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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's now time for the Viral Load with Tiffany Hobbs.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Yes, it is good evening everyone. Well, last night Moe
covered quite a few viral stories. This week has been
nothing short of exciting and busy when it comes to
viral stories. However, our very first story doesn't deal with TikTok,
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doesn't deal with Instagram or Facebook. No, we're going more
old school in the sense that this story actually comes
from hacking into your cell phone.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
What's the newest scam.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Well, it's viral because it's being talked about everywhere and
kfi's own Rich Demurro, our tech guru, actually spoke about
it on his show this previous Saturday. This new scam
taps into your cell phone. Yes, and many of us,
if not all of us, have some sort of cellular device.
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In this case, your cell phone does not have to
be a smartphone. It just has to be equipped to
receive text messages. So it's pretty basic stuff here. What's happening, Well,
scammers have created a new way to separate you from
your money, as they always do, especially at the holidays.
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And this specific scam deals with saying that you have
parked illegally in a school zone. You may have never
even been to the school that's alleged where you parked illegally.
You might not even travel in that direction, but the
scammers have been able to text you and let you
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know that you are possibly going to receive a hefty
ticket because you parked illegally in this school zone. So
the details are that the text is sent to your
phone and it goes on to describe being from an
official sounding website has all the markers of being again official,
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which of course can be quite intimidating, and the text
and the website include the following information. It says that
there are claims of speeding in school zones or other
offenses that you don't remember. There's another part that says
that there is pressure to pay immediately to avoid fees
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or legal trouble. If you click on this link that
is attached in your text message, it's an active link.
You'll be prompted to enter your payment information to somehow
mitigate this fine that you're now receiving, and that you'll
then be contacted in a way so that they can
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collect and funnel funds to this criminal enterprise. Again, the
newest viral scam.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Is always like, you gotta do it now, Well, there's
gonna be some sort of consequence. Hurry up, hurry up,
hurry up, hurry up and pay. Yeah, that's usually a
sign that it's illegitimate.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
It is.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
But unfortunately, as is the case with situations like this
and scams that are on cell phones, they prey upon
people who may not be media literate, and people do
fall victim to these scams. So make sure if you
are receiving any sort of link that says anything about
a ticket that you are being fined for parking illegally
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in a school zone or any zone for that matter,
do not click any links. That's just a rule of thumb,
whether in social media or on your cell phone and
your text messages. The next story, this one deals very
much with biology. And last night again when I was
listening to Later with mo Kelly, you guys talked about
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the pit diaper. Yes, sir, well, the pit diaper is
marketed mostly to men mostly nothing, But this story is
more so apropos for women, biological women, women who are
still menstruating for that matter. All Right, let's get into
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the nitty gritty. Well, it all started on TikTok when
a young lady shared a video while at a concert.
She was at a concert and she says, hey, thank
you to the woman who in the bathroom gave me
this sanitary napkin during an emergency.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
That I was having.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
She says, thank you so much, and also, why didn't
you warn me?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Huh huh?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
What would you need a warning about? Well, this was
no ordinary sanitary napkin, and I imagine half of your
listeners right now are probably kind of plugging their ears
because of the ick factor. But let's grow up here.
It wasn't an ordinary sanitary napkin. No, it's something called
a honey pot pad.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Is that the same thing as a pot pie?
Speaker 4 (05:04):
For some? In this case?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Maybe because the young lady who received this honey pot
pad went on to post her thank yous to this
anonymous woman in the bathroom who shared it with her
during an emergency at this concert.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
But again the.
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Woman says, why didn't you warn me? She goes on
to say that this honey pot pad gave her all
sorts of interesting sensations. And because of this video, which
has now gone viral on TikTok to the tune of
multiple millions of viewers and engagements. People are having conversations
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about what this is and whether or not it's actually
something that women should use, and the internet is divided.
Half of the people who have used it say it's amazing,
it's great. It's infused with oils and lavenders and aloe
and all these things that it creates a quote cooling sensation.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I'm a dude, Okay, I've never used one before. I
need you to really really break it down down.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Well, you know, in this case, this particular pad lines
the underwear of a user to protect them, just.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Like the pit.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Yeah, I get that paper might do, okay, but what's
special about this past Well.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
This one, unlike the pit diaper mo has again an
infusion of different ingredients like mint, lavender, and alo Okay.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
It's herbally infused. It's fancy. It's fancy pants, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Trying to make tea down there? Am I supposed to
be like? I don't know what I'm supposed to do
with that. It's like, am I gonna throw it in
the oven? But if I'm gonna boil it? Here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Some of the users say that they in fact were
boiling and that it was very uncomfortable because of what
these herbs actually did to their nether regions. Again, the
Internet is divided on this newest viral conversation, and experts
have in and said, while this is fun and kind
of the you know, the moment, it's having a moment,
this honeypad, do not use it because it actually messes
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with your biological stuff down there. You don't need to
make pH balance your pH balance. You don't need all
these herbs and and things down there.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Leave it alone.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Just be, you know, kind of go back to the
old school stuff. So maybe the pit diaper will be
lined with aloe and minto lavender soon enough.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
No no, no, no, we're gonna have Mark try it out.
He'll let us know, I think.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
So we can always line it ourselves.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
We can line it with like, I don't know, hot
sauce or something.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
When we come out, we'll have part two of the
Viral Load with Tiffany Hobs KFI AM six forty Live
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Speaker 1 (07:43):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Tiffany Hobbs Viral Low Part two. Here we will mo
during your show. You have a tendency to stand up
and stretch.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Yes, sure do.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Why do you do that?
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Keep the blood and keep my energy moving. Sitting is
unhealthy for long periods of time.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Makes perfect sense, and when we think about traveling, specifically
with flying longer flights, people are advised to stand up
and stretch their legs during to get that blood circulating
and to prevent things like clotting and other health issues.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Well.
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A man last week shared footage on TikTok. His name
is Richard Dwong, and the video on TikTok is of
a female passenger standing for the majority of a seven
hour flight. Doctor Dwong captioned the recording quote, lady stood
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on my flight for the entire seven hour duration watching
her movie.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
End quote.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
The clip shows the woman on her feet as the
plane takes off and taxis or you know, in the
air at it's cruising altitude, not taxing, and the Wong
does clarify in the comments that this woman would eventually
take her seat when the seat belt sign was turned on,
but that for the majority of the flight, which was
relatively smooth. The woman stood, and of course, as he
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uploaded this, it invited all sorts of conversation because Dwong's
intention for uploading this video was to essentially criticize or
question why this person, this passenger would stand for seven hours. Well,
the Internet, of course wide in and a lot of
people gave various responses to this now viral clip. One
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response was she could have and a clotting disorder. Another says,
I stand so that I can stretch a lot because
I have a clouding disorder. Another goes on to say
I have massive back issues. I totally get it. Another
person goes on to say, hey, I have a broken tailbone.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Totally understand.
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And lastly, one person said I have fibromyalgia, and I
would have to stand for the majority of a flight
because otherwise I'm in agony.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
Now my hips can't stand sitting for hours on end.
I've got to stand up. There are times where I'll
like I'll go home or coming into work today, I'm
spending an hour plus in the car.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I won't sit down for a while. I just can't.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
You can't and you shouldn't because it's not healthy.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
The point of me, including This is again to say
that you never know when you'll be on the receiving
end of someone's viral clip. You spoke about this earlier
in the show. You never know when someone is there
ready to record you and put you onto social media
and to catapult you to this fame. You don't ask
for this notoriety. This woman didn't ask to be videoed.
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She was standing for whatever reason, but now she is
the subject of a viral video and a lot of
conversation about why she was standing on a flight, which
is totally her own business.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
If she was not encroaching upon someone's space. I don't
see what the issue is. I just don't I just
don't get it. And then to be shamed standing shaped
is something else you know? I don't know about doctor Dwong,
But that's uncool, totally uncool.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Another story that is extremely uncool has to deal with
poor media literacy. Again, I spoke about this a bit
earlier in the segment. It is imperative that we all
avail ourselves to what is accurate and what is inaccurate
online and be able to decipher again between the two
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based off our knowledge of how to find out in
fact check what's real and what's not. Social media prays
upon our our inability to decipher. It just unloads content
and you are left to kind of pick up the
pieces and figure out what's going on. Well, there's a
popular TikTok account that purposely uploads fake content that people
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assume is real, and then people go on and share
this content. This creator has built an entire platform on
uploading fake stories, fake news, if you will, their sixty
second fictional posts that intentionally spread false and sensational information.
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And every month at least one of this TikTok user's
posts go viral.
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And that's despite being fake.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Some more fake than others, but all of them again
not accurate.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
Here's an example.
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This post was uploaded by this TikTok creator and it
said this post that ended up going viral.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
That is a complete falsity. Quote.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
The New York ceo who had his Lamborghini pooped in
by his employees after he canceled their Christmas bonuses has
just learned that they have all resigned. Literally every employee
from the sales staff to the shipping department emailed in
their resignation to the CEO at the same time. End
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quote that is a completely made up.
Speaker 4 (13:05):
Fake story.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Went viral.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
It went viral, completely viral because people don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
You forgot one thing. Sure, a lot of people don't care, don't.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Care, and the more sensational, the more viral it seems
to go. Just like the woman standing up on the flight,
there's no reason anyone should really be bothering her and
questioning why she's doing it, and it certainly shouldn't go viral,
but it did. This person, this TikTok account again deliberately
uploads content to fool people, and people either don't care
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or don't take the time to fact check, and his
posts then are circulated throughout the world millions of times
over and he does not go back and then say, hey,
that's a fake. So be careful what you share people,
fact check, crosscheck if you're interested, and make sure that
before you press share or send on a story or
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a piece of content, you find out if it is
true or not.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
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