The Ben Shapiro Show Ben Shapiro RANKS Viral TikTok Trends
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Mar 21, 2026 A comic roast of viral TikTok crazes, with live reactions to owl-voice clips and the tortilla slap challenge. Quick takes on rhythmic participation trends and the water-in-mouth laughing stunt. Humorous critique of oversized-object Mary Poppins bits and a dangerous Florida fishing clip. Final rankings of which trends are watchable or worth trying.
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Culture Compressed Into One Syllable
- TikTok trends often compress culture into a single exaggerated gesture.
- Ben Shapiro finds the 'owl' trend mildly amusing for how it reduces a whole cultural stereotype to a facial grunt.
Playful Violence Makes Content Viral
- The tortilla slap trend is watchable because it frames hitting as playful and nonthreatening.
- Ben suggests participants use tortillas to make slaps feel 'funny' and to let women 'slap men' under that comedic cover.
Trends Signal Excess Free Time
- Excess free time drives many meaningless yet creative TikTok trends.
- Ben says society has 'far too much time on our hands' and that staff like Savvy excel at nailing timing in such trends.