5 Unexpected Viral Moments That Broke Through the Chaos of Your April Struggles
Now, for the record: I don’t love that we’re using someone’s real body transformation to publicly debate what’s hot and what’s not. Body shaming isn’t cool—from any direction.
But what this whole debate really showed is that a lot of men don’t like it when women disagree with them. So maybe, just maybe, we could start by changing that.
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5. “The butterfly effect is crazy”
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Last, but definitely not least, is one more viral TikTok trend, and this one’s all about proving that the butterfly effect is very real.
People on the app have been sharing how they ended up where they are in life, and wondering how things might’ve turned out if one specific moment hadn’t happened.
One woman, for instance, said that if she had never been cheated on, she would’ve never met the love of her life, someone who appreciates her for who she is. A heartbreaking experience, but one with a pretty beautiful outcome.
It’s pretty amazing where life can take us, huh?
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Well, here’s the kick. The trend got a bit of criticism too. Some people felt that a lot of the examples don’t technically reference the actual butterfly effect. In fact, plenty of users who joined in were, according to TikTok commenters, kind of missing the point.
The butterfly effect is meant to describe how something small and seemingly unrelated can end up causing something big. Like the classic example: a butterfly flaps its wings and that sets off a tornado halfway around the world.
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So if someone says, “the butterfly effect is crazy—what if I never met my best friend in high school and we didn’t have this amazing bond,” well… as some commenters have very strongly pointed out, that’s not exactly it. Since the event and outcome are directly connected, it’s not quite the same.
Now, something more like your mom choosing to grab coffee at a certain café one day, and that somehow leading to your entire existence? That’s more in line with the idea.
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Okay, okay, fair criticism. But it still feels like people kind of get the core of it. At its heart, this trend is really just people reflecting on how unexpected life can be, and how some of their greatest joys came from moments that once felt like setbacks.
And really, who can argue with that?
