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About

Hellmaxxing is a fictional Tiktok trend invented by Twitter user @wormwood_stars that supposedly sees teens committing "so many sins the devil won't have them." The post satirizes the wave of mischievous TikTok trends like Devious Licks and Beaning that grew popular in the summer and autumn of 2021. After @wormwood_stars posted a doctored screenshot of an article explaining hellmaxxing, some fell for the hoax, while others joked about the concept.

Origin

On October 18th, 2021, Twitter user @wormwood_stars[1] posted a screenshot of a Yahoo! article doctored such that it appears to be about a TikTok trend known as "hellmaxxing." According to the doctored article, parents and police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania were expressing worry about the trend that sees teens committing "so many sins the devil won't have them." It alleges there are 1.1 million videos with the hashtag #hellmaxxing on TikTok. The tweet gained over 2,300 retweets and 28,000 likes (shown below).


venus wormwood ... @wormwood stars well i never IN THE KNOW. by yahoo Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners. Hellmaxxing is a bizarre new trend where teens attempt to commit "so many sins even the devil won't have them." #hellmaxxing on TikTok currently has over 1.1 million views. 12:24 AM · Oct 18, 2021 · Twitter Web App

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Twitter users quickly began joking about hellmaxxing, though it was not clear if everyone understood the post was satire. User @jacobtwop[2] reposted the article exclaiming "THE TEENS ARE HELLMAXXING," gaining over 200 likes (shown below, left). User @js_thrill[3] wrote, "A historian friend of mine explained to me one time that a big part of his job was to like figure out which things in history happened and which ones were like made up panics that 1800s newspapers just went on about for weeks with no basis in reality," gaining over 8,700 retweets and 55,000 likes (shown below, right).


The Handperson's Tale @jacobtwop The teens They are hellmaxxing yes YES THE TEENS ARE HELLMAXXING IN THE KNOW. by yahool Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners. Hellmaxxing is a bizarre new trend where teens attempt to commit "so many sins even the devil won't have them." #hellmaxxing on TikTok currently has over 1.1 million views. john stuart thrills and chills @js_thrill A historian friend of mine explained to me one time that a big part of his job was to like figure out which things in history happened and which ones were like made up panics that 1800s newspapers just went on about for weeks with no basis in reality venus wormwood @wormwood_stars · Oct 18 well i never IN THE KNOW. by yahoof Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners.

User @thedextriarchy[4] traced the parody to Yahoo's article on Beaning, which used a similar headline and text (original shown below).


IN THE KNOW. REAL by yahoo! Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'beaning' September 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police concerned. Here's what you need to know about "beaning". The trend is largely popular in England where police in West Yorkshire have warned parents and small business owners. Beaning on TikTok is a bizarre new trend where teens vandalize property with cans of baked beans. It's similar to egging someone's house. The hashtag #beanbandits on TikTok has over 1.1 million views. "We was the victims of a beaning," TikToker

Some news outlets reported on hellmaxxing as if it were a real trend, including Distractify[5] and Celebsaga.[6] In both instances, the outlets assumed TikTok must have banned the trend because they could find no videos related to the tag.

Various Examples


Dan Olson Pumpkin Emoji @FoldableHuman I tried hellmaxxing, but I got hung up on sloth. 5:18 PM · Oct 19, 2021 · Twitter Web App Killjoy McCoy @letsgoayo ... Teens: [staying out past curfew] Local parents and priests: "it's called 'hellmaxxing,' and their goal is to commit every sin" 99 12:32 PM · Oct 18, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone So I Married A Jacquesmurderer @jephjacques *youth pastor sitting backwards in chair* we need less HELLMAXXING and more CHRISTMAXXING 8:31 AM · Oct 19, 2021 · Tweetbot for iOS Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga luther: sin boldly gen z: hellmaxxing IN THE KNOW. by yahool Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners. Hellmaxxing is a bizarre new trend where teens attempt to commit "so many sins even the devil won't have them." #hellmaxxing on TikTok currently has over 1.1 million views. 10:36 AM · Oct 19, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone serial experiments lapin @bnuuyes losing my mind at people seeing this joke screenshot and thinking it's real so hard they actually go and write real articles about it as if it were a real thing venus wormwood @wormwood_stars · Oct 18 well i never IN THE KNOW. by yahool Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners. Hellmaxxing is a bizarre new trend where teens attempt to commit "so many sins even the devil won't have them." #hellmaxxing on TikTok currently has over 1.1 million views. literary agent needing jerk @rajandelman ... Hellmaxxing by walking past all the houses in my neighborhood while muttering, "the wife in there, awooga" venus wormwood @wormwood_stars · Oct 18 well i never IN THE KNOW. by yahoo Parents have been warned about a new TikTok trend known as 'hellmaxxing' October 15, 2021 Another problematic TikTok trend has police and clergy concerned. Here's what you need to know about "hellmaxxing". The trend is largely popular in America, where police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania are warning parents and small business owners. Hellmaxxing is a bizarre new trend where teens attempt to commit "so many sins even the devil won't have them." #hellmaxxing on TikTok currently has over 1.1 million views.

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External References

[1] Twitter – @wormwood_stars

[2] Twitter – @jacobtwop

[3] Twitter – @js_thrill

[4] Twitter – @thedextriarchy

[5] Distractify – TikTok Users Are Committing an Array of Sins as Part of the Hellmaxxing Trend

[6] Celebsaga – Hellmaxxing

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