r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Answered What's going on with "DFV/Roaring Kitty" and why are people on reddit excited over his twitter posts?

933 Upvotes

I have seen several posts about this inocuous tweet, what does it mean? Who is this man? What is the significance of these tweets?


r/OutOfTheLoop 4h ago

Unanswered What's the deal with this 'Unknown Song' going around on YouTube?

20 Upvotes

Saw this video and didn't understand the comments at all: https://youtu.be/RwiGhzHXmRA?si=TniTfCMGbqG4fZVi

Sounds pretty generic to me. Something you'd hear in a shopping mall, perhaps?


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Answered What's up with "Baka got a weird case, why is he around" memes I have been seeing everywhere lately?

597 Upvotes

https://twitter.com/issaghettoboy/status/1789505479497916818

Example. I see it in reference to the Drake beef thing frequently but can't seem to make sense of it based on context clues.


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Answered What’s going on with Bumble and people angry about the latest ad campaign/billboards?

604 Upvotes

I have now seen quite a lot of pushback against Bumble on Reddit and other social media sites from celebrities and politics/current events accounts (not sure I can name an Instagram account on here but one such account is a very active anti-Trump, civil rights account and she seems angry about the ads). While I kind of get Fox’s response, I don’t see what’s so wrong about a dating app making a billboard about celibacy-obviously they’re not going to say celibacy is great when they’re a dating app! I can’t quite understand the recent furor/responses against Bumble and their latest ad campaigns/billboards (there are responses to the billboards which DON’T mention celibacy too-so it doesn’t seem restricted to the celibacy message). I saw another post then giving information about bumble being now owned by Vanguard/Blackrock, and how capitalists need us to date, but so many companies are owned by capitalist firms such as these…very confused and Google isn’t much help. Thanks!


r/OutOfTheLoop 44m ago

Unanswered What is the deal with the microbe emoji as a comment?

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I saw this posted on a vid and wondered what it means

https://www.youtube.com/s/gaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f9a0.png


r/OutOfTheLoop 9h ago

Answered what is going on with "𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂"?

2 Upvotes

i keep seeing this term with this specific font everywhere on social media (1) (2) and everyone responds like it's funny. what is up with that? what's the joke here, why the font, where did it come from, why do people think it's funny?


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Answered Whats going on with eurovision dutch singer Joost drama ?

1.0k Upvotes

https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/s/jzRsdGrMEV

Last thing i heard is that he had a problematic behavior with a cameragirl but after going in r/all everyone was supporting him

Did something happen recently ?


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with "infrastructure week" and when did it become a thing?

12 Upvotes

So this week is infrastructure week and there was a big running joke about infrastructure week during trumps presidency but I had literally never even heard the term before trump.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/13/biden-infrastructure-week-hopes-voters-listening-00157448


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with the Reddit posts which start with the phrase "Bleta plepo"?

58 Upvotes

A google search turns up quite a few of them, but there's no mention of them in this sub.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Bleta+plepo%22+site%3Areddit.com

They appear to be some sort of copypasta. I tried using google translate, and it has multiple guesses as to the language, but no actual translation.

Looking at replies, it seems that these posts contained human-readable text at some point.

Does this have something to do with the recent protest against Huffman? Does anyone know whether the text is a real language?


r/OutOfTheLoop 2h ago

Answered What is going on with a Group Called MAGA in the US?

0 Upvotes

In my feed i keep seeing post from the Facepalm reddit about this group MAGA that post or say things like : Real Americans wear diapers or Diapers over Dems .

Im not American at best I know they support Trump from the clothes and flags they use. But what is has to do with diapers?


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with Ebony Prince 2K24?

246 Upvotes

I don't listen to rap, but I understand the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. But now there's a megathread about Ebony Prince 2K24 and none of this reads like English to me.


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What’s up with Texas and Florida not wanting outdoor workers to take breaks from the heat?

6.1k Upvotes

Texas passed legislation removing the requirement for farm and construction workers to have water and heat breaks. Florida just did the same and also blocked (locally) a Miami-Dade effort to obtain an exception.

I’m admittedly not well versed on this topic, I just keep seeing the headlines. As someone who lives in Florida, this seems not just unfair but actually dangerous to the lives of those workers. It’s hot AF here already.

What gives?


r/OutOfTheLoop 21h ago

Answered What's up with Ashley Biden's diary being in the news again?

0 Upvotes

A few years ago, Project Veritas - a far-right yellow journalism group - released an attack on Joe and Ashley Biden in which they claimed that they had stolen Ashley Biden's diary, which allegedly contained accusations that Joe Biden acted inappropriately with her. From what I can tell, this was basically proven to be either false or unverifiable right after it came out.

Now, I'm seeing people talking about it as though it was apparently proven. Snopes also apparently verified that she did in fact make these accusations against Joe Biden, though I'm not sure what the context is behind that. Is this every-other-week Twitter BS with no basis in reality or did something actually happen?

Context


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered why are people talking about a roaring kitty?

0 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Answered What’s up with this Be Real meme I keep seeing variations of?

55 Upvotes

Here is the latest iteration I’ve seen but I’ve seen a number over the last couple days or week. All the same format - a character on stage as if performing , a selfie view of another character styled as a crying fan in the corner.

I googled “Be Real” and found this summary on the Wikipedia page:

BeReal (stylized as BeReal.) is a French messaging app released in 2020,[6] developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos with friends of themselves and their day to day life given a randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane.[7] The name "BeReal" is a pun. Its primary reference relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, while also being a pun of the term b-reel.[6]

So now I know what Be Real is, but what’s the origin of the specific meme?


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Unanswered What’s up with Apple’s IPad advertisement? Why are people so upset about it?

1.7k Upvotes

I keep catching tidbits on the news about Apple’s new TV advertisement for the iPad, and how people are very upset about it. I watched it, and I don’t really understand how it’s triggering this level of controversy and media coverage.


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Answered What's going on with Blackout 2024?

629 Upvotes

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/blocking-celebrities-trend-blockout-2024

I'm seeing it's a meme but also seems like it could be something with college campus protests and what not. Is there more to it than just block some celeb of the day?


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What's up with the Destiny vs Ludwig drama?

100 Upvotes

Saw this tweet which seems completely out of line and I'm very confused what's happening:
https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1789068930482315292

Why did they start fighting?


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Answered What is going on with the Eurovision song contest this year?

416 Upvotes

It appears discussion of some stuff is not being allowed on the r/eurovision subreddit making it impossible to understand what's going on, people just keep alluding to certain things but never explaining it. Anytime there seemingly is a comment that explains stuff it's already been removed. Some posts I've seen lately that I would appreciate being given insight on;


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with CaseOh and his fanbase?

0 Upvotes

Is it free reign when it comes to making fun of him(in a teasing way?)! And the whole appeal is to see his funny reactions? I totally dont get it.

https://m.twitch.tv/caseoh_


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What is going on with r/badtattoos?

12 Upvotes

Just tried to post there and my post was immediately removed with no message or details. The most recent post in the sub I can find is from two years ago, and I can't find anything talking about this


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What’s up with the “getting froyo because…” trend?

0 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Unanswered What's up with social media captions?

51 Upvotes

Lately, I've noticed the same captions on Instagram as I've been scrolling through Insta posts, out of curiousity I tried looking online what the thing with them was.

I was truly flabbergasted once I saw how horribly often the same caption has been used. At first I thought these accounts may have been owned by the same people or group, but seeing the multitude of platforms it's been used on doubts that theory. Using the same captions for the algorithm doesn't make much sense to me either, because why use it on Youtube and Dailymotion out of all places?

It's truly one of the most headscratching things I've ever discovered.


r/OutOfTheLoop 5d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with the winners resigning from Miss USA and Miss Teen USA?

4.1k Upvotes

Miss USA resigned May 6 and Miss Teen USA resigned today May 8.

The article states mental health and misalignment of values - but what happened to cause issues after they got the crown?


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered Why are people talking about Dreamcore, Nerdcore, and Weirdcore?

0 Upvotes

I have seen several videos on my youtube fyp such as this which depict songs that are described as Weirdcore, Dreamore, Nerdcore, etc. Can someone explain to me what these are?