5 Unexpected Viral Moments That Broke Through the Chaos of Your April Struggles
“With time we adapt to the bad experience and return to our baseline happiness,” she explained.
But it has a downside too.
“At the beginning, a new gift, friend, or experience brings us a lot of pleasure and excitement. But then we quickly grow accustomed to the new thing and it no longer brings us quite the same pleasure it once did,” said Gordon.
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So yes, take this trend as a sign to try something new, or simply pause and appreciate what you already have. It might help you remember what the point really is.
In a social media landscape that often feels overwhelming or anxious, this has been one of my favorite trends to go viral lately. Judging by the comments, I’m not alone. Take a moment to try it for yourself.
3. Pet owners used AI to turn their cats into humans, and it weirdly worked
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Bordering on wholesome but undeniably weird sits another social media trend that went viral after ChatGPT introduced its image generation feature, which allows users to create all sorts of visuals or manipulate ones they already have.
Naturally, pet owners took it upon themselves to find out what their beloved cats would look like as actual humans. The results? Funny, cute, and occasionally… questionable.
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But while many were enjoying fluffy, AI-generated fun, not everyone was on board. Some people began pushing back, raising concerns over how we use AI for these kinds of tasks, especially when it comes to environmental impact.
Each ChatGPT query is estimated to use about ten times more electricity than a typical Google search. According to the nonprofit research firm Electric Power Research Institute, a ChatGPT request uses 2.9 watt-hours, compared to about 0.3 watt-hours for a single Google query.
Business Energy UK crunched the numbers and estimated that ChatGPT may currently use around 39.98 million kilowatt-hours per day—enough to charge roughly eight million phones.
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Besides the environmental cost, critics also say we should support real artists instead of using AI to copy their work.
Many artists are especially concerned about AIs being trained on their unique styles and fear it could eventually push them out of jobs entirely.
British illustrator Dave McKean, known for his work on Batman comics, Alice Cooper album covers, and Stephen King books, told the media:
“I’m under no illusion they’ll just get more and more able to replicate this stuff. Why would anyone pay me to illustrate anything if they can simply tell a computer to do it in my style?”
“AI could do amazing things in science, the study of weather patterns, virology—but it must be kept out of the creative arts,” he argued.
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Where do you stand in this creative debate?
Is asking AI to turn our cats into humans in just a few seconds harmless fun or a catastrophe in the making? Let us know what you think.
Meanwhile, some commenters are still too afraid to try it… because they’re worried it’ll change how they look at their pets forever.
4. Men couldn’t handle what women actually find attractive
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On another note, British singer Olly Murs’ recent weight loss transformation received some pretty wild reactions, but not for the reason you might expect.
One user on X ran a poll asking both men and women whether they found Olly’s before or after body more attractive. Surprisingly, more women voted for the before photo. And that made a lot of men stop in their tracks.
They couldn’t believe it, so they decided women just weren’t telling the truth.
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Women responded, ratioing the replies and, as one viral response joked, “begging” men to understand that, yes, a not-so-chiseled body really can be their type. That quote tweet got over 300,000 likes compared to the original post’s 15,000.
And they weren’t just making it up. There’s actual data to back this up.
A report from Dating.com found that nearly 75% of single women prefer the “dad bod,” meaning a body that’s not super toned or overly muscular.
A similar survey from PlanetFitness found that 78% of women believe men with dad bods are confident in their own skin. Almost half of them said a soft belly was basically the new six-pack. 83% of mothers even said they’d be proud to have a husband with a bit of chub.
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Some women on X tried to explain the appeal in more detail. The biggest reason? A guy with a dad bod looks like someone you can hug, cuddle, and feel safe with, while a super athlete might seem like the kind of person who judges you for your calorie intake.
