These TikTok videos mostly all start off the same. The user states that they had a seizure and caught it on camera. The camera cuts to the person pretending to have a seizure before breaking into dance. Understandably, this trend has not been met with fits of laughter.
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Two particular TikTok stars faced a lot of backlash after their take on the video. The clip started off with a girl crying and a voice-over saying:
Ayo, something dramatic happened that changed my life check.
The camera then cuts to the dancer who doubles over and pretends he is about to convulse before breaking out into a twerk.
This particular video amassed 1.7 million views and a ton of disapproving comments. One user wrote:
Umm it's not cool to joke about this. Cuz this actually happens to ppl.
While another commenter stated:
Even if it's a trend it's not funny. Loads of people have died by seizures and you're making a joke out of it saying it's a trend.
The uploader, Diego Martir, has since responded to his critics but neglected to remove the video from his profile, stating:
It's a trend, pls don't come for us.
But his simple statement was seen as insensitive by his followers whocontinued to criticise him after the comment:
Bruh people really find ANY way to make ANYTHING offensive. Even if it is a trend it's not funny. Loads of people have died by seizures and your [sic] making a joke out of it saying it's a trend.
This is not the first time a seizure trend has taken off on TikTok. Last year, an even more controversial version of the trend took off on the platform in the form of the viral 'Lucid Dreams Challenge'. This even more vile version saw TikTok users record a dance to Juice WRLD's song, Lucid Dreams before convulsing in the middle of the song. Added water pouring out of users' mouths made the trend all the more sickening.
The Lucid Dreams challenge reached the height of its popularity in December just before the death of Juice WRLD, who coincidentally died of a seizure after a fatal overdose.
