For years, parents were the butt of the joke on social media. Since they didn't care to participate in it, adults become easy fodder for jokes and trends aimed at their expense.
But now that more and more parents have begun to make the transition to social media, the tables have started to turn. Now, parents are beginning to make fun of their kids and are doing so in the best way possible.
At the risk of dating myself, I can still remember a time when in order to get a Facebook profile, you needed to have a university/college e-mail address.
What began with Facebook soon segued into Instagram. Now, after yet another changing-of-the-guard, TikTok has become the most popular social media app on the internet.
Over the years, there have been countless trends all aimed at making fun of parents. Now, after years of ridicule, the parents of TikTok are clapping back.
The aptly dubbed #NoNoTrend shows the darker side of parental humor. As you can plainly see, these parents aren't holding anything back.
"He isn't studying computer science like I told him to."
Clearly, the parents of TikTok have absolutely no intention of keeping their humor politically correct.
Jeff Kinney is the author of the beloved "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book series. The renowned author hacked his own son's TikTok account, just in order to roast him.
Jeff's takeover video has since gone viral, racking up over 1.5 million likes with over 14K comments.
Mark is best known for his time spent on Shark Tank, as well as for being the owner of the championship-contending NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks.
"I own a basketball team and this mf can't even make a free throw," Mark writes. Thus proving that he's as ruthless at home as he is in the board room.
Granted, poking fun at a child's disability, asking if it's possible to "abort" grown children, and inquiring as to whether or not you can return adopted children is contentious, to say the least.
"It’s nothing harmful, really,” Lee explained. “In reality, it’s just the creator themselves making fun of themselves. It’s not actually parents talking to their children like that."
There used to be a time when satire was considered to be one of the highest forms of humor. Plus, when compared with other viral TikTok trends, making fun of your own kids seems tame by comparison.
Believe me, I wish I was making this up. I thought I'd seen it all, and now — I really wish I hadn't.
It got so out of hand that Benadryl was forced to make a statement. "The Benadryl TikTok trend is extremely concerning, dangerous, and should be stopped immediately," the statement read.
Unfortunately, our society has long since forgotten how to take a joke. Hopefully, this trend will serve as a gentle reminder as to why we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously.
