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A four-part TikTok video that went viral on Twitter the other day is causing a stir. An American man complains on a full airliner that the woman next to him is breastfeeding his cat.

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There's nothing the internet loves more than videos of people going crazy on planes. This is especially true in the age of COVID-19, when mask-wearing and vaccination mandates have made air travel more tense than ever before. It's chilling to see Karen pounce on unsuspecting flight attendants and passengers, and then get what she deserves.

But if there's a lesson to be learned about viral content, it's that videos that are hard to believe are probably not true.

For those familiar with online content, there are plenty of hints that this "woman nursing a cat" video is engineered, or at least of dubious origin. There is an unnatural empty seat between the two seats, and all the window shades are down. Clearly professional-grade image quality, next-door customer angry at impeccable timing. But for whatever reason, people didn't question it and shared the video saying they couldn't believe what the helpless white woman was doing. A Twitter user's post, "I'm going to die from laughing so hard," has been retweeted more than 7,500 times at the time of publication. The real-life news that security reportedly arrested a woman trying to feed a hairless cat on a Delta Air Lines flight from Syracuse to Atlanta recently made the video even more credible. It seems

The video was originally posted on TikTok, but was actually posted on content creator Gooch's Facebook page on December 18th. Gooch, who has 98,000 followers and is a former clown for the Ringling Brothers circus, posts "prepared drama, satire, parodies, magic reveals, pre-recorded videos, and other entertainment." also confirmed in an email to Rolling Stone that the viral video on TikTok was stolen from his account.) Most of the videos on the Gooch page are set in airplanes. For example, in a video posted on December 16th titled "Death Punishment for Rude Woman on Airplane", a woman protests being seated next to her baby (apparently the baby is the cat in the feeding video). wrapped in the same blanket as the

Reason why harassment videos are made

The dark-haired woman breastfeeding her cat in the viral video looks like artist, songwriter and content creator Taylor Watson. Watson previously made headlines with a "food hack" video in which she showed off an unusual recipe for making nachos by dumping toppings like cheese sauce and guacamole on her kitchen counter. There are no breastfeeding videos on her Facebook page, but another video posted on Dec. 12 that is clearly fake. It's set in a plane that looks just like Gooch's video, and the male passenger she argues with is the same guy in the breastfeeding video. (Watson and Gooch did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.)

For the record, Gooch doesn't seem to market the breastfeeding videos as real events. The caption for the original Facebook post states that all videos on this page are "for entertainment purposes only", that they include "prepared drama, satire and parody" and that "there are similarities to real people and events." If so, it's just a coincidence," the proviso reads.

However, it is clear that the video was filmed with the intention of making it look like it was actually filmed on the plane, and the woman in the video chides other passengers not to film it. This isn't the first time a video of an on-board brawl has actually gone viral. Last month, a video went viral on TikTok showing a pilot confronting a woman who refused to sit next to an unvaccinated passenger. Anti-vaccine activists took it for granted and shared the video with the message to stand up to "discrimination" against unvaccinated passengers, but as Rolling Stone reported, it did. was a fake video produced by content creator Prince Ea using professional actors. The video was also registered in the movie database IMDB, and the making video was also posted on Instagram by the creator himself.

For now, share videos that match your intentions

The message of the anti-vaccine video (registered on IMDB with the aptly titled "Covid Flight") is clear. People who shared the video were so eager to spread their beliefs that they couldn't calmly question the provenance of the video. "People see things that make sense, something similar to videos that have gone viral on social media in the past, and sometimes things that make them feel good, and they spread the message without even thinking about it. Darren Linville, an associate professor of social media misinformation at Clemson University, also previously told Rolling Stone.

In the case of the cat breastfeeding video--there is no overt political tone, and as you can see from the punch line that it was a stuffed toy cat with round eyes, the aim may be more direct. It's just a funny video that highlights the absurdity of air travel, arrogant passengers, and an era of growing anxiety. As with many of these videos, it's half the fun if you know it was made for distribution. That's why people keep hitting share buttons regardless of where they come from or what their intentions are.

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from Rolling Stone US

1/4 Im dying. ”Is it a cat or baby!?” ”She is breastfeeding a cat.” from @alessiavaesenn on tik tok. Marshall Allman) December 21, 2021

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