TikTok Tips

TIKTOK – Another challenge, originally innocent, whose consequences could be dramatic. On TikTok, a new trend has been raging since the beginning of the year: the “silhouette challenge”. If it is sometimes realized with a humorous or artistic purpose, many tiktokeers expose their nudity, under the malicious eyes of some Internet users.

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The discord challenge is a derivative of the “anime challenge”, born in the summer of 2020. The principle is simple: in the foreground, tiktokkers pose alone in the dark near a window or a door, as you can see in the video at the top of this article. Then, in the background, we see their Japanese anime character appearing very close to them, as if he were real.

The success of this trend has inspired many users, who saw in this challenge an interesting artistic (and sometimes humorous) potential, but also a way to show off without being shouted at. Some stars such as actress Tiffany Haddish or rapper Cardi B have also taken up the challenge.

All of a sudden, the anime characters gave way, sometimes to gymnastic figures, sometimes to more and more suggestive poses, on a mashup of Doja Cat’s “Streets” and Paul Anka’s “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”. Applied to their TikToks, the “Red Wine” filter available on Snapchat allows users to partially or completely strip down, as details of their body are no longer visible.

Beware of malicious Internet users

Although the “silhouette challenge” does not require it, it is clear that the most popular TikToks are those that involve the nudity of the tiktokeers. On social networks, this trend unleashes passions, and is the subject of debate. Art or pornography? While some claim that the identity of users is preserved thanks to the filter, many Internet users warn about the potential danger of the “silhouette challenge”.

Over the past week, dozens of videos, all very similar, have bloomed on Youtube. In their titles, their authors boast to teach us “How to remove the red filter on “silhouette challenge”. In less than five minutes, these malicious Internet users explain how to remove in a few clicks the “Red Wine” filter that hides the body details of these tiktokeers.

On social networks, alarm bells are sounded about the risk for these TikToks to be posted on pornographic sites, without the authors’ knowledge.

More and more TikTok trends seem designed to embarrass men. The so-called chair challenge is a great example of men failing hilariously where women succeed (go ahead, try it.). In the latest TikTok trend, dubbed the “center of gravity challenge” women dominate the battle of the sexes. Men, on the other hand, end up stabbing the face.

The challenge is simple – in theory. First of all, get down on all fours (don’t worry. If it’s on TikTok, it can’t be too risky). Next, put your elbows on the floor and rest your chin on your hands. That’s where the tricky part comes in. Quickly remove your elbows from the floor and tie your hands behind your back.

The results are the tricks made for TikTok: women take up the challenge without sweating. When men try the same thing, they can’t hold their bodies. Their torsos collapse and they crash face down. Everyone laughs and a challenge goes viral.

Editor’s note: we know you’re going to try this challenge, especially the men in the audience. If you try, you should probably try it on a nice soft pillow. If you feel the need to do it on video concrete without practicing, the Internet fame is your choice.

But why exactly is this another challenge where women rule and men fall (hard). The reason why women have no problem with the challenge is, according to the most important theory, that they have a lower center of gravity. On average, a woman’s center of gravity is 8-15% lower than a man’s, according to an article in the academic journal Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling. It is assumed that women’s lower center of gravity did not evolve to make men stupid on the Internet, but to help them stay stable while walking during pregnancy.

This is a logical reasoning, but also a reason why some sexes defy all expectations. Not everyone is built the same way. Some men may have a lower center of gravity than others. Some women won’t be able to win the center of gravity challenge, and some men will glide victoriously without crashing into their faces.

Not many, though. There’s only one way to find out.

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