A contentious video initially posted on TikTok has gone viral after showing on Reddit’s r/TikTokCringe subreddit.

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The now-deleted video, first uploaded to TikTok by person @brennatesta, exhibits a bunch of younger folks in NYC trying to take an image, earlier than a person walks into them—vocally criticizing the group for getting in his means.  

It has sparked intense on-line dialogue about who was within the unsuitable, in addition to tapping into broader discourse about creating content material in public. Many are criticizing the oblivious habits of the younger TikTokers, in addition to vacationers in huge cities usually, whereas others have extra nuanced opinions concerning the video’s true goal. 

Where was the video posted, and what did it present?

Despite originating on TikTok, the video not too long ago reignited debate when it was posted to Reddit’s r/TikTokCringeSubreddit, a 6 million-strong neighborhood that describes itself as “A place to watch the best and worst videos from TikTok.” It was uploaded by person u/Realistts on September 21, 2025, underneath the title, “Man’s had enough of it,” and inside days acquired over 40K likes and 1.5K feedback.

In the video, the group of six is positioning itself to get the proper shot. Seemingly unaware of their location on a busy sidewalk, they step backwards to make sure everyone seems to be in body, however in doing so, block the trail of an oncoming pedestrian, who responds in anger.

“Alright, you guys just all walked backwards while people are walking f***ing forwards,” he rants, as the buddies look shocked however amused on the interplay. 

“My man. My MAN! Preach!” one person commented, whereas the satirically named Objective-Middle-676 remarked, “he is a national treasure.”

“We’ve all had enough” added Guhguhguhguhguhgu. Others known as the person a hero.
However, not everybody agreed, with one person questioning, “There was plenty of space, why would he go through them?”

Several customers shortly identified that the video’s location was crucial in understanding why the presumably native man was in the appropriate, even when he appeared impolite.

“That’s how you act politely in New York: by internalizing the fact that your actions can affect other people and acting accordingly. If you block the street to take a photo, you make it harder for others to get to where they need to go,” wrote amauberge. “The New Yorkers who check you aren’t being rude—they’re responding to your rudeness.”

Others agreed and linked this habits to dwelling in densely populated cities extra usually. “It’s a skill you learn living in an urban city. If you need to stop where people can be walking, first look for a spot that will not prevent anyone from getting through,” mentioned perk11.

“L.A. hates them, too,” added another person.

Not everybody put it right down to harmless however irritating vacationer habits, although. After all, there was no direct proof to point the place anybody within the video really lived—and so others directed their anger in the direction of a digital location, the web and the world of social media.

“No spatial awareness,” mentioned one individual.

“Oh they’re aware, they just think their dopey videos are more important than whatever everyone else is trying to do with their day”, added Moebius808, whereas doubleapowpow used the web’s favourite buzzword, calling the group, “narcissistic and oblivious.”

“I just know that they posted this video fully expecting everyone who watched it to take their side,” another person mentioned.

Others questioned the aim of what they’d seen. “Yeah why did they upload this? Who is this for?”.

“Ad revenue from rage clicks,” another person speculated.

Wait, has this occurred earlier than?

These days, you don’t should enterprise far on the web earlier than you’ll inevitably come throughout articles dissecting ragebait, the time period for self-aware content material that’s meant to impress rage and disagreement, encouraging folks to react, share, and finally money in. The psychological concept behind ragebait is that intense feelings result in engagement, and that unfavorable feelings, particularly anger, prevail over all others in encouraging the dialog.

Expert Dr. William Brady advised the BBC final yr that this response is definitely hard-wired into people as a species, and sadly, that is now being exploited.

“In our past, this is the kind of content that we really needed to pay attention to, so we have these biases built into our learning and our attention,” he mentioned.

Add to this the narrative that social media is poisoning our brains (in addition to cognitive biases held by many about younger folks—particularly ladies—being naive and silly), and you’ve got the proper recipe for a storm.

A video is posted exhibiting younger creators or influencers participating in habits perceived to be ‘annoying’ or “self-absorbed.” This causes outrage and annoyance to these outdoors of this group, reinforcing their present beliefs, resulting in animated discussions like that on r/TikTokCringe. The younger creators then turn out to be self-aware—posting content material that intentionally exaggerates these behaviors to farm clicks, fuelling the cycle of ragebait once more. 

Because @Brennatesta’s video isn’t an remoted occasion. Nor is that this—plot twist—the primary time we’ve even seen it go viral.

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The video really dates again to a minimum of 2024, having equally stoked debate then too, with a repost of it on TikTok, itself a screenshot of an earlier X submit, amassing over 3M views.

In a shock to nobody, customers within the feedback had been as soon as once more defending the person and expressing outrage on the TikTokers, with nearly equivalent feedback declaring, “Not all heroes wear capes.”

Luckily, some customers on Reddit are questioning issues extra deeply this time round.

“They know conflict drives engagement. It’s not that they think they’re right or anything, it’s that people love some minor drama and confrontation. This could be one of their largest vids,’ wrote one user.

Someone else summed it up in one, “This Reddit post is literally proof of this lol.”

@brennatesta didn’t instantly reply to the Daily Dot’s request for remark through TikTok DM.

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