Describe a time when you saw something interesting on social media

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Speaker: Joseph

A time when I saw something interesting on social media was just a few days ago. It was in the evening after I got home, and I was scrolling through TikTok while eating dinner.

I came across a short video of a guy filming his dog’s reactions to random household objects. In one clip, the owner slowly pushed a vacuum cleaner toward the dog, and the dog froze, stared at it for a few seconds, and then quietly walked out of the room. In another part, the dog noticed its reflection in a mirror and tilted its head like it was trying to figure out what was going on. The captions were simple and matched the dog’s expressions, which made the whole thing funnier.

I found it interesting mainly because it caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting to laugh, but I did. I watched the video more than once and ended up checking a few other clips from the same account. It was the kind of content that doesn’t need any explanation—you either find it funny or you don’t.

Overall, it stood out because it was light, easy to watch, and didn’t try too hard. It was just a genuinely funny video that made a normal evening a bit more enjoyable, and that’s enough to make it interesting.

Speaker: Blondie

A few weeks ago, I came across something absolutely hilarious while browsing TikTok late one evening. I was just about to put my phone away when I saw a video of a girl pulling a prank on her boyfriend by unboxing what she claimed was a luxury home décor item from a high-end store. The twist was that the so-called designer piece was actually just a plain grey rock she’d picked up from her backyard.

What made the video so funny was the way she committed to the joke. She had the rock wrapped in fancy tissue paper and was describing its “organic texture” and “minimalist aesthetic” with a completely straight face, while her boyfriend tried his best to react politely. The whole thing was such an obvious parody of how branding can make ordinary things seem valuable.

I also ended up scrolling through the comments, which made it even more entertaining. Within hours, people had started copying the idea and posting their own versions of the joke, pretending that random stones from their gardens were expensive décor pieces. It quickly turned into a shared joke rather than just a single video.

As someone who sometimes gets tempted by “aesthetic” purchases, I didn’t read too much into it—I just found it genuinely funny. I remember laughing out loud and sending the video to a friend straight away. It wasn’t meaningful or inspirational, but it didn’t need to be. It was just a clever, well-timed prank that made scrolling feel worth it.