot lately, so lets dig into what its about.
But writer Stephen Nothum expanded the definitionin a recent TikTok video.
The citizens are reduced to consumers as their main identities.
Products have often replaced art and media entirely.
Whether we in the United States in 2024 are actually living in a bubblegum dystopia is an open question.
We have better food and video games than any of those places.
Viral video of the week: I Built a Trampoline Park in My House!
Videos likeI built a secret McDonalds in my room!
AndWe Built a Waterpark in our Home!
andI Built a Mall in my House!
have millions of views.
I Built a Trampoline Park is exhausting to watch.
the relentless manic energy that borders on hysteriait feels like someone screaming Im havingfun!
Into your face for hours.
But the videos are popular anyway.
They also have an undercurrent of what if my parents werefun?
wish fulfillment to them.
So I get why theyre popular, I guess.
But are they harmless?
I dont know, probably?
I don’t know, maybe?
