Valley Oak
11-07-2016, 11:33 PM
Mannequin Challenge Explained
The Young Turks, Nov 7, 2016
The Mannequin Challenge is the latest viral trend. Where did it come from? The Young Turks breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“With the election finally winding down, the news cycle has been pretty grim. Hillary Clinton is busy fending off another email, scandal and Donald Trump is doing what he’s always been doing: being an asshole. Thankfully, the youth of America is here to save us. In a new trend called the #mannequinchallenge, teens are imitating mannequin statues, freezing for the camera, and creating living-portraits that are shared around the internet. The goal of the challenge is to basically create the most insane scene of frozen people imaginable. The whole thing first started with a group of six high schoolers posted a short video of them acting like statues with the caption “#manequinchallenge Share!! RT!!”on October 26. It took about a week for the trend to really pick up, but over time, the post gathered more than 4,000 retweets and 4,000 likes.” Read more here: https://gizmodo.com/screw-the-election-the-mannequin-challenge-is-the-only-1788655772 (https://gizmodo.com)
The Young Turks, Nov 7, 2016
The Mannequin Challenge is the latest viral trend. Where did it come from? The Young Turks breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“With the election finally winding down, the news cycle has been pretty grim. Hillary Clinton is busy fending off another email, scandal and Donald Trump is doing what he’s always been doing: being an asshole. Thankfully, the youth of America is here to save us. In a new trend called the #mannequinchallenge, teens are imitating mannequin statues, freezing for the camera, and creating living-portraits that are shared around the internet. The goal of the challenge is to basically create the most insane scene of frozen people imaginable. The whole thing first started with a group of six high schoolers posted a short video of them acting like statues with the caption “#manequinchallenge Share!! RT!!”on October 26. It took about a week for the trend to really pick up, but over time, the post gathered more than 4,000 retweets and 4,000 likes.” Read more here: https://gizmodo.com/screw-the-election-the-mannequin-challenge-is-the-only-1788655772 (https://gizmodo.com)