If you’ve been anywhere near social media, local news, or late-night talk shows in the last few days, you’ve probably heard something about “Nyquil Chicken,” a supposedly viral TikTok “challenge” that’s exactly what it sounds like: cooking chicken in a marinade of cold medicine. News about the supposed trend is usually accompanied by vomit-inducing photos […]
Tag: Viral
How to Not Fall for Viral Scares Like Momo
The Momo challenge isn’t the first hoax about kids to go viral, and it won’t be the last. Don’t panic: Here’s what to remember. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c7873dae388bf6b85aee068/master/pass/Viral-Meme-Hoaxes_Final.gif
This Video of a Tourist Unknowingly Holding Deadly Octopus Is Going Viral
This Video of a Tourist Unknowingly Holding Deadly Octopus Is Going Viral Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This […]
Eye-watering twist on splits goes viral
University of California (UCLA) gymnast Katelyn Ohashi has gone viral as her new floor routine landed her a perfect 10 at the Collegiate Challenge in Anaheim, USA. After setting tongues wagging in 2018 with a Michael Jackson-inspired routine at the Pac-12 she kept the theme rolling with this performance to a funky musical medley as […]
Recommended Reading: Going Viral, Problematic Musicians, and Paul Schrader
Modern online media is all about the signal boost, so every Friday here at Flavorwire, we take a moment to spotlight some of the best stuff we’ve read online this week. Today, we have a crackerjack interview with the writer/director of “First Reformed,” a tough portrait of living in fear, thoughts on listening to music […]
A photographer hired by Fiji Water helped create the viral ‘Fiji Water Girl’ meme because no one was drinking the bottled water at the Golden Globes
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for FIJI Water “Fiji Water Girl” stole the show on the red carpet Sunday at the Golden Globes. Many people may not have realized that the photographer who caught the photo-bombing model carrying Fiji Water was actually commissioned to photograph the Golden Globes by the bottled water brand. While the photographer was […]
That Viral Video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Is a Meta-Meme
The only reason you can watch it now is because of a copyright battle that was settled five years ago. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c2e7dca432bf00c722934a2/master/pass/Oscario-Cortez-Culture-1009882628.jpg
WATCH: Shocking viral video shows woman URINATING in plane galley before take off
Flights see plane toilets closed off to passengers during takeoff and landing for their own safety. However, a shocking viral video shows what a Wizz Air plane passenger did when she was refused entry to an onboard bathroom as the flight prepared to leave London Luton Airport en route to Warsaw, Poland. The female flier […]
From Logan Paul to the French Spiderman, here are the viral winners and losers of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, RT takes a look back at the weird and wonderful world of viral news, from the death-defying heroism to rage-inducing moments that grabbed our attention. Here are the viral winners and losers of 2018. WINNERS French Spiderman Mamoudou Gassaman’s heroic climb up the side of a Paris building to […]
WATCH: Passengers 'screaming' as plane fills with SMOKE during flight in viral video
The IndiGo flight was travelling from Jaipur to Kolkata when the incident occurred. Flight 6E-237 was carrying 136 passengers when smoke began to fill the cabin mid-air. The pilot was forced to issue a May Day call before making an emergency landing in Kolkata Airport. No passengers were thought to have been injured in the […]