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TikTok Made Me Do It: Crimes and Stupidity Inspired by Social Media Trends
What happens when attention becomes more valuable than common sense?
In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda investigate the viral social media trends that inspired crimes, injuries, lawsuits, arrests, emergency room visits, and some of the most baffling decisions humanity has ever collectively embraced.
From the Cinnamon Challenge and Tide Pods to the Kia Boys, Devious Licks, the Milk Crate Challenge, NyQuil Chicken, and more, we're looking at the moments when internet fame became worth almost any risk.
Topics covered include:
✔️ Cinnamon Challenge
✔️ Tide Pod Challenge
✔️ Devious Licks
✔️ Kia Boys Car Theft Trend
✔️ Milk Crate Challenge
✔️ Hot Chip Challenge
✔️ NyQuil Chicken
✔️ Blackout Challenge
✔️ Benadryl Challenge
✔️ Subway Surfing
✔️ Influencer Prank Crimes
✔️ Social Media and Risk-Taking Behavior
Plus:
🔥 The Internet Was a Mistake Meter™
⚖️ The Judge Judy Scale™
🎭 TikTok PR Team
🏆 Most Embarrassing Moment for Humanity Awards
Were these trends just harmless internet fun—or evidence that social media has fundamentally changed how we seek attention?
Let us know in the comments:
👉 Which trend was the most ridiculous?
👉 Which one should have never existed?
👉 What trend did we miss?
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Benjamin Franklin And the House of 1000 Corpses
Did Benjamin Franklin have a basement full of human skeletons?
It sounds like internet conspiracy clickbait… except the bones were real.
When renovations uncovered more than 1,200 human bone fragments beneath Benjamin Franklin's former London home, historians were forced to answer a very uncomfortable question: Why were they there?
In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda separate historical fact from centuries of rumor as they investigate one of America's most fascinating Founding Fathers. From illegal anatomy schools operating beneath Franklin's residence to his friendship with the infamous Hellfire Club, family betrayals during the American Revolution, and the carefully crafted image that turned him into one of history's greatest personal brands, Franklin's life was far stranger than most history books ever admit.
Was he secretly involved with the Hellfire Club? Did he know there were human cadavers being dissected beneath his home? How much of the Benjamin Franklin we think we know was brilliant self-promotion?
Join us as we dig through the evidence, debunk the myths, and ask whether Benjamin Franklin was simply an Enlightenment genius… or just a little bit seriously sus.
And a huge congrats to Miranda for writing and editing her first episode!!!
For full show notes, please visit https://seriouslysus.com/podcast/benjamin-franklin-and-the-house-of-1000-corpses/
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Therapy Speak Gone Wild: How the Internet Diagnosed Everyone
🚨 Your ex isn't automatically a narcissist.
🚨 Your coworker disagreeing with you isn't necessarily gaslighting.
🚨 And forgetting your phone charger probably isn't enough to diagnose yourself from TikTok.
In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda dive into the rise of therapy speak, self-diagnosis culture, TikTok psychology, attachment styles, gaslighting, trauma, boundaries, narcissism, and the internet's obsession with labeling everything.
Mental health awareness has helped millions of people better understand themselves and seek treatment. But social media has also transformed clinical language into viral content.
So where's the line between education and oversimplification? Did social media democratize mental health knowledge? Or did it accidentally turn psychology into astrology with clinical terminology?
Join us for a thoughtful, funny, side-eye-filled discussion about how therapy language took over the internet.
Note: This episode is not anti-therapy or anti-diagnosis. We strongly support mental health treatment and awareness. We're exploring how social media incentives can distort psychological concepts—not criticizing people with legitimate diagnoses.
👇 Tell us in the comments: What therapy term do you think social media has completely run into the ground?
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Algorithm vs. Reality: How YouTube Broke the Dictionary
Welcome to the internet’s weirdest word game. In this episode, we’re spilling the tea on why YouTube creators are talking about grapes, corn, and PDF files and why saying “eating disorder” might nuke your channel. We break down the lawsuits shaking the platform and how these legal battles turned moderation into a circus. Add in demonetization drama, retroactive video deletions, and Terms of Service changes that make creators speak in riddles, and you’ve got peak internet chaos. Is this protecting kids or just turning serious conversations into codeword bingo? Let’s find out.
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First Amendment Fails: Why Influencers Keep Getting Burned
Think the First Amendment means you can say whatever you want without consequences? Think again.
In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda tackle one of the most misunderstood concepts on the internet: freedom of speech. From social media bans and workplace firings to international arrests and public backlash, we break down what the First Amendment actually protects—and what it doesn't.
Along the way, we examine real-world cases involving influencers, celebrities, journalists, teachers, and everyday people who learned the hard way that "free speech" is not a magic shield against consequences.
In this episode, we discuss:
🇺🇸 What the First Amendment actually says
⚖️ The five freedoms it protects
🚫 Categories of speech that aren't protected
🌎 Why your constitutional rights don't follow you overseas
📱 Why social media platforms can ban you
💼 Why employers can fire you for things you post online
🎬 Rachel Zegler, Jimmy Kimmel, Chrissy Teigen, and other high-profile examples
✈️ Johnny Somali's legal troubles in South Korea
📰 Cases where the First Amendment actually worked as intended
🏛️ The difference between government censorship and private consequences
The internet loves to treat the First Amendment like a universal get-out-of-jail-free card. But the Constitution was never designed to protect you from your boss, your sponsors, your followers, or public opinion.
It was designed to protect you from the government.
And once you understand that distinction, a lot of today's free speech debates suddenly make a lot more sense.
So grab your side-eye and join us as we separate constitutional reality from internet mythology.
Because free speech protects you from the government—not everyone else.
👀 Stay skeptical. Stay informed. Stay sus.
For full Show Notes, resources, and citations, please visit https://seriouslysus.com/podcast/first-amendment-fail-for-influencers-and-celebrities/
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Main Character Syndrome: Who told these people they were special?
The internet didn't invent Main Character Syndrome—it rewarded it.
In this episode of Seriously Sus, Nanette and Miranda explore the rise of influencer entitlement, gym "main characters," public nuisance creators, prank culture, livestream chaos, and the growing number of people who seem convinced the rest of humanity exists solely to support their content.
Why do some influencers expect free products, special treatment, and exceptions to the rules?
Why are strangers increasingly treated like props?
Why does social media reward behavior that would normally get someone kicked out of a restaurant, a gym, or a family gathering?
And perhaps most importantly:
Who told these people they were special?
Join us as we examine the psychology, incentives, and attention economy behind one of the internet's most exhausting trends.
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