If you're on X, you've probably seen videos similar to this one scroll across your feed randomly. It's usually not original content, being fed to you through an account that often posts things like it. The person posting it is often just as outraged as you, but in truth, it's all in an effort to get you mad.

The goal is to make you furious, cause you to interact, possibly repost it, and get the engagement for that post to skyrocket.

Your goal is not to buy it. Don't interact. Don't engage. Don't get baited.

The underlying issue here is that in order for this engagement bait to work, they have to get you to believe that the world is truly that awful. While evil does occur, and humanity is clearly capable of doing horrific things, these engagement baiters are trying to trigger your will to fight for goodness and morality in an effort to stop their depravity from spreading.

What they don't want you to figure out is that the way to defeat it is not to play their game. //

To be clear, this is a fallen world with evil in it, but the internet is an exaggeration machine, and it increasingly exaggerates for profit. Even supposed defenders of morality and goodness use outrage to bait you into interaction on platforms like X, Instagram, or TikTok, all of which can reward high engagement with big bucks.

There are plenty of real things to be angry about and take action on, but these social media rage-baiters are a waste of time and paint the world as a far darker place than it actually is.

Bottom line: If it seems so vile as to be cartoonishly evil... it's fake. If it feels overtly sexual to a point where you're wondering what the goal of broadcasting that depravity is... it's fake.

A good rule of thumb: If it's a viral video on the internet that evokes some kind of excitement or stirs your will to react... it's likely fake.