📱 The Rise of Dumbness: Why People Will Do Anything for Views in Reels & YouTube

📱 The Rise of Dumbness: Why People Will Do Anything for Views in Reels & YouTube

EduInvesting | 15 May 2025

We live in a time where pushing a coconut into your head or dancing on a running train isn’t a mental illness — it’s a content strategy.

Welcome to 2025, where intelligence is optional, but virality is compulsory. You don’t need a degree to be famous. You just need a ring light, a weird laugh, and zero shame.

Let’s dive into the economics of idiocy — a masterclass in monetizing madness.


🎬 Chapter 1: Content Creation or Darwin Test?

Once upon a time, “content creator” meant filmmaker, poet, or vlogger.
Today? It means:

  • Screaming at strangers for no reason
  • Licking batteries to “test voltage”
  • Crying dramatically because your goldfish unfollowed you

The dumber, louder, and weirder — the more likely you’ll end up on someone’s Explore page with a “🔥Must watch before sleeping” comment.


🧠 Chapter 2: Why Dumb = Views

It’s not an accident. It’s algorithm science.

Smart VideoDumb Video
Explains budget 2025Guy eats 6 green chillies shirtless
Teaches stock market tipsWoman screams “STOCKS GONE!!” in traffic
Breaks down news satireUncle in saree doing Garba on highway

Guess who wins? Exactly. Because social media doesn’t reward knowledge.
It rewards attention — any kind.


🤳 Chapter 3: Who’s Watching This?

Let’s meet the audience:

  • 🧒 12-year-olds who think everything is “sigma”
  • 🧓 Aunties who forward reels with “Nice beta”
  • 🧠 Adults with zero attention span and five reels open at once
  • 💼 Managers at work saying “just one reel” during lunch break (still watching at 3 PM)

Remember: the bar is so low, you can dance over it in flip-flops.


📈 Chapter 4: The ROI of Brain Rot

Here’s why creators are happy to lose IQ for views:

ActionReward
Slap brother on camera10 million views + brand collab
Eat Maggi with Nutella₹20K promo from spice company
Make up fake relationship drama₹5 lakh/month in Adsense & PR deals
Fall off bike while singingInstant follower spike & sympathy DM

So yes — society is laughing, but the creator is cashing out.


📉 Chapter 5: But What’s the Cost?

  • Mental health? What mental health?
  • Public embarrassment? Temporary.
  • Social credibility? Irrelevant.

Creators live by a new mantra:

“Be viral now. Be regretful later.”

The worst part?
Dumb is scalable. Anyone can do it. And everyone eventually will.


💡 EduInvesting Advice (Yes, We Still Have Standards)

We’re not against content.
We’re against content that makes you lose brain cells faster than crypto scams.

So here’s what you do:

Want to Go Viral But Stay Sane?Try This Instead
Be funny, not fakeSatire > Screeching
Be weird, not brain-deadQuirky > Dangerous
Be real, not recklessRelatable > Risky

Use your platform to entertain without turning into a circus monkey.


📢 Final Verdict: Will Dumb Win Forever?

Sadly, yes — at least until the algorithm grows a conscience.
Until then:

  • 📉 Intelligence will trend down
  • 📈 Dumbness will keep rising like Nifty after an RBI cut
  • 📲 Every train, mall, and petrol pump will become a content studio

But if you can keep your content funny, clever, and a bit mad — without being stupid,
you’ll stand out in the noise.


🧠 Bonus Thought:

The internet used to be a tool for knowledge.
Now it’s a racetrack for people chasing 15 seconds of stupidity.

Be better. Or at least, be strategically dumb.

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