#Social media outrage

[decadentkidturkeywagon]

Kai Cenat’s Controversial Livestream Stunt with Magician Max Major

During a livestream on November 27, 2024, popular streamer Kai Cenat faced backlash after participating in a shocking stunt with magician Max Major. The magician performed an illusion involving Cenat pulling a rope, which resulted in Major appearing to hang from a noose. Though unsettling, the act was an illusion, designed to be part of a broader performance that seemingly failed intentionally for dramatic effect.

The incident, part of Cenat’s “Mafiathon 2” subathon, drew immediate controversy. Many viewers criticized the imagery, considering it insensitive due to its connotations, especially in front of Cenat’s predominantly Black audience. The magician later clarified that the stunt was carefully planned, but this explanation did little to quell the online debate.

Cenat responded by banning magicians from future streams, emphasizing the unintended trauma caused to viewers. The controversy highlights the fine line between entertainment and poor taste in the high-stakes world of livestreaming.

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New York Post

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Parade Entertainment

During a livestream on November 27, 2024, renowned Twitch streamer Kai Cenat became the center of controversy after participating in a controversial stunt involving magician Max Major. The incident occurred as part of Cenat’s “Mafiathon 2” subathon, where Major performed a shocking illusion involving a noose. The performance required Cenat to select a rope to pull, triggering the illusion that Major was hanged — a moment that quickly sparked outrage among viewers.

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Stunt Details and Backlash

In the stunt, Major stood on a platform with three nooses hanging behind him. Cenat was tasked with choosing a cord to pull, ultimately selecting the red one. This action triggered the illusion of Major being lifted into the air, appearing to be hanged. Although the act was a premeditated performance, with safety measures in place, the imagery was highly unsettling, especially given the historical connotations.

Immediate Reaction

Viewers were shocked, and social media erupted with criticism. Many found the stunt insensitive, particularly for Cenat’s predominantly Black audience. On platforms like X (formerly Twitter), users expressed their concerns, accusing the act of being tone-deaf and unnecessarily provocative. Some speculated that the magician intended to undermine Cenat’s reputation or provoke controversy deliberately​

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Magician Max Major’s Explanation

In a follow-up video, Max Major defended the performance, clarifying that the illusion was designed to fail intentionally, creating suspense. He explained that it was a controlled act, meant to challenge Cenat and engage the audience in a dramatic moment. However, this explanation did little to ease tensions, as many viewers felt the visual symbolism was too distressing for entertainment purposes.

Kai Cenat’s Response

Responding to the backlash, Cenat announced a decision to ban magicians from future streams, emphasizing his commitment to protecting his audience. He expressed regret over the unintended trauma caused, acknowledging that the prank’s execution was in poor taste despite being staged.

Broader Implications

This incident highlights the fine line between entertainment and controversy in livestreaming. As streamers push boundaries to engage audiences, this situation underscores the importance of cultural sensitivity and audience impact. The event also raises questions about responsibility and oversight on platforms like Twitch, where real-time content can escalate quickly.

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Conclusion

While the incident was not intended to harm, it sparked important conversations about the responsibilities of content creators and the impact of their actions on diverse audiences. As livestreaming continues to grow, incidents like this serve as a reminder of the need for thoughtful and respectful content creation.

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New York Post

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[abignewscom]

Antonio Brown Attacks Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in Racist, Misogynistic Post

In a shocking and deeply disturbing turn of events, former NFL player Antonio Brown made headlines again for all the wrong reasons. This time, Brown’s target was Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce and global pop icon Taylor Swift. The disgraced wide receiver took to social media to post a racially charged and misogynistic message aimed at Kelce and Swift, sparking outrage across the internet.…

[perfectlyvalid49]

Today is January 27th, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I'd like to get some stuff off my chest.

First, I'd like to take a minute to point out that it is not Yom HaShoah, which is the day Israel (and by extension large portions of the Jewish diaspora population) uses as Holocaust Remembrance day. Yom HaShoah is on the 27th of Nisan, a date that was selected to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, centering Jewish resistance in our own story. That date was selected nearly five decades before the UN picked January 27th, which was selected to center our white saviors who came to liberate Auschwitz. This is utter bullshit. And no excuses for not being able to handle a moving date on the Gregorian calendar - April 19th would be the Gregorian equivalent, and it was not selected.

Having said that, given how many infographics I've seen over the last four months about how people are increasingly denying or doubting the Holocaust, I figure any day that acknowledges it is a good thing, so yeah, let's take two days to remember. I think it's worth it.

So given that this is the Holocaust Remembrance Day that centers our goyishe friends, let's talk about how our goyishe friends should observe the day.

1. It is likely that you never learned a lot of details about the Holocaust. Holocaust education usually boils down to, "and the Nazis put Jews in camps in order to kill them, and a lot of Jews were killed in gas chambers, and about 6 million died in all." Go learn some details. Read or watch an account from a survivor.  Learn about the medical experiments, or the death marches. Learn some details about what the gas chambers were actually like. Try to understand the horror. Learn about the SS St. Louis or the Evian conference in 1938 where almost every country on Earth decided it was better to let the Jews die in Germany than to allow them into their own countries.

2. On that note, take the time to understand that anti-semitism neither began nor ended with the Nazis, and that even the "good guys" were incredibly antisemitic.Try to recognize that the antisemitism that was present where you live right now in the 1930s didn't just disappear, it just went into hiding. Think about where it might be hiding now.

Basically, because this is the Holocaust Remembrance Day for the goyim, I want to focus our remembrance of what happened on the goyim. What did they do? What could they have done to help? Why didn't they? We can come back in May for more Jewish focused learning, but the Holocaust could not have happened without A LOT of willing goyim, and I think we should spend the day remembering them and their actions.

And as a side note: if you happen to read this and you've chosen to spend the day engaging in Holocaust denial or Holocaust inversion, then know that my hope for you is that something happens in your life to teach you empathy and basic human decency. And I hope it isn't pleasant for you.

[writing-with-olive]

as someone who has gotten on and then subsequently left both tiktok and instagram, i can pretty confidently say that there is a gulf of difference between staying informed, and believing that information consumption is in itself activism.

similarly, as someone who has gotten into outrage echo chambers and subsequently left them, i can also pretty confidently say that there is a gulf of difference between using indignation as motivation, and believing that stewing in anger is in itself activism.

both are means to an end, but being angry and seeking out reasons to be angry -- without ever building community and using coalition to either address the underlying reason the anger-inducing things happen, or directly provide aid to the people most affected by them -- isn't activsm.

[quasi-normalcy]

Do you ever just become overwhelmingly cognizant of the existence of evil in the world?

Like, not as a cute, devil-emoji 😈 i'm-so-naughty-i-steal-chocolate-cake-and-do-weird-sex-acts thing, nor still as a melodramatic, comic-bookish, high-absorptivity-black-fabric, soon-my-death-ray-will-destroy-Metropolis thing, but like.

Actual Evil, as a force that is real and immanent in the world.

Just pointless cruelty inflicted pointlessly by one human being upon another because they've forgotten how to be kind. Just entire systems and machinery of state and ideology brought to bear on the problem of annihilating human lives and maximizing human suffering so that small men can feel powerful. Just humans who have through trauma or conditioning or propaganda shut off their ability to see other humans as fundamentally like them.

Anyways, I joke on here a lot. I get angry on here a lot. They're both just scabs to hide my horror and my despair at the condition of humanity.

Your regularly scheduled programming will return shortly.

[shamebats]

The thing is, the idea that hollywood might've watched what happened in the old queerbait show fandoms and how much engagement they were getting and learned from it isn't far-fetched at all. That's literally how social media marketing works, you try to find something that has worked in the past or works well for a different brand and try to replicate it. Showrunners have been doing this since forever with popular straight ships too. Just say something that'll get people talking & arguing & getting mad at you and bam! Your show is now trending. For free.

[myfootyrthroat]

✨ Outrage alone accomplishes nothing.✨

[coulsonlives]

I'm tired, man

[tremendously-crazy]

"i'm sorry i committed the crime of being born this way," says michael, fourteen year old cisgender heterosexual male after a teenage girl says she'd pick the bear

[lazy-cat-corner]

In case some of you still don’t get it and think “it’s a tiktok ban” maybe I can put it in words you understand. *aggressively points to meme*

[cyarskj1899]

Report this racist HEW!!!

[critical-skeptic]

The AI Bait Farm: Social Media’s Death Spiral Toward a “Dead Internet”

Social media, once hailed as the digital agora—a global forum for connection, community, and expression—is now collapsing under its own weight. What we’re seeing isn’t just the rise of engagement bait or low-effort content farming; we’re witnessing the systematic erosion of authenticity, creativity, and relevance in real time. A plague of AI-generated imagery, emotionally manipulative captions, and algorithmic engagement farming has turned platforms like Facebook into breeding grounds for digital junk food: empty calories designed to elicit clicks, not meaningful interaction.

It’s tempting to dismiss these posts as benign annoyances, but that would underestimate the scale of the problem. These aren’t isolated gimmicks but symptoms of a much larger trend that risks accelerating the so-called “Dead Internet Theory.” And while this theory may sound like dystopian hyperbole, the patterns emerging are impossible to ignore.

What’s Happening Right Now?

Scroll any social media feed, and you’ll encounter the same formulaic garbage on repeat:

Emotionally Charged AI-Generated Content: Glamorous “old” women, impossibly muscular veterans, or attractive models in bizarrely curated patriotic or religious contexts. These images aren’t just unrealistic—they’re uncanny, almost dreamlike, betraying their machine-made origins. The posts are paired with captions like “God bless veterans 🇺🇸,” or “My husband just called me fat… Should I leave him?”—phrases designed to spark outrage or sympathy and lure you into engaging.

Engagement Loops: The visible caption is always vague or incomplete, forcing curiosity-clicks. Comments are flooded with spam or scam accounts promoting phishing links, further eroding trust and degrading the space.

Virality via Exploitation: These posts prey on universal human emotions—empathy, nationalism, anger, or intrigue. But their purpose isn’t to inspire or connect; it’s to hijack your attention, feeding the algorithmic gods who reward viral reach with ad revenue or data exploitation.

Proliferation of Bots and Bad Actors: Many of these accounts are entirely fake—AI-created personas operated by bot farms or individuals running automated content machines. Their purpose isn’t just engagement; it’s often outright malicious, funneling traffic to scams or phishing attempts.

The Connection to “Dead Internet Theory”

The Dead Internet Theory suggests that much of the content we interact with online is no longer produced by humans but by bots, algorithms, and automated systems. According to this idea, the internet as we know it is no longer a thriving ecosystem of organic human activity but an elaborate facade—an echo chamber of fake engagement designed to sustain platforms financially.

Here’s why this matters: platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are beginning to resemble the early symptoms of Dead Internet Theory in action. Just as spam and bots overtook chatrooms like Yahoo Messenger in the late 2000s, social media is now becoming a wasteland of fake interactions, auto-generated content, and meaningless noise. Back then, the spam crisis killed platforms overnight as users fled the sinking ship. Today, social media is far too entrenched in our lives to collapse outright—but it’s showing signs of terminal decay.

Why This Matters

Proliferation is Exploding: AI tools have made it absurdly easy to generate realistic images, plausible captions, and entire fake personas. What used to require a skilled designer or content creator can now be achieved by anyone with access to free tools. This democratization of fakery is flooding the internet at a scale unimaginable even five years ago.

Authenticity is Losing the War: Social media’s original value was its ability to connect real people and foster genuine conversations. When most of what you see is fake, the ability to trust anything erodes. Even legitimate content creators are overshadowed by bots churning out endless garbage.

Runaway Algorithmic Incentives: Platforms profit from engagement, no matter how low-quality it is. Every click on an AI-generated post boosts ad revenue and data collection. In a perverse way, platforms have no incentive to fix this problem because the garbage works. It keeps users scrolling and interacting, even if that interaction is meaningless.

Psychological Exhaustion: Fake content exploits human emotions, but the constant bombardment of manipulative bait is exhausting. Users disengage not just from the fake posts but from the platform itself. This creates a vicious cycle: as genuine users leave, bots and bad actors fill the void.

The Parallel to Chatroom Collapse: Yahoo Chat and similar platforms died when spam and bots overwhelmed the system. Users fled because the signal-to-noise ratio became unbearable. Social media risks the same fate—but on a global scale.

Where This Leads: The Dead Internet in Action

If unchecked, this runaway trend has clear consequences:

A Content Wasteland: As fake posts dominate feeds, genuine voices will be drowned out. Social media will lose its relevance as a platform for real interaction.

Hyper-Skepticism: As more content is exposed as fake, users will begin questioning everything—even legitimate posts. This erosion of trust has broader implications for how we engage with the internet as a whole.

Collapse of Platforms: While platforms like Facebook might be too big to fail outright, they risk becoming relics of a bygone era, replaced by smaller, niche platforms that prioritize authenticity (or so we hope).

What Can Be Done?

Demand Better Algorithms: Platforms need to prioritize authenticity over engagement, even at the cost of ad revenue. This means investing in better moderation tools to weed out bots and spam, rather than rewarding it.

Raise Awareness: Most users don’t realize how prolific and fake much of their feed is. Calling it out—not just with comments but through larger discussions—can help push the issue into the spotlight.

Support Genuine Content: Follow and engage with real creators, especially those calling out or exposing these trends. Visibility matters, and genuine content needs all the help it can get.

Educate Yourself: Learn to spot fake content. Look for subtle tells: overly smooth skin, incoherent details (like garbled name tags), or too-perfect lighting. The more you recognize these patterns, the less likely you are to fall for the bait.

Final Thoughts: A Warning Shot

Social media is heading down the same path as the chatrooms of old: a slow, suffocating decline into irrelevance. But unlike Yahoo Chat, which we abandoned without much consequence, social media is woven into the fabric of our lives. If it collapses—or worse, becomes an entirely “dead” internet of bots and fake engagement—the consequences for society are far-reaching.

What’s happening now isn’t inevitable, but it is accelerating. And unless platforms, users, and creators fight back against the onslaught of AI spam and engagement farming, we’ll find ourselves living in a digital wasteland, endlessly scrolling through meaningless noise. The time to act is now—before the last vestiges of authenticity are buried under a pile of algorithmic garbage.

[onemillionfurries]

[andythecorsair]

I don't spend a lot of time engaging in international politics. I found it affecting my mental health a few years ago, so I cut back. And since I'm not any kind of influential figure--I can't even vote in the country in which I live--I find it a morally neutral position, honestly. And better for me personally.

There is no moral high-ground in being well-informed about the terrible things happening in the world. And barely any more posting daily about your righteous concern. I really don't see who it helps. Other than a kind of virtuous circle jerk, I guess? If that helps you, fine, but based on my own time being that person, I really doubt it.

[bishonenspit]

related to my last reblog i think the immediate reaction of "but the public likes are how we exposed bigots and creeps on multiple occasions!!" is so bizarre because genuinely i hate to break it to you but if someone really wanted to hide something like that they would have. i really really doubt the twitter likes were the first indicator of anything these people were exposed for lmao

[joels6string]

Wow. Crazy Din didn’t die or lose his memory when the whole internet told me we was going to. So crazy.

I love this story. I love these characters. I love this universe. I love Dave and Jon. Thanks for another great run 😭💜 I cried almost all the way through this episode. Just perfect.

And yall better put some respect back on my man Axe’s name. Thinking he was the damn spy…